Marion County Steers to Chicago Show
Three Knoxville farm youths Worth Rankin Jr and brothers Charles and James Eggers will show steers at the Chicago Market Fat Stock and Carlot Competition in the Chicago Stock Yards December 1 to 6. Rankin's purebred Shorthorn won at the Marion County Fair. the Eggers enter Angus. Junior-class cattle may sell outside OPA ceilings after judging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Marion County
Worth Rankin, Jr
Charles
James Eggers
Knoxville
Iowa
Chicago Stock Yards
Rankin
Eggers
Union Stock Yard and Trans Company
Sophomore Girl Wins First in Youth Contest
Florence Van Mannen a sophomore from Ames won the Green Thumb Youth Contest for 1945 at the Iowa State Horticultural Society meeting. She received a silver medal at a Friday luncheon, awarded by the National Victory Garden Institute, with her winning booklet to be sent to the Institute for national consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence van Mannen
Ames
Iowa State Horticultural Society
Florence
National Victory Garden Institute
Lost and Found Auction At High School Gym
The sale held at 2 20 PM on November 12 featured Albert Van Houweling and Kenny Van der Linden as auctioneers with Tryna Van Houweling and Ber nace Jaarsma as clerks. Items from the summer and ten weeks of school included pinch clamps and girls shorts. The auction was a success and raised a notable amount of money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert van Houweling
Kenny Vander Linden
Tryna
van Houweling
Bernace Jaarsma
Lost and Found
Town Friends Debate Farm Cooperatives Tax Status
The Iowa Small Business Men's Committee faced criticism as it attacked farm cooperatives. Iowa farms lean on cooperatives for lower costs and better bargaining power. Cooperatives like elevators and creameries pay taxes on their plant and patronage dividends flow to farmers, who report them as income and pay taxes where applicable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Webster City
Iowa Small Business Men’s Committee
Wallaces
Iowa Homestead
Wallace
American Education Week Observed in Pella
In Pella American Education Week featured a devotional period and Armistice Day flag ceremony by students and American Legion members. Reverend Lepeltak spoke on patriotism while health education included clinics. 18 children treated for smallpox or diphtheria, Lincoln and Webster schools reported dozens of visitors and strong parental interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Buer- Kens
American Legion
Lepeltak
Lincoln
Co. Medical Association
Webster
Readin Ritn Ritmetic for Mom and Pop Night at High School
A humorous account of a November 13 event at the high school where parents attended classes with green freshmen teachers. Students split into eight families, with coffee tastings, various classes, and a detention session followed by a play practice amid lighthearted chaos and remarks on horse sense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Igh
Miss Horn
Pella High Junior Class Presents “Ask Me Another”
A large crowd attended the Pella high school play Ask Me Another presented by the junior class last Thursday. Miss Nora led a group of eager juniors who presented the director with roses before a fine performance. Two more plays are planned this year, the senior class play and an all high school show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella High School
Nora
Fter
P H S Warbles Music Assembly Before Thanksgiving
A P H S Warbles program featured Thanksgiving songs with the boys lee club debuting with The Jolly Roger and the boys quartet performing Old King Cole. The mixed chorus sang Onward Christian Soldiers while the girls glee club prepares for the Christian Endeavor convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boys’ Lee Club
Christian Endeavor
Oskaloosa High Adds Allen Rempe Freshman Transfer
The clippings note Allen Rempe, a freshman from near Leighton, transferring to Oskaloosa high school. Other items report three former students James Lents, William Van der Beek, and Dexter Schakel reenlisting in the Army and Navy, and Lt Joe Woods marrying Nadine Reed on November 14, both class of ’40. Detention room overcrowded on November 13 due to Armistice Day absences as the six weeks term ends amid Thanksgiving break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lents
William Vander Beek
Dexter Schakel
Army
Navy
Joe Woods
Nadine Reed
Taintor Store Robbers Given Prison Terms
Two men from Minneapolis, Wayne Moray and Vaughn Heaberlin, pleaded guilty to four counts in Polk County related to the Taintor General store break in and were each sentenced to two ten year terms to run concurrently. They also faced theft charges for stealing nine typewriters from the Mitchellville school and cash plus items from the Tainter store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taintor General
