Old Threshers Plan Another Festival in Paris
Forty residents from twelve towns attended the Mark Twain Old Threshers meeting in the Paris courthouse led by Lawrence Hempstead. Plans cover July 17 and 18 with an old fiddlers contest Friday night and potential entertainment from groups in Germany and the Netherlands. A historical committee was proposed and Miss Missouri 1970, Miss Marcia Mossbarger, will attend as a notable attraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Mark Twain Old Threshers Association
Lawrence Hempstead
Germany
Netherlands
Marcia Mossbarger
Brookfield
Brookfield High School
Northeast Missouri State College
Kirksville
Mossbarger
Chillicothe
The
Jayceeetts
Cleaning Woman Dismantles Bomb At Radio City
A cleaning woman found an explosive device under a seat at Radio City Music Hall in New York and partially dismantled it before alerting security. Police reported the device contained explosive powder with a wrist watch timing mechanism, wiring, and three camera flash bulbs. The theater seats 6,200 and is part of Rockefeller Center hosting films, stage shows, the Rockettes, and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Radio City Music Hall
Music Hall
Rockefeller Center
Rockettes
NorCal Concert Friday Night at North Callaway High
The R-1 North Callaway Music Department presents an elementary concert Friday at 7 30 p m in the Rel North Callaway High School auditorium. Beginning band directed by Francis Ridgeway and seventh and eighth grade chorus plus intermediate band directed by Mary Paraschos perform music from Europe and America prior to the 1900s. Admission is free.
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R-1
North Callaway
Rel
North Callaway High School
Francis Ridgeway
Mary Paraschos
Europe
America
They Found What They Wanted They Found What They Wanted
Centralia profile of A. B. Chance Company workers with long service pins. Foreman Thirman Adkisson 30 years Feb 7, Arthur Grossglauser 25 years Feb 1, Clif Cagle 15 years Feb 1, Benjamin Hamilton 5 years Feb 4, William K. Hall 5 years Feb 7. Adkisson pursued drop forge work and credits Chance with strong profit sharing aiding savings and home buying.
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Centralia
A. B. Chance Company
Thirman Adkisson
Route 2
Arthur Grossglauser
Kellogg Drive
Adkisson
Chance
Grossglauser
Air Force
East Street
Clif
Cagle
Benjamin Hamilton
Moberly
William K. Hall
Spauldin Court
Hamilton
Hall
Chance Company
Civic Pride Talks Highlight Wellsville Meeting
Wellsville community leaders gathered to discuss instilling civic pride and addressing issues like street cleanliness vacant buildings and public safety. Plans include an attitude survey, housing progress updates, a youth center event report and upcoming community programs led by local groups and churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Smith
Anniversary notices and family updates in Mexico Missouri
The item records multiple local anniversaries and visits. MR. AND MRS. EARL Long observe their 55th anniversary next Sunday February 14. MR. AND MRS OLEN May Medical Center Mexico entertained Sunday for an anniversary dinner honoring Mr and Mrs Herbert Meyer whose seventh wedding anniversary was February 6. MR. AND MRS W M Deichman have returned to. Other entries note February 9 anniversaries and family visits to Macon and Wellsville.
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Earl Long
First Street
Wellsville
Roy Underwood
Verdell Dixon
Macon
Dixon
Underwood
Olen May Medical Center
Mexico
Herbert Meyer
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Mrs
Jane Ransdell
Gene Bounds
Boone County Hospital
Columbia
Ollie Forbis
Helen Cravens
Cole Jones
Levering Hospital
Hannibal
Pleasant View
William Guest
Bettie Brooks
Chicago
Mrs. Guest
Mrs. Brooks
Jaycee Hut
Mexico Optimists
Centralia Optimists
Browning and Crowe Livestock Order
Bennie Ragsdale
Jim Shrader
BOY Scouts
Webelos
Christian Church
Roger Shatzer
Ralph, DeOrnell
Jim Montgomery
Wesley Nickell
Eddie Barr
Beta Sigma Phi
Marvin Newbrough
Valentine
Xi Beta Xi
Mary Beth Vaughn
Epsilon Psi
Xi Gamma Rho
Legion Auxiliary
Oldham Dawson
Eddie Simon
Ron Griffith
Lynn Mott
John Deere
Main Street
Motts
Monroe County
Monroe City
County Barn
Madison
City Hall
Paris Christian Women's Fellowship
Emmett Dooley
Radio City
NorCal
Art Grossglauser
Penneys
Bancys Shop Penneys
FIRST
W. H. McClain
Missouri Federation of Women’s Clubs
St. Louis
General Federation
CIP
Jerri Winger
Springvale
Utah
McClain
Community Betterment
McDowell
C. W. Conover
FHA
Smith
St. Paul's Church
Quenten Boyd
United Methodist Presbyterian Church
David Fulbright
K. P. Scholl
VFW
Cancer Fund
L'Etude
Conover
Kiwanis Club
Chamber of Commerce
Roscoe Grant
Grace Slonaker
Missouri
Grace Lutheran Church
Fred Gastler
Bob Hoffman
Bruce Hansen
Leland May
W. M. Deichman
Citizens Savings
Jefferson & Liberty Sts
JOME
MGA
Blue Cross
Olive Street
Hammond Building
Jefferson City
First National Bank
Joplin
Holland Building
Springfield
Hirsch Towers
Cape Girardeau
S Hearsterad Sornce Marke
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