Two Problems Facing State
Des Moines AP reports Iowa faces two vital problems in education increased efficiency and decreased cost of public schools Miss Agnes Samuelson superintendent of public instruction presents a biennial report to the governor outlining five questions for a comprehensive program What should be the minimum educational program for every child What will it cost how should the burden be shared by local districts what should the state contribute and should the federal government contribute If the state focuses on public schools as vigorously as roads the educational birthright of children could be realized at reduced cost.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Agnes Samuelson
Miss Samuelson
Helmick Cluster butternuts win prize at exposition
J K Helmick exhibited butternuts grown on his Shellbark farm at the Midwest Horticultural Exposition in Shenandoah and won first premium for the Helmick Cluster variety. A church program at Central Presbyterian featured Santa Claus handing out treats to children, with other holiday visits noted from local residents and travelers.
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Columbus Junction
J. K. Helmick
Shellbark
Shenandoah
Helmick
Christmas Guests and School Notes From Nichols Area
Christmas visits fill area homes from Burlington to Davenport with relatives and friends. Wild Rose teacher Kathryn Meade leaves for 10 day vacation in Parnell as school reopens Jan 5 after a program clearing $11.50. Families hosting include Schmitts, Ward, Sauer, Pothoff, Bird, Bane, Marshall, and Eckey circles with names of many towns in Muscatine, Nichols, Conesville, Winfield, Lone Tree, Downey, Atalissa.
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Parnell
Otto Sauer
Muscatine
Gerald Pothoff
Davenport
Stephen Brugman
Elizabeth
Annie Pothoff
Theodore Salemink
Tony Bird
T. B. Nichols
Duane Rosenfield
B. F. Nichols
Laurence Foley
Marguerite Foley
Nichols
Charles Eckey
Winfield
Christmas Gatherings In Lone Tree Area Highlight Festivities
Christmas dinners and visits fill Lone Tree and nearby towns with guests from West Liberty Iowa City Washington Riverside Taylor Des Moines and Indiana. Local residents include Mr. and Mrs. Sims Shields Fields and many relatives traveling to share the holiday at multiple homes.
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Lone Tree
W .N._ Shellabarger
Lone Tree Savings Bank
Montour
James M. Sims
Fritz Fields
A. J. Shields
Washington
Ora Sims
Ferndell
Iowa City
Will Sims
Riverside
Bess Jones
Fay Musser
Billy
Charles Gosenberg
West Liberty
Fern Carl
Rock Island
Carl Menzer
J. M. Carl
John Menzer
Wilfred Walker
Taylor
Leo
Dwight Wertz
Des Moines
H. C
Frances Glaspey
Hills
Jesse Sanders
Marjorie
Jack Rummelhart
Vincent
Joe Allbrecht
Rayner
Marjorie Burge
Frank Sherburne
Gladwin
Glenn
George Rayner
Christmas News From Conesville Area Families
Conesville residents and nearby families shared Christmas visits at various homes including the Andrew Johnson residence near Lone Tree and households of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Yocum, with multiple extended families attending dinners and gatherings. A funeral in Washington for Howard Custer was noted, and Oak Camp No 6601 R N A announced a Christmas exchange with a pot luck lunch for members and families.
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Conesville
Alden Maxwell
Norma and
Gaylord
Andrew Johnson
Lone Tree
Ivan Buser
Leroy Metzer
Rock Island
Minnie Heuer
Iva Geetz
Muscatine
George Schildberg
Harley
Ben Bebb
Clearmont
Wyo
F. H. van Horn
Orville and
Merrill
Ray Yocum
Charles Stafford
Stafford
Howard Custer
Washington
Vere Walker
Ruth
Jessie Vera
Dan Wehmeyer
Columbus Junction
Oak Camp
I. F. Everett
Waldo Platts
Russell
Christmas Pageant at Ziegler Memorial Lutheran
The sun day school children presented a missionary pageant on Christmas Eve at Ziegler Memorial Lutheran Church. The church was filled to capacity and attendees received the traditional Christmas candy treat. Miss Florence G.
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Ziegler Memorial Lutheran Sunday School
Florence G
Christmas Eve Program Presented by Buffalo Bluff School
The Buffalo Bluff school pupils under Miss Elizabeth Kirkpatrick presented a Christmas program with songs recitations and dialogues. Key participants included Alberta Ryan Charles Jehle Robert and Harley Kirkpatrick Florence Morgan Wilma Marolf and Agnes Ryan. Guests included John Kirkpatrick and family and several local residents.
