The Celebration Of Christmas In Our Hearts And Nation
A Christmas message recalling the religious meaning of the holiday and the need for humility and faith. It cites Phillips Brooks and Eddie Rickenbacker, urges remembrance of Christ as the core of Christmas, and notes that many service members cannot be home for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disciples of Christ
Eddie Rickenbacker
Pacific
Uncle Sam
Africa
Australia
England
Ireland
We Took to the Woods by Louise Dickinson Rich
The Rich family recounts nine years living deep in Maine forests with hunting misadventures and practical needs. A landlord thread shows their humor when deer hunters disrupt meals and a lumber camp phone signals. Christmas bonds and war bond appeals appear amid small-town notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Rich
Maine
Louise Dickinson Rich
Rumford
Babylon
Grand Central Station
Guadalcanal
Hitler
Political nonpartisanship emphasized in Iowa fair board history
A column discusses the Iowa state fair board’s non political makeup and selection process, highlighting ex officio figures and elected delegates from county fairs and related agricultural groups. It argues against politicizing the lease of state fair grounds and notes Cedar Rapids figures Hickenlooper and Spangler in broader GOP contexts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Fair Board
State Agricultural College
State Association
Boards of
Farmers’ Institute
State Horticultural Society
State Dairy Association
Iowa Beef Cattle Producers’ Association
Towa Corn and Small Grain Growers’ Association
State Fair Board
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
B. B. Hickenlooper
Harrison E. Spangler
National Republican Committee
Harrison Spangler
Linn County
Wayne Ladies' Aid Elects New Officers
Wayne Ladies' Aid elects new officers for the upcoming term. The slate includes Mrs. Hattie ident as secretary and Mrs. vice secretary, treasurer, and other roles. ARCHAIC OCR text mentions home visits and Christmas plans with community members and families in Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Ladies’ Aid
Amber
Wayne Lox 2
Hattie Ident
Mes
Wea Fai
Mra
Anc Mera
Aisades
Fami
Arthur Carton
Ffrmerman
Mro
Moa
Mer
Christmas Az Risaca
Mrz
Perera Sreteert
Gon
Egies
Meo
Anne Brammer
Mar
Wayne
Are M
Mee Zachusen
Asa Mir
Ane Mos
Ana Veg
OS Osberge
Fiaeeres
Hensey Waess
Witily Banas
Fey Finiy Igen Christinas Vargneoy
Hopkinton A Cappella Choir Christmas Program Monday
Hopkinton the a cappella choir presented a Christmas program at the gymnasium on December 21 with Mrs Dora Lee directing and Nan Hoover among earlier participants. Sunday evenings featured holiday services at Methodist Presbyterian and Lutheran churches with students from Iowa State Ames and Cornell College home for vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Hefner
John Cuseman
Grinnell College
Grinnell
Mildred Fierce
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Martha Balear
Northwestern University
Evanston
James Morse
Monticello
Morse
Camp Dodge
Granger
Billy Magee
Hopkinton
Ing
Nan Hoover
Mpecn
Dora Lee
Enrly Bible Class
Tuesaftermoon
McNeill
Tat Presbyterian Church
Dewn Maxwell
John McIntosh
Irene Zeuch
Sibley
Aurora
Mary Zeuch
Robert Riley
James Gerlick
Stanley Steiner
Iowa State College
Ames
Russell Luxtet
Center Junction Pupils Stage Christmas Program
Center Junction grades presented a joint Christmas program in the auditorium featuring carols recitations and plays. The seventh and eighth graders with teacher Miss Bernice White presented a service flag as Ruth Ethel Andrews spoke and Supt. Mark Risinger accepted. The flag honors Center Junction High School graduates serving in the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
