Iowa Book News Highlights Radio Programs and Book Clubs
The Des Moines public library and WOI Ames radio book clubs promote reading. Descriptions cover broadcasts from WOC-WHO, opportunities to borrow books via memberships, and lists of featured titles and authors.
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Towa Autry Club
Weaver of Dreams
Francis Asbury Robinson
Iowa
Woc-Who
Maribelle Armstrong
Ottumwa
Boone
Ames
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Ellis Parker Butler
Edna Ferber
Hamlin Garland
James Norman Hall
Rupert Hughes
Honare Willsie Morrow
Des Moines
Forrest Spaulding
Mildred Othmer Peterson
Des Moines Public Library
Iowa State College
R. K. Bliss
WOT
Iowa State College Library
Goon
Radio Book Club
Middle West
WOI Radio Book Club
Ames College Library
Frances Warner
Book Club
Literary Guild
Hillel Bernstein
Peter Fleming
Free Thought Book Club
D. M. Brooks
Scientific Book Club
Ann Axtell Morris
Religious Book Club
William
Center Junction Farmers Creamery to reorganize at annual meeting
Stockholders of the Farmers Creamery at Center Junction set an annual meeting for Saturday February 24 at 1 pm in the high school gym to reorganize under federal farm board laws. Reports note 6141 head of livestock shipped with 1 583 798 pounds, gross $57 726.83 and shipping expense of $4 596.74. several directors reelected and local civic notices follow. A long list of community events and movements includes basketball titles for Center Junction and Oxford Junction, Izaak Walton fishing, corn hog program updates, and moves of residents to and from Center Junction.
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Farmers Creamery Company of
Center Junction
Federal Farm Board
H. J. Dirks
J. B. Seehusen
Shippers’ Association
E. R. Young
H. G. Manuel
H. H. Seehusen
Knute Espe
Iowa Co-operative Livestock Shippers Association
Presbyterian Ladies’ Working Band
Augusta Norris
Elmer Andrews
J. A. McDonald
James Mead
J. R. Moncrief
George Courtney
Fred Carson
Oxford Junction
Olin
Onslow
State Department of Agriculture
Ted Schnittjer
Leroy Dirks
Corn-Hog Control Association
Farm Bureau
Anamosa
G. Thompson
Madison Township
Harry James
L. T. Lorenzen
Wyoming
Dillon Story
F. L. Himebaugh
Will Hansen
A. Alyea
Ray Davis
Peter Prahm
Maquoketa
N. C
Kleineck
Catherine Thompson
Lewis Dreibelbis
Man Thompson
Town City
Herbert Cox
Sand Spring
Cox
Farmers Creamery Company
R. D. Sanford
Irving Eller
M. Sinclair
Scotch Grove
Miss Cookingham
Ames
Lucile Livingstone
F. L. Story
A . W. Livingstone
Livingstone
Lon Dra- I
Ford to Build Huge Exposition at 1934 Chicago World's Fair
Ford Motor Company announces a massive 1934 World’s Fair exposition in Chicago. The 860 foot long main building on an 11 acre lakefront site will feature Henry Ford’s Drama of Transportation and a display of Ford models since 1903. Historic Edison Institute exhibits include Ford’s first car workshop. Exposition highlights show metal and farm product processing into car parts with a movie theater and open air balcony seating. Ford Park will offer landscaped relaxation areas for visitors.
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FORD
Ford Motor Company
Lake Michigan
Henry Ford
Edison Institute
Edsel B. Ford
Rufus C. Dawes
Self Eriksen
Hog Truck Seized After Sunday Chicago Incident
Per drove into Chicago on Sunday night with a load of hogs in a truck. Local authorities reported the unusual transport and initiated standard inspection procedures.
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Per
Chicago
Ambers Hometown Echoes Of Family Birth And Local Moves
A quiet gathering at Harm Helgens home near Scotch Grove celebrated his 82nd birthday with relatives from LeMars Wayne Twp and Amber. The piece also lists numerous farm transfers including Wessels Onslow Osterkamp Gray Englebart and others moving to Monticello Amber and surrounding areas as road improvements push the move to trucks.
