School Memories Notes and Jokes From Mystic Area
A long OCR fragment lists names such as Jack Broshar Richard Smith and Alberta Rick George along with editor Olive May Tait, notes on class activities, sports like basketball and softball, and scores or hobbies. It includes dates, eye color, heights, and quirky stories, jokes, and letters from a small town school setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Broshar
Richard Smith
Richard McDanel
Alberta
Rick Richard Smith
George Tracy
Mary Rose
Delma Veach
Joan Black
Dean Tomlin
Janet Broshar
Olive May Tait
Boin
Centerville
Towa
Chevrolet
Here and There n Gerald and Rosie share cheeky quips
The dialogue features playful exchanges about dating, family, and social expectations. Lines reference Betty Grable, a dad's birthday, car sharing, home authority, a new baby, a doctor, and advice on conversation. A playful joke about imagination and a jab at a stubborn driver closes the snippet.
Brooklyn Talk and Jokes Fill Evening Bench Chat
A fragment of humorous exchanges and sayings spans accented dialects from Brooklyn to general quips. Bits include misheard words, shop talk, and goofs about diamonds and coins, followed by short comic lines and classroom notes. The form reads as a collage of punchlines, gags, and wisecracks.
Pleasant Hill Social Notes and Club Meeting
Pleasant Hill society notes record visits among local families including Hammond Fenton Ponsetto Argo and Argo households. A Clover Leaf club gathering on March 17 featured a cooperative dinner, a list of attendees, and a note on upcoming meeting April 7. A joke about a Sophomore boy and his chemist girlfriend closes the column.
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Clover Leaf Club
Verda Argo
Moon
Will Kelsey
Clyde Dicks
Roy Argo
Denny
Gerald
Truxton
Paul Dicks
Pearl Free
Dorothy Perry
Jay Argo
Tommay Penfield
Clyde Sheldon
Myrtle Fenton
Verna McAningh
Gertrude
Fern Penfield
Nona
Glennie
Vera
Moore
Edith Callen
Mildred Tarbell
Pro Frame
Addie Sheldon
Mabel Hammond
Ernestine Argu
Flesh or Totem Pole Comic School Memorandum
A macabre school memo warns staff to detect dead students without alarming others. It prescribes a grim procedure with detention cards and a sworn form, jokingly routed through departments and a death office. Named signatories parody graveyard humor.
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Register of Wills
School of Medicine
New Hope Community News Highlights Local Visits and Events
Jim Ballew visits grandfather Frank Chambers in Moulton. Wesley W. 8. C. 5. holds all day meeting at Wesley Chapel church with Rev. and Mrs. Davis and other ladies, free lunch, quilting, and church cleaning. Various locals attend dinners, birthdays, and funerals including Mrs. Stella Carter. Members share visits at multiple homes, a cooperative supper, and anniversary celebration. Newsroom notes invite more neighborhood submissions.
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Wesley W. 8. C
Wesley Chapel Church
Davis
Main Station By Darlene Gladfelder
Sunday church attendance described for the Gladfelder family and neighbors. A funeral visit, social calls, and a string of visits across Centerville and surrounding towns are noted with multiple households mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darlene Gladfelder
For Sale Adding Machines Ralls 20 Cents Each
Moravia Union lists adding machines for sale at 20 cents each. Local item notice specifies available stock and contact details through the paper.
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The
Moravia Union
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Scribbler Staff
Patty Sawyer
Mystic
Pleasant Hill
Timothy Ridge
Jericho
Moravia
Cadillac
Des Moines
Scribbler
Magician Assembly
Magrum
HYUK
Popeye
George Washington
George
Pop
Ella
Bobby
Ta Yung-Tu
Tu-Dum
No-Yen
John
Mrs. W
Mary
Sue
N Gerald
Rosie
Gable
Betty Grable
Jack
Dad
Bill
Bob
Miss Hackett
Joe
Adam
Brooklyn
Park Bench
Chee
America
M.H. S
Gene M
Nellie
Gene
June
Kaney
Santa
John Wilson
Phyllis Easter
Gil
Mr. Hiatt
Elmer
George Hammond
Roy Sheldon
Darlene and
Doyle
George Hammonds
Arlo Fenton
Frank Tarbells
John Ponsetto
Otha Fenton
Carl Tisue
Roy Argos
Mrs
Guy Argo
Merle Dicks
George Hamimnonds
Gardner Hatchery
Floga
J.B. Judge
Chiropractor Clark Hotel
Albia
Briggs Motor CO
Iowa Highway 60
Uncle Sam
United States
U. S
U.S. Treasury Department
Rhaythmaires’ Orchestra
New Hope
Mrs. W. &. Donovan
Jim Ballew
Moulton
Frank Chambers
Ivan Harsh
Dick Wilson
Elsie Martin
Archie Martin
Mar
Ronald Woodward
T. J. Luse Home
Bert Meadows
Don Pettibone
Ellen Hiatt
Lute Hiatt
Stella Carter
Homer Utterbach
Ernest West
David
John Deere Day
Blakesburg
Lloyd Rose
George Scott
Ernest Hiatt
George Turner
Howard Harper
Fred Tillmont
Jimmy Pettibone
Trenton Wilson Home
Virginia Carter
Karline Fischer
Ann Pettibone
Ronald Woodsward
Bill Long
Junior Donovan
Will Donovan
Donovan
George Hiner
Glen
Clyde Gladfelder
Darlene
Trenton
Gladfelder Home
Mrs. Ray Harrison
Mrs. Clair Callen
Billie
Arthur McKern
Son
Ames
Robert Foster
Ladies Aid
J. P. Foster
Skippy Broshar
Trenton Gladfelder
J. W. Whicker
Carl Tomlin
Ira Boyer
Earl Boyer
Hazel Hicks
Jack McKern
Pearl Lamantia
Rolla Foster
Johnnie Marlin
Lyndon MeDanel
Ralph Jarvis
Lloyd McDanel
Harry L, Close
Mgr
Nat'l Bank
Laurence Osborn
Appanoose County
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