Rural School Notes Highlight Board Actions and Events
Rural districts report high student attendance in several classrooms and note fall term punctuality. Meetings reveal teacher discipline rights under law, a parents gathering with social elements, and district improvements like new teeter boards swings and a basketball court. A Study Center program at Fairfield High School outlines talks and lessons. Penn Township raises teacher salaries by five per point, amid broader cost increases in Jefferson county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Humphrey
Buchanan
Edith Flinspach
No. 9
Penn
Ethel Lundquist
John Messer
A. W. Makon
Rsndquist
Hove
Eirfield High School
Dee
J. C. McGlade
Prof. McGlade
Eva Luse
Effie Schuneman
Effie ‘Schuneman
Luse
Penn Township School Board
Wnuch
Jefferson County
Army Y M C A fund raises for Jefferson county relief
The Army Y M C A fund for Jefferson county reached its initial 7000 goal with over 6000 more added toward a 3000 extra target after a national budget rise. Locust Grove township led with about 1500, while Buchanan and Blackhawk townships performed notably. A 100 Honor Roll lists 18 names. A county sale added 132, with items including horses, a pig, poultry, seed corn, and a pony saddle donated by local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Y. M. C. A
Jefferson County
Court House
B. A. Smalley
Fairfield
George Workman
Fryman
Charlie Clapp
T. B. Allender
Boys of the Army
Horse Sale Advertises Jersey Cows and Calves
A horse sale is announced for Wednesday May 28 featuring Jersey cows with calves and other cattle. Milk cows are highlighted as good purchases and will be sold on November 28 the day before Thanksgiving at a high price. For details call A Wisecarver at phone 23890.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
West Washington Street
Ray Sayers
Broadway
E. E. Martin
Grant
Sound
B. Gibson
Willard Street
Ottumwa
Iowa
Highland Avenue
J. G. Browning
New York
Whitr
Polk County
Whitaker & Bogardus, Inc
Fulton
A. Wisecarver
They Crowded Cy Dawkins Into a Job in a Lecture
A humorous local note describes Cy Dawkins being pushed into a job during a lecture on inaction. The piece comments on social types and public perception, with a nod to a forthcoming male chorus at the Fairfield M. E. church Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cy Dawkins
Fairfield
M. E. Church
Army Football Team Arrives for Parsons Game
Twenty one National Army players under 352nd Regiment will land at noon to face Parsons on Alumni field Thanksgiving afternoon. Coach Yount notes their training for attacks against the German army but says ordinary football will be a tougher test in the scheduled game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
National Army
352Nd Regiment
Parsons
Yount
Alumni Field
For Rent Listings Note Plain City Ads
For rent notices describe rental options near the square with gas electricity water and prices. Listings include half of a double house four blocks from the square at 12 dollars monthly and several seven room or six room homes with modern features and contact names Frank Berard Jacob Scheffel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Mein
Adams Street
3Rd Street
West van Buren
J. M. McKain
South Fourth Street
Frank Berard
Jacob Scheffel
Piano Tuner of
Chicago
Fairfield
Scheffel’s Music House
James Hughes
Classified Help Wanted Boarders and Jobs
Wanted boarders and roomers at 205 South Main Street. 660 Wanted work in store or office by a young lady aged 19. Phone 4207. 665 Work wanted for high school boys earning money for War Y M C A fund. Corn husking near town on Saturdays. Furnace tending in town or other light chores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Burlington Street
Fairfield
South Main Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Walnut
Locust Grove
Round Prairie
Liberty
J.C McGlade
People's Column
North Court Street
Hanna-Clinkenbeard
L. O. Gaines
Buchana
Harry Junkin
M. E
Ellis M. Clarke
Apongin
Corke’s
West Broadway
Orpheum
Preferred
Orpheum Orchestra
Artcraft Picture Corp
Douglas Fairbanks
Virginia Pearson
South Third Street
J. Engel
Popham’s
In Ag
Drugeis
Aitle
UAMS
Prous
Cleveland
California
el Paso
Golden State Limited
Kansas City
Deming, N. M
Camp Cody
P. F. McNew
Vogelgesang
D. C
Palmer School
Chiropractice Chiropractic Fountain Head
North Iowa Savings Bank
John T. Davies
Undertaker
George Q. Loesch
L. E
Tribune
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