Christmas dinner guests and Jolly Juniors notes
Mrs Dorothy Mize and family plan Christmas dinner with Norbert and Shirley Mize and Carl Steed of DeSoto plus Mrs W S Mize and Mrs Glenn. Freeman hosts George Votan Elza Bond. Mrs Max Wilhelmi hosts a Friday bridge luncheon at The Hearth. The December Jolly Juniors 4 H met with carols, new members, reports, and plans for radio, school programs, and service projects. Eleven members and four leaders attended. blue seal charter placed. club to meet Dec 29 at 7:30 for radio practice. $5 to cancer fund. Mary Pearson led citizenship project. cookies mailed to boys in service. Health report on polio. foreign student hosting planned. Spring Festival play in progress. 19 members, 4 leaders, and visitors attended gift exchange. refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolly Juniors
Black Jack
Timmy Bell
Nancy Bell
Loretta Cole
Kent Kalb
Sears
Topeka
Neil Turner
Cancer Fund
Mary Pearson
Teresa Cole
Larry Kalb
Richard Radewald
Robert Roche
Holiday Homecomings and Travel Plans Across Kansas
Local notices list numerous Christmas visits and travel plans. Rochester Minnesota visitors, Margaret Habein and Mrs. Calderwood, join families in Marion and Ottawa. Lawrence and Kansas City trips include Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell, the Kreider and Dumton guests, and many relatives. Holiday meals and visiting arrangements accompany brief cooking tips and festive recipes for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Habein
Rochester
Minn
Robert Calderwood
Margaret Habein
N.Y
Maurice Myer
New York
J. W. Murray
Grace Light
Ken Bruner
Pat
Mike
South Bend
Ind
K. Bruner
Margaret Kre
M. S. Winter
White Cloud
Williams
Charles L. White
Stephen Kirchhoff
Colorado Springs
George Kirchhoff
Warren Eudaly
Lawrence
Milfred Watson
Clifford Davis
Lloyd Gaines
Lloyd Oelling
Newton
Mildred Mast
Goff
Mrs
Howard Wiseman
Cotton plants in city lot spark odd parking meter tale
Paragould Arkansas locals recount a quirky incident as an 84 year old farmer explains how cotton seed he planted in a zinnia bed sprouted four varieties of cotton, growing around a doughnut shop area and a parking meter in the middle of a cotton patch on the main drag. The tale ends with the phrase dog gone as the meter mystery remains unexplained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paragould
Ark
Arkansas
United States
J. A
Squire) McDaniel
McDaniel
Texas
Stamps in the News and Early 1953 Issuances Detailed
The article surveys new stamps from Britain and elsewhere, noting Elizabeth II’s first reign portraits on 21/4p and 1/4p stamps drawn from Dorothy Wilding photos, plus forthcoming U.S. commemoratives for National Guard Ohio statehood and Washington Territory. It also covers Netherlands 1952 Child Welfare set and a British colonial issue from the Gold Coast, plus Italy’s 25 Lire stamp honoring Cardinal Massia and a Free Territory overprint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Ivery Young Elizabeth
Dorothy Wilding Portraits, Ltd
London
U. S
Post Office Department
National Guard
Washington, D. C
Ohio
Chillicothe
Washington Territory
Olympia
Wash
St. Louis
Netherlands
New York Stamp Co
Comen
Gold Coast
Mounted Constabulary
Ethiopia
G. Massia
Italy
Cardinal Massia
Free Territory
Trieste
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dorothy Mize
Shirley June
Norbert Mize
Fred
Carl Steed
DeSoto
W. S. Mize
Glenn
Freeman
George Votan
Elza Bond
Max Wilhelmi
Harris
Suede Shoes
Men’s Union
Edo Eva
Penney’s
Coats
Wool Union
Michaels-Stern
Doncaster
Yorktown
Massachusetts
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