Summer Play Schedule For City Children
The city outlines summer play activities with four neighborhood groups for ages 4 to 10 meeting Tue and Fri 2 to 6 pm at four churches or venues. Older children meet Mon Tue Fri 2 to 5 pm at the school grounds with walks, games, and sports. Thursday nature hikes 2 to 5 pm. Wednesdays and Saturdays swimming for all ages. Boys at the Methodist church 2 pm and girls at 3 pm. Kite and airplane construction contest with a prize for best build. Baseball tourney planned with prizes. tennis tourney at end of August with a city champion prize. Courts open to children until 6 pm then older players only after 5 pm. Bring 50 cents this Saturday for swimming. treasurer will collect.
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First Street
Congregational Church
Presbyterian Church
Fair Grounds
Legion Park
Wild Life School At McGregor August 4 Through 16
The twelfth annual Wild Life school runs August 4 to 16 near McGregor Iowa. A high quality program will be offered with faculty from top universities and colleges. For information send to F G Bell McGregor. Ruth Suckow describes McGregor as a preserved pioneer river town with distinctive charm and scenes.
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Wild Life School
F. G. Bell
McGregor
Ruth Suckow
Iowa
National Butter Campaign to Become Permanent Effort
National and state dairy groups plan a permanent butter promotion program with M G Thornburg Iowa secretary of agriculture endorsing a per delivery deduction from cream producers. Cooperative creameries may add a per 100 pounds deduction while both routes aim to raise about 500000 dollars for a national advertising drive under the National Dairy council.
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M. G. Thornburg
Iowa
Mr. Thornbug
National Dairy Council
Population Shifts In Fifth District Counties
In the Fifth congressional district Cedar and Benton counties declined in population from 1920 to 1930 by 849 and 1 226 respectively while Jones county rose by 596. The district tabulation lists 1930 and 1920 counts for Tama Marshall Cedar Jones Benton and Sioux Falls. The saloon has about as much chance of staging a come back as the old fashioned hustle.
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Cedar
Benton
Jones County
Marshall
Jones
Sioux
Argus-Leader
Weekend guests and church program noted in Waterloo area
Onslow Mr. and Mrs. Al McQuown and son Lawrence of Waterloo visited cousins Mrs. S G Hutton and Mr Hutton. Several families hosted guests from Cedar Rapids Clinton Monticello Des Moines and Chicago. A church program featured readings and a junior choir with Mrs Henry Koon and Mrs A K McMaster directing.
Local visits and neighborly news from Algona and surrounding towns
Lara and Roy Crosby spent last week with relatives at Algona. Mr. and Mrs H B Flockhart of Minneapolis arrived here last Saturday evening. Thomas Dolan and family of Greene visited at the H G Came home Sunday. Mrs Laura Schoonover hosted four Cedar Rapids grandsons last week. Mrs Kenneth Sanders entertained her parents and sister last Wednesday and Thursday. George Henderson of Santa Monica is visiting his brother here. Mrs Amy Schoonover of Cedar Rapids was in the Burg Friday. Irvin Bebee rented a Monticello house and plans to move early next week. H B Flockhart spent a week here and left Saturday with sister Miss Mabel Flockhart of Monticello visiting Rice Lake Wis. Charles Lamont of Prairieburg and F T Richards of Central City solicited funds to gravel the road to the cemetery. The road is often impassable. J J Dolan and Mrs Dolan were Anamosa visitors Sunday. Mary accompanied them home. Julia Randall attended the George Baldwin funeral in Cedar Rapids Wednesday. H J Henderson J I Henderson and George Henderson were visitors in the Finn home last Sunday.
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al McQuown
Lawrence
Waterloo
S. G. Hutton
Hutton
Harold Brown
Miss Snyder
Cedar Rapids
Harold
J. R. Kennedy
Marvin Hanwardson
Roy Miller
Swen Nielsen
Clinton
Henry Koon
A. K. McMaster
Dillon Stickley
Iowa City
Dillon
Alva Streeper
Mount Vernon
Mildred
Mabel Streeper
Cornell College
Harry Rutenbeck
Lost Nation
Belle Johnson
Ladies’ Guild
R. Greiser
Ritnour
Ruth Sears
Dolores Hanna
Martha Easler
Ruth Beck
Gerald Ritnour
Duane Morehead
Walter Koon
Willison
William Blackadder
George Sears
Sumner
Wash
John Dew
Des Moines
Mr. Norton
Will Knight
Dana McGovern
Chicago
Merle Hicks
B. Hicks
Irma Hartman
McDonald Hospital
Hartman
Ed Kerr
Marshall
Harriet
E. L. Anderson
Wyoming
George Paulsen
Wilbur Coburn
Detroit
B. F. Walters
Arnold’s Park
J. R. Ramie
Grinnell
A. E. Hall
Son Dillon
Bernice Hall
Lara
Roy Crosby
Algona
H. B. Flockhart
Minneapolis
Thomas Dolan
Greene
H. G
Laura Schoonover
Kenneth Sanders
George Henderson
Santa Monica
Calif
Central City
J. J. Dolan
Mary
Julia Randall
George Baldwin
H. J. Henderson
J. I. Henderson
Finn
Uniform county certificate exam set for Anamosa dates
The teachers examination for the uniform county certificate will be held at Anamosa on June 25 26 and 21. Nelile V Morey equity superintendent. The honey mesquite of the southwest will send its roots 60 feet down to reach water.
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Anamosa
Nelile V. Morey
eQuity
Southwest
Supt Frank Jones Leaves Anamosa for Summer Teaching Post
Supt Frank Jones departs Anamosa for Shenandoah to teach in the extension summer school at the Iowa Teachers college. Miss Helen Niles from Grinnell College goes to Iowa City for the summer session. Liddie Pegerick of Oxford Junction hospitalized at Mount Pleasant after prior admission in 1917. Board lets two beam bridges contract on Morley road to William Denny for 7040 with seven bids. Jess Wells pleads guilty to larceny. sentenced to a year in county jail and paroled to farmer George Gaul near Tipton for a year of work and housing.
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Supt
Frank Jones
Shenandoah
Iowa Teachers’ College
Liddie Pegerick
Oxford Junction
Mount Pleasant Hospital
Purcell
Board of Supervisors
Morley Road
Anamosa
Jess Wells
Greenfield Township
Moffit
George Gaul
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National Butter Campaign
Prairieburg
Paritas
Coats
Porto Rico
Shantung
Siuigces
Ned
Pongee
Steven
Hope Muslin
L. L. Brown
Monticello
Anamosa Eureka
Helen Niles
Grinnell College
City
State University
William Denny
West Liberty
Denny
Tipton
Wells
Mittimus
Minnie Port
Nettie Brown
Miss Port
C. B. Paul
J. D. Paul
Ford Street
Miss Brown
Valcura
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