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Harm Helgens
Scotch Grove
Mr. Helgens
Minnesota
Albert Coleman
Anthony Coleman
LeMars
Henry Tobiason
Ed Helgens
George Zimmerman
Henry Zimmerman
Carl Siebels
Herman Helgens
George Helgens
Fred Helgens
W. J. Zimmerman
Willis
Wayne Twanship
George Wessels
Roscoe Lincoln
Amber
Onslow
Ernest Anderson
Wyoming
Wessels
Ernest Osterkamp
Philip Bailey
Monticello
Charles Gray
Dr. Hejmnian
Ed Englebart
Weise
Lena Englebart
John Grant
Englebart
James Gray
Springville
Shefflin
Antioch
Otto Ot
Ray Sanford
John D. Poppe
George Andrews
Howard
Emer Andrews
Near Onslow
Grover Preston
Henry Scheer
Robert Schoon
Willie Lubben
Willis Zimmerman
Jones County
Olin
Laura Rickels
Will Zimmerman
Lawrence Gray
Viola
Lee Sanford
Midland
Walter Steckel
Waucomare
W. O. Boland
Ehrinrich
F. C
George ‘Weasels
Wayne Farm Bureau
Onslow Missionary Society to Hold Annual Praise Service
The Onslow Ladies Missionary Society plans its annual praise service next Sunday evening with a strong program in the works. The Ladies Guild met last Wednesday at Mrs Harriet Lamey’s home with hostesses Mrs Ina Jansen Mrs Lillie Buck Mrs Violet Wherry and Mrs Etta Kennedy.
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Ladies' Missionary Society
Ladies' Guild
Harriet Lamey
Ina Jansen
Lillie Buck
Violet Wherry
Etta Kennedy
Jessie McMaster
Astrumian Club
Carrie McKinstry
Edna Hamilton
Roxy Bullock
America
Lincoln
Mary Ellen McKinstry
Mary Claire Jansen
Wanda Bullock
Carl Frisby
Peoria
A. E. Hall
Dillon Hall
Five generation birth at McDonald Hospital Monticello
Gayelle B. Hall born last Wednesday at McDonald hospital Monticello completing a five generation line including great great grandmother Mrs James Hanna and grandparents Mr and Mrs A E Hall all residents of Onslow. Also notes a Mercy hospital appendicitis operation for Mrs Alice Overholt and various local family events and basketball results from Onslow and nearby towns.
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Gayelle B
McDonald Hospital
Monticello
James Hanna
Frank Johnson
A. E. Hall
Onslow
Hall
Alice
John Drayer
Scottish Rite
Odd Fellows
Walter Koon
Cecil Koon
Ralph Brown
Ed Tomlinson
Claude Tomlinson
Martelle
Castle Grove Notes Farewell Party For Fairbanks Family
About fifty friends gathered at the Fairbanks home in Cass township for a farewell party. They presented an occasional chair, presented by 8 M Hasford, as a reminder of the visit. The Fairbanks plan to move to a farm north of Mason City soon.
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Harry Fairbanks
Cass Township
Mrs. Fairbanks
Hasford
Irs
John van Buren
Buffalotow
Hosford
Forrest Deischer
Welch Farm
Buck Creek
Mathias Lawrence
Prairieburg
Gert Tuetken
Monticello
Lyle Hosford
Claude Mason
Iowa City
Purdue Town
Buffalo Township
Kenneth Hosford
John Smith
Coggon
Castle Grove
Declamatory contest and community events in Wyoming
The local high school declamatory contest will be staged at the Wyoming opera house on Tuesday evening February 20 with students performing pieces across oratorical dramatic and humorous categories. Community notes include a sale of the local pool hall to Olin buyers, a Pleas ant Ridge box social raising funds for school equipment, and various social gatherings and club meetings around town.
