Mrs. Maitland Palmer 78 Dies After Illness in Janesville
Mrs. Maitland E. Palmer 78 formerly of Argyle and Darlington died Sunday at home after a long illness. Born Olga Hoff in Norway she lived in Wisconsin since immigrating to the United States. Survived by husband a daughter two sons and two brothers. Funeral at First Lutheran Church with calling hours at Wolfgram Funeral Home.
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Janesville
Maitland E. Palmer
Argyle
Darlington
Olga Hoff
Norway
First Lutheran Church
Kenneth Woodring
Meritt
Harold
Chalmette
Harold Hoff
Chicago
Ivor
Wolfgram Funeral Home
Kathryn Forbes McLean, Author of Mama’s Bank Account Dies
Kathryn Forbes McLean 57 died Sunday in Burlingame after a long illness. Writing as Kathryn Forbes she published the humorous memoir in 1943 that inspired a hit play a film and a TV series. She also wrote magazine pieces and radio scripts.
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Burlingame
Calif
Kathryn Forbes McLean
Mama
Kathryn Forbes
Dear Abby readers question etiquette snobbery and misuses
Readers challenge Amy Vanderbilt's norms arguing etiquette books promote snobbery and archaic rules. They question addressing strangers as sir and the social ritual of formal invitations while calling for a common sense approach to everyday courtesy.
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Abby
Amy
Vanderbilt
Supreme Court of
Clinton DeWitt Flushfuller
Mrs. Rackenbush
Amy Vanderbilt
Dear Abby Mailbag Notes Etiquette and Respect
A reader writes as a secretary who greets all male visitors with sir regardless of status. The letter argues against judging by attire and calls for respectful treatment unless proven otherwise.
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L.A
Abby
Best-attired are courteous and considerate gentlemen
A brief note from Mr. Erlich's Secretary praises well-dressed, polite behavior, arguing etiquette elevates both men and women without diminishing a lady's standing. The writer defends personal propriety and social grace in everyday conduct.
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Mr. Erlich
Boston Note on Breeding and Manners Quotation
A humorously phrased confidential note from Boston cites Jonathan Swift on good manners. It contrasts breeding with making people comfortable in conversation and suggests the best bred are those who ease others.
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Boston
Mass
Jonathan Swift
Personal note to Abby at Monroe Evening Times
Reader seeks a personal reply from Abby and provides a stamped self addressed envelope for outreach.
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Abby
Monroe Evening Times
How to Write Letters for All Occasions booklet offer
Readers can obtain Abby’s booklet titled How to Write Letters for All Occasions by sending $1 to Abby Box 69700 Los Angeles Cal 90069. The ad markets practical tips for correspondence and personal notes.
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Abby
Los Angeles
Cal
Washington Agrees to Strong Vietnamese Military Role
After two days of intensive consultations on the Viet Nam crisis, John son administration leaders have agreed to back a robust Vietnamese military role in any future Saigon government.
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Washington
Saigon
Wild Edible Plants Theme At Scouting Roundtable
The Scouting Roundtable on Wild Edible Plants will be held tomorrow night in St Johns Church Monroe with Woody Faulkes in charge and Orangeville as host. Plans for an Outdoor Training session in May 2021 at Zanders Lake were announced.
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St. John’s Church
Monroe
Woody Faulkes
Orangeville
Zanders Lake
Lowell Stuessy
Dewey Dwyer
Roy Hefty
Clint Blackbourn
Ralph Baltzer
Eugene Eckstam
James Gordee
Workman Crushed By Steel at Cudahy
MILWAUKEE A young workman was crushed to death beneath 10 tons of steel rails Monday in suburban Cudahy. The victim was identified as Peter Lundh 20 Oak Creek. He and another employee were loading steel on a railroad car with a crane when the chain snapped and dropped the rails on Lundh. Medical investigators said Lundh walked under the load to steady it after it began swaying.
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Milwaukee
Cudahy
Peter Lundh
Oak Creek
Harnischfeger Corp
Lundh
Action Meeting Set for Tonight
In Dodgeville the five county area seeks solutions to poverty and invites public attendance at an 8 p.m. board meeting of Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program Inc. in the Iowa County Court house. The agenda includes hiring a director, approving new anti poverty projects, bylaw amendments, and countywide meetings. The program development grant will be presented to the Office of Economic Opportunity review board in Washington next week.
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Dodgeville
Grant
Lafayette
Green
Iowa
Richland
Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program Inc
Iowa County
Joseph Robinson
SWCAP
Office of Economic Opportunity
Washington D.C
Medieval French bridal bouqet tossing echoes custom
A bride’s bouquet toss to bridesmaids mirrors medieval French rites where Gallic women once threw garters. The line between wedding tradition and sisterly mimicry appears thin across eras.
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France
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Miem
Adtaker
U.S. Dept. Labor
EBM
Automation Training, Inc
Wisconsin
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Oscar N. Johnson
V/ LARSHALL reinstce COMPANY, Inc
Monona Ave
Tel
Madison
Wis
Bigelow
Erickson
DuPont
Famous Bigelow Co
Mchasco
Erickson’s
Hoover
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