Parnell Rural School Election Calls for Bonds and Trustees
The 1947 annual school meeting at Surrey Township Hall Farwell Michigan elected two trustees for three years and one for two years. Propositions to raise taxes to 2.5 percent for five years and to borrow 45000 for a new building were debated, votes counted, and results announced.
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Parnell Rural Agricultural School
Surrey Township Hall
Farwell
Michigan
Pear
Jine
James’ Stanley
Robert Jones
Farwell “State Savings Bank
David
Bernard Schofield
Election Board
Don R. Lace
Fred Siegie
Walter Smedley
John R. Wysong
Vern Braten
Lou Gee
Henry Wysong
Fred Siegle
David EB. Wiggins
Bob Wilson
Inez Bentley
School district budget and expenditures June 30 1947
This item lists detailed school district finances including salaries for five teachers totaling 12,004.90 monthly expense, instructional supplies 71.92, library books 882.02, miscellaneous instruction 17,700, transportation 9,530.84, health and public services 80.06, and a grand total operating expenditure of 53,484.47. It covers auxiliary and coordinate, operation of plant, fixed charges, maintenance, capital outlay, non budget disbursements, and the grand total of cash expenditures 71,203.01 with a final bank balance of 8,115.09 on June 30, 1947 signed by officials Bernard Schofield and Robert Wilson.
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Peta
Bernard Schofield
Robert Wilson
Dutch Farm Youth To Replace U. S. Boy
Hans Kioosterman a 22 year old Dutch farmer arrived at Binghamton to take the place of an American flyer buried near his Holland home. He had helped bury pilot Stephen Judd after a 1944 crash and later learned of the Judds invite to live on their 90 acre dairy farm.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Hans Kioosterman
Holland Farm
Andega
Netherlands
Hans
The
Underground
Haas
John Kendrick
Richard Judd
ORR
Caons
British microphones found in Moscow office contradicts U.S. reports
A British source says several microphones were found in a building used by British officials in Moscow. The source denies U.S. reports that six new Soviet microphones were uncovered in the British embassy during or before the foreign ministers conference.
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Moscow
United States
Measles Said To Aid Kidney Disease Recovery
Chicago report from University of Cincinnati researchers Dr. Richard W. Blumberg and Dr. Harold A. Cassady describes measles infections in children with nephrosis. They observed recovery in two cases and improvement in three after measles, claiming the illness was more effective than other cures in abating the kidney condition.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Harold A. Cassady
University of Cincinnati
College ‘of Medicine
St Valentine Day origins linked to Roman festival
Britannica notes debunk the modern Valentine customs as linked to St Valentine. The holiday traces to the Roman festival Lupercalia, with 1700s romance flair. Folklore described lotteries where men drew names of women to become lifelong valentines through gift exchanges.
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Britannica Junior
Diphtheria Toxoid Isolated At Western Reserve University
Pure diphtheria toxoid has been isolated at the institute of pathology of Western Reserve University. An ounce will guard about 400,000 people against diphtheria with no side reactions. This follows isolation of tetanus toxin and work on botulism by U S Army chemists at Camp Detrick, Md.
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Cleveland
Institute of Pathology
Western Reserve University
Louis Pillemer
U. S. Army
Camp Detrick, Md
Wave of Unrest Sweeps Italy Amid Job Struggles
Reports from Rome describe a new wave of agitation and unrest across Italy driven by unemployment and rising costs. Newspapers oppose Premier Alcide de Gasperi, claiming he lost control and cannot ensure lawful order as municipal workers demand wage raises amid higher living costs.
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Rome
Italy
Alcide de Gasperi
Army links Fort Monroe and Pentagon by microwave relay
The Army Signal Corps has established experimental microwave radio relay circuits between the Pentagon and Fort Monroe Virginia. The system can handle eight simultaneous telephone conversations and ninety six radio teletype circuits or a mix of both.
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Washington
Army Signal Corps
War Department
Pentagon
Army Ground Force
Fort Monroe
Weekend visits form a Sag inaw area social roll
Temple residents Mrs and Mrs Chett Holford and Floyd Holford enjoyed weekend visits with Sag inaw relatives while Peter Schram called on Dehmel in Clare and Stella Myers toured Detroit and Ontario. Mrs Haskin of North Branch visited here, and Stella Myers also called on Mrs Wilsile of the Achard.
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Chett Holford
Saginaw
Floyd Holford
Thurman Swarts
Roy Holford
Peter Schram
Dehmel
Clare
Schram
Stella Myers
Detroit
Simcoe
Ontario
Hva Haskin
North Branch
Wilsile
The
Achard
Chile Adopts First Constitution in 1818
The first constitution of Chile was adopted on October 23, 1818, marking a foundational milestone in the nation’s constitutional history. The document established the framework for government and legal order during a pivotal period of independence.
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Chile
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Louis Gee
James A. Stanley
David E. Wiggins
Financial Report
General Fund
Jorge Deen
IND
Bala
NCB
Board of Education
Smith-Hughes
NUE
Antares
Neal
U. S
War Offer Home
Rie A
Forts ‘Monroe
Army
Wedgewood Room
Doherty, Clare
By Baldwin
Baldwin
Akins Piano Service
Akins’ Acres
Hooker
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