Negro 4-H members' later achievements highlighted
The piece profiles former Negro 4-H youth from Georgia Mississippi and Arkansas, detailing college attendance, teaching careers, extension work, and farm leadership. It notes individuals like B B Hardy, Erma Lee Cunningham, Katie Walker, and various county agents and teachers advancing from 4-H experience to professional roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southland
B. B. Hardy
Uniontown
Alabama
B. B
Stillman Institute
State Teachers’ College
Perry County
Arkansas
Erma Lee Cherry
Pulaski County Training School
A. M. & N. College
Erma Lee Cunningham
Katie Walker
St. Francis Comn
Philander Smith
Rust
Madison
Wyatt Raleigh & Son
Lloyd Redd & Son
Poplar Grove
Everett Martin & Son
Phillips County
C. D. McKindra
Conaway County
Jefferson County
Wesley ~ Dansby
Miller County
Mississippi County
William Struth
Philips County
Sellers Parker
Conway County
Georgia 4-H
Henry Simmons
Tusker Lee Institute
Putnam County
Ware County
Eddie Lee] Murphy
Simmons Hill
George Smith
Peach County
Prairie View State College
RT. Church
Clarke County
Jenkins County
George Parrish
Washington County
Richland High and Industrial School
Stewart County
O. Williams
Houston County
Forsyth
Georgia
Mississippi
Eddie B. Cannon
Greensboro
Winsston County
Chester W. Owens
Mayersville
Issaqueta County
Proness A. & M. College
Claiborne County
Hinds County
Delta
Walker Milan Davis
Jonestown
Coahoma County
Tipton Leaguers Practice Program For Christmas
Delbert Larson of Tipton School under Marvin White describes busy preparations for a Christmas program on Saturday evening December twenty first. Students at Fritzsche School led by Gertrude Galbreath assist with activities and a toy post office teaches making change through buying stamps and money orders using paper money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert Larson
Tipton
Marvin White
Fritzsche School
Gertrude Galbreath
Decorate School In Christmas Theme
Decorate School In Christmas Theme reports a Richland Center sixth grader Doris Meyer decorating the room for December with wreaths a brick designed crepe a “Merry Christmas” message and wall scenes of wise men and Santa faces. Other students Lester Meyer Belyva Meyer and Early Reilly earned honorable mention and improvement honors with Forever Yours candy bars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quckland Center
Rudy
Doris Meyer
Santa Claus
Richland Center
Norma Boetel
Gerald Hawley
Belva Meyer
Rose Matthew
Early Reilly
Lester Meyer
Belyva Meyer
Second Graders Get New Reader at Halsey School
Hulsey School Vernon No 4 adds a reading book titled Dawn Our Streets by Gates Huber and Pearson for second graders. The six units are followed by short readers The Animal Parade Tip Mr Joey and the Pig Sing Canary Sing Polly the Kid and Elsie the Elephant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wusso Daing
Halsey
Vernon No. 4
Gates, Huber and Pearson
Tip
Mr. Joey and
the Pig
Polly the Kid
Elsie the Elephant
Hivin Gathrmiller
Talks To Pupils On YCL Code Of Ethics At Hartland School
County superintendent Mrs. Eva Madden visited Sherrill Fetersqt's School in Hartland Township on a Wednesday morning last week. She spoke about the Y C L Code of Ethics. Nine visitors have come this year, with more expected. Eunice Johnson teaches at the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YCL
Making of a Nation studied by Milford pupils
Barbara Walter from Milford School reports fourth graders study the Making of a Nation including the Revolutionary War, independence, constitutional formation, and the Articles of Confederation. Students also learn about circulation in science and transitive and intransitive verbs in language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sapnin Seawe Aiswey
Barbara Walter
Milford School
Edwin B. Techetter
Tyrrell School December League Plans Christmas Party
The Tyrrell School held its first December League meeting with two absentees Silas Wipt and Jean Husted. A Christmas party was scheduled for December 24 with parents invited and vacation from December 24 to January 2. An oyster supper was set for December 20 at 7 PM at John Pullman's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyrrell
Silas Wipt
Jean Husted
John Pullman
Donna Belle Carpenter
Foster
Pupils With Perfect Attendance Highlighted at Oldenburg School
Herman Raetter notes several students Dale Raether Leander Raether Betty Ann Raether Herman Raether LaVona Hein and Eugene Hein achieved perfect attendance during a period of vacation while Miss Glanzer attended SD. E. A. meeting drew names for Christmas gifts. Charles Goodyear is cited for a rubber patent dated June 15 1884.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Raetter
Oldenburg School
Dale Raether
Leander Raether
Betty Ann Raether
Herman Raether
LaVona Hein
Eugene Hein
Miss Glanzer
SD. E. A
Atah
First charcoal fueled flight claimed near Milan
