Hometown Revisited Sadly by Jack V Fox
In St Joseph Missouri a writer recalls a bygone era from his 1940s youth. He contrasts a decayed present with memories of Bean Lake Lake Lucerne and a once grand Hotel Robidoux. He notes boarded shops a declining center and a dentist named Cronkite the father of Walter Cronkite and ends with no desire to return.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
UPI
Thomas Wolfe
Middle West
Missouri River
Atchison, Kan
Sugar Lake
Bean Lake
Lake Lucerne
Lake Louise
Monte Carlo
St. Joe
St. Joseph
Federal Highway System
Pony Express
Hotel Robidoux
Joseph Robidoux
Corby-Forcey
Dr. Cronkite
Walter Cronkite
Quickies and Vacant Deals and a Yankee Trade
A mix of small classifieds note Brinzley Furniture chairs a dinner, a Morley Drive garage sale, car rental pitches, a coat sale, and a Duke Sims Yankees trade. Duke Sims, 1964 veteran with Cleveland LA Detroit, joins New York in a cash deal after 80 games with eight homers. Dr Sanford Scheingold becomes Ohio Dental Association president at the 107th annual session in Columbus.
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NEW York
UPI
New York Yankees
Duke Sims
Detroit Tigers
Sims
Detroit
Cleveland
Los Angeles
Tigers
Columbus
Sanford Scheingold
Cincinnati
Ohio Dental Association
Willard Woman Lillie Hord Robinson Dies at 84
Lillie Hord Robinson 84 of Willard died Monday at Willard Area Hospital after a long illness. She was born in Columbus and lived in Willard all her life, active in Steuben Congregational Church WCTU Senior Citizens and Get-Together Club. Survived by two brothers Alva Hord and Raymond Hord two sisters Morna Steele and Zephyr Price and several nieces and nephews. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Thursday Secor Funeral Home with Rev Charles Ferrell officiating burial Maplegrove Cemetery.
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Willard
Lillie Hord Robinson
Willard Area
Columbus
Steuben
Norwalk Native Endures 1500 Mile Bike Trip Across Canada
Norwalk High School graduate Bill Higgins, son of Dr. and Mrs. R W Higgins, rode 1500 miles north from Ohio to Canada on a 15 speed touring bike. He faced rear wheel failures, a bent rim, lost spokes, a car collision, flu, and heat but repaired the bike and kept going. He met cyclists from Cleveland and a Toronto nutritionist advised light meals. He plans a novel and heads to Ohio University for photography after the trip.
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Bill Higgins
Canada
Higgins
Norwalk High School
R.W. Higgins
Benedict Ave
Sandusky
Kettle Point
Tobermory
Ontario
Cleveland
Vancouver
Pacific Ocean
Rockies
Toronto
Norwalk
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Ohio University
Athens
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Jack V. Fox
Mother Goose
Morley Drive
Call
National Car Rental
T. Th. TF
Jetessey
Edward P._ Barker
Equitable of Town Life Insurance Company
Bendict Avenue
Robert L. Stein
Charles Krouse
Defiance
Hitchhiker
Mrs. Lillie Hord Robinson
Baby King Willard
Leslie King
Maplegrove Cemetery
Shirley Atkins
Willard Area Hospital
Secor Funeral Home
C.H. Greenwich
Internal Revenue Service
Social Security Office
The
Wall Street Journal
Chicago
By Kevin Tanzillo
Broyhill
OCEAN
Red
Kroehler
Berkline Rec
Berkline
Boston Rockers
West
Monroe ST
Monroeville
Ohio
Lasch
Rt. 547
West End
House of Better Value Buys
Matt
Box Springs
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