Parson's History Professor to Speak at Assembly on Washington
John R and James discuss hobbies, music, sports, and future plans in a long, fragmented student profile. Fred Hinkhouse of Parsons College will speak on George Washington at 2160 Phimy on February 22, with a junior play and box supper planned for dates in February.
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Fred Hinkhouse
Parsons College
James
Judy Garland
Mickey Rooney
Kay Kyser
MHS
Nile Kinnick
Jamer
Tom Likes Reading and Hobbies in School Life
A mixed portrait of Tom detailing his college plans after high school and favorite subjects like physics. It notes radio programs he enjoys, film stars he follows, and a humorous take on his hobbies, social preferences, and school groups including chorus, glee clubs, bands, and homemaking activities.
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John
Gene Autry
Babe Ruth
John Gays
John R
Tom
Spencer Tracy
Judy Garland
Packards
James
Loval
Margaret Ward
Dorothy Mae Me
First Grade Updates and School Activities
First Grade and Pre-Primary classes report new primer use in Language, with Jimmie Luge and Billy Ashby back in school. Reading counts reach twenty four books this year, excluding holiday reads. Daily picture and story readings on the blackboard continue. A new nursery rhyme book titled The Mother Goes a Parade arrives with a recording. Second graders received a Special Delivery letter from Knoxville students about their post office study. Valentines Day noted with Bill Harris as postman and class visitors. Music programs featured student solos and group performances from several grades. Third and fourth graders performed songs, with silhouettes made in art portraying Washington. New safety posters urge alertness and crosswalk caution, in Chinese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Morgan
Molravia
Knoxville
Patricia Halden
Edna Mae Luse
Marilyn Hiatt
Bill Harris
Local notes and school marks mix with visits and chores
Fuller Jess Smith and Carol Dean spent Tuesday in Leon Burns area. Repps cleaned at J. K. Long place and planned move. Smiths and Dean visited M. G. Smith and Mrs. Lillie Smith in Centerville. Frank Jones stayed with Ed Briggs sister near Lovilla. Miss Bessie Donavan visited Will Hicks in Moravia. Raymond Jones took hogs to Albia sale. Ray Brown and Marvin Hertford visited Junior Smith. Ottumwa guests at J. J. Allem home. Sixth graders finished readers and studied Spain and Portugal. Fifth graders learn fractions, sixth graders decimals. Sixth graders wrote poems and new history books arrived. Roberta Coltrain and Mary Milleman noted as top readers. Miss White treated class to Valentine sweets and a cream break in homemaking. A letter to Delores was written by the sixth grade.
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Jess Smith
Carol Dean
Leon Burns
Repp
J. K. Long Place
Myr
Centerville
M.G. Smith
Lillie Smith
Frank Jones
Ed Briggs
Lovilla
Bessie Donavan
Will Hicks
Moravia
Raymond Jones
Albia
Ray Brown
Marvin Hertford
Junior Smith
Everett Mosier
Ottumwa
J. J. Allem
Gona
E. LF. Wilson
Miss White
Delores
Beatries
Rural School News Highlights Six Weeks Progress
The Moravia classroom reports wet roads and sickness delaying attendance. Two seventh graders, Floyd Broshar and Billy Wilson, were never absent or tardy. Students display arithmetic drawings, Valentine celebration, and new books from traveling library. Betty Wilson and viral Broshar earned perfect spelling grades. Ruth Blumer loses and recovers glasses. second graders write stories. eighth graders take exams in Moravia.
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Floyd Broshar
Billy Wilson
Jackie Scott
Bonnie Lee Main
Vernon Johnson
Lee Arnold
Joe Coltrain
Larry Tadlock
Junior Johnson
Billy
Betty Wilson
Ruth Blumer
Viral Broshar
George Washington
Charlotte Scott
Ruth BE
Blumer
John ‘Son
James Glor
Imogene Tarlock
Moravia
Arlene Arnold
Imogene Tarllock
Apparioose County Board Proceedings Report
The county board met in adjourned session with J A Hoover as temporary chairman and Ross Wells present. Claims allowed include numerous items from I W Middleton to St Josephs Mercy Hospital and various county services, with totals in the hundreds. The record lists expenditures for offices, farms, schools, public works, nursing, and hospital services, alongside citizens’ notices and local captions.
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J. A. Hoover
Ross Wells
Sheriff Sale in Appanoose County Iowa 1940
By Special Execution from Clark's District Court, The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. sues Elizabeth I Allen et al. Property described is in Township 70 Range 17, Appanoose County, totaling 99.05 acres. Auction set for March 9 1940 at 10 AM in Centerville courthouse, to satisfy debt of 4487.18 and 115.27 costs plus accruing costs. Sheriff Jack Bailey to conduct sale. Feb 22-29.
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State of Iowa
Appanoose Coun
Clark
District Court
Iowa
Appanose “County
Connecticut Mutual Life Ins. Co
Elizabeth I. Allen
Wabash Railway
Range
Appanoose County
Towa
Centerville
Decorah youths push stalled car after gas loss
A group of Decorah youths pushed a car after it ran out of gas on a highway. While rolling the vehicle toward a station, a truck struck the group, seriously injuring Gertrude Halse, 17.
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Decorah
Gertrude Halse
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John Kenton
James Hilton
Emily Free
Coretta Cloyed
Margaret Burton
Margaret
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Girls Glee Club
Rosemary Main
Daisy McCrory
Dale Wren
Homemakers of America
Ford Tractor
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Taterans Astra
Fergu Manupactus
Son-Sherman NG Corporation
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Pullman Motor CO
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Peggy
Jack
Francia
Washington
LaSalle
Champ
Rural School News
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I. W. Middleton
J. E. Ferren
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Roy McFarland
Ed Davidson
Hoever
J. Agaplary
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App. Co
Nan Bailey
Brodys Store
Ville Country Club
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Brady Talbot
Oscar Daughtery
Jolson
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Elipto Loose Leaf Co
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Longnecker, Genevieve
Luse
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Mitchell, Jasper
Social Welfare
Monarch Products Co
Moravia Union
Ptg
Mullinix, F.C
J.N. Maring
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Ee Universal Car Co
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Halien
Udell
Maurine Streepy
Wapello County
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Chas. Andrews
App. Co. Farmers’ Exch
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Homer
Holly
L. W. & Sons Co
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Sunnyslope
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Sig Holbrook
Loyd Stansberry
Geo. W. Wood
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Ivan
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Munn
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State Dept. of Social Welfare
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Osborn
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Margaret D
Owe Aera Itkins
J. C
Vent
Webb
Arnold
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St. Josephs Mercy Hospital
Seweweenniae
St- Josephs Mercy Hospital
St Josephs Mercy Hospital
Josephs Mercy Hospital
Uveopus Mokly Sduapilal
St. Josepha Mercy Hospital
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Ist. Josephs Mercy Hospital
St. Ceases Mercy Hospital
Lloyd McDanel
Kathryn
Lee Johnson
Louis Schwab
Paul Boyer
T. L. Gladfelder
Clyde
Ladies Aid
George Hiatt
Otis Ballen
Gar Butcher
Ruby Johnson
Arlene Kaster
Leslie Elledge
Grover
Kaster's
Dayton Dotaon
W. H. George
Clark George
Edith Hos
Cody
Luso’s
Pearl Woodward
Gustaf Baumgarner
Torrington
Wyo
Cody Luse’s
Sheriff's Sale
Jack Bailey
E. N Catterlin
Tome Moravia
Lew
Serge
Horstman Oil Station
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