William Christopher Handy Father of the Blues Highlights
A brief biographical sketch traces W C Handy born in Florence Alabama in 1873 through his Memphis years his move to New York 1918 and his role popularizing the blues including St Louis Blues 1914 his later blindness and the autobiography Father of the Blues. The piece also includes a kid friendly trivia and a contest note asking readers to send questions with ZIP code to Tell Me Why.
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William Christopher Handy
Handy
Florence
Alabama
Whit Walker
Memphis
Tennessee
United States
New York City
St. Louis
Book of Knowledge
Golden Bay Rebekah Lodge Meeting Scheduled Mon
Mrs Kathryn Phillips will preside at the Golden Bay Rebekah Lodge meeting in the lodge rooms Monday with games planned. Frank Campbell attended an assessors convention at Rochester this week.
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Frank Campbell
Rochester
Golden Bay
Lodge
Kathryn Phillips
Hoosic Valley School Sets Five Day Exam Schedule
Mid year examinations are held at Hoosic Valley Elementary over five days from Wednesday to Tuesday January 26. Dismissals adjust for kindergarten and after noon pick ups to balance hours, with 2:30 p.m. early release for K in the afternoon and 30 minute earlier dismissal for morning K.
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Hoosic Valley
Barbara McNulty
Schaghticoke
Pleasantdale
Hilltop Bowl
Speigletown
St. John’s Church
Lawrence J. Gerrity
O.S.A
Our Lady of Good Counsel
Valley Falls
Father Gerrity
Presbyterian United
Elwood Case
Trinity Episcopal
George Kaulfuss
American Airlines Posts 11 Month Loss Amid Slow Traffic
American Airlines cites March and April air traffic control slowdowns and the end of prior operations plus new routes to Hawaii Samoa Fiji New Zealand and Australia as factors in a 11 month 1970 loss of 18.681 million dollars or 92 cents a share. Revenue rose to 1.040 billion in 11 months from 936.109 million in 1969 with 15.3 billion revenue passenger miles and freight ton miles up 16.3 percent.
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American Airlines
L. Herve Larche
Albany
American
Hawaii
Samoa
Fiji
New Zealand
Australia
Larche
Daily crossword puzzle across and down clues mixed with numbers
Crossword puzzle style list shows across and down clues with numbers and some theme notes. Clues range from simple objects to places, names, and abstract terms, presented in a compact grid-style format for a daily puzzle.
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Rex Morgan, M.D
By Dai Curtis
Nancy
By Ernie Bushmiller
Sluggo
Joe Palooka
Ham Fisher
Lou
GHP Cabots
Holy Toledo
Priscilla
By al Vermeer
WEEMS
Art Sansom
FROGZ
John Miles
Howard Post
Alf
By Mik
Interesting Men of History
W. C. Handy
A,leokum
Pittstown
Frank Green
Hoosic Valley School
Other Town News
Maestro Monteux
Buhl
Armstrong
Rome’s
Colleq
Senegal
Goneril
Regan
Cordelia
Peecancy
Asuncion
Paraguay
Spain
Seoul
Grand Union
North
Troy
Second Ave
North Troy
Pawling Avenue
Waterford
Saratoga Ave
Mechanicville
Park Ave
Clifton Park
Latham Corners
Loudon Road
Herbert Drive
Nassau
RTE
Mcclellan RD
Albany - Stuyvesant Shopping
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