Easter recess plan and Indiana visitors outlined
The piece lists Indiana visitors including Miss Vera Shiplett and Capt. Lewis Jolly with Raleigh and Cowan high schools joining in. It details a proposed Easter recess from April 18 to 29 or 30 and a speech schedule visiting multiple towns to gather views on draft, peacetime conscription, subsidies, and wartime policy. It notes travel to the Capitol and sights visited, and discusses army caste system concerns and KP duty reforms.
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Indiana
Vera Shiplett
Richmond
Lewis Jolly
Knightstown
James Sterman
New Castle
Bob Gray
Hagerstown
Vincent J. Newkirk
New Lisbon
Cliff Payne
Jack Greig
Ralph Harvey
Raleigh High School
Raleigh
Cowan High School
Cowan
Howard Heun
Court House
Connersville
Rushville
Liberty
Shelbyville
Greensburg
Greenfield
Winchester
Muncie
Great Britain
Russia
Gaston High School
Mount Vernon
Arlington Cemetery
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
Congressional Library
Supreme Court
Capitol
Smithsonian Institute
National Museum
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Vocalists Shine Across CBS and Columbia Radio Shows
Ginny Simms stars in her own Friday NBC style variety on Columbia. Patti Clayton performs twice weekly on CBS and sings on the Arthur Godfrey show. Joan Edwards appears on Columbia's Your Hit Parade Saturdays. Evelyn Knight headlines CBS Powder Box Theater on Thursdays. Mr and Mrs Frank Overman visited sister Carrie Ball and Florence in Rushville Saturday afternoon. Harry Brakefield has been ill recently. Mrs Leatha Moore is improving from a weeks-long illness.
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Joan Edwards
Columbia
Posey 4-H Girls announce Busy Bee club officers
Posey township Busy Bee 4-H officers chosen: Lois Mitchell president Clara Emily Rigsbee vice president Mary Elizabeth Rigsbee secretary treasurer Jayne Ann Martin news reporter Carolyn Jo Wicker song leader Miriam Wedding Joan Gardner recreation leaders Ruth Logan health and safety director. Group met at Bonnie and Lois Mitchell home with plans for coming year.
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Busy Bee 4-H Club
Posey Township
Lois Mitchell
Clara Emily Rigsbee
Mary Elizabeth Rigsbee
Jayne Ann Martin
Carolyn Jo Wicker
Miriam Wedding
Joan Gardner
Ruth Logan
Bonnie and
Hero who saved Lincoln's son honored with statue
In 1864 a dark staged hero saved Robert Lincoln from a fall on a Jersey City platform. Edwin Booth, later dubbed the hero by War Department, received official thanks and a statue in New York's Hall of Fame. He was brother to John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln's assassin.
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Jersey City
Robert Lincoln
Bob
War Department
Lincoln
America
Hall of Fame
New York City
Edwin Booth
John Wilkes Booth
Bank organist at Freeport bank delights patrons with recitals
W Sargent Nixon suggested the bank hire George Vogel as the sole staff organist. Vogel performed two hours on Mon Fri and Sat mornings, playing Bach, Wagner, carols at Christmas, drawing many requests. The bank briefly suspended concerts, then resumed after inquiries. The White House faced a personal note as President Truman waited for daughter Margaret’s party and pondered domestic duties.
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W. Sargeant Nixon
Freeport Bank
Nixon
George Vogel
Mrs Truman Trip Leaves Family With Competent Staff
Mrs Truman’s recent outing left the President's household in capable hands as the family relied on an efficient staff to manage duties during her absence.
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