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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1946
Page
5
Jeffersonville officials hire an attorney to revise obsolete ordinances and add new ones. An eight mile per hour speed limit in the village is slated for revision as part of the update to local rules and regulations.
Mary Lou Arthur returns home after four weeks with the Paul McElroy residence near Percival. Mary Christensen and Darlene Vandersee gain Waterloo employment. Harry Randall and Frankie join the Walter Schrandt family trip to Missouri, returning Monday. Lottie Cornish to Omaha for visits and a granddaughter’s wedding. Rev. Follmer ill in Oelwein hospital. Rev. Robert V. Gildner to be ordained at Mt. Vernon. James Blanch sells Highway 93 farm to Jim Prideaux of Sumner. Dale Cornish ill. Douglas Cornish and family visit Cedar Rapids relatives two weeks.
Real estate transfers listed for Fayette County with buyers, sellers, and consideration. Includes QCD and WD deeds for numerous lots and parcels across Fayette and Oelwein areas, detailing specific lot numbers, blocks, and occasional parcel sizes or conditions. Notable entries involve Margie Clow, J. E. Meade, Auben Kimpston and Jane Kimpston, and Jane Smith among others.
Real estate deeds recorded including J B Robertson and Ada Dorland Bartels selling in Fayette to Robert L Traeger for 1 75 by 150 in Cook's Add West Union Clark H et al to Social Welfare State Board QCD 1 250 by 186 in Westfield Add Oelwein Shelson Ronald P and wife to Ethel Moore 1 Westfield Add Oelwein Beach Frank O Estate to Harold Earle administrator for 1475 Lis 8 9 in Fayette and other deeds in Fayette and Oelwein areas.
Those Lutheran young folks who will leave Sunday afternoon for Bible camp at Clear Lake are Ann Harms, Delores Leistikow, Leon Skubinna, Laura Treptow, Mardene Zummack, Rev. and Mrs. H. E., Dieter and children, Allen Lowell and Elaine, will also attend. The group will return the following Saturday.
The Rev. and Mrs. Alfred Christensen traveled to Cornell College for the Methodist Upper Iowa conference and are expected back Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank McCheak and grandchildren Jack and Sharon returned from relatives in Sheldon, while Mrs. Letha McCheak of Independence visited Jack and Sharon in the McCheak home.
The article notes that sheer curtains tightly starched will hang better and resist dust absorption, improving appearance and maintenance.
Billy Crow of Aurora served as caller in Morris Nielsen home on Wednesday afternoon. George Helms jr and Dean Nielsen were business callers in Manchester on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Blanche Johnson and others shopped in Oelwein on Wednesday. The Royal Neighbors met at Verbugt hall on June 19 in the afternoon. a picnic was planned but weather changed plans. Fred N Bates, mayor of Lamont, will attend a band festival in Mason City on Thursday with a parade led by the United States Army band. Harry Stewart left Wednesday for Chicago driving a truckload of steers. Mr and Mrs Harry Stewart and niece Cathryne May Cirksena shopped in Independence Wednesday morning. Cathryne celebrated her third birthday. Little New England notes from Boston discuss Michigan’s governors. Write-In candidates in Portland received single votes each, John L Lewis for congress and Spike Jones for governor.
West Virginia hunting and fishing license sales soar with a 75 percent increase this year, according to Paul B. Arthur executive secretary of the Conservation Commission. The report highlights record demand across the state.
Friday evening radio listings show WMT CBS MBS KXEL and WHO schedules from 6:00 P.M. to midnight. Programs include Aldrich Family Kate Smith Sings It Pays To Be Ignorant Wayne King Show Mercury Summer Theatre Maisie Sunny Ross Jack Smith Sings Tommy Riggs Betty Lou Doug Grant News Fulton Lewis Modern Moods and late news and sign off.
Readable fragment lists multiple time slots and programs across two stations WHO and 104% HBC. Programs include Those Websters Mayor of the Town Hit Parade Tony Martin Show Celebrity Club Eagles Academy Award Theater Gene Claussen Sports Program Singing Sam News Off The Record Sign Off H. R. Gross Tunes at Twilight Gangbusters Boston Pops Hayloft Hoedown Radio's Biggest Show Nazarene Hour Rev Puetsch's Hour Cliff Carl Co Truth or Consequences National Barn Dance Can You Top This Iowa Barn Dance Sunset Corners Frolic Jamboree Barn Dance Party Barn Dance Jubilee Barn Dance Carnival News Dick Ballow Orch Judy Canova Russ Carlyle's Orchestra Music News Sige Act
A dense listing of Sunday broadcasting from 6:00 PM to 12:30 AM shows multiple programs across time slots. Notable items include Richard Lawless Crime Doctor Meet Corliss Archer Star Theater Take It or Leave It housing segment Freedom of Opportunity Readers Digest Music For You News Cedric Foster Old Fashioned Revival Hour Treasury Salute Buddy Rich Orchestra and other hour by hour entries. The second block features Walter Winchell Harriet Parsons LaGuardia Speaks Jimmy Fidler Hour of Mystery and more culminating in Sign Off.
New Castle Indiana report says Wrightsman Mooreland barber ran a frugal campaign spending 27 cents on 27 penny postal cards. He won by a 28 vote majority in the recent primary election.
Denver Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsored a unique cleanup competition drawing broad interest. Jaycees offered a prize to encourage active participation in the community cleanup drive.
A city program offers a flying course and five cases of motor oil to encourage residents to repair and improve dwellings. Local officials promote home upkeep as a priority for neighborhood renewal and structural safety.
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