Essay contest urged by Auxiliary to United Spanish War Veterans
The Auxiliary to the United Spanish War Veterans sponsors an essay contest for sixth to eighth graders on how the Spanish American War improved today’s Army and Navy. Entries must be 750 words or fewer, triplicated, double spaced, and submitted in a sealed envelope with educator verification. Prizes total $135 plus state awards, with deadlines in early 1947 and local contact in Salem Illinois.
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United Spanish War Veterans
Marion County
Rosa E. Thurman
S. Marion Ave
Salem, Minois
Community Social Notes Include Salem Show Guests
ODIN PERSONALS recounts Mr and Mrs Mort Anderson attending a Salem show. Mrs Ella West visits Dr and Mrs W H West of East St Louis while W H West is ill. Margaret West travels to New Athens on Saturday for business and leisure. Bill West visits Harrisburg on business last week. Mr and Mrs Lloyd McColpin and family visit Centralia last week. Bill Soulon Rosa lie and Ronnie Evans attend the show in Sandoval Saturday. Mr and Mrs Mason Jett and Carol have dinner in Centralia Sunday.
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Mort Anderson
Salem
Ella West
W. H. West
E. St. Louis
Margaret West
New Athens
Bill West
Harrisburg
Lloyd McColpin
Centralia
Bill Soulon
Rosalie
Ronnie Evans
Sandoval
Dachshund Popularity Surges in Registration Gain
The Dachshund rises into the top ten purebred breeds in the United States per Gaines Dog Research Center. The Dachshund Club of America, marking its golden AKC affiliation anniversary, is credited with much of the surge. Balmer reports a 1943 gain over 1926 of 5 789 percent while Cocker Spaniel shows 1 814 percent and Beagles 8 percent gains.
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Gaines Dog Research Center
New York City
Dachshund Club of America
American Kennel Club
Joseph E. Balmer
Xenia
Ohio
Beck and Holt Families Share Sunday Visits
STRINGTOWN notes show Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Beck visiting Mr. and Mrs. Dale Re wis of Vandalia. Clarence Holt and Lumarion joined with Cecil Holt’s family. Miss Johanna Cleary and Mrs. Fred Klinge shopped in Vandalia. Rev. Cullison preached locally and dined with Fred Klinge. Cecil Holt hosted Rosa Gherkin in Vernon. Byron Albert took his mother Anna Lester to St. Louis for treatment.
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Johanna Cleary
Fred Klinge
Vandalia
Rev. Cullison
This Place
Cecil Holt
Rosa Gherkin
Vernon
Byron Albert
St. Louis
Anna Lester
Illinois Governor Green Pledges Budget Balance and No New Taxes
Governor Dwight H. Green told the 65th General Assembly he will keep a balanced two year budget and oppose new taxes. He pressed lawmakers to act on congressional reapportionment and to set a fair basis for senatorial district reapportionment. He urged higher U of I funding as enrollment reaches 26,000 and more state hospital capacity is needed.
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Dwight H. Green
65Th General Assembly
Illinois
U. of Illinois
Illinois governor offers recommendations on aid and safety
The governor proposes raising the maximum monthly allowance to blind persons from 40 to 50, and tightens notel fire safety rules. Oil output in Illinois for 1946 is not expected to differ much from 75,210,000 barrels in 1945. The Clay City pool yielded 2,642 barrels daily last year. Delegates from 75 county fairs plan to meet in Springfield January 21 22. Col. Frank D. Whipp retires as state prisons chief. Major Clarence L. Farber becomes acting superintendent. The 1946 infantile paralysis outbreak reached about 2,500 cases, the highest in Illinois. most cases milder, several counties reporting zero cases.
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Illinois
Robert M. Medill
Mines and Minerals
Clay City
Wayne County
Brown
Hancock
Hardin
Henderson
Johnson
Massac
Pulaski
Saline
Scott
Warren
Extension Minister Works to Strengthen Country Churches
The nation’s first Extension Minister Rev Gene W Wetherell works like an agricultural extension agent in Missouri. He visits communities to start church programs, conducts field demonstrations, surveys needs, builds loyalty and visitation evangelism, and guides a unified budget and Lord's Acre projects while proposing rural parsonages for ministers.
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Gene W. Wetherell
Sta Agricultural College
Missouri
Lloyd
Bible College of
Ssouri
Columbia
Werend Etherell
State College of Agriculture
Miller
Reverend Wetherell
Lord’s Acre
Illinois March of Dimes campaign set for January
The National Foundation for the Crippled Children will conduct its annual March of Dimes drive January 15 through January 30 to support free medical care and research into the disease. Governor Dwight H. Green, by proclamation, commended the effort to the people of Illinois.
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National Foundation For
Paign
Dwight H. Green
Ilinois
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Department of Illinois
John H. Lakin
D. Fisher
Charles and
Wilford
Ed Soper
John
Guy Moore
Mary Sue
Marion Evans
Arthur Biagi
Guido Biagi
Ned Jackson
Dicky
Carl Moore
Fred Stein
Ezra Halfacre
Granville, Willis
Viola
Wayne City
Mr. Halfacre
Odin
Stringtown
Herbert Beck
Mrs
Dale Rewis
Clarence Holt
Lumarion
Illinois State News
Snyder & Foltz
Patoka, Illinois
Keystone
Red Bird
Springfield
Illinois Association of Agricultural Fairs
Ray A. Dillinger
Decatur
Jack H. Stumpe
Pinckneyville
Sec.treas
Clifford C Hunter
Taylorville
Paul Powell
Vienna
Burch Lee
Hartsburg
Dewey Wheeler
Kansas
J. Fred Baker
Princeton
L. B. Tuthill
Anna
Hilding L. Johnston
Galesburg
Col
Frank. D. Whipp
Cain
West Broadway
Centralia, Ill
Ashland Christian Church
Mississippi River
Paul J. Bodard
Sturgeon
Life, Fire
AUTO
Marion County Farm Bureau
E. L. DeLay
Gen. Ast
Patoka
V. E. Weiksman
Old Capitol
C. Cocagne
St. Vandalia, Ill
Crawford
Don Crawford
Dick Potts
P. J. McJonnier
John L. Belcher
Artie Rogier
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