Wapello Town Notes Visitors and relocations brief
Wapello residents reported visits by former ministers and a move inquiry as Mr. and Mrs. W P McNeil toured Sioux Falls and called on several former Wapello clergy. Anthony Verdow and Nellie Graves Verdow plan to relocate from Livonia Michigan, while Raymond McKinney returned home from Burlington hospital. Decorah relatives vacationed in Wapello during Thanksgiving. Wilton Grade School held a two day Solo Festival with many students earning IT and IV ratings and others receiving II and III ratings.
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Wapello News
Wapello
W. P. McNeil
Sioux Falls
C. S. Burdine
Panora
Roy
M. L. Blake
Thor
Levi Winfrey
Sheffield
Wapella Presbyterian Church
Anthony Verdow
Livonia
Mich
Franklin Street
Verdow
Nellie Graves
Raymond McKinney
Toolsboro
Burlington Hospital
Henry Montgomery
Decorah
Paul Pbeik
Robert Hook
Paul Berk
Frank Hook
Ben Mangels
Greenville
Carolyn Mangels
Greenville College
Wilton
Nancy Cole
Donald Doerres
Pete Nepoulos
Dawn Moeller
Terti Maurer
Perry Gorsuch
David Smith
Mary Ann Smith
Lynn Sessler
Paula Grundet
Barbara Elder
Larry Ervin
Jane Walton
Dean Sessler
Steve Baxtelier
Mark Gillett
Richard Ochiltree
Cornet
Ken Hastins
Gus Napoulos
Deborah Petersen
Vickie Zdychnec
Deanna Einfeldt
Carol Rituele
Connig Smith
Richard Steffens
John McClean
Bruce Jipp
Becky van Atta
Phyllis Quesen
Tim Zinger
Harold Buchstrombone
Marty Squires
Household notes and safety tips from local dealer column
Household items and Thanksgiving guests fill a page as Nichols and West Liberty families gather. A safety reminder urges inside door release handles and a half inch gap at the closet floor for child safety. The piece also discusses non lumber products in building and notes evolving color trends from 1939 into the postwar era.
Music rooms rise as families plan flexible spaces at home
Muscatine Journal notes growing interest in home music rooms as families convert spaces from living areas. Ruth Strauss praised a design shown at an interior exhibit, while portable organs offer easy entry for beginners. Schools foster musical curiosity, with students and adults increasingly pursuing lessons and performances.
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Anal Fry
Repairing Household Projects with Simple Ties and Glue
The text advises sanding appliance prongs for good contact with new plugs and describes re gluing chair rungs after scraping off old glue. It then prescribes drying glue with a rope tourniquet by loosely tying rope around affected legs, placing slick between rope, and twisting until tight to hold the stick in place.
How to fix brown lines in ceramic floor tile joints
The article advises on repairing deteriorating grout between ceramic floor tiles. It recommends removing loose mortar with a pointed tool, cleaning, then mixing Portland cement with sand or using ready mix grout. Apply, remove excess quickly, and keep the area damp and off-limits for two to three days until fully set.
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Fenick Vogel
Sky
New York
Andy Lang
West Liberty Thanksgiving Day Dinners Gather Residents
West Liberty residents hosted relatives and friends over the Thanksgiving weekend. Minneapolis visitor Miss Mary Patricia Eliason joined her parents, while Richard Hazlett returned to New York after visiting. numerous families shared meals with local kin including the Ashbys, Pal mers, Johnsons, Buckmans, Hintzers, and Melicks. Mayor Buckman celebrated a birthday with an open house at Carr’s, drawing over 100 callers during a 2 to 5 p.m. event with coffee and cake.
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Wes Liberty
Mary Patricia Eliason
Minneapolis
Kenneth
Louis
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