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Bob
Robert Kirkpatrick
Town of
Bethlehem
Agnes Ryan
Wilma Marolf
Alberta Ryan
Doll
Charles Jehle
Wilma Marlos
Agnes
Robert
Harley Kirkpatrick
Florence Morgan
Lloyd Hahn
Wilma Marlof
Harley
John Kirkpatrick
Mable
Helen
Ardelle
Elizabeth Kirkpatrick
Lone Tree
Marlof
Clara Marlof
Sorley Snider
Arthur Hahn
Norma
Margaret
Henry Braun
Roy Braun
Betty
Viola Knetsch
Charles Johle
Selina Ryan
Lucy Morgan
Ford Wrecks on Christmas Eve in Lone Tree
A Ford coupe driven by Lloyd Curtiss wrecked Wednesday evening after striking a gravel pile between Nichols and Lone Tree. Passengers Allison Crawford and Elmer Yakish sustained bruises but no serious injuries. glass broke and fenders damaged. Also notes a Christmas family reunion at the Stock home with relatives from Muscatine Iowa City and Lone Tree.
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Lone Tree
Lloyd Curtiss
Nichols
Allison Crawford
Elmer Yakish
Curtiss
George Stock
Clinton Sturms
Baby
Muscatine
Jasper Solomon
Elbert Chase
John Stock
Iowa City
Albert
Everette Stock
J. R. Musser
Marion Faires
Brandt presents wreaths to church for Christmas
Brandt of Chicago gave three decorative wreaths to the church two in memory of her aunts Miss Emma Brandt and Miss Clara Brandt and a third her own gift Miss Florence Brandt sent a telegram due to illness to extend Christmas greetings Christmas services were held Christmas morning at 10 oclock with hymns and a Christmas sermon by Rev Ernestt A Lack
Christmas Eve Program Highlights High Prairie Sunday School
High Prairie Methodist Episcopal church drew a full house for a Christmas Eve program. Junior members performed Jimmy's Magic Whistle cantata and the C I C class presented The Boy Nobody Wanted, directed by Mrs. F L Foster Miss Alice Harbaugh and Miss Lucile Boiler.
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High Prairie
High Prairie Methodist Episcopal Sunday School
Jimmy
Cc. I. C
F. L. Foster
Alice Harbaugh
Lucile Boiler
Edithe Tom
W. C. Knight
Muscatine
S. C. Altekruse
M. R. Watts
W. McCleary
Bayfield
Kenneth McCleary
Frick
Rock Island, Il
M. Frick
E. E. Eichelberger
H. W. Stone
Graydon Kranz
Ivan
Lester Ziegenhorn
Darlene
Eliza
Ill
Alberta Ziegenhorn
Walter Ziegenhorn
Mary Mittman
M. E. Eichelberger
Goldsberry
Frank Foster
Dale
Cecil
Frances
Shirley
Clyde Goldsberry
Billy
Edward
Ida Goldsberry
Mary Foster
Maude Howell
Santa Visits Melpine School Holiday Pause
Pleasant Prairie area schools closed for short vacations with festive activities. Santa Claus visited Melpine School for a gift exchange as other nearby schools hosted Christmas parties and planned openings on January 5.
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Pleasant Prairie
Melpine
Santa Claus
Maple Grove
Nolo
Patterson
Crabapple
Nicholson
Christmas Festivities Dot Oakville This Week
The Golden Hour club hosted a pleasant Wednesday session at Mrs. Anna Davis home with a Christmas party and seasonally appropriate program and refreshments. Christmas programs and a tree with Santa drew crowds at the Presbyterian and Methodist churches Wednesday night. Visitors include Mrs. Thomas Masterson of Chicago and Mr. and Mrs. Noel Charbonneau with children from Keota and Miss Marcella Gates of Macomb. A benefit bridge series starts January 1 in the opera house by the Twentieth Century club for the library. Toolesboro church also presented its Christmas program Tuesday evening.
