Hollywood set chaos and bustling holiday pageant notes
Hollywood on set reports warn of May Robson scolding actors on Warner Brothers and Hal Roach scenes. Mixed in are toy shop scenes with Queen of the fairies, Santa's workshop, and a Texas visitor at a school program with local families attending performances.
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Freshman Home Economics Shares Christmas Candy
West Chester High School chronicles a busy Christmas week with class activities. Students in American Literature explore Lowell and Whittier. grades share spelling lists and birthday candy. a traveling library returns bring new books. the seventh and eighth grades attend an operetta. third and fourth graders prepare Eskimo land lessons and Christmas cards while writing Santa letters and planning gift exchanges.
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West Chester
Dorothy Davidson
Clifford Miller
Edith Miller
Iola Jean Grinstead
Martha Stout
Donald Griffith
Harold Leet
Jane McDowell
Margery Sheetz
Ronald Hotle
Ray Miller
Everette Scearcy
Eskimo Land
Santa Claus
West Sunset Social Round Shares Christmas Cheer
West Sunset notes a series of Sunday visits among neighbors including Mr and Mrs Will Sanger of Wapello at the Snyder home and Wilfred Smith at the Fred Spangler residence. Mentions of Illness and holiday wishes follow, with local help for shelling and a Christmas greeting to readers.
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Sam Baker
West Sunset
Will Sanger
Wapello
Jake Snyder
Wilfred Smith
Fred Spangler
Roy Hahn
Claude McCoy
Bessie McCoy
E. E. Ward
Griff Davis
Sam Bakers
Harold Spanglers
Rob Ferguson
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Fred Spanglers
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Pupils Present School Program at Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville December 24 School closed at noon Friday for Christmas vacation and resumes January 2. The speech class staged a play Christmas Trimmins with a large cast and a scene set in the Saunders New York home. The next morning the first six grades presented an operetta The Toys That Had to Wait featuring Santa Claus and Mrs Santa Claus, with Cleo Dean Cherryholmes in the lead.
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Crawfordsville
Kirst
Kenneth Long
Max Martin
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Skowhagan
Maine
Wayne Meeks
Kate Bickford
Joe
Mildred Whiting
Jefferson , Saunders
Jackson Adopted Son Inherits General's Estate
President Andrew Jackson had no biological children. He adopted a son named Andrew Jackson Jr. from Mrs. Jackson's sister and the boy inherited the general's estate.
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Origin of Hobson's Choice Traced to 17th Century Stable Keeper
The phrase Hobson's choice comes from Thomas Hobson a Cambridge London carrier of the 1600s. Customers choosing a horse were forced to take the one nearest the door supposedly to treat all clients impartially.
Mother Weeps as Son Is Convicted in Spy Plot
A son convicted in a spy plot draws his mother’s tears as Judge Leon Yankwich imposes a sentence after a one day delay. The elder Drummond family member comes from Wichita to Los Angeles to offer support at the trial.
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Sunday Schools Give Programs in Crawfordsville
The Sababth school of the United Presbyterian church held a Christmas party with a shadow play, recitations, dialogues, songs, and a gift distribution led by Juniors and Mary Virginia Twinam. The Presbyterian Sabbath school also staged readings, a pageant, solos, and a Santa exercise. Pastor Rev. N F Chapman gave benediction. Diana Coffey and Kathryn Lewis returned home for Christmas vacation.
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Latimer Davis
Mary Davis
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Doreen Lease
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Wellman Burial Echoes Squire and Brumbach Services
Funeral services were held in Wellman for Edgar Squire who died Monday. Rev. Paul Hann led the rites at Bidwell funeral home with burial in Wellman cemetery. Relatives from Aberdeen and Chicago attended. A Thursday service was also held for four month old Cecil Brumbach, son of Mr and Mrs Cloyee Brum.
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Wellman Cemetery
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Chicago
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Frank Priebes Weekly Poultry Market Insight
Frank Priebe explains how supply and demand shaped turkey and egg prices this year. He notes plentiful turkeys kept prices reasonable and strong egg shortages raised prices, yet consumer behavior kept egg retail demand down. He urges relying on actual market experience over theoretical schemes.
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Funeral Rites for F Van Horn in Cotter Presbyterian
Frank Van Horn about 60 of Winfield died Friday after a long illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at Cotter Presbyterian Church with burial in Aingworth Cemetery. He was born near Cotter, a farmer and stock raiser, attended Cornell College Mt. Vernon and Drake University. Surviving are his widow Nellie Williams of Columbus Junction and two daughters Mary and Frieda.
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Tides Explained as Moon and Sun Pull
The Washington Star notes tides arise from the gravitational pull of the sun and moon on oceans and the earth. The moon mainly causes tides, pulling water upward beneath it while a second bulge forms on the opposite side. High water occurs at both bulges, generating two global waves with crests opposite each other.
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Mt St Helens Eruption Reassessed by UC Scientists
Mt St Helens in Washington state erupted about a century ago, a new investigation by University of California scientists shows. The study details the event's timing and significance in the region's volcanic history.
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