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An excerpt from the newspaper clipping reads as follows:

A silver locket and a gold pin were presented by the Golden Agers to their "Member of the Year," left, Mrs. Benie Rawlings, 554 W. Central Ave., and runner-up Henrietta A. Potts, 200 E. Arch Ave. Miss Potts was summoned from behind the scenes of the style show to receive the unexpected memento.

Scope and Contents A two page speech, typed in blue ink on pink paper, was written by Ethelwyn Bailey. An excerpt from the speech reads as follows: The Hallie Q. Brown Senior Citizens are a very happy and congenial group of Boys and Girls working together in Christian faith and fellowship bringing happiness and love into the lives of our shut-ins with our musical talent sending cards, phone calls, flowers, contributing to worthy causes--sent 6.50 dollars to the Catholic Missions at Mountain...

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Helen Marie Westphalinger, 1887 Grand Ave., senior citizen's Queen of the Northlands, was among the Winter Carnival royalty on hand for the event. She received royal treatment at the tea table from, left, hostess Mrs. R.M. Marland, 554 Central Ave., and from Mrs. David Williams, 652 Dayton Ave.

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Handiwork of every kind was displayed on tables lining the auditorium and Golden Agers marvelled over each other's cleverness in the realm of hobbies. Mrs. Alberta Davis, left, 583 Carroll Ave., and Mrs. William White, 1005 Fuller Ave., were among patrons of the craft show.

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St. Paul Senior Citizens came to Belle Plaine to view Leo Albrecht's carved chariot and horses. About 50 members from Hallie Q. Brown Community House drove here in a bus and minibus. Albrecht had told them about his carving when he made an acrobatic performance in St. Paul earlier. Holding the reins is Mrs. Patton, director of senior citizens at Brown.

Scope and Contents An excerpt from the newspaper clipping reads as follows: "Take Me Along," was the theme song this week as the Golden Agers of Hallie Q. Brown Community Center took a cruise up the Mississippi on the Jonathan Padelford and made special arrangements to take Mrs. Emma Rolf, 96, on the outing. Mrs. Rolf, left, a resident of the Golden Oaks Nursing Home in South St. Paul, has been unable to attend regular Golden Ager meetings, but was welcomed to the river cruise with a...

Scope and Contents An excerpt from the newspaper clipping reads as follows: The Golden Agers of the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center proclaimed June 5 as Ethelwyn Bailey Day, in honor of Mrs. Bailey who is a charter member of the club and the first president. Since the honoree was unable to join the group at the all day outing at Camp X on that day, members stopped enroute to visit her. [...] The Camp X outing included games, good food and fun, with each member receiving a gift from the...

Scope and Contents An excerpt from the newspaper clipping reads as follows: "When it comes time to depart from this world--may you all be in Heaven one-half hour before the Devil knows you're dead" is typical of the series of stories and jokes that Joe Donovan, secretary of State emeritus, kept the nearly three hundred persons in stitches with at the annual pre-Thanksgiving dinner last Tuesday noon in the Martin Luther King Center given by the Hallie Q. Brown Golden Agers.When I...

Scope and Contents An excerpt from the newspaper clipping reads as follows: Tay Pay Borden was born of Irish-Swedish parentage in St. Paul April 6, 1896. He attended St. John's parochial school in St. Paul and graduated from St. Thomas college in 1912. He served two years in France in World War I. There he fell in love with a French girl, Henriette Labee, who died a few years ago. Their son, Richard, was killed in a car accident in 1959. Borden served in WOrld War II in the Minnesota...

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This newspaper clipping features an image of a cat laying with their babies, a kitten and two rabbits. The caption to the photograph reads as follows:

When four of her five kittens were taken away, Midnight didn't brood. Instead the black Chicago cat kidnaped two baby rabbits to [play] with her remaining kitten. She is the pet of Eleanor Dask.