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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1956
Page
5
City of New Orleans has changed hands among the French Spanish United States and Confederate governments. The American auto industry consumes about 63 percent of all rubber goods produced in the United States.
Kenton A. Peters receives silver bars signaling his promotion to first lieutenant at Fort Belvoir Virginia. Brig. Gen. Gerald E. Gallo presided over the ceremony.
Public service notice offers a free illustrated booklet from The Ball Clinic in Exelsior Springs Missouri. It explains causes and dangers of arthritis and rheumatism and promotes a drugless treatment proven in thousands of cases. No cost or obligation. Send for your free book today to Dept. 510.
Faith Lutheran church installed eleven new officers including Dr. William DeWitt as president at a Sunday service. The 1956 officers were elected at a congregation meeting and dinner Friday evening. Other new officers include Lester Frankford vice president and Mrs. Jane Lindquist as assistant commanding general of the Engineer center Lieutenant Peters, son of Floyd and Mrs. Peters, entered the army in June 1954 and is a 1954 University of Wisconsin graduate.
The text lists church officers and their addresses including recording secretary Ray Carlson at 629 Central Street and financial secretary Barbara Twesten at 1413 Glenwood Avenue along with deacons Fred Martens 712 Oneida Street and Frank Landsman 909 Lemorr Avenue and trustee. It notes terms carried over for Congry Bjorkman 1621 Jones Street Wilbur Lund 1304 Richmond Avenue and Paul Blatti as deacons. It also mentions the Henry Hudson Arch Bridge in New York City as the world’s longest plate girder fixed steel arch at 2000 feet and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park containing 461000 acres formerly occupied by the Cherokee Indians.
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