Patch Test Results Awaited in Jones County
The Jones county patch test for tuberculosis conducted last summer is awaiting final tabulation. The program, praised by the Iowa Tuberculosis and Health association, involved volunteers and marked the county as the second in the nation to participate. Final results will be released to the county soon and are described as very interesting.
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Jones County
Jonas Salk
Iowa Tuberculosis and Health Association
Des Moines
Our County
Dirty Car Month Idea Sparks Traffic Safety Debate
A neighborhood scene shows a man endlessly washing cars with a steady hose flow, prompting reflections on energy use and a proposal for a Dirty Car Month to redirect effort toward local safety programs. The piece blends humor on household chaos with a call to channel car-cleaning zeal into community safety.
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Towa
Bob Hullihan
State Safety Department
Courage Needed In the Kitchen
Wynne Progress columnist Bill Courtney jokes about his son Mike in a cake recipe. The recipe lists steps like turning on the oven and gathering utensils while humorously removing cars blocks and picture books as ingredients.
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Bill Courtney
Wynne Progress
Mike
Bill
Legislature Bites On Long Name For Reformatory
The Connecticut Legislature considers renaming the State Reformatory at Shesire to the Connecticut Correctional and Rehabilitation Institution. Critics note the name is unwieldy and unlikely to reform behavior, while humor lingers over the political fuss and public tone.
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Connecticut Reformatory At
Shesire
Connecticut Correctional and Rehabilitation Insti
Reformatory
Southington
Conn
Prairieburg Club Plans Bake Sale and Community News
Prairieburg P W C club met April 13 at Mrs Joe Dolans with sixteen members and two children present. They set a bake sale for April 23 at 2 p m. Entertainment featured edge decorating by Margaret Sorensen. Various Easter Sunday visits and guests are listed, along with multiple local social events and a 4 H skating party at Elms rink to support the Massachusetts Iowa exchange program.
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Prairieburg
P.W.C
Joe Dolan
Margaret Sorensen
Richard Rosendahl
Tim Morse
Cedar Rapids
Ralph Morse
John Morse
Ronald Clark
Minneapolis
Vernon Hines
Nancy
Smith-Brislawn
Welfare Director Addresses Scotch Grove Farm Bureau Meeting
Nellie Rummell county welfare director spoke at the Scotch Grove Farm Bureau gathering at the Zirkelbach home detailing countywide welfare efforts. 4-H members attended events including roller skating in Anamosa and a Globetrotters outing in Iowa City.
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Scotch Grove
Nellie Rummell
Anamosa
Record Year Forecast as Area Scouts Expand
Hawkeye area Boy Scout council executive board met in Anamosa for a record year forecast. Warden Ray Purcell stressed youth work while inmates sang spirituals and Dean Allin Dakin of the University of Iowa spoke briefly. Officials expect over 900 boys at Camp Waubeek and report plans to start new Cub and Scout units in several communities before the April 15 Boy Scout exposition deadline.
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Anamosa
Hawkeye Area
Boy Scout Council Executive Board
Jones
Benton
Linn
Johnson
Washington
Iowa
Allin Dakin
University of Iowa
Scout Council
Camp Waubeek
Don Ward
Foppe Department Store to Close After 73 Years
Rock Valley loses one of its oldest businesses as the Foppe department store, founded in 1882, winds down after 73 years. In Eagle Grove, a Dalmatian darted through the Eagle Furniture back door and leaped out a plate glass window.
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Rock Valley
Foppe Department Store
Eagle Furniture
Eagle Grove
Child Killed by Swinging on Street Pole
Four year old Robert Hall was killed when he swung on an electric light pole used to hold a stop sign as he waited to cross the street with his mother and sister. The heavy pole fell on him.
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Robert Hall of
Swine Prize Totals Revealed for Iowa State Fair
More than 21 thousand 400 dollars in cash prizes will be offered to farmers and breeders in the swine competition at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines this August. The breakdown shows specific breed awards led by Poland Chinas and Durocs at around two thousand dollars each, with 4-H and FFA pig prizes also listed among the total.
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Des Moines
L. B. Cunningham
Poland
Exposition Announces Higher Cash Prizes for Swine Show
Exposition officials announced that offerings in open classes provide 1700 more cash prizes than last year's swine show at the fair. Copies of the premium list may be obtained by writing the secretary of the state fair board at the statehouse in Des Moines.
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State Fair Board
Statehouse
Des Moines
Reade Completes Phase of German Army Training
Pfc. Robert D. Reade 22 son of Mrs Hazel Reade Monti cello completed a training phase with the 4th Infantry Division in Germany. Aimed at NATO Western Europe defense the Ivy division maneuvers support readiness. Reade served as information and education specialist in the 46th Anti Aircraft Battalion HQ and arrived overseas last January from Fort Knox Kentucky. He joined the army in June 1954 after graduating from Cornell College.
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Army
Robert D. Reade
Hazel Reade
Monticello
4Th
Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
Reade
Fort Knox
Cornell College
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Kathy
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Waubeck
Rufus Hanken
E. J. Patnode
Leo Lawrence
Clarence Blanchard
Central City
al Smith
Thomas Keegan
Robert Wolmutt
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Sal Powers
Skippy
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Vernon Himes
David Lawrence
Warren Farrington
Lester Henderson
Smith
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Coggan Creamery
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Mary Holub
Ross Baty
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Jimmy
Howard Hart
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Floyd Smith
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State Farm
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Willard Price
Galen Kuper
Jim Wright
Marvin Rickels
F.F.A
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St. Luke’s Hospital
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Voice of Iowa
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H. M
Johnny) Jones
Fred Tunks
Victor Richardson
Monticello Express
Iowa Press Association
National Editorial Association
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Chicago
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Jones, Clinton
Cedar
Delaware
Jackson and
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Editorial Associatiion
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