Wyoming Receives Bequest To Establish Library
A clipping from the Spokane Chronicle notes Wyoming, Iowa, received a bequest of one twentieth of a $75,000 estate left by Mrs. Lucy Rising Road to establish and maintain a library. The town already supports a library run by Hawthorne and Progressive study clubs with a board chaired by Mrs. H Groening and a church and organization representation.
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Wyoming
Spokane
Wash
Lucy Rising Road
Roach
Wyoming High School
Henry Fishwild
W. W. Fordham
Colville
Hawthorne
Progressive Study Clubs
H. Groening
Buy Building
Farmers Mutual Insurance plans and annual meeting
Castle Grove reports a sturdy year with membership and risk growth. Written risks reached 1 764 044 and in force coverage stood at 6 388 296, up 369 691 for the year. Losses paid were 11 231.57. total disbursements 19 296.17. receipts 23 260.89 leaving 3 964.72 in the treasury.
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Castle Grove
Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
Monticello
Ladies Fellowship of
Arthur Fairbanks
Will Hiller
J. H. Perrine
Leech
Center Junction
C. B. Shaffer
Wyoming
H. J. Mayberry
Anamosa
A. J. Beranek
Prairieburg
Leo Lenovan
Coggan
E. F. Burr
Center Point
Loras Kehoe
Hopkinton
Harry V. Sullivan
Ryan
F. C. Cramer
W. D. McLaughlin
S. M. Hosford
Charles M. Luett
Warren Winch
Buck Creek
H. Leech
G. M. Brainard
E. J. Mayberry
Ernest Wahl
Sand Spring
Center Junction Meeting and Community Updates
Center Junction hosts the Farmers Cooperative Live Stock Shippers annual meeting in the school house with reports on hogs and cattle shipments and two directors re-elected. Other items include a new Himebaugh grocery owner, clothing drive details, 4 H club program, Sacred Heart basketball results, local visits, relocations, and the Center Junction Mutual Telephone annual meeting set for January 19.
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Chris A. Hansen
Citizens State Bank of Wyoming
Peter C. Levsen
Ralph Orth
Gordon C. Hall
Ruth Ann Tompkins
Betty Peck
Blanche Fifield
Oxford Junction
Peter C. Levien
Thomas E. Eichhorn
Peter Eichhorn
F. L. Harrington
H. M. Carpenter
B. J. Hansen
J. B. Lorenzen
Wyoming Volunteer Fire Company
W. N. Morse
Ernest Reitz
Gordon Marshall
Howard Countryman
Howard Demoss
Ben Bahnsen
Kleineck Cafe
Wyoming Mutual Telephone Company
Paul Levsen
Harry Lindsey
F. J. Storm
C. F. Saxon
Lumir Ingwersen
Ervin Eden
Cemetery Association
Robert Alden
Wyoming
Lyle Jenkins
Jenkins
W. J. Beckwith
Center Junction
Farmers Cooperative Live Stock Shippers of
Presbyterian Ladies Guild
C. B. Jessen
John Sarsfield
Chicago
Neal Paulsen
J. B. Seehusen
Frank Dawes
Stanley Waggoner
Dean Mallicoat
Wabash
Ind
Himebaugh
Mallicoat
Earl Mallicoat
Myrtle Himebaugh
Madison
Merry Maids 4-H Club
Farm Bureau
B. D. Heiken
Treva
Ardis Heiken
Janice Foster
Ruth Ellen Storm
Mary Jane Alden
Thresa Nowachek
Janice
Ruth
Schroeder
Bernice Himebaugh
Trene Schrader
Ruth Eilers
Eloise Sutherland
Harry Chase
Carrie Preas
Jefferson
Robert Smith
Chris Levien
Will Hansen
Buell Miller
Robert
Lisbon
Bethurum
B. W. Cox
Herbert Cox
Young People’s Society
Presbyterian
Presbyterian Church Next Sunday Morning As Announced By the Rev. A. H. Schroeder
Pierce Norris
Florida
John N. McNeilly
Maurice
Shenandoah
Dakotas
John
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Alvin Brunscheen
John Hinrichs
Hinrichs
Rance Brady
McDonald Hospital
Monticello
Frank Norris
Onslow
Elizabeth
Ben Heiken
Oscar Powell
Iowa City
Friends
Center Junction Mutual Telephone Association
White goods guidance for sheets and pillow cases in peacetime market
Nora Workman from Iowa State College advises careful selection of white goods as supplies return. She explains wartime labeling, thread counts, weight and wear factors, and how to spot quality, noting muslin finishes, torn bolts, sizing, and selvages affect durability and price.
