Trouble for OPS Seen As Swine Prices Advance
Hog prices rise, threatening consumer relief and Office of Price Stabilization ceilings. Record 1951 pig crop and higher feed costs squeezed producers, prompting earlier marketing. Producers may cut sow numbers, lowering hog supplies and fueling price increases to 25 or 26 dollars per hundredweight by summer.
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Ovida
Martin
Associated Press
Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Friendship Night Observed by Letts OES Chapter 370
Letts chapter 370 eastern star held a friendship night with Mrs Eva Lu Morrison of Wilton as worthy matron and 86 attendees. Visiting officers from Muscatine, Wilton, Columbus Junction and Atalissa joined, received corsages, and an initiatory service was performed. A social hour and refreshments followed. June refreshment committee named. Also reports on Port Louisa Farn Bureau meeting and WSCS breakfast were noted along with a curry coconut chicken dish suggestion for a company meal.
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Lets
Letts
Order of the Eastern Star
Eva Lu Morrison
Wilton
Harry Beeson
Muscatine
Rhea Williams
Lawrence Williams
Myrle Hook
Wapello
Ferne Bell
Columbus Junction
Marian Cecil
Arlene Bell
Mabel Norton
Marjorie Fulton
Rmarshal
Lucile Brown
Pauline Elliott
Ada
Genevieve Herschel
Atalissa
Ruth
Ethelyn Morrison
Esther
Velma Depping
Martha
Jo Anne Yakle
Electa
Myrtie Eckhardt
Warder
Milton G. Jones
Sentinel
Twila Dodder
Treva McKillip
Mary Maurer
Mesdaniel Grace Lee
Mary Turkington
Mildred Stellabager
Leota Sade
Evelyn Crist
Flora Wilson
Artelie Hunter
Lucretia Turkington
Marvin Coder
Herald Turner
Pearle Shearer
Lola Lamb
Eula Downer
Lelia Linner
J. L. Hildebrand
Ernest Lieberknecht
Joy Graduation Exercises Held
Joy held graduation exercises for the grade school and high school with capacity crowds in the high school auditorium. Charles Johnson addressed the eighth grade, and Rev. Kenneth M. Hope of Memorial Christian church spoke to the seniors. Chicago visitors Rex Aubrey and wife attended with their son Neil who graduates and plans to enter service.
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Joy
Charles Johnson
Kenneth M. Hope
Memorial Christian Church
Rock Island
Rex Aubrey
Chicago
Joy High School
Neil
Eunice Pence
Nels Jensen
Just-A-Mere
Mothers Join In Outing For Pupils Of Central School
Pupils of Central School and their mothers, led by Mrs. LaVaun Owens, held a Weed park picnic in Muscatine with games in the afternoon. Attendees include Mrs. Emmett O Toole and family, Mrs. Theodore Noll and others. Gary Lee and John Wykert join the eighth grade graduating class at Muscatine High School on May 28. Mrs. Owens will not return next year, taking a teaching post in another Muscatine grade school.
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Robert Wendlandt
LaVaun Owens
Phillip Digney
Agnes
Peggy Law
Tommy Law
Whitlock
Roger
Marlene
Patty
Gary Lee
John Wykert
Muscatine High School
Owens
Muscatine
Birthday Club Spends Afternoon At Hasher Home
The Birthday Club met at Mrs. Edna Hasher’s home in Grandview for an afternoon of socializing. Honorees Mrs. Esther Gerling Mrs. Bessie Birt and Mrs. Edna Hasher have May birthdays. Georgia Schafer was named chairman with Vera Baker Amelia Kemp and Edna Hasher to arrange programs and secret pals for the year.
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Grandview
Edna Hasher
Esther Gerling
Bessie Birt
Georgia Schafer
Vera Baker
Amelia Kemp
Estella Russell
Minnie Wabnitz
Bavelia Kemp
Elia Reed
Ollie Thompson
Myrtle McGill
Lettie McGill
Myra Haroff
Mary Hargrave
Nettie Bishop
Della Ingraham
Susan Bick
Helen Kemp
Arlo Kemp
Burlington
J. R. Schafer
Robert Murray
John Wallace
Larry
Fred Wies
Chadwick Delivers Commencement Address at Cone Graduates
Conesville's high school hosted the graduation exercises with Dr. J Raymond Chadwick Iowa Wesleyan college president delivering the commencement speech. Valedictorian Donald Walker and salutatorian Virginia Hafner spoke as Virginia Hafner sang solo.
