Gomez Venezuelan dictator dies at 78
Gen Juan Vincente Gomez, 78, longtime president and dictator of Venezuela, died at 11 45 p m. His death prompts provisional succession by Gen Eleazar Lopez Contreras. The demise ends a rule marked by oil-driven national growth, debt repayment, vast personal wealth, and a lasting exile pattern for opponents.
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Cateas
Venezuela
Juan Vincente Gomez
Eleazar Lopez Contreras
General Gomez
Republic
Today’s Crossword Puzzle Across and Down
Crossword puzzle with clues across and down covering items from geography to objects and actions. Includes entries like sea in the Antarctic pronoun form of instrument and various place names, animals, and common terms.
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Antarctic
Oklahoma
Community groups host gatherings and holiday events
Local families hosted and attended numerous December events including a Minerva Rebekah lodge Christmas party in Eudora, a Christian Endeavor Society gathering, and a Hesper Farm Bureau December meeting. Senior play cast members and the Phantom Tiger performed, while club members shared meals, games, and a W.L.T.Y. bridge afternoon. Charles Kurtz, J. H. Kearns, and others visited, and neighborhood families visited the Deay and Freund households as a busy week closes.
Midland and Area Community Activities Report
Midland residents and neighboring families attended a Mutual Benefit club meeting at Mrs. Steve Welter’s home in Williamstown with quilting and a noon covered dish luncheon. Other notes include Midland Grange postponement due to bad roads and various visits among local households with mentions of Jayhawk 4 H club activities and county agent involvement.
Baldwin Shop to Open in West Baldwin by William Hey
William Hey is completing a modern machine shop in West Baldwin to serve a wide trade area across many states. The Baldwin public school fourth grade Safety club has won a Meccano power microscope from a contest by My Weekly Reader in Columbus, Ohio.
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William Hey
West Baldwin
Baldwin Public School
My Weekly Reader
Columbus
Ohio
United States
Maine
New York
Women’s Symphony marks tenth anniversary under Sundstrum
Ebba Sundstrum directs the Chi £ 200 women’s symphony orchestra from Linda Borg Kas for six years, celebrated as the only well established professional all female ensemble.
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Blonde Ebba Sundstrum
Lindaborg
Kas
Associated Press
Topeka Meeting Attended by Dr Fleming and Ladies Aid Tea
Dr. W B Fleming attended the annual meeting of the K S T A administrative board in Topeka last Friday. The northwest section of the Ladies Aid held a 4 Christmas tea at the home of Mrs Wallace B Fleming with about sixty ladies present. Mrs Harriett W Ruble presided at the tea table, which featured red candles and Christmas decorations.
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W.B. Fleming
Topeka
Ladies Aid
Wallace B. Fleming
Harriett W. Ruble
Seatria
Local Gossip and Social Happenings in Baldwin and Vicinity
Prospect Mr and Mrs Howard Werts of Baldwin and Lawrence Speicher were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Harry Werts. Don Gage of Baldwin ate supper at Henry Roche Thursday evening. Mr and Mrs Louie Schellack and family attended the funeral of their nephew Alvin Bohnsack Wednesday afternoon at Eudora. Emery Bell returned Sunday evening from Kansas City where he has been with Mrs Bell who was taken to Bell Memorial hospital Friday morning. Mr and Mrs Charles Speicher visited her mother Mrs Kate Weixeldorfer of Eudora Sunday. Wilbur Olmstead attended the wedding of Miss Jennie Stevens and Kermit Laughlin at the home of the bride's parents Mr and Mrs Perry Stevens of Vinland Monday December 2. Miss Dorothy Parsons returned home Sunday after spending the last three weeks in the Frank Sommers home at Lawrence.
