Alma's Shut-In-Connor Finds New Format Appeal
A Lima shut-in praises the Lima Star for its reader friendly format and notes a rise in interest among shut-ins for old books and poetry. She recalls a memory of students reciting old poems, including The Deacon's Courtship and The Frog In The Churn, and describes making scrapbook poetry volumes as a past hobby.
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Lima
Ashe
Lima Star
Mince
Mary Dow
McGuffey
Rockford
Christmas Seal Campaign Reaches 13016 total
The Allen County Tuberculosis and Health Association reports 13016 raised in the fifth annual Christmas Seal Campaign. Reminders go to 40 residents who have not yet contributed, with Easter Straker urging timely donations amid warnings of rising TB cases and a broader respiratory disease battle.
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Allen County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Easter Straker
Christmas Seal Association
Christmas Seals
Miss Straker
Farm workers earned $1.06 an hour in year
The average American farmer earned $1.06 per hour for farm work last year, compared with $2.53 in factories and $2.25 in food marketing, highlighting a large wage gap between agriculture and other sectors.
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Washington
Scrapbooks from a devoted helper found among neighbors
A near-blind shut-in who could only use one hand created scrapbooks with help from neighbor children after school. She kept and later gave the books to other shut-ins, preserving a personal, community driven effort.
Water Facts distributed by Soil Conservation Service in Ohio
The Soil Conservation Service offices across Ohio offer a free publication titled Water Facts to educate residents on conserving water resources. Raymond Brown, SCS State Conservationist, notes the president’s call for wise water management and urges the public to obtain copies, either at SCS offices or by writing to the Columbus address.
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All Soil Conservation Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Johnson
America
Raymond 3. Brown
SCS
Columbus
Brown
Soi Conservation Service
Federal Building
Church School Teachers Parley in Lima Area
Miss Lucille Frost of Northwest Ohio Christian Education Assn will lead a commuter school for church school teachers from 28 Lima area churches at West Elm United Church of Christ. The program was postponed after a family death. Sessions cover pre-session, observation, and evaluation with classes for junior children on Monday, young people on Tuesday, adults on Wednesday, and two Thursday sessions for pre school and primary age teachers. Arrangements are by Calvary, First United, and West Elm churches. sponsored by the Northwest Ohio Assn for the Miami Erie District. Participating churches span Lima New Bremen Bluffton Van Wert Ada Buckland Cairo Columbus Grove Convoy Gomer Harrod Kettlersville Lafayette New Knoxville Ottawa Payne Rockford St Marys Spencer ville Wabash Wapakonda Westminster.
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Lucille Frost
Northwest Ohio
Miss Frost
Calvary United Church of Christ
First United Church of Christ
West Elm
Lima
Area
Christmas events and meetings in local churches and schools
The Lafayette Methodist Church Helping Hands group hosts its annual Christmas party at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the church basement with hosts and hostesses named. Bluffton College students present Christ in the Concrete City at 7 30 p m in First Baptist Church. Allen County Ministerial Association members and wives meet Monday at St Mark's Methodist with a noon luncheon and a Christmas drama by church members plus a choral demonstration by Central Junior High students. St Rose Home and School Association meets Thursday at 8 p m for a Christmas program by St Rose students and announcements including a new baby born December 3 to Mrs. St Johnson�s family.
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Lafayette Methodist Church
Leon Inskeep
John Vanwaning
Marion Downey
Clinton Jordan
Wayne Schumacher
Christ
Concrete City
Phillip W. Turner
Bluffton College
First Baptist
N. Cable Rd
Allen County Ministerial Assn
St. Mark's Methodist Church
Central Junior High School
Eugene Jefferson
St. Rose Home and School Association
St. Rose
Scenes in Korea and Japan in 1910 NatGeo issue
In 1910 National Geographic Magazine published Scenes in Korea and Japan a 24 page series that was the largest collection of color photographs ever published in a single issue of any magazine.
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National Geographic Magazine
Korea
Japan
Honor Roll Announced At LCC
Lima Central Catholic High School reports about 2 percent of students on the honor roll for the second grading period. Top honors include seniors Barney King Kathy Daley Steven Fay William Matre Roseanna Getz Michael McFarland James Dowd Elaine Brown Mary Alice Valentine. juniors Ronald Knott Barbara Wellman. sophomores Marilyn Brinkman Kenneth Snyder William Gutman Brooke Portmann Mary Vander Embie Deborah Schuh Diane Moran Joseph Blanchard Kathleen Meyer. freshmen Deborah Heehn Theresa Glaser Patricia Steele Diane Stippich Maria Teaford Elaine Bollig Linds Hoersten Teresa Cardone Cathy Petrofes Debbie Prachi Becky Hirsch Vikki Spring John Reistenberg Mary Warniment Susan Winkeljohn Christian Robmiller Vicki Clare Schmitz. Second honors were awarded to 4 freshmen, 3 seniors, juniors and 33 sophomores.
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Marilyn Brinkman
Kenneth Snyder
William Gutman
Brooke Portmann
Mary Vander Embie
Deborah Heehn
Theresa Glaser
Patricia Steele
Diane Stippich
Maria Teaford
Louis Mefford
Ronnald Moening
Kathryn Vincke
Ronald Knott
Barbara Wellman
Barney King
Kathy Daley
Steven Fay
William Matre
Roseanna Getz
Michael McFarland
James Dowd
Elaine Brown
Mary Alice Valentine
Richard Hardesty
Kathleen Meyer
Diane Moran
Joseph Oppenheim
Cynthia Zender
Joseph Blanchard
Deborah Schuh
Mary Stanovich
Elaine Bollig
Linds Hoersten
Teresa Cardone
Cathy Petrofes
Debbie Prachi
Becky Hirsch
Vikki Spring
John Reistenberg
Mary Warniment
Susan Winkeljohn
Christian Robmiller
Vicki Clare Schmitz
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Connor
Roger Johnson
San Jose
Calif
St. Johnson
Delwyn Johnson
1836
University Blvd
LCC
Msgr. E. C. Herr
Lima Central Catholic High School
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