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Oakville
Anna Davis
Golden Hour Club
Thomas Masterson
Chicago
Noel Charbonneau
Keota
Marcella Gates
Macomb
S. E. Gates
Opera House
Twentieth Century Club
Toolesboro
Former Resident Dies in Washington Hospital
Ainsworth resident Wood Woods died Wednesday at 3:45 AM in Washington county hospital one week after paralysis. Born June 10 1867 in Mercer County Michigan he lived much of his life in Ainsworth and Washington. He is survived by his wife Ida Lang three children his mother and a brother. Funeral held today at 2:30 PM at the Baptist church in Washington with burial in Ainsworth cemetery.
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Ainsworth
Willis Lyman Wood
Washington County Hospital
Mercer County
Norman
Anna (Welliver) Woods
Washington
Ida Lang
June Celistock
Vera Ostertoh
Hecla
S. D
Maurice L
Phillipsburg
Kas
Lo Will Crozier
Frank
Baptist Church
A. A. Vinz
Ainsworth Cemetery
Christmas Day Reunions Reported Across Conesville Area
Christmas day gatherings centered on family dinners and exchanges. Local households hosted relatives from Moline Davenport Muscatine Warrensburg Ill Arion Anacostia Chicago Columbus Junction Cedar Rapids and Memphi s as guests. Several households hosted visiting kin and a festive tree exchange marked the day.
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Conesville
William Criss
Walter Stafford
Gail
Jack
Moline
Archie Willard
Muscatine
Harry Osborne
Davenport
Eldred Maxwell
Darleen
Charles Stafford
Virginia
Edith
Patty Lou
Harry
Fred
Goldie Criss
William McCormick
Catherine
George E. Jarrard
Velda
Glen
Kenneth
Elton Allen
Gerald
Max
Cecil
Ruth Buckman
Theodore Nelson
Mediapolis
Willie Williams
Oakville
George Williams
Georgie
Warrensburg
Ill
H. D. Riggs
Burlington
Eleanora Wehr
Bonnie Wolford
Arion
Donald Wolford
Anacostia
D. C
Wayne Singleton
H. C. Wolford
Ray Wolford
Donald
Calvin Singleton
Chicago
Harold Hawkins
Norman
Betty
George van Horn
John Singleton
Aleta
Everett Orris
Leroy and
Evelyn
Columbus Junction
E. Jassman
Cecelia Brockway
Marvin
Roberta
J. T. McCormick
C. A. McCormick
G. W. Reger
Cedar Rapids
John Coffin
Zelma
Forest Maxwell
Gene Heath
H. H. Owen
George Dyche
Minnie Maxwell
Lorena
Roy Maxwell
J. F. Berry
J. K. McKee
William Maxwell
Russell Maxwell
McKinley Powell
Ernest Wagner
West Chester
C. H. Skipton
Margie Mulligan
Jack Olaf
W. R. Murphy
Verle Murphy
Ferrel Hardman
Memphis
Pageant and Christmas Day events in Epworth League scene
A Christmas Eve pageant The Abiding Christ directed by Mrs. R D McCullough drew a full house at the Methodist church. Saxophone numbers by Paul Kenyon from John Fletcher's college added music while special costumes lighting and scenery enhanced the program. Funeral later for Berry 83 at Farnam Neb. Dorothy Orlens born to Celia Gardner and Rudolph Lichtenberg. Various Christmas visits noted across families in the area.
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Wapello
Epworth League
R. D. McCullough
Paul Kenyon
John Fletcher's College
University Park
Jesse Huddle
Huddle
Berry
Farnam
Neb
Rudolph Lichtenberg
Jessie Gardner
Dorothy Orlens
Celia Gardner
Oscar Hale
Nellie Hale
John Hale
Burlington
Laura
Viola Oliphant
Muscatine
L. V. Sheedy
A. M. Hulse
Mingo
C. A. Black
J. E Cecil Cover
Oeclwein
H. E. Cover
Dale Schneider
University of Iowa
Harry Schneider
Death of John Carmichal noted after long Lynn Grove ties
Mrs W E Nc Donald of Sliston reports the death of her cousin John Carmichal of Red Oak aged about 65. He was son of George and Margaret Carmichal longtime Lynn Grove residents and former Lynn Grove school teacher. He was cousin to Miss Jessie Moore of Morning Sun. The piece also chronicles Christmas programs at local churches, holiday events, and visits by relatives across Morning Sun and nearby areas.
