Life Begins At 40 Small Towns Offer Good Living
Henry R. Schmidt, 69, retired electrician, left Milwaukee to return to his small hometown and set up as a village repairman. He describes modest income and security from local work, noting shortages of services and the appeal of a quieter, healthful life for retirees in towns of about 900 people.
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Robert Peverson
Toj
Henry R. Schmidt
Schmidt
Milwaukee
Missus
Sehmidis
The Diesels Quiet the Steam Locomotive Era
A 1957 memory contrasts the dieselized, electrified train with the old steam engine. Passengers, a polite railroad host, and a quiet passenger car scene evoke loss of the steam era as bells, moans, and coal ash fade away.
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Ohio
Pidgeon to Stay in Happiest Millionaire Through August
Walter Pidgeon will remain in the Broadway hit The Happiest Millionaire until August end of June contract extensions to cover the gap while producers search for a successor for the role of Anthony J. Drexel Biddle. Pidgeon will return to New York in September to resume duties before leading an extended tour as a Theater Guild subscription offering. Rex Harrison trims My Fair Lady vacation to August with eight Saturdays allocated. Edward Mulhare will assume Higgins for those dates.
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New York
California
Walter Pidgeon
Howard Erskine
Joseph Hayes
Pidgeon
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
Pidgton
Theatre Guild
Rex Harrison
Norman Levin
Edward Mulhare
Henry Higgins
Harrison
LaVern Baker Early Career Highlights In Chicago to Detroit
LaVern Baker began life with a Chicago parade and quickly rose to fame. Signed at 17 by George and Mabel Woods for Club DeLisa, she impressed Fletcher Henderson and moved to Detroit then overseas. Returning home she recorded for Atlantic in 1934, with hits like Tweedle Dee Still and Jim Dandy.
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LaVern Baker
Chicago
LaVern
Ambious
la Vern
George and
Mabel Woods
Windy City
la Vera
DeLisa
Wood's
Fletcher Henderson
Detroit
Oy al Green
Vern
John-ay Ray- la Vern
Jim Dandy
The Living Legend Mounties and Other Books and Acts
Alan Phillips lauds the Royal Canadian Mounted Police while detailing a factual career overview and notable feats. The review covers a 1940s bootlegger crackdown and espionage work, then shifts to Clayton's The Strangers Were There, Carter and Wright Forrest musicals, LaVern Baker, Jimmy Dorsey, and other showbiz notes including European tours and Las Vegas engagements.
Best In Show Finalists Shine Across Six Top Shows
Judges name Pekingese Wei Tiko of Pekehoro the standout for best in show. Other honors go to the top American Bred poodle Temptation of Cavedon and a Wellington-based junior handler from Syracuse.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
Madison
N. J
Col
Edward McQuowan
Zenia
Wei Tiko
Pekehoro
McQuowan
Shady Lady
Peke
Lettie Rieth
Wellingship
Tiko
Ton
Wellington
Rose Marie Katz
Syracuse
N.Y
Yvonne
Donald Davidson
Bath
Elyria Chronicle Telegram Local Notice Summary
Elyria, Ohio readers report a brief public notice published in the Chronicle Telegram on a Saturday in June. The item appears in the local notices section and references a community or municipal action with readable details.
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Elyria
Ohio
Chronicle-Telegram
Guest columns on summer talk by TV stars and writers
Dorothy Funk surveys summer guest columns by Tennessee Ernie Ford Dinah Shore George Gobel and others. The piece notes Gobel’s focus on his kids Ford on language and conversation Fadiman on social talk etiquette and the value of in person chat over loud TV dialogue, reflecting on summer media trends.
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Tennessee Ernie Ford
George Gobel
Dinah Shore
Lonesome George
Gobel
Alice
Lawrence Spivak
Ford
Tennessee Ernie
Tennessee
Ana
Erudite
Mr. Fadiman
Guy Anderson
Kathryn Murray
Fadiman
Clifton Fadiman
Sur
Taft stamp issue noted for William Howard Taft
A historical note describes a four cent William Howard Taft stamp issued in 1930 and first sold in Cincinnati. It outlines Taft family political ties, his career from U S Philippine Commission chief to Chief Justice, and mentions a 18 cent mint value current listing.
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Phillippines
Post Office Department
Philippines
Robert A. Taft
Congress
William Howard Taft
Cincinnati
Taft
Ohio
New England
Tafts
Yale Law School
William
Grant
Austria
Russia
Arthur
U. S. Philippine Commission
Bull Moose Party
Wilson
Kent
Yale
American Bar Association
Harding
United States
Robert Taft
Hoover
William Howard. Taft
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