Cheery Valley Social Roundup From the Bert Home Crowd
The Cheery Valley notes recount visits and gatherings around the Bert home for Ethel Mie and other neighbors. Numerous families, including Heden Wenger Christen Dennler Garser Meisner Mason and Dennier, shared dinners, New Year greetings, and casual calls through the week, with housewarmings and weekend stays noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert
Ethel ‘Mie
Alvin Heden
Mabel
Alvina
Eva
Martin Wenger
Ida Christen
Reuben and
Bett
Jake Lehman
Ernest Christen
Elizabeth Christen
Clara Muehlenthaler
Elmer Dennler
Wm. Garser
George Christen
Jake Dennler
Guernsey Smith
Emily
Ed Medberry
Geo. Leuchtenmacher
Lorraine
Martin Minihan
Orlin Mason
Martin Hanson
Christen Bros
Fred Butikofer
Jacob Christen
Marlys
Stanley
Arvid Troyer
Ed Wenger
Frank Christen
Edwin Hanson Epert
John Pulfer
Clermont
John Dennler
Roscoe Larson
Tillie Butikofer
Dan Butikofer
Walter Lehman
Eugene
G. Dennler
Will Sutter
West Union
Rachel Frieden
George Schupbach
Carol
Herman Schupbach
Postville
Louis
Lawrence Butikofer
Wm. Torkelson
Kenneth Mark
Community Dinner Guests and House Visits Summary
Numerous local households hosted guests and visitors over New Year and weekend periods. Names include Nutting Helms Pritchard Boyer Craft Platz Lyon Erhardt Moats Kerr Mays Patterson and others in Sidney Cresco Marquette region. Activities centered on dinners, lunches, and casual calls across several homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Nutting and Sons
Sidney Nutting
Marshall Helms
Peggy
Bobby
H. W. Helms
Walter Pritchard
Ilo
FE. R
Wm. Nutting
Herman Boyer
Clara
Stanley
D. H. Craft
Leo Boyer
Clifford Platz
Cresco
George Boyle
Frank Lyon
Lyon
Cleve Erhardt
Sheldon Moats
Robert Kerr
Dar
War Bonds Pola! Pola! Tractors Versus Army Mules In War Aid
The piece extols Army Mules over tractors in difficult terrains where field artillery and cavalry operate. It notes mules are slower but sure footed, support pack trains in mountains, and the Army buys thousands at prices from 15 to 190 dollars. It urges investing at least ten percent of income in War Bonds. LS. Freasury Department
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LS. Freasury Department
Teddy bear potato delights East Moline family
Charles Higgins of East Moline, NJ, displays a genuine teddy bear potato during harvest season. The quirky tuber captivates his young son Graham Lant and others, becoming a local curiosity in this special photo feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliff Lant
Charles Higgins
East Moline
Spud
Graham Lant
Tugwell to be ousted as Puerto Rico governor
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg announced that legislation will be introduced in the new Congress to remove Rexford Guy Tugwell from his office as Governor of Puerto Rico. The governor is appointed by the president, and the president holds the only reins on Tugwell’s administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Rep. Mich
Congress
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Puerto Rico
Tugwell
Linguistic Jaywalking Discussed by Morley Readers
Christopher Morley notes that instinctive speech differs from trained language and warns against linguistic jaywalking. He cites Eleanor Roosevelt Noel Coward Dorothy Sayers Elsie Stokes Joseph Conrad and others to illustrate subtle errors and the need to express true meaning rather than merely correct forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morley
Henry
Christopher Morley
Eleanor Roosevelt
Noel Coward
Dorothy Sayers
Parker
Elsie Stokes
Joseph Conrad
U S Plans Cotton Stockings To Cut Cotton Surplus
The Department of Agriculture seeks to boost cotton hosiery among women as a patriotic duty to use surplus cotton. Experts designed 56 new cotton stocking styles and Congress funded 30,000 for two years of research. Some manufacturers plan to market cotton mesh stockings at about 1 dollar a pair, leaving ladies to choose between cotton hosiery and silk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Alcohol in, Driver Out at WCTU Convention
Ida B. Wise Smith urged no half measures in handling drinking drivers at the National WCTU convention in Chicago. She blamed liquor traffic and lenient governments for traffic deaths and cited National Safety Council figures estimating about 4,700 deaths from drinking in the last six months of last year and a total approaching 25 percent of fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida B. Wise Smith
WCTU
Chicago
National Safety Council
Colleges crack down on playboys in social life
Dr George A Works dean of students at the University of Chicago says American colleges are tougher on students who use campus for social rounds. He says many affluent youths lack goals and become a drain, with higher mortality and lower graduation rates harming the institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Rowdydon
Joe
George A. Works
University of Chicago
Dr. Works
Seeing Eye Cat Guides Blind Pekingese in Hollywood
Hollywood resident George H. Spicer owns Sammy a large black Persian described as a seeing eye cat. The cat acts as a guide for his master's blind Pekingese dog, as reported by an American magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Spicer
Hollywood
Sammy
Council Proceedings Elgin Iowa Jan 4 1948
Elgin Iowa town council met in regular session at the town hall with all members present. Minutes of prior meeting were read and approved. Bills audited and allowed include Geo Boyle salary December 72.50 Oelwein Specialty toilet fixture Central States Power Light street lights Worthington Gamble meter repairs and other small supplies. Motion made and carried no poll tax be levied for 1943. Motion to adjourn carried. C J Harrington Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Iowis
Miét
Geo. Boyle
Oelwein Specialty Co
Central States Power & Light Corp
Schori & Kuster Lbr. Co
Siléy
Worthington - Gamble
Meter Co
Chas. Feller
O'Neill Drug
Elgin Oi Co
Long life ends after nine months illness at Cresco hospital
Mrs. John Brackin of Cresco died December 30 at Cresco hospital aged 57 after nine months illness. Born November 24, 1885 near Elgin, she was daughter of Wesley and Mary Miller. Survived by husband John Brackin and twelve children plus two grandchildren. Son David Edwin Herrick married Annabelle Huddleeid on December 25, 1942. Also notes on C M Herrick wedding and a 55 year old sewing machine repaired in Iowa State College schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
West Unita
John Bracklin
Cresco
Cresco Hospital
Elgin
Wesley
Mary Miller
Alfred Jacob
John Brackin
Howard -Thomas
Wadena
Lawrence Gehring
Elmer Holtzman
Waterloo
John
Fort Knox
Chana
Ill
Frank
Lawrence
Verna
Irvin
Bonnie
C. M. Herrick
Wapello
David Edwin
Annabelle
Huddle
Eid
Jasper Wilson
Tracy
Elizabeth Peterson
Iowa State College
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E. R. Crain
Fritz Nottnagel
Everett Huff
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Marian Patterson
Junia Cummings
Pola
Via
Council Proceedings
Ghe Avalon
Better Pictures
Jack Fallows
Iowa
F. MacMurray, Paulette Goddard In
Forest Rangers
John Sutton
Gene Tierney
Thunderbird Field
Allied Nations
Bob Hope
Bing Crosby
Dorothy Lamour In
Morocco
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Elgin Echo
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