Conservation School At Lake Of Three Fires
The Taylor County American Legion sponsors a conservation school at Lake of Three Fires June 20 to 22. Legion personnel and conservation officers listed will lead sessions on water safety, fishing, casting, bird and tree ID, hunting dogs, gun safety, and first aid. About sixty boys from local posts including Sharpsburg and Grav ity are expected. registration precedes activities with meals served by Auxiliary volunteers at the I C O F hall.
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Taylor Co. American Legion
Lake of Three Fires
Legion
M. E. Stempel
Taylor Co
W. J. Ellerbrock
Mills Co
Frank Tucker
Cass Co
Vern Shafter
Clarke Co
Ward Garrett
Pottawattamie Co
Legion Post
Sharpsburg
Donald Donaldson
Donald Pfander
Lewis McColm
Sanford Turner
Robert Batten
Lambley Atore
Methodist pastors named in Des Moines conference years
The annual conference at Des Moines announced pastor appointments for the next year. Roy V. Felt will serve Hawthorn and Stratton in the Council Bluffs district while W. H. Warrior returns for a fifth year at Griswold. In Creston district Robert W. Swick oversees Bedford Russell Nye Clarinda Warren Bentzinger Clearfield Calvary Donald Carson Corning W A Bloomquist Creston M E Hayes Diagonal Ida M. Roberts Grand River Beaconsfield Paul V. Crouse Gravity Conway W J Weber Verne Wiegel Lenox Clarence Richardson Mount Ayr Frank Moore Peru J D Stephens New Market Slam Orville Dillon Nodaway North Dallas Maple Grove Clement Rowe Prescott Mercer Center Harvey E. Butler Blockton L V McEleney.
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Des Moines
Roy V. Felt
Red Oak
Hawthorn
Stratton
Council Bluffs
W. H. Warrior
Griswold
Creston
Robert W. Swick
Bedford
Russell Nye
Clarinda
Warren Bentzinger
Clearfield-Calvary
Donald Carson
Corning
W.A. Bloomquist
M. E. Hayes
Diagonal
Ida M. Roberts
Grand River
Beaconsfield
Paul V. Crouse
Gravity
Conway
W. J. Weber
Kellerton-Lamont
Verne Wei
Rev Weber Returns Here As Pastor Of Gravity Conway
Rev Weber was returned here by the annual conference at Des Moines according to appointments announced Monday. He returned home Sunday evening.
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Weber
Gravity
Conway
W. J. Weber
Dea Moines
Ite
Art Barkley Returns to Clarinda After Family Visit
Art Barkley came back to Clarinda Tuesday afternoon following a visit with his family.
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Art Barkley
Clarinda
Weekend school schedule with sports and talks
A Sunday and Sunday morning program lists activities including trap shooting at 4 15, swimming at 5, chow at 6 30, a talk on furs and a picture show at 7 30, tape at 9 30. Sunday morning features Reveille 6, breakfast 6 30, church 7, field bike to pond area 7 30, game laws 8 15, game birds of Iowa 8 45, propagation of game birds 9 00, swim 10. Novo Piente lunch by parents.
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Chow
Iowa
Gravity Wins From Clarinda and Lenox Junior Legion
Gravity swept two games Sunday on the local diamond. Gravity beat Clarinda 10 to 4 and remains unbeaten this season. King pitched six innings and Briggs three. Ambrose caught for Gravity. The Junior Legion defeated Lenox 10 to 0 with King on the mound. Umpire was John Neil.
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Gravity
Clarinda
Gravity Ball Club
Hopkins
Bedford
Junior Legion
Lenox
King
Briggs
Ambrose
John Neil
Dick Ives Named Parsons College Coach in Iowa
Dick Ives, two time All American and Iowa basketball star, is named head coach for Parsons College in Fairfield Iowa with duties in basketball and baseball and teaching physical education. He will join Parsons in September following his University of Iowa graduation and will coach football and track under the new setup.
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Fairfield
Iowa
Dick Ives
Parsons College
Tom E. Shearer
Phillip E. Young
University of Iowa
Parsons
Young
Diagonal High School
Pop
Warner
Ives
Bill Perkins and Neva Mae Woodyard visit near Omaha
Bill Perkins and Miss Neva Mae Woodyard spent the weekend at the Mrs Della Anderson home. Mrs Perkins and the speaker have been visiting there. They have now returned home to Omaha with Aber.
