Young Actress Shuns "Greer Garson" Title
Amanda Blake, a 21 year old from Buffalo, left MGM after two films in two years, saying she resents being typed as Greer Garson lookalike. She claims only hair color unites them and notes her own personality. Columbia signed her for a mystery lead and fans the Garsonized makeover. The piece also mentions Judy Garland and other industry moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Amanda Blake
Greer Gargon
Gee Red
Buffalo
N. Y
MGM
Miss Garson
Amanda
Columbia Pictures
Des Moines Woman Sues for Divorce and Custody
Elma Walker filed for divorce against Alfred Walker in circuit court here and seeks custody of two minor children. Married December 14 1935 the couple separated May 1 1949. Dowell and Dowell represent the plaintiff.
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Elma Walker
Alfred Walker
Dowell and Dowell
Fire on third floor of Model Mill in McLeansboro
McLeansboro fire department responded Wednesday morning to a blaze on the third floor of the Model Mill. The fire was brought under control quickly. The item also lists numerous local visits and trips among residents, including funerals in Cisne and Evansville and family visits in Chicago, Saint Louis, and other towns. Several residents and visitors are named, detailing social activity and travel in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcleansboro
Model Mill
W. H. Mann
Dudley
Orville Hungate
Dwight Miller
James Tyler
Warner Anderson
St. Louis
Robert Johnson
Oakley Irvin
Fred Mead
Ray Hatton
Ike Satterfield
Ethel Frooks
Cisne
Jimmy Blades
Teamer Smith
Gene Wheeler
Ernest Moore
Long Lake Shawneetown
Walter Hale
Donald Lankford
Rennie
Evansville
Walter Sanders
Avery Irvin
Estel Drew
Flat Rock
Willie Hunt
Kingston Mine
Mary E. Hunt
Frank Shapard
Shelbyville
Rose Garden At Hoyleton Hosts Purple Martins
Hoyleton Illinois hosts a yearly arrival of purple martins from South America. William and Mrs. Rixmann maintain 21 housing units for about 250 pairs, forming a miniature village with a town hall weighing 600 pounds atop 12 foot poles.
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William C. Rixman
Hoyleton
Ill
Hoyelton
South America
William C. Rixmann
Rixmann
Rixmanns
Martins
Social notes from Dahlgren and nearby towns
Mr and Mrs Herbert Nerenz returned from St Louis where Mrs Nerenz received treatment at Barnes Hospital. Miss Mary Jane Aydt of Terre Haute visits, while locals host visitors from Troy Ottoville East St Louis and Mt Vernon. Various guests attend family events and birthdays as Dr and Mrs Doepke and Doepke relatives share celebrations.
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Woodlawn Rebekah Lodge
I. O. O. F. Hall
Edna Davis
Evan Weiss
Illinois
Daisy Weiss
Ladies’ Auxiliary
The
Patriarch Militant
Gladys Arnitt
Zella Talbott
Tialdo
Julia Coats
D. A. Stephenson
Nelson Grissom
Irma Sigworth
Madonna Kelley
Ann Endicott
Mary Bender
Carmen Bender
Vandalia
Mt. Vernon
Centralia
Pinckneyville
Fred Clark
Chas. Clark
Ernest Clark
Rye Beach
New Hampshire
Glenn Bathen
Minneapolis
William Edmison
Vernon
Earl Morgan
Evansville
Ind
E. N. Morgan
Chicago
Mary Goin
Ray Hatton
Fred Underwood
Sally Jacobson
Sam Heard
Elizabeth
W. Severs
Eugene Woolard
East St. Louis
Dora Webb
Chas. Stafford
Charlene
Ellis Stafford
Ralph Mangis
Della DeWitt
DuQuoin
Leslie Daily
Katherine Edwards
Frank Shepard
Martha Lee Jean
New Harmony
D. W. Nelson
Charles Hood
Ernest Hood
Roger
Willis Otto
Ottoville
Leota Faulkner
Hubert Conner
Otis Underwood
Ernst St. Louis
Ella Underwood
H. E. Reader
MclLeansboro
Dahlgren
Henry Porterfield
Louisville
Maude Boudinot
Belle Rive
Orval Smith
Bethalto
P. A. Smith
May Brogan
Roy
St. Louis
C. W. Karcher
Belle Prairie
Byford Locher
Charles L. Doepke
Henry Doepke
Dallas Mathus
Patty Davis
George Doepke
Virgil Murphy
Chas
Doepke
Mt Vernon
Charles Doepke
Patty Murphy
Paul Christ
Tillie Ripplinger
Film-Coated Ar-Pan-Ex Tablets Promised Fast Relief
Advertised as a film coated tablet that works in the intestine rather than the stomach aims to provide rapid relief for rheumatic and arthritic pain by quickly entering the bloodstream and reducing uric acid, with availability at Krebs South Side Drug Store Douglas Drug and Jones Pharmacy.
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Krebs South Side Drug Store
Douglas Drug
Jones Pharmacy
Martins Leave For Southward Flight Each Spring
Mrs. Rixmann notes the quieting of the village as four young birds depart with the flock toward migration. She expresses spring hope that the Martins will make the long flight and return, highlighting the seasonal cycle and local anticipation.
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Greer Garson
By Bob Thomas
Judy Garland
Selznick Stable
Rhonda Fleming
Shirley Temple
Neal Bros
Woodlawn
FBI
ABC
Ancel
Paul Fellinger
Ene
Travelers Inn
Dubois
W. Ashley
Valley Forge
Werner Pigg
Paul Partridge
Basil Moss
Chamber of Commerce
Milton D. Forsyth
Camp Am-Wa-Co
Olney
Fredericks
Associated Press
WM. A. Grant
Marvin Palliam
Plymouth
Chevrolet
Chrysler
Holman Motor Co., Inc
N. 10Th Street
George
FRY & McDermott
Benton Road
Florence
R. C. Whitsell
W-G Motors, Inc
COX
Buick Sales
Broadway
Evangelis
J. H
Melton
Blytheville, Arkansas
Logan Corner
21St and
Logan
Lot
Sodom
God
ST. Baptist Church
Kyle L. Wyatt
Monark Electric
Jackson's Hardware
South
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