Achievement Day Programs Highlight Farm Bureau Week
Farm Bureau plans feature girls and boys Four-H clubs with achievement day programs across multiple communities. The schedule includes Bloomington Best Four-H at Bloomington Grange hall and other clubs at homes, churches, and schools Monday through Friday, plus Fulton township picnic and various club meetings.
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Farm Bureau
Fulton Township Farm Bureau
Bloomington
Bloomington Grange Hall
Spangler Chapel
Lake Live Wires
Arlie Kennedy
Spirit of Seventy
Gary Lee
Grange Hall
Fulton Royal
Pleasant Prairie School
Moscow
Marilyn Johnson
Methodist Church
Letts
Durant Park
Wilton
Busy Bees
Goshen Gleamers
Cedar Valley
Green Valley Hustlers
Fred Hoopes
Nichols W S C meets Aug 13 at Hanft home
Nichols WSC of the Nichols I Methodist church will meet a week earlier than planned due to the West Liberty Fair. The gathering is set for Wednesday August 13 at Mrs. Gertrude Hanft's home with hostesses Rhoda Hanson Cecelia Braun and Verda Met calf. Ride arrangements and time 1 45 p m discussed. Bernice Hadley will present the lesson Partners in Obedience and Helen Tutge leads the worship service.
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Nichols
Nichols I Methodist Church
West Liberty Fair
Gertrude Hanft
Rhoda Hanson
Cecelia Braun
Verda Metcalf
Hanft
Bernice Hadley
Helen Tutge
All-Iowa Fair to Have Record Swine Pens
Cedar Rapids reports the All-Iowa Fair will feature a record number of swine pens for the pig congress despite a vesicular disease outbreak. Manager Andy Hanson said the event is a unique show, limited to pigs farrowed last fall and spring.
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Cedar Rapids
Andy Hanson
Hanson
Michigan card game for five or six players
A simple circulating deal trick game for five or six players. The dealer gets an extra hand and may auction it. play proceeds by matching sequential red or black suit cards from the led hand. Chips are won by matching center cards or by emptying a hand, with play continuing for the next hand if center cards remain.
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Michigan
Deuce
Light club and lodge activities planned in Muscatine week
Abbreviated calendar keeps most gatherings light as Muscatine lodges and clubs schedule regular meetings Monday through Friday. Notable items include Joan Harold Kembie post 1565 VFW Tuesday night district meeting plans for Sept 14 in Iowa City and a Friday public dance at Houk's grove. Initiation ceremonies for Muscatine Moose chapter Thursday night during the final membership drive.
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Muscatine
Muscatine Lodge
BPO Elks
IOOF
Joan Harold Kembie
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Iowa City
The
Post Ils
Houk’s Grove
Muscatine Rotary Club
West Liberty Rotarians
Rotary Lodge
F. W. Bishop
G. A. Riemcke
Order of DeMolay
Order of Redmen
Kenneth Bartelt
Ewdard H. Bitzer
American Legion
Legion
Muscatine Lodge 388
Loyal Order of Moose
Muscatine Toastmesters Club
Wyoming Lodge 76
Knights of Pvythias
New York City Road Sketch: A Place to Visit Not Live
A strolling tour through Manhattan highlights Lexington and Fifth avenues, cheerful shopfronts, a cat that chats with strangers, and a wedding at St Patrick's. The piece paints New York as a dazzling corridor of beauty and bustle, best enjoyed as a visit rather than a home.
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New York
Lexington
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
Third Avenue
Old Age Rolls Decrease in Iowa as Deaths Rise
The State Board of Social Welfare reports a sharp drop in Iowa old age assistance rolls due to three factors: higher deaths in June, federal social security payments reducing eligibility, and some recipients taking light work. July payments totaled 2.47 million for 47,695 recipients, down 1,225 from last year and 110 from last month, while aid to dependents and the blind rose. Jet streams are attributed to cold northern air meeting warm southern air.
