Welcome Child review honors inter racial adoption tale
Reverend Parsley praises Pearl Buck and Alan Haas for Welcome Child a photo narrative of Kim a Korean adoptee who becomes American through Welcome House. The reviewer notes warmth in family scenes language adaptation and citizenship moment while suggesting some grainy photos and minor simplifications.
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Kim
Welcome House
Korea
America
Alan D. Haas
Pearl S. Buck
Bondville, VI
Andrew
Hong Kong
International Social Service
World Council of Churches
Thanksgiving Reflections on Freedom and Heritage
The essay recalls Pilgrim sacrifices for religious and political freedom and contrasts them with Nazi oppression in Germany 1935. It urges gratitude for liberty and highlights the ongoing responsibility to support those who preserve peace and cherished freedoms worldwide.
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America
Turkey
Germany
Hitler
Artist Walter Murch to Speak at Bennington College
Bennington College hosts artist Walter Tandy Murch presenting a lecture on painting with slide illustrations. The talk, rescheduled from Nov 25, is open to the public with no admission fee. In other news, President Johnson signed into law a bill extending the national debt limit to June 29.
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North Bennington
Walter Tandy Murch
Bennington College
Murch
Fortune Magazine
Scientific American
Washington
Johnson
Correspondent Edward Kennedy Dies After Auto Crash
Monterey California AP reports Edward Kennedy longtime war correspondent and former AP reporter who first broke news of the German surrender in 1945 died at 58 from injuries after an auto accident. Kennedy worked with the Santa Barbara News- Press and Monterey Peninsula Herald.
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Monterey
Calif
Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
Kennedy
Europe
Santa Barbara News- Press
Santa Barbara
Monterey Peninsula Herald
Mrs Emma Ross Observes 99th Birthday at Warner Nursing Home
Mrs Emma Ross celebrated her 99th birthday at the Warner Nursing Home 300 South St. She recalls witnessing Lincoln’s 1865 shooting and JFK’s assassination during her lifetime. Born 1864 in Monroe Massachusetts she lived in Readsboro and North Adams with six of seven children nearby.
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Emma Ross
Emma
Tower) Ross
Warner Nursing Home
South St
John F. Kennedy
Abraham Lincoln
Ross
Monroe
Mass
Readsboro
Hoosick Falls Event Dates and Local Notices
Hoosick Falls reschedules the Springfield Gymnastic exhibition to December 19 at Hoosick Falls Central School after the Kennedy death. American Legion Auxiliary Christmas party set for December 5 at St Mark’s Parish Hall with dinner at 6 30 p m, business meeting and dollar grab bag. Local residents in hospitals include Frank Driscoll Albany Veterans Hospital and Mrs Leo Burns Albany Hospital for surgery. College students home for Thanksgiving listed with multiple institutions and locations.
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Springfield
Hoosick Falls Central School
Kennedy
The
American Legion Auxiliary
Thomas Restino
Samuel R. Shaw
St. Mark’s Parish Hall
St. Hilda’s Guild
Frank Driscoll
Nixon Street
West Virginia
Richard Niles
Fern Buswell
Alfred University
Ralph Sternberg
Susquehana University
Robert Sargood
Barnes Celebrate 59th Wedding Anniversary at Home
Mr and Mrs C Fremont Barnes of 134 Union Street observe their 59th wedding anniversary. Married November 30 1904 in Bennington to Florence Irene Hyde, Mrs Barnes, a lifelong Bennington resident, and her husband once ran a paper and painting contractor business with his father. They have a son Charles Barnes in Burlington and quietly mark the milestone amid friendly felicitations.
Banner Classifieds Offer Buy Sell Trade Ads
Classifieds section shows buyers and sellers listing items and services. Readers can place ads to buy sell or trade goods with local contact details and prices. Includes notices for jobs real estate and services in the Banner Classifieds.
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Hoosick Falls
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Robert Jones
State University College
Oswego
Michael McCoubrey
Judith Bromirski
Plattsburg
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Oneonta
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Indiana University
Bloomington
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Northeastern University
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