Commemorating Edison and Lincoln Birthdays in School
The issue recalls Thomas Edison and Abraham Lincoln as exemplars of perseverance and public service. It notes Edison’s inventions and Lincoln’s rise with limited schooling, then shifts to local school items including basketball standings, band activities, and classroom notes. Sports updates mention a girls’ sectional game, intramural standings, and a Cincinnati game cancellation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Wildcats
Tigers
Greyhounds
Bulldogs
Cincinnati
David Pullman
Moravia Senior Graphs Highlight Ruby Johnson and Paul Baldwin
Ruby Johnson attended Moravia elementary and all four high school years. She studies commercial subjects and enjoys typing as her favorite activity. She belongs to the camera club and participates in music. Her hobby is collecting and she aims to work as a stenographer. Paul Baldwin attended Swar rural grade school and is enrolled in vocational agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby’ Johnson
Ruby
Moravia
Paul Baldwin
Paul
Swar
The Holland Cow and the War Bonds Appeal
A Holstein in a Holland pasture goes berserk as a blux devastates the area. The tale urges readers to remember Holland and to buy U. S. War Bonds, promising steady value and safety. It promotes bonds as a strong wartime investment available at banks or post offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Hitler
U. S
Fifth and Sixth Grades Prepare Valentine Party
A fifth and sixth grade class reports daily school activities. Students discuss magnets in science with Jon Callen, fractions in arithmetic, and readiness for six week tests. A safety notice on the teacher’s desk reads Cross Only at Corners while they decorate for a Valentine party with a Valentine box led by Billy Broshar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Broshar
Local Socials See Visitors And Guests Across Ottumwa
Brompton by Mrs M B E Boardman and Glen Garretts' family shopped in Ottumwa. Mr and Mrs 3 E Stafford and children were dinner guests at George Reid home. Earl Boardman and daughter Wilma dined with M E Boardman. Ethel VanDorin visited M E Boardman Thursday. Reid and Robingon siblings visited Gene Garrett. Russell Darby family called at B F Boardman home. George Odam did business in Des Moines. Karl Hurliman and son visited Max McCoy. Eli DeTar and Bill DeTar hosted dinner with Ed Robinson family. Corp N Burdell Roberts on furlough visited Boardman. Henry Horn and son Charles visited John Fisher. Fisher visited Albia on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. BE. Boardman
Glen Garrett
Ottumwa
E. Stafford
George Reid
Earl Boardman
Wilma
M. E. Boardman
Ethel VanDorin
George
Jim
Larry Reid
DeWayne Robingon
Gene Garrett
Russell Darby
B. F. Boardman
George Odam
Des Moines
Karl Hurliman
Corydon
Max McCoy
Eli DeTar
Bill DeTar
Near
Albia
Ed Robinson
Corp. N
Corp. N. Burdell Roberts
M,r. Boardman
Henry Horn
Charles
John Fisher
Dairy breeding starts Tuesday in Appanoose County
The Appanoose County Farm Bureau launches artificial insemination to improve dairy herds starting Tuesday February 9 with Dr J A Graham of Centerville as inseminator. Unanimous support from 16 Farm Bureau directors and partners, with Linn County’s 1600 cows serving as a model. enrollment targets 400 to 1000 cows. Farmers urged to call 810 Centerville for service, keep dairy cows housed, and pay Dr Graham a $5 fee per cow, with two additional services free if first insemination fails. A February special from Cerlerville National Bank offers $1 to the first two cows bred in each township between Feb 9 and Feb 28, with checks issued March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appanoose
Jersey
Guernsey
Centerville
Graham
Cerlerville National Bank
Appanoose County
F. L. Sawyers
Week Of The War Summary On Tunisian Fronts
The Moravia Union will publish a weekly war summary from the Office of War Information. Allied forces push toward Maknassy in central Tunisia aiming to wedge Rommel’s Afrika Korps between British and Allied forces. Advances from Sidi Bou Zid and Gafsa meet resistance near Sened as air and artillery contest the area. Axis airfields at Gabes are targeted. six enemy planes destroyed while eight are lost. Secretary Stimson notes raids from Tripoli airfields against Rommel’s retreating columns. Naval reports describe ongoing actions in the Solomons and Guadalcanal, with both sides suffering losses but details limited. Navy describes the fighting as reconnaissance in force. General MacArthur’s air force maintains daily attacks on Rabaul and shipping. U S ground forces on Guadalcanal advance toward Tassafaronga and Bonegi, securing positions and equipment.
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Maknassy
Tunisia
Graiba
Rommel
S. Afrika Korps
von Arnim
Afrika Korps
8Th Army
Sfar
Gabes
Larea
Sidi Bou Zid
Gafsa
Sened
Faid
Gabds
Ward Stimson
Tripoli
Mediterranean
Jscope
Solomons
Navy
U. S
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Guadalcanal
Munda
MacArthur
Tts
Rabaul
South Pacific
Secreta
Nox
Guadalcanal Aves
Bonegi River
Tassafaronga
Henderson Field
Not Forgetful Visitor Pays With Long-Ago Debt Barbershop Tale
Rock Rapids barber Guy R Hutchinson recalls a 11 year old incident when a man lacking funds received a haircut promising to pay later. Last week John F Geraghty of Rochester Minn sent a dollar and a postcard after finding the old contact. OPA announced mixed feed prices would soon be under price control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy R. Hutchinson
Rock Rapids
Hutchinson
John F. Geraghty
Rochester
Minn
Geraghty
OPA
Local notes reveal family ties and visits across towns
Mrs J T VanDorin shares updates on Florence Kennedy and Keith and Mrs Wilbur Kingery. Letters from Milo Selby and Chester Selby note illness and naval base in Little Creek. Giltner announces Ronald Allen born January 24. Roberta visits, Helping Hand club meetings, haying and wood cutting, tea towels embroidered. Multiple family gatherings, birthdays, oysters, dinners, and illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. VanDorin
Florence
Kennedy
Keith
Wilbur Kingery
Harold van Dorin
Harold
Milo Selby
Chester Selby
Little Creek
Jack McDonough
Mearle Walter
Dallas Faber
Griffin
Albia
Faber
Hilbert Roberta
Rita
Des Moines
Guy Roberts
Marjorie Roberts
Keith Roberts
New Hope Community Notes From W. E. Donovan Area
New Hope residents share visits and travel across towns. Lula Burton spends Tuesday afternoon at the Donovan home as Sim Howell and daughters and Harold Turner return home after a few days with Howell and Clyde. Roy Scott enters St Marys hospital in Rochester with daughter Ruth Kleuver accompanying him. Several family visits occur including Hiatt, Pettibone, Wood, and Callen households.
