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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1959
Page
8
Lt. Clay Conner fled Japanese lines in 1942 Philippines with malaria and a New Testament. He read to mend fear, formed a guerrilla band of GIs, Filipino scouts, and locals, kept an American flag flying amid harassment, then returned to Indianapolis as an insurance man and community activist.
Reverend H P Woertendyke recalls his return to Garden City after half a century. He notes the town’s growth to a city of 80 000 with colleges and factories and describes the hustle and atmosphere of renewed life as a notable experience. He speaks of gratitude for the community.
Garden City Telegraph notes a sermon on accepting responsibility, leaving the rest to God. The speaker urges daily effort without excuses, warns against overburdening life with worry, and contrasts human duties with divine. It reflects on modern hectic living, vacations, and the strain of chores and finances on families.
Chicago AP report details Mildred Baughman 44 suing for cruelty seeking separation from Mas Baughman 45 a bank vice president earning 18000 a year who refuses to do housework unless paid union scale. She cites emotional strain and seeks relief. Mount Airy NC AP dispatch notes town patrols run a hospitality trap offering a free restaurant meal hotel stay movie and tour to speed-trap visitors as a cautionary anecdote.
The excerpt advises not fretting over daily results or comparisons with others. It urges steady effort with detached acceptance of praise or blame, warns against chasing false elation, and discourages overexplaining every action while noting there are reasons behind events.
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