1950 Studebaker Display Brightens Stanfield Showrooms
New 1950 Studebaker models are on display at Stanfield Implement Co. Enthusiasm from New York and Chicago previews fuels local interest. Notable features include a airplane fuselage styled front, spinner accents, enhanced cooling, refined suspension, higher compression engines, stronger horsepower, nylon upholstery, redesigned instrument panels, and updated tire sizes.
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Studebaker
Stanfield Implement Co
New York
Chicago
Percy Stanfield
Stanfield Implement,Co
Champion
Hustler 4-H Field Tour Visits Members and Projects
The Hustler 4-H club held its annual local field tour on August 25. Led by Ben Setzer Jr. the group visited Bob Mars and others to view beef, corn, poultry, tomato, sheep, and garden projects. A watermelon feast concluded the afternoon with several families in attendance.
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Hustler 4-H Club
Bob Mars
Ben Setzer, Jr
Danny Reedy
Norman Setzer
Richard Marvin
Edward Marvin
Robert Welsh
William McCarty
Carole D. Shively
Leland K. Shively
William Shively
Wanda J. Sweitzer
Wayne Sweitzer
Fenton Shirely
Freedom Homecoming at Freedom Church on Sunday
The homecoming at Freedom Church will be held Sunday September 4. Helpers are invited to assist with the program and everyone is welcome to attend.
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The
Freedom Church
Oak Grove Picnic Set for Twin Lakes Paris
The annual Oak Grove picnic is scheduled to take place at Twin Lakes in Paris on Sunday September 4. Residents are invited to attend and enjoy a day of games food and community events.
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Twin Lakes
Paris
Miller Family Reunion at Grand Tom Evangelical Church
The Miller family reunion will be held next Sunday September 4 at Grand Tom Evangelical Church.
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Grand Tom Evangelical Church
Kinkbiner Family Reunion at Zion Church
The Kinkbiner family reunion will be held at Zion Church on Sunday September 4.
Travel and Visits Span Midwest and Beyond
A long list of Vincennes area residents and friends recount travels across Iowa Colorado California Utah and Texas visiting relatives and former neighbors. Several groups gathered for birthdays and meals while others toured Denver Salt Lake City Los Angeles Catalina Island and the West. Local couples and families share reunions with kin, church associates, and former colleagues during recent weeks.
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Willard Kerley
Reel Avenue
Vincennes
Indiana
John Kerley
South 8Th Street
Iowa
Liscomb
Kerleys
Murry
Kerley
Dwight Tingley
Donnie
Reggie
Olen Jones
Glenn
John Reed
John Wyrick
Donnie Kendall
Clarence
Frank
Lois Buser
Pearl Tingley
Roy Bridgett
Forrest Baker
Baker
Milo Cline
Phyllis
Gail Ruth Smith
West
Denver
Colorado
Glen Isle Lodge
Rockies
Hollywood
California
Catalina Island
Phoenix
Arizona
el Paso
Texas
Carlsband Caverns
E. E. Evans
North 6Th Street
Terre Haute
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Emil Carlson
Carlson
Mabel Brennan
Marshall
Fred C. Cooper
Joe Cooper
Covina
Milo Prust
Bob
Jean Woods
West Union
Mary Jean Kearns
Chicago
Mary Jean
Jean Prust
Ivan Tally
George
Chester
Riley Baker
Ted Long
Howard
Anita
Rhoads
Doyle
Forest Baker
J. Willard Kerley
Nelda Brandon
Lincoln
Brandon
Lincoln Bible Institute
Assumption
Robert Gard
Jerry
Cleveland
Ohio
Manetta Lou Manhart
Gary
Oia Dutcher
Raymond Hills
Albert Tingley
Ruth Fitzgerald
Flora Gard
Will Gard
W. H. Ross
Toledo
E. L. Taylor
South Sun Street
Warren Baker
Independence
Kansas
Ola Dutcher
Burton Prust
Prust
Wayne Tingley
Casey
S. A. Sherman
Detroit
C. Wayne Hise
Printing Revolution Sparks Mass Production in Early Press
The article notes Gutenberg's use of movable type and the printing press as a turning point in copying writings. It highlights how the invention enabled the first well known mass production of texts, transforming knowledge dissemination.
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Gutenberg
Hats Bring Tobacco Reward in 1662 Virginia Colony
In 1662 Virginia offered 100 pounds of tobacco for every quality wool or fur hat produced in the colony. The incentive aimed to boost hatmaking and local industry among colonists.
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Virginia
FIVE POINTS SOCIAL NOTES TIED TO LOCAL FAMILIES
A detailed social roundup lists visits from the Weaver family Peggy Beachout and the Veach and Macke households. It notes a Murphy reunion at Twin Lake, a Sunday school social with a wiener roast, and various dinner gatherings. School and community events are mentioned including Jeff Davis and Martinsville faculty changes, a Forrest Park trip, and a softball team party with numerous local families attending.
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Weaver
Peggy Beachout
Rudolph Beil
Sylvan
Morgan
Lila
Glenn
Wilhoit
Carrol
Maurice
Donna
Joyce
Harvey Wilson
Betty Weaver
Lloyd
Hendrix
Carolyn
Beverly
Cora Fiscus
Kenneth. Wilhoit
Paris
Rex Wilhoit
Martinsville
Glenn Wilhoit
Jef Davis
Myrtle Shade
Homer Hendrix
Sme
Johnny ‘Hutchings
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Freedom
Oak Grove
Finkbiner Reunion
Annan
Neds” Raye
Chery Diane
E. Winston Jones
Brazil
Denar
Aletha Ogie
Nichols
Dudley Beltz
Vivian ‘Gentry
Wands Spittler
Wanda Houk
Evelyn Melton
Lavina Clattelter
Mildred Jared
Vern
Perry Jackson
John“Spangler
Ben ‘T. Baird
el Pasco
Ben
State’s Attorney
Claude W. McDaniel
Ivan
Kent
Urbana
Maurice McDaniel
Akpi Te Seagig
John Norton
Elizabeth Norton
Riley Nicholson
Ralph” Davis
Jack ‘Huffington
Robing
Everett Alexander
Lyle Bollinger
Sev
Hu J
Kemp
Joe’ ‘Kemp
Karen Sue
Owen McEtreyge
Slayton
R. Johnson
Lottie Gochenour
Brownstown
R. C. Langlois
Bobby
Haute
Wads ‘Croddy
Herman Cork
Arland Lockhart
C. O. Thornsburg
Fred Moses
Bao
Sam Bradley
DuQuoin
Clara Munyon
Harold Turner
Reno Wright
East Palatka
Florida
Clifford Raisner
Irs
Glen Davis
Drake Frozen Food Locker
Don Wilson
Harold Hendrix
Maurice Wilhoit
Dean’ ‘Morgan
Chester, Linton
James’ “Wilson
Newt Brosmian
Sylvan Morgan
Dean Morgan
Glenn,Wilhoit
Don
Rex
Kay
Dwight
Gintai Hazel Hurst
Stanley
Dug ‘Langley
West Union, Ill
Labor Day
Dave and
Louise Kuhn
Acti, —S
Sai
Firestone Dealer
Wm. B. Goodwin
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