Junior High Weekly News and Classroom Highlights
The eighth grade covers express and freight math, household waste science, and local government civics. Seventh grade explores leather goods in geography and weather experiments in science, with top arithmetic scores highlighted. Fourth graders report Mexican exhibit, spelling success, and spring illustrations while a turtle appears in Miss Neff's room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
XYZ
Express
Miss Neff
Ruth
Ray
Jean
Charles
Billy
Ridley
Trimming Trees Right May Save Their Life
Iowa State college extension plant pathologist J. H. Standen warns improper pruning causes premature rotting in valuable trees. Use a saw and undercut heavy limbs, cut flush with the trunk, then apply tree dressing to wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Standen
Iowa State College Extension
Traffic and beer tax notes from Iowa sessions in 1941
A Iowa report details heavy travel on Highway 6 and 30 with 19 and 14 deaths respectively, plus 11 on Highway 69. It notes no fatalities on Highways 92 or 59, and highlights paving as accident-proofing. It also covers beer tax loss, a veto on oil gift bills, and shifts in state personnel and enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Safety Department
Education Division
Highway Commission
Iowa
Eastwest
Beteen Ames
Indianola
House of
M. W. Dailey
Beer and
Dailey
House
George A. Wilson
Senate
University of Iowa
W. G. C. Bagley
Sunday Dinner Guests Attend Multiple Homes Across Hanover and Galva
Hanover area lists numerous families visiting for dinners and suppers over the weekend. Names include Winterhof, Fett, Hinkeldey, Friedrick, Radke, Otto, Zwemke, Grieme, and Camp CCC enrollee Arthur Zwemke enjoying a six day leave from Oskaloosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Winterhof
Henry Winterhof
August Fett
Martin Hinkeldey
Arthur Friedrick
John Otto
Storm Lake
Herman Grieme
Alma
Carl Radke
Galva
Fred Hinkeldey
Ruth Johnson
Arthur Friedrich
Charles Zwemke
Charles Weiland
Dick Hinkeldey
Mary Lichtenberg
Frank
Delores
Emma Neuman
Harry Otto
John Holtz
Elmer Grieme
Janice
Donald
Arispe
Town
Rhinehardt Grieme
Lester Speckerer
Ervin Radke
Henry Grieme
Ruth
John Grieme
Arthur Zwemke
CCC
Oskaloosa
Funeral Services Held for Radke Infant Daughter
Funeral services for Donna Marie Radke infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Radke of Alta were conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. at Fiscus funeral home in Storm Lake with Rev. E C Tolch officiating. Burial followed at Buena Vista Memorial Park cemetery. The infant, born May 2 at Swallum hospital, died May 8. This was the couple’s first child, and Mrs. Radke is formerly Vera Harjes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Marie Radke
Harold Radke
Alta
Fiscus
Storm Lake
E. C. Tolch
Alta Lutheran Church
Buena Vista Memorial Park
Swallum Hospital
Unusual House Near Guthrie Center Stands Out
A 30 year old secluded house near Guthrie Center is built of native stones set with river mud. The interior walls are hazel brush plastered with mud, creating a distinctive rustic look apart from neighboring homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie Center
Know Your CCC Week Set For May 12 to 18
The Cherokee CCC camp designates May 12 to 18 as Know Your CCC week to inform youths ages 17 to 23 about CCC benefits. A kickoff meeting will include county officials, school superintendents, and employment representatives with camp tours, discussions, and demonstrations of camp life and training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Binsfeld
CCC
Civilian Conservation Corps
Binsfeld
Board of Supervisors
Iowa
Cherokee
Buena Vista
Sioux
Lyon
Plymouth
O’brien
Osceola
Clay Counties
G. H. McMillan
Elwyn Thomas
Hugh A. Martin
Local Social Notes From Afton Area and Nearby Towns
Sunday dinners and visits mark community life around Newell Larrabee Cherokee Sutherland Aurelia and Quimby. Attends include Swanson Sanborn Gates Zwick Hill Montgomery Crocker families and friends with events from birthdays and mother daughter banquets to fishing trips and hospital updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Swanson
Leon Sanborn
Oscar Lewis
Newell
Donald
California
Roy Stieneke
Dorothy Mohor
John Hartwig
Des Moines
George Zwick
Russell Parks
Larrabee
Leo Kelly
Aurelia
Dorothy Montgomery
Sutherland
Irvin Hahn
Opal Cave
Margaret Jones
Maude Robinson
Hallie Anderson
Louie Melton
Carl Johns
Leonard
Johnnie Kastengren
Trumble
Silver Lakes
Martina Hahn
Quimby
Irvin
Earl Zwick
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joan Deyloff
Phyllis Engdahl
Delores Galvin
Paul Galvin
Roger Glawe
Charles Grigsby
Bob Howell
Norma Nelson
Geraldine Klumpp
Robert Patten
Dale Peterson
Betty Phillips
Loraine Preul
Ray Thomas
Joan Will
Lau
Loraine Treul
Laurine Zwick
Dale Otten
Ray Holderness
Phyllis Lehnhardt
Phyllis
Mary Ann
Lois Anderson
Lois A
Donnie B
Edith C
Donna E
Laurine G
Norma H
Lenard J
Phyllis L
John L
Imogene P
Joan P
Lois Jeanne P
Kenneth P
Merryr
Bobby W
Gretchen R
Shirley P
Betty Lou
Jerry
W. A. Liebsch
Carlson's
Maple Valley Mutual Insurance Association of
Cherokee County
Geo. E. Blanch
H. H. Lockin
EL. H. Lockin
Chas, Gustafson
Aurelia, Iowa
Sedan Ambulance Service
Don R. Hankens
Larson's
State Bank
IDA Grove Rendering Works
Reggy Martin
Sweet & Bruce
Harry Linn
Berry Halden
Fred Willis
State House
Executive Council
Hanover
Irene Zwemke
RADKE
Beth Hughes
Nicholas Brothers
Envy Rae
B. F. Ruppert, Mer
Afton Vicinity
Mrs. Earl Zwick
Sentinel
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