Weather Favors Women Golfers at Twin Elms Event
Thirty two women golfers played in a Wednesday flag tournament at Twin Elms. Doris Ann Bicknell won the flag contest amid a strong field. Last week winners were Annabel Hampton in first division and Louise Hales in second division. A luncheon followed in the remodeled club dining room. Plans for next week's event and June activities will be announced at the May 22 luncheon at 12 30.
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Twin Elms
Doris Ann Bicknell
Congregational Ladies Guild Forms Junior Branch Plan
The Ladies Guild met at Mrs. Stuart Bicknell’s home to invite Clare’s younger married women to join a Junior Guild. Three members, Mrs. Dick Groves, Mrs. Stanley Parish and Mrs. Norris Blystone, were chosen to assist. A brief program followed, featuring piano solos by Sally Bicknell and a book review by Mrs. Harold Fleming.
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Ladies Guild of
The
Congregational Church
Stuart Bicknell
Clare
Dick Groves
Stanley Parish
Norris Blystone
Sally Bicknell
Harold Fleming
Birthday Celebrations Mark Weeks of Vernon Area
Social briefs recount Birthday parties and family gatherings across Vernon and nearby towns. Phyllis Randall’s fifth birthday featured six young guests, ice cream, cake, and gifts. Janet Schaeffer’s eighth celebration included ten friends and a picnic at tourist park. Other events note Mothers Day gatherings, parties for June’s seventh birthday, and a Birthday Club meeting with twenty members and cake prizes.
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Phyllis Randall
Vernon
Phyllis
Mary Herron
Shirley Randall
Joyce Cleveland
Harold Schaeffer
Janet
Harley Holt
June
Betty Wood
Jane
Keena
Laurence Leonard
San Antonio
Texas
Mary Harmon
Harmon
Herbert Leonard
Dorothy Denton
Rachel Russell
Sadie Ogle
Clu
Kate, Morgan
Lyman Perking
Richard Headington
Ray Archbold
Rural Mt Vernon Grange Hosts Coleman Degree Team
The Coleman degree team presented first and second degrees to a large crowd with nine Gilmore members, nineteen Coleman members, and forty eight from the Grange attending a special meeting. The group announced upcoming events including a May 20th meeting with a birthday night and a pot luck supper.
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Coleman
Avith
Gilmore
Grange
Marl Ritter
Fred Ervin
Paul Heberlein
Carl Seiter
Donald Brooks
Frank Thering
Harold Brooks
Richard Brooks
Lorraine O'Grady
Mt. Pleasant
Leo O’grady
Ernest Hawley
Ithaca
Otis Northon
Floyd Slentz
Muskegon
Icem Slentz
Harl Phimsey
Patsy
Clare
Ed.White
Jimmy
Flushing
Walter White
Elsie Brewer
Marie Brown
Lewis Dawson
Joyce Ann
Willard Bell
Archie Ackerman
Joanne Brock
Marshall Brock
Joyes Ann
Archie Dawson
A. J. Archbold
Duane Archbold
East Vernon Extension Grottp
Precedent and Facts on U S Flag Star Arrangements
The article traces how flag star arrangements evolved with new states Hawaii or Alaska not yet settled. Taft set the 1912 official layout. The 1777 law described 13 stripes and a blue field with 13 stars. no rule on stripe orientation or star counts. Vermont and Kentucky joined in 1791–92, and a 1794 law raised to 15 stars and stripes after 1795, inspiring The Star Spangled Banner.
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Hawaii
Alaska
United States
Taft
National Geographic Society
Vermont
Union
Kentucky
Congress
Francis Scott Key
Cadmium Production Tied to Zinc Smelting History
Cadmium is typically found with zinc and recovered during zinc ore smelting. US output peaked in 1943 with about 734 million pounds. Colorado Idaho Montana Utah accounted for most of it. Domestic supply met only part of demand, with stocks filling the gap as nine tenths of cadmium served electroplating and bearing alloys. Major non-US producers include Mexico and Germany.
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United States
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Utah
Mexico
Germany
Canada
South West Africa
Poland
Australia
Belgium
Norway
Rice Cooking Tip Adds Lemon to Water
A tip suggests adding a teaspoon of lemon juice to each quart of cooking water to keep rice fluffy and whiter in texture.
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Royal Air Force
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Pittsburgh
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Joe Louis
New York
Police Program
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Truman
American National Red Cross
American Red Cross
Clara Barton
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G.harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D Roosevelt
RED Cross
Bankers
Tokyo
Congregational Ladies Guild
Bicknell Home
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Mr. Teale
Rhoda Knight
Wesley Teale
Loomis
Will Teale
Ward Boody
Howard Richter
Jim
St. Louis
Ernest Chaffee
Hisworth’ Chaffee
Sterling
Charles Crego
Low Chunk
Mildred Chaffee
Lorreen
Lansifig
Russell Wilson
Farywell
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Camp Robinson, Ark
MT. Vernon Grange
Houston
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Balalka
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Bondstreet
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Shulton Oldspice
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Sheaffer
Billfelds
Billfeld
Seaforth
Congo
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Caroline Robinson
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