Echoes Of The Past Ten Years Ago And Fifteen Years Ago
Ten years ago Mrs Minnie Lewis was nearly electrocuted by a vacuum cleaner but saved by her son and a physician’s quick aid. Alberta Robison wed Kenneth Rogers in a Federated Church freelock ceremony. Stella Kohler and Harold Peplau married at St James Church with Rev. Haneburg officiating. Five other items recall local social events from 25 and 40 years ago, including visits, fires, and automotive purchases.
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Minnie Lewis
Alberta Robison
Micah Robison
Macon Rd
Kenneth
Floyd Rogers
Bech
Waldemar Haah
Ellsworth
Stella Kohler
Maplewood Ave
Ann Arbor
Matilda Kohler
Saline
Harold J Peplau
Julius Peplau
St. James, Evangelical Church
Haneberg
Cora Walters
Fannie Friis
Rozeoe Craig
South Saline
Toledo
Grandma Moses to be 96 years old this week
The famed folk artist Grandma Moses, age 96 last Thursday, lives quietly with daughter Winona Fisher in a Vermont cottage near the state line. She paints little each day, enjoys good eyesight and health, and his work hangs in major galleries worldwide.
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Moses
Anna
Mary. Robertson Moses
Sunday Church Services at Federated Church
Sunday church services announced at Federated Church led by Henry McKenzie, the minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federated. Church
Henry O McKenzie
Religious Services and Sunday School Schedules Listed
Church programs include worship services Sunday School and youth groups at Bethel Trinity St James St Andrew St Paul St John Lutheran and St John Lutheran in Bridgewater. Services range from 9:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. with choir, sermon and various youth and children activities.
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Howard- Kuhl
John Livingstone
ST James Evangelical
Ann Arbor
Alvin Siemsen
Views on wartime women in service demand respectful portrayal
A reader argues that postwar fiction and film misrepresent women in service by equating them with indiscreet behavior. She stresses the need to honor nurses and Red Cross workers, noting heroic sacrifice and endurance, urging balanced, truthful storytelling.
Annulment Sought After Greek Sailor's Quick Marriage
An 11 year old East Moline girl plans to petition Circuit Court for annulment of her marriage to Dennis Scaramangos of Athens after he married Rosalie Woodworth of Silvis and disclosed deportation troubles. Scaramangos, part of five Greek seamen who entered illegally, was detained after immigration flagged their presence in the Quad-Cities.
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Moline
Ill
Circuit Court
Dennis Scaramangos
Athens
Greece
Rosalie Woodworth
Silvis
Angeline Bogiatzopulos
Davenport
Iowa
Scaramangos
Bettendorf
Mythical Joe Invited to Dem Campaign Kickoff in Pennsylvania
Mythical Joe Smith, VP Nixon’s sole GOP rival, was invited to the Democratic campaign kickoff in Pennsylvania by Matthew H. McCloskey, national chairman of the Democratic Finance Committee. Stevenson delivered his first major TV address at a fund-raising dinner. Smith was named by Terry Carpenter at the Republican convention to show openness.
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Joe
Joe Smith
Nixon
Pennsylvania
Matthew H. McCloskey
Democratic Finance Committee
Custer
Mudville
Adlai Stevenson
Smith
Terry Carpenter
Nebraska
TV Guests Stir Interest in Fall Broadcast Lineup
TV executives announce high profile guest plans for fall. Frank Sinatra may appear with Dinah Shore on an hour long debut. Jack and The Beanstalk promises striking live effects. Gordon MacRae will host Lux Video Theater starting September 20. Ed Sullivan contemplates Bergman and Winchell claims swap guest spots with Murrow. Robert Montgomery eyes former co stars for an upcoming program.
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Frank Sinatra
Dinah Shore
Jack and the Beanstalk
Giant
Jack
Gordon MacRae
Otto Kruger
NBC
Mac
Ed Sullivan
Ignand Bergman
Edward R. Murrow
Walter ‘Winchell
Murrow
Winchell
Robert Montgomery
James Cagney
Constance Bennett
Claudette Colbert
Robert Shaw
Weather Bureau to issue atomic fall-out forecasts nationwide
The Weather Bureau will publish special twice daily forecasts of radioactive fall-out during Civil Defense Week. Data from balloon transmitters at 60 U S and Canadian stations guide maps of impacted areas, aiding public awareness of nuclear attack risks.
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Weather Bureau
United States
Bureau
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Canada
Stubborn Sitter Rescued After Bridge Climb
George William Reed climbed four piling above Schuylkill River end of a pier while taunting police. After over an hour and a half and a large rescue effort by 30 officers and firefighters, Reed was brought down bound to a stretcher and hospitalized. one officer also injured. Particles from an explosion drifted far downwind.
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Schuylkill River
George William Reed
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Joseph Schaible
Carl Carr
Detroit
A. E. Springer
Guy Thatmer
Manchester
Conrad Boettner
Dundee
Burt
Osborne
Carl Schnebelt
Battle Creek
Palace Block
Will Harwood
Fred Hertler
John Wild
Ed Wiedman
IFTY
George Sanford
Paul Ehnis
Louise
Fletcher Schaefer
Burkhart
Jas “Grandmama Moses
Mary Lou's Studio of Dance
Modern’ Jazz
Bigelow Sibonette
Bigelow
Bown
ASNEW
Ypsilanti
First Methodist Church
Bethel Church
Trinity Lutheran
H. L. Engel
Tva m. Sundry School
St. Paul’s Church
Evangelical and Reformed
ST. Andrew's
Lewis Ellis
ST. John Lutheran Church
H. W. Ray
Bridgewater
Gillart
Eategry
Prother
Milan
FBI
Ene Bey
San
Brandon Tse
Rocke
SUN
MON
John Cassanettis
James Whitmore
Over the TV
Orlon
Jeans
Jackson RD
Dana Andrews and
Linda Cristal
John Payne
Ruth Roman
Artists & Models
Santiago
Alan Ladd and
Rossana Podesta
Strategic Air Command
James Stewart and
June Allyson
Rosalind Russell
Eddie Albert
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