Merrill Ames Notes Easter Weekend Events and Graduates
Miss Bonnie Easton, who will graduate from Iowa State June 11, has been accepted as general foods manager at Washington State University Seattle and will start June 21. Merrill and Ames residents attended Easter gatherings, family visits spanned Iowa and Nebraska, and a long list of relatives and friends were noted at various events and travel across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Easton
Ames
Bonnie
Iowa State
General Foods
Washington State University
Seattle
James Easton
West A
Wayne Hamilton
Jay Donlin
Don Donlin
Glenda Vanderloo
Edwin Wendt
Lee
le Mars
Jay Dontin
Marlene
Hamilton
le Mar
Lee Wendt
C. C. Hauff
Spencer
Marvin Nelson
Methodist “Hospital
J. F. Kissinger
W.S.C.S
Circle 1
Merrill Road West Blacktop Bidding Notice
County Auditor L A Ludwig published the first bid notice for grading 5.8 miles and placing culvert pipe from Merrill west to Highway 29. This road is slated for blacktopping in 1955 to prepare it for the final asphalt.
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L. A. Ludwig
Merill
Highway 29
Circles Plan Meetings With Local Hosts
WSCS circles meet Wednesday afternoon April 28. Circle 1 visits Mr. Harry Thompson and Mrs. Sophie Thompson as co hostess. Circle HI will be entertained by Mrs. H. P. Simonsen with assistance from Mr. Emmett Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle 1
Harry Thompson
Sophie Thompson
H. P. Simonsen
Emmett Wilson
Circle HI
Wilma Fay Albright Celebrates Fifth Birthday
Local Merrill girl Wilma Fay Albright invited friends to her home on a Friday for a fifth birthday party. Guests played games and enjoyed refreshments including a large candle adorned cake. Wilma received many remembrances and good wishes from her friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merril Record
Wilma Fay Albright
Methodist Church School Plans For Week Long Session
The Methodist church school will open Monday morning May 24 with Mrs R C Dennler directing. She will lead a team of competent teachers and assistants for a two week session. The ladies will attend a vacation church school institute at Whitfield Methodist church in Sioux City on Wednesday April 28.
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Methodist Church School
R. C. Dennler
Whitfield Methodist Church
Sioux City
Daylight Saving Time Begins in District of Columbia and Clinton
On Sunday morning April 25 at 2 am the daylight saving time schedule started. The district of Columbia observes the change over, with Clinton the only town city listed as observing the shift.
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Dastrict
Columbia
Clinton
Couple celebrates ninth wedding anniversary at daughter’s home
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Phillips celebrated their ninth wedding anniversary last Sunday with around 30 relatives at the home of their daughter Mrs Ralph Gabel near Le Mars. An afternoon of visiting was followed by a milk lunch to close the event.
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Ethel Cord
Danbury
Florence Thompson
Gwen Thompson
Ozarks
Harry Hartland
Emmet Wilton
Chet Heisler
Mary
Sioux Fails
Lloyd Getting
Charles and
Paul
Sanborn
J. C. Heisler
Jim Easton
H. P. Simonsen
L. E. Stribley
Viesha
State College
Ames
Jimmie Easton
le Mars
Boystown
Omaha
Gordon Johnson
Robert Bliss
Scotty
James Easton
Will Schneider
C. Bures
Akron
Joe Easton
Lizzie Anderson
Sioux Ily
Stanley Lake
Debby
Leeds
Eldon Lake
Don Lake
Roger Easton
Harold Johnson
Herschel Berner
Milton Schneider
Hawarden
Merrill
Emp. Wash
Debbie
Easton
Washington
J. F. Kissinger
Franklin Ejischen
Cherokee
Bob Arens
Ford Arens
Willard Schindel
Sioux Falls
M. D
Walter Cropky
Sioux City
de. L
Gilbert
Uhl
Darrell Lake
Soice Westmar
Minnesota
Sam Phillips
Ralph Gabel
Miie
Parcel Post Sale Reminder at Hauff Building on May 1
Don’t miss the Parcel Post sale sponsored by WS C5 Circle No 1 on Saturday afternoon and evening May 1 at the Hauff building Lunch will be served and attendees are urged to bring friends.
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Ws.c.5
Hauff
Surprise visit from 1st Lt Imsia before Japan flight
1st Lt Robert Imsia of the M. A. T. S. Command surprised his parents Saturday night on a layover en route to Japan aboard a new plane from the factory. The craft, capable of carrying 72 crew, departed Sioux City Air Base with his squad Monday morning.
