Washingtonians Travel to International Y's Men Convention
Nineteen Washingtonians traveled to Mexico City for the Y's Men International convention. In a letter from San Antonio dated August 18, 1950, the travelers recount stopovers in Oklahoma City and Dallas, meeting fellow members, viewing oil wells, visiting the state Indian museum, and observing Texas growth. They plan a pre convention gathering in McAllen and then cross the border into Mexico City.
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Mexico City
Charles Morris
San Antonio
Texas
Mother Nature
Loveless
McAllen
Oklahoma City
Georgia
Fred Bates
Dallas
Carl White
Ainsworth
Carl
Nevada Governors Foreword Prominent In State Penitentiary Film
More than 100 Columbia studio workers actors and technicians spent ten days inside Carson City Nevada State Prison filming State Penitentiary starring Warner Baxter with Onslow Stevens Karin Booth and Robert One Governor Vail Pittman authorized an official foreword noting the prison scenes were shot inside the facility marking the first motion picture camera permit in its history.
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Columbia Studio
Nevada State Prison
Carson City
State Penitentiary
Warner Baxter
Fox
Onslow Stevens
Karin Booth
Robert
Vail Pittman
Nevada
Former Pastor Describes Iowa Picnic in Long Beach California
Dr. R. C. Keagy serves as Washington Methodist pastor emeritus and recounts the annual Iowa picnic at Recreation Park Long Beach with Governor Karl Warren as speaker. The event draws Iowa expatriates across California, with food stalls, paper trees for registration, and a tribute flag from the battleship Iowa to Des Moines.
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Iowa
California
R. C. Keagy
Methodist Church
Washington
Long Beach
Keagy
Delaware Street
Riverside
Calif
Recreation Park
Karl Warren
Frank M. Merriam
Hopkinton
Delaware County
Beardsley
Warren
Birbdy Park
Iawa
Los Angeles
Return From Two Weeks Vacation Trip
BRIGHTON Aug 21 Mrs O M Farrier returned home Friday evening with her brother and wife Mr and Mrs William Stout from a two weeks vacation. They visited their uncle James Stout at Taracan Canada and on the way home visited the Black Hills in South Dakota Wyoming and Nebraska.
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Brighton
O. M. Farrier
William Stout
James Stout
Taracan
Canada
Black Hills
South Dakota
Wyoming
Nebraska
Marguerite Dickinson
George Dickinson
East Moline
Louis Graffagana
Edgar Rotzinger
Mary Guy
John Conahey
Ida Berry
Burdette Stover
Washington
C. W. Long
Carroll Morgan
Richland
Ollie Morgan
Georgia Manning
Bernard Teeter
Fairfield
Sadie
Frances Davison
Mae Nordyke
Hazel Wikoff
Denver
Colo
Mike Robertson
Howard Johnson
Johnson
James Dunbar
Washington County Hospital
Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau Picnic and Family Visits
Roberta attended the Koch reunion at Mt. Pleasant Sunday. The Farm Bureau club held a picnic at Sunset Park. Mrs. Hattie Brier visits Rex and wife in Winfield. Kate Snyder returned from Topeka. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Dimon visit Don Scheeke's family in Dunlap Illinois. The Willits and Horton families spend weekend with Mrs. Carrie Lemley. Mrs. Dave McNeese hosted the Helping Hand club. The Alexanders and daughter visited from Washington, D. C. Mrs. O. C. Stagess is seriously ill in Rochester Minnesota after surgery. Myrtle Helmick and continued text.
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Roberta
Koch
Mt. Pleasant
Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau Club
Sunset Park
Hattie Brier
Rex
Winfield
Kate Snyder
Keith Murray
Topeka
Kansas
Harrison Dimon
Dunlap
Don Scheeke
Glenn Willits
Theodore Willits
Indianola
A. E. Horton
Dave McNeese
Robert Alexander
Washington, D. C
Carrie Lemley
O. C. Stagess
Rochester
Des Moines Weekend Visit Ties Phillips Family Tour
Charles and grandson Henry Phillips stayed with Mrs. Joe Middleton and family in Des Moines and Dorothy Helmick in Dallas Center. They were greeted by Mrs. Harold Phillips of LaVerne who then took her son home after a summer visit here.
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Charles
Henry Phillips
Joe Middleton
Des Moines
Dorothy Helmick
Dallas Center
Harold Phillips
LaVerne
Coined in Ancient Greece the atom name origins
The term atom originated in the fifth century B C by Democritus the Greek philosopher who proposed atoms as tiny indivisible particles composing all matter.
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Democritus
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Alamo
Shrine of Texas Independence
Ft. Sam Houston
Hong Kong
Polk Pello
Blackhawk
Linn
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Waqubuque
Woodbury
Iowa Association
Richard H. Sheehy
Nevada State Penitentiary
Lew Sanders
Howard J. Green
Robert Libott
Frank Burt
Sam Katzman
Merriam
Lenox
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Frank Merriam
Navy
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Korea
U.S. Army
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Aly Is
Cascade Inn
Amboy Brand
Campbells
Swift
Cam
Illinois
Elberta
UNI
Miracle
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