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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1957
Page
3
A gas heater malfunction caused an explosion destroying a drug store a 10 cent store a jewelry shop and a dress shop in Villa Rica Georgia. Eight people were killed and up to forty to fifty were inside at the time with twenty injured and hospitalized. Fire crews from Atlanta and nearby towns contained the blaze about ninety minutes after the blast.
A ferry route operated between Manhattan and Brooklyn from 38 until its discontinuation in 1942. The service provided transit across the East River before its closure during the early 1940s.
Mrs L E Simrall 71 of 603 Fulton St Morris died about 7 p m Wednesday in Morris hospital after admission. Funeral 10 30 Saturday at Davis chapel Rev H C Montanus, burial Howell Mich. Surviving daughters Madge March and Dorothy, brother Don Van Winkle, sister Mrs George H Snaddon.
Ida May McDonald age 96 dies after a short illness in a Joliet hospital. She lived 88 years in Gardner and was active in the Presbyterian church and Royal Neighbor lodge. Survived by four daughters, one son, twenty three grandchildren, fifty great grandchildren, one great great grandchild. funeral services Saturday at Hansen chapel with burial in Braceville Gardner cemetery. Memorials to the Memorial Fund of the Presbyterian church.
Funeral services for Edward L. Wren age 19 who died in a traffic accident Tuesday night will be held at 1 PM Saturday at Davis Funeral Home conducted by Rev Harold M Kelley. Friends may visit after 7:30 PM today. Eddie Leonard composer of Ida Sweet as Apple Cider and other hits also a provisional baseball player.
Mrs Helen P Averill 71 of 901 E Washington St died at 11 p m Wednesday in Morris hospital after a brief illness. The body lies at Davis Funeral Home with calling after 7 p m Friday. Services set for 3 p m Saturday at Davis chapel with Rev L G Hinderaker officiating. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery. She was born Helen Osmon in Grundy County on Oct 4 1886, daughter of the late Chris and Helen Olson Osmon.
The Shabbona District Boy Scout Committee held a Morris Presbyterian church meeting to plan the new year beginning in January. Everett Lois presided as district chairman with 28 men from Braceville Gardner Coal City Mazon Verona and Morris attending. Interim scout executive Harold Johnson outlined future plans and committees prepared for Scout Government Day during Boy Scout Week February 7 to 13 with Walter Hundt named as day chairman.
Nevada has the smallest population of any state with 160,600 people living in 109,821 square miles of area.
Army officials said the unidentified object seen last Saturday near Ft. Greeley was not a Russian rocket and supported reports it was a meteorite. Earlier there was confusion with Sputnik No. 1. Kentucky's historic statehood dates appear in the clipping.
The narrative thanks Maj. Levin and Hayashi for legal help and calls Judge Kawachi fair. The veteran praises Col Smith Sgt Saylor and Army staff who aided him and his wife Candy during and after marriage. He hopes for quiet life away from flashbulbs.
Enrollment stands at 220 pupils while facilities support up to 275. The district does not anticipate reaching the higher figure for several years as faculty members who will be ...
Olav Loken, a 26 year old Norwegian working in the Antarctic, used a wireless radio hookup to contact Prof. Kirk Stone at the University of Wisconsin Geography Department and orally apply for admission to the graduate school because the next mail boat departs in February. A ham radio operator in Wayzata, Minnesota connected the call.
Cuban army reports that a member of Fidel Castro's rebel forces was killed and several others wounded when an armed band attempting to burn a sugar cane field in Oriente province was surprised by troops.
A thief hauled away $26 worth of equipment from the Wayne Hills dump in Portsmouth Ohio. The stolen items included a 12 ton jack. Police investigated the incident and searched for the suspect.
The welcome address on Sunday salutes parents and friends and lists honored attendees including Mr. Reed Mrs. Myrtle L Bunton Mrs. Lenore R Burk hart Mrs. Mae C. Carter Mrs. Elma Jane Davies Mrs. Sadie M. Douglas Richard Laabs Miss Myrtle F. Misener and Miss Mabel T. Welch.
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