March of Dimes Dance Planned January 27
The Business and Professional Women of Winchester plan the Annual March of Dimes Dance to support the 1956 polio vaccine campaign. The event on Friday January 27 runs 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the George Washington Hotel ballroom with the Paul Sibert orchestra. Reservations and tickets are $5 per couple.
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Winchester
George Washington Hotel
Paul Sibert
Daniel E. Leatherman
Sidney Snellings
Ruby Funk
Betty Lowry
Helen Edmonds
Olivia Leatherman
Snellings
Mohawk
Snellings Florist
N. Braddock Street
Spelling Bee Ends With Rabbit's Foot Prank
In Houston at the Garden Villas school Mae Turnbow organized a third grade spelling bee. The girls spelling down the boys sparked a protest when officials found each girl received a rabbit's foot during her turn.
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Houston
Tex
Garden Villas
Mae Turnbow
Grasshopper Threat Seen Serious for 1956 Crops
The U S Department of Agriculture warns farmers of a severe grasshopper threat in 1956. Surveys indicate cropland in over 15 states and some 20 million acres of rangeland across 16 states are at risk, with the Southwest most affected by a multi year drought.
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Washington
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department
Service Station Operators Assist Firefighter After Collision
In Richmond Virginia three competing service station operators aided Bill Davis after a car crash while en route to the bank. C P Shutte handled the bank deposit for Davis Fred Lord repaired the damaged car and Bob Patterson ran Davis station during his hospital stay.
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Richmond
Bill Davis
C. P. Shutte
Davis
Fred Lord
Bob Patterson
Marriage Rate Not Expected To Leap Much In 1956
Metropolitan Life statisticians say the 1956 marriage rate will rise only slightly above 1955. They foresee a larger upsurge after the early 1960s as war and postwar births reach marriageable ages, noting 1955 U S marriages at 1,532,000, up 3 percent from 1954.
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New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
United States
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