Whispered prank on party phone ends with mistaken death notices
In a rural community the party line spreads a funeral message announcing John Hickman’s death when the caller is actually hearing Lon Wickman’s name due to poor hearing. Reb Skinner, hearing impaired, misreads the gossip and attends the wrong service while the living colleague remains in doubt about the funeral.
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Rob Skinner
John Hickman
Dee Bradberry
Woodland Meeting
Reb Skinner
Reb
Lon Wickman
Wickman
Churches announce schedules for Zion Emmanuel and activities
Zion Church schedules 9 30 worship and 10 30 message Prophecy and Witness to Christ with prayer meetings Tuesdays Thursdays Guild and Youth Week events. Emmanuel Church lists 9 80 church school 10 30 missionary prayer meeting Youth Week and films Workers Together With God and A Note of Praise. Public invited. Carl Holler guest speaker at E U B Men meeting Friday.
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Zion
Hool
Wm. Tingley
Emmanuel
Church
John Douglas
Norma Jean Murphy
Youth Fellowship
Emmanuel Church
Carl Holler
Congregational Church Notes Highlight Miller Led Services
Rev Louis L Miller leads Congregational worship with church school at 9 15 a m and morning prayer at 10 30 p m Topics include Security a Christian Interpretation Eleven P F s from this church attended a Terre Haute First Congregational P F meeting last Sunday Evening Youth choir rehearsal at Charles Bush home 700 pm Plymouth class smorgasbord at C W Holler home Sunday afternoon February 5 1 30 to 4 00 Reservations with Mrs Ollie Tibbs 4296 by February 3
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Charles Bush
First Congregational Church
Terre Haute
Charles Bushee
Plymouth
C. W. Holler
Ollie Tibbs
Revival services announced for Feb 1 12 in two towns
Marshall Methodist Circuit lists Rev Delmar Redman as minister with church schools at Brick and Darwin and Snyder sites. Revival evangelist Rev Erwin Staggs from Ashland Ky will conduct nightly services Feb 1 through 12 at Pilgrim Holiness church with 9:30 Sunday school and 10:30 morning worship.
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Pilgrim Holiness Church
Erwin Staggs
Ashland
Steggs
Sunday church schedule with revival by Rev Lynn Wiseman
Sunday school 9 30 a m morning worship 10 45 p m N Y P 8 7 00 evangelistic service 7 30 prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 Our Youth revival begins January 30 7 30 and runs through February 5 guest speaker Rev Lynn Wiseman pastor of Free Methodist Church Robinson Ill special singing each evening invite friends everyone welcome
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N.Y. P
Lynn Wiseman
Free Methodist Church of
Robinson, Ill
Sunday Worship Schedule and Camp Expansion News
Sunday school at 9.30 preaching at 10.30 evangelistic service at 7.30 prayer and praise Wednesday at 7.30. If you are not attending elsewhere, worship with us at the friendly church. Camp Shawwawnaskee district 4-H camp near Kankakee expands by 30 acres adjoining a 70 acre site along Rock Creek. Average U S egg consumption rose from 298 to 417 per person per year in 1920 to last year.
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Friendly Church
United States
Misplaced cornerstones puzzle shaky Federal search
Washington officials probe the missing cornerstones of the White House Treasury and Washington Monument. The monument's 1848 dedication drew 15 000, while legends mention a George Washington trowel and Jackson hair relics. Foxed clues suggest northeast concealment amid renovations and undocumented mementos.
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Washington
New York City Hall
White House
United States Treasury
Washington Monument
Alexander Hamilton
Dolley Madison
George Washington Parke Curtis
Martha Washington
George Washington
Capitol
United States
New York Daily Sun
Mobile Register
Journnal
Baltimore Daily Sun
Western Citizen
Paris
Kentucky
Andrew Jackson
Congress
Treasury
Cadet Wins Nondescript Honor At Rutgers ROTC Detachment
NEW BRUNSWICK A Rutgers University ROTC detachment cadet Eve Winant has missed drills yet earned no demerits amid scrutiny as the first female ROTC member at the State University men’s college. She describes initial resistance and eventual acceptance as she advances in the advanced AFROTC program.
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Rutgers University
Eve Winant
Miss Winant
Douglas College
State University
Rutgers
Bedridden Scholar Earns College Degree
Nick Kobane 36 earned a bachelor of arts in chemistry from Wayne University after 17 years as a paralyzed patient at Receiving Hospital. Shot by a Detroit policeman who mistook him for a burglar, he completed seven years of study to achieve the degree.
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Detroit
Nick Kobane
Kobane
Receiving Hospital
Wayne University
Oregon Senator Seeks Abbreviation Standard for State Name
Senator Neuberger proposes formal abbreviation for Oregon as Oreg or Oreg. He argues the state has existed 96 years and authorities support a uniform short form. The debate centers on the proper rendering of the state name in government and press usage.
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Washington
Oregon
Neuberger
Judge compares women to horses in divorce ruling
London a divorce court judge Samuel Richards Edgedale likened women to horses saying they need their heads at times while dismissing a cruelty petition. He warned the husband about keeping too tight a rein and urged consulting a marriage guidance council for the couple.
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London
Samuel Richards Edgedale
Estate of Thomas McClure Deceased Claim Date Set
Notice to creditors that March 5 1956 is the new claim date in the Thomas McClure estate in Clark County Illinois. Claims must be filed by that date without issuance of summons.
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Thomas McClure
Clark County
Ilinois
Master in Chancery's Sale of Real Estate in Clark County
Public notice from Clark County Illinois announces a Master in Chancery sale under Foreclosure No. 55 E 49. Gustave Ritter and Marshall Loan Company sue Owen E. Muncie and Mary K. Muncie. sale set for February 11 1956 at 10 30 am at the east door Marshall courthouse. Real estate described as Southeast Quarter of Southwest Quarter Section 7 Township 10 North Range 12 West containing 40 acres more or less. Cash in hand.
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Circuit Court of
Clark County
Gustave Ritter
M. L. Behner
Marshall Loan Company
Owen E. Muncie
Mary K. Muncie
Victor C. Miller
Marshall
Clark
Tlinois
Ilinois
Minois
Omer T Shawler
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Louisiana
Carnegie
RETO
American Medical Association
AMA
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Echo Park
Dinosazr
Interior
McKay
Colorado
Taft- Barkley
U S. Public Health Service
House of Representatives
House
E. U
Wilbur Bo, Payne
Poplar &T
Louis L. Miller
Brick
Roy Dickerson
Darwin
Burton
Heleine
Snyder
Herman Thompson
Pilgrim Holiness
Tenth and
Plum Streets
L. A. Williams
New Brunswick
Audrey Lane
Sisen
Madi- Son Square Station
New York 10
Irene H McClure
Snavely
Miller & Meehling
Keiser
Illinois
State of Illinois
Chas. T. Brandenstein
Marshall Loan CO
Ritter & Behner
Quinn’s
Saw Metal Company
F. H. Roth Marshall, Ili
Archer Ave
R. E. Bishop’s
South 9Th St
Marshall, Ill
Roper
Ziegler and Norge
R. E. Bishop
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