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Bill Perkins
Neva Mae Woodyard
Woman's Society Of Christian Service Meeting Planned
The Woman's Society of Christian Service will meet June 26 with Mrs Oren Price. The refreshments committee includes Mrs Chas. Lock, Mrs L. T. Reed, Mrs Guy Campbell and Mrs Arthur Meyers.
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Woman's Society of Christian Service
Oren Price
Chas. Lock
L. T. Reed
Guy Campbell
Arthur Meyers
Floods Halt Star Route Service Friday
Floods stopped star route mail from Clarinda to Dragons on Friday the first day it failed to make the scheduled trip due to high waters. Carrier Kenneth Lock reached Clearfield but could not cross the Platte River bottome between Clearfield and Diagonal. He returned to Clarinda where water covered the No 2 highway grade. He stayed overnight and left Saturday to try again, the only missed leg of the rainy period.
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Star Route
Clarinda
Dragons
Kenneth Lock
Clearfield
Platte River
Diagonal
Kenneth
George Kysar Injured In Fall Tuesday
George Kysar suffered a severe injury to his left leg and hip after a noon Tuesday fall at his home. Dr. Rimel of Bedford advised x rays and he was taken by ambulance to Clarinda Municipal Hospital for treatment. Mr and Mrs Ted Selders attended a wedding reception at the Laurence Kirby home in Diagonal for Venita Sobotka and Leonard Sobotka of Diagonal, married at Mount Ayr on June 14. They will live on a farm south of Diagonal.
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George
Ted Selders
Laurence Kirby
Diagonal
Daugher, Venita
Leonard Sobotke
Mount Ayr
Sobotka
Parks Receive Get Well Card From Clear Lake Friend
Mr and Mrs Albert Parks received a card from Mrs Effie Fields of Clear Lake. It said Mr Fields, who has been sick, is better. He uses two crutches and is eager to go fishing again.
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Albert Parks
Effie Fields
Clear Lake
Fields
Heavy Rains and Floods Hit Iowa Fields
The region saw the heaviest rainfall of the year with 4.21 inches by Thursday evening. Rivers rose, bottom lands flooded, and farm work halted as rain and cold winds persisted. June totals reached 8.57 inches in twelve days, washing topsoil and worsening corn prospects across the state.
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Iowa
Congress Weighs Vacation Bill for Weekly Newspapers
The Hagen bill H. 954 seeks to allow weekly publications with second class mail to suspend for two issues per year for vacations without reentry. The Post Office committee will hold an early hearing. Acting Postmaster General Donaldson urged changing weekly newspaper to weekly publication to avoid objections.
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Hagen
Post Office
Civil Service
House of Representatives
Harold Hagen
Minnesota
Senate
United States of America
Congress
Post Office Department
Edward Reese
House
J. M. Donaldson
Grace Foster and son visit Shenandoah by residence
Mrs Grace Foster and her son John from Shenandoah spent the weekend at their home here enjoying a family visit.
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Grace Foster
John
Shenandoah
Byron Clark Comes By Plane To Take Lodge Work
Byron Clark from Clarinda traveled by plane to attend a special Mason lodge meeting in Gravity. The Nodaway river rose and flooded near Clarinda but did not interrupt the event. After completing the Master Mason degree, Clark returned to Clarinda as the water subsided and highway crossings reopened.
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Byron Clark
Mason Lodge
Clarinda
Nodaway
Byron
Earl King Pasture
Runaway Horses Parade Through Town Before Capture
A band of young horses belonging to Elza Blake bolted from the Blake home Monday just before noon and raced down Main Street. The animals, unhitched and harness flailing, caused a lively scene before Blake lassoed and returned them home. On Tuesday he loaded them into a truck and sold them.
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Elza Blake
Main Street
Blake
Mr Blake
Francie Family Picnic Attended by Relatives at McKinley Park
Mr and Mrs J S Francie drove to Creston for the Francis-Davidson families annual picnic in McKinley park. Despite the flood relatives from Nebraska Des Moines and Creston area gathered for dinner about 1 30 P M with 55 at the table. The day was beautiful and the afternoon featured visiting and group pictures.
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J. S. Francie
Creston
Francis-Davidson
McKinley Park
Nebraska
Des Moines
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