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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1950
Page
10
A fragment describes Sunday School activities and morning worship at a local church. It lists names and roles, notes Bible study and Christian instruction, notes a youth program, and invites members to prayer meetings and services, highlighting hospitality.
Community notices describe celebrations for birthdays at Gravity and Conway with Mrs Beemer Beeker and Mrs Alfee Beer among attendees. Relatives including Mr and Mrs John Sadie, Mick and Nettie Biebr of Conwy, and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Lock and son join in the festivities. Also noted are gifts for Mrs Ivan Honehin, a Barbas California trip for Eldon Valentine’s party, and visits from Norman Morris of Omaha.
The column lists upcoming school events from September through December including assemblies, plays, concerts, and tournaments at Prescott Blockton Lenox Nodaway and other towns. It notes a baseball game where the high school team tied 7 7 in the fifth inning and mentions players Brice Johnson Foster Stamps Morgan and Roush with various hits. It also reports Gravity losing to Redding and the Belton Braves beating the Bruins 8 4 at Bedford ending a nine game streak.
The report notes 17 students in the room with six in the sixth grade and eight in the seventh, plus four in the fifth grade. Martha Novato and Gaylon Gold were named King and Queen for the Soho Carnival contest. Fred Helm and Penny Pitman played in the 4 H ball game at Bedford Monday afternoon. Shirley Smith left the sixth grade to move with her parents.
Students filled the music period as they explored rhythm genres and the story of Goldilocks. Guests visited the junior high room where a piano was in use during the lesson while the rest of the school revised.
Braves capitalize on Connelly's fifth inning grand slam to seal the game as Jeter relieves Nelson and tosses scoreless relief. Bruins beat Des Moines Columbus Des Moines on Labor Day behind Jima Veter pitching five innings in relief.
Funeral services for Mrs Laure Kent Osksinson Kent were held Sunday at DeJongs Funeral Home and at the Fairbanks Funeral Home. She lived in Vasentine before moving to Keokuk where she and her husband raised a family. Surviving are two children, Paul Kent of Muscatine and Mrs Crist of Keokuk, two grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The oldest past president of the Town Rebekah Assembly and a longtime member of the First Baptist church. Also active in the Rebekah Lodge and the Women's Relief Corps. Numerous Rebekah Assembly officers attended.
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