Christmas Programs and Events in Letts and Muscatine
The LM Community School junior high will stage a Christmas music program on Monday December 28 at 7 30 pm in the Letts building. The grade school program is set for Tuesday December 19 at 2 pm. The IM Community School junior high basketball team meets Webello team Thursday December 7 at 4 pm at the Letts building. Letts Past Matrons club Christmas party is planned for Tuesday evening December 12 at the home of Mrs. Harry Shearer with co-hostesses Mrs. Mabel Bailey and Miss Lucretia Turkington and a 50 cent gift exchange. The Letts Study Club met at Mrs. Harry Gipple’s home with 18 members. nickel donations were raised for nurses education. William T. Davis Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin J. Blaesing of 60.2% Eighth St., Muscatine, completed nine weeks of recruit training at Naval Training Center Great Lakes, including seamanship, ordnance and gunnery instruction.
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LM Community School
Letts
IM ‘Community Shool
Wépello
C.E.S
Harry Shearer
Mabel Bailey
Lucretia Turkington
R. 7. Barnes
Harry Gipple
Fund For Nurses Education
Federated Clubs
Davis
Great Lakes, Il
William T. Davis Jr
Marvin J. Blaesing
Eighth St
Muscatine
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Navy career field selection during training
Experienced counsellors assist sailors to choose one of the Navy's 67 career fields. Selection bases include classification tests aptitude and personal performance throughout training.
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Svork
Navy
Engineers Will Check Shelter Sites in Midwest
U S Army Corps of Engineers will inspect buildings in Des Moines and central Iowa and Rock Island District will survey Illinois and Iowa cities for possible public fallout shelters. Teams will study maps, photographs and building plans, focusing on shelters, tunnels and underground garages while excluding homes.
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Rock Island
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Towa
Illinois
Cal
John "Hennessey
Army Engineers
Des Moines
Norman Erbe
Chambers of Commerce
Hennessey
Army
Deeds Recorded for Leber and Nonvy Couples in Cook Subdivision
Deeds recorded for Robert L. Leber and Fonda A. Leber and for Lawrence C. Nonvy and Zola A. Nonvy involve Lot 5 in the Cook Musser and Co subdivision. The filing indicates transfer within the subdivision framework. Public record details list the parties and property.
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Robert L. and
Fonda A. Leber
O Lawrence C
Zola A. Nonvy
Cook, Musser and Co
Advent hangings and gifts by area youth group
Youth group members from Zion Lutheran and area junior Lutherans prepared Advent hangings for shut ins, including a painted Advent tree and daily ornaments kept in pockets. Numerous children delivered the gifts and adults assisted with transportation for the hospital welfare drive and other community services.
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Inyion Lutheran Church
Salur- Advent
Iday
Zion Lutheran Church
Betty Jo Thompson
Debra Kerschenske
Janis Fox
An Wagner
Janet Hageman
Kim Hageman
George Stegner
Barbara Stegner
Helen Stegner
Dennis Stromer
Dagmar Paul
Betty Mink
Dennis Blackwood
Jerrry Hanff
Sandra Hanft
Barbara Tietje
Ruth Laabs
Dorothy Nietzel
Dorothy Freese
Darlene Thompson
Garbrielle Scherer
Elaine Herwig
Jeanelle Wagner
Irene Hageman
Zian Lutheran
Journal
Re-Elect Mrs Cary Officer of Hawkeye Colt Stake Assn
Columbus Junction Mrs Katherine Carey was reelected secretary treasurer of the Hawkeye Colt Stake Association at the annual banquet in Washington. Kesmit Henshaw and L C Julius were reelected president and vice president. Knowlton Fletcher and Glenn Coakley were among the reelected directors. About 200 people attended, including Rogen Carey and others. The association is the state’s largest group of harness horse enthusiasts, drawing members from four states and sponsoring two stake races yearly at Hea ys Junction and Wapelle.
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Columbus Junction
Katherine Carey
Hawkeye Colt Stake
Keith Carey
Irene Morrison
Harold Edmondson
Harry Duncan
Paul Heindel
Heays Junction
Wapelle
Retired Mailman Honored at Farewell Potluck
Columbus Junction hosts a farewell party for Louisa and Des Moines County Rural Carriers and Auxiliary. Mr and Mrs George Buns hosted, with gifts for Melvin Dicks who retired after long service as rural mail carrier. Dicks and family moved to Washington. Twenty four adults and five children attended with guests from Mediapolis and Danville.
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Columbus Junction
George Buns
Louisa
Des. Moines County
Melvin Dicks
Xb's- Dicks
Washington
Mediapolis
Dan
Rural mail carriers set February meeting date in Danville
An Iowa rural mail carriers group plans February gathering in Danville with the exact date to be announced later. Local social notes report guests celebrating birthdays in Mediapolis and visits by Vannice and Edmondson families across Mediapolis and Michigan.
Mouth to mouth resuscitation challenged by professor
Professor Wolfgang Sporvel of anesthesia told a Kitchener-Waterloo Academy of Medicine meeting that mouth to mouth resuscitation is not here. He cited two Danish physicians in 1796 and a biblical mention as early references.
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Kitchener
Ontit .de
Wolfgang Sporvel
Kitchener-Waterloo Academy of Medicine
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Columbus
American Legion / Jury
Mt Pleasant
I Powers
Lone Day
Dale Powers
Russell Cuthamp
Robert Cassabaum
Free Methodist Church
J. P. Knepper
Pion Moclig
Indian Creek Community Club
Robert Schlliz
Ralph Lieberknecht
Robert Davidson
Town State University
Davidson
Kentucky
Junction
H. W. Pedersen
Max Vannice
Sally
Ronald Laftven
Edy Die
Paul Vannice
Dale Edmondson
Richard Wehrman
Bruce
Nancy
Burmtingham
Mich
Clarerice Randal
Colter
Salem
Remington
Pa Aassy
Lektronic
America
Lady Remington Shaver
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