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Scott
Mariann
Don Pettibone
Ivan Harsh
Clifford Paxstone
Elsie Martin
George Hiner
Roy Pettibone
Gene McGuire
Hameston
George Scott
Roy Scott
George Howell
Harold Turner
Mystic
Carl Coffin
Duane
Will Miller
Eleanor Miller
Delmont Moffitt
Nancy Jo
Judy
Moffatt
W. E. Donovan
Lula Burton
Sim Howell
Heme
Howell
Clyde
Alfred
Albert Kleuver
Lake View
Ednesday
Mary Frances Carter
Russell Burns
Twan Harsh
Evelyn Clark
Marie Asplund
Cambridge
Ill
Albia
Rochester
Minn
Ruth Kleuver
Will
Oity
Etty Harsh
Karline Fischer J
Ann ‘Pettibone
Junior Donovan
John Wood
Genevie Donovan
Truxton Dicks
Lilly Callen
George
Moravia social calls and visits noted throughout week
Local residents including Franklin By Mrs John Moffatt and many others made multiple visits to neighbors in Moravia and surrounding areas. Frequent callers included the Arnold, Argo, Moffatt, Rinehart, Swift, and Brock families with several stays at the Moffatt and Argo homes and gatherings at Ottumwa and Albia hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pred Argo
Albia
Mary Cox
Howard Brock
Hiteman
John Moffatt
Moravia
Mellie Stack
Vinton
Local family visits and events in Centerville and Albia
Friday brought Lundy and Rex Haver's group to Centerville for a social gathering. Nearby neighbors spent Thursday at the Roscoe Argo home while men worked butchering. Sunday visits included Elliott family with Johnnie and Rozella at the Moffatt home. Everett Stansberry called in Albia on Friday. John Moffatt and Roy attended the Edd Boland sale. Tuesday saw Dell Hellyer and family and George Hellyer at Bert Rinehart’s home.
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John Moffatt
Hugh McFatridge
Moravia
Clifford
Ivan Arnold
Wilis Haver
Mmr
Fred Argo
Roscoe Argo
Bert Rinehart
Dewey Arnold
Dorothy
Darlene
Arthur Arnold
Jim Martain
Daisy
Centerville
George
Kenneth Rinehart
Art Ekwall
Dwight
Richard
Ottumwa
Coy Swift
Lloyd Johnson
Albia
Lundy
Rex Haver
Gon
Bernard
Henry Elliott
Johnnie
Rozella
Everett Stansberry
Roy
Tuesay
Dell Hellyer
George Hellyer
Rooney to star in A Yank at Eton at Albia King
Mickey Rooney will headline the film A Yank at Eton shown Sunday and Monday February 14 and 16 at the King Theatre in Albia. Supporting players include Edmund Gwenn Ian Hunter and Freddie Bartholomew in the announced program. A knitted trench helmet sent by the Red Cross in Hamburg was worn by Cpl Wykoff Jr at Fort Crockett Texas after delivery to a former Hamburg resident. Oscar I Lewis of Hopkinton aged 89 is cited as the oldest active businessman in the state, tracing 16 years in Hopkinton after moving from Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rooney
Mickey Rooney
Eton
King Theatre
Albia
Bing Ingram
Edmund Gwenn
Ian Hunter
Freddie Bartholomew
Red Cross
Hamburg
Cpl. R . Wykoff Jr
Fort Crockett
Texas
Oscar I. Lewis
Hopkinton
Lewis
Arkansas
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Editorial
Thomas Edison
Abraham Lincoln
Edison
Lincoln
Daphan Coltrain
Colombia
Lucille Shelquist
Arlene
Mr. Harris
Doris Rouse
Wanda Jordan
Jerry Coltrain
Charles Turner
Johnny Laws
Johnny
Jeff Charles
Ermil Halden
Webster
Aileen Turner
Larry Kaster
Kathleen Halden
Evelyn Adsui
Jackie Kester
Majestic Theatre
Claudette Colbert
Joel McCrea
An Hunter
Gloria Jean
Bob,o'connor
Ritz
Theatre
Bert* Gordon’ Z
Si Falkenberg
Charles Starrett
George Brent
Brenda Marshall
Ine
Otto Kruger
Tina Thayer
Spencer
Jon Callen
Schoo
Brompton
Farm Bureau Notes
Veach Drug
Moravia Union
Office of War Information
Maurice Walter J
Aubrey Walter
Jand
Jerry
Annabelle
Essie Whisler
Will Morrison
Unionville
Iowa
Howard Whisler
Dan Spears
Harry Tisue
Junior
Claude Hawk
Harold Hawk
Christian Science Monitor
The
Monitor
Christian Science Publishing Society_ One
Norway Street
Boston
Masachusets
Conca
Franklin
Turner
Ambulance Service
On Staley
Gardner Hatchery
Southern Utilities Company
United States War
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