Polk County
Anamosa Reformatory
Lou Ladd
Oskaloosa Herald
Wayne Moray
Vaughn Heaberlin
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Mitchellville
Tainter
Rural Iowa reading contest for farm families list of books
The State Women’s Committee of the Iowa Farm Bureau sponsors a 1945 46 reading program for rural families with a reading contest for rural women and clubs run with Iowa State College Extension Service. Carnegie-Viersen Library offers titles from the list and details program rules and participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Farm Bureau Federati
Extension Service
Iowa State College
Carnegie-Viersen Library
Ernie Pyle
Louise Baker
Alaska
Constance Helmericks
Anna
Margaret Landon
Yankee
Olympus
Justice Holmes
Catherine Bowen
Pleasant Valley
Louis Bromfield
Grant Wood
Darnell Garwood
George Papushvely
Richard Wright
A. J. Cronin
Herbert Best
Howard Fast
Service Man Menninga Stationed in Japan
Pvt Setrith Menning and Mr and Mrs Bert Menninga of Otley announce their son is stationed at Sapporo Hokkindo Japan. The address listed is Pvt Setrith Menninga 37366945, Hdy Co 3rd Bn 307th Inf APO 77, San Francisco California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Setrith Menning
Bert Menninga
Otley
Sapporo Hokkindo
Japan
Addr
Setrith Menninga
Hdy. Co
307Th Inf
APO
Fer
San Francisco
Californi
Soldier Addresses Cpl Ira Veldhuizen in Fighter Group Note
Pvt William Mayser of Has. Co. 3rd Bn 158th Inf sends a message from APO 181 to Cpl Ira Veldhuizen ASN 87421483 in the 530th Fighter Sqdn B1ith Fighter Group APO 285 post office New York New York and the San Francisco California postmaster lists. The communication mentions APO designations and assigns mail routing through military post offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Ira Veldhuizen
APO
New York
N. Y
William Mayser
Has. Co
San Francisco
Calif
Farm Bureau Book Comment Drive Seeks Participants
County Farm Bureau invites readers to submit Book Comments forms for their reads. Deadline is September 1, 1946 for comments, with the County Library Chair man to forward the list to the State Chairman by October 1, 1946. Top county performers will receive recognition at the State Farm Bureau Women’s Conference in 1946. Books from stories such as Story of Little Black Sambo and Babar the Little Elephant are listed among available titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Farm Bureau
County
Farm Bureau
State Farm Bureau
Sambo
Bannerman
Helen
Babar
Brunhoff
Jean de Cash
Dart
Bugg
Mary
Conrad Angus
Flack
Marjorie Snipp
Snapp
Snurf
Red Shoes
Lindman
Maj
Jan
FASTEETH Helps Teeth Stay Firm and Comfortable
FASTEETH powder provides a pleasant alkaline formula to hold false teeth more firmly. It promises easier eating and talking without gummy paste or residue. Available at drugstores.
Children’s Classics and Tales From Petersham Set
A list of beloved children’s books and authors appears, featuring Maud and Miska Petersham on Tales from Grim and Just So Stories, Laura Ingalls Wilder, James H. Daugherty, Blanche Jennings Thompson, and others. The compilation includes Silver Pennies and Maud Littles titles, with noted works by Ingri and Edgard D'Aulaire and Carl Glick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersham
Maud
Miska
Abraham Lincoln
Aulaire
Ingri
Edgard
Grim
Grimm
Jakob
Wilhelm
Rigard
Thompson
Blanche Jennings
Big Woods
Wilder
Laura Ingalls
Brink
Caring
Bud
The Yearling and Seredy Works Featured in Honors
The collection highlights The Yearling by Marjorie K. Rawlings and Kate Seredy among acclaimed children’s books. Readers note the contrast between genuine rural American life and illustrated folklore in the featured authors and titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Yearling
Rawlings
Marjorie K
Seredy
Kate
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lora Toom
Leroy Baughman
Joyce Bergman
Virginia Groendyke
John Hesselink
Cleo Joy Kuyper
Jean Leu
Peggy Leu
Billie Dee Mount
Colleen Renaud
Erma van Rockel
Cora Thomassen
Betty van Veen
Gertrude Steenhock
Toom
Kenneth Vander Lin
Just
Vandermeulen Hoeksema Co
Main Street
South Central
Pella, Knoxville, Taintor, Sully and Otley
American Education Week
Carpenter Drug Store
P. H. S. Warbles
Allen Rempe
Near
Leighton
Oskaloosa High School
Taintor Store
Library Notes
Dr. C. I. Fox
Main and
Liberty Streets
Phone NO
Nebr
West Liberty
West Market Park
Peter van Drunen
J.T. van Zante
Auet
Elbert van Maanen
Daniel Boone
Daugherty
James
Courage
Flaherty
John J
Fosdick
Harry Emerson
Sheke
Glick
Carl
Flicka
O'Hara
Pyle
Ernie
Ance
Monroe
Addie Jarnagin
Chas. Hoagland
Monroe, IA
Colfax Sales Company
Newton
Bell and Clippinger
First National Bank of
Colfax
Earl Shields
Auct
Servel
Servol
Central States Gas Office
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