Call Off Wilton WSCS Meeting
The Wilton Methodist WSCS will not meet this week due to the funeral services for the father of Vearl Ayres. The meeting is rescheduled for Thursday, March 21. CES Tuillation Purity Chanter No 365 OES will hold a stated meeting at the Masonic Temple on Monday evening, March 18 at 7 30. Jolly Juniors bake sale is set for Saturday, March 16 at 9 00 a m at Mull's Annex.
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Vearl Ayres
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Jolly
Jolly Juniors
The
Presbyterian Church
Bmull
Chinese Bolster Border Forces With Hong Kong and Macao
About 2,000 northern Chinese troops reportedly arrived early this month to reinforce the border with Portuguese Macao to prevent possible Nationalist saboteur infiltrations, according to Kyo colonies reports.
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Hong Kong
Macao
Kyo
Sweetland News Briefs and Upcoming Meetings
Sweetland residents hosted guests including Mrs. William Gamber and Vera of Davenport with other locals noted. The Young Adults meet March 14 at 8 p.m. The Fourth Quarterly conference is set for March 17 at the church. A Bible study session on Dimensions in Prayer drew eleven attendees led by Mrs. Leland Enke. A Sale committee No. 2 will serve at the Sweetland sale March 16. Columbus Junction reports a 16 week bus caravan for a United Presbyterian Missions tour April 29 to May 9 with 40 spots, reservations to Mrs. Ralph Kleese.
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Leland Enke
Sale Committee
Columbus Junction
S. E. Iowa
Durant Light Co Contracts Awarded in City Meeting
Durant Light Co awarded two municipal power plant improvement contracts on Monday night. Caster Electric of Sioux City will handle interconnection facilities and switchgear, while Nebraska Power Service of Omaha will install the cooling system improvements. Work to begin immediately with a four to five month completion target. Contract detail includes a 125 to 24 KV substation and switchgear modifications.
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Caster Electric Company
Sioux City
Nebraska Power Service Company
Omaha
Henry Hansen
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Jr High Program For Parents Columbus Junction
Columbus Junction parents night at Columbus Community High inform seventh and eighth graders about the junior high plan and skills tests. A new teacher joins next year with three sections for each grade. staff include Gorham, Myers, Spadtke, Fay, Luckey, Pine and an additional seventh grade C section. Students may choose vocal, hand arts, industrial arts, home making, physical education and athletics.
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Columbus Community High
James Gorham
Irene Myers
Mark Spadthe
David Fay
Mavian Luck
Wilton Church Services Announced for Local Congregations
Wilton churches publish a schedule of services and rehearsals across Methodist Grace United and Trinity United Churches of Christ. Highlights include midweek choir practices, quarterly conference, Union Lenten service at the Presbyterian Church, and worship times with supply pastors Mr Paul Hain and Rev Robert Farro.
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Angelus
Paul Hann
Presbyterian Church
Robert Farro
Methodist Church
Grace United Church of God
Paul Hain
Joseph Mayer
Rehal
Trinity United Church of Christ
Sweetland Church Board Re-elected Officials
The official church board met Monday and re-elected all officers. Clifford ToStrake served as chairman. New members added were choir directors Mrs. Weldon Marle and Mrs. Everett. A miscellaneous shower for Martha Ruth Halladay was held at Spangler Chapel. she will marry Larry Dusenberry on March 16 at Moscow Methodist Church at 2 PM.
Five Day Forecast for Iowa Temperatures
The forecast predicts temperatures averaging 2 to 4 degrees below normal from Wednesday night through Monday. Normal highs range from 41 to 48 degrees and lows from 22 to 20 degrees. Expect a cool start, a warming trend later, then cooler again by Monday. Precipitation up to 0.35 inch in showers Saturday and Sunday.
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Galloping Grandma visits Philadelphia's historic core
The article follows Elva and her husband Dr. John McGrath as they tour Philadelphia in a 1963 trip. They visit Independence Square, Christ Church, Betsy Ross House, and the Picket Post area near Valley Forge. The piece recounts early American firsts, a 1962 renovation of the Congress Hall carpet based on a 1760s pattern, and a lunch at Bookbinder's with souvenir keepsakes.
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Protestant Episcopal Church
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University of Pennsylvania
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Picket Post
Aaron Burr
Louise
Elva
Fairmount Park
Schuylkill River
Wissahichon. Creek
Robin Hood Dell
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
West Riverside Drive
Ninterest
Art Museum
St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral
Fels Planatarium
Franklin Institute
Free Library
City Hall
Benjamin Franklin
Museum of Natural Science
Chestnut Street
Congress
Muscatine
Columbus Junction Travel Notes Reach from California and Africa
Columbus Junction notes show Kenneth Long and family visiting his brother Wilbur Long from Escalon, California. Delpha Teeter heads south Friday with her son and daughter-in-law Wendell and wife from Johannesburg, Africa. John Bosveld spent the weekend in Mason City visiting relatives. The Pretz family departed for Texas to see their son Edward at Fort Hood, while T. E. Perry returned home from a Hot Springs vacation.
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Escalon
Calif
Wilbur Long
Delpha Teeter
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Wendell Teeter
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John Bosveld
Mason City
Texas
Guy Pretz
Edward Pretz
Fort Hood
T. E. Perry
Hot Springs
Ark
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