Bernice White
Ruth Ethel Andrews
Mark Risinger
Center Junction High School
Harold Alexander
Robert Alyea
John Alyea
Ernie Blohm
Marvin Blohm
Lewis Davis
George Dirks
Merlin Dreibelbis
Lloyd Goldsmith
Robert Hansen
Robert Mead
Myron Mead
Dillon Mead
Russell Preston
Lyman Thompson
Richard Thompson
Dorothy Thompson
Olive Bender
Evelyn Sorensen
Woman’s Club
Irene Schrader
Ethel Stingley
Luther
Kate Dirks
Rachel Smith
Sand Spring Area Supports Seal Sale
The Sand Spring community in South Fork township is rallying for a Christmas seal sale. About half of the 230 letters mailed have been returned in two weeks, and proceeds are already rising as residents are urged to send in early donations. Dinner guests at the Fred Egker home included several local families and relatives from Worthington and Coggon areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Koop
Star
the Express
Washington, D. C
Department of News Censorship
Ralph Redmond
Prairie du Chien
Wis
United States
Emil Balsiger
Plankinton
S. C
Rose Tschantz
Laverne, Jr
Vernon Stockwell
Tobias Tobiason
Della Cool
Charles E. Bates
State Hospital
Independence
John O. Duer
Monticello
Galena
Inl
Springville
Skelly
F L
Zubler
Hubbard
C; Schneider
W. Zubler
Arthur Fairbanks
Fairbanks
George Monk
Anna Halater
C. B. Rundle
Orlando
Java
S. D
Werner Stockwell
United States Army
Aviation Department
Valentine Eby
Syracuse
N. Y
South Fork Township
Fred Egker
Herbert Stanley
Albert Harbach
Fred Binning
Charles
Nelson Freeze
Gon Noel
Charles’ Harbach
Benjamin Heims
Joe Heima
Worthington
Carl Weber
Mike Gudenhauf
Edward Cox
Wilma Carol
B. W. Cox
Coggon
Randall aims to publish military newspaper in wartime
The excerpt reports Randall, a former Spencer Times subeditor, planning a newspaper for armed forces. It mentions involvement with press groups abroad and references Tech. Sgt. Jader and Sgt. Marvin of Audubon and their roles in Dieppe and North Africa campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall
Kenneth R. Randall
Spencer Times
The
Times
Knows Brothers
Sgt
Jader
Sit. Marvin
Audubon
Dieppe
Morthy Africa
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Charles A. Doxsee
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Jones, Linn
Delaware
Dubuque
Phillips Brooks
Christ-child
God
R. McKown
Mars
Frank
Davenport
Ackley World-Journal
Ickes’s
Wallaces
Morgenthaus
Lou Gardner
Good
Spangler
James W. Good
Congress
James H. Trewin
Hoover
Calvin Goaudie
Coolidge
Harding
Des Moines
RVING
Milla
Manila
Williams
China Sea
Macassar Straits
Carl Smith
Jones County
Lloyd Hudson
Algona
August B. Jacobs
Elizabeth Ambuehl
Manchester
John Henry Matthews
Elizabeth Behnke
George Billings
Guelph
Ontario
Canada
Masonic Lodge
Neil Hayden
W.M
Harry Ireland
S.W
Arthur Shelley
J.W
D. P. Young
George Lovell
Mercury
Hannah Hagen
Louis Behrends
Zion Lutheran Church
J. Willms
Kresge
Madison
Deischer
Omaha
William McNeill
Friendly
Methodist Church
Kensington Club
Dean
Mab G. Weld
Una
Farley
Mather
Dee
Kanga
Rosie
Peter
Patra
Uae
Ana Tony Areas
G. Thompson
Thompson
Britt
Wyoming
Nebraska City
Neb
Morley
Paulsen
Evond
Erdict
Henry Town
W. Hi-Hansen
Ruth
Buell Miller
Lisbon
L. F. Hauss
Harry Cox
Cuba
City
Frank Himebaugh
Henry Secehusen Jr
Marie Serbousek
Jo Ann
Henry Seehusen, Jr
Elsie Holst
Chicago
Laura Holst
Vinton
N. C. Holst
Eloise Sutherland
Albert City
D. Sutherland
Peter Prahm
Earl DeShaw
Preston Highest
Frank Preston
Preston
Los Angeles
Calif
Fort Leonard Wood
Ruth McNeilly
Max Moses
Coe College
J. M. Moses
Maurice McNeilly
Shenandoah
J. R. McNeilly
E. A. Andrews
Richard
Mary Ellen
James Mead
Ray Bohler
Lydia Decious
Amos Decious
Robert Tanner
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