Names of Towns Have Odd Origins
UNITED NATIONS N Y A study of place names by Mario Pei and Eloise Lambert notes humor and error shape many toponyms. Examples include Pun keydoodles Corner Ontario and Widowville Ohio while Rio de Janeiro means mouth of a river and Nome Alaska stems from a misread inquiry.
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United Nations
N. Y
Punkeydoodles
Mario Pei
Columbia University
Pei
Eloise Lambert
Unesco Courier
U. N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
New England
New York
Nueva Armenia
Honduras
Britain
Torpenhow Hill
Middle Wallop
England
Peru
Paraguay
Puerto Casado
Bolivia
Toretoro
Georgia
United States
Soviet Union
Tripoli
Syria
Libya
Iowa
Tiflis
Tbilisi
Hot Springs
Ark
S. D
Stony Point
Venezuela
Punta de Piedras
Mississippi
Rio Grande
Guadalquivir
Nepal
Piedmont
Sammy Davis Plans Marriage to Swedish Actress Mai Britt
London Sammy Davis Jr says he and Mai Britt plan to wed after her divorce from Eddie Gregson becomes final on Sept 28. The entertainer notes some may disapprove of an interracial union and recalls past marriages, including Loray White in 1958 and an engagement to dancer Joan Stuart this past year.
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London
Sammy Davis Jr
Mai Britt
Eddie Gregson
Davis
Loray White
Joan Stuart
Catherine Cleary Joins UW Board of Visitors
Catherine B. Cleary a former assistant U S treasurer has been elected to the University of Wisconsin Board of Visitors. She will serve the remainder of a term expiring in 1962 and was named to the post by the University Board of Regents. Cleary is of Milwaukee.
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Madison
Catherine B. Cleary
U. S
University of Wisconsin Board of Visitors
Miss Cleary
Milwaukee
University Board of Regents
Community Notes From Local Visits and Celebrations
Mrs Hemphill of Orangeville attended a mother daughter banquet at the Baptist church. Families Arnsmeier and Mary joined Lavon Arnsmeier at Brodhead high school graduation. Grenzow, Grenzow and Whitehead attended stock car races in Rockford. Raether and Lillie Alexander visited Wesley Grenzow and the Becker family in Brodhead. Arnsmeier family celebrated Irvin Armstrong’s birthday in Davis. Heidi Trotter visited relatives in South Wayne. John Larsen works in a TV factory in Aurora Illinois.
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Rockford
Albert Raether
Lillie Alexander
Oakley
Wesley Grenzows
Robert Becker
Brodhead
Raymond Arnsmeier
Davis
Arnsmeier
Irvin Armstrong
Ivan Arnsmeiers
Robert
Stuckey
Merle Lee
Mary
Rodney Arnsmeier
Charles Trotter
Heidi
Ernest Thommen
South Wayne
Heidi Trotter
Brodhead Tributes At Evansville High School Exercises
Dr and Mrs S L Cain and Mary attended the baccalaureate and commencement at Evansville High. Judith Cain daughter of Mr and Mrs C B Cain graduated with highest honors and will attend St Olaf College in Minnesota this September. Mrs Emwna Mueller and Steven Stair traveled to California to visit relatives. Mrs James Gibson and daughter Lisa from Detroit attended the alumni banquet and the Olin Barrett wedding. David Clark a North Central College student attended a church music workshop in Naperville Illinois.
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S. L. Cain
Mary
Evansville High School
Judith Cain
C. B. Cain
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
Emwna Mueller
Stev
James Gibson
Lisa
Detroit, Mich
Olin Barrett
Baptists name Groth central VP of Home Mission Society
Mrs. Neardean Groth of Watertown Wisconsin has been named central vice president of the American Baptist Home Mission Society. The appointment followed a convention meeting in Rochester New York attended by American Baptists officials.
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Baptists
Rochester
N. Y
Neardean Groth
Watertown
Wis
American Baptist Home Mission Society
American Baptists Convention
Ohio Teamster Chief Convicted by Jury
A federal jury found William Presser, head of the Ohio Teamsters Council, guilty of obstructing justice. The six men and six women deliberated after a week-long trial as the defense prepared a motion for a new trial. Prosecutors showed the union official damaged an invoice in Teamsters Joint Council 41 records in Cleveland. The maximum penalty is five years imprisonment or a $5,000 fine, or both.
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Cleveland
Ohio
William Presser
Ohio Teamsters Council
Senate
Teamsters Joint Council 41
Ed Fritz Buys Fairview High School Building at Auction
Hopkinsville Ky Ed Fritz who helped erect Fairview high school fifty years ago purchased the building at auction for sentimental value. His high bid totaled 2425 dollars and nine of his children attended the school while three of his daughters taught there.
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Hopkinsville, Ky
Ed Fritz
Fairview High School
Antarctica’s Commonwealth Bay Named Windiest Spot
Winds reaching up to 200 miles an hour make Commonwealth Bay in Antarctica the world’s most extreme wind area. The record wind conditions highlight the harsh climate and remote nature of the region.
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Commonwealth Bay
Antarctica
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Sweden
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Mabel E. Bauer
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Monroe
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Radke
Miss Grace Marsh
En Stair
Sacramento
Loomis
Calif
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Mmes
Allen Penny
William Tudsburg
David Clark
North Central College
Naperville, Ill
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Ohio Teamster
Cottadt Heel
Wisconsin
American Dairy
ADA
Standins
Ajax
Pune
Crisco
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