School News Highlights from Central Township
Margaret Hagen reports a busy month with a Thank You penny drive in the mission department. Sixth graders led a religious art calendar sale while Miss Veda Shold and Miss Selma Henryson visited classes. A Junior high humor reading contest is set for tonight with no admission and multiple musical numbers. The fifth grade forms a sewing club named Our Gang and plans embroidery and a crazy quilt next week. Yell Leaders are elected for basketball, and shopping days until Christmas stand at 29. Domestic Science plans new holders and a song contest offers prizes. Junior class program is Friday at 1 PM with half hour showcases every other Friday.
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Mission Department
Veda Shold
New England
Selma Henryson
Henryson
McCallsburg
Miss Morse
Joel Arneson
Betty Erickson
Wendel Strum
Blanche Risdal
Glendora Red
Biff Perkins
Susan Snyder
Jimmy
Mildred Holland
Janet
The
Missionary Society
Lillian Halverson
Alveen Amundson
Josie Ferkin
Florence Peck
Alice Ritland
Ethel Haversten
Lois Tweet
Lorraine Amundson
Myrtle Hemnes
Erma Anderson
Ida Eggland
Christmas Greeting Cards Sale At Record Office
Christmas greeting cards offered with or without your name imprinted starting at one dollar per box of 25. A set of 15 assorted cards is also available for one dollar. Call the Record office any time to view them.
Thoreau Relates Plymouth Tale Of Winslow Ghost Trick
In 1859 a Plymouth anecdote recalls General Winslow as the target of a prank by fellow Plymouth gentlemen who left him sound asleep by the Garnet. He woke, rode his horse into the bay and swam to Plymouth Beach, reaching town ahead of his amused companions. Brockton Enterprise reports the tale.
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Thoreau
Plymouth
General Winslow
Winslow
Shore Road
Saquish Hotel
Plymouth Rock
Plymouth Harbor
Plymouth Beach
Marshfield
Duxbury
Brockton Enterprise
Great Eastern Surely World's Unluckiest Ship
Story of the Great Eastern the famed ship built over seven decades ago at Millwall with a doomed history. Explosive blast killed ten firemen on first voyage, the captain drowned after falling overboard, then she struck a rock and suffered hull damage. Crew mutinied over unpaid wages after a failed New York voyage intended for 2000 passengers, ending with a partial crewed return and a grim discovery from the wreckage.
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Millwallana
Great Eastern
New York
Highland dress description with tartan feature
The Highland costume includes a short tunic vest and heavily pleated kilt worn with short trousers under it. Gartered stockings, low shoes, and a sporran hang from a belt while a large plaid wraps around the body. A brooch on the left shoulder holds the ends and heather sprig caps the bonnet. chiefs may wear an eagle's feather.
Folly of Warfare Thirty Years After Ladysmith Remembrance
The piece reflects on a wartime truce where Boers and Britons meet to celebrate, and ponders how enemies in their darkest hour may become kin or allies in the future. It suggests that time could reveal shared humanity, even amid bloodshed and mutual hatred.
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Ladysmith
Origin of the Kilt debated in London Telegraph
A Scotsman argues in the London Daily Telegraph that the kilt originated in the Holy Land where David’s soldiers wore knee-length military gowns for mobility. He ties this to British Israelism, which views Scots as a chosen and leading race on God’s earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Daily Telegraph
Holy Land
David
Jerusalem
Israel
Readers urged to teach newspaper literacy in schools
A California educator argues Most Readers Do Not Read Journalism is rising in popularity as a profession while adults largely lack skills to read a newspaper. He urges advanced grade classes to include newspaper reading, noting papers hold vital information skimmed by most readers.
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California
Ideal epitaph for a mother: loving times with her children
Quote from Country Home reflects a tombstone epitaph praising a mother for the happy times she shared with her children. The line envisions a final tribute emphasizing familial joy and lasting affection.
