Youngsters Star In Grade Operetta Tuesday
The lower grades operetta The Thanksgiving Story Book was presented at the school auditorium Tuesday evening before a large audience. The play follows a party of children led by Jack and Betty Northrup as they seek entertainment, then shifts to a Pilgrim woods tale where John Allen and Patience Allen face a rescue by Pilgrim parents and Indians. The production features numerous cast lists across three episodes and includes dance and song elements with costumes made by mothers and a home economics class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Betty Northrup
Bob
Mra. Northrup
Make Believe
John
Patience
John J
Jack Northrup
Brian Peterson
Batty Northrup
Maxine Henning
John Allen
Brian Duus
Patience Allen
Faith Gabrieleon
Emmet Currans
Jimmie Mahan
Mr. Allen
Rodney Thim
Mrs. Allen
Rosemary Schroeder
Donna Derrickson
Nancy Knudigson
Mary Currins
Sharon Payton
Elsine Kempf
Kathleen Kuyper
Donald Mahan
Francis Tindall
Jerry Zitterich
Kermit Anderson
Victor Young
Lowell Pullen
Larry Boedke
Larry Sorenson
Billy Curry
Pilgrim Band
Sharon Atkinson
Kathleen Burg
Pauline Schang
Mary Kay Thornon
Barbara Stueve
Richard Buck
Gary Johnson
Tim Simington
Bobby Murphy
Robert Vasey
Linda Felkey
Donna Reeves
Marilyn Kunz
James Sevdy
Patricia Welsh
Mary Alice Hansen
Melvin Buck
Marilyn Saxton
Richard Kempf
Virgil Henrickson
Buddy Schnell
Judy Kiner
Eva Harris
Larry Westfall
Anna Torrence
Oran Peterson
Paul Joyce
Roger Duhn
Diana Rierson
Home Economica
Celia Flatberg
Two Husking Bees On Local Farms Past Few Days
A group of men gathered on King Bros farm for two husking bees to harvest 5000 bushels of corn across 115 acres. They completed the task in four and a half hours from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The corn was stored in the crib and the meal was prepared by local ladies for the workers. The article lists many participants divided into men with pickers and with tractor and wagons, noting equipment supplied by E Herke and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Bisgard
Bisgard
Graettinger
L. H. Thoreson
Campney
Wilmer Petersen
Slavenc Rus G
B.A. Dobbins
Merle Suas
Clarion Paulsen
Elmer Hanson
Leon Fry
Frank Conlon
Jens Kirkegaard
Roy Jolliffes
Toa A
Joyce Ed Joyce
Fred Christiansen Holger Jensen
Willads Bisgaard
Lloyd Simonson
Arnold Jorth
Walter Larson
Elmer Masters
Jamea Petersen Gerhardt Jensen
Kenneth Sorensen
King Bros
Vernie Peterson
Bob Bergstrom
Bud Neilson
August Herke
James Currans
James ‘Mahan
Joe King
Leduc
Howard Munson
Louie Lammere
Edgar Smith
Orville Nicol
Geo. Thompson
Donald Moore
Henry Hankey
Edmund Herke
McCombs
George Laubenthal
E.’Powera
Loula Hoffman
Beaver Season Opens November 26 With Wide Trapping Plan
The trapping season on beaver, muskrat and mink opens November 26 for 15 days nationwide. A special 30 day muskrat and mink season runs November 25 to December 24 along the Mississippi River north of Muscatine to the Minnesota line. The muskrat mink season on Big Wall Lake Wright County ends December 1. All other protected fur bearers open now and run through January 10. Trout Season Closes November 30 with seven more days for fishing in 1950. All other protected fish may be caught through winter, ending February 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi River
Muscatine City
Minnesota Line
Big Wall Lake
Wright County
Elder Herman Wittenberg Walks 20 Miles After Fishing Trip
The 68-year-old Herman Wittenberg of Sumner became separated from his sons-in-law during a fishing trip near Frederika. Lacking directions, he walked to Fredericksburg and back, totaling 20 miles on foot. A nearby hunter incident left a 19-year-old from Wapello fatally wounded when Carl Murphy accidentally discharged a firearm while handling it during a fence dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Wittenberg
Sumner
Frederika
Fredericksburg
Carl Murphy
Carl
Iowa Governors Born in State Highlight Native Leaders
The article notes that only eight Iowa governors were born in Iowa, with four serving since a centennial era, including the current governor. It highlights Beryl F. Carroll as the first native son elected governor, serving two terms from 1909 to 1918, and mentions his birth in Davis County in 1860 along with prior roles as state senator and state auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Beryl F. Carroll
Carroll
Davis County
Wartburg dorm demonstration ends after privilege granted
Coeda of Wartburg College dormitory in Waverly staged a protest over a rule forcing freshmen girls to stay in their rooms by 8 p m and limiting liberty. The action ended when the desired privilege had already been granted two months earlier. The piece also notes Iowa Grange history with the first group in 1868 at Newton and peak 1999 chapters in 1874, plus Dudley W. Adams of Waukon as first Iowa State Grange Master and later National Grand Master.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coeda
Wartburg College
Waverly
Iowa
Newton
Iowa Grange
Dudley W. Adams
Waukon
Iowa State Grange
National Grange
Corn picker accidents claim two Iowa workers
In Iowa the corn picker toll rises with early casualties. Herman Kruse of Peterson and Phillip Aulli van of Jefferson both lost hands in recent equipment accidents while Little Diane Lynn Ricky of Woodward is noted among extended family as having eleven living grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diane Lynn Ricky
Woodsward
Mia
Herrold Rickey
Iowa
Herman Kruse
Nears
Peterson
Phillip Aullivan
Jefferson
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Ben
Philip Johnson
Jane
Valerie DeVaul
Mrs. Northrup
Karen Reeves
Betty Nissen
Julio Martin
Lorraine Suss
Christine Moore
Sharon Hansen
Judy Christiansen
Sandra Reaves
Judy Simington
Ronald Kiner
Larry Kunz
Alan Heidecker
Dennis Counley
Jerry Dubin
Ronald Rustan
Howard Felkey
George Howell
Ronald Kadlee
Danny Schang
Win Mille
Aroald Alesch
Joe Léonard
Walt Baumuk
Lawrence Hankey
John King
Kenneth McDonald
Albert Schealler
George Singer
Edmund Horke
LaVerne Paterson
Elbert Powers
Ed Mark
Garwin Nills
George Thompson
Raymond Kischer
John Andre
Harry Lewis
Wm. McConnell
Jake Zitterich
Ross Hamilton
Fred Kulow
Gladya Hankey
Frank Smith
Rolfe Lundren
Alfred McCombs
Charles Burg
M. QO
Smith Eten Lundgren
Loews Hoffman
Leo Schang
Lecta Hickey
Gio Reeves
Norman Bortvil
Ed Herke
Harvey Anderson
Robert Terrgstrom
Herke
Walter Baumunk
Don Leonard
Lewis Lammers
Furnished Food Erickson Grocery Store
Bob Simonsen Meat Market
Conservation
Irma
Marie Wilson
Diana Lynn
Claudette Colbert
F. Desmond
Watson Theatre
OFA
King Bros. Farm
Rica
Kelloggs
Museslman's
Joe & Low
Beaver
Graettinger Times Office
M. N. Jacobson
Wallingford
Owa
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