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Wyoming Opera House
Jacqueline Kinler
Marie Petersen
Engineer Connorson
Velma Allen
Alberta Reimers
Jane
Vera Tompkins
John Wherry
Joe Kalouse
Jurgensen and
Gerdes
Olin
Pleasant Ridge
Wyoming
William Luckstedt
Luckstedts
E. F. Rohwedder
Henry Bramer
Lyda Wherry
R. H. White
Rohwedder
Somerset
Anna Petersen
Anna Hintar
Myrtle Millsap
Hattie Myers
Presbyterian Industrial Society
Bay View Club
Robert Hansen
Luella May
August Hansen
Charlotte Ravenscroft
Richard Andrew
Elizabeth Marshall
William Redmond
Hansen
Valda Barber
Alta Ahrendsen
Erma Paulsen
Gladys Marshall
Lutheran Ladies’ Aid Society
Cary Westphal
Lena Westphal
John Buchholtz
Sarah Chaloupka
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Kaffee Club
Carl Westphal
Don Wherry
Des Moines
Richard Sanders
Waterloo
Sanders
W. J. Beckwith
R. D. Mowry
Dinns Fret Club
Henry Wolfe
James Sutton
North Platte
Neb
Robert ‘Tasker
Harry Cook
Albert Anderson
Warren Weasmer
Davenport
Clara Paulsen
van Horne
Herbert Groepter
Archer
Henry Scallies
Bonner Springs
Kans
George Herzberger
Priscilla Club
Kyle Poole
Ben Davis
Clear Lake
M. E
Monmouth
W. P. Nicholas
G. H. Goodrick
Monticello
Bernice Tompkins
W. O. Shaffer
Nelson Brownell
C. W. Mallicoat
Neilie Atherton
Ray Heasty
A. G. Rohwedder
Lyle Jenkins
Jud Swordes
Francis Woodworth
W. G. Wherry
W. S. Roush
L. M. Koch
M. E. Ladies’ Aid Society
Kensington
Irene Brownell
Chicago
Mary Brownell
Maye
Roy Bender
Somerset Club
Claude Sears
Jeffry
Waukon
M. E. Church
Hal
Rowley
Mount Vernon
H. Groening
Izaak Walton League
Maquoketa
W. 3. Roush
E. N. Stoffel
Ernest Weller
Raymond Griswold
Ernest Reitz
Pealer
Nial Paul
W.N. Morse
Harrison Morse
Merton Miller
Paul Levien
L. B. Madsen
George Barclay
E. R. Marshall
Harold Marshall
F. &. Harrington
Raymond Harrington
Rev. H. Groening
Rebekah
County Council of the Chapan
Community Notices From Sand Spring Area
Social gatherings and visits noted across Center Junction Langworthy and nearby towns. Families including Cox Welter Arduser Egger Leese Batchelder and Chapman reported gatherings, birthdays, anniversaries and church or meeting attendance across multiple days and locations.
Fewer Babies Born in Iowa in 1933 Mark Record Low
Iowa's birth tally dropped for the tenth straight year with 38,600 births in 1933, the lowest since the early twentieth century. From 1923 to 1932 the average annual births were 44,869, and maternal deaths due to pregnancy likely fell to about 185 in 1933. Fat used in making pastry should be handled as tile as possible.
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Order of the Eastern Star
W. E. Edwards
Meinhardt Thomson
Sue Myers
Klaude Dick
George R. Reid
Nancy Pat Reid
Magherafet
County Londonderry
Ireland
Drummore
St. James Episcopal Church
Deserts Martin
Minnie L. Green
Reid
Dubuque
F. Provan
Clay Cemetery
Ricka Hyde
Eniville
Edward Cox
F. J. Welter
Cap Arduser
Fred Egger
Welter
Velma
Clifford Arduser
Fred Efger
Harry Chaplin
Manchester
Perry DeShaw
Margaret Murray
Worthington
J. L. Batchelder
John Bohlken
Dick Bohlken
Matt Miller
Charles Stevenson
Irving Eilers
Charles Nelson
Lou King
Fred Leese
Clinton
Ray Chaplin
William Conley
Dyersville
Sophia Clemen
Harrison Batchelder
Mary Tracy
Farley
Clara Arduser
Gerrie Hanken
Dean Morton
Dickie
Bertha Baxter
Elkader
Joe ‘Hosch
Cascade
McDonald ‘Hospital
D. McCarn & Son
American Title Association
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Alfred Folkerts
Njoy True Southern Hospitality
J. B. Pound
Charles G. Day
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