Vosburgh items recount a busy Derby family gathering
Mrs Emmett Derby hosts and attendees note a first birthday dinner for Shirley Calhoun with Carl Calhoun Ken Seth Donald and many relatives. The Happy Helpers club met March 17 with a chicken dinner and embroidery work. Several locals visit, move, or attend events including Newton Long sale and weekend visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Calhoun
Kenseth
Donald
Delbert Calhoun
Richard
James Calhouns
Shirley
Happy Helpers Club
Dorothy Calhoun
Rena Ammons
Dean and Allen
Ruth Cater
Candace
Floy Derby
Thelma Calhoun
Rose Ann
Rosie Derby
James
A. E. Derby
Through the Garden Gate by The Gardner's Wife
Garden guidance urges gardeners to match seed needs to soil and season with practical steps. Early cool soil favorites like sweetpeas require careful trenching and nourishment, while warmth lovers risk rotting if planted late. New mulches and mica seed-starting aids promise disease-free seedlings and easier home propagation.
Gardener’s note on seed starting with vermiculite mix
A gardener explains how vermiculite is used to start seeds including verbenas asters salvia and petunias early. He notes that Heavenly Blue morning glory and crops like eggplant pepper and tomato respond well and that local merchants may supply vermiculite soon.
Home Learning Builds School Success Through Life Lessons
A printery style piece urges that effective home teaching comes from lived experiences and parental engagement. It contrasts active home learning with passive child entertainment and illustrates how early word exposure at home fosters reading interest and confidence in school.
Skelgas and the Growing Concept of Numbers
A parent notes that young children learn numbers through daily experience rather than rote counting. Four-year-olds repeat sounds like the Greek alphabet without meaning, while two to six year olds grasp quantities as they handle toys and interact with others. True understanding comes when numbers represent real things, often in the second grade.
Kinser Valley By George R. Darby
Wood sawing is active this past week with Russell Darby and LeRoy Wilson cutting on Thursday and Friday forenoon and Ervin Long cutting Thursday afternoon. Earl Boardman visited the Darby household Thursday evening and left Friday for Kansas to visit daughter Wilma and family. Russell Darby Le Roy and Zell Wilson and I helped Ervin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Darby
LeRoy Wilson
Ervin Long
Earl Boardman
Kansas
Wilma
le Roy
Zell Wilson
Myself
Ervin
Birth and death notices and local updates
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Clifford Caster at Smith Hospital Sunday morning but survived only briefly. Community sympathy sent to the family. One and a quarter inches of rain fell Sunday morning. Rapids made a short visit to relatives Saturday morning. Roads remain nearly impassable. A call was made to the Ervin Long home Friday afternoon. For sale Markwell staples for R K desk models 3/16 inch legs 1000 in box for 40e. Delmar Hiner travelled to Cedar Moravia Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Caster
Smith Hospital
Markwell Staples
Delmar
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Turner
Moravia
Iowa
Ambulance Service
D. C. Roth Chichester
Clark Hotel
Albia
Charles Wheeler
Mary Wheeler
A&p
N. Side Sq
Centerville
L. P. Clow
Centerville, Iowa
E. N. Catterlin
Optometrist
Continental Hotel
E. State St
Jack Colwell
Elsworth Kline Jr
George, Sheehans
Indianola
Mrs
Carl Derby
Bernard Kitterman
Earl Swifts
Gertrude Sheehan
Bill Derby
Rex Derby
Newton Long
Howard Derby
Earl Switts
the Gardner
Cuthbertson
THE
Iowa Child Welfare Research Station
Albia Granite Co
Albia, Iowa
Verne Webb
Oak View Cemetery Gate
Kaster Bros. Coal CO
F.E
O.C. Kaster
Raub Chevrolet Co
Roy F. Raub
R. Burdette Raub
Kinser Valley
George R. Darby
Long Saw Wood
Ervin Long Home
Theo
Luckman Mous
Diptomer
Best Buy
Iconium
Wisconsin
Bang’s
T. B
Iowa State College
Erd
Delain
Shrop
Poland
China
International Barrow
Jamesway
Ladies Aid of
Iconium Church
James D. Nash
Peterson
M. E. Mikkelson
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