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Jerry Harris
Irene Neis
Geraldine
C. M. Williamson
Evelyn Miller
Martha
Henry Giertz
Minerva Rebekah Lodge
Eudora
Herbert Knabe
Christian Endeavor Society
Ramona Stanley
Freddie Brecheisen
Luther Klopfenstein
Marjorie Rees
Phantom Tiger
Mabel Campbell
Eddie Freund
Lebo
Oliver Deay
Carolina Freund
Adolph Lotz
John L. Todd
Harold Todd
Olathe
Earnest Milburn
Alma Bagby
Carl Neis
Weaver
Grace Jeffrey
Lawrence
C. E. Jeffrey
Eder Bridge
William Miller
Harry Miller
DeSoto
D. P. Dwyer
Clarence Iltpate
Floyd Gillipsie
Edgerton
Harry Freund
Gardner
George Freund
Carolina Fr
Margaret Ann
W. W. Dolling
Gus Gabriel
L. E. Klopfenstein
Farm Bureau
Tom McNienary
Lenora
Katherine
Tom
John
Atlanta
Vernon Kasberger
Laura Reece
Carl Garald
J. H. Kearns
Kansas City
Harry Kurtz
Charles Kurtz
Leonard Bagby
Mayme Kohler
W.lt.y
Berenice Davis
Nellie Daugherty
Ovid Snider
Linwood
Eldon Wotan
Velda
Berenice Stanley
Roger Stanley
Robert Anson
Ralph Wotan
Hesper
Hesper School
Stubbins
Amaretta Gabriel
Eva Votaw
Everett Votaw
Paul Frazier
Alonzo Ambler
George Ambler
Lois and
Jean Williamson
Dorothy Mae Votaw
Lois Jean Stanley
Gus. Brune
Fred Alford
Mutual Benefit Club
Steve Welter
Williamstown
James. Houk
Edwin Schowengerdt
Charles Husted
Julian Boener
Emil Heck
Fred Lewis
W. W. Ware
Paul Laptad
W. R. Adams
Charles Spray
P. S. Sterling
Midland Grange
Malcom
Lathrop
Ray Jones
Areta
Gus Brune
Ruth
Guy Folks
Number Six
Jayhawk
Grant Township
C.P.A
James Houk
Howard Longanecker
Charlotte
McKee
Della Weibel
Whyllix
Oskaloosa
Sam Moore
Lloyd
Howard Werts
Baldwin
Lawrence Speicher
Harry Werts
Don Gage
Henry Roche
Louie Schellack
Alvin Bohnsack
Emery Bell
Bell
Bell Memorial Hospital
Charles Speicher
Kate Weixeldorfer
Wilbur Olmstead
Jennie Stevens
Kermit Laughlin
Perry Stevens
Vinland
Dorothy Parsons
Frank Sommers
Local events and gatherings in Yarnold Stull community
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Anderson and family visited the Will Anderson home while August Walter and Gus Hildenbrand were guests in Lecomp ton. Rev W J Huscher called on the sick and Mrs Albert Hildenbrand underwent surgery at Memorial hospital. W S M held a monthly meeting with twelve members and three visitors. New officers were elected including president Mrs George Houk and vice president Mrs W J Huscher.
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Harry Anderson
Will Anderson
August Walter
Lecomptom
Gus Hildenbrand
W. J. Huscher
Jim Studebaker
Olg Springs
Will Swacker
Eula Bidinger
O. A
Memorial Hospital
Elmer Nichols
Chris Kraft
0. A. Bidinger
O. R. Platz
George Houk
Andrew Bahnmaier
Elmer Lahnmaier
W.S. M
S. A. Burgert
Mrs Adams Leaves For Des Moines For Ill Son
Mrs Hattie Adams departed early this week for Des Moines Iowa called by the illness of a son in hospital. Mr and Mrs Erret of Edgerton and Mr and Mrs Elgin Button and children of Vinland were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Walter Van Res. A capacity crowd attended the
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Hattie Adams
Des Moines
Erret
Edgerton
Elgin Button
Vinland
Walter van Res
Kalb Family Celebrates Emma Kalb Birthday at Baldwin Home
Four generations of Kalbs attended Emma Kalb’s eighty fifth birthday at her Baldwin area home. Floyd Kalb and grandson Glenn Kalb joined the celebration as the Kalb family marked birthdays around December 7 to 9. About 30 relatives were present and roses formed the centerpiece, a gift from daughters Cecil Coleman and Ethel Roser who could not attend.
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Kalb
Emma Kalb
Baldwin
Floyd
Glenn Kalb
Cecil Coleman
Town
Ethel Roser
Nebraska
Christmas Program and Community Events Hint at Local Spirit
A pie and box social raised about $20 at the community hall on Friday night. Exams were held at the schoolhouse, with the first and third grades taking a vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Kunard moved to Edgerton vicinity. Miss Hammond and pupils plan a Christmas program for Friday afternoon. Black Jack Sunday school hosts a Christmas program and tree on Tuesday evening with services at 7 45. A new barn was built on the Grace Hays farm. Year round gifts advertised on page 6.
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J. W. Foulks
Bose
Virgil Kunard
Black Jack
Edgerton
Black Jack Sunday School
Grace Hays
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Chester Spray
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Helen B. Bigsby
Wallace Taylor
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B. J. McBride
D. M. Harris
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Midland
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Homer L. Loomis, Jr
Laura Hampton Hover
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Chas. Chase Comedy
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Paul Lukas
Sybe
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Myrna Loy
Spencer Tracy
Granada
Harold Belt Wrights
Dan Matthews
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