Travel Letter: Nazareth and the Way to Jerusalem
G W Shockley recounts travel from Tiberias to Nazareth with notes on Mount Beatitudes Mount Tabor Cana of Galilee and Nazareth sights. He cites local legends historic sites Marys Well and a French funded orphanage. The piece reflects on poverty sectarian history and England's Palestinian role.
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Nazareth
Jerusalem
Mator
Tiberias
Mount Tabor
Galilee
Zion
Napoleon
Junot
Lubiyeh
Cana
Jonah
Gath-Hepher
Zebulon
Israel
Hammath
Plain
Amitai
Gath Hepher
Gana of
Veteran's rapid training lifts man from smith to superintendent
Frank Brown, a World War I veteran who lost an eye in France, underwent an accelerated vocational course that converted ten years of schooling into less than four. The program enabled him to move from village blacksmith to school superintendent, marking a remarkable personal achievement in the wake of his war service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Brown
France
Tenth Engineers
Voca
42-Year-Old Brown Earns Mathematics Degree in Unusual Pace
The veteran, restricted by war injuries, shifted from blacksmithing to an electrical course at Kansas State Teachers College. His rapid progress saw him complete grammar school to college in 42 months and graduate May 28 at age 42 with a mathematics major and education minor. He then becomes Ludington Michigan superintendent of schools in September.
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Veterans’ Bureau
Kansas State Teachers’ College
Pittsburg
Kansas
Brown
Ludington
Mich
Methodist Men Entertain Women at Church Event
The M B E Aid was entertained by men of the church in the League room on Thursday evening. A program of guessing contests and other features delighted attendees. Refreshments of sandwiches pickles coffee ice cream and cake were served, raising a neat sum for the Aid treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Nazareth
Mary's Well
M.be. Aid
League Room
Aid Treasury
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