McCalliburg Obituaries And Community Notes
Mrs. Oscar Moklebust dies after a brief illness leaving a husband two sons Owen and Sanford and three daughters Mable Margaret and Stella. Also notes on Sowers pioneer family Des Moines trip and local church concerts and society events with names such as Ranheim Morris Dillin Baumgardner Menzel Kettell Sevde and Bakke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Moklebust
Owen
Sanford
Mable
Margaret
Stella
Sowers
Warren Township
Des Moines
Jake Gjerde
Milford Township
Finay School
John Peck
Sanders
McCailsburg
Shickles
Nevada
Ed Wells
Laurens
Lutheran Seminary of
St. Paul
Ranheim
Supt
Wierson
J. R. Morris
Lavon
Bud
Messervey
C. H. Menzel
Jessie Kettell
Princeton
Ill
KE. W. Sanders
Ernest
Near Gilbert
Otis Egenes
Texas
Henry Sevde
Inlaw
Henry Medlow
Amos Hanson
Andy Thompson
William Laurentzen
H. N. Bakke
Peterson, Minn
Dr. Mills
Guy Mills
Craig Hotel
Bert Bergland
Arthur Harestad
Miller
Littreim
Lola Lutz
Helen
Mathew
Stenberg
Shearer Drug Store
Parish Activities And Concert At Local School
The parish house hosts evening events starting 7 30 and 8 00 with choir rehearsals and Sunday Luther League. Confirmands meet Saturdays at 10. Ladies Aid annual dinner and sale on Thanksgiving Day serving from 11 30. Norwegian service at 10 30 in church. Seminary Glee Club from St Paul Minnesota performs Friday at 3p.m. Dy Gullixson lectures.
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Confirmands
Luther League
Ladies Aid Society
Seminary Glee Club
St. Paul, Minn
Gullixson
Rural School Notes Highlights Thanksgiving Pictures and Party
The first and second grades make Thanksgiving pictures and celebrate Leslie Mathre's birthday with cake and candy provided by Mrs. Mathre and Clarice. No school Thursday and Friday for the State Teachers convention in Des Moines. The second grade will soon begin reading from new Readers.
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Leslie Mathre
Notice of Admin and Probate Actions in Story County
Notice is given that Eli N. Nelson was appointed administrator of Caroline Nelson's estate in Story County Iowa. Debts and claims should be presented for allowance at the Clerk of the District Court in Nevada. Also notice of probate for Louis Shafland's will filed in Story County with a hearing set for December 9 1980 at the Nevada courthouse.
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Caroline Nelson
Story County
Eli N. Nelson
Roland
Iowa
Addison & Smedal
L. E. Davisson
Nevada
Towd
State of Iowa
Louis Shafland
Court House
District Court
Said County
Absence Due to Sickness and School Well Report
Mrs. Arthur Rogeness visited the school Monday afternoon while several pupils were absent due to illness. A report from Iowa City weeks ago confirms the school well water is pure.
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Arthur Rogeness
Iowa City
Antique Craze Shows Frayed Finances and Feuding Homes
A Louisville Courrier-Journal remark notes the strain of trends as a man tries to feel proud of new furniture while his wife has the old fireside chair hauled to the dump. The piece reflects tension in domestic life amid shopping fads.
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Louisville Courrier-Journal
Appointment of Administrator for Cecelia Christian
Notice of appointment for the estate of Cecelia Christian deceased of Story County Iowa. All persons must pay immediately and Herman J Tweet of McCallsburg Iowa named administrator. Addison and Smedal Attorneys Nevada Iowa date November 17 1930s
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State of Iowa
Story County
Cecelia Christian
District Court
Herman J. Tweet
McCallsburg
Iowa
Addison & Smedal
L. E. Davisson
Nevada
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Thomas Jacobson
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Zion Lutheran
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Rural School
Mathre School
Pearl Borwick
Myrtle Borwick
State of
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Litchfield
Avery
Oliver
Deering
Fordson
E. J. Landing
C. O. Highland
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