Local News Briefs Highlight Guests and Discharges
A patchwork of short notices lists births and visits from West to Davenport. George W. West receives a patent for a brushholder while William Louden earns a patent on a water bowl. Many residents travel or visit relatives, including Beatty of Rock Island, Reeder of Lockridge, Gibbon of Edina, and Easton heading to Centerville. Several soldiers return from service or await discharge at Camp Dodge and Mt. Pleasant, with Frank Scott discharged after 18 months overseas.
Norman Hall Endorses Y M C A in France
Capt James Norman Hall of Colfax Iowa praises the Y M C A in France for its value to soldiers. He recalls staying at Y hotels in Paris, enjoying concerts and the officers clubs, and highlights Mrs Lewis Chase who runs an open house for enlisted men. Hall defends the organization against isolated complaints and stresses its overall worth.
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Washington
Iowa
France
James Norman Hall
Colfax
Captain Hall
Wales
Kitchener
Army
Capt. Hall
Paris
Lewis Chase
Frank Ramsey Dies After Pneumonia Illness
Frank Ramsey passed away a little after two o clock this afternoon at his home on East Hempstead street after a week long illness with pneumonia. He leaves his wife one daughter Blanche his mother Mrs Stella Ramsey and one sister. No funeral arrangements have been made.
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Frank Ramsey
East Hempstead Street
Mr. Ramsey
Blanche
Stella Ramsey
Ben Vardaman to Speak at April Community Club Dinner
Des Moines leader Ben R. Vardaman, president of the National Community Betterment Association, will address the April Community Club dinner on the 10th. He will lecture on "The Man Behind the Community" and is described as a sought after speaker for conventions and chautauquas. Tickets are limited and no sales after noon on the 10th. committee members are Roscoe Thoma, Hayes Parsons, E. R. Crabb, J. C. Bradshaw, and F. D. Kerrick.
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Ben R. Vardaman
Des Moines
National Community Betterment Association
Vardaman
Chambers of Commerce
J. C. Bradshaw
F. D. Kerrick
Batavia High Declamatory Contest Set For April 11
The Batavia High School will hold a declamatory contest on Friday night April 11 in the Assembly Room. Judges are from Fairfield and Ottumwa, with Parsons College male quartet providing music. Contestants include Gladys Heady, Freda Tygret, Velma Wyckoff, Alfred Herman, Harold McNeil, Helen Koons, Alice Conner, Edith Beck. Admission is 15 and 25 cents.
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Batavia High School
Fairfield
Ottumwa
Parsons College
Ter
LaRue
Gladys Heady
Freda Tygret
Velma Wyckoff
Alfred Herman
Harold McNeil
Helen Koons
A Dee Hale
Alice Conner
Claudie and
Cynthia
Edith Beck
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Black Kid Oxfords
George W. West
Frank Beatty
Rock Island, Ill
Mary Reeder
Lockridge
Ed Ogden
Jefferson County Hospital
Kenneth Coder
Muscatine
L. V. Coder
Grace George
Chariton
Mrs
W. H. George
Ira Miller
Florence Peebler
Perlee
Helen Higby
Ina Gantz
Centerville
Madaline Humphreys
Davenport
Wm. Louden
H. P. McLaughlin
Steve Gibbon
Edina
Claude Tucker
Winifred Easton
Jessie Black
Sioux City
B. F. Black
Estrus Norton
Mina
Ben Loufbourrow
Dwight
California
Jos. Loufbourrow
Ralph Reed
Albert Blackford
Camp Dodge
H. E. Stewart
Mt. Pleasant
Frank Scott
Aviation Department of the Service
Norman Hall
Endorses
John T. Davies
Frank D. Kerrick
Thoane
A. V. Frazey
Ben Vardaman
Batavia H. S
the Wilson Real Estate Agency
Ray Angstead
Brooklyn
Ak- Sar-Ben
Omaha
Cedar Rapids
General Cigar CO
Best and Russell Branch
Londres
New York
Peters Shoe Co
Myer Shoe Store
West Side
Pines
Fatty Arbuckle
Fatty
Peggy Hyland
Schillerstrom, Raines
Mary G. Ewing
Mother Church
First Church of Christ Scientist
Boston
Mass
Adil
Ead
Wereux
Yvezsdnesday
Jericho & Easton
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