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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1961
Page
40
Hugh A. Mulligan humorously examines the turkey as a symbol of American character. The turkey is described as courageous, social, vain, and endearingly flawed, with traits mirroring a conformist society. Despite flaws, the bird embodies endurance and nobility, earning a place of honor at Thanksgiving.
Joy Miller outlines how women fed and managed the first Thanksgiving while men played, then details how Sarah Josepha Hale led a campaign for a national holiday culminating in Lincoln’s 1863 proclamation. The piece notes Pilgrims and Wemponoag, food and shelter constraints, and the shift to annual observance.
Pete Nicholas Maydanis filed papers in the Mecklenburg County Superior Court seeking a legal name change to Peter Nichol as Mavdanis. The motion requests the court to approve the altered name and issue the appropriate order.
Fifty three women and six men enrolled in a two hour evening class on retail sales co scheduled by Middletown High School, the Adult Evening School and the Ohio Employment Center. Instructor Robert Enright covers product knowledge selling process and interview prep as part of a program to boost holiday earnings and place students with local merchants.
Dr Lewis Webster Jones head of the National Conference of Christians and Jews reports Europe’s church leaders misjudge the United States on church state separation. He plans to spell out findings Monday at the NCCJ meeting in Washington. Jones urges open international dialogue to improve mutual understanding and prevent cross cultural religious tension.
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