Tipton Doctor and Wife Train as Pilots Together
Tipton physician Dr. Ralph Laughlin and his wife Mrs. Laughlin are learning to fly at Iowa City airport under instructor Paul Shaw. Dr. Laughlin soloed after eight hours twenty minutes. Mrs. Laughlin, with seven hours, aims to solo soon. They own a Taylor craft plane and plan hangar near Tipton. The couple began lessons May 15 and June 1 marked the solo milestone for the doctor.
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Owa City
Ralph Laughlin
Tipton
Laughlins
Paul Shaw
Iowa City
United States
Dr. Laughlin
Shaw
Mrs. Laughlin
Laughlin
Marion Plans Five-Team Softball League Debut Week
Five Marion teams form a softball league with games set Monday Tuesday and Wednesday at 6 30 p m at Thomas park west of the pavilion. The public is invited with no admission charged.
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Marion
Thomas Park
Chamber of Commerce
Hallwood
Rapids School of Welding
Presbyterian Church
Family reunion among Brockman clan in Gunnison Utah
Mrs. B F Brockman heads to Gunnison Utah to visit son Ira Overfelt and will be joined by her children from Kansas City Han nibal Goshen Ely and Reno in a thirty year reunion. Other local notices cover clubs meetings rent ads and community events.
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B. F. Brockman
Gunnison
Utah
Ira Overfelt
Thomas McCrary
Kansas City
F. M. Campbell
Hannibal
Bertie Okelberry
Goshen
Ruth Handley
R. W. Overfelt
Ely
Nev
Prime lambs fetch $10 at Keokuk County sale show
In Sigourney the Keokuk county 4 H lamb show grading and sale drew 39 entries with 115 lambs graded and sold at $10 per hundredweight for prime lambs. Ottumwa packing plant bought the lot while others sold as good to choice at $9.25 and $8.25 respectively. Top honors went to Robert Reinert Delta with Ken Norris Hedrick and Gene Schwab Wellman placing second and third. C W McDonald Ames sheep specialist served as judge and grader.
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Sigourney
Keokuk County
Ottumwa Packing Plant
Robert Reinert
Delta
Kenneth Norris
Hedrick
Gene Schwab
Wellman
C. W. McDonald
Ames Sheep
Private Lives to Open Cornell Little Theater Shows
Noel Coward play Private Lives will open Cornell Little Theater June 15 16 and afternoon June 17 in Mount Vernon with Betty Lou Evans Goldfield Ben Hoover Betty Mount Jo Beadle and Robert Hartung in the cast Miriam Rian of Des Moines Pasadena Community Playhouse is stage manager Our Town by Thornton Wilder will be repeated June 17 by popular request with few cast changes.
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Mount Vernon
Noel Coward
Cornell Little Theater
Our Town
Thorton Wilder
Betty Lou Evans
Goldfield
Ben Hoover
Chicago
Betty Mount
Warrenville
Jo Beadle
Cedar Rapids
Robert Hartung
Miriam Rian
Des Moines
Corpus Christi Day Observance in Tama County
A Belize driven Tama County festival unfolds at Holy Trinity parish with a 9 45 a m procession to Duponda hall, high mass at 10, cemetery blessings, dinner for 40 cents, and all night dancing. The event, held near Toledo, draws about 500 from surrounding towns. Corpus Christi observed June 8 with St Vaclav parish to follow.
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Toledo
Tama County
Holy Trinity Parish
Duponda Hall
Francis X. Garecki
Cedar Rapids
Liege
Belgium
Urban IV
Juliana
Europe
United States
Duponda
Corpus Christi
Vining
St. Vaclav Parish
Clutier
Order of Forresters of
Holy Trinity
St. Vaclav
St. James
Vopatek
Colesburg Consolidated School Alumni Elect Officers
At the annual alumni meeting 129 members attended the Colesburg consolidated school alumni banquet. Harley Hansel was elected president and served as master of ceremonies with Arleen Barnhart as vice president and Edith Merten as secretary. Orson Bush of Dubuque delivered the keynote speech.
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Colesburg
Colesburg Consolidated School
Harley Hansel
Arleen Barnhart
Edith Merten
Orson Bush
Dubuque
Man and Tree Reach 85 Years of Shared History
Lucian Dennis of Coralville and a towering spruce in his front yard have stood together since 1853. The tree, planted the year of his birth, now reaches 70 feet as he recalls Mormon handcart days, early railroad building near Iowa City, and the Dennis family 1839 homestead with a garage frame from 40 acres claimed from the government.
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Iowa City
Lucian Dennis
Coralville
Dennis
Mr. Dennis
Salt Lake City
Farm Debt Estimated at 8.25 Billion Dollars
Washington AP The estimated total farm debt for American farmers is about 8.255 billion dollars. About 7 billion of this is mortgage debt on farm real estate and 1.255 billion is short term obligations. Short term debt rose roughly 28 percent in late 1938 due to Commodity Credit Corporation loans. Real estate debt has fallen more than 3.5 billion since 1929 peak.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
Cigaret Vending Machines Declared Illegal for Dealers
Des Moines authorities say cigaret vending machines used by tobacco dealers for display or exclusive use by employees are illegal under Iowa law. The ruling, requested by the state tax commission, states the ban prevents sale by this method and aims to keep minors from buying cigarettes.
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Des Moines
Iowa
D. L. Murrow
State Tax Commission
National Conference To Be Held At Cornell
MOUNT VERNON The National Board of YWCA leaders conference will be held at Cornell college June 12 through 17. Seventy five delegates will attend led by Dr. John Thompson of the University of Oklahoma. Delegates come from across the United States and include board presidents and staff from public affairs health education world fellowship and Girl Reserve. Leaders include Margaret Williamson Genevieve Lowry Elsie Harper Isabel Lawson and Ann Elizabeth Neely. Discussions cover religion democracy education and economics in the American community.
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Mount Vernon
National Board of Young Women's Christian Associations
Cornell College
John Thompson
University of Oklahoma
United States
Margaret Williamson
Genevieve Lowry
Elsie Harper
Isabel Lawson
Ann Elizabeth Neely
May relief caseload in Buchanan County declines
The Buchanan County relief office reports a lower relief load in May. On May 1 there were 125 employables on relief, 19 added, 47 closed, leaving 98 on June 1. Of 204 county cases, 5 added and 11 closed, with 94 direct relief, 91 WPA, and 19 regular service.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Relief Office
Open Monticello Hostel Tomorrow
Monticello hostel near Tom Shover farm in eastern Iowa will open for the summer season Monday evening. The renovated building offers kitchen and dining facilities, sleeping rooms for ten girls, bunk house for men, a recreation room, showers, and improved grounds. The project is led by the Monticello hostel committee with NYA FFA and many civic groups assisting. programs include a fire lighting, Camp Fire Girls items, taps, folk dances and games on the lawn.
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Monticello
Iowa
Tom Shover
Military Road
Dubuque
Iowa City
Monticello House
NYA
FFA
John H. Fraser
Margaret McNeill
Rudy Langer
League of Women Voters
S. G. Gutensohn
Parent-teachers Association
Bud Denkhoff
Knights of Columbus
Henry Helms
V.F. W
Helen
Charles Field
Boy Scout
Camp Fire Girls
A. B. Grimes
Cecil Goettsch
L. E. Tull
30-Inch Corn tall on Pennimegroth Farm near Manchester
Corn on the Jerome E. Satterlee and Son Pennimegroth farm twelve miles southwest of Manchester is reported to exceed 30 inches in height.
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Manchester
Jerome E. Satterlee
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