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Conesville
J. Raymond Chadwick
Iowa Wesleyan College
Conesville High School
Donald Walker
Virginia Hafner
Otto E. Baumann
Jess L. Tomlinson
Hilton E. Diveney
Linnaeus Estle Brown
Janet Marlene Coffin
Danny Lee Diveney
Virginia Mae Hafner
Marvin Lee Hamilton
Ernest Joe Horn
Alice Marie Nicholson
Donald Evan Walker
Robert James
Burlington
Robert Brown
Clarinda
Mabel Brown
Ames
G. W. Reger
Evelyn
Cedar Rapids
James F. Reger
Iowa City
Richard C. Reger
Debbie May Coffin
Burton Coffin
Christine
Linda Jane
Clinton
Darrel Bell
Bell
Officers Elected By Band Parents Club At Picnic
Nichols M rs Harold Madsen was named president of the Band Parents club for the coming year at a noon picnic. Mrs Forrest Collison was named vice president and Mrs Bern ard Oostendrop secretary with Everett Johnston treasurer. Committees included entertainment Frank Kaalberg Mark Smith and Lawrence Salemink coffee. Officers and Mrs Art Will tables Geneva Salemink Nell Schmitt Cressie Sutton and Cecelia Juels assisted. Herb Schmidt was appointed to gauge town sentiment on free band concerts this summer. Harry Braun thanked Martin Crabtree for band help as the group plans Memorial day services Friday. Retiring officers include Mrs
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Harry Braun
Martin Crabtree
Shower Features Aid Meeting at Oak Grove Church
A pink and blue shower honored Mrs. Mary Alice Allen during the Oak Grove Christian church Ladies Aid meeting. Hosts were Mrs. Lillius Harvey and Mrs. Ethel Townsley. A Korea chaplain’s letter thanked the group for clothing sent to an orphanage last March and explained project history.
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Cranston
Mary Alice Allen
Ladies Aid Society
Oak Grove Christian Church
Lillius Harvey
Ethel Townsley
New Hope Orphange
Korea
Fanny Harvey
Laura Courtney
Townsley
Leota Brookhart
Blanche Harvey
Lelah Townsley
Letha McCleary
Lyda Cocklin
Mary Ann
Muriel Zirkle
Elroy Knoll
Marvin Coder
Fanny
Local Club Officers Named in Annual Slate
Mark Smith serves as president with Mrs Jess Newton as vice president Mrs Rob ert Chown as secretary and Art Will as treasurer.
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Mark Smith
Jess Newton
Robert Chown
Art Will
Labrador Holds World’s Oldest Rock Formations
The Labrador region contains some of the Earth’s oldest rocks, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica. The findings highlight ancient geological formations in northeastern Canada that predate most known continents.
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Labrador
Two New Boston Women Attend RNA Convention
Mrs. Leonard Hilligoss and Mrs. Eli Briggs attended a Royal Neighbors of America lodge school of instruction in Rock Island. Dues must be in the recorder by the 30th each month, two months if paid late. Visitors Mr. and Mrs. Austin Bauer, Harry Bauer, and Mrs. Isa bel Olin are in town. Lt. Col. and Mrs. Harold Clark visit his mother Mrs. Lottie Clark before Lt. Col. Clark sails for Japan from Seattle. Mrs. Clark stays behind.
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New Boston
Leonard Hilligoss
Eli Briggs
Royal Neighbors of America Lodge
Rock Island
Austin Bauer
Harry Bauer
Isabel Olin
Harold Clark
Lottie Clark
Seattle
Wash
Col. Clark
Japan
Clark
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Patek
Er Brokre Rg, Inc., Milwast
Central School
Birthday Club
Hasher
West Bend
Ynolds
Mulberry Avenue
J. R. Chadwick
Cone
Gaylord McCullough
John Garski
Beckey
Joe Everett
Fred Everett
Dale Everett
Jane Irwin
Yarmouth
Royal Neighbor Lodge
Verne Heither
Winifred Maxwell
Berta Blodgett
Oak Grove Church
RNA
Fairbanks Reserats
Electranges
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