Christmas Spirit and Local Tensions Highlight Page
Notes editor exhorts readers to share Christmas kindness and help the needy. The piece mentions Christmas decorations in Verd Stevens and Rocksylvania, plus a preview of Iowa’s New Times and its linotype. It then discusses disputes at The Citizen Printing Co involving Earl Hall Leon Barnes Ira Nichols and Remly Glass, criticizing management changes and the lack of financial reporting since takeover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
THE
NEW Times
Christmas Display Lights Up Schager Building
Art Schager and associates completed a rooftop frame install now covered by a Santa Claus display. Irene Schager initiated the decoration, with Roy Gilmore ensuring Santa was in place atop the Schager building. Nearby homes also featured early outdoor lights, including Frank Levett, Irvin Burns, Horace Knittel, Jack Locke, and Dudley Snook, who added to the festive decorating dialogue.
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Art
Irene
Roy Gilmore
Santa
Schager
Fran
Bill Johnson
Hstelle
Frank Levett
Irvin Burns
Horace Knittel
Jack Locke
Dudley Snook
Christmas Decorations Light Up Local Homes
Jack Locke waits for Virginia Johnson to decorate the Johnson porch as custom. The Steenrods display large candles on their porch visible in daytime. Christmas shines from the homes of Harry Pergakis Paul Porter and Harold Shoemaker. Others decorating include Chuck Ellefson Armentrouts I A Mossman and Mrs Nellie Forsman.
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Jack Locke
Virginia Johnson
Johnson
Steenrods
Harry Pergakis
Paul Porter
Harold Shoemaker
Chuck Ellefson
Armentrouts
I. A. Mossman
Mrs
Nellie Forsman
Ira Nichols and the Citizen contract dispute explainer
The text questions Ira Nichols motives behind a libel suit and his backing of a stockholder clash. It notes Nichols owns no Citizen stock and questions Earl Hall of Mason City Globe-Gazette about publishing a story to justify breaking Ernie’s contract to operate The Citizen.
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Ira Nichols
Nichols
Ira
Citizen
Mason City
Earl Hall
Mason City Globe-Gazette
Ernie
Hall
Sue Crowell’s Daughter Marries Slim Blake Amid Nods and Frowns
When Jeb Crowell’s daughter Sue wed nineteen year old Slim Blake, many in the community, especially elders, shook their heads at the young marriage. The tone hints at old fashioned attitudes in the small town social scene.
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Jeb. Crowell
Sue
Slim” Blake
Des Moines Register Recaps Schalk in Sports Memory
Dr. L W Schalk returns to big time headlines as Lee Taylor cites Doc Schalk memory in a Sitting In column. Schalk starred as guard and tackle for Iowa State while Estelle follows Cadets and Surfs, with Bob Ray and Jerry noted for fast plays and one hand shots.
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L. W. Schalk
Lee Taylor
Doc
Des Moines Register
Schalk
Iowa State
Estelle
Carrier
Surfs
Bob
Twin
Ray
Jerry
Martin Lauterbach Promotes European Relief Drive
Martin Lauterbach as chairman of the Iowa Farm Bureau's European relief drive expresses pride in completing the fundraising effort. The piece notes the challenge of amassing a large sum of money or many bushels of grain and hints at the satisfaction he will feel once the drive ends.
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Martin Lauterbach
Iowa Farm Bureau
Martin
Alden shopper Billy Brooker makes fine start
A reader notes Billy Brooker, a newcomer to Alden, impressed by Madsen's store with sharp shopping sense as he hunted a Christmas gift. The anecdote praises his budding shopper skills at age five and hints at a broader grain farming effort benefiting Iowa farmers.
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Billy Brooker
Madsen
Billy
Alden
Okey
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Verd Stevens
Rocksylvania
Northwood
Leon Barnes
Iowa Falls
Remly
Glass
Remley Glass
Citizen Printing Co
Art Schager
Hardin County Abstract Company
J. CO
Leonard
Eldora
Hardin County Savings Bank
Joe Marsh
United States Brewers Foundation
America
Illinois Central
W. A. Johnston
Illinois
Mid-America
ED Lehmeier
Secured Finance Co
Strutz
Felco
Alden Farmers
Henry W. Boyenga
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