Elwood School Closes and Senior Trip Plans Noted
Elwood-Clone of Elwood ubtic shoals is scheduled for Friday afternoon May 28 with students dismissed early and report cards to be distributed. St Josephs Catholic school closes on same date. Wendell L Willkie High seniors travel to New York City and Washington DC by train for Senior Week, leaving Elwood 1 53 pm Saturday and returning Thursday May 27. One hundred thirteen graduates will receive diplomas at commencement in the high school gym. The address will be given by Dr George Davis of Purdue University and baccalaureate speaker Rev J E McCoy. Senior nursing course graduates include twenty seven students led by Delores Caldwell and others trained by the American Red Cross.
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Elwood
Elwood Ubtic Shoals
Fegwar Howt
St. Joseph's Catholic School
Wendell L. Willkie
Pennsylvania Railroad
Esther Koons
Blanche Digel
M. A. Copeland
Keith
Beott
George Davis
Purdue University
J. E. McCoy
American Red Cross
Iyclide
Delores Caldwell
Joan Cole
Mary Lou Collis
Putchiall Cooper
Joyce DeLong
Bonnie Duffitt
Marilyn Fettig
Florial Hickman
Carolyn Jackman
Carolyn Mitchell
Carolyn Phe
Tennis Tunnin
Rose Waples
Barbara Williams
Virginia Wise
Marilyn Stone
Carolyn Gross
Bonnie Knotts
Mary McMinn
Joyce Nash
Violet Hannon
Beverly Day
Anna Mae Ebbert
Sheila Sorrell
Darlene Riggs
Caral Waltz
Jan Lee Wilhelm
Lian Sullivan
Vivianne Carter
Illinois Man To Head Glass Container Group
U J Nester of East St. Louis was elected president of the Glass Container Manufacturers Institute at its annual meeting. Nester, 36, heads Obear Nester Glass Co. Other officers named include Royden A Blunt of Buck Glass Co and J P Louis of Owens Illinois Glass Co. Board trustees include S Heussler of Maryland Glass and Edmund Ball of Ball Brothers Glass.
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WTF Sulphur
Expansion Of Security Setup Planned
The House Ways and Means Committee tentatively agreed to extend social security coverage to more than half a million additional workers ministers and federal employees currently excluded. The panel plans to keep most Eisenhower proposals, but deferred action on extending coverage to farm operators and laborers. It did not reach provisions to widen coverage to professionals and many government workers though expected to be approved.
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Washington
House Way” and
Eisenhower
Daniel A.reed
RNY
Linda Overman and Richard Murray wed in Frankton
ELWOOD The wedding of Linda Lou Overman daughter of Mr and Mrs Wayne Overman 1820S P St and Richard Murray son of Mr and Mrs Orville Murray Rt 1 Frankton took place at Frankton Christian Church at 630 pm Saturday The Rev O C Stroup officiated The altar carried palms and seven branch candelabra Mrs Donald Hart played organ music including the wedding marches Attendants were Mr and Mrs Jack Blackford The bride wore a white net wedding hat and carried a white Bible topped with an orchid The mother of the bride wore a navy sheer dress and pink roses The mother of the groom wore aqua sheer with white accessories and pink roses The article describes floral arrangements and attire for others but cuts off mid sentence.
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Elwood
Linda Lou Overman
Wayne Overman
Richard Murray
Orville Murray
Rt. 1
Frankton
O. C. Stroup
Donald Hart
Jack Blackford
Church Group To Have Annual Meet
The Anderson Association of Churches will hold its first annual meeting Friday at the YMCA. Reports on the year will be given and officers for 1954 55 elected. Frank K Zall of the YMCA will lead the business session.
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Anderson Association of Churches
YMCA
Cone Withe
Frank K. Zall
South Korea
Weal German Ral Ymca
Association of Churches
Tononto
Ontario
Canada
Elwood Fire Station Redecorations and Poppy Day Plans
Elwood fire department undergoes interior repainting with sea green walls and new red Chief cars. Poppy Day drives are planned Friday and Saturday with church and Legion Auxiliary involvement. Mercy Hospital lists recent admissions and dismissals including newborns and local residents.
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Ellwood
City Firels Department
Sea Green
Everest
Philips
Elwood American Legion Auxiliary
Elwood
Eilzabeth Bonham
Cooper Stor
Mercy Hospital
Jesse Frazier
Liltie Roberts
Salem
Ann Wright
Hobbs
George Turner
Timothy Johnson
Atlanta
Atrs
Arvile Bates
Tipton
Florence Clerce
Glennis New
SM St
Suzanne Pools
Russell Shannon
Baby
S. K
James Alexander
Frankton
Velia Collier
Mahi St
George Noble
Mpton
John
Widener
R Cory
Gary
Orville Widener
Anderson High Band Parents Plan Official Seatings
Band Parents Will Seat Officers At Picnic Program for the Anderson High School Band and Orchestra Parents Organization. Officers to be installed include Morris Bolt as president and George Johnson as vice president, with Mary Canady, Bernice Day, and W. Allison as secretary, secretary, and treasurer respectively. Virginia Widdifield will present a musical program featuring Betty Stanley, Mary Montgomery, Virginia Gary, David Newmann, Larry Zane, Lady Sargent, Marthe Gustin, Mary Suran Duggar, and other performers.
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Anderson High School Band and Orchestra
Shadyalde Pari
Orelock
Morris Bolt
George Johnson
Mary Canady
Bernice Day
W. Allison
Virginia Widdifleld
Betty Stanley
Mary Montgomery
Virginia Gary
David Newmann
Larry Zane
Lady Sargent
Marthe Gustin
Mary Suran Duggar
Italian Blind Demonstrators Protest Pensions in Rome
A crowd of Italian visually impaired people marched from Florence to Rome to demand a promised pension increase of 4 000 lire monthly. By Tuesday the protest grew to over 600 participants, with children guiding some demonstrators and canes tapping as they moved in silence.
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Salgis
Helr
Oll
Chamber of Deputies
Florence
Betrothal Revealed in Elwood Green Daugherty Engagement
Announcement by Mr and Mrs James Daugherty of Elwood Rt 2 reveals the betrothal of their daughter Beverly to Max Green son of Mr and Mrs Virgil Green of 1610 North BD St The couple are linked to Franton High School and the Wendell Willkle High School class of 1954 The wedding date remains unspecified The clipping also notes Detroit motorists purchasing fan belts.
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Elwood
James Daugherty
Rt. 2
Beverly
Max.Green
Virgil Gren
Misa Daugherty
Franton High
Grean Ja
Wendell Li Willkle
Parole Approved for 1919 Lifer In Vincennes Slaying
William Shotter, a 1919 life prisoner who pled guilty to strangling Mrs. Anne Inbach near Vincennes, Indiana, was approved for parole by the Michigan parole board and Indiana Department of Correction. Shotter, 35 at the time, drank Jamaica ginger before the crime. The list also includes Ollig Baltherp of Indianapolis, one of three men convicted of first degree murder in the 1928 Charles Conwell grocery store slaying.
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Willliam Shutter
Vincennes
Michigan
Priday Wan
State Department of Correction
Shotter
Knox
Anne Inbach
Jamaica
Lelbach
Paul Dunbar
Baltherp
Charles Conwell
Sore
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