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Mrs. Charles McNeal., 853 Iglehart ave., was watching "Dialing For Dollars" on KSTP-TV Channel 5, Tuesday afternoon about 3:30 pm when the announcer said the Count is Down 2, and the amount 915 dollars. He dialed the number, and Mrs. McNeal's phone rang--she knew the count, direction, and amount and she is 915 dollars richer.

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Popular with many St. Paul retired men are bowling groups such as this one at the East District YMCA. Sending his ball down the alley is Home Bailey, 72, of 947 Earl St., while Ambert Nelson, 74, of 1549 E. Ivy Ave., waits his turn.

Scope and Contents An excerpt from the newspaper clipping reads as follows: Milton Williams of 955 Iglehart Ave. in St. Paul will again this year be conducting classes in the "Negro in American Life" at Hallie Q. Brown. Milton first began teaching these kind of classes at Karamu House in Cleveland in 1960. He taught them at that location for three years until he was made regional coordinator for the Emancipation Proclamation Exposition in Chicago in 1963. Mr. Williams...

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Belle Swanson, 90, left, a former ST. Paul schoolteacher, has been collecting buttons for many years and has about 800 assorted types. Her companion, Eliza Schlenk, 105, prefers reading. Both are residents of St. Paul's chuch home, 484 Ashland ave.

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Funeral service for Mrs. Lila M. Weaver, 72, Wilder Nursing home, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Wulff mortuary, 1485 White Bear ave. Mrs. Weaver died Saturday at the nursing home. She had been ill 8 years. A life long resident of St. Paul, Mrs. Weaver was a waitress at the St. Paul Athletic Club and was a member of Hallie Q. Brown center, the Golden Age club and Union Gospel mission.

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Age 79, of 507 Marion. Husband of Doris; father of Joseph, Goleta, Calif.; James, Elizabeth, Doris and Judith, all of St. Paul.

Scope and Contents An excerpt from the newspaper clipping reads as follows: Services for Thomas P. Borden, 67, of 261 E. University ave., will be held 9 a.m. Monday in St. Agnes Catholic Church, 548 Lafond ave., with burial in Calvary cemetery. Mr. Borden, a lifelong resident of St. Paul, died of a liver condition Friday in Ancker hospital. Mr. Borden was a clerical worker employed by the state of Minnesota, the federal government and J.L. Shiely Co., before his retirement five years...

Scope and Contents An excerpt from the newspaper clipping reads as follows: Frieda Overbeck was the daughter of a Wabasha street saloonkeeper, Herman Overbeck. His bistro was about where McLellan's store now stands at Fifth and Wabashastreets. Oddly, like the piano, Frieda was born in Chicago and came here when she was four. She liked playing piano and took lessons from a Professor Marklet. When Frieda was almost 13, the professor saw this piano in a tavern one day. It was for sale. A beautiful...

Scope and Contents An excerpt from the newspaper clipping reads: The final steps towards formation of a Twin Cities council of the National Council of Negro Women will be taken Sunday when some 60 Twin Cities women meet in the Minneapolis Masonic temple, 3842 Fourth Ave S. Two soft-spoken, articulate St. Paul women are the prime movers behind formation of this new organization--the first of its kind in Minnesota. They are Mrs. Vincent C. (Mary Jane) Lassiter, 881 Carroll ave., and...

Scope and Contents Excerpt from newspaper clipping reads as follows: Two newly elected board members of the Hallie Q. Brown Community House were introduced Wednesday evening, September 29, at the annual meeting of the House held in Summit Manor, 312 Summit Avenue. They are, Samuel H. Jones, left, executive secretary, St. Paul Urban League, and Dr. George O. Berry, right, veterinarian, shown here in this Pioneer Press photo with Henry Thomas, newly named executive director of Hallie. Eight other...