I Remember by the Old Timers
Recollections of boyhood life in Illinois and Virginia folk crafts. Pieces describe threshing with horse power machines near Oakland Illinois and weaving linen cloths at home. The column invites readers to send memories to The Old Timers in Frankfort Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Young
Toledo
Ohio
Illinois
Oakland
Rg. B. Peele
Georgetown
Mt. Zion Church
Old Virginia
Community Press Service
Frankfort
Kentucky
Maverick Star James Garner’s Early Path to Fame
James Garner rose from Hollywood gas station attendant to actor after meeting Paul Gregory at a drug store. Gregory mentored him, leading to cueing for The Caine Mutiny Court Martial and later roles, including Steve Maryk and the TV hit Maverick. Garner, born in Norman Oklahoma, moved to Los Angeles, served in Korea, studied at Hollywood High, and married in 1956 with a stepdaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Garner
Maverick
Hollywood
Paul Gregory
L. A
Korea
Gregory
Garner
Lloyd Yeolam
New York
Steve Maryk
Norman
Okla
Merchant Marine
Los Angeles
Hollywood High School
Abc-Tv
North Hollywood
Social notes from West Liberty community gathering
Local residents share supper visits and family weekends as Rosa Statesman and others attend church, birthdays, and missionary meetings. Notable gatherings include Jack Starks dinner party, Belle Irwin funeral attendees in Mattoon, and multiple kinship visits among Fitzgarrald Marrs Stutesman and Statesman families.
Comic Strip Favorites Rally For Kenny Foundation Aid
Al Capp leads a nationwide drive with comic characters from Walt Disney to Charles M. Schulz urging public support for the Sister Elizabeth Kenny foundation. Celebrities including Lillian Roth promote the 1957 annual fund to aid polio victims and others with neuromuscular disabilities through rehabilitation programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Elizabeth Kenny
al Capp
Donald “Duck
Walt Disney
Bugs Bunny
Warner “Bros. Pictures, Inc
Peanuts
Charles M. Schulz
Ella Cinders
Fred Fox
Dixie Dugan
John Striebel
Li'l Abner
Capp
Kenny Foundation
Lillian Roth
Public Fund
Sister
Community Notices Highlight Local Social Visits and Travel
Masquerading as a compact social roundup the October W S C meeting hosted by Mrs Russell Taylor Dennison is described alongside a long list of visits and travels. Names include Bland Johns Sears Taylor Yeley Doll Filler Rathburn White and many relatives. trips span Indianapolis Chicago Missouri and Colorado.
Verse memory guests at Terre Haute gathering
Orville Taylor and family were Saturday evening guests of Mr and Mrs Joe Augustus in Terre Haute. A remembered verse from Romans 8 1 appears in the recited readings stressing there is now no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus who walk by the spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Taylor
Mrs
Joe “Augustus
Terre Haute
Christ Jesus
Gillis baby born in Deaconess Hospital West Union
Mr and Mrs Albert Gillis Evansville Indiana welcomed a son born October 4 at Deaconess Hospital named Mark Allen. Miss Nancy Newman from Terre Haute visited Mrs Mary Ingram and friends. Mrs Fairy Collier hosted Sunday visitors including Mr and Mrs George Heleine and Mr Raymond Highshoe plus Mr and Mrs Kenneth Highshoe and sons. Miss Susan Nation Shelbyville Kentucky married Jack Patlock New Castle Kentucky at bride’s home Saturday evening October 12. Egg marketing expert at University of Illinois says Asian flu vaccine eggs unlikely to affect fall winter egg prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Bland
Indianapolis
David Bland
Donnetta
J. H. Johns
Hurley Sears
Harold Taylor
Orville . Taylor
Russell Taylor
Magegle Bland
A. B. Doll
Jake Filler
Gon
Donald Miller
Chicago
William Rathburn
Marion White
Kenneth Bridwell
Paria
P. M. White
Diane
Tommy Taylor
iMarshall
James Stepp
Frank Augustus
Alice
West Terre “Haute
Walter “Augustus
Riley, Indiana
Annetta’ "Holienbeck
A. EB. Doll
Gene Hepler
Alice Morris
Missouri
Clarence. Doll
Mattoon
Nina
Johns
Jake" ‘Miller
Larry
Marshall
Farward Doll
Nancy
Frank Doll
George Ray
la Grange
Illinois
Mabel Parsons
Beulah
Florissant
Bob Cubbage
Albert Gillis
Evansville
Indiana
Mark Allen
Nancy Newman
Terre Haute
Mary Ingram
George Heleine
Fairy Collier
Collier
Raymond Highshoe
Trimble
Kenneth Highshoe
Weekend Visit Before Long Trip to France
A cousin and his new bride visited over the weekend with their uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hazeltine. Mr. and Mrs. Gale Blankenbeker and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ogle departed Monday. Mr. Blankenbeker will be stationed in France for three years starting Friday at 8 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Hazeltine
Gale Blankenbeker
Lee Ogle
Blankenbeker
New York
France
COUNTY LENE By Miss Frances Drake
Mrs Lena Artman visited Sunday with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Alva Thompson at Casey. Mrs Ollie Reynolds returned home Friday from the Schmidt Clinic at Robinson where she had been a patient the past week. Mrs Lola Evans and children visited Saturday with her mother Mrs Amy McCrory at Casey. Mrs Louise Ingram of West Union spent Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs Joe McCrory and daughters. The Jolly Pal club met Thursday with Mrs Mary Graham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Artman
Alva Thompson
Casey
Ollie Reynolds
Schmidt Clinic
Robinson
Lola Evans
Amy McCrory
Louise Ingram
West Union
Joe McCrory
Jolly Pal” Club
Mary Graham
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Manila
Marilyn Monroe
Tele Islands
By Lyn Connelly
West
Liberty
Rosa Statesman
Clarence Fitzgarrald
Pearce Marrs
Glenn Marrs
Somerhill -Starks
Herb Gash
Wilbur Cartright
Jeanette ‘Behner
John Welgant
Robert Stutesman
Ronnie
Everett Stutesman
Beatrice Curtright
Karen Curtright
Clarene Hornbrook
Belle Irwin
Anna Behner
Edi Marrs
Audrey Lucan
Jack Starks
Walter Cox
Ivan
Howard Cox
Reba Kirchner
Gla Fox
Rose Clapp
Elsie Combs
Golda Harbor
Josephine Carr
Mark
Rosa Stategman
Homer Jeffs
Max Hirschman
Clee Cartright
Patsy Murphy
Ralph Kibler
Don Statesman
Debbie
Robin
Everett Statesman
James Selders
Nancy Lou Biggs
Staplers
Hilden
West Germany
John Yeley
Don Jones
Dorothy Ruth Parsons
Grace Mason
Earl Kirby
Paris
Dean Holmes
Carl Kirby
Cilf Pine
Colorado
Harrison Black
California
Winford Taylor
Tempco
Euel
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
County Lene
Frances Drake
Maurice J. Ennis
Optometrist
Archer Ave. Marshall, Tl
Inter Communications
PBX
Ede
General Telephone Company OF
Serdang Amentoa
Chevrolet
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