Fragmented Local Notices Span Marriage and Travel Updates
A jumble of short items records varied community notes from New Jersey to Kansas. Mrs Probyn Thompson Jr celebrates a three child surprise after eight years of marriage. Margaret OBrien and Harold Robert Allen Jr. wed in a double ring ceremony in Hollywood. Local moves include Vicki Rice joining Neosho County Abstract as a typist and families visiting or relocating between Chanute Fort Worth and Moran. Williamsburg carries historic note as Virginia capital since 1499.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Orange
N.J
Probyn Thompson Jr
Hollywood
Margaret O'Brien
Harold Robert Allen Jr
Honolulu
St. Martin of Tours
Miss O'Brien
Ten Per Cent of Fishermen Catch 60 Per Cent of Fish
A syndicated thought column notes studies showing that 60 percent of the fish are caught by 10 percent of the fishermen. It pairs this with light trivia on the Oddities of life, invention, and health warnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamarcus Thompson
Coney Island
Canterbury
Jesus Christ
Edison
Ruffles the hen takes a free ride to Oklahoma and back
In Dallas a setting hen on a gas tank refused to move and with five legs she and her eggs rode to Oklahoma and back, pecking the driver who left them. In Newark Ivan Smith and nine agents conducted a 3 a.m. raid on a bootleg den, mistaken for a bartender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Oklahoma
L. H. McDonald
McDonald
Newark
Ohio
Ivan Smith
Smith
Erie News Briefs Highlight Social Visits and Local Travel
The Erie area notes a Country Club family night with a covered dish dinner and committee members named. Visiting from Los Angeles are Mrs. George Mekjian and her daughters Kathryn and Julie to spend a week with Lester Shepard. Local residents travel and hospital updates include Elbert Green, longtime Centerville township resident, under X-ray treatment in Parsons. Rainbow Girls plan an ice cream social at 2nd and Main, while visitors Pierce Long and others arrive from Anderson Missouri to see local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fd Naanes
E. J. Richey
Lester Shepard
Paul Casady
George Mekjian
Kathryn
Julie
Los Angeles
Shepard
Helen Shepard
Mekjian
Erie
Josie Siler
Chanute
Sarah Freichine
Winfield
A. F. Odgen
Clement Reed
Coffeyville
Kansas City
Wendell Phillips
Elbert Green
Erie Rest Haven
Mercy Hospital
Parsons
Neosho County
Green
Centerville Township
Rainbow Girls
2Nd and
Main
Pierce Long
Anderson, Mo
Bert
Plan to Boost Farm Prices by Market Withholding
About 2,000 National Farmers Organization members from Missouri to Indiana adopted a policy to withhold farm products until fair prices are obtained. The plan targets meat, dairy, soybeans, corn and other grains with hogs as the initial focus, while awaiting spring 1961 farm legislation. The national board will set timing and duration for holding actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph. Mo
National Farmers Organization
Missouri
Iowa
Kansas
Illinois
Nebraska
Colorado
Indiana
NFO
Crafty Young Speeder Outwitted by Officer
In Burlingame California AP report Patrolman Robert Quinn cited 20 year old William J McDonald for driving 45 mph in a 25 mph zone after a chase. McDonald fled, then stopped in a quiet residence area and turned off his lights. He faced charges including reckless driving running a stop sign ignoring siren red light evading arrest and assault and battery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlingame
Calif
Robert Quinn
William J McDonald
McDonald
Quinn
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Mexcico City
New York
William O'Dwyer
United States
ABC
Sonny Tufts
Mexico
Maximilian
Hershey, Pa
Nikita Khrushchev
W. K. Winkle
Dale Crowell
St. Louis
E. C. Bryan
Bryan
Mrs. Winkle
Gus Demler
John Hancock
Moran
Debra Ann
Hancock
Warren Wilson
Carola
Seth
Arlington
Emery Wilson
Warren
Department of Interior
Washington, D. C
Lola Jarvis
Muriel Holcomb
Fort Worth
C. D. Guy
Della Wilson
Pittsburg
Elmer Caldwell
Robert Yarnell
Yarnell
Kansan
Ralph Ewing
Don Mattox
Beggs
Oklo
Jess Richards
Iolo
Robert Hughes
Wichita
Eunice Hughes
Mississippi
Air National Guard
Frank Martino
E. L. Howard
Robert Briley
F. L. Howard
Charles
Williamsburg
William III of England
Jamestown
Virginia
Margaret O’brien
St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church
Harold Robert Allen, Jr
Hal Boyle
South Pacific
Finland
Arctic
Phil Ford
Mimi Hines
Polly Bergen
Junior
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Trust Department
Services
Erie & Vicinity
WS Jksaaal
Augustus
Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus
Air
Delbert G. Roles
Elgin Air Force Auxiliary Field No. 9
Fla
Geiger Air Force Base
Spokane
Wash
Anna Roles
W. Olive
T. J. Roles
California
Roles
Mary
Larry
Chanute High School
Air Force
Speeder
Chanute Tribune
Chanute Sales
Neal McCoy
Lee
Rainbow
Nancy Lee White Or
Golden
Peace River
Duncan Hines
Swift
Hunt
Tsu Ce
Swift's Premium
Cello
Wieners
Armour
Fleming
Tin
Serge
Senta Fe
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