Welfare Texas residents sustain simple, self reliant life
In Welfare Texas a tin-top general store and two wooden homes sit amid deer at night. Residents like Mrs. Magers prefer quiet and self sufficiency, farming for fun, milling flour, and relying on spring water. Welfare, founded 1886 as Bon Ton, carries the motto We're in Welfare not on welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Kendall County
Magers
Cambridge
England
UPI
Coleridge Night School
UCC laymen weekend plans announced at Owl's Head Harbor
The Vermont Conference United Church of Christ outlines its 25th laymen's weekend at Owl's Head Harbor Lake Champlain Friday through Sunday. Keynote speaker Vassali Bellini of the Department of Social Welfare addresses gaps in the Vermont welfare system. John Graham of Weybridge, and Thomas A. Davis state human services secretary, also speak on anti poverty and service coordination themes. Mass will be offered with Roman Catholic laymen joining in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Churchmen’s Fellowship Committee
Vermont Conference of the United Church of Christ
Owl’s Head Harbor
Lake Champlain
Vassali Bellini
Vermont Department of Social Welfare
Department
Vermont
John Graham
Weybridge
Office of Economic Opportunity
Addison County
Thomas A. Davis
State Agency of Human Services
Philip Marshall
Chester
Maurice Mahler
Henry Merrill
Emory Felch
Brattleboro
Diocese of
UCC
Frank Teagle
Woodstock
Lindley Robinson
William Martin
John Ferrara
Pierre Donnet
Anthony Martin
Vianny Ferland
Hand crank telephone line saved in Bryant Pond Maine
In Bryant Pond Maine the local hand crank telephone system was kept. South Paris customers faced delays for long distance calls due to manual dialing. The state utilities commission rejected modernization, citing unfamiliar Bell System personnel with the unique magneto system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryant Pond, Maine
UPI
Paris
Maine
Bryant Pond
Bell System
New England
Mediphone aids emergency care in highway crash case
Two Chicago brothers en route to Louisiana were in a severe Mattoon crash. One brother survived a shattered leg after four hours of cleaning and rebuilding, but later fell into a coma. Mediphone doctors—via Dr John Bellows—provided remote expert guidance in diagnosis and treatment, aiding recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
Louisiana
Illinois
Mattoon
Mediphone
John Bellows
Bellows
American Medical Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
Louis Magers
Zink
Joshua
Welfare Home
Danville
Calif
H. E. Tillman
New York
State Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Human Services Agency
Davis
Departments of Health, Mental Health
Corrections, Rehabilitation
State Utilities Commission
Bennington
Gog Savings
Main
Bennington, Vt
By Patrick J. Killen
MIST
Alabama
University of Alabama Medical Center
Greece
Canada
Southeast Asia
Britain
France
Latin America
Florida
University of Texas
Dallas
Upper Saddle
Michigan
Heritage House Restaurant
Home of Good Food
Newburgh
Heritage House
Northside Drive
Bankamericard
Memo Books
Dictionaries
Rulers Clipboards
Bulletin Boards Report Books
Evans’ News Inc
Main St
Wickes
Sabine
Wickes Lumber
Ware
the Wickes Corp
Vas
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!