Wallace Third Grade Visits Post Office and Prepares Gretel Drama
Washington Public School notes a busy week for third grade at Wallace. Students toured the Post Office learning about mail bags stamp windows and the vault. They drew pictures wrote stories and prepared a dramatization of Hansel and Gretel with named participants and props.
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Wallace
Mr. DeLong
Mary Caldwell
Dew Fairy
Joan Brock
Betty Morgan
Billy Putman
Collene Godwin
Cueckoo
Jackie Zook
Sandman
Leroy Havel
Norman Tucker
Tommy Murphy
Earl Brown
Jimmy Dempsey
Duane Earls
Miss Wood
Kammiller
Glassburner
Gene Vinton
Blue Jays
Benjamin Baker
Phyllis McKeown
Early Springtime Interest in Easter and Home Town Pride
Miss Kathryn Latta speaks to a school reporter on Easter customs the dating of Easter and symbols like the Easter lily. She notes spring events, homecomings, and the value of community spirit over money, praising small towns and shared joy.
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Kathryn Latta
Contest Winners Advance To State Finals In Iowa Essay Challenge
Out of 56 000 entries forty essays remain in the running for three prizes from the Iowa State Safety Council on making Iowa highways safer. Maxine Logan won the county contest and is among the forty finalists. First prize offers either an all expense trip to the New York World's Fair for two or a 350 Iowa college scholarship. Second and third prizes grant 50 and 10 dollars respectively.
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Iowa State Safety Council
Iowa
Maxine Logan
Gingerich Accepts College Position
Dr. Melvin Gingerich has accepted a summer teaching post at Sioux Falls College in Sioux Falls South Dakota. He will offer history courses replacing Dr EB W Thornton who is invited to teach at the University of South Dakota this summer. Gingerich and his family will depart after school ends.
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Melvin Gingersch
Sioux Falls College
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
EB. W. Thornton
University of South Dakota
Thornton
Europe
Gingerich
Notebooks Shield Candy and Gum in Zippered Burden
A humorous diary style sketch recounts a student’s old standby Mr Zipper notebook spilling a mix of items as it dangles from a pocket. It lists candy gum notes makeup and assorted supplies stuffed inside and dropped during class, prompting flustered searches and jokes about doomed tests.
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Mr. Zipper
Johnny
Play cast enjoys college festival at Iowa City
The Neighbors one act play from University Theatre won a superior rating at a March 24 festival in Iowa City. The production benefited from a new theatre with modern equipment and an efficient backstage crew led by director Miss Flood.
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Iowa City
University Theatre
Srttings
Miss Flood
Washington
Gray Local Notes Reach Knoxville and Nearby Visits
Chas Jef ferie traveled to Knoxville Tennessee to see his ill mother with pneumonia. Bill Bell visited Harry Dobson's home with family members. Doyle Plecker Cy Bush and families visited N J Benson home. Fred Bless visited Forest Walker home and Mitchler home welcomed Alvin Shebeck and Joan Longer.
Local News Briefs From Area Families
Mrs L A Meridith reports visitors and family gatherings across the region. Henry Kimmel and family from Central visited John Kimmel. Anne Leninger and daughters visited Kinross. W C Hotle hosted at Wm Edgar home.
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L. A. Meridith
Henry Kimmel
Central
John Kimmel
W. C. Hotle
Wm. Edgar
Prairie Flower District
Hal Bickford Opens New Electrical Repair Shop
Hal Bickford announces the opening of his own electrical repair shop in the same building as the Modern Appliance Store. He emphasizes repair work and will not carry a line of appliances at this time. Bickford previously worked with Broadgate Electric Shops and the local Gamble Store.
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Hal Bickford
Washington
Bickford
Broadgate Electric
Gamble
Attempts to Speed Up Iowa Legislature Adjournment
In Des Moines on April 4 two attempts were made in the House of Representatives to speed up the legislature's adjournment. Rep. George led a motion to accelerate the legislative timetable and adjourn more quickly.
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Iowa
Des Moines
House of Representatives
Motion to dissolve committee defeats 85 to 14 in House
Hathaway seeks to dissolve the sitting committee and limit bills to claims pensions and reorganization. He cites 16 days left in the 190 day session and criticizes the committee. Rep. Blue opposes. A sine die adjournment proposal by Randall Pool Kuester and others is sent to rules. Over 100 weeks of session show 145 House bills and 77 acted by the Senate. The Senate has passed 137 bills with 78 acted by the House.
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Hathaway
Independence
House
Robert Blue
Claude Randall
Maniv
Harold B. Claypool
Williamsburg
G. T. Kuester
Griswold
Senate
Red Brick Diary Notes Mount Pleasant Visits and Birthday
Mr and Mrs Herman Otto of Mount Pleasant visited the Lloyd Nies wanger home. Mr and Mrs Howard Darnell and son Eugene, Mr and Mrs Joe Nelson and children Darline and Joey, and Elmer Crom attended Myrtle Elizabeth Cram birthday supper for her second birthday. Margaret Green is at home from work with an infected
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Red Brick
Herman Otto
Mount Pleasant
Lloyd Nieswanger
Howard Darnell
Eugene