Local Society Notes and Upcoming Events
Calendar items list upcoming society functions and open houses across communities. May and June events include a charity supper at the home of Mrs. R. Li McCain, student recitals at Hope and Tran p high schools, a Paisley PTA open house for Miss Mamie Bell Holt, and installation of Deffodil Garden Club officers. Also noted are a bridge club gathering at Mrs. Havell’s home and the Shever Springs 4 H Club meeting with devotional and pledge activities.
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Metro
R. Li. McCain
Meg
P. Mun
Hazel Castle
Mamie Bell Holt
Paisley Pta
Paisley Quuitarium
Deffodil Club
Deffodil Garden Club
Mitchell LaGrone
Bill Routon
Lent
Wayne Russell
Ént
Judy Martin
A. Graves
Uver
Creighton
Gordon
LaGrone
Washington
Amd
Graves
Rook
Local clubs host demonstrations and music at May meetings
Linda Kay Reece demonstrated plate painting and design paste while Linta Artington Baves led a dress making demo. The Shover Springs HD Club met May 16 at Mrs. W. By Diltion with 6 members responding to a roll about club improvements. Mrs. Wanda East spoke on basic patterns and belt making. Laura Sue England gave a Law of Love devotional. Fri day Music Club at Mrs. B.C. Hyatt’s May 25 featured pianist Mrs. Geo. Balentine with Scandinavian music and remarks on its facets. Miss Mary Anita Laseter introduced guests including Helen Ruffin Marshall and J. C. Carlton. A variety of Swedish and Norwegian numbers were performed and a club collection noted. Mr. and Mrs. James Gilbert of Texarkana announced the birth of a son on May 26 named John Michael. grandparents listed from Hope.
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Shover Springs
Wanda East
Laura Sue England
Scandinavia
James Shutfield
B.C. Hyatt
Geo.Balentine
First Baptist Church
Palmgren
Feuatiphine
Mary
Anita’ Laseter
Yairman
Suests
Helen Ruffin Marshall
Moa
J. C. Carlton
William Rock
Henry Haynes
Cecil O'Steen
Clyde Hill
Webb Laseter Jr
Vs R. Herndon Jr
My Johann
Grieg
James Gilbert
Texarkana
John ‘Michael
Eugene Norvell
Jane
Carl Gilbert
Hope
U S Wants to Keep Report From Jury
The federal government moved to quash a grand jury subpoena demanding the full Agriculture Department report on Billie Sol Estes. The Estes case links to cotton allotments, amid the probe of Henry M Marshall’s death, an agriculture official. Texas filed a counter demand.
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Franklin, Tex
Robertson County
Grand Jury
Agriculture Department
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
Henry M. Marshall
State of
Texas
Labor Board mends a General Rule
The National Labor Relations Board ruled 3-2 it will deny from now on a bargaining rights election bid by either party to a labor contract no matter how long the contract runs. The decision, in the Montgomery Ward case at Covington Kentucky, rejects using long contracts to dodge election petitions. The board says long-term contracts cannot be used to avoid bargaining duties or commitments via election petitions.
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Washington
The
National Labor Relations Board
Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc
Covington
Two Americans report quiet in China border scene
Mary Downey and her son Wil Ham of New Britain Conn. arrived from Peiping and said there is no refugee flight or unrest along the frontier despite thousands of refugees on the move earlier. They saw Peiping residents as adequately fed and clothed and noted no signs of starvation or disarray during their 12 day journey. Downey’s son John remains jailed for life on spy charges, with no immediate prospect of release.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Ar Jne
Mary Downey
Wil Ham
New Britain
Canton
William
Downey
Peiping
John Downey
John
U.S
Seoul
Richard Fecteau
Lynn
Mass
Justice Dept Pressed for FBI Report on Marshall Death
Tex as Atty. Gen. Will Wilson demanded the FBI report be turned over to the grand jury. He said officials must extract details of Marshall's activities as if pulling teeth. A Houston pathologist suggested murder as a possibility though suicide remained official verdict from a year ago.
