Wilton High School Commencement Events Headline 1934
Wilton high school will hold commencement exercises on May 17 in the auditorium with 27 graduates. Rev. Clifford C. Bacon will deliver the commencement address, and Rev. J. W. Gruber will preach the baccalaureate sermon May 13. Other events include the junior senior banquet May 17 and alumni banquet May 18, plus a senior class day and a class play.
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Wilton
Wilton High School
Clifford C. Bacon
First Methodist Church
Marshalltown
J. W. Gruber
The
Methodist Church
Effie Anderson
Irene Anderson
Francis Atkinson
Landa Barnhart
Ellen Beymer
Harris Brown
Audrey Bujewski
Lela Bunge
Donald Ehrecke
Leota Ford
George Globes
Lois Hahn
Anna Hanson
Margaret Ilen
Kenneth Kelley
Charles King
Ernest Darting
Donna
M. M. Harding
Jacquline
E. F. W. Maurer
Allan
A. C. Baumgartner
Virginia
H. W. Thurston
Dean
Harold Grunder
Mildred Nopoulos
Mae Sterner
Helen Shuger
Clara Ellis
Mary Stucker
Mildred Neopoulos
Irene Atkinson
Mary Walters
Poppy Day
Nellie Griffith
Florence Maurer
Methodist
Mothers and Daughters Club
Kate Miller
J. W. Hoskins
Marjorie Latchaw
Cranston
J. J. Hoskins
Betty
H. G. Nicolaus
Robert
E. Cc. Whitmer
Mary Ella
Don Foley
Ed Fink
Verna
Two Honored at Surprise Birthday Gathering
Cedar Valley residents enjoy a Sunday birthday celebration for Mrs. Fred Lehman and her son Percy with a noon basket dinner. Attendees include Pierrie Lehman and family, Morrison and family from Cranston, Lehman and Frank Hunter from West Branch, Conklin, Passmore family and Violet from West Liberty. C. E. Chesbro visits from Florida to see relatives before returning to Ellendale. Mrs. Fred Passmore recovers from gall stones. Elma Adell finishes Pleasant View term, visits W. L. Jarvis home then Maynard, then Cedar Falls for summer study before returning to Pleasant View for third teaching year.
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Cedar Valley
Fred Lehman
Percy
Pierrie Lehman
Donald Morrison
Near Cranston
John Lehman
Frank Hunter
West Branch
George Conklin
John Passmore
Violet
West Liberty
C. E. Chesbro
Florida
Floyd McIntire
Econ
Ellendale
N. D
Fred Passmore
Maynard
Cedar Falls
Pleasant View School
Ancient Greek voting by black and white pebbles
The Greeks used an urn system for 2500 years where a white pebble voted for a candidate and a black pebble voted against. The voter placed the pebble in the urn to cast the ballot.
Primary Election Registrations to Close Here May 25
Muscatine voters must register by May 25 to participate in the upcoming primary on June 4. City recorder Floyd McKinney explained the nine day record check requires the cutoff, with few re registrations expected. He noted new registrants and address changes should file in the permanent system.
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Muscatine
Floyd McKinney
City Recorder
McKinney
Orchestras Offer Concert Wednesday
The combined grade school orchestras of Franklin and Lincoln will present their annual spring concert at Muscatine High School auditorium on Wednesday at 8 p.m. Elmer Ziegler directs the program featuring eleven selections two solos and a saxophone quartet. No admission will be charged.
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Franklin and Lincoln
Muscatine High School
Elmer Ziegler
Mary Lieberknecht Completes Probation at Iowa Methodist
Mrs Mary Fern Lieberknecht has completed probation and begins regular nurse training at Iowa Methodist Hospital. Sunday visits and gatherings feature numerous Musk atine area residents and regional families in Sunday social rounds and church activities.
Exploring the History of Iowa Capitals and Moves
John Ely Briggs traces Iowa’s capital shifts from Burlington and Iowa City to Des Moines. He details seat changes, doctrine of central location, and the 1857 constitutional declaration fixing Des Moines as permanent capital, with the present site in use since 1884.
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Iowa
John Ely Briggs
Detroit
Michigan Territory
Michigan
Mississippi River
Green Bay
Wisconsin
Belmont
Burlington
Iowa City
Des Moines
Iowa Territory
Wisconsin Territory
Old Zion Methodist Church
Old Zion
Johnson County
Iowa River
United States
General Assembly
Friends of
State University
Skunk
Jasper County
Monroe City
Ite
Oskalooga
Pella
Fort Des Moines
Des Moines River
Missouri River
Raccoon
Polk
Attendance Large at Sunday School at United Brethren Church
Four hundred seventy persons attended the United Brethren Sunday school as evangelistic meetings enter the third week. The goal rose to 501 for next Sunday and 46 more conversions bring total to 64. A week of special programs is planned with events for women, youth, and families and a Saturday booster chorus. Cottage prayer meetings are set for tonight at three homes.
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United Brethren Sunday School
Women’s Missionary Society
Otterbein Guild
Christian Endeavor
T. B. Tolefson
East Fourth Street
M. N. Bond
Mulberry Avenue
Flossie Lange
Cypress Street
Fisheries Expert Visits Fairport Station in Iowa
Fisher ies expert F Culler district supervisor of the U S bureau of fisheries visited the Fairport station with foreman L H Bennett. They discussed fish culture changes and prospects for the coming season. Officials anticipate producing and shipping hundreds of thousands of bass crappie and bream to neighboring states and Iowa with thousands released into Muscatine waters.
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Fairport
C. F. Culler
U. S. Bureau of Fisheries
la Crosse
Wis
L. H. Bennett
Iowa
Culler
Junior Senior Event Planned at Muscatine Elks Home
Arrangements for the annual Muscatine high school junior senior reception at the Elks home Friday night May 18 are under way. A general committee includes Donald Ahlf and Gerald Wyman as junior class officers and A A Johnson as faculty sponsor, with multiple subcommittees for decoration, entertainment, orchestra, reception, eats, and clean up led by named students and staff.
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Muscatine High School
Elks Home
Donald Ahlf
Gerald Wyman
A. A. Johnson
Trueman Wigim
Charlotte Terry
Esther Thicker
Donald Kemp
Vernon Walter
Jack Strain
Dorothy Thomas
Robert Rice
Betty Graebner
Langdon Winslow
Margaret Schwertfeger
Clayton Boston
Maxine Greiner
Donald Zeug
Jean Legler
Marjorie Bieber
Allen Butts
Margaret Schwab
Florence McKenzie
Bernard Berger
Louis Weber
Donna Fairall
Clark Brown
Karl Kolmerer
Robert Tiecke
Ed Dillon
Bruce Watson
Robert Bruemmer
Flood risk reduced by new locks near Muscatine
A study found a 10 foot high water stage at Fairport would be the peak at the station, ensuring the station property is protected against flooding as the locks and dam near Muscatine are under construction.
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Muscatine
Fairport
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