Ida McNeil and KGFX Voice of the Prairies Anniversary
Mrs. Ida McNeil widow owner operator and sole staff of KGFX radio in Pierre South Dakota marks 40 years on the air. From a home studio she runs eight hours daily broadcasts serving ranch communities with news weather hospital updates and family notices via United Press reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Donaldson
United Press
Pierre
S.D
South Dakota
Ida McNeil
Missouri River
St. Mary's Hospital
North Western Railway
Television and Baseball Telecast Details From 1939
New York reporting recalls the May 17 1939 Princeton Columbia game at Baker Field with NBC W2XBS. Bill Stern narrates the second game of a doubleheader while WPIX broadcasts feature up to four field cameras and a full crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Princeton
Columbia
NBC
Bill Stern
Baker Field
W2xbs
Stern
Ebbets Field
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Red Barber
Batl
WPIX
Giant
Yankee
Polo Grounds
Giants
Camermen
Nmtust
Arthur Susskind Jr
Tear Out This Ad For $1000 Life Insurance For Seniors
An old ad targets people ages 60 to 80 offering a $1000 life insurance policy to cover final expenses. It promises no obligation and no calls, asking readers to mail name address and age to Old American Ins Co in Kansas City Missouri for processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Old American Ins. Co
West 9Th
Dept
Colorado Residents Visitors in Wayland
Mr. and Mrs. Don Githens and daughter Saundra of Longmont Colorado visited in Wayland with Mr. and Mrs. C W Schlatter for several days. Mrs Bertha Wood left for Clinton Illinois to help care for her son Relen des Wood who had a serious stomach operation last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
Don Githens
Saundra
Longmont
Colo
C. W. Schlatter
Bertha Wood
Clinton, Ill
Relendes Wood
Friendly State Visit and Social Notes Highlight Week
Mrs. Arnold Rinner travels to Washington for several days with Mr and Mrs. Louis Rinner. Fairfield guests and showers mark upcoming June weddings, with Gale Tschantz and other locals noted. John McClintic suffers a mild stroke while Mercy Hospital movements and Mercyville nursing duties are listed. Readers discuss TV viewer feedback, including criticism of Ethel and Albert and other programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Rinner
Washington
Louis Rinner
Ted Tschantz
G. W. Schantz
Iowa Weslyan
Gale Tschantz
Wendell McMickle
Mark Baker
Harold Vorhees
Beulah Baker
Robert Lawrence
Fairfield
Rosemary Leichty
Effie Leichty
Richard Shumaker
Glen Roth
Allen Roth
Clayton Nebel
Gerald Nebel
Shirley Calloway
Max Leichty
Mt. Pleasant
Max Nebel
Des Moines
Louis Nebel
Dan Eicher
Iowa City
Sarah Dee
John McClintic
Wayland
Marabelle Zehr
Mercy Hospital
Lyle Zehr
Mercyville
Ill
Evelyn Schroll
Will Alien
Ross Raines
Weeping Water
Neb
Herman Hough
Plattamouth
John Christner
John R Wenger
Ellen Heagerty Hosts New Offstage Quiz Game
Ellen Heagerty of the ABC network volunteers as emcee for a unique off stage quiz game dubbed Audience Information. Respondents fall into three groups: information seekers, cheerers, and razz throwers as she guides the players through the lively format.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Ellen Heagerty
ABC
Miss Heagerty
West Chester Alumni Banquet Held Saturday at School
West Chester alumni and guests held their annual reunion Saturday night at the schoolhouse with over 100 attendees. Themed decorations featured travel motifs, suitcases and toy models. Frank Kleese arranged colors, and Frank Kleese gave the invocation before a brief business session led by Robert Stout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Frank Kleese
WSCS
Orville Griggs
Robert Stout
Office of a New Radio Network Aids All Callers
A department handles diverse inquiries from listeners asking where to buy Swiss bells study re weaving and hire a mynah bird while answering weekly questions about TV shows and entertainers. In a sample period callers asked if Jimmy Dodd is dead if Super Circus is ongoing and who plays Wyatt Earp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mynah
Miss H
Jimmy Dodd
Mickey Mouse Club
Super Circus
Wyatt Earp
Hugh Brian
Alumni Association elects new officers and plans
President of the Alumni Association announces new officers Bob Scranton as president Victor Flynn as vice president Mrs Gerald De Long as secretary treasurer. The meeting welcomed 1956 graduates with a toast by Woody Plummer and featured musical numbers by Ruth Augustine Peggy Stewart Barbara and Martha Stephens plus a dance by Pop and the Country Boys with Doug Kiesey leading square dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alumni Association
Bob Scranton
Victor Flynn
Gerald De-Long
Stout
Lewis (Woody) Plummer
Prairie du Lac
Wisconsin
Ron Brinning
Ruth Augustine
Peggy Stewart
Barbara
Martha Stephens
Pop
Country Boys
Doug Kiesey
Rev Sullivan Family Honored With Basket Supper
West Chester will honor the Rev Mark Sullivan and family Patricia and Douglas with a basket supper at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Methodist church parlor followed by a short program and social hour. Friends are invited to attend and join the Sullivan family in this community tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Mark Sullivan
Patricia
Douglas
Methodist Church
Sullivans
Troy Foriash
Robert Stout
Sullivan
Local News Briefs From Ainsworth District
Fined traffic violators appeared before Justice of the Peace Don Knight at Ainsworth. Names include Floyd Larson Til and stop sign violations Frances Cunningham Akron stop sign violation Rosemary Mara Grand Island stop sign violation Daniel Donnelly Downers Grove improper passing Donald A Williams Crawfordsville failure to dim lights Harold Alexander Casper stop sign violation. Frank Ballard fined ten dollars for restricted license violation by Highway Patrol. Stephen W Klatick and Louise W Kolosick of Chicago wed at the justice home. Grass fire northeast of Haskins on Eddie Miller farm burned about 20 acres. started by a passing train. fire department extinguished it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Justice of the Peace
Don Knight
Ainsworth
Floyd Larson
Leland
Til
Frances Cunningham
Akron
Rosemary Mara
Grand Island
Neb
Daniel Donnelly
Downers Grove
Ill
Donald A. Williams
Crawfordsville
Harold Alexander
Casper
Wyo
Iowa Highway Patrol
Haskins
Eddie Miller
Also Mentioned on This Page
KGFX
Ty William PT Wald
Larce
Colorado
George Boller
Tito
Kremlin
Abc-Tv
Ethel and Albert
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Marshal Tito
Edward Kardely
TASS
ABC Woman
William Ewald
Zelinsky Hardware
Erma Zelinsky
North Side Square
Frank Ballard
Justice of the Peace
Glenn Holdens Court
The
Highway Patrol
Stephen W. Klatick
Louise W. Kolosick
Chicago
Glenn Holden
Louise Kolosick
Fred Kolosick
Mercury
ED Sullivan
FCG
Montclair Phaetons
American Airlines
Famous Waldorf-Astoria
General Electric
NEW Mercury
Monterey
ELGIN
Mercury Phaeton
Iowa Ave
WMT
Made Motor CO
Washington, Iowa
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