Reading Test Stops Lions Club
Beulah Tommey reports on a Lions Club reading test in St Louis where members were measured for reading ability. A ninth grade level test used a 280 word article and ten questions, with grading from three years eight months to ninth grade. A Harvard designed speed word test followed, causing confusion as words flashed rapidly. The event concluded with the Lions asking if business men can read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
BL Louls
William Koltmeyer
One St Laws Public Schools
United States
Reyalty
Kottmeyer
Harvard University
Kattmeyer
Local Social Notes and Visits Reported
Buskirk Mrs ELH Roby moved to daughter Mrs Rhoda Lant in Cambridge. Miss Sally Ann McClure of Hoo sick Falls visited grandparents Mr and Mrs E Brownell. Owen Sherman of Troy visited grandmother Mrs Belle M Welling this week. Sgt Rudolph Krause arrived in California reported to his mother Mrs Etta Teratise.
Hungary's First Postwar Election Test for Democracy
Budapest reports a clean parliamentary vote praised by American and British missions. Russia offered quiet satisfaction, while Hungary, newly freed from fascism, faces economic woes, food shortages, and mounting pressures from trade, reparations, and external influence as the coalition government seeks to govern.
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Budapest
Hungary
Ujszo
Wibinet
Zoltan Tildy Arould
Ministry of Food
Russia
United States
Gregory Maximovich Poushkin
H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld
U.S
Truman
Great Britain
London
United Nations
New York
Trades Union Council
Oppose Dams by Moose River Branch Delegation
More than 200 outdoor conservation and sportsmen groups in New York back opposition to dams planned on the Moose River south branch at Panther and Higley Mountains. The Adirondack Moose River Committee formed in October says the reservoirs would flood about 8000 acres in the Adirondacks, harming deer feeding grounds and virgin pine forests. Opponents say hydro power is not the primary aim. the Black River regulating project would also affect state forest land.
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Panther
Higley Mountains
Moose River
Adirondack
Moose River Committee
Record
Kayderosseras Fish and Game Club
Ballston Spa
Adirondacks
Black River
New York State Flood Control Commission
State Conservation Council
Bioretain
S00
Europe
Two Area Residents Win R P I Impromptu Speaking Prizes
Victor J. Louden of Troy and Joseph Fowler of Watervliet won $100 and $25 respectively at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for proficiency in impromptu public speaking. Both are electrical engineering students and freshmen contest finalists supervised by a panel of judges. The Sax fund, established in 1940, supports annual prizes for RPI freshmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph ©. Fowler
Joseph ¥. Fowler
Eighth Avenue
Watervilet
Watervilet High School
Percival M. Sax
Philadelphia
R. PL
Sax
Sil
Howard J. Wilmot
Department of Naval Science and Tactics
Thomas B. Cameron
Department of Chemistry
Joseph 5. Kinney
Department of Civil Engineers
Robert A. Wyant
Department of Metallurgical Engineering
Glenn 5. Burrell
Greenwich News Highlights and Local Church Christmas Plans
After fourteen months in the Pacific aboard the U S 53 Bullard Warren Moon is on leave with his parents in Greenwich. The Ladies Ald Society of United Presbyterian Church meets at 6 30 pm today for a Christmas party at Mrs Chester Sieiff whose home hosts the gathering. The junior choir and Sabbath School children rehearse Christmas music at 6 30 pm today at the church and costumes are to be prepared. Marilyn Jean McClaughey is engaged to Op George Sinstack son of Mr and Mrs Fred Sinstack of Oneonta. Corporal Sinstack is due home this month after overseas service with no wedding date yet set. The Greenwich Central School chorus of 100 voices will present
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Pacific
U. S
Bullard
Warren Moon
Clarence Moon
Greenwich
United Presbyterian Church
Chester Sieiff
Guy
McClaughey
Marilyn Jean
George Sinstack
Fred Sinstack
Oneonta
Carporal Sinstack
United States
Greenwich Central School Chorus
Christmas Concert Set for School Auditorium Dec 20
The annual Christmas concert will be held Thursday December 20 at eight o clock in the school auditorium. Choir selections from Bach and Handel along with contemporary pieces will be performed. A nine member choral ensemble will present five pieces including first sopranos Mary Bright Helen Bergin Claire Berwen and others. Ronald Winotts directs the music program with Milas Winogenal Cromie on piano. A similar program will be offered at Salem Central School on December 18 for the Salem Women's Club gathering.
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At & P
Bach
Handel
Mary Bright
Helen Bergin
Claire Berwen Firet
Betty Brad
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Modernella Troy
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Egyiles Ghose
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Renee of
Then
Sapph Recoton
Admiral Phansticht Jensen
Cluetg Sons
Broadway
2Nd Street
State Street Schenectacy
By Messler
Loftiats
Joszef Mindszentny
Communist Party
Soma
Vatican
BEARS
Frears
Stepins
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