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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1960
Page
3
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley L. Enger of Washington DC announce the birth of a daughter born there Tuesday. Former Morris residents, the mother is Jane Carey. Wilbert Webb Webber recently returned from the VA hospital in Dwight after several weeks as a medical patient.
The calendar lists Legion and VFW Auxiliary meetings at legion halls and Vets hall at 8 pm. Masonic and Beta Sigma Phi chapter gatherings, Baptist church banquet, Home Bureau and Civil Defense activities, Polish National Alliance dinner, altar society, and a matrons club Christmas dinner across local venues. A recipe tip suggests adding molasses whole cloves allspice and a bay leaf to smoked tongue.
The Flyup Brownie troop met after school Monday in the Legion hall. The girls studied first aid and closed the meet with Taps. Susan Morris was the scribe.
Visiting hours listed for two blocks. Admitted include Dr. Paul Brockhaus in Coal City and several residents. Births to Raymond Williams Bourbonnais and Maurice Fleetwood at Liberty Street and 1122 Liberty Street. Dismissals include Geraldine Hall Braidwood and Mrs William Drews Jackson Street.
The Mazon Clothing 4-H club meets at 2 30 p m Saturday in the Mazon High School cafeteria for a Christmas party organized by the younger Party A Month club. Members bring materials to craft a door decoration.
The piece argues the United States should back racial readjustments in Africa and urges whites in newly independent states to accept equality. It notes Africa's upheaval as European control ends, leaders lack direction, and nations will rely on aid from Britain, France or via the United Nations.
Chief of Police Wayne Gabehart recounted investigating the 1958 Coal City collision. Depositions from Dr. Leonard Saxon and Dr. Kenneth Hubbard discuss Mrs. Arnold’s post accident pain and potential permanent injury from the Oct 28 crash. Dr Woodhouse testified about spine x rays showing flattening of the circular curve, with rulings on admissibility and court recessed until Friday.
Edgar Allan Poe was removed from the University of Virginia by his parents due to massive gambling debts and sent to work in a counting house.
A V Meadors vocational agriculture instructor at Morris Community High School will travel to Los Angeles to represent the Illinois Vocational Education Organization at the American Vocational Education Association convention next week. He will be on a panel discussing the total program of vocational agriculture with named colleagues. Richard Taylor will assume Meadors' duties at the Morris school during his absence.
President-elect John F Kennedy carried Illinois by 8849 votes over Richard Nixon. Electors pledged to Kennedy will vote in Springfield December 19 with Governor Stratton and Republican officials on the board. Stratton, defeated by Otto Kerner, plans six months off to focus on family, farm near Springfield, and Morris home.
The informal NY stockroom and tavern scene around 1800 featured the Tontine Tavern. Room and board at Tontine's cost 10 shillings per day, roughly double the rates then common in Boston and other American cities.
Mrs. Esther A. Hand, traveling science teacher from Michigan State University, will lecture at Morris Community High School next week Monday through Friday. One of 12 teachers chosen from seven states, she will demonstrate science lessons and assist local staff with consultation.
Mrs Hand, a high school physics chemistry and mathematics teacher in Hammond Indiana, is active in science fairs and educational societies. She holds a BS from the University of Illinois and has attended Indiana University Carnegie Institute of Technology Purdue University Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Akron.
Miss Nora Claire 16 of 206 East North Street and Robert Loring Route 2 Marseilles visited Morris police at 9 p.m. Wednesday to report an accident. A satisfactory settlement was made and no tickets issued. Claire turning left into Bedford Plaza as Loring passed caused about 170 dollars in damage to Claire’s left front fender and some damage to Loring’s car. Neither driver was injured.
In freezing weather Kennedy read a statement proposing Gov. Williams for a top White House post as assistant secretary of state for Africa. He argued African nations form a quarter of the United Nations General Assembly and that Africa is a testing ground for freedom amid mass poverty and civil strife.
The Will Lay Savings and Loan Association was broken into on May 18. Dec. 17 has been set as the moving date from the current quarters at Liberty and Jackson streets. An open house for the public will follow.
Leach said today that a visit and inspection of the new building are planned for early January to assess progress and readiness.
Night watchman Frank Nevarea found an ugly looking grenade on the desk of Assistant Planning Director John Tsaguris at the Pima County courthouse in Tucson. Police called in Davis Monthan AFB demolition experts who deemed the grenade a dud, while Tsaguris expressed astonishment at the fuss.
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