Locke Receives Master of Music Degree in 1941
Ralph Locke of Triplett Missouri earned the Master of Music degree from Vander Cook School of Music Chicago announced by Mr. and Mrs. W W Myers. Locke will lead the Brunswick Missouri school band next year and Mrs Locke is their daughter. Two Grant City youths rode horses to Minnesota harvest fields all week. The Conway school district hired bus drivers Johnny Norton Charles McNutt and Robert Brown. Culture Club met at Mrs Lowell Livingston home with eight members and guest Mrs J H Wintermute of Bedford. Lesson on South America led by Mrs Kenneth Phelan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Myers
Ralph Locke
Triplett
Vander Cook
Conway
Grant City
Minnesota
Johnny Norton
Charles McNutt
Robert Brown
Culture Club
Lowell Livingston
J. H. Wintermute
Bedford
Kenneth Phelan
South America
Alma Fawcett
Essex
Iowa
John Shimer
R. A. Laughlin
Nina Link
Clarinda
Afiene
Baldwin
Charlene
Annette
Pueblo
Colo
Bud Cochran
South Dakota
Joe Cochran
Arthur Caven
Len Oxley
Wyoming
A. L. Pennebaker
Truman Durphy
Omaha
Carl Gold
Siam
Fred Borden
Sharpsburg
Bethel Pfander
Osceola
Jess Dresher
Fred Olinger
Fort Riley
Kans
Clifford ‘Young
Gale Young
Indianola
Lela Clark
DeLean
Lewis, Town
Joe Swoboda
Frank Smith
Lucy Gardner
W. H. Smith
Carrie Pinney
Jack Trost
Sioux City
Tom Nissen
Chas. Boydston
Jack Heaton
Sioux Falls
I. D
Byron Hoppers
Anderson
Ind
Cheyenne Wye
Mirign
Conway Locals Host Hamilton Connor Dinner Guests
Conway residents Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Hamilton and their son from Bedford along with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Connor of Shenandoah were dinner guests on Sunday.
Community Guests Fill Weekend at Local Homes
A large round of visits filled Sunday as families hosted relatives and friends from Omaha Creston Des Moines and Sharpsburg. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Leo Wheeler Mr and Mrs Cliff Short and family and many others sharing meals and greetings around Conway and Gravity. Playground equipment was installed by the WCTU between the post office and the bank for community use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C.T.U
Sharpsburg Camp Attendees Return Home After Weeklong Stay
A large Sharpsburg group returned Monday from Diagonal Camp after spending the past week there. Several couples and individuals planned to attend Camp Sunday, including the Cam pains Eyres Ranches Pennebaker Seld ers Hamblin Becherer Reed Cundy Collister and others. The town prepares gravel streets and Fickess family reunion attendance reached forty three with a noon basket dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Hamblin
F. i. Hamblin
Wm. Becherer
Wilma
Chas. Reed
Lou Cundy
Orin
Dorothy Collister
Fickess
Irvin Mattox
Carl
Lela Ruth
St. Paul
Kansas
Glen Fickess
Margaret
Clarence Fickess
Dorothy
Virginia
Phyllis
Tobby
Harold Fickess
Paul Fickess
Colt Jane Kelly
Cedar Falls
Earl Fickess
Chicago
Sharpsburg Social Roundup Includes School Reopen
Local residents from Essex Clarinda and surrounding towns visit relatives in Sharpsburg. Many travelers depart for Wyoming Nebraska and South Dakota while Sharpsburg school prepares to resume on September first.
Local Residents Visit Family and Move Homes
Shimer returns home with grandson and wife after visiting his brother. Harold Brown travels to Detroit to visit sister and brother in law and to seek new employment. Emma Yater travels from Hutchinson to visit relatives and help move to a vacated house. Mr. and Mrs. J Westley Campain and Mary Alice visit Council Bluffs relatives, staying with Guy Campain and Margaret Moser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shimer
Harold Brown
Detroit
Mich
Harold Campbell
Emma’ Yater
Hutchinson
Kans
Guy Campain
Margaret Moser
Gravity Birthdays and Club Socials Highlight August
Local notes show Charles Alvord’s birthday party with friends August 1 and various socials hosted by the Sem per Fid Club and DMC group. Women’s Society of Christian Service planned a September Guest Day at the Methodist church basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Alvord
Women's Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Riebes Letter Highlights Army Food and Egg Value Debate
A letter from Riebe discusses wartime army nutrition, noting eggs as vital after milk, and compares field rations to home eating. It cites egg consumption in camps, high daily egg use, and calls for scientific feeding methods. references M. L. Wilson and extension views on poultry feeding and profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pewutry Cove
M. L. Wilson
Government backs nutrition in poultry industry growth
Frank Paiche told hatcherymen at the International Baby Chick Association meeting that emphasis on balanced feed for poultry ignores human health benefits. He urged support for the food program and national nutrition plan as emergency and defense measures aimed at boosting poultry and egg markets for years to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baby Chick Association
Frank Paiche
Barnacle Bill Seeks Sailor’s Dream in South Seas Bid
Bill Johansen pledges to leave with his boat Monterey for Gloucester like a dream of a South Seas voyage. Virginia arrives to reclaim her life while Marge helps reform Bill and plans a schooner future. Virginia hopes for a captain’s chair aboard the Mary Ann as Bill wins it at auction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Seas
Virginis
Bill Johansen
Bill
Marge
Pico
Monterey
San Pedro
Bil
Marge Cavendish
Bal
Virginia
Kar
Gloucester
Srie
Wisl
Kelly
Mary Ann
Bin
Virginian
Bico
Pop
Mirge
Mary
Pieu
Tle
Mary Ann Sailors Face Storm and Moral Reckoning
Virginia confronts her father Bill over the fishermen plight as the Mary Ann crew battles a storm after Kelly engineers a danger. Bill traps prowl for a South Seas deal while the coast guard rescues the sinking vessel and returns him to port with Marge and Virginia praising his rescue yet urging reform.