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Robert Imsia
M. A. T. S. Command
Japan
Factor
Sioux City
First Lt Irwin recounts perilous year abroad and travels
1st Lt. Irwin describes hazardous experiences over the past year and recent travels including a month in Spain and a July visit to Rome where he rented a motorcycle for sightseeing. His Amarillo, Texas family and in law relatives Mr. and Mrs. Al Wood of McCook Lake, Nebraska visited in Merrill.
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Irwin
Spain
Rome
Amarillo
Texas
Merrill
al Wood
McCook Lake
Neb
Kindergarten Round-Up Welcomes Thirty-Four Tots
Thirty four preschool children attended a Friday round-up hosted by their teachers. R C Dennler and F Ludwig led arrangements with Mrs Stevenson directing activities. Twenty seven mothers were present as cookies and milk were served. the event hinted a large fall class and potential additional enrollments by September.
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R. C. Dennler
F. Ludwig
Stevenson
A Season In Etiquette Railroad Folklore Reference
The note traces the railroad tale Coming and Going from Reader's Digest May issue to Merrill Record May 23, 1927, via A Treasury of Railroad Folklore edited by B A Bothin and Alvin F Harlow, and connected to a Mer ill, Iowa origin footprint.
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Merrill
B. A. Bothin
Alvin F. Harlow
Emmet Wilson
Merill
Iowa
Kansas City
R. J. Zensen
Early English Mustard Method Popularized by Mrs Clements
In 1720 Mrs Clements of Durham England devised the present method of preparing table mustard. The invention pleased King George I, and from then the condiment gained lasting popularity among people and physicians alike.
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Clements
Durham
England
George I
Lutheran Church Announces Two Sunday Services
The Lutheran Church will hold divine worship at 8:30 a.m. on the next two Sundays or until Rev. Brinkmann recovers. Rev. E. E. Seast of Johnson Two will conduct. The Lutheran church is in charge, with Sunday school at 9:30.
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Divine Wormp
Brinkmann
Johnson Two
Lutheran Church
Brownie Scouts Elect Officers and Plan Hike
The Brownie Scouts elected Cathy Fyock as president and Joan Mertes as treasurer at Wednesday’s meeting. They completed their first aid kits and scheduled a hike with sack lunches for April 28. On May 3 they will entertain their mothers.
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Brownie Scouts
Cathy Fyock
Joan Mertes
There isn’t much to see in a small town
A brief line hints at rural life where visual sights are few but sounds carry weight in the community.
Tommy Stoeber Released After Greenstick Leg Fracture
Tommy Stoeber son of Mr and Mrs Bob Stoeber was released from the hospital Thursday afternoon after staying overnight to have a greenstick fracture of a leg set He will need to rest the leg for about a month Tommy injured it while playing Cops and Robbers and hiding in a large garage area as police closed in
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Tommy Stoehber
Bob Stoeber
Tommy
Dragnet
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Kent Willis
Washington, D. C
The
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St. Vincent's Hospital
Harry Schindel
Warren Hauff
Gordon Brodie
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Paul Claussen
Shirley Ochlerking
Albert Hopp
Glen Meyer
Wm. Meyer
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Calvary
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Horace Horton
Tommie
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Mrs. Horton
Dodgetreet
Nels Sjostrom
St. Paul
Minn
John Mettes
Sacred Heart Hospital
Don Dickman
Gene Dickman
Catherine Dickman
Brunsville
Good Will Industries
Milton Irwin
Des Moines
Apa
George Dennler
Earl Dennler
Lowa City
Bellevue
Galena
Floyd Powell
Ellen’ Ames
Dick Ames
Marcus
Adam Tindall
Clair Allen
Dianna
Fred Hammond
Gordon Bryant
Russell Swanson
Jake Anderson
Cedar Fall
Edna Kehrberg
Franklin School
Legion Auxillary
Mrs. Hodgson
Fort Randall Dam
R. Steffen
Mrs. Hancer
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WSCS
Oldsmobile
Bescarce
Grady Motors
Plymouth
Bie
Elmer. Rosendahl
Abo
MILLS
Richard van Veersi
Montec
Mrs x
Monroe
Guetta
Senate
Sartal
the Railroad Story
the Brownies
Cpa 7
Oleo
Aleemer Dieu
Duncan Hines
Old Manse
Jellies
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Cox
Campbells Tomato Soup
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Spic & Span
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