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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1946
Page
3
The senior class will present a elaca play titled Me And My Shadow in the high school auditorium Friday evening. Directed by Miss Laura Gaebler, the production expects large attendance if weather cooperates. Reserved seats are available, with special musical numbers between acts and a 8 o'clock start.
Mra J E Jaanes of Mount Ayr died of a heart attack at her home on Wednesday. Funeral services will be held at Mount Ayr Friday with burial at Clearfield. She was the mother of Mra Merle Greelsy of near Gravity.
Dr. G C Kenya last week moved gold his residence in southwest Gravity to Dr. E J Janson who with family will move in soon. Then Janson sold his residence in southeast Gravity to Supt Cole of New Market who has been elected to head Gravity schools next year. The Cole family expect to move here as soon as the present school year ends.
Mrs Effie Koneene told Glen Baker and his wife they will move to his residence near the city park. Baker sold the residence west of the school house to Mrs Grace Foster and her son John, who will occupy it.
George O Dell of Dallas township lost his barn to fire on Friday. Four head of eight and fifty young pigs, plus hay and stored items, were destroyed. The cause is unknown. Mrs O Dell was home. she learned of the blaze after a neighbor phoned.
A frontiersman saloon slogan mirrors retail struggles with rising prices and uneven quality. Retailers face supply limits, yet wartime spirit kept prices down and hoarding at bay, sharing scarce goods to prevent profiteering and aid consumers.
A listing of children with family ties including Jean Marie Jones eight, Suaap three months, Susan eight, Richard sixteen months, Danny six months, and Jimmy aged two hundred thirty four years, all noted as offspring of local parents and guardians in Clarinda and nearby households.
Iowa State College economists say corn loan levels by next fall will be at least as high as 1946. Reports from Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station note many farmers underplant corn for fertilizer efficiency while other farming tips cover chick confinement, safer pig brooders, scrap-pile cleanup incentives, and water source protection.
In Strawberry Point a gas burner fault triggered street lights as service crews traced a ground wire issue. Ray Kellogg’s home saw power rerouted then restored, revealing current intrusion onto Kellogg’s ground line. Local electricians decided the line carried power for street lights, not the home fuse.
Mr and Mrs C B Rearden of Tina Missouri came Wednesday of that week called by the death of Mrs Rearden s mother Mrs J A Gaebler. Mr Rearden and son Charles Richard returned home Friday afternoon.
Me and Mrs Ralph Lucas of Omaha spent the weekend with their parents, Mr and Mrs Pat Lucas and Mr and Mrs Claude Gray.
Male help wanted entry offers a $15 to $20 daily wage for a reliable man with a car to visit farmers in Taylor County. No experience or capital required. Permanent position. Respond to McNess Company Dept. A Freeport Illinois.
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