Tests Show Many High School Grads Not Good Readers
Thomas A. Dozier reports at Americus Georgia that colleges now teach freshmen to read. Georgia Southwestern College found four months were needed to train average freshmen to extract full meaning from printed pages. Dr. Peyton Jacobs describes a program that assesses a student’s background and abilities to tailor coursework and emphasis on personality and all‑round maturity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus, Ga
Georgia Southwestern College
University System of Georgia
Peyton Jacobs
Jacobs
Grain donated for bird feed by federal office
The Cedar Rapids federal grain supervision office donated 14 809 pounds of clean mixed grain for bird feeding over the last year. The grain, from testing shipments, was distributed to the Marion CCC camp deputy game wardens and the Linn county 4 H club which has begun a bird project at Ely under Roy Carson. Four bird shelters were built by 4 H members. Air pilots meteorologists and observers have collected data in Newfoundland since 1934 to aid transatlantic air service planning.
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Cedar Rapids
Federal Grain Supervision Office
United States Department of Agriculture
Federal
Marion CCC
4-H Club
Ely
Roy Carson
Linn County
Nancy Page Hark The Pages All Do Sing
Florence La Ganke recalls a Christmas Day scene where Nancy and family sing traditional carols by the fire after dinner. The pageant includes We Three Kings and O Star of Wonder among other favorites, ending with cocoa and cinnamon toast.
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Nancy
Joan
Orient
Bethlehem
Willie
Robin
Ture
Real Estate Transfers Involving Blain, Kasper and Local Firms
Arch C. Blain transfers to Perpetual Savings and Loan on Lot 4 Audited Plat 97 with encumbrances. Edward Kasper sells to John M. Blaine Pt Lot 4 Fri Bik 35 with mortgage and value consideration. Linwood Cemetery transfers to Beulah Trost for cemetery lot 30, and Barclay Securities with Witwer Grocer to Merchants National Bank involving multiple sections and lots in 83-6 and 10-83-6 with road easements and subsumed deeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch C. Blain
Perp. Savs. & Loan Assn
Arch Blaine
Carpenters
Add
Subj. Inc
Edward Kasper
John M. Blaine
Wd Pt
Corps
Valcon
Wdn
Brown
Linwood Cemetery Company
Beulah K. Trost
Linwood Cemetery
Barclay Securities Company
Witwer Grocer Company
Merchants National Bank
Se & E
Land parcels and irrigation rights listed in 1936 deed terms
Catalog of described lands including multiple sections and fractions in 83-5 through 85-6 with irrigation rights. Mentions fractions and tracts such as Pt Lots 2 and 3, E14 se, nw se, and 70 acres in Fri. i sec. 6. Mentions a price or value of $1 and a date 10-28-36.
Honolulu Prepares For 160th Christmas Day Celebration
Honolulu marks its 160th Christmas with memory of early observances starting in 1786 near Waimea Kauai. King Kamehameha III formally recognized the holiday in 1849 correcting a December date error. The festivities include trees from the Pacific Northwest, carols, pageants before the former royal palace, and Santa Claus visiting island children despite no chimneys using surfboards planes or outrigger canoes.
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Honolulu
King George
Waimea
Kauai
Here
Kamehameha III
Islands
Pacific Northwest
Kings and Queens
Santa Claus
14622 Social Security Registrations Begun in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids issued 14622 social security registration numbers with most registrations complete. Beginning Monday a recording team of twelve workers will be led by Mrs. Maurice Cahill and Mrs. Velma Skala.
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Cedar Rapids
Maurice Cahill
Velma Skala
Markets Stay Closed Friday for Christmas Observance
Financial and commodity markets worldwide remained closed Friday for Christmas with most staying shut Saturday. The Chicago board of trade and several U.S. grain exchanges will have reduced Saturday hours, while Winnipeg and Liverpool grain markets will be closed.
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New York
Chicago Board of Trade
Winnipeg
Liverpool
Also Mentioned on This Page
Georgia College
Thomas A. Dozier
Owls Club
Hooples
Seige
Jake
Williams
MOA Sernice, Inc
Trwilliams
Federal Grain Office
Newfoundland
Transatlantic Air Service
Nancy Page
Florence la Ganke
Cone’s
Second Street
Crisco
Hill
PISO
Lip Ivo
Absorbine Jr
Liniment
Tery
May’s Tea Room
Ivolle
Lucky Tiger Hair Tonic
Wings
Paul Jones
Avalon
Johnson
Horlick’s
Woodbury
King's Discovery
Folger’s Coffee
Proker
Kentucky
Abbott
Parke Davis
Jergen
McCoy’s
Colgate
Fitch
Morris
Lady Esther
Upjohn
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