Central College sports crown 1946 47 season dominant
Central College capped a stellar 1946 47 athletic year by capturing conference titles in football and baseball, posting six undefeated league games and a strong overall record. Basketball, track, and tennis saw notable showings as students earned few letters but claimed key event wins.
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Central
Iowa
G.U.1
Flying Dutchmen
Dubuque U
CG. E. Tharp
Ottumwa Navy
Drake
Track Central
Clay Burnett
Chet Gross
Burt Voss
Penn
Hope Central
Barber at Hanly Serves 38 Years With Loyal Clientele
At Hanly, W S Lemler has been a barber for 38 years. His youngest customer during that period was 8 months old and his best customer was just over 100 years old.
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Hanly
W. S. Lemler
May payments to veterans far below April levels
Des Moines report shows last week of May had only 1,420 veterans receive readjustment allowances totaling $31,168, about one third of April's final week. May month payments reached $242,117 versus $615,142 in April, and unemployment benefits also fell, while self employed farmers and businessmen qualified for readjustment payments rose 40 percent in May to 8,665 payments totaling $827,450.
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Des Moines
Employment Security Commission
G. I
Iowa
Central Ray Receives Second ACP Rating for 1946–47
The Central Ray earned its second Associated Collegiate Press rating for the 1946 47 semester with Miss Phyllis Godown and Jack Fulton leading as editors. Elinore Bumann served as adviser as students and College Gazette staff supported the bi weekly Chronicle printed by the Pella Chronicle. The Publications Board named next year’s staff with Minnick succeeding Fulton as editor and Edith Maas as assistant editor.
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Central Ray
Central
Associated Allegiate Press
Phyllis Godown
Panora
Jack Fulton
Midland Park
New Jersey
Central Bay
Elinore B. Bumann
Carl Vogelaar
Pella
Bob Brown
Linden
Paul Croft
Yale
Ray
Fulton
Robert Minnick
Plainfield
Pella Chronicle
New Ray
Cunera van Emmerik
Dean Pietenpol
Elinore Bumann
William Wing
Minnick
Edith Maas
Sheboygan
Wisconsin
Betty
Miss Godown
Russell Miller
Crawfordsville
Northwood Man Wears Mismatched Hair at Work
A Northwood man wears an 80 faded wig to his daily job to keep it clean while a passerby and a child remark on the hair seeming not his own. A mother hushes the child who quips the obvious joke about the wig.
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Northwood
E.K.P
Northwood Anchor
First Aid for Gardening An All-Purpose Apron
Gardening tasks strain clothes. Iowa State College promotes two apron styles. The kneeling model features a convertible pocket for knee protection, while the knicker style suits active work. Patterns are available free through extension specialists.
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Iowa State College
Yesteryear
County Extension
Class Officers Elected for 1947 48 at Central College
Central College students elected officers for the 1947 48 year. Russell Miller of Crawfordsville Iowa will be senior class president with Marian Brown of Meservey Iowa as vice president and Ellen Hubrex of Des Moines as secretary treasurer. Sophomores choose Anna Mae Williams editor and Paul Dodge business manager for the Pelican yearbook to be renewed after World War I. Junior officers will be led by Claire Brown of Fremont Iowa with Bud Van der Ploeg as vice president.
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Central Bay
Russell Miller
Crawfordsville
Iowa
Miller
Marian Brown
Meservey
Ellen Hubrex
Des Moines
Central College
Freshman and Sophomore Class Officers Named
Miss Rita Lockwood of Hurley New York will fill a vacant post. The Freshman Class elected its new officers and Bert Bandstra of Pella Iowa was chosen president of the Sophomore Class with Jim Dunham of New Brunswick New Jersey as vice president and Miss Jaci Vander Lugt of Pella Iowa as secretary treasurer. Hats off to all these new class officers hoping for a year of real accomplishments in 1947 48.
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Rita Lockwood
Hurley
N. Y
Bert Bandstra
Pella
Jim Dunham
New Brunswick
N. J
Jaci Vander Lugt
Iowa
Fathers Are Under Fire
Dr Harold Taylor president of Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville N Y asserts veterans outperform non veterans in college grades, and married veterans with children post the highest marks. He links responsibility to better study and argues fathers fear failure more than others, noting how a child’s reaction to a parent’s grade weighs on home life.
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Harold Taylor
Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville
N. Y
Taylor
Junior
A.C.P
Iowa to Resume Baby Health Contests at State Fair
Des Moines Iowa Aug 22 29 1947 marks the return of the state fair Baby Health Contest with 36 classes plus a twin special and war service division for children of veterans. Prizes mirror open division with champions named from top scores in each class. Entries close Aug 6 with final judging Aug 29 and F R Kenison named superintendent.
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Des Moines
Iowa
L. B. Cunningham
F. R. Kenison
Madrid
Al Ain't Gona Ride Home From Dance
A Northwood Anchor reader recalls a late night drive from a Spencer dance. Joe, driving with his date close, steals a kiss or two as Abert in the back with his partner offers timid moves. The group nears town lights and the front seat passenger jokes about nerve. They switch to Mason City for a quieter ride.
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Spencer
Joe
Abert
Mason City
E.K.P
Northwood
Farm Tragedy Claims Milford Lansink at 16
Milford Lansink aged 16 from near Ida Grove was killed when a tractor accident occurred as he drove in from the field. The fatal incident prompted local authorities to investigate the scene.
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Milford Lansink
Ida Grove
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