Edgerton Cosmos Chapter marks golden anniversary
Cosmos Chapter 281 of Edgerton held a June 22 special meeting celebrating its 50th anniversary with 36 members and 60 visitors. Guest dignitaries included Mrs. Cecil Brown, Worthy Grand Matron of Gridley, and Mrs. Virginia Branson sang, with a candle ceremony, corsages, and a history reading. Additional notes cover community visits, family births, local school events, and adjacent district activities.
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Cosmos Chapter
Edgerton
Cecil Brown
Gridley
Virginia Branson
Bonner Springs
Brown
Marguerite Webster
Ottawa
Kansas
Bernice Childs
District No
Carnie Steele
Quebec
Baldwin
Gladys Taylor
W. M
Olathe
Velene Seltzer
Evangeline
Jessie Yocum
Adah
Lenexa
Helen Dysart
W. M. Perfection
Paola
Charlotte Horn
W. M. Gardner
Opal Applegate
Davenport
Okla
John Lawson
Fannie Larrick
Grace Cordell
Lena Batdorf
Margaret Harbour
W. W. Cordell
Mabel Williams
Joan Thoms
Naomi Middleton
Hatcher Interrupted In Bid For State Supreme Court
TOPEKA Earl Hatcher of Topeka says an inadvertent interruption led to a late declaration for Position No 6 on the State Supreme Court ballot. The State Canvassing Board rejected his candidacy after his filing came minutes past the noon June 20 deadline. Hatcher stood in line while another candidate filed earlier. He says he finished the papers about 30 seconds after the deadline. Secretary of State Paul Shanahan testified the filing was about one to two minutes late.
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Topeka
Earl Hatcher
State Supreme Court
State
Hatcher
Paul E. Wilson
Paul Shanahan
Shanahan
New Gadgets To Scare Burglars
Hollywood reports the National Burglar and Fire Alarm Assn convention opening with gadgets including an ultrasonic room saturating system that signals a central office on movement and a small device creating a protective electronic ring around a briefcase or diplomatic pouch with a loud warning when touched.
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Hollywood
Calif
Signals End Of Salem Fire Ends Debt Burden
Deputy Fire Chief William R Hart sounded the all out signal for a Salem fire disaster that in 1914 killed three people and left 18 000 homeless, while Mayor Francis X Collins burned the final loan note to mark that Salem has repaid the millions borrowed to recover.
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Salem
Mass
William R. Hart
Francis X. Collins
Nixon to Honor Victor Riesel on NBC Big Story
Vice President Nixon will deliver a message to labor columnist Victor Riesel via three filmed inserts on NBC TV's Big Story next Friday at 9 p.m. EDT. Riesel, recently blinded by an acid attack, will be honored on the program.
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New York
Nixon
Victor Riesel
Nbc-Tv
Riesel
Lock Named for Eisenhower Sparks Ike's Dike Nickname
In MASSENA New York workers dubbed a boundary earth dam joining the St. Lawrence Seaway project Ike's Dike after the official naming of the lock for President Eisenhower. The informal moniker reflects the era's public sentiment toward the president and the giant waterway work.
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Massena, N. Y
St. Lawrence J Seaway
Eisenhower
Report of another nuclear blast at Bikini
Tokyo reports atmospheric pressure changes detected by Japan's Central Meteorological Obser vatory from Hokkaido to Kyushu similar to those after the May 21 and May 28 tests. An AEC spokesman in Washington declined to comment on the report, as before.
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Tokyo
United States
Bikini Testing Grounds
Japan
Weather Bureau
Central Meteorological Observatory
Hokkaido
Kyushu
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Mollet Wins Confidence Vote in Parliament
In Paris the National Assembly backed Premier Guy Mollet with a 275 to 121 vote of confidence on higher transportation taxes. A second confidence vote was scheduled for this afternoon on other budget proposals. The two votes mark the 19th and 20th such confidence votes since Mollet took office in January.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Guy Mollet
Mollet
Wheat Harvest Progress Across Kansas States Rain Delays
Rain slows wheat harvest in Kansas with operations active in west central central north central and northwest areas. Labor and equipment adequate with surpluses reported. some machines moved to Nebraska. Bulletin lists counties where harvest finished or near complete and shows varying yields from Republic to Jewell Smith Thomas and others with progress percentages.
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Great Bend
Kansas
West Central
Central
North Central
Northwestern
State Harvest Labor Control
South Central
Southern
Nebraska
The
Daily Bulletin
Pratt
Kiowa
Comanche
Clark
Edwards
Republic County
Jewell County
Smith County
Thomas County
Seward, Ford
Pawnee
Stevens
Barton
Rice County
Finney
Scott Counties
Ellis County
Wichita County
Morton County
Truck Left Road Near Lyndon Special Report
Roy C. Austin and Homer R. Saville of Blue Rapids Kansas were injured Friday night when their pickup left U S 75 south of Lyndon. Saville the driver paid 37 50 fine and costs for reckless driving and Austin paid 15 fine and costs for drunken driving. Saville remained in Blue Rapids hospital with neck injuries while Austin had a fractured rib and declined hospital care according to Osage County sheriff Frank F Johnston.
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Lyndon
Roy C. Austin
Homer R. Saville
Blue Rapids
Kas
U.S. 75
Saville
Austin
Osage
Frank F Johnston
Osage County
Statements Sold As Scrap Paper
Washington Senator Bridges called on the House to determine if key campaign contribution statements have been destroyed. The Justice Department seeks the documents for investigations, while House Clerk Roberts and archivist Grover said records for 1951 and 1952 may not exist.
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Sen. Bridges
House
Bridges
Senate
GOP
Ralph R. Roberts
Republican National Committee
Justice Department
St.Louis
Department
Roberts
Wayne C. Grover
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