Rev Bell Speaks To Central High Seniors
The Central High School Class of 1959 heard Rev. James Bell of First Presbyterian Church speak at a baccalaureate service in Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium. His talk titled How to Stay Awake urged seniors to notice individuals, stay alert to changes, and confront misery and human need. The ceremony included choir and orchestra selections. commencement speakers will address the class at a Wednesday assembly and a Sunday, June 7, graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central High School
Mary E. Sawyer
James Bell
First Presbyterian Church
Thoreau
Bell
James Russell Lowell
Jesus
Linda Zielke
Re Enactment Of First Bull Run Battle Planned
A full scale re enactment of the 1861 battle of Bull Run will be staged in Manassas Virginia on July 20 and 21 1961 Officials hope participation from 23 states and a large crowd with expected attendance near 100000 The project aims for authentic uniforms and battlefield sights with dances and related events included in the program
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manassas
Bull Run
Karl §. Betts
National Civil War Centennial Commission
Richmond
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Defense Department
National Park Service
Holdupman Killed Fleeing Pursuers in Cedar Key
In Cedar Key Florida Huey Long Cannon 24 of Dade City died after a night of crime including a $35 holdup at a saloon a $100 drugstore robbery and a high speed escape attempt that ended when his car struck a power pole and toppled into a lagoon City Marshal Sam Perryman reported Cannon had previously robbed a theater at Chiefland about 30 miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Key
Fla
Huey Long Cannon
Dade City
Leone Brown
Sam Perryman
Cannon
Chiefland
Trempealeau 4H Electricity Contest Tuesday in Arcadia
The Trempealeau County 4H Club electricity demonstration contest will be held at the REA Building in Arcadia on Tuesday June 2 at 8 p.m. Ray Shanklin, club agent, announced the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcadia
Wis
Trempealeau County
REA
Ray Shanklin
Mentally Ill Son Sought For Killing Parents
A prominent Oklahoma mental health worker and her dairy farmer husband were bludgeoned to death with a crowbar at their Hobart area home. State agents hunt their son Clark Brillhart, 24, who recently left a state mental hospital convalescent leave. He drove away in the couple’s 1956 blue car after telling a neighbor he had killed them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobart
Okla
Oklahoma
Aoe
Elmer Brillhart
Florence
State Crime Bureau
Clark
E. C
Pete) Peters
Young Brillhart
Rollie Duggan
Wayne Boyd
Western State Mental Hospital
Ft. Supply
Brillhart
Teachers Pay Steadily Rises But Lags Other Professions
The National Education Association reported a steady rise in U S teachers salaries from 4350 in 1956 57 to 4720 last year and 4935 this year with Alabama at 3450 3400 and 3420 demonstrating broader gains across states. The NEA said two year gains of 370 and 215 show salaries are not closely tied to the wider economy, remaining affordable in recessions but lagging professionals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Education Assn
Professional Teachers’ Organization
United States
Alabama
NEA
Rev Sveom Speaks at Logan High Baccalaureate Service
The Rev Freeman Sveom of Bethel Lutheran preached on King David to Solomon, stressing debt, duty, and consecration to God and community. An anthem and choir pieces accompanied the service with Pomp and Circumstance for processional and recessional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sveom
Logan
Logan High School
Freeman Sveom
Bethel Lutheran Church
David
Solomon
Joanne Harger
Ann Wartinbee
Lorna Deyo
Karen Knutson
Ethel Sumner
City Girl Receives Stephens College Honor Certificate
Anne Elizabeth Wheeler of La Crosse earned a certificate of honor at Stephens College Honors Convocation in Columbia. She was named to the Academic Honor List for placing in the top seven percent for three consecutive semesters and is a candidate for the associate in arts degree. She is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Donald S. Wheeler of 2005 Zephyr Circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Anne Elizabeth Wheeler
la Crosse
Stephens College
Miss Wheeler
Donald S. Wheeler
Zephyr Circle
Too Many Managers: Waitress Buys Place
In Hollywood California AP Mary Rushton a Gourmet Restaurant waitress bought the restaurant for $50 000 after serving under 30 managers over 11 years She is the wife of a retired government auditor and decided to take control of her workplace by purchasing it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Calif
Mary Rushton
Rushton
Snowball Victim Thanks Children For Letters
A 69-year-old Milwaukee man blinded in one eye by a snowball last winter thanked 39 Hartford Avenue School third graders for "get well" letters. Curt Holm, still losing eye sight, greeted pupils with candy and a thank you card, praising the letters as more valuable than any others he received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Curt Holm
Hartford Avenue
Holm
Webster School Sixth Graders Stage Pageant
The two sixth grade classes at Webster School presented a pageant titled Americans All for parents and friends. Marian Haniff’s class performed Were All One Blood and Gene Huntington’s group presented Their Gifts to America. A party followed the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster School
Marian Haniff
America
Gene Huntington
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Stanley W. Legro
Houston
Tex
Naval Academy
Robert Reifsnyder
Rockville Center
N. Y
Reifsnyder
Navy
Legro
Marine Corps
Unifax
Y.M.C.A
Main ST
James Greenfield Lloyd Brotherton
Francis F. Wilshin
Holdupman
Reddie
Liberty ST
Dolly Madison
Sabiapile
Maxwell
Maxwell House Coffee
Vlygyoyy
Vvoosdy
Wingold Flour
Rollers
Tena
Raggedy Ann
Honey Sweet Bartlett Pears
Gerber’s
Heinz Strained
Indiana
del Monte
Dolly Madison Dairies
Wisconsin
Chase & Sanborn Coffee Coer
Kristin Recht
Frag
Webster
A&c Johnson CO
Fifth Avenue South
Caledonia ST
Bamboo
Sletten Furniture
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