Kandy Dancers to Bongos Highlight of Ceylon Visit
Dr. Bailey recounts a Colombo to Kandy tour in Ceylon with temples gardens and a tea factory. The highlight is the Kandy Dancers with bells and authentic bongos, a dramatic strenuous display echoing Western stomp dances. The island is a lush monsoon paradise with rain showers and terraced rice paddies.
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Kandy
Ceylon
William H. Bailey
India
Colombo
Buddha
Sylvan Museum
Santa Fe Park
Paradise
Benedict Area News Notes and Thanksgiving Events
Five year old Max Culbertson recovers from a tonsillectomy at St Margaret’s Mercy Hospital on November 22. Family and friends, including Hempen and Orendorff, share Thanksgiving in Benedict and Wichita. Ann VanCleave visits from California. plans to return early next year. Beatrice Brown laid to rest with bearers from the community. Ambrose family Thanksgiving in Wichita then travel to Pomona, California. James W. Wilson visits Benedict. WSCS hosts a luncheon with officers from Buffalo and a church meeting led by Julia Elder. Seven aluminum storm windows will be installed at the church. Bazaar and turkey dinner moved to December 7. Christmas party scheduled December 16. Members hear updates on Evangelical United Brethren and United Methodist church plans. Fern Parsons leads hymn program. Norma Sue Collins plays piano. Guests include Edna Hoffman, Starr, Elsie Anthony, Ila Isenburg, and Goldie Scott.
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Bill Hempen
Buffalo
Harry Orendorff
Lola
Orendorff
Ann VanCleave
Maywood
Calif
P. M. Cox
California
Beatrice Brown
G. O. Brown
Owen Elder
Ray Scott
Earl Wilson
A. J. Ambrose
Charles Parker
Wichita
Cecil Ambrose
Charlotte
Gary
Donald Ambrose
Randy
Norman Ambrose
Greg
Jeff
Richard Howrey
Mark
Cindy
Pamela
Augusta
Ambrose
Pomona
Eugene Ambrose
James W. Wilson
Shawnee Mission
Benedict
Mattie Wilson
Lie Gunther
Arline Guenther
Norma Sue Collins
Charles Ropp
Julia Elder
Hazel Milligan
Fern Parsons
Evangelical United Brethren Churches
Methodist Churches
United Methodist Church
Leota Reed
Nina Cox
Edna Hoffman
Mrs. Starr
Neodesha
Elsie Anthony
Ila Isenburg
Goldie Scott
Fredonia
Santa on Way to Humboldt Shopping Nights Begin
Humboldt retailers and the Chamber of Commerce announce pre Christmas shopping nights three evenings weekly beginning Thursday. Santa visits are planned with a 6 p.m. appearance Thursday and a 3 p.m. visit Saturday December 21. Christmas lights will be turned on with updated decorations and reduced overhead lighting across the street. Mrs. Floyd Strong of Topeka spent Thanksgiving with relatives here and will remain in Topeka for the winter. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Van Nice Jr and family from Oklahoma City visited over the weekend, guests of J. A. Van Nice and C. G. Puckett families, while Curtis Alan Van Nice serves with the U S Naval forces in San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humboldt
Chamber of Commerce
Santa Claus
J. A. van Nice Jr
David
Jane
Susan
Oklahoma City
J. A. van Nice
Lawrence
Topeka
C. G. Puckett
G. C. van Nice
Curtis Alan van Nice
U. S. Naval Forces
San Diego
Clay Not Bronze Statue in Kentucky Capitol
Henry Clay's statue in the Kentucky Capitol Rotunda is solid plaster, not bronze as feared. Boston artist Walker Hancock, here to install the Alben Barkley statue, noticed a gold undercoat and black top coat producing a bronzed look. He urged officials to cast Clay in bronze before deterioration.
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Frankfort
Henry Clay
State Capitol
Walker Hancock
Boston, Mass
Alben Barkley
Hancock
Kentucky opens 600000 wood use center at Quicksand
Jackson AP report states Kentucky opens a 600000 wood use demonstration center at Quicksand to revive the mountain economy. The facility includes training for foresters and a lumber demonstration area in the Appalachian hard woods region.
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Jackson
Quicksand
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Benedict— Max
David Culbertson
St. Margaret’s Mercy Hospital
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Nel
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Floyd Strong
R. F. Hartzog
William Manion
Tope
Pioneer's
Emerson
Emerson Table
America
Pioneer
East Main
West Main
Plummer Road
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Pet Ritz
van Camp
Magic Lake
Tru
Whole Golden Co
Tastemark
Va Gal
Nabisco
Ager
Slim Jims
Bologna
Blue Star
Birdseye Handy Beef
Minute Maid
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