Local church group notes community gatherings and civic updates
The Home Builders class of Nazaren e church met at the Collier home with prayer readings and songs followed by refreshments. A house warming in Robinson drew a large list of attendees. Various church and fellowship events continued through the week including a youth rally, college day participation, and dinners. The piece also notes broader items: 1950 U S veteran numbers and oil from coal initiatives in South Africa plus Alberta oil output and Canadian milk transport trends.
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Nazarene Church
Bert Collier
Fenton Collier
John Barrick
Marilyn Cook
Fay Collier
Leon Garwood
Dale Siverly
Eldean Garwood
Dale Brown
Ruthie
Carol Sue
Harold Fisher
Vernon Pruett
Donnie
Debbie
Wm. Cook
Ralph Bartley
Johnna
Gene
Keith
Thelma
Donna
Marshall High to compete in regional regional tourney at Paris gym
Marshall High School plans to enter the regional basketball tournament at Paris gym Feb 28 through Mar 2 with a game on Feb 28. Tickets go on sale at Marshall High School for students and adults. Principal E J Harrington attends a Chicago principals meeting Feb 25 28. A reading program panel met Feb 21 to organize a March 28 discussion for Marshall Community Unit Schools. The Board and teachers seek best methods to teach and motivate gifted students while aiding those with fundamental difficulties. About 175 people attended a Feb 24 Chamber of Commerce meeting in the high school cafeteria with Basil Moore introducing Vaughn Arney. Arney and Robert Flowers outlined Chamber goals since 1952 and future plans. Clarence Hammond discussed City Zoning and Planning Commission progress with charts. The Lions Club will visit West Union Lions Club Feb 27 with about 25 members planning swimming pool talks.
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Marshall High School
Paris Gymnasium
Marshall
E. J Harrington
The
National Association of Secondary Principals
Chicago
Marshall Community Unit
Board of Education
Chamber of Commerce
Basil Moore
Vaughn Arney
Moore
Robert Flowers
J Earl Finney
Chamber
Clarence Hammond
City
Hammond
Marshall Lions Club
West Union Lions Club
Wabash Home Bureau February Meeting At Members Home
The Wabash Home Bureau Unit met at Mabel Stoelting’s home with 21 members and 7 children present. Susie Setzer reported on the Illinois Home Bureau Federation meeting in Ur bana and Craft Day success. Winona Higginbotham to teach again.
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Wabash Home Bureau
Mabel Stoelting
Winona Higginbotham
Singing America
Abraham Lincoln
Susie Setzer
Illinois Home Bureau Federation
Urbana
Dorothy Shirely
Susie Liggett
Hester Newlin
Ella Welsh
Patricia Hunter
Rachel Rector
Mary Olive Stoelting
Agnes Welsh
Anna Saiter
Cora Bartram
Wm. Hunter
Helen Lindley
Planarians Hint at Ancient Migrations From Alaska Findings
Washington report notes four new freshwater planarian species found in Alaska by Dr. Roman Kenk. Similarities to Siberian species suggest ice age land connections between Asia and North America. Planarians are simple animals that can regenerate when split and prey by wrapping and external digestion.
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Washington
Earth
Alaska
Roman Kenk
Siberia
North America
Kenk
Asia
Sun Asks Classification Among Million Variable Stars
In a Sun Among Million Variable Stars, Wilmin gton notes the sun is a variable star in the Milky Way with a ~273 month cycle observed over decades by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Solar fluctuations are small compared to distant stars and may be influenced by atmospheric transmission.
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Walmington
Milky Way
Earth
Smithsonian Institute
Astrophysical Observatory
An. Wats
Life Expectancy Reaches All Time High in 1954
New York based Metropolitan Life Insurance reports an average life expectancy at birth of 69.8 years for industrial policyholders, up nearly a year from 1953. Since 1879-1889 life expectancy has risen from 34 to 69.8 years, with gains visible across ages 5 25 and 45 and a remaining 14.1 years at age 65.
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New York
America
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Greenlease Bills Back in Circulation
A Quincy house wife found the 13th ransom bill from the Bobby Greenlease kidnapping. The $20 note joined others spotted in Jacksonville, Chicago, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, and Minot. Investigators seek the remaining hoard of about $392,280 from the $600,000 ransom.
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Quincy
Greenlease
F.B.I
Fred Gehring
Farlier
Jacksonville
Fla
Chicago
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
Minot
N.C
Bobby Greenlease
New Mexico Agency TCFMRA AETPOPARTCOMV Forms
Tongue twister style item notes the agency The Commission for Making Reciprocal Agreements and Extending the Privilege of Proportional Registration Relating to Operation of Motor Vehicles in Santa Fe New Mexico with Governor John Simms named as chairman of the commission.
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Tongue Twister
Santafe
N.M
Tcfmraaetpopartcomv
New Mexico
Commission
John Simms
Panic in Streets Usually Greets Free Wild Animals
Wild animals escaping from circuses and shops create chaos in several cities. An ocelot in Washington roamed for days, dodging traps and dogs before returning to its owner. Earlier leopards, a lion named Jackie, and a kangaroo also sparked near misses and traffic disruptions during their escapes.
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Washington
Naval Observatory
Pace
Oklahoma City Zoo
Jackie
New York
Madison Square Garden
Baltimore
Scientist Reports Possible Birth of Two New Stars
Dr. George H. Herbig of Lick Observatory may have observed the birth of two stars in the Orion Nebula. He compared photographs from 1947 and 1954 showing three stars in 1947 and five in 1954, suggesting a recent star formation event.
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MT. Hamilton
Calif
George H. Herbig
Lick Observatory
Herbig
Orion Nebula
Chance of Living to 100 Twice as Good
Minneapolis report shows doubles in longevity prospects. Family economics bureau of a national life insurance company cites 80,000 of 20 million babies born in the last five years expected to reach 100, compared with 40,000 from the early 1900s.
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Minneapolis
Family Economics Bureau
National Life Insurance Company
Kin Hubbard quip on the poorhouse and modern relief
Forty years after Kin Hubbard warned the indigent were ferried to the poorhouse by relatives, the trend shifts as many on relief own cars and live at home. A University of Illinois safety expert warns low voltage appliances pose shock risks near water or wet floors.
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Hubbard
University of Illinois
United States
Teen Age Deaths Due Mostly to Accidents
New York reports accidents cause about 6000 teen deaths yearly. Among boys aged five to fourteen, deaths from accidents exceed poliomyelitis and pneumonia combined. Vehicle crashes account for two-fifths of elementary age deaths and drownings rank second.
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New York
TV Tells on Him RALEIGH Hospital Becomes Stage
Officials at a State mental hospital watched a local TV program titled Sidewalk Superintendents broadcast from the street. A hospital worker identified a man on screen as a patient and warned that someone should handle the situation, leading to an ensuing confrontation.
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Raleigh, N.C
State Mental Hospital
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