19 Jun 1947
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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1947
Page
1
A fragmentary Hamburg Reporter column recaps a Texas convention prank with Fred Hill receiving cowboy boots. It notes flooding in Hamburg with 4 Hams burg residents stranded, 660 hometern impacts, 18 seeking shelter, and radio broadcasts mirroring distant voices amid the soggy, cold day.
The reporter contemplates using a Clite or similar device to discuss a probate theme with a dated 1997 reference. A widow questions the validity of a will while muttering a closing line about property real and personal and a last sentiment to a beloved spouse.
Mavis hosts services at 10 30 a m on the tenth Sunday of the month and 0 00 for all other Sundays with Father P A Flavin as pastor at Bundeye Church.
Lutheran services in June move to evening on the second and fifth Sundays with Sunday School at 7 p.m and Worship at 70 p.m Pastor G Frey leads Church School 10 a.m Sermons titled By Their Fruits The Vacation Church School program and exhibit were postponed due to floods Everyone is invited Pastor Kenneth A Holmes Methodist services list Sunday School 10 a.m and Morning Worship 11 a.m Evangelistic meeting Sunday evening at 746 p.m Prayer meeting Thursday 8 p.m Weathurhead Supt Lt te Morning Worship Tomy Christin Entéayor 8 yh ina Leveninge Worship Tuesday Thursday daily Vacation School every day except Sunday at 10 p.m Young Adult group meets Monday at a home contact for details
ST PAULS LUTHERAN LYCAN T GROVE invites worship Sundays at 11 and Sunday School. Presbyterian Church at 290 tem hosts morning worship and religious education. A Bible school begins June 16 with daily devotion and mobile school run. Children invited. Pastor Newsling serves.
The bilfold found on a battlefield in Sicily after owner Nad bens was killed was returned to the dead warrior’s parents at Rei Oak last week. Mr and Mrs. Guy Baker remembered the billfold cached by their son Everett before his death. It contained his military vehicle operator’s pryiit and a good luck piece he had acquired before leaving the States.
Crowded events resume in Farragut with Ruth Scott hosting at Wild Tyndale home. Guests include Mrs Turnhull, Mrs Dolliter Trallinger, Mrs Cutler, Miss Kervo, plus Marion Tyndale and Mrs Heerman performing. Community groups meet, spinich prep demo, rally plans set, and local delegates chosen for Camp Brewster in Quinan.
Mr and Mrs Lyle Latimer dined with Mr and Mrs Hichard York near Shenandoah. Sidney Eastern Star met Farragut chapter as guests. The local church hosted guest speaker Hughes of Council Bluffs. A letter by Richard Cox from India was read. Several residents visited relatives in Cripple Creek Minden Bellflower Omaha and Corning Iowa. Allen Beezley left for Bellflower California. Smiley and family visited in Omaha. Merry Mixers club hosted by Mrs Harold Brooks with guests. A son named Williate Gone rt was born May 8 to Mr and Mrs Leonard Bird. Gretchen Klockner spoke at Mord Baye pilat. Various visits to and from Omaha, St JoAnin and nearby towns noted.
Ls Roy Berd reflects on gardening life, weeds, and labor in a nostalgic column. He contrasts rural toil with idealized Eden, recounting orchard spraying mishaps, weed pulling by boys, and lessons learned from farm days amid sunflowers, bugs, and weather.
A garbled wartime note recalls a phantom jeep named Juep that supposedly won a conflict but caused widespread near disaster among Myon at Glaritda taal wih. An overturned Hiliun and crushing events feature, while a survivor was lifted off the occupants.
Fragmentary text describes a rural home request for store servicing at Phillips Hardware during a storm. A man reportedly completed the job by air within 45 minutes. The obscure account hints at a rapid response service amid weather disruption.
A Storm Lake city truck lit up after a flare distribution went wrong. Flares caused a fire in the truck bed but the vehicle was saved and no injuries were reported. Authorities say the incident started when lighted salamanders spilled during dispersal at several spots around town.
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