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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1954
Page
3
Local 662 plans its annual picnic along Ind 32 east of Chesterfield with 5000 expected attendees. Events run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. featuring professional and local entertainment, playground devices for children, and a lineup led by Eugene Pitts, Homer Bailey, and William Sullivan.
Belmont Bible Church will present the sound and color film Call of the Navajo at 7 30 Saturday evening August 14 as part of two youth meetings. The program showcases life among Navajo people in northwestern New Mexico and will be followed by a fellowship party directed by William Griffin Ralph Nichols and Reverend Steward Webber. Mantioned dessert suggestion includes layered blackberry sherbet with vanilla pudding.
An advertisement touts Blue Lustre as a major home carpet cleaning advance. The product uses a foam application with a long handle brush, followed by jet dry and vacuum for easy results. The store claims to be among the first to offer it, featured at The Fall on the lower floor.
A social item notes Mr. and Mrs. Class will host at the Fuller home at 7:30 p m Saturday August 14. Other local gatherings include Harold and Johnny Brown guests at Edward Brown home and a Falls Park reunion in Pentleton Maine. The 4H group met at Bethany Church for an achievement program with 63 attendees. Mr and Mrs Alber Rediker observed their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with an open house for about eighty three guests at 2109 Alexandria Pike.
Perkinsville WSCS was hosted Thursday by Mrs. Dessie Clendinin with cohostess Mrs. Gail Powers. About 12 members attended and Jarrie Brown and Stella Deaver won contests. Deaver presided. guests included Vera Holt, Velma Stern, Mary Perry, Mildred Gentry and Madonna West.
Mr and Mrs William Heuch at 1127 North Dr spend weekend at McCormick's Creek State Park. Rev and Mrs George A Harris and family return from a Ohio vacation. Kenneth Lickhardt of 2924 Columbus Ave is a patient at Long Hospital Indianapolis after surgery. Becky Cook, six, improving at home after brief illness. Mr and Mrs David Thompson of 107 Fiva St enjoying vacation in Belford Pennsylvania.
A fragment filled page note and reader queries from an old Indianapolis paper cover medical questions about varicose-like veins near the nose, juvenile vascular changes, and a mix of family notices. includes travel plans, births, names, and local addresses, with a casual column tone.
The page lists multiple family reunions including the Moors and Shipley events. Judy Hopkins plans a weekend at Shadyside Park and Lake Shafer in August. Miss Marie Kelly announces via Clara Ann Flan, with Dr. and Mrs. W C Kelly hosting a noon picnic. The 49th Shipley reunion occurs at the Joshua Shipley home near Maxwell on May 15, with Shelterly and other reunions set for August 15 at Shadyside Park. Various guests from Cleveland, Miami Beach, and Munice are noted.
A jumble of names, birthplaces, and occupations appears tied to a marriage license notice, listing Gordon Lee Zimmerman and Janet Suzanne Roudebush among others with details like Decatur, Anderson, and Muncie. The fragmented text also blends food and lifestyle tips, ad-libbed advice on clothing and cosmetics, and a recipe hint, creating a noisy composite page item with no clear single story.
Notice advertises fire insurance on dwellings and household goods with contact Joe ONeill at phone 6143 for arrangements.
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