Shea Neighborhood News Highlights Local School Activity and Visits
Community notes: practice teaching at the school with Max Logan. visits among neighbors including Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Schultis and the Fasse family. Wilma Chancellor’s recovery from scarlet fever. Rock Creek events hosted by Mrs Bill Glather Jr and Mrs John Eilts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrol Henrichs
Max Logan
Irvin Schultis
Diller
J. Fasse
Wilma
Shea
Rock Creek
Cyub
Bill Glather, Jr
John Eilts
Elton Crocker
Harry Greider
Steele City
Eida Krebs
Kite Day Draws Top Prize At District Event
Sch hodl Nubbins from Dist 74 Ruth Stah teacher led a kite day held Friday April 2. Charles Barber and his Pop Eye kite won first prize for highest and best flying. Dale Roels Warren Roelfs Garnet Erma June Rempel Esther Roelfs also took part in the County Spelling Contest at Fairbury Saturday. Fulma Chancellor and Eleanor Crocker are absent ill from school. Beverly Jean Ginther visited Friday afternoon.
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Charles Barber
Dale Roels
Warren Roelfs
Garnet x Erma June Rempel
Esther Roelfs
Fairbury
Saturn
Fulma Chancellor
Eleanor Crocker
Beverly Jean Ginther
Balderson brothers host house warming at new Pickerell home
Rumors swirl around Bethel area as Dean and Allen Balderson of Pickerell, two brothers, begin spring work at their garrels place. Lee Balderson hosts a party for the brothers with neighborhood youths in attendance. Students prep for State Examinations while spring baseball returns.
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Garrels Place
Dean
Allen Balderson
Pickerell
Lee Balderson
Lee
Dean and
Library Association Holds Annual Meeting and Elections
The Library Association met in the Library room on Monday at 7 p.m. April 5. Officers elected for one year include President Dr. C Elis First Vice President Mrs. Scott Miller Second Vice President Mrs. D V Fanders Secretary Mrs C Callander Treasurer Mr Richard Mayboro. Reports show 8228 books loaned, 152 bought, 7 donated. total members 161. Grace Myers donated issues of Times Magazine for two years. A new book on Art and Sculptures of Nations was added to the shelves.
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The
Library Association
S P
C. Elis
Scott Miller
D V. Fanders
C Callander
Richard Mayboro
Grace Myers
Times Magazine
Bamboo Trees Global Bamboo Diversity
The text notes bamboo as a mild climate plant with only two native U S species in the south. It highlights rare cane-brakes south of Virginia, with Asia as the richest region hosting most valuable economic species and about 500 described bamboo species, two-thirds from Asia and nearby islands.
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United States
Virginia
Missouri
Central America
South America
Asia
China
Islands
Djuka Tribes Of Dutch Guiana Shun In Laws’ House
The Djuka tribes in Dutch Guiana hold customs about in laws. A married man may not sleep in his wife's parents home or share a calabash with them. Explorer Hendrik de Leeuw recalls a tribesman covering his face and turning away when in laws approached. He was told family etiquette forbids pronouncing his wife's parents names.
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Guinz
Hendrik de ‘Leeuw
Grant's Early Love for Horses Shapes Civil War Surrender
A farm youth in Ohio, Ulysses S. Grant grew to love horses and rely on them for farming life. Later at Appomattox he met Gen. Robert E. Lee and agreed to allow Confederates to keep their horses to return to their farms.
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Grant
Ohio
U.S
Appomattox
Robert. E. Lee
First Piano Patents Reach American Makers
The first American patent for an upright piano was issued February 12 1800 to John Isaac Hawkins of Philadelphia an Englishman. J S McLean of New Jersey received the first United States patent for a piano dated May 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Isaac Hawkins
Philadelphia
J. S. McLean
New Jersey
United States
Ancient herbal lore and the rise of early medical texts
The article traces how remedies using water herbs and oils were believed divine gifts. It notes ancient practice rooted in magic, later recorded on clay tablets and manuscripts, and highlights early herbal writings by Dioscorides, Hippocrates, and Alexandrian scholars as precursors to printed herbals in universal libraries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Physitians
Hippocrates
School of ‘Medicine
Xandria
Dioscorides
Graveyard of Sailors on South Manitou Island Revealed
Detroit Free Press correspondent notes South Manitou Island near Lake Michigan earned a grim nickname as a graveyard of sailors. Estimates say 30 to 100 or more wrecked mariners lie buried there, with winds and barren coasts blamed for many losses. Local residents have tended graves marked by driftwood crosses, now largely vanished.
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Great Lakes
Kups
South Manitou Island
Lake Michigan
Fragmentary theater notes show confusion and misquoted lines
The readable text hints at a chaotic stage performance or rehearsal. Mentions include unclear references to a comedian or actor and a line about not wanting good actors, with stray names and phrases suggesting a discourse on acting quality.
Broker's Office Oddities Spark Curious Exchange
A chaotic scene unfolds as brokers chatter about shifts and readings with a nervous junior partner pacing the floor. Patrons tease a mysterious optimist while questions about Whooziss linger in the air.
His Little Helpers Foster Poultry Success at Hatchery
An elderly poultry producer showcases a small, resourceful set of helpers to manage a hatchery. A self sufficiency approach with an incubator demonstrates steady progress in rearing chicks and growing a family business.
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