Dear Mom and Dad report on heat wave and Paris trip
The writer describes a hot spell in Paris near 90 degrees, awaiting new summer clothes, and plans to welcome Madame home with a canoe joke. They tour Fontainebleau, enjoy gardens and rooms, watch fishermen at a restaurant, dodge a dog fight under the table, and remark on a funny Western film shoot with limited props. Arie de Vries visits from Holland before returning Monday, promising more sightseeing.
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Mom
Paris
Madame
John
Fountainbleau
Barbizorn
Mountainbleau
U. S
Oklahoma
Lincoln
San Antonio
Texas
Summer Rain Freshens Air Sparks Tennis Wish
A reader notes a pleasant early morning rain between 6 and 7 uplifting the air scent and expresses a wish to play tennis. The mood is bright and reflective with a cheerful tone.
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Jove
Dodie
Rialto Screen Presents Joan Davis in Comedy Abounds
Joan Davis stars in a lively stage comedy at the Rialto Theater with scenes of rapid gags and pratfalls. The engagement runs Sunday Monday and Tuesday June 18 19 and 20 with billed laughs and witty routines.
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Joan Davis
Rialto Theater
Jungle Jim Stars in Mark of the Gorilla at Rialto
Johnny Weissmuller as Jungle Jim faces a wild adventure in Columbia’s Mark of the Gorilla. The film screens Saturday June 17 at the Rialto Theater in a blaze of excitement and thrills.
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Johnny Weissmuller
Jungle Jim
Africa
Columbia
Rialto Theater
Cheaper By The Dozen Screening At Rialto Theatre
The comedy will show Wednesday through Friday June 21 22 and 23 at the Rialto Theatre. The film charms with the antics of a large family and its touching look at how an American household faces life’s challenges.
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Rialto Theatre
Hollywood
Bruins Ground Red Sox In Night Game At Red Oak
Bedford and Gravity crowds travel with Bruins as Red Oak fans praise the visiting team. Toby Finck hits a grand slam shot after Beeson delivers a three for three night. Jim Jeter struggles on the mound as Feese and Lowry contribute for Red Oak with tough defense on a muddy diamond.
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Bedford
Sox
Beeson
Big Jim
Toby Finck
Finck
Jeter
Jim
Casey” Guenther
Finch
Peanuts Lowry
Red Oak
Ed Feese
Bruins
Lowry
Feese
Springfield
St. Joseph
Iowa
Bruin
Local Baseball Notes From The Browns Bruins Ballgame
Roy Brown runs the club with smart heads up play and his players show discipline. Sam Dubin suffered a heart attack last week and friends wish him a quick recovery. Al Viestenz debuted as umpire and shone with Northwestern Iowa experience. Bruins beat the Browns 10 hits all singles and Jeter homered for the only extra base hit. Bud Jamison starred in left with five putouts and one assist.
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Roy
Brown
Sam Dubin
Sam
al Viestenz
Audubon
Carrol, Harlan
Iowa
Pickering
Bruins
Johnson
Keith
Kansas City
Ted Pulhamus
Browns
Roy Brown
Cincinnati Reds
Bruin
Guenther
Garner
Jim Jeter
Jeter
Bud Jamison
Local School and Community Updates in Eagleville Area
Hopkins announces new instructors Harold and Mrs Carmichael join Eagleville Mo high school Social Science and fifth sixth grades. Maurice Peve graduates Missouri University Columbia with business and public administration degree. Doris Clutter leaves Osceola Iowa to teach at Webster City Junior College. William Foster named Hopkins marshal replacing Darrell Flowers who moved to Lenox Iowa. Wendell Burch returns home after Ames studies. Anna Andrews returns from California after months with relatives.
