Parish Services and Church Notices for June 1949
A collection of church schedules and sermons from multiple local congregations. Includes Holy Cross Evangelical Lutheran and Central Church of Christ service times, Sunday School hours, and upcoming church events such as picnics, social meetings, and youth fellowships. Contains references to Baptist, Methodist, and Congregational churches with their weekly timelines.
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Ina
Holy cRoss Evangelical Lutheran Church
M. Duke
Baby contest scores rise with health gains since 1940
A historical note reports that since 1940 average scores for a group increased in height weight and health. In 1948 a contest of 536 children had an average 98 115 while the champion girl scored 90 738 and the champion boy 99 576, just shy of perfection by under half a percent per medical rating.
Cass Reaches Half Mark in Opportunity Drive
The fifth drive report from state director Roger F Warin shows Cass County at 49.34 percent of its $2,181,069 quota. Story County leads at 112.10 percent, followed by Taylor 108.06 and Sioux at 108.03 percent. Plymouth 101.31 percent, with Pocahontas and Winnebago near the leaders at 95.66 and 94.68 percent. County Chairman Harold C DeKay, Atlantic, notes the drive progress.
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Towa
Roger F. Warin
State Dire
Savings Bonds Division
Story County
Taylor County
Sioux County
Sioux
Plymouth County
Salea
Cass County
Harold C. DeKay
Atlantic
Pocahontas
Winnebago
Coun
Larger Babies At Iowa State Fair This Year
A child entered in the 1949 Iowa State Fair Baby Health Contest may be larger and healthier than his parents were at the same age. Since the contest began in 1911 physicians note a trend toward bigger, healthier babies among participants this year.
Original covered wagon touring eastern Iowa city stops
The report notes ties over the 90 per cent level in Grundy Cherokee Montgomery and Calhoun counties with 48 counties above the state quota average of 70.35 per cent. The original covered wagon, seen in every city, travels through Dubuque Maquoketa Clinton Davenport Muscatine Burlington with shows June 16 and 17 in Dubuque and Maquoketa, then Clinton Monday, Davenport Tuesday and Wednesday, Muscatine Thursday and Burlington Friday.
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Grundy
Cherokee
Montgomery
Calhoun
Iowa
Dubuque
Maquoketa
Clinton
Davenport
Muscatine
Burlington
Marketing quotas no good with hogs
An Iowa farmer advocate argues against a government push for marketing quotas on hogs, milk, cattle, and other products. He and the publication favor Brannan plan features that support production aligned with national needs and oppose heavy enforcement. In another notice, Alma Mortensen is appointed administratrix of Otto Mortensen's Cass County estate, with payments and claims to be presented as required by law.
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Wallaces
District Court
State OF
Iowa
Cass County
Otto Mortengen
Otto Mortensen
A. D
By the Way column notes town life and father’s day humor
A string of lighthearted reflections on summer, gardens and birds. The piece mentions roses around town, a patient recovering quickly from appendicitis, and cherry pie. It ends with Father’s Day humor about gifts and the value of fathers.
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Anita
Fy Bohool and ‘Adult Bible
Science Church
Lemomearnon Churches of Christ
Massena N. Baptist Church
Atomic Force
Church of the Lutheran
Walther League
Bible School
Te. Ee Central Church
Christ Joel N. Boone
Congregational Church
C. M. Orcutt
Iller
Chaffer & Burns
American Legion
Skippy, Anderson & Orch
LD Finny
Nayuae Okra
Cass
Binder
WAYNE
Anita, Iowa
Claussen Oil Co
Oakland
Fred Geiger
Brannan
Alma Mortensen
Charles E. Walker
BY the
Way By
L. i
Tin
San James
Ifm
Motor Inn
Jim Allan
Shirley and
Wayne Schaupp
Chevrolet
Jeep
Ford
Behnken Motor CO
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