The Messagero reports Constantino Mazza flew a Breda aircraft near Milan using charcoal gas. A special apparatus, weighing 176 pounds, replaced gasoline tanks with 99 pounds of charcoal and a low temperature furnace to convert it into gas, marking a purported first of its kind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messagero
Constantino Mazza
Breda
Milan
Flashes Of Life From The Associated Press
Bank robbery report in Evansville ends with a claim of $106 missing from a man’s pocket while in a bank. Several lighthearted items follow, including a stray dog thief, a sleet miscue with a train, six pigeons occupying a garage, and a court order redirecting $242.76 from slot machines to school expenses in Oregon Township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Yarmer
Nathan Taylor
Frank Freihaut
Taylor
Freihaut
Oregon
Philip Nye
Ogle County
Teacher Receives Christmas Cards in Foster District
Lero Wart of Foster District No 3 reports that teachers received Christmas cards featuring pretty pictures. The note, written by Leland Greenan, highlights mail being sent early to aid soldiers and railroads as the public responds to a plea for early mailing on December 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Jew
Northwest Finance Co
N.W
Juron
Lero’ Wart
Foster District No. 3
Leland Greenan
Ondon
Usand
War updates show Axis pressure ebbing as Allied forces push in Libya and Albania
The article reports Allied maneuvers in Libya and Albania driving Italians back, with Britain exploiting sea power to press toward Salum. Mussolini faces blockade strain and Italy's economy falters. It credits Allied air and naval actions and notes Greece, Egypt, and other allies contributing to Britain's Mediterranean offensive amid global moral support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libya
Albania
Britain
Mediterranean
Africa
Italy
Salum
Virginio Gayda
Signor Gayda
Europe
Howeve
America
Greece
Laly
Flanders
Mussolini
Egypt
London
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Norway
Netherlands
General de Gaulle
United States
Train Collision Injures Sixteen In Iowa
In Wapello Iowa sixteen people were injured when the Rock Island northbound passenger train No. 61 crashed into the rear of southbound train No. 44 as it entered a siding. Two seriously hurt include Mrs Ellen Bandy of Keota and Ed Ludwig of Cedar Rapids, with Bandy suffering broken ribs and facial cuts and Ludwig with a broken left shoulder. Both trains were traveling from St Louis to St Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Rock Island
Ellen Bandy
Keota
Ed Ludwig
Cedar Rapids
Bandy
Ludwig
St. Louis
St. Paul
Minn
Hitchcock Guild Christmas Program at church party
Hitchcock Presbyterian Guild held its annual Christmas party in the church parlors with about 35 people. Directed by Mrs. Stanley Hart and others, the program featured group Christmas carols, vocal solos by Mrs. Hart and Verne Mortimer, baritone Nels Olson, piano solos by Dorothy Philae and David Meyer, and a paper on Christmas customs read by Mrs. Frank Meyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitchcock Guild
Hitchcock
Hitchcock: Presbyterian Guild
Stanley Hart
Carl McDonald
Dale van Voor
Hig
George Hart
Nels Olson
Verne Mortimer
Dorothy Philae
David Meyer
Frank Meyer
Army transfer orders shift Holt to Fort Riley
Army orders list Harold G. Holt of Cavalry at Fort Meade D. D. reassigned to Fort Riley Kansas effective Saturday December 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harold G. Holt
Cavalry
Fort Meade
D. D
Fort Riley
Kas
Turkey's Postwar Rise From World War Loser to Strategic Power
New York dispatch outlines Turkey's rise after World War I, led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk later Ismet Inonu. It notes secular reforms, industrial push, and military buildup, with Turkey straddling Europe and Asia and leveraging Dardanelles control amid German and Russian rivalries. The piece discusses Turkey’s cautious diplomacy and potential wartime alignments involving Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Turkey
Gazi Mustapha Kamal Pasha
Kamal Ataturk
Ataturk
Ismet Inonu
Europe
Asia Minor
Dardanelles
Sea of Marmara
Bosporus
Black Sea
Mediterranean
Russia
France
Britain
South Dakota Now GOP Stronghold Final Figures Show Dis tinction
Pierre December 16 South Dakota tops the GOP map, Willkie winning 47.40 percent as final AP figures place the state among ten strongly Republican states. Vermont drops to fifth and Maine to eighth as South Dakota surpasses Maine and Vermont in national ranking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Maine
Vermont
Pierre
Associated Press
Wendell L. Willkie
Nebraska
Kansas
North Dakota
Iowa
Colorado
Tndiana
Michigan
Willkie
Roosevelt
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Geyerman’s
White House
Joan Morgenthau
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The
Sklahoma City
Butch
Henry van Buskirk
Buteh
van Buskirk
Kansas City
Fred J. Kieh
Omaha
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Germany
Ittaly
Bulgaria
Geyerman
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Wilson Brothers
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