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An excerpt from the newspaper clipping reads as follows:

Senior Citizens make paper roses in handcraft class. One of many activities in Merriam Park's Leisure Center.

Scope and Contents An excerpt from the newspaper clipping reads as follows: Seed Mosaics are fun to make...especially when you can compare notes with friends and drink a sociable cup of coffee afterwards. Here Mrs. Marie C. Hersom, craft instructor, gives a few suggestions to Miss Ethelwyn Rae Bailey, right, 611 Sherburne, Mrs. Bertha Nordquist, Central Towers, works away busily. Miss Bailey was in charge of the nursery at Lexington Parkway Presbyterian church for 13 consecutive years before...

Scope and Contents An excerpt from the newspaper clipping reads as follows: Imagine a man who has grunted a bunch from a banana boat, traveled the world, grew up in New York, holds degrees like Bachelor of Science (C.C.N.Y), Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology (Wayne State University) and Bachelor of Sacred Theology (General Theological Seminary); has served the U.S. Army as a Chaplain in the European Theatre during World War II, has conducted surveys for the New York Tuberculosis...

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Yul Brynner, the star of "The King and I" and other Broadway and Hollywood productions, has joined a growing list of famous artists and performers who have become 500 dollar life members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Scope and Contents An excerpt from the newspaper clipping reads as follows: Fifteen groups--some activated in World War I--will receive certificates of appreciation as Red Cross production volunteers at a recognition tea from 3 to 5 pm Tuesday in the Red Cross building, 413 Auditorium st. The recipients are Arlington Hills and Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran church women, Social Order of Beauceant, Circle S of St. James Lutheran church, West St. Paul Neighborhood group, Masonic Women of St....

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The Golden Agers of the Hallie Q. Brown Community House, accompanied by Mrs. John M. Patton, toured the General Mills Betty Crocker Kitchens on Tuesday, Sept. 27. Following the tour, the 38 Senior Citizens lunched at the Jolly Troll.

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Three newspaper clippings, each recounting the funeral services of John M . Patton. An excerpt from one reads as follow:

Funeral services for John M. Patton, 66, a social worker for the Ramsey County Welfare Board for 35 years, and a prominent community, church and civic figure, were held Monday at 2:00 p.m. at St. James AME Church with burial in Oakland cemetery. Mr. Patton was a trustee and Sunday School teacher of the church.

Scope and Contents Funeral program-card features a drawing of a gothic church-window with the words "In Memory" on the front. On the inside, left of the card, features a copy of Psalm 23 which starts "The Lord is my shepherd; I hall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.." The inside, right of the card, reads as follows: In memory of John M. Patton [here, the symbol of the Freemasons, a masonic square and compass with the letter G, is typed next to his name]....

Scope and Contents An excerpt form this newspaper clipping reads as follows: Not "pie in the sky" but the real homemade variety was on the menu yesterday when members of the Golden Agers' group at Hallie Q. Brown Community Center got together for their annual Thanksgiving dinner. The dinner, a greatly anticipated affair for club members and their invited guests--took place at 12 noon in the auditorium of the Center, followed by an interesting program appropriate to the...

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An excerpt form this newspaper clipping reads as follows:

Mrs. ALice Onque, 218 N. Milton Ave., will resign as executive director of the Hallie Q. Brown house in early May to join the staff of Women in Community Service, Inc., Washington D.C., it was announced Wednesday night. Mrs. Onque has been executive director of the local settlement house, 553 Aurora ave., since 1950. She will be assistant to the executive director of WICS.