Center piece of Mount Vernon community lives own life
Mount Vernon in rural area between Potter and Sidney preserves its identity after 1956 consolidation. The Mount Vernon Community Center Inc. runs the 13 year old former school building as a social hub with dues, upkeep fund, and annual elections. It hosts 4-H clubs, women’s club events, and serves as polling place with a small, stable board led by Francis Runge and Virgil Walters.
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Mount Vernon
Potter
Sidney
Mount Vernon Community Center, Inc
Mount Vernon Women’s Club
Francis Runge
Virgil Walters
Frank Klentz
Rodney and
Wendel Mathewson
Mount
Conspiracy of Silence on Religion in Obits and bios
The Christian Herald notes a reluctance to reveal religious affiliation in obituaries and Who's Who biographies. A survey found only 17.8 percent of obits mention faith and 39 of 100 biographies note religion, highlighting a widespread underreporting of belief. The report accompanies remarks by Rev Dr Robert W Spike on church and race prejudice at a Disciples of Christ assembly in Detroit.
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New York
Christian Herald Magazine
Detroit
Mich
Robert W. Spike
National Council of Churches’ Commission On Religion and Race
International Convention of Christian Churches
Disciples of Christ
Local Students Tour Sugar Beet Factory Visit
District 36 students and teachers spent Thursday at the Ovid sugar beet plant for a field day. The article also lists numerous local visitors and social visits across Sidney Mitchell and nearby towns, noting community mobility and social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovid
Colo
Eli Henderson
Las Cruces
New Mex
Earl Henderson
Bertha Mitchell
Phil Etherton
Sidney
Carl Kurz
Frank Kurz
Roy Henderson
Fort Morgan
Cole
Bob Johnson
Rawlin Green
John Owens
Henry Hargans
Great Falls
Mont
Herb Rabe
Howard Kurz
Delbert Castellan
Mitchell
Albin Olson
Minatare
Helen Chambers
Methodist Hall
Henry Haupt
Scottsbluff
Elbern Leuhrs
Nebraska
Roger
Bruce
Susan
E. Smigel
Sherman Nation
Joe Green
Kimball
George Young
Wayne Henderson
Don DeVier
Everett Mohart
Jackie Kurz
District 36
Fox Theatre Halloween Shows Add Spook Theme
The Fox Theatre sponsors a free Saturday morning Halloween program led by Manager Verne Austin at 10 o'clock with a costume contest offering pocket radios as prizes. Doors open at 11 and the midnight show begins at 11:30, with two horror films on screen for both the kids and the late program. The first 600 attendees receive a Japanese handcuff and ten young ladies over 21 arriving on a broom ride gain free admission.
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Fox Theatre
Hallowe’en
Verne Austin
Fox Theatre Management
Royals Record at Texas Marks Historic Run
Royal has built an outstanding seven year tenure at the University of Texas with a 59–14–3 record in 76 games prior to this season. His teams have appeared in six bowl games and captured four Southwest Conference titles, including the most recent three. Royal, a former Oklahoma quarterback and halfback, previously coached at Washington and Mississippi State.
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Austin, Tex
Darrell Royal
University of Texas
Longhorns
Royal
Oklahoma
Washington
Mississippi State
Dancer Wins Westbury Trot on Noble Victory
In Westbury New York AP reports Stanley Dancer drove Noble Victory to a $50,427 score over Egyptian Candog owned by his wife Rach and trained by Dancer. Dancer chose to ride Noble Victory as the top horse and relied on Billy Haughton to handle Mrs Dancer's trotter. He prevailed by two lengths and remains married despite the personal note.
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Westbury
N.Y
Stanley Dancer
Nobfi
Baldwin play Amen Corner slated for off Broadway
New York AP reports James Baldwin wrote The Amen Corner a run play set in a Harlem church slated for off Broadway this winter. The piece followed Baldwin's Blues for Mister Charlie which was on Broadway while Amen Corner was staged in Los Angeles.
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New York
James Baldwin
Harlem
Los Angeles
Baldwin
Mister Charlie
Broadway
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Robert L. Clark
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Sidney Businessman
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Fox Hallowe’en
Texas
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