Peach origins and aging tips from Persian to Chinese roots
The peach likely originated in China with Persian misattributions, later spread to the New World by Spaniards. Fresh peaches run May through October with peak flavor in July and August. Most fruit comes from Colorado Idaho and California. Choose peaches by color and appearance not feel. Store ripe fruit in the fridge and allow green fruit to ripen at room temperature. One pound yields four servings. a bushel yields 18 to 24 quarts canned or 30 to 58 pints frozen. Peach nutrition includes vitamins A and C, with about 46 calories per medium fruit.
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Oletha Wates
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China
New World
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Colorado
Idaho
California
Murphys to Leave KU for UCLA Chancellor Post
The Murphys plan to depart Lawrence at 7 a.m. from the Holiday Inn and drive to Los Angeles where Chancellor Murphy will assume the UCLA post on July 1. Mrs Murphy and daughter Martha will accompany him, with other children at summer camp, resuming life at 10570 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles.
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Kansas University
Franklin D. Murphys
Lawrence
Los Angeles
Murphy
UCLA
Holiday Inn
Albuquerque
Sunset Blvd
Calif
Lilac Lane
W. Clarke Weacoe
KU Medical School
St Luke AME Youth Day Highlights Church Service
Sunday is Youth Day at St. Luke AME Church at 900 N Y St. The youth lead the morning service with Jesse Milan of Lawrence public schools as speaker. The junior choir directed by Mrs Connie sings. A 4 to 6 p m promotion program follows with a fellowship period afterward.
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St. Luke Ame
N.Y. St
Jesse Milan
Alcal Education
Lawrence
Connie
Therion E. Dobbs
Pearl Hill
Justin Rice Elected to Nazarene Youth Council
Justin Rice of 2418 Ohio St was elected to the General Council of the Nazarene Youth Organization. He was one of three teenage delegates elected at the General Youth Convention in Kansas City on the first ballot with an overwhelming vote.
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Justin Rice
Ohio St
The
Nazarene Youth Organization
Rice
Church of the Nazarene
Kansas City
Church Youth Organization
Passenger pigeons and Carolina parakeets vanish from forests
Cornell ornithologist Prof. D A West reports that the passenger pigeon and the Carolina parakeet have disappeared due to forest destruction and overhunting. He notes doomed rails, plovers and migrating sandpipers as marsh draining threatens other species. The last passenger pigeons died in 1900 and parakeets in a Cincinnati zoo in 1918. High blood pressure affects twice as many women as men in the United States.
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Taaff Dean
Carolina
Cornell University
D. A. West
West
Wisconsin
New York State
Cincinnati
Ohio
United States
The
Health Insurance Institute
Nazarene Church Celebrates 50th Anniversary in Lawrence
The Lawrence Church of the Nazarene marks its golden anniversary with homecoming services and a dedication of the church building. Rev K T Meredith speaks in the morning on the original theme The church that the gates of hell shall not prevail against. Dr G B Williamson general superintendent delivers the message at 3 pm. Roy Stevens soloist and Ray Moore Showers of Blessing quartet provide music with former pastors among the participants. The evening evangelistic service is led by Rev Roy.
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Lawrence Church of the Nazarene
K. T. Meredith
North Lawrence
Hell
Roy Stevens
Jack Barnell
Showers of Blessing
G. B. Williamson
Church of the Nazarene
Ray Moore
Roy
Stevens-led Nazarene church history in North Lawrence
The Minnesota District Nazarene Church traces its roots to Rev. Ira Stevens who founded the movement on June 26, 1910. The North Lawrence site evolved from a rented hall to a Spunn's Grove camp building, then to 1842 Vermont Street, and finally a 1954 new structure built under Rev. W. D. Ferguson with air conditioning and a church sign funded by youth.
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Elm Sts
North Lawrence
W. D. Ferguson
Mae West Began Stage Career as Angel Child
Mae West started on stage playing the Angel Child in Ten Nights in Bar Room, marking the early beginnings of a famed career in entertainment.
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Mae West
Angel Child
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