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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1951
Page
6
The YMCA marks its centennial and announces a plan to expand beyond cities into small towns and rural areas to combat vice and delinquency. The agency, founded to aid youth, outlines a broader national reach for its next century.
The piece notes Rita Hayworth drawing studio plans and possible film bids, Virginia Van Upp writing stories, and Gertrude Astor entering a 37th year. It also explains the YMCA’s five part rural outreach program and its aim to build Christian leadership nationwide.
Joan Fontaine received little publicity curtsying to Madam Peron and improved coverage in Paris with Prince Aly Khan whose marriage to Rita yielded headlines.
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A farmer named Dave Tidwell asks a squire about ownership of money found in a barn. The exchange centers on Obie Hart’s hidden funds and a cache found in a mortise slot. Later Tidwell returns with peaches and a costly new automobile, suggesting a resolved matter and a change in fortune.
A long review highlights glass fishing rods as durable and easy to care for compared with bamboo and steel. Montague firm officials describe hollow glass and solid glass rods tested to withstand extreme conditions and back up claims with laboratory results from United States Test Company.
A reader asks if glowworms or lightning bugs can be used as underwater fish attractants. They note glow is visible on land but wonder if bottled glow could lure fish where legal.
The piece urges the Republican Party to present a clear positive program for 1952. It calls for a definite turn to the right, preservation of free enterprise, reduced bureaucratic growth, continued war prep with reduced home projects, and tax relief. It weighs candidate choices and stresses unity to avoid missed opportunities.
Wildlife officials in Alabama report a rising die-off of mourning doves due to trichomoniasis. Investigations by the Alabama Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit indicate this year’s losses may exceed the 1950 figures.
A collage of classified ads lists varied business buyouts and equipment sales. Items include an electric popcorn machine, soda fountains, gas generators, beer fixtures, and cafe equipment in Kansas and Missouri, plus a California auction yard, a Wisconsin lakeside property, a San Gabriel grocery with a lease, hotel brokering in Kansas City, and an assortment of tourist cabins, cleaning plants, and a pump business in Arizona. Also noted are jewelry pearls direct from Japan for jewelers and farm pearl opportunities.
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