Minooka Cub Scout Derby Produces Dense List of Winners
The second annual Pinewood Derby for Minooka Cub Scout Pack 464 at the fire station crowned Mike McIntyre grand champion in an all-Den race. Den winners included Thomas Feeney and McIntyre, Donald Coop, William Murley, and Leigh Jay Peacock judged best in appearance. Numerous Wolf Bear and Lion badges and arrows awarded to several scouts. Mel Phillips distributed Bobcat pins. plans announced for a July 26 Pack picnic potluck.
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Minooka
Mike McIntyre
Thomas Feeney
McIntyre
Donald Coop
William Murley
Leigh Jay Peacock
Warren Koeneman
Ronald Vaughn
Tom Feeney
Bill Murley
James McEvilly
Gerad Blair
James White
Mike Wallin
Mark Hoyland
Stephen Dullard
Mel Phillips
Cubmaster
Charles Stratz
Arthur Henschen
Jeff Watson
VFW Auxiliary Hosts Hospital Program and Bible School Plans
The VFW Auxiliary at the Morris VA hospital Dwight sponsors a program with organ pieces and an orchestra for patients. Bible School sessions at the Methodist church list junior workers and a four day schedule from June 13 to 20 for ages four through eight grades, with sessions Tuesday through Friday.
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The
Methodist Church
Barbara Beasley
Melodie Flatness
Lynda Todd
Merry Todd
Nancy Blair
Jackie McCoy
Francina Campbell
Phyllis Sing
Sharon Winkler
Morris V.F.W. Auxiliary
Dwight
Walter Pack
Bob Hollenback
Norbert McLuckie
Frank Sereno
Gordon Lowery
Elaine Hollenback
Sue Kein
Edith Ehrler
Joseph Krzysciak
Bernard Raynass
Anna Mae
4-H Club News Plans Day Trips and Demonstration
The Button and Dough 4H club met at Coleen McEvilly's, pledges to the American and 4-H flags were given, and plans were made for a trip to Starved Rock Rainbow Bakery and the American Institute of Laundry. Jane Clennon demonstrated, reported by Karla Smith. Japan's new ten year plan envisions raising workers' and farmers' living standards by 100 percent.
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Coleen McEvilly
Starved Rock
Rainbow Bakery
American Institute of Laundry
Jane Clennon
Karla Smith
Japan
Frank J. Wesley to Represent Local 323 at AFM Convention
Frank J. Wesley of Local 323 AFM will represent the union at the 64th AFM convention in Atlantic City New Jersey. The gathering opens June 12 with Mrs Wesley accompanying her husband on the east coast visit planned before their return.
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Frank J. Wesley
West High St
American Federation of Musicians
Union
Atlantic City
N. J
Ontario: The Narrowest Great Lake at 53 Miles Wide
Ontario is the narrowest of the five Great Lakes with a width of 53 miles. The datum highlights its unique shape among the freshwater giants, separating it from Lakes Superior Huron Erie and Michigan.
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Ontario
Great Lakes
Gardner Notes Briefs on Births and Visits Across Communities
Gardiner Burt Parkinson and wife welcome a daughter born May 29 in Hawthorne Nevada, father serving with the Air Force at Camp Lejeune. Visitors include Mrs. George Woodruff Joliet and Miss Dorothy Williams Pasadena. Hendrix family from Seldovia Alaska visiting relatives here. Hospital and travel updates cover ambulance transfer to St James Pontiac, Little Rock trip, and visits among Joliet Indianapolis Dallas Marion San Leandro Libertyville and Glen Ellyn residents.
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Bell Small
Lester Anderson
Blake
John Sowers
Libertyville
Dean Onsen
Andersons
Margaret Trelle
Glen Ellyn
Rebecca Sowers
St. Joseph's Hospital
Joliet
Lyle Blanchard
Indianapolis
Ind
First reactor begins operation in Taiwan at university center
National Tsing Hua University hosts Taiwan's first nuclear reactor now producing radioisotopes to boost agriculture. The United States funded the million-watt facility with an investment above 600000 dollars. Local residents and guests including Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Wright and others share visits and hospital news.
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Nationalist
China
National Tsing Hua University
Taiwan
U.S
Martinsville Becomes Sweatshirt Capital of the World
Five textile plants in Martinsville Virginia earned the title Sweatshirt Capital of the World. The city produces about 27.5 million sweatshirts annually, accounting for 50.4 percent of global output.
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Martinsville
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