Side Glances at Marriage 1950 Style From Minnesota Mailbag
A nostalgic slice of mid-century romance and daily life explores modern marriage trials. Readers share jokes and woes about cost, car woes, housing, training children, and parenting roles while a quiz shows Minnesotans want radio give-away programs kept as is. The report also notes state entomologists’ estimate of forty million dollars in 1949 Minnesota corn damage from the European corn borer and efforts to breed a resistant hybrid.
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Rusa Millett
Barger
Bda
Jane
Butch
Minneapolis
Minneapolis Sunday Tribune
Minnesota
St, Paul
Mion
Blakely News Briefs Highlight Local Births Visits and Meetings
Blakely residents welcomed newborn gaps and daughters born at Baxley Clinic and other area facilities. Local figures attended medical society meetings in Lyn Haven and Albany. Community circles held meetings and hosted events, including a surprise shower for Miss Marjorie Weaver, with Junior G A gatherings and Priscilla Jones presiding.
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J. B. Jones
Alanias
Lucille Laback
Alexandria
G. 8. Middleton. Mc
H. Guy Stanley
Gapenday
Baxley
W. W. Baxley
Macon
W. C. “Baxley
Wayne Lindsey
Wilson
WN. C
Blakely
P. H. Fitzgerald
Ben Askew, III
Endicott
N.Y
W. P. Jernigan
Headland
Oscar Whitchard
A. B. Morrison
Chace Notte
R. H. Dunlap
Columbus
F. L. Peavy
Camilla
B. B. Godwin
Clara Griffin
Holland Hospital
Horace Martin
Betty Flournoy
Fort Gaines
T. C. Hunt
W._C. Baxley
D. H. Crowdis
5. P. Holland
J. G Standsler
Frem
Erie County Medical Society
Lyn Haven Club
C. §. McCall
Albany
Sleep Is Best Beauty Insurance Against Colds
An article urges mid winter rest as a defense against colds and a cure for post holiday slump. It advises extra sleep, trimming rich foods, and restoring daily routines, including hair and skin care and exercise. It notes a bridge club gathering and ends with a dental health statistic about American children.
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NEA
Weekend social notes from Columbia area
Local column lists numerous visitors and relatives staying with area families over the weekend. Guests include Mrs. J L Merritt of Stockham route, Erban Wakefield Jr of Brewton, college students Albert Rivenbark James Alford Rudolph Culbreth, and families such as Mr Mrs W R McKennie Mrs Joy Gillman in a Do than hospital. Also noted are attendance at the Alabama League of Municipalities convention and Lions Club program on Fires and their Protection.
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M. W. Merritt
Merit
J.L. Merritt
Stocamb
Erban Wakefield Jr
Brewston
EF. E. Wakefield
Crants
Albert Rivenbark
James Alford
Auburn
Rudolph Culbreth
Troy
Thomas Stoudenmire
Breeds
Camilla
Georgia
Yampa Florida
T. E. MecEntye
Billy Blackwell
Panama City
H. 4. Whitton
Ponce de Leon
Fla
Mae Elliott
Bonifay
Columbie
Milton Martin
James Baker
Nathan
Eugene, Baker
L. W. Seaborn, Jr
Nora Jean
Tuskegee
Harold
Bus Ride Romance Takes Bride Afar
MEMPHIS TENN UP A romance sparked on a bus has sent Mentora Breeding and James W Metsker into a long distant marriage plan. Six years earlier they met on a Nashville bound bus to Berry Field for work. What began as a casual exchange grew into a life together as they pursue a distant wedding and future.
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Memphis
Tenn
Moon
James W. Metsker
Nashville
Culbreth Return Visits Grandparents for Week
De Wayne Culbreth returned for a week's visit with her grandparents Mr and Mrs Eugene Baker. Friends of Mrs Claude Justice will be glad to learn she has recovered from a recent illness.
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Culbreth
de Wayne Culbreth
Eugene Baker
Claude Justice
Airman Weds Miss Breeding After Overseas Service
Metsker served as an Air Force officer then as a pilot for Saudi Arabian Airlines before returning to marry Miss Breeding just before Christmas. Their honeymoon includes a first airplane flight for the bride. They plan to settle in Jidda after February. Highway travel in the United States surpassed 490 billion miles, with over half on city streets per the Auto Mobile Manufacturers Association.
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Metsker
Saudi Arabie Airlines
Miss Breeding
Jiddi
United States
Automobile Manufacturers Association
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Betty
Susie
Dridge
Joe
Wits
Tory the Rory
Ifa Vlad
Kraselsky
Amema H. Baresdale
Guy King
Business Women
Arthur Chapman
Mia
Woodrow Houston
Marjorie Weaver
Will Bey
Ben Houston
H. R. Stovall
G. A
Janet Stovall
Priscilla Jones
Alice Batchelor
Tiny
New Chambray
Avondale
Mary O'Neil
Wapwallopen
George Warrick
Bert Puckett
Alyce Dennis
John Gleaton
Jack Gilstrap
R. A. Houston
F. Bo Mari Jr
Warren Hunt
R. B. Durham
Hal Clinksesles
Ralph Hobbs Tr
Brenard Heering
J.B. Hail
Alto Wwarrick
Carl Fryer
Earl Wilson
Donaisonville
Columbia News
Catherine Wilkerson
Harden
Max's Grill
Chaney's
Brower
Ishoe Store
N. Foster
Springs Cotton Mills
Dothan
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