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1935 Lockwood High School, 1935

Oscar Ellsworth Carl

Simmons girls 1937

Ethel Adra Simmons Carl

Ethel Adra Simmons Carl

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Wallace Carl

Petty's Chapel School, 1915

My sister's and mother at Papa's funeral

The Family of Charles Christian Carl and His Wife, Susan Wertz

John Wilson Carl (1885-1969) and His Wood Saw in Dade County, Missouri

The Archway to the Entrance of the Pennsboro Cemetery, Pennsboro, Dade Co, Missouri

The Tombstone of David Arthur Carl (1852-1941) and His Wife, Mary B. (Williams) (1861-1942) in Dade Co, MO

The Tombstones of David A. and Mary (Williams) Carl and Their Grandson, Arthur L. Carl

The Tombstone of Arthur L. Carl, 1916-1999, in Pennsboro, Dade Co, Missouri

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In 1892, in the year that Helen Carl was born, on October 12th, the "Pledge of Allegiance" was first recited in unison by students in U.S. public schools. Composed the previous August by Francis Bellamy, it was to be recited in 15 seconds and originally read: "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." "Under God" was added in the 1950's.

In 1933, by the time she was 41 years old, the day after being inaugurated, the new President, Franklin Roosevelt, declared a four-day bank holiday to stop people from withdrawing their money from shaky banks (the bank run). Within 5 days of his administration, the Emergency Banking Act was passed - reorganizing banks and closing insolvent ones. In his first 100 days, he asked Congress to repeal Prohibition (which they did), signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, signed legislation that paid commodity farmers to leave their fields fallow, thus ending surpluses and boosting prices, signed a bill that gave workers the right to unionize and bargain collectively for higher wages and better working conditions as well as suspending some antitrust laws and establishing a federally funded Public Works Administration, and won passage of 12 other major laws that helped the economy.

In 1946, by the time she was 54 years old, pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock's book "The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" was published. It sold half a million copies in the first six months. Aside from the Bible, it became the best selling book of the 20th century. A generation of Baby Boomers were raised by the advice of Dr. Spock.

In 1963, by the time she was 71 years old, the British Secretary of War, 46 year old John Profumo ,was forced to resign when he lied about an affair with 19 year old Christine Keeler. Keeler was also involved with the Soviet naval attaché and charges of espionage were feared. No proof of spying was ever found.

In 1975, in the year of Helen Carl's passing, on September 5th, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme tried to assassinate President Ford in Sacramento, California. She failed when her gun wouldn't fire. President Ford escaped a second assassination attempt 17 days later on September 22 when Sarah Jane Moore tried to shoot him in San Francisco. A bystander saw her raise her arm, grabbed it, and the shot went wild.