Iowa Indiana open Big Ten football race
Iowa and Indiana, long known for close games, open the 1939 Big Ten season in a Saturday clash at Hawk Eye Stadium. Coach Edward Anderson debuts, facing a foe that hasn’t beaten Indiana since 1921 and seeks the series lead amid expected high attendance and fast, pass-filled play.
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Towa City
Iowa
Indiana
Hawkeye
Edward Anderson
Hawkeyes
Hoosier
Nile Kinnick
Cedar winner tops Mitchellville plowing contest
Ray E. Witt, 43, farmer near Cedar, won the Town Corn Belt plowing contest at Mitchellville Iowa over 23 contestants from two states scoring 91.6. Orville Johnson and Les Drake finished second and third. Witt’s win earned him travel to the contest through Mahaska county farm bureau and local groups.
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Ray E. Witt
Cedar
Mitchellville
Iowa
Orville Johnson
Elkhart
Les Drake
Memphis
Clifford Cruzen
Wright
Arthur Cruzen
George Gerley
Eddyville
Monroe County
Witt
Mahaska County Farm Bureau
Oska- Joosa ‘Tribune
Relief Load in County Higher Than Average
Marion county shows an exceptional number of old age pensioners with 819 in August, ranking fourteenth in the state. Old age assistance totaled $16,181 for August, averaging $19.76 per recipient. State totals: 52,761 cases, $1,052,523 paid, average $19.98. Aid to the blind reached 24 cases for $585, average $22.28.
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Marion County
Town Board of Social Welfare
Former Pella Pastor Retired At Conference
The Rev. John E. Ward, longtime Lovilia Methodist pastor, retired at the Iowa Des Moines conference session in Burlington. He and Mrs. Ward will move to Mt. Pleasant, ending a career begun in 1903 after joining from the United Brethren church. He served at multiple churches including Mt. Zion Bussey Blakesburg Chillicothe Rose Hill Thornburg Pulaski Cincinnati Burlington Salem Pella Malcom Martinsburg Unionville Bloomfield Cedar Lovilia Press.
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John E. Ward
Lovilia
Iowa- Des Moines
Burlington
Ward
Mt. Pleasant
United Brethren Church In
Iowa
Mt. Zion
Bussey
Blakesburg
Chillicothe
Rose Hill
Thornburg
Pulaski
Cincinnati
Burlington Circuit
Salem
Pella
Malcom
Martinsburg
Unionville
Bloomfield Circuit
Cedar
Lovilia Press
Fire Drill at Pella High School Is Different
The Pella High School Student Council adopts a new drill using a dummy red fire box as the signal. The plan assigns officers to open doors, close windows, guide evacuations, man fire extinguishers, and tally drill records for timing and safety. a Fire Marshall and crew oversee procedures.
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Pella High School
Centerville
Fairfield
Pella
Bob van Vark
Howard Halverson
Charles de Wild
Jerry Carpenter
Ray de Wit
Gene Stientjes
Luella Vander Waal
Carl Rene Vander Linden
Fred Heerema
Max Kuyk
John van Berkum
Mildred Bishop
Bud Vander Ploeg
Loren Vander Zyl
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Appanoose
Dubuque
Linn
Polk
Pottawattamie
Scott
Webster
Woodbury
Marion
Lucas
Monroe
Worth County
Town
Knoxville Journal
Ray Witt
D. C. Thomas
Bob Black
Bob
Milwaukee
D. Hynes
Mark Thomas
Kenneth Cox
R. I. Depot
Les Sadler
South Side Square
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