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Harold
Archie) Carmichael
Eagleville
Carmichael
Maurice Peve
Wren Peve
Missouri University At Columbia
School of Business and Public Administration
Doris Clutter
Osceola
Iown
Webster City, Iowa
Miss Clutter
William Foster
Hopkins
Darrell Flowers
Mr. Flowers
Lenox
Iowa
Former Conway Resident Homer Dotts Dies in California
Homer Dotts, a former Conway resident, died May 30 in San Diego California where he had lived for years. Born on a Conway area farm he later farmed in Minnesota lived in Chicago before settling in San Diego Burial took place in San Diego on Saturday June 3 He was survived by none of his immediate family as his wife Maude and son Donald Joe preceded him in death
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Homer Dotts
Conway
San Diego
Calif
Minnesota
Chicago
Maude
Donald Joe
Colters Buy Perry Iowa Cafe After Moving From Conway
Mr and Mrs Harold Colter formerly of Conway purchased a cafe in Perry Iowa and are now in possession.
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Harold Colter
Conway
Perry
Iowa
Dedrick Daughter Virginia to Wed Victor Bucher
Mr and Mrs Albert Dedrick of St Joseph announce June 9 wedding for their daughter Virginia and Victor Bucher of Hawthorne California. The ceremony will be held at King Hill Methodist Church in St Joseph. Miss Dedrick taught in Conway schools as a music instructor.
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Albert Dedrick
St. Joseph
Virginia
Victor Boucher
Hawthorne
Calif
King Hill Methodist Church
Local clubs hold meetings and family visits in June community notes
WSS Methodist Church group met June 7 with Mrs. Lester Hunter assisting. New officers were instated as guests Maud Meyers Belle Stafford and Joy Roberts attended. Jolly Homemakers Club gathering June 8 featured cooking hints and a backward party won by Ida Sharp. The Wright family attended the Valley school reunion picnic on June 4. multiple visits and travels linked to Arval Norton, Edna Weller, Maynard Cerny, and others are noted, with weddings and funerals also recorded.
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WSS
The
Methodist Church
Lester Hunter
Ralph Hunter
Effie Wheeler
Maud? Meyers
Belle Stafford
Joy Roberts
Jolly Homemakers Club
Elda Ryan
Ida Sharp
Ruby Donahue
Yreva Davenport
Ruth Thompson
Dorothy John
Mildred Sayler
Clato Wright
Valley School
Edna Weller
Silver City
Iowa
Aryal Norton
Next Sunday Dad Day and chores turn the house comical
A humorous diary style piece runs through family humor and farm life notes. It details pampering a stubborn father on Dad Day with breakfast in bed and a spotless home, then shifts to weather, crop concerns, and late season fishing with local color and modest anecdotes.
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Dad
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Main St
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NEA
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H.z
Corsica
Nan Dorsey
Thompsons
Rialto
Sid
Charles Chester
Chester
Insole
Wendell Burch
Ames
George Burch
Anna Andrews
California
Ford
Fashion Academy
Buy Perry Cafe
Dedrick
Jessie Straight
Paul Norton
Carolyn
Charles Brankhauer
Los Angeles
Arval Norton
Maynard Cerny
Cone Tree, Iowa
Mrs
G. Cc. Ginn
Fred Cooper
Storm Lake
Madge Barnett
Clarinda
Bess Rusco
Peggy
Doyle Andres
Des Moines
Ann Smith
Bryce Beemer
Leo O’grady
Ted McDonnell
Hattie Straight
Edna Straight
Artie Flinn
Linda
Elmer Garst
Lucy Sayler
Claro Wright
Vera
Bernice Kilby
Betty Jane Stroeber
Ross E. Johnson
Stansberry, Mo
Macksburg
Jack Bosold
Casey
Maude Meyers
Loren Duncan
Macon, Ga
Emma Duncan
Wayne
Macon
Jim Taylor
Honey Creek
Fred Soma
Water Works
Fashion Corf
Taylor County Motor Co
Bedford, Iowa
Tori
Bedford Wholesale Gamble
Galeys Grocery
5S & G Store
Wayland H. Maloy, M. D
Shenandoah
DR. C. E. Nichols
Optometrist
Clarinda, Iowa
C. W. Steward
Ahrens Drug
H. L. Raines
Maryville
Missouri
James A. Lucas
James E. Hughes
Farmers & Merchants Bank Bldg
Linderman Hotel
N. 16Th, St
Lensee
J. B. Martin
M. R. Brant
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