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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1949
Page
2
The article envisions a shared chapel within the UNs new home where all races and faiths can pray separately yet together. It urges leaders to seek divine guidance to prevent war and to foster universal brotherhood and peace, calling for a single room for meditation beyond publicity.
A guide to planning weddings and graduations with ceremonial flair. Suggestions include advance menu prep, a sandwich loaf and punch, glamorized milk drinks, cookies, and served beverages. Recipes for Orange Punch and Fruit Punch detail quantities and serving notes.
Lynn Chambers showcases a menu with Baked Ham Slice, SeaHoped Potatoes, Broiled Tomatoes, Jellied Vegetable Salad, Orange Muffins and a Chocolate Cake recipe. The piece includes a peppermint ice cream float formula, a Sandwich Loaf method, and innovative fillings like cottage cheese onion sandwiches and cream cheese rosettes.
Inez Gerhard recalls how Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis formed their team two years ago and became NBC radio stars and film favorites. The piece notes Martin’s film My Friend Irma and Lewis as his sidekick, plus mentions Kirk Douglas returning to Hollywood and Ingrid Bergman in Hitchcock’s Under Capricorn with Desi Arnaz nickname for Lucille Ball.
A narrator recounts Henry Spafford a bragging manager at Jason Reid Steamship Company who flattered the boss Jay Reid. After days of boastful behavior Henry is fired with severance pay. The narrator alternates between disdain and pity, sensing the humiliation Henry endures. EXT DAY lunch with Hal Wheaton follows.
The narrator recalls meeting Henry in the street an ordeal is described. Hal suggests Madge needs help and Bob Taylor of Taylor Lines offers aid on their recommendation. Henry lands a new job after Bob Taylor offers better pay, though the narrator grows angry at Henry’s boasting.
A partial crossword clue list appears with Across and Down prompts including Low concave vessel and Plant ovule. It shows several theme items such as S shaped molding and Long-eared rodent along with various short answers and cross references. The page teases the solution in the next issue.
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