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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1949
Page
7
Locals Me and Mr Russell Barnes of Kansan City Mo came Thug day erasing and visited at the home of her father AJ Leigh ton and other relatives and old friends.
Mrs Dalla Anderson visits Omaha accompanied by her daughter Mrs Wom Perkins and the Perkins family for a growing family gathering in the city.
Scott Cremer of Chicago spent the weekend at the Idra J. S. Prancia home. Mrs Francia, Mr. Cramer and Jeanette met him at Creston.
Dorothy Seldera returns to Lenox Tuesday evening after ten days at her parents Mr and Mrs Ted Selders. She helped at the writ ch board while her parents traveled. Little Darrah Fluke made his home with Mr and Mrs Perry Williams.
Meal M Demewood returns home while Meg Lasha Anderson visits her mother Mre Neva Lowrio in Omaha. Mr and Mrs Jackson Dunkin and daughter Jeff visit their home in Burbank, Gil. They visited Mr and Mrs Fred Dakin and other relatives.
Radio repair service advertised with free delivery to Bedford and back. The ad lists Gravity Implement Co as seller and mentions multiple locations and items including houses and various fruit, with garbled street names and unclear details.
Donald Pruin and a foe from Omahe vieled S urcay of Isct week in a local city event. Ma Parry W licrar is noted in the fragment, with unclear roles.
Final adjournment of the Taylor County Board of Review is scheduled for September 13. Any complaint must be filed before that date by order of the Board of Review. Taylor County Clerk's office.
A W Bandar traveled to Minneapolis Minnesota on Monday for a business trip.
A Sunday trip to the Ozarks is noted with reference to travelers including Me and Mia Darrell Axara. The brief text lacks additional details on purpose or outcomes.
For sale a two story dwelling with 3 bedrooms, living dining and reading rooms, modern kitchen, full basement, and heating system. Well built with good roof, water system, and one car garage. Spacious grounds with fruit trees berries and garden. Mrs Mary H E Francis invites inspection.
Notes from a club meeting feature little clear action but mention members Mere Hares Barmsister Mise Mery Gill and Glin Bawer with Frida afternoon hosted by Mes F. D. Smith at Cotmes.
Parcel listing reads Mrs J A Fraccia offers a two lot property for sale. For details contact Mrs Perry Williams for particulars and gravity lova.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a trip to the west coast with Mrs Keith and her parents Mr and Mrs Reed Australia. No clear events or date present.
Hollywood reports lack of funds blocks a new 3D film technology. Joe Valentine, veteran cameraman, developed a prism system in 1940 to add depth, but studios balk at the $1,000 total install cost per theater. He argues the upgrade would revive audiences like sound did.
Fort Monmouth officials report a new signal corps silent chamber yields 30 minutes of absolute silence before unease and adverse psychological effects. The room, lined with fiberglass wedges and an electrostatic shield, measures field equipment noise and prevents detection, though voices fade and tonal quality becomes dull.
In Frankfort the Alcoholic Beverage Control board created a money washing operation after clerks balked at counting dirty coins from Bell county liquor joints. Director W Orbie Mitchell had coins dumped into hot soapy water to count. Mixed in were foreign coins, slugs, and a wartime OPA token. total around 1200 dollars. The funds will go to the state general fund.
The Gravity School room lists nine primary pupils plus nine in a group with Vivian Keith as teacher and growing grade counts. New pupils include Buri Flora Richey Edward Lee Riley Duane Cervene Raquel Davis. Apta test notices, an instrument display, and a chapel service are announced with staff Rev D G Callison. High School enrollment shows 29 boys 16 girls with senior and junior class gender splits.
Charsh Bertha A Brown Pangtor leads Sunday School and ministry of the word at 11:00 a.m. The Preaching Service is at 8:00 p.m. on Sundays. Young Peoples Service follows. Prayer meeting arrives Wednesday 8:96 p.m. Fast prayer Friday 10:00 a.m. All are invited to these services.
The Gravity attended picnic at Clarinda park Sunday August 28 with about 40 people. Guests included Mr and Mrs L A Cos Mr and Mrs Glen Mick Mrs Ida Savage Jim Mick and others as listed. Next year’s meeting is set for The Lake of Toree Firay near Bedford.
The Methodist church Ray led by Pastor D G Gallisso holds Sunday School at 10 09 a m and Worship at 11 00 a m. In Conway Pastor Mra D C Callison conducts Worship at 9 80 and Sunday School at 10 20 with Mra Corda Lambley as superintendent.
A Wichita Kansas study by the Institute of Logopedics estimates 4 000 000 Americans have speech disabilities, a number larger than Idaho Utah Montana New Mexico and Arizona combined. The research notes about 5 percent of the 1949 birth cohort, roughly 130 000 babies, may be born with speech defects.
Mr and Mrs Chas Lock and Mr and Mrs Raymond Johnson drove to the home of their daughter and sister Mee Stuart Jafen near Clarinds on Sunday and had dinner with the Jamison family.
A note thanks readers who paid their Independence War subscription since the last report, acknowledging supporters and confirming continuance of the program.
Misa Helen Stamps of Omaha spent the weekend at the home of her parents near Guee, visiting family and taking a brief respite from city life.
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