Lions Club drives aid for the blind and scout program
Patoka Lions Club partners with Lions International to fund Leader Dogs and Hadley School for the Blind, urges support through canisters. The column notes an illuminated clock gift, Thanksgiving reflections, and a push to form a Patoka area Boy Scout troop with Les Griffin coordinating.
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Patoka Lions Club
Lions International
Hadley Correspondence School
Lions Club
Kaskaskia
Patoka
Les Griffin
Illinois research aids night flying with parachute flares
University of Illinois studies on parachute flare use show the device greatly reduces night landing hazards for private and business aircraft. The work outlines a practical procedure to employ flares, enabling safer landings after sunset.
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University of Illinois
Seal Sale drive aids Marion County Tuberculosis program
The Marion County Tuberculosis Association reports volunteers will collect returns, open mail, and make deposits as towns participate every ten days. An executive meeting is set for December 1 with Illinois Tuberculosis Association director Ben Kinlingham attending. The report covers tuberculin testing schedules starting January 30 at Raccoon Consolidated School and other centers through February and March, plus educational outreach and airport program notes. The column also includes a political persona piece urging action against socialism and defending free enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County Tuberculosis Assn
Salem High School
Legion Auxiliary
Marion County
Ben D. Kinlingham
Illinois Tuberculosis Association
University aviation educator Bryan wins inaugural IAA award
Leslie A. Bryan director of the University of Illinois Institute of Aviation receives the first University Aviation Association Award for outstanding contributions to aviation education. Bryan has led the institute since its 1946 founding and was later honored by President Eisenhower in 1953 with the Frank G. Laub Award.
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University Aviation Association
Leslie A. Bryan
University of Illinois Institute of Aviation
Bryan
Pres. Eisenhower
Frank G
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