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Nora Workman
Iowa State College
Bureau of Home Economics
Snake Found In Iowa Pump House Killed In Winter
R. A. Hanover of Gladbrook found a three foot bull snake in a pump house on December 31. He stepped on the reptile in the dark building and used a coal shovel to kill it after his eyes adjusted to the darkness.
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Iowa
R. A. Hanover
Gladbrook
Mr. Hanover
Bread and Milk Annual Benefit by Storm Lake Kiwanis Club
The Storm Lake Kiwanis Club hosts a New Year milk and bread feast to raise funds for the anti-infantile paralysis campaign. Proceeds come from the difference between a regular dinner and the bread and milk. Mr and Mrs Murphy of the Bradford hotel provided beefsteak for the emergency closing feature.
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Storm Lake Kiwanis Club
Murphy
Bradford
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Noble Grand
W. E. Demoss
Artur Felker
Ben Warren
Raymond Bramer
Wallace Mott
Louis Dusanek
Fred Fritz
Alex Adams
C. H. Rogers
Louise Close
Lewis Sampson
al Kramer
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I.C.0
Walter Holub
Nard Streeper
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North English
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Racine
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Kermit Usher
William Meyer
Lyle Tompkins
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Don Wherry
Ray Peterson
Ted Hurt
Dillon Stickley
Art Holub
Hans Fuglsang
Fred Bramer
Charles Marshall
Lafayette Bahnsen
Glen Norris
Keith Lindsey
John Jurgensen
Helen Reitz
Phyllis
Darlene Bahnsen
Leah Huffman
Cecil Louise
Onalee James
Donna
Thelma McCalmant
Sally Jo Reitz
Marilee Kennedy
Alice Lindsey
Pleasant Ridge Club
Lester Scott
Thomas Edwards
J. R. Wilen
Nellie Atherton
William Peck
Midland Homemakers Club
I.0.0
F. Hall
Pauline Koranda
Fred Koranda
Loyal Eye
C. W. Eye
Dubuque
Olin
Urban
Nissen
Macomber
Fraser
Romer
Frank
Carl Tjaden
Sand Springs
Furniture Mart
Ade
Hotel Williams
Adra Lane
Manchester
Edith Ragen
Mitchellville
C. R. Neville
Richland
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Cedar Rapids
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W. S. Roush
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Major McGuire
India
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Lansing
Mich
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George Fishwild
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Great Lakes
Towa
Everready Club
Frank Zamastil
Orla Dawes
Betty
Paul Godfrey
Presbyterian Church
Robert G. Alden
R. J. Larson
E. F. Kleineck
J. H. Blakemore
William H. Broderson
Alex Inglis
Thomas Eichhorn
Lyman Thompson
John Wilson
Freddie Luckstead
Otto Newell
Alvin Mohr
Bill Lindley
Checker
Blakemore
Hawthorne Club
Ervin
Eden
Bing Crosby
E. G. Steinman
Holland
Man Heads Association
Allan
Clarence Stulken
Hilda Geiken
Austin Spahr
Tipton
Rose Stadtmueller
Max Specht
Margaret Folkerts
Scotch Grove
Henry Stadtmueller
Idle Not Club
Harken
R. Howie
Forrest Deischer
Stadtmueller
Carl Ortgies
Cass
Deischer
Center Junction Co-operative Live Stock Shippers
Himebaugh Grocery Sold
Sacred Heart
Shirley Schneider
Ruth Andrews
Jack Hayes
John Joe Stanton
Clifton Abbott
John Zirkelbach
A. H
OPA
Louie Hanken
Louie
Bernard Kuriger
E.ard
Express
Federal Land Bank Farm Loan
Farmers Co-operative Land Loan
National Farm Loan Associations
Harold B. McTavish
Secy-Treas
3Rd Ave
S.E
Over Light Company
McNeill’s Hardware
Cordwood Saws, Limited
Don Ruhl
Jones County
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