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Scope and Contents An excerpt form this newspaper clipping reads as follows: Mrs. Alice S. Onque, 59, former executive director of the Hallie Q. Brown house, died Tuesday in Washington, D.C., after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Onque died in D.C. Village. Friends here said she had been bedridden since undergoing brain surgery last December. Mrs. Onque served as executive director of Hallie Q. Brown from 1950 to May of 1965, when she resigned to join the staff of Women in Community Service,...

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Yellow program from THanksgiving Dinner event given by the Hallie Q. Brown Golden Agers. Welcome remarks and invocations were given by Mrs. Pearl Smith and Rev. Mordeau Williams, respectively.

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The new Downtown Senior Citizens center, 349 Washington St., will open at 1 p.m. Tuesday with a Christmas program. All persons 60 years old and older in the Greater St. Paul are are invited to attend. The program was arranged by a committee chaired by Mrs. Stephen Maxwell, 882 Carroll ave.

Scope and Contents An excerpt from the newspaper clipping reads as follows: Ninety-one entries--a record number--were condisdered in the final judging of the St. Paul Jaycees Christmas Lighting contest. Winners were announced today. Beryl Blaud, 15, of 1179 Burnquist st., won first place among teenagers, with James Corry, 17, of 535 E. Hoyt ave., second, Robert Asker, 19, of 950 W. Montana ave., was third. Others wre: Home division--R.C. Kirch. 1681 Upper Afton rd., first; Frank Mariano, 1557...

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The Hallie Q. Brown Colden Agers had a Valentine Party on February 8 at their regular meeting...On Tuesday, the 15th, the members enjoyed piano music by director, Mrs. John M. Patton, during their lunch. Mrs. Mary M. Hampton is a new member. The afternoon was spent playing cards.

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The Golden Agers of the Hallie Q. Brown Community House met in regular session Tuesday afternoon of this week. The annual election of officers resulted in Mrs. Pearl Smith being elected president, Mrs. Henrietta Potts, corresponding secretary, Mrs. Bertha Nordquist, treasurers.

Scope and Contents An excerpt from the newspaper clipping reads as follows: Mrs. Wilson, a Hallie Q. Brown Golden Ager, was in Hallie's Bus Tuesday of last week, after being picked up at her home by Mrs. Janeabelle Taylor, Program Director, for the weekly meeting at Hallie. She was the third passenger that Mrs. Taylor had picked up and she was on the way to get a fourth. As the Bus rounded the corner on 10th and Main steets, the door flew open and Mrs. Wilson fell out. She sustained a broken...

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Funeral services for Mrs. Alberta Ragland, 433 Fuller Ave., St. Paul were held at 1 p.m. at Mt. Olivet Baptist church on Thursday, APril 20th with Rev. John F. Williams, officiating.

There are no immediate survivors except close friends, Mrs. and Mrs. W.B. Baines and Mrs. Emily Fields. The Alexander Hyde Park Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Interment was in Elmhurst Cemetery.

Scope and Contents An excerpt from the newspaper clipping reads as follows: Funeral services were held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Camphor Methodist Church for Mrs. Josie O'Neal, 487 St. Anthony Ave., who died Saturday morning at St. Paul-Ramsey Hospital after a short illness. The Rev. Warren T. White, pastor, gave the eulogy and burial was in Oakland Cemetery. Born in Arkadelphia, Pa., September 1, 1887, Mrs. O'Neal had been a resident here since 1911. She was a member of the Auxillary of...