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Des Moines
State Board of Social Welfare
Iowa
Antabuse Seen As Part Of Alcoholism Treatment
Dr. Robert C. Larimer notes Antabuse helps when used with therapy but is not a complete cure for alcoholism. He observed 193 patients while in Iowa and Canadian hospitals and says underlying conditions must be addressed, with patient willingness essential to success.
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Iowa City
Robert C. Larimer
Larimer
Sioux City
University Hospitals
Journal of the
Iowa State Medical Society
Antabuse described as aid for alcoholics by Dr Larimer
Dr. Larimer explains how Antabuse works and outlines risks of drinking during treatment including flushing palpitations vertigo and sharp blood pressure drop. He notes a coma like stupor vomiting and sleep followed by refreshed awakening. He urges cautious use restricted to non psychotic patients with favorable attitudes and warns of misused by well meaning spouses.
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Larimer
Wagoner Rites Held at Richland
Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Methodist church in Richland Iowa for Alva Wagoner of Richland who died at Bellevue hospital in Muscatine on August 2. He had suffered ill health and a stroke while visiting his daughter Mrs Harrison Westbrook in Grandview. Survivors include his widow two daughters Mrs Jessie Irwin of Broadenton Florida and Mrs Mabel Westbrook Grandview eight grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by an infant son and a foster son. Pallbearers included the Rev Frederick Westbrook Hartley Westbrook Robert Westbrook Donald Westbrook and Paul Harl ess.
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Grandview
Methodist Church
Richland
Alva Wagoner
Bellevue Hospital
Muscatine
Wagoner
Harrison Westbrook
Jessie Irwin
Broadenton
Fla
Mabel Westbrook
Frederick Westbrook
Hartley Westbrook
Robert Westbrook
Donald Westbrook
Paul Harless
Milwaukee Move of Division Offices Planned
The Milwaukee railroad will move its division offices from Mason City to Sioux City. Superintendent P. J. Weiland announced the change after returning from Chicago. The new, more central location aims to improve economy and efficiency for the division, which covers Marquette Iowa to the east, Manilla Iowa to the south, Rapid City South Dakota to the west, and Egan South Dakota to the north.
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Sioux City
Milwaukee Railroad
Mason City
P. J Weiland
Weiland
Chicago
Marquette
Manilla
Rapid City
S. D
Egan, S. D
Ilowa's Lamb Crop Sets 1952 Estimate at 680000
Des Moines reports Iowa's 1952 lamb crop is estimated at 680000 head, up 1 per cent from last year and 19 per cent above 1950's low, but well below the 10 year trend. The estimate reflects increased production amid steady demand in the meat market.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Fur labeling law ends fancy animal names for coats
The fur labeling act signed by President Truman bars deceptive names like river sable or genet. Coats must use true animal names and disclose if fur is used bleached or dyed and its origin. Penalties include up to 5000 dollars fine or one year in jail.
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Truman
Harvey H. Hannah
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Crop agency reports large cattle head count
The Yowa Crop and Livestock Reporting service announced on Friday that the animal census reached 835000 head, indicating a substantial livestock population.
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Yowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Jobless Claims Triple in Iowa From Steel Strike
Unemployment claims in Iowa nearly tripled from June to July due to the steel strike. June total 2,936. July 7,829. Hardest hit were Dubuque Waterloo Burlington and Ottumwa with rising weekly claims and a peak expected soon.
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Iowa Employment Security Commission
Dubuque
Waterloo
Burlington
Ottumwa
Lodge Resolves on Death of Member’s Father
Members of Wyoming lodge 76 Knights of Pythias form a resolutions committee after the death of Oscar Rhodes’s father. The panel includes Ted McGill Carl Spieth and Floya Whitlow. No plans announced for next week's program.
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Wyroming Lodge 76
Knights of Pythias
Oscar Rhodes
Ted McGill
Carl Spieth
Floya Whitlow
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