Avon Social and Reunion Highlights on July Fourth
Mrs George Eberling hosted the For Get Me Not Club with quilting and lunch. The Buck family held its thirty third annual reunion with fifty five attending dinner on the lawn and sixty seven members plus seven guests from multiple towns. Thirty four Ellson descendants gathered at George Peak’s home for a July 4th day of cards and a ball game. A wiener roast was enjoyed by Lido club members at Avon Lake Park, and an Altar Society card party at St Marys featured prizes for bridge pedro and sixty six with lunch served.
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Avon
George Eberling
Bradley Road
Edward Klingshirn
Buck
Fred Peak
Cleveland
Elyria
Ridgeville
Oberlin
Hartville
Wadsworth
Avon Lake
Irene Budinger
Ella Peak
Bertha Smith
Ellson
George Peak
Lido Club
Avon Lake Park
Altar Society
St. Mary's Church
Antone Linden
Pedro
Theresa Wagner
Vera Frey
Matilda Palmer
Joe Tomlin
Carl Rink
Delia Long
Lawrence Heckel
Orator Proves Right To Farmwife Title
MARSHAL Mo Observers at the Republican Grass Roots convention in Springfield were half right about Mrs George B Simmons. She electrified the session by lambasting the New Deal and sparked a parade of states as she demonstrated her skills as a writer and speaker.
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Marshal
George B. Simmons
Springfield
Washington Press Corps
Simmons Farmwife and Poultry Writer Emerges as Local Figure
Mrs. Simmons, a Missouri farmwife with 500 chickens, writes a long-running poultry column and gained national attention after articles on the New Deal and farm policy. She lives on a 49 acre Missouri farm near Marshall, helps with chores, and has not sought office though she speaks for rural citizens.
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Springfield
Workers pick a queen in Springfield for FERA rolls
In Springfield, Mildred Sampson a 20 year old blonde was chosen as queen by workers on FERA rolls during a dance of the American Workers' Union Enthronement marked a festive event reflecting local labor pride alongside schools and colleges in springtime activities.
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Springfield
FERA
Mildred Sampson
American Workers’ Union
PWA Records Aid And Jobs For Ten Million Americans
Washington reports two years of PWA activity with a $2.6 billion construction program keeping about 10 million off relief rolls. Ickes cites 2 million employed on sites, $3.8 billion in material purchases, and 17,000 of 19,000 projects either completed or under construction. PWA financed schools, sewer systems, water works, and municipal buildings, while establishing a permanent revolving fund from bonds and securities.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
PWA
U. S. Treasury
Harold L. Ickes
New Deal
Chicago Sanitary District
Roosevelt
Tennessee Valley Authority
Civilian
Conservatory Corps
PWA Boosts Grants to Subdivisions Under New Policy
The Public Works Administration liberalizes its loan and grant policy for two years, increasing to forty five percent the share of project cost it will supply to a political subdivision cooperating in its program.
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PWA
Fire Chief Lassoes One-Pound Fish in Nifty Catch
Kinston North Carolina. Junius Gray the fire chief lassoed a one pound fish after it tangled in a loop between the hook and the sinker of his fishing line.
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Kinston
N. C
Junius Gray
Gray
Color Applied To Television Color Applied To Television
Washington researchers Dr H B Maris and Robert H Worrall of the Naval Research Laboratory have developed the first device to apply color to transmitted moving pictures. The Karlous cell tube passes colored light to a TV screen, with quartz thickness determining hue. The system is still laboratory stage awaiting further funding and development.
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Washington
H. B. Maris
Robert H. Worrall
Naval Research Laboratory
Worrall
Azores Oil Company Declares Sixth Annual 7 Percent Dividend
Unique dividend news from Hanford California notes that Azores Oil Company, not owning any producing gas or oil wells, has declared its sixth annual dividend of seven percent. Company income derives from lease rentals and investments.
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Hanford
Cal
Azores Oil Company
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