Third Polio Clinic Set For April 28
Finney County prepares for the final oral polio clinic on Sunday April 28. Chairman Kermit Dean says the date helps more residents complete the three dose series and notes eligibility for all over six weeks old. Six sites including Gardendale, St Marys Center, Garden City Armory, Theoni, Pierceville, and Holcomb Schools will run 2 to 5 pm with sugar cube or liquid vaccine.
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Finney County
Finney
Gardendale Administration
St. Mary's Center
National Guard
Garden City
Theoni
Pierceville
Holcomb
And Then There Were Just Six
In New Orleans AP report, seven Billeaud children were queued for tonsillectomies when 7-year-old Christopher was found hiding under a chair. He joins six siblings as they all undergo surgery on Friday, despite fears of missing Easter.
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New Orleans
Ray A. Billeaud
Billeaud
Christopher
Erin
Shaun
Jeffray
Chuck
Ray Jer
Alicia
Mrs. Billeaud
Christendom to Mark Easter With Nationwide Services
Christians nationwide from Protestant to Orthodox will celebrate Easter with sunrise services from mountain summits to caves and urban parades. President Kennedy and family may attend Palm Beach services at St Edwards, weather forecasts predict sunny spring conditions, and major events include Miami Stadium services and the Moravian Sunrise in Winston-Salem. Other notable rites occur in Meramec Caverns Missouri and Bald Knob Illinois atop the Shawnee Hills with large multi state participation.
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Associated Press
Christendom
Kennedy
Palm Beach
St. Edwards
Joseph P. Kennedy
Weather Bureau
New York City
Fifth Avenue
Florida
Miami Stadium
Miami Council of Churches
Winston-Salem
N.C
Home Moravian Church
God's Acre
City of the
Bald Knob
Shawnee Hills
Illinois
Jones Named Commander Laverne Jones Re-elected VFW Post
Laverne Bud Jones of Deerfield was re elected to a second term as commander of Garden City Veterans of Foreign Wars Post. Annual elections at the post home west of town chose Al Namarone as senior vice commander Allen Quint as junior vice commander Wayne Bertholf as quartermaster Charley Staley as post surgeon Rh H Calihan Jr as advocate John Wheeler as trustee J D Adams as post chaplain was re elected.
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Laverne (Bud) Jones
Deerfield
Garden City
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
al Namarone
Allen Quint
Wayne Bertholf
Charley Staley
Rh. H. Calihan Jr
John Wheeler
J. D. Adams
Navy Seeks Deep Grave of Thresher
The Navy probes the Atlantic seabed for the Thresher wreck using echo sounding gear and underwater cameras as gale conditions hinder operations. Secret codes and structural studies accompany the hunt while the service proceeds with plans for 22 new attack submarines despite the loss of 129 crew.
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Navy
Washington
Thresher
Atlantic
Court of Inquiry
Portsmouth
N.H
Navy Yard
Southwest Kansas County Officials Meet in Garden City
About 250 county officials from 19 counties convene in Garden City for the semi annual Southwest Kansas County Officials Association meeting. Registration at 9 to 10:30 a.m. in Finney County Courthouse lobby, then general session in district courtroom. Mitch Geisler will speak on Ethics in County Government. new officers to be elected. Bonnie Zirkel currently serves as president. Noon luncheon at First Methodist Church with the Garden City High School Robed Choir under Julius Hultquist. After lunch, officials tour offices at the courthouse for department meetings. The association meets twice yearly, with October and April sessions. next date to be set during the general session.
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Garden City
Southwest Kansas County Officials Acsn
Association
Finney County
Bonnie Zirkel
First Methodist Church
Garden City High School
Julius Hultquist
Court House
Garden Sass Gas Garden’s green thumb blooms oddly
A quirky garden column notes Garden Sass Gas Garden achieves strikingly dyed eggs using unconventional methods. The piece highlights craft, color outcomes, and the playful reputation of the garden figure in local hobby circles.
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Gas Garden
Easter party for La Rabida patients born from lost route
Chicago AP reports Eddie Shields, a 52 year old newspaper truck driver, began annual Easter celebrations at La Rabida sanitarium after getting lost on a route 25 years earlier. He brings gifts for about 90 cardiac patients, funds a new wing, and runs other hospital events each year.
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Chicago
Eddie Shields
Shields
Jackson Park
la Rabida
Shield
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Ishmael
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Onodage Cave
Leaseburg
Jones
Secretary of the Navy
Fred. Korth
Bureau of Ships
Naval Court of Inquiry
Boston
Mitch Geisler
Garden City Chamber of Commerce
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