YMCA Board Sees 1951 Budget and Building Upgrades
The finance committee led by Marion George reports an $18,250 1951 YMCA budget, a rise from 1950, with the Community Chest providing $11,500 from the annual drive. Building improvements include a neon sign, new scrubber, lobby pictures, humidity fixes, drapes sewn by Y Men’s club spouses, steps and hallway work, and gym braces repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finance Committee
Marion George
Community Chest
George
YMCA
Washington
G. FE. Montgomery
House Committee
R. E. Arthur
Gene Tucker
Local Committees Discuss Plans For Winter Forum Series
Social committee chair Ted Brown industrial committee chair Cloud Willits personnel committee chairman Charles Morris publicity chairman Paul Shearer educational committee head reports plans to continue the successful forum series this winter and notes a toastmasters club as another possibility YMCA camera club suggested in the Young Adult committee report by Bob Lagan for Jim Easter chairman John Owen YMCA program coordination secretary and Mr Van Metre concluded the business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Brown
Cloud Willits
Charles Morris
Paul Shearer
Toastmasters’ Club
YMCA
Bob Lagan
Jim Easter
John Owen
van Metre
Community Notes From Fairfield and Surroundings
Proud families from Morton Illinois and Billings Montana visit in Fairfield with kin. Local trips include Koehlers returning from Chicago Kentucky and Columbia Missouri, Reverend McNeel and Mary visiting from Seoni India, and the Dodds in Ruston Louisiana. An infant named Larry Richard Whitham was born Friday at Washington County Hospital.
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Robert Koeller
Moline
Ill
Paul Peiffer
Koehlers
Chicago
Robert White
Kentucky
Columbia, Mo
Stephens College
Koehler
John McNeel
Mary
Seoni
Central Province
India
Wylie Anderson
McNeel
Anderson
Seons
Church of Scotland
Scotland
Glasgow
Irvin Whitham
Larry Richard
Washington County Hospital
Quigg Receives Fok and Truman Flag Gift From ROK
At Inchon a ceremony aboard a victory ship saw Rear Admiral Son Won Yil present a Republic of Korea flag to Maj. Gen. Frank E. Lowe as a gift for President Truman. Koreans noted a brass spoon and chopsticks in the package and explained fok means fork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Quigg
Inchon
Korea
Son Won Yil
Republic of Korea
Frank E. Lowe
Truman
United Press
Fok
Stick
Kang Hyung Hil
Korean Foreign Affairs Association
Kang
van Rok
Eighty Miners Die in English Mine Fire at Creswell
In Worksop England a mine explosion and underground fire trapped over 80 miners while about 110 escaped. The blast at 5 a.m. and ensuing flames doomed the rescue effort as officials sealed the affected section and prepared to recover only a few bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worksop
England
Creswell
National Coal Board
Coal Board
Cotton Shows Highest Wear Resistance Among Textiles
Tests on laboratory abrasion and real world use indicate cotton outperforms all other fibers in wear resistance among textiles in common use. The finding emphasizes cotton's durability for daily wear and industrial applications.
Moon Sun Symbols Tie Noted Interpreter Farewell in Seoul
The interpreter explains flag symbolism with moon and sun patterns indicating positive and negative lines. He describes corner lines and midline halved lines as representing harmony in the universe. The conversation ends with a hopeful farewell wishing to meet in Seoul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chin
Space
Seoul
Spectacle Frames Fit By Screen Pattern Match
A frame is tested for exact fit by projecting its shape onto a screen and comparing it to a printed pattern. If the frame does not align in every detail it is rejected before shipment.
Trolley Coach Carries Loads Like 25 Autos
A block-long procession of 25 automobiles carries as many passengers as a single trolley coach, given the average auto passenger load of 1.7 persons.
Lumber Structural Grades Define Safe Working Stresses
The purpose of structural grades of lumber is to offer means for selecting structural material with an assured minimum of strength. This allows appropriate working stresses to be assigned for its use.
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Shirley
Orthopedic Hospital
Los Angeles
Shirley Temple
Michael Jones
Ymca Committee
CPN Es
TC Tartae Sema
Black Jack
Harry Pearson
Frank Laycock
Lawrence Libe
Bob
Don
Fairfield
Walton Club
Kurka
Libe
George Kurka
Billings
Montana
Mrs. Pearl Parcel
aé_e
Lowell Dodds
Ruston
Louisiana
Robert ‘Laplett
Marie
Patricia
San Francisco
Taplett
Wolmi Island
Seattle
J. Lewis Fretz
Renton City Club
Fretz
Renton
Ray Collins
Cech Rellawat
Kathleen Freeman
Comedy & Cartoon
Les Brown
Connie Boswell
Kiple & DePrenger Furniture Company
O. L. Samson
J .K. Lemmon
Kodak
ROK
25Th Division
Dean Hess
Marietta
Hess
Mustang
Masan
International
Long
All In
TIME
Wisconsin
Time Insurance Company
Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee
Junior
Joe
Margaret Melville
Mace Motor
Ford and
Mercury Sales & Service
Syria
James Hugh Kelley
Cavendish W. Cannon
U. S
Yugoslavia
Tomales
California
New Orleans
Limas
Waconia
Royal Saxony
Sargent
North Iowa
R.C. Wead
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