Reading Club Membership Reaches 298 in Oberlin
Oberlin reports Rocket to Reading Club membership climbs to 298 with 49 completing requirements. Eligible readers to attend end of summer party include Cheryl Baker Joyce Baker Sherry Bates Martha Bellavek Carol Bliss Betty Bukevac Marcia Bursley and others. Also noted is a preview of next week’s convention tied to Harold H. Martins illustrated feature in The Saturday Evening Post.
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Oberlin
Boys’ and Girls’ Library
Perod
Cheryl Baker
Joyce Baker
Oberlin Mock Convention Preview and Rising Political Ambition
Martin’s study of Oberlin’s Mock Convention details a multi month process from September to the two day May event with 2000 students debating economy foreign policy and states rights. He notes hecklers and strong orators amid historical sidelights and questions Lincoln’s long claimed 1860 nomination. The piece cites Coolidge Harding Hoover and Seltzer while highlighting Ste venson as the 1956 nominee and the local mix of urban and Republican homes informing the youth’s political awakening.
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Martin
Oberlin
Abraham Lincoln
Men's Literary Society
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
Herbert Hoover
Post
Cleveland Press
Louis B. Seltzer
Adlai E. Stevenson
John F
Missionaries Visit Relatives In Henrietta
The Rev and Mrs Ezra Baumann of Golden Colorado and Rev and Mrs David Baumann, Indian mission workers on furlough, stayed with relatives in Henrietta and visited David Baumann's Ontario Canada relatives. They then attended a Bau mann clan reunion in Golden Colorado. David Baumann has served in India for five years. Kennedy for Vice President. The Post reports students weighed Democratic platform planks and sought a motto during long sessions.
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Henrietta
Ezra Baumann
Golden, Cola
David Baumann
India
Ontario
Canada
Baumann
Golden
Colo
Kennedy
Oberlin
Summer Time Of Waiting In Lab Oberlin
Oberlin College shows a summer lull with deserted halls and an empty botany greenhouse. Prof George T Jones notes year round work continues in the greenhouse even as students absent. caretaker Edward C Jear Brown outlines summer and fall dynamics including hibiscus studies and seasonal plant care.
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Oberlin
Oberlin College
George T. Jones
Prof. Jones
Edward C.jear
Bake sales and church events dot Henrietta schedule
The Henrietta Women Society of Christian Service and local church groups sponsor bake sales and dinners. Activities include a bake sale at Brushaber's in Vermilion, a Williams picnic at Linwood Park, and a homemade ice cream social. Local residents share family visits and travel notes. Pvt. Hawke stationed in Japan. new arrival Vicki Irene Howe. multiple household connections listed.
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Henrietta
Henrietta Women’s Society of Christian Service
Birmingham Wscs
Birmingham Methodist Church
Evangelical and Reformed
Women’s Guild
Linwood Park
Women’s Guild of the Band
Brushaber’s
Vermilion
South Amherst
E and R
Henrietta Church
Thomas
Hawke
Japan
Bear F.M.F
San Francisco
Calif
Vicki Irene
Nelson Howe Jr
Berlin Heights
Norwalk Hospital
Howes
Clifford Kelly
John
James Weber
Oberlin
E. S. Coates
Coates
Max Coates
Jane
Willoughby
Eugene Coates
Cherlin
Mary Ladrach
Paul Meyer
Buckeye Street Reunion Held at Powers Home
SOUTH AMHERST the fourth annual Buckeye Street reunion was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Powers at 109 Buckeye Street to mark 40 years of residence. Thirty-five former residents gathered on the lawn before moving indoors for a basket dinner and social hour. They planned to meet again the first Sunday in August 1957 with attendees from Logan, Syria, Columbia Station, Amherst, and South Amherst.
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South Amherst
Buckeye St
Arthur Powers
Powers
Powers Home
Logan
Syria
Columbia Station
Lamherst
Reverend Strickland to Speak at East Elyria Kiwami Club
Rev. Romyne Strickland a Baptist missionary in French Equatorial Africa for three years will address the Kiwami Club of East Elyria this Thursday. The meeting starts at 6 30 p m at the Hilltop Restaurant.
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Kiwami Club
East Elyria
Romyne Strickland
French Equatorial Africa
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Dinner Bridge Club
Phyllis Brandau
Ladies’ Bridge Club
Lamvermeyer
Mary Rhodes Lindner
Columbus
Mary Kelly
Lawrence Page
Washington D. C
F. E. Eastman
Amherst
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Rev. Strickland
Oberlin Area
The
Oberlin Chamber of Commerce
Powers and Dawley Men's
Herrick Jewelry
Smith
Oberlin Savings Bank
Tucker Maytag
Janby Oil Company
Oberlin Hardware
Fox Furniture
Ben Franklin
Andy's Food Center
Isaly's
Oberlin Store
Jack and Jill Kiddie Shop
the Peoples Banking Co
Ross Lumber Co
Jewelry
Kaiser-Wells
Oberlin's Corner Drug Store
Watson Hardware
Oberlin Inn van
Schubert
Buick
Ada
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