Good Citizen lesson on community action and heritage
The article, part of the Good Citizen series by The American Heritage Foundation, urges civic effort beyond voting and taxes. It contrasts Pilgrim and Emporia history with modern volunteers, highlighting groups like Boy Scouts and Red Cross and praising communal labor over federal dependence.
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The
American Heritage Foundation
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
4-H Club
Red Cross
Future Farmers of America
Community Fund
West 45Th Street
New York
Edgewater Family Faces Nesters in Western Duel
Sam Edgewater sends for Tex Tremont and Chuck Wellington to warn a squatter off his land. A tense standoff ends when the young intruder proposes a duel and a marriage scheme, prompting Laurie to reveal she favors a different proposal.
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Aurie
Sam Edgewater
Tex Tremont
Chuck Wellington
Tex
Chuck
Sam
Laurie
Settlin
Nester
Inez Gerhard on Flight Nerves and Desert Island Dreams
INEZ GERHARD, stopping in STANWYCK en route to Rome to join Robert Taylor, admits aviation is not one of her enthusiasms. She praises Walter Huston, discusses The Furies, and notes Bing Crosby co star Bill Boyd’s singing question remains unresolved. Gloria Swanson’s Sunset Boulevard tour and Ruth Roman’s pool mishap are also mentioned.
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Stanwyck
New York
Rome
Robert Taylor
Hollywood
Walter Huston
Bill Boyd
Mutual
Hopalong Cassidy
Bing Crosby
Bing
Boyd
Gloria Swanson
Iron Woman
United States
Canada
Paramount Picture
Sunset Boulevard
Samson and Delilah
Judy
Nebraska
Helen Hayes
Crossword Puzzle Clues From A Last Week Page
A mixed list of crossword clues across and down including hints for Eager Egyptian dancing girl plane surface at base of room equipment disclosed celestial being incite bird native of Georgia sign of infinitive period of time writing implement musty poverty stricken metallic rock part of a church international language fruit of the bay tree half an em kind of yam falsehood gaze at unlocks wicked danger rational game fish and more across and down clues with numbered entries and correspondences
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Georgia
Crochet Pattern 7050 Instructions for Broeks Durable Item
Pattern 7050 offers directions for a crocheted item in white or pastel colors. Send 20 cents, your name and address, and pattern number to receive the instructions.
Broadway and Main Street Offers Heartbreak to Judy Peters
A Nebraska girl named Judy Peters pursues stage work in New York during the mid century rise. After years of auditions and waiter gigs she lands a lead in a Shaw revival and later dies in a tragic gas leak at a boarding house after being told she was not the type for a new role.
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Esmerelda
Nebraska
Judy Peters
Times Square
45Th Street
Judy
Shaw
Judy Linden
Baker Depends on Dairymen for Milk in Bread
Each year the baker relies on dairymen for millions of pounds of dry milk condensed milk solids and fluid milk to provide bread with added healthful qualities and nutrition.
First widow of a president to receive a pension
Mrs. John Tyler was the first widow of a U.S. president to receive a pension. The quiz lists: three largest cities between the Mississippi and Pacific are Los Angeles St. Louis and San Francisco. The Tower of Babel height is about 300 feet. Softest water is rain water or melted snow. William Dudley Pelley founded the Silver Shirts and edited The Galilean and was jailed by FBI agents on April 4, 1942. Shoddy is wool remanufactured from waste woolens.
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United States
Mississippi River
Pacific Ocean
Tower of Babel
William Dudley Pelley
John Tyler
Los Angeles
St. Louis
San Francisco
Silver Shirts
the Galilean
Wading Pool Sand Box Delights Youngsters
A midwestern concern advertised coal shovels to the first 150 visitors, sparking a chaotic scene as 150 people claimed shovels and began using them at home. The note on the shovels warned about oil heaters, adding a satirical twist to the event.
Woman Shoots At Car in Madison but Misses Target
Mrs. Charles Shell fired a pistol at a car carrying Mrs. Jerry Shepard, shouting that she had shot the wrong woman. Shepard survived the attack.
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Madison
Charles Shell
Jerry Shepard
Writer Seeks Local Color Lands In Jail For Forgery
In Pasadena California Eloise Andrae used a borrowed alias Susan Ann Little to cash a $25 check then charged a $3.95 slip to a friend and attempted another $15.47 cashing. Detectives jailed her on forgery suspicion after the stunts failed to trigger a response.
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Pasadena
Calif
Eloise Andrae
Susan Ann Little
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William Allen White
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Edgewater
Red
Pugh
Whippersnapper
Inez Gerhard
Ruth Roman
Barbara Stanwyck
Guam
Breeze
Syria
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
Chicago
Old Chelsea Station
Broadway
Main Street
Billy Rose
George
Jean Nathan
Keith Winters
Mer Stock Company
Midwest
Oos
Koko OE
Wrnwer
Bedford Hills
Dean
Doan
Arantee
Plasti-Liner Company
Buffalo 11
Bakers \Dream
Baby Telle
Gabber
Pete
Hulman
Kellogg’s
Bie
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