Rantoul Area social notes and church news highlights
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Richards and family of Moran visited relatives in Rantoul and Pomona weekend. Rev. and Mrs. Melton Bierman of New York attended a tea at Rev. Grondorf’s home about a vacant pastor post. Grondorf will move to Coldwater around May 1. Local residents shared weekend visits and hospital updates include Mrs. Vern Welton’s St Luke’s Hospital stay in Kansas City for surgery.
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Harold Richards
Moran
W. R. Byrn
J. R. Richards
Ray Evans
Delviva Evans
Pomona
Melton Bierman
New York
Carl Grondorf
Bierman
Rantoul
Peoria
Stanton
Spring Ridge
Grondorf
Coldwater
Ray Miller
Lawrence
Lawrence Murphy
Wellsville
Martha Coffman
Vern Welton
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kansas City
Charles Cox
Medicine Lodge
Robert Hubbard
Frances Springer
Kenneth Sinnard
Pleasanton
Maude Springer
City panel oils squeaky chairs after reporter complaint
Miami Oklahoma reporters covering a city commission session could not hear due to loud chair squeaks. The commissioners acted when a formal request to oil the chairs was made, restoring hearing clarity during the meeting.
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Miami
Okla
Miami City Commission
Easter Dinner Guests and Local Farewell Notices
News from the Stanton area lists Easter dinner guests including Edith Webker of Paola and Jim Chamberlin, with supper guests Carl Brassfield and others. A large crowd attended a Friday farewell for Bob Shelton. Weekend visits include Edith Webber, Edward Swearingen, and Howard Grigsby families. A Tuesday dinner guest was Fred Miller, with Eric Bryan and Roy Webber host families also mentioned. Harold Bruner traveled to Kansas City for a flight to Washington.
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George
Spring Hill
Howard Grigsby
Fred Miller
Raymond Bryan
Bryan
Harold Bruner
Lyndon
Wash
John Cuthbertson
Smith County
Oren Corans
Jim Richardson
Ida Marie
Kansas City
Roy Webber
Donald Zimmerman
McPherson
Milton Bierman
New York City
Everette Miller
Melvin
Ronnie
Washington
Veteran Teacher Is Reinstated in Georgia
LAKELAND Ga Mrs A B Baskin a veteran teacher who said she was forced to resign over a segregation incident has been reinstated by the county board in a vote attended by state school officials The reinstatement is effective Feb 4 the resignation date and keeps her salary intact despite absence from the classroom Baskin said she was pressured to resign while board members say she quit voluntarily The report also notes references to a Queen and possible presidential attendance at an opening and to a planned bridge linking Cornwall Island to the US across the river with a Canada US seaway project context.
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Lakeland
A.B. Baskin
Cornwall Island
Four Mile Island
United States
Canada
Ike And Queen May Meet At Seaway Opening
Canadians discuss a possible meeting between President Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth II at the St. Lawrence Seaway opening next April with anticipation in Montreal and across the country.
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Ike
Queen
Seaway
Montreal
Eisenhower
St. Lawrence Seaway
Khrushchev Vows Aid to Quell Revolt in Hungary
In Budapest Khrushchev accused Western reporters of misquoting him and pledged Soviet aid to crush any revolt that could affect Hungary or its Communist neighbors.
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Budapest
Hungary
Khrushchev
U.S.S.R
Khrushchev Warns Hungarians on Future Revolt at Tatabanya
Khrushchev told about 40,000 Hungarians in Tatabanya that the Soviet Union would not aid any future Hungarian revolt. He said Western reporters distorted his Stalinvaros remarks and urged Hungarian Communists to avoid new uprisings by running their show carefully.
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Hungary
Kremlin
Tatabanya
Khrushchev
Stalinvaros
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Frank Mason
McCune
Rantoul Area
Charles Finch
O. K
Miss Ollie Brassfield
Sandran
Montgomery Ward
Sea King
Ib&s
Hawthorne
Nikita
Dale
Scott's
E. 5Th Street
Dale and
Mary Denniston
Anker
Singer
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