Puritans Had Big Thumb in Holiday Pie
A Boston Children’s Museum exhibit of 19th century toys shows Puritan influence on Christmas fun. Items include a phenakistiscope and zoetrope, wooden “snow skates,” talking books, walking dolls, and parchesi style games like The Mansion of Happiness. The moralized game guiding virtue over vice is noted as both instructive and entertaining.
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Boston
Grandpa
France
India
D. P. Ives and Company
S. B. Ives
Salem
House of Correction
Minden Man Becomes Fourth Civil Service Commissioner
Gov. Robert Kennon announced the appointment of H. O. West of Minden as the fourth member of Louisiana's five man Civil Service Commission. Other appointees named earlier include Moise Dennery of New Orleans Paul Brown of Shreveport and R. B. Fogle of Baton Rouge.
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Baton Rouge
H. O. West
Minden
Civil Service Commission
Robert Kennon
West
Moise Dennery
New Orleans
Paul Brown
Shreveport
R. B. Fogle
Christmas Musical Program at Memorial Methodist Church
Memorial Methodist Church choirs present a sacred Christmas concert Sunday at 7 30 PM directed by Mrs Z C Ambrose and Mrs Estelle Sanders with Mrs Harvey Nelson on organ The program features Bach Bohemian Carol Ringwald Hogga Bell Waring Gounod Talley and other carols including Ave Maria and Behold That Star with youth and adult choirs and soloists Jack Wickes Harold Riggs and Mrs Estel Sanders The music committee invites all attendees and lists committee members Herbert Walker Z C Ambrose W A Cotton Robert Wing
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Memorial Methdist Church
Z. C. Ambrose
Estelle Sanders
Harvey Nelson
Jack Wickes
Ringwald
Harold Riggs
Hogga
Adulthoir
Bell
Waring
Plan Long Celebration Of Aviation Birth In Kitty Hawk
Young airmen in supersonic jets will launch a year long aviation celebration at Kill Devil Hills near Kitty Hawk North Carolina marking the Wright brothers first powered flight 49 years earlier. Dignitaries include Igor Sikorsky and Art Kelly with a 60 aircraft aerial show and a wreath laying at the Wright brothers monument.
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Kitty Hawk
N.C
Air Force
Sandy Kill Devil Hills
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers National Monument
Harry Moore
A. W. Drinkwater
Elijah Baum
Igor Sikorsky
Art Kelly
Air Force Association
Kill Devils Hill
North Carolina
Wright
Moore
Orville Wright
Polished Pebbles operetta slated for Woodlawn auditorium
Polished Pebbles a two act operetta will be presented Thursday night at 7 30 p m in Woodlawn school auditorium by students under the direction of Mrs Gladys Cox Seymour Cast includes Carl Thompson Earlene McManus Winifred O'Brien Louise Burnett Millicent O'Brien Betty Thompson Rosalie Grace Wheelis Mrs Gabble Noble Tillman and others Understudies line the cast with student directors stage directors and costumers listed The article ends with a note explaining the origin of the red herring metaphor in fox hunting
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Woodlawn School
Gladys Cox Seymour
Carl Thompson
Uncle Bob
Earlene McManus
O’brien
Eunice Sims
Winifred O’brien
Louise Burnett
Millicent O’brien
Betty Thompson
Rosalie
Grace Wheelis
Mr. Gabble
Katie Lou Allen
Martha
Roger Rutledge
Nick
Evelyn Beaver
Gaye Beard
Mitty Brown
Barbara Nell Hendrix
Patsy Rogers
Charles Jarvis
Betty Lou Mathis
Linda Broomfield
Mary Bratton
Jean Tisdale
Hix Landrum
Marvis McManus
Cecil Saterfield
Harry Barfoot
Bobbye Fleming
Geneva Ply
Francis Phillips
Joyce McCurdy
Walter Gates
Edward Gates
Curtis Bamburg
Glen Dowdy
Sybil Alford
Mary Allen
Janice Beard
Wayne Beard
R. J. Browning
Troyce Coles
Johnny Cummings
Laverne Elliott
Frances Guess
Gwendola Guess
Dorothy Lovelady
Harold McCullough
Brenda Miller
Frances Murphy
Jenece Peppers
Ronnie Sims
Barbara Smith
Shirley Thomas
Patsy Phillips
Gloria Bratton
Mary Futch
Glenda Briley
Bobby Fleming
Troy Lynch
Jimmie Gewin
S. B. Nettles
Mary Dale Smith
Louise Tillman
B. W. Allen
R. L. Hart
Ida Beard
Hazel Futch
R. O. McManus
R. J. Browning, Sr
S. G. Miller
J. 8. Bratton
T. P. Beard
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Gary Miller
Children’s Hospital
Los Angeles
Gary
Connie Streetner
Tricot
John B. Knox
Minden Man
Service Commission
Memorial Methods Church
Jesus
Bach
Lex
Wallace
Singapore
Rome
New York
Cape Town
London
Buenos Aires
Ines
Walkerville
Canada
Hiram Walker Importers Inc
Detroit
Mich
San Francisco
Paris
EAR
Bernhart
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