Methodist Church At Princeton Celebrates 82nd Anniversary
The Princeton Methodist church will observe its 82nd anniversary during the Homecoming service next Sunday. A basket dinner follows the 12 PM meal. Rev. Charles P. Knight of Ottawa speaks at 2 PM. The morning service features piano preludes, chamber music by the Wesley choir, and vocal duets. Leo Sandon Jr. will deliver the sermon.
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Methodist Church
Princeton
Princeton Methodist Church
Charles P. Knight
Ottawa
Wesley Choir
Paul Trump
Carroll Whiteford
Leo Sandon, Jr
Peoria
James Boicourt
Princeton church completes first service after rebuilds
The Princeton church dates its origin to 1871 with walls and roof finished by April 1873 and furnishings installed shortly after. Rev. Boi court preached the first sermon in the new church on June 14, 1873. A cement block building was erected July 9, 1910 costing 5120 dollars. The congregation is undertaking improvements including interior celotex, a new heating unit, and plans for pulpit furniture.
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Princeton
Boicourt
Washington Woman Awaits Jury Word
Katharine Ann Haynes, a 28-year-old mother of four, faces first degree murder charges for killing her husband’s mistress, Nancy Penton, 19. A six man six woman jury rechecked the case after 10 hours without a verdict. judge urged them to sleep. Haynes had worked night shifts at the Arlington post office to support her family while her husband helped pay rent on the victim’s residence.
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Washington
Katharine Ann Haynes
Haynes
Nancy Penton
U. S. Dist
Matthew F. McGuire
Harry J. Ahern
Loosen Curbs On Mortgage Credit Proposed By FHA Official
Washington 4 FHA Commissioner Norman Mason signaled potential easing of mortgage credit curbs if home building drops sharply. He noted last month’s housing volume fell below 1954 levels, but he does not foresee a housing slump. Mason cited a 2.3 percent rental vacancy as strong demand and suggested restoring the 30 year mortgage period as a likely first step.
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Washington
FHA
Norman Mason
Mason
National Conference of Business
President Sees Western Movies During Hospital Convalescence
President Eisenhower nears the end of his fifth week in Fitzsimons Army Hospital after a heart attack. He has watched a sequence of Western films, with doctors noting gradual increases in his activity. Russia approves a Western sponsored atoms for peace plan, and the Geneva Four meet expresses hope for his early recovery. Eisenhower has seen his first movie since hospitalization, a two hour technicolor film that Hagerty calls very good. He continues draft work on the State of the Union with no official calls until Benson arrives tomorrow.
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Denver
Feisenhower
Fitzsimons
Army Hospital
Russia
Foreign Ministers
Geneva
Great Britain
France
Lowry Air Force Base
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Benson
Prayer Meetings for Legislators in Kentucky
The Temperance League of Kentucky will invite state legislators to prayer fellowship breakfasts during the 1956 General Assembly. Executive director Rev. Walter C. House said moral and spiritual forces should support lawmakers amid concerns of questionable social functions among public officials.
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Louisville
Temperance League of Kentucky
Walter C. House
League
Machines Returned to Eagles Lodge After Raids
District Judge Roy J. McMullen ruled that one of four machines seized in a raid on the Eagles Lodge in Great Bend was a gambling device and must be destroyed. The state failed to prove the other three were used for gambling, so they were ordered returned to the lodge. A state agent testified he received a payoff for free games won on the single machine.
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Great Bend
Eas
Eagles Lodge
Roy J. McMullen
McMullen
Ike's Old Job Is Still Open
Washington notes Ike’s five star Army post remains vacant with a yearly wage of 18 761. If he sought reinstatement after the presidency he could apply to the adjutant general. Army regulations do not bar a former president from returning to active duty though no precedent exists for a five star officer.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Eisenhower
Adjutant General
Congress
Allen
Douglas MacArthur
George Marshall
Omar Bradley
Rare Dollars Slip Into Circulation in Montana
In Great Falls Montana one thousand Carson City silver dollars minted in 1893 were released at 1 each after arriving from Minneapolis. Bank tellers distributed them during routine operations and a later run occurred as collectors learned of their value. Most coins had already disappeared, though silver dollars remain a common exchange in Montana.
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Great Falls
Mont
Jcom
Carson City
Nev
Federal Reserve Bank
Minneapolis
Montana
Dakota Farmers Protest Wheat Quotas
North Dakota farmers told Senate Agriculture Committee that wheat valued for bread making faces a bad deal under farm programs. They argued that hard red spring and durum wheats grown in the Dakotas Minnesota and Montana should have different production limits given their milling use and final use in markets.
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N. D
Senate Agriculture Committee
North Dakota
Dakotas
Minnesota
Montana
Glenn C. Holm
North Dakota Agricultural College
Whiteworth Named Alabama Coach Former Tide Guard Takes Helm
J B Earl Whiteworth, selected as the new Alabama coach, brings Crimson Tide familiarity from his playing days as a guard for the team.
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J. B
Earl) Whiteworth
Alabama
Crimson Tide
Color film for slides and movie stills sold here
Promote color film for color pictures in slides movies or simple Brownie boxes. Located at 314 S. Main, the shop invites readers to choose the right color film for their photography needs.
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Wizard Food
Western Auto
Cliff Reynolds
S. Main
Ike
Globes
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NSS
Herald
OK Photo Service
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Ol’ Man
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