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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1946
Page
3
A collage of clipped phrases and anecdotes from a 20th century page. It includes a stray joke about a five time married receptionist, Santa visits at Gimbels and Wanamaker’s, a vacuum salesman joke, and a college lecture gag about a sleeping student. The hodgepodge strings together miscellaneous lines with no single narrative.
Puzzle text lists crossword clues with numbers and partial, garbled entries. The readable items include Benevolent, God of love, Hebrew letter, Reasoning, River in South America, and various clues with missing or corrupted letters.
Excerpts from Magazine Digest recount a freshman’s moment when he suddenly shouted “Same question!” The student’s eyes open, he blinks, and he delivers the perfect reply “Same answer.”
Pupils across grades achieved perfect attendance and spelling records in a Wadena school district. First and second graders Gregory Everetts through Roger Oldfather posted six week perfect attendance. third graders Beverly Cline Elwood Rubens Arthur Livingston and Stanley Yearous excelled in record spelling. fourth graders Lou Ann Averill Sidney Gene Corbin James Crandall Wanda Fox Keith Gage Mary Jane Herriman Darlene Marquette Donna Lu Murphy Barbara Paul Mary Smock also showed flawless spelling. Seventh and eighth graders Loren Everett Eddie Jellings Calvin Voshell Robert Ainsworth Darlene Corbin Carl Cousins Mary Fennell Eddie Gage Tex Heyer Rosalina Humphrey Gary Jellings Catrine Rubens Paul Oldfather Rodney Voshell returned to home near Elkader. Beverly Eckert was absent due to car trouble.
All pupils at Fremont No 4 school achieved perfect spelling this week. Plans proceed for a program on December 20. A raffle of an electric iron is planned with Miss Ona Lee Coleman as teacher. In art class all grades work on Christmas posters and related materials.
Auctioneers and farmers are invited to use this free service listing sale dates from December to January. Entries name buyers, estates, and locations such as Edgewood Independence Hazleton West gate Aurors Rowley Manchester Manchester Oelwein Strawberry Point Dundee West Union Manchester Manchester Wadena Maynard and others with times and closing out notes.
Center No 5 pupils who earned candy bars in the Ivory Inspection include Ver nice Melvin Patrick Mary Ann Cletus Walz Marilyn Schaller Darlene Pipho Phyllis Vandersee and Robert Hammel Others visiting from Randaha were Miss Dorothy Olson Miss Ruth Hillson and Harold Vierow Lloyd Patrick and Phyllis Walz The pupils took IQ tests on Tuesday There will be no school Thursday afternoon as Miss Roberta Vierow will attend a teachers meeting in West Union The class has been preparing for a Christmas program to be held December 20 They have been selling chances on a blanket and box of candy to be raffled.
Cletus Walz leads as top presenter while students Mary Ann Walz Marilyn Schaller and Mel in Patrick earn stars for perfect spelling lessons in the current week.
A large crowd attended a Sackville school program led by teacher Katherine Rummel. After the program, bingo was played and prizes included a dressed goose and nylon hose. Mothers served lunch as proceeds from Christmas cards, goose and nylon chances, Lingo, and Simch totaling 155.65 funded wiring the school building for electricity.
The report states every child in the school achieved full marks in spelling for the week.
Sumner No 5 reports perfect attendance for the week including Richard Orr Joyce Strine Janet Strine Donna Harris Patricia Harris Jimmy Stiefel Marilyn Beatty and others. Patricia Harris Jimmy Stiefel and Marilyn Beatty earned 100 percent in spelling. Donna Harris Joyce Strine begin using Number Fun arithmetic workbook as Christmas season activities begin and students practice for the holiday program. Government sponsored hot lunch program is served in the school.
Children take turns preparing lunch serving dinner and washing dishes under teacher Evelyn Jacobs who visited the home of her relatives Mr and Mrs W K Wallace in Cascade last Friday.
Marriage licenses issued at the Buchanan county clerk's office in the past week include December 5 for John Nydegger of Elgin and Bernice Bartholomew of Wadena. December 6 for Harold Floyd Temeyer of Independence and Leola Arlene Williams of Jesup. Leo Duane Kress and Audrey Lillian Buckingham of Rowley. Vaughn William Hauser and Cleo Lavonne Noble of Urbana. December 7 for Kenneth Dice Cooley of Waterloo and Virginia Lee Gisene of Independence. Guality Printing with the Union Label at the Register.
A Fairbank report notes a boy lost three fingers after a knee-high harvest mishap while reading a corn field. He was transported to Oelwein Merc Hospital for treatment. He is an orphan and the grandson of Mrs. August Fink of Fairbank.
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