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Justice Department
FBI
Marshall
Grand Jury
Texas Atty
Will Wilson
Houston
Only Woman Resident at National Soldiers' Home
Mona Schatz, 51, a World War II WAAF, is the only active woman resident among 2,200 men at the National Soldiers' Home. She enjoys meals with the men, regular movies, and tours, calling the home a paradise and the best she has. Her home is Long Island, where four brothers and four sisters live. Regina Jones, the first woman resident, is on indefinite leave. two other women are hospitalized. Gen. W H Haistip notes the mission to Manchuria to drop supplies to anti Communist agents. Fecteau received a 20 year sentence.
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Washington
Mona Schata
Abraham Lincoln
White House
Mona
Mona Schatz
WAAF
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
National Soldiers
Franklin Square
Loing Island
Wacs
Norma Denax
Erma Gorman
Regina Jones
Dorothy Dix Advice Columns on Love and Modern Courtships
Dorothy Dix answers reader questions on love. A 19 year old wonders about delaying marriage for a pilot fiancé while honoring faith and finances. Bewildered weighs maturity of love and timing, while Old Hats and Old Fashioned reflect on devotion and boundaries in marriage.
Veterans Home at Washington Celebrates Wartime Service
A 300 acre Army and Air Force veterans home at the site of Washington’s first car supports those with 20 years service or wartime service and disability. Mona, a nearly 20 year veteran, lives in the women’s section of the Anderson College facility, with a hospital bed and private bath. The home is funded by small deductions from regulars’ pay since 1850 and features a Lincoln plaque from 1862 to 1864 in the Summers House.
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Army
Air Force
Washington
Mona
Anderson
Summer House
Lincol
Circle Theatre renewed for an eighth season next fall
AP s Cynthia Lowry reports Circle Theatre, CBS bi weekly dramatized documentary, is renewed for a eighth season. Robert Costello and staff craft true life stories with real cases and occasional fictional windups, balancing fact and drama to reflect communities and issues.
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Cynthia Lowry
NEW York
Circle Theatre
Robert Costello
CBS
United States
Costello
McClellan Opposes Public Works Bill in Senate Vote
Senator John L. McClellan of Arkansas voted against the President's public works bill as it passed the Senate on Monday. Senator J William Fulbright was in Arkansas visiting home and not recorded in the roll.
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Washington
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate
Arkansas
J. William Fulbright
Bethany College President Gives Commencement Address
Dr P E Gresham president of Bethany College Bethany West Virginia delivered the commencement address at State Teachers College Sunday Graduation exercises conferred degrees on 179 graduates by ASTC president Silas Snow.
Glum to Glow Version Solicitations Drip in Ad Copy
A clipped notice directs readers to send problems to Helen Worden Erskine through the newspaper. It instructs enclosing four stamped self addressed envelopes and mentions Nelptus leaflets and a Dorothy Dix trademark note as part of a syndicate feature offer titled Glum to Glow.
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Helen Worden Erskine
Dorothy Dix
Bel Syndicate
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Ney
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C. Cy McNeill
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Rose Evans
Tran P.m
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Bridge Chub
Charies Havell
John Britt
Farris Hatley
Rob Jones
C. C. Lelwis
Brith
Shever
Shever Springs
Hell
Linda Arritaien
Duate Arrington
Jed Milehell Wagland
Jimmy Howell
Dixie Drive-In
Ocean
Linda Kay Reece
Linta Artington «Baves
Saenger Theatre
Kirk Douglas
Bobby Darin
Stella Stevens
Sepia
Labor Board
China
Manchuria
Fecteau
Helen
Navy
Vile
Old Wat
Codding
Dea Welens
Kiplina
Miko
Dane
Hempstead County Memorial Hospital
Branch General Hospital
Hempstead County Medical Society
James W. Branch
Lowell Harris
Lynn Harris
Forney G. Holt
J. G. Martindale
Martindale
Jim McKenzie
George H. Wright
McClellan
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