City OKs land sale for Army Reserve Center at Rockford site
Memorial commission approves sale of city land adjoining the tennis center at Rockford road and Eighth avenue SW for 38 640 dollars. M B Cottrell of Omaha District Corps of Engineers made the offer. Final size near six acres, with public hearing and defense department approval required before closing.
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Rockford Road
Eighth Avenue
Memorial Commission
M. B. Cottrell
Real Estate Divisio
Omaha
Corps of Engineers
Army Engineers
Tennis Association
Bob Johnson
Secretary of Defense
Cottrell
McFarland Cited for 15-Year Length of Service Award
DES MOINES UP I Col Glenn Bowles Iowa selective service director announced Burr McFarland Jr of Independence a clerk for the Buchanan county local board will receive a 15 year length of service certificate.
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McFarland
DES Moines
UPI
Glenn Bowles
Selective Service
Iowa
Burr McFarland, Jr
Independence
Buchanan County
Body Replaced Brick by Brick Through Cell Renewal
A reader asks if the body renews itself with age and how organs stay the same. The explainer compares the body to a brick house, noting cells constantly replace bricks and DNA guides protein formation to preserve tissue type.
Brick House Analogy of Body Renewal
The passage compares the body to a brick house where new porch design replaces crumbling bricks. It explains protein molecules renew gradually, not whole organs, preserving the existing pattern as cells continually rebuild. It notes bones fully replace every few decades and stresses balanced diet supplies proteins for ongoing cell production.
Church of God to Dedicate New Building
The Seventh Day Church of God will dedicate its recently acquired church at 3336 Prairie Drive NE with a 2 p.m. Saturday service led by W. T. McMicken of Buffalo Missouri. Friday events begin at 8 p.m. with Allen Bond of Marion in charge and Saturday includes a Sabbath school at 10 a.m. and a worship service at 11:30 led by Elder Edgar Lippincott of Stanberry Missouri. A basket lunch follows at noon and the public is welcome.
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Seventh Day Church of God
Prairie Drive
W. T. McMicken
Buffalo
Allen Bond
Marion
Edgar Lippincott
Stanberry
Sabin Polio Clinics Set in Jones County
Sabin oral polio vaccine type 2 will be distributed in Jones county at three centers this weekend. Monticello Youth Center opens Saturday noon to 6 p.m., Anamosa courthouse Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Wyoming High School 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. This is the final Jones county Sabin clinic.
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Jones County
Monticello
Anamosa
Wyoming
Dr. Verne Oggel Named President of Reformed Church in America
The Rev. Dr. M. Verne Oggel 74 of Glen Rock New Jersey is named new president of the Reformed Church in America. Oggel has led the Community Church of Glen Rock since 1943 and was advanced from vice-president at the 157th regular session of the General Synod.
Seminary Officers Named During Week-Long Meeting
The Rev. Dr. Justin Van der Kolk of the New Brunswick Theological Seminary was named vice-president during a week-long gathering. He and Dr. Oggel will assume office when the meeting concludes next Wednesday.
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Justin Vander Kolk
New Brunswick, N. J
Girls Get Time Off with Pay at Factory in Dagenham
In Dagenham England the women workers at John Sherman’s clothing factory earned 414 days of steady labor. On Friday afternoon they talked about the weekend dates and outfits while machines stood idle. Sherman announced they would receive Friday afternoons off with pay.
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Dagenham
England
John Sherman
Sherman
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