Helen Keller To Be Honored On Birthday Tour Milestone
Helen Keller, 75, celebrated worldwide for her life as a deaf blind advocate. The article notes her birthday on June 27 and a day of proclamations in multiple states, with a CBS biographical film and gifts from abroad. Polly Thomson accompanies Keller at Arcan Ridge, while editors and officials reflect on her five month global tour for the Foundation for Overseas Blind.
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Helen Keller
Tuscumbia
New York City
Alabama
Connecticut
CBS
Katharine Cornell
Free Europe Press
Europe
Helen
Arcan Ridge
Polly Thomson
Nella Braddy Henney
American Foundation For the Blind
American Foundation For Overseas Blind
Et Tu
Ala
Anne Sullivan
Anne Macy
Miss Keller
Foundation For Overseas Blind
Helen's
Sir Winston Churchill
Nehru
British Isles
East
John Wilson
Society For the Blind
River Styx
Charon
Chester Bowles
Oveta Culp
Polly
Crastinius
Dundee Evening Telegraph and Post
United States of America
Far East
Home Demonstration Clubs Report Craft Programs and Plans
Ross Club held an all day June 21 craft program with leather tooling textile painting and copper tooling demonstrations. Members discussed pajama donations for a San Angelo sanatorium and next meetings are planned for July 5 and September 14.
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Ross Home
Leslie Rucker
Lorena
Ars
Louise Belville
Alta Vista
R. A. Woodward
San Angelo
E. Abbott
H. H. Meixner
W. W. Cantrell
Elm Mott
Arcis Hinson
Edwin Hodde
Betty Hodde
Ervin Kaddatz
Gholson
Harriet Rockett
Jane LaVerne Faichtinger
Ross
United States
Texas Job Lists Hit New Peak
Texas employment rose to a new May high with 2,737,000 people in non-farm jobs, 96.1 percent of the labor force, while unemployment declined to 110,800. Farm payrolls added 27,600 seasonal workers for 173,400 total in farm work. State forecast calls for a fairly stable summer job market and another upswing by September. Twenty-five states have Democratic governors, 22 have Republican chiefs, and Minnesota's governor leads as Democratic Farmer Labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
State Employment Commission
Texas Highway Patrol Seeks 100 Recruits in Texas
The Texas Highway Patrol announces 100 vacancies for men aged 21 to 35. Applications accepted until July 25 with exams in August. Recruit training lasts 2.5 months at 275 dollars monthly, followed by a 6 month probation at 306 dollars. Regular salary 315 dollars, raises every five years, uniforms provided, retirement after 20 years, and full state benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Highway Patrol
Homer Garrison I Jr
Texas Department of Public Safety
Patrol
W. J. Elliott
Austin
Waco
Franklin Avenue
Sam Gardner
Texas
Three Centex Girls Enroll in College
Three Central Texas girls enroll at Stephen F. Austin State College in Nacogdoches for the first summer term. Barbara Moody and Margaret Pittman of Waco and Katherine Parks of Riesel are the students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centex
Central Texas
Stephen F. Austin State College
Nacogdoches
Barbara Moody
Margaret Pittman
Waco
Katherine Parks
Riesel
Contract for Clinic Is Awarded Firm
A surgical clinic at the southeast corner of Twenty-fifth Street and Cumberland Avenue will be built by Jones and Williams Construction Company under a $33,964 contract. Owners of the 2,500-square-foot clinic are Bond and Mortgage Co., architects are Spicer, Bush and Witt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twenty-fifth Street
Cumberland Avenue
Jones and Williams Construction Company
Bond and Mortgage Co
Spicer
Masons Plan Centennial Celebration for Waco Chapter
Waco Chapter 45 of Royal Arch Masons marks its 100th anniversary with a June 28 celebration. Chartered June 25, 1855, the group will install GE McGinty as High Priest Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Masonic Temple. Clarence A. Young will serve as installing officer, succeeding Jack E. Garrard. Roy B. Underwood, Grand …
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Royal Arch Masons
G E. McGinty
Masonic Temple
Eighth and
Washington Avenue
Jack E. Garrard
Clarence A. Young
Roy B. Underwood
Home Treatments for Cerebral Palsy and Mental Deficiency
Denver doctors announce a method to detect prevent and correct cerebral palsy and mental deficiency early. A $5 home treatment book is offered free to mothers unable to pay, with chiropractors providing care and guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Lee Spears
Speara Chiropractia Hospital
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Waco, Texas
Waco Tribune
Cynthia Lowry
Cat
Trip
Ross Club
Hewityt Club
John Warren
Sunshine Sisters
Gruetzner
Carl Adams
Alta Vista Club
H. M. Cargill
New Robinson Road
Eugene McGlasson
T. R. Valentine
Fred Brookman
Parker Jotter
Sale Jewelry Company
Parker
Jeter
Tine
Jan A Ae
Austin Ave
States
Minnesota
Kenneth —. Husemoller
WSCS
Herring Avenue Methodist
Alfred Pate
Homan Avenue
Husemoller
James Connaily Air Force Base
Germany
Cole Avenue
White
White's
Virtue
Kroehler
Howard
Alexander Smith
Solid Oak Jr
Duncan Phyfe
Fuse Vale
Nylem
Smmen
Masons
Grand Royal Chapter of
Leon Trotsky
Russia
Ted Gribble
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