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Bill
Pico
Kelly
Dixon
MacDonald
Mary Ann
Pop
Marge
Omeck
San Pedro
Coast Guard
Helly
Bil
Bii
Ginny
Virginia
Gloucester
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Shenandoah Iowa
Adam Connor
Leo Wheeler
Fred Wheeler
Cliff Short
Matilda Short
Wm. Phelan
Creston
Harold Moore
Ira Moore
Bob Smith
Phelps City
Mr. Smith
Burlington
J. A. Lambley
Des Moines
Dale Hunter
David Hunter
Richard Cooper
Fred Cooper
Navy
Wilma-Donaldson
Billy Gillespie
G. R. Donaldson
Leland Pool
Chas
Cavner
Bill Cavner
Darrell Powell
Corning
J. A. Dresher
Bethel’ Plander
J. M. Philpott
Hattie Straight
Helen
Washington, D. C
Marcelene Redburn
Jeanette Stafford
Villisca
Lee Straight
Weldon Jones
Kansas City
Baltimore
Chas. Gold
Mount Ayr
Frank Cox
Roy Coxl
Eb. Johnson
Pete Dougherty
Family of
Gravity
Orville Gold
Pedley Fawcett
Harry Spoonemore
Chesterfield
Alex Kenery
St. Joseph
Fred Osmond
Maggie Brown
Francis
Georgia Ulbrick
McCans, Kans
Beulah Worrell
Albert Fickess
J. W. Fickess
Orie Shum
Stella Shum
Ralph A. Rutledge
Jeanette
Allene Baldwin
Allen Rutledge
J .P. Newport
Betty
Elaine
Maggie West
A. E. Rutledge
George Rutledge
George Rullege
Presbyterian Ladies Aid
Curry Norris
A. C. Whipple
Dean Whipple
Cloyd Piander
Glen Baker
George Roberts
Bernar Baker
Jessie Chandler
D.M.C
Leon ‘Ledgerwood
Edythe Mary
Edythe
Effie Koneene
Harold Smith
Donald Smith
Madeline Smith
Shenandoah
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Chauncey Moore
Catherine
Lan~sing, Mich
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Jim Parker
Redding
Fred Keith
Lawis
Ronald Webb
Centerville
M. H. Marsh
Dort Lewis
Jay Levitt
Lloyd Houk
Guthrie Center
Clara Hawk
Darrell Cunningham
Jay Cunningham
New Market
Walter Alger
Earl Eighmy
Gail Eighmy
Clyde Damewood
Vane ‘Lucas
Adra Jones
Elmer Kelly
Oregon
Glen Lock
Wilbur Fudge
Guss
Henry Alger
Ada
Daisy
Clyde
Albert
Union
Oklahoma
Robert Marshall
Frankie Mellinger
Laura Gaebler
Tina
Charles Reardon
Edwin Chandler
Huntington Park
Calif
LaVerne Levi
Ivan Lucas
Cedar Rapids
Horace Nickell
Will Maskers
Ora Maskers
Elbert Pershin
Carl Sexton
Nate Sexton
Jess Sexton
Jim Hamilton
Idaho
Lloyd Bradley
Wayne Morgan
Newton
Joe Morgan
Earl and
Leland Morgan
Riebe
Moore's
Oak Barber Shop
Dean Hand
Matin
Chapter
Starration
Joe Pete
Petillo
Petrilla
Gina
Flest
Art Cy
Metro- Coldwyn-Mayer
Gertrude Gelbin
Bi Johamen
Wallace Beary
Marge Gavendish
Martlorie Main Ploo Rodriguez
Lee Carrillo
Virginia Johanean
Virginia Waidtar
Pap” Cavendish
Donnald Mook
Aries MacLane
Connie Qichrist
Sar Haden
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