Pittsburgh Opera Society Builds Local Talent
The Pittsburgh Opera Society, founded in 1939, trains amateurs from chorus to diva under director Richard Karp and conductor Dmitri Bakaleinikoff. It stages English operas like Carmen and The Magic Flute at Carnegie Music Hall, with annual dues and a costed yet affordable program for a local audience.
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Dresden Opera Company
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Aining
Idimir Bakaleinikoff
Pittsburgh Symphonychestra
Bakaleinikoff
Opera
Moscow Art Theater
Jeanne Counsel
Carnegie Music Hall
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Piney Grove 4-H Meeting Promotes War Effort
Piney Grove 4-H club met at Piney Grove School on May 20 with Gladis Jones as president. Ink Boyd spoke on 4-H members aiding the war by producing essential food and feed commodities under Miss Louise Lewis guidance.
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Prize Essays Rotary Club High School Winners
Winning essay by John Paul Urban, 11th grade, urges student action during wartime. Expresses duty to defend shores, sustain freedom of the seas, and answer the nation’s call with sacrifice.
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Rotary Club
John Paul Urban
4-H club program on farm and home problems discussed
The Arkansas farm and home program featured a 4-H club meeting with Miss Lewis sharing a hand lotion recipe and Bamey W Chambers demonstrating cotton seed treatment with Ceresan. Chambers noted seed costs around 12 cents per bushel and University of Arkansas data showing income gains from Ceresan investments. Pink Boyd led talks on native organization cooperation, 12 month activity, and the war effort including scrap Iran collection. The group plans monthly summer meetings at the Boyd Brothers farm to study hen selection and short horn cattle.
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Pink Boyd
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Boyd Brothers
American youth and the war effort call for teamwork
A speaker urges American high school students to support the war by contributing at home and in schools. He contrasts American privileges with military mobilization in Germany and Italy, noting boys as young as fourteen in England quit school to work and urging all to conserve resources and help the war effort.
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England
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Italy
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Call to Citizens to Support War Effort Through Materials and Stamps
The message urges individuals to collect defense materials such as tin, glass, aluminum, toothpaste tubes, shaving cream tubes, paper, and boxes and turn them over to authorities. It promotes buying defense stamps and bonds, offering stamps as prizes, and inspires Americans to contribute a small weekly stamp. It also calls to stop propaganda and stresses unity and personal responsibility in the national effort.
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America
Avon Long the Sportin' Life of Porgy and Bess
New York profile of Avon Long the bold dancer and actor known for encores in Porgy and Bess. Born in Baltimore, he credits unique foot health from typhoid aftereffects, trained across the country, and rose from song and dance man to a defining Sportin’ Life in the Gershwin revival.
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Conservatory of Music
Prescott News Fair Officers Elected and Garden Club Meeting
The Nevada County Fair Association elected new officers on April 18 with J. R. Betis as President and G. C. Murray as Secretary Treasurer. A board expansion adds J. Woodul and others. plans include July 4 events and a fall program. Prescott Garden Club met April 21 with Florence Pitts as guest speaker on home defense and Better Homes Week.
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J. R. Betis
H. B. de Lamar
Generale and Serretary
G. C. Murray
H. B. Be Lamar
J. A. Cele
N. N. Daniel
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Florence Pitts
Prescott Garden Club
J. G. Hesterly
John. Hubbard
Better Homes
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Broadway Revival Captures Hearts Amid Stage Romance
The present Broadway revival features a charismatic performer who lulls the audience with a bold sequence from It Ain't Necessarily So. Avon stages the show stopping moment as critics note his flair for musical comedy and his plans to possibly pursue choreography. He speaks fondly of his wife and two young daughters, ages four and two, as life remains upbeat.
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Society News From Prescott Area Families
Mrs Joe Boswell and Mrs Dan Pitman motored to Little Rock Tuesday. Rev J T Hendrix of Hull Illinois visits Prescotl with relatives. Mr and Mrs H J Yenger host Mrs Yoegger's sister Mrs Ho 6 Toombs of Jaсk sth Tena. Mr and Mrs Hubert Whitaker depart for Chicago for a few days. Mrs H G DeLamar and Mrs Berry Hesterly spend Wednesday in Little Rock.
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Little Rank
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First Baptist Church Calendar News Item
Calendar notes show Wednesday April 22 meeting of the Sunday school council at the church at 7:70 p.m. Thursday April 23rd The Hope and Freseatt Chap-
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Bachelors and Cash Names Pop Up Across States in Odd Catalog
The article lists a string of place and person names tied to assorted topics from romance and money to drinks and games across Texas and several states. It mentions titles such as Romanrice, Social Circle, Dimple, Cash, and Rainbow, with references to Protection and Constable and to a Weather Bureau note about 5,000 observers.
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Eastern Star Banquet Planned for Worthy Grand Matron
The Order of the Eastern Star will entertain the Worthy Grand Matron with a banquet at the Loda Hotel at 7:00 p.m.
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