Local visitors and residents seen in city scenes
A barrage of local briefs notes visits by Mrs. Hale of Packwood Mrs. Friend of Brighton and many others in the city yesterday. Teachers students and relatives from Libertyville Richland Batavia Burlington and Des Moines are mentioned with a church program and estate administrations also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hale
Packwood
E. O
Brighton
Guy Copeland
Batavia
The
City
L. J. Liblin
Richland
A. N. Smith
F. W. Peebler
Libertyville
Howard Wood
Burlington
Scouts Begin Liberty Loan Drive With Navy Link
Today marks the first day of the Liberty Loan drive by the Boy Scouts of America. Over 300,000 Scouts will canvass Fairfield for seven days to raise war bonds, with local efforts coordinated to Burlington district. Scout Commissioner Frank resigns to join the Navy and will assist until called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of America
Fairfield
Burlington
Frank
Navy
Rev Mott Sawyers joins Army Y work at Camp Dodge
Word reaches here that Rev Mott Sawyers has entered Army Y work and is stationed in Y Building 95 at Camp Dodge Iowa. He is a Parsons College graduate and previously pastor of a Cincinnati Ohio church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mott Sawyers
Army
Camp Dodge
Iowa
Rev. Sawyers
Parsons College
Cincinnati
Ohio
Graduation recital for Margaret White at Parsons College Barhydt Chapel
Invitations announce a voice recital by Miss Margaret White at Barhydt Chapel Parsons College on Tuesday April 30 at 8 o clock. She is assisted by Fern Young C W Mountain and EB Valentine with Charlotte White Pierson as accompanist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret White
Barhydt Chapel
Parsons College
Fern Young
C. W. Mountain
EB. J. Valentine
Charlotte White Pierson
Lost Large female St Bernard puppy seeks return
Reward offered for a missing female St Bernard with brass collar. Contact 3575 or call 173 for William Cox. Information about pickup location 370 Cinders Hauled and rate 75 cents a load.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bernard
William Cox
Selective Service Men Arrive at Camp Dodge for Second Draft
Camp Dodge prepares to receive the first monthly quota of the second draft. About ten thousand National Army recruits are to report in five days, with Minnesota supplying 3,700 men, Iowa 3,300, Illinois 1,600, and North Dakota 1,000. Most arrivals today come from Iowa. The same reception, registration, and quartering plan as before will be used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Dodge
National Army
Minnesota
Iowa
North Dakota
Peggy Leads the Way at Fairfield Theater
The Fairfield Theater presents a bright production titled Peggy Leads the Way starring Mary Miles Minter. A mountain town romance unfolds with Clyde Gardiner from New York winning Peggy after she leaves a fashionable boarding school to help run her father’s general store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield Theater
Peggy
Mary Miles Minter
Fenton
Clyde Gardiner
Notice and community needs prompt at city square
A local notice lists a gardening parcel near the square with a phone contact 119%. It also advertises a loan offer on city property by Thoma & Thoma and seeks old newspapers and magazines for the Woman's Association with a phone number 3458 for collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thoma & Thoma
Woman's Association
Rev W R Keesey Returns From Camp Dodge
Rev Wilbur R Keesey of the First Methodist church has returned from Camp Dodge where he served as Assistant Camp Pastor aiding soldiers and Y M C A activities. He will speak tomorrow evening on "The Sammies in the Cantonment of What I Saw and Heard at Camp Dodge." The talk will interest families with boys headed to Camp Dodge and the twenty four Fairfield youths scheduled to leave next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur R. Keesey
First Methodist Church
Camp Dodge
Methodist Church
Fairfield
Jack Spurlock Prodigal at the Orpheum Monday
A movie ad for Jack Spurlock Prodigal starring George Walsh at the Orpheum on Monday April 29. The plot follows a Harvard student who buys a 400 pound bear and faces funny and thrilling mishaps after being dropped from Harvard and placed in charge by his millionaire father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Spurlock
Orpheum
George Walsh
William Fox
Spurlock
Alaska
Bear
Harvard
J Engel Piano Tuner Seeks New Fairfield Clientele
J Engel Piano Tuner of Chicago now permanently located in Fairfield after seventeen years in the business and six years factory experience. Call Scheffels Music House or James Hughes at phone 1681 for orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Fairfield
Scheffel’s
Music
James Hughes
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Grey Hound
Oxford
Fonthecland
Mary O'Connor
Lockridge
Joe Wagoner
Jessie Huffman
I. A. Pebler
Louis White
T. E. McClean
FE. Kirby
Charles Anderson
Ottumwa
Fred Connoly
W. R. Keesey
Des Moines
E. L. Mattix
Omaha
Neb
F. D. Kerrick
Abner Peterson
Deer Trail, Col
Miss Elen Peterson
J. J. Valentine
Greenfield, Ta
Vivia Valentine
Margaret O’connor
Melrose
J. 5. McKelvey
Uni Presbyterian Church
Viva Valentine
East Washington Street
Blanche Banta
Mr. Pleasant
Mrs. C. A. Banta
Hilda Whitney
Clifford Strong
Virginia
Hoon
Clarence Miller
Rockford, JM
Nate Fells
St. Louis
Isabelle Bishop
R. C. Leggett
Wm I. Bennett
J. McKenney
Harry R Howell
Eva L. Prez
Percy L. Drez
Christan Church
Prof
Jewell
Engleman
Kirkpatrick
Zameniec
Gertrude
Connor
Spirit of America
Zamenic
Naples
Ascher
Beyer
Cornet
G. W Gaumer
Chester Hyde
Rose Time
Foster
Francis Scott Key
Mott
Clarence Glass
O. E. 8. Club
East Madison Street
Hawkeye Rebekan Lodge
North Side
Odd Fellows Hall
Rebekah Assembly
Odd Fellows and
Rebekahis
Forest City
Red Cross Geure
Elks Room
Selective Service
H. P McLaugh
Lin Company
W. J. Kritzman
Pegay
Jinks
House OF Cards
Hoosier
America
Jen É
Bie
Frank Ambler, Pattison
New Jersey
Oval
H. P. McLaughlin Co
Jack Spurlock, Prodigal
J. Engel
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