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Morning Sun
W. E. Nc- Donald
Sliston
John Carmichal
Red Oak
George
Margaret Carmichal
Lynn Grove
Ed. Liverly
Fairview Church
Union Church
C. W. Boyle
Alice Hutcheson
Melva Kilpatrick
Burlington
J. E. Kilpatrick
Oakville
W. G. Barr
Delwem
Milton Dalzell
Mabel Sachett
Chariton
Iowa Wesleyan College
Arthur Leffler
Christmas Dinner Guests Visit Wilton Families
Local households welcomed relatives and friends over Christmas. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Noble of New Era and the Abbotts family. E H Einfeldt and Brice Johnsons in Davenport. Elizabeth Mahanna in Rock Island. Ida Boot in Davenport. Ed Feltman visiting from Foster. Huckes with Anna O Keefe in Muscatine. Templeman and son in Wilton. Ford family of Cedar Rapids. Hilbert Johnson family visiting from Biloxi. Kirk Grunder family in Muscatine. Reverend Clifford Bacon and his children. Mrs. Katherine Griffith hosting Frank Budelier Sr. and sons Arthur Harvey Budelier. Jack Schiele visiting from Pella. and multiple church services held by local congregations.
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Ida Boot
Davenport
Ed Feltman
Foster
Ill
A. C. Hucke
Anna O'Keefe
Muscatine
William Templeman
Harold
Cedar Rapids
T. T. Birchard
Hilbert Johnson
Miriam
Biloxi
Johnson
Ella Nicolaus
Kirk Grunder and
Muscatine Sunv
Clifford Bacon
Marshalltown
Wilton Relaves
Katherine Griffith
Frank Budelier
Rock Island
Arthur
Harvey Budelier
Jack Schiele
Pella
E. B. Miller
Gus Schiele
Methodist
Presbyterian
Grace Reformed
Evangelical
Grace
None the Equal of New Gly-Cas
Mr. J. H. Lynch of Manhattan Kansas testifies Gly-Cas cured years of rheumatism and sciatica after other medicines failed. He says digestion improved and gas and bloating stopped, with pain relief and renewed health. Gly-Cas is sold by J. J. Havercamp's Drug Store in Muscatine and other local druggists.
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J. H. Lynch
Laramie St
Manhattan
Kansas
Golden Wedding Celebrated in Blue Grass
Mr and Mrs J F Kautz marked fifty years of marriage with a noon family dinner for 24 at their Blue Grass home Then a 500 guest reception at the Blue Grass Community house featured dancing Fiester s orchestra and a grand entrance by granddaughter Eunice Petersen A short talk by Blue Grass mayor H F Boock accompanied gifts and flowers from relatives and friends from several Iowa towns and states
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J. F. Kautz
Blue Grass
Davenport
Iowa City
Muscatine
Stockton
Durant
Walcott
Wilton
Montpelier
Pleasant Prairie
Andalusia
Fiester
le Claire
Eunice Petersen
Emma Pahl
Ted Drumm
H. F. Boock
Blue Grass Community Notes
Mr and Mrs Arnold Albrecht and son Dick of Toledo Ohio visit the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Monroe McGarvey. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Moorhead welcome a daughter born Monday at St Luke s hospital Davenport. Miss Jennie Brus a University of Iowa student spends Christmas at the Brus residence. The upper room of the Blue Grass school taught by Miss Ina Jamison reports 17 pupils on the perfect attendance record for December. Mrs Perry Davis of Montpelier was a business caller in the community.
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Blue Grass
Arnold Albrecht
Toledo
Monroe McGarvey
Kenneth Moorhead
St. Luke's Hospital
Davenport
Jennie Brus
University of Iowa
John Brus
Thomas Spenke
Blue Grass School
Ina Jamison
Perry Davis
Montpelier
Community Tree Splendid Success
The community Christmas tree event in Ainsworth drew a large crowd as Front street was closed for a band concert and carols by local grades. Santa and Mrs Santa arrived on a decorated bob sled distributing gifts while baskets of food clothing and blankets were donated to the needy and shut ins.
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Ainsworth
Front Street
Santa
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Lloyd Prior
State College
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Charles Estle
R. C. Utter
Charles Brett
Ottumwa
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E. E. Shibley
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High Prairie Church
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Unity Club
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E. G. Plett
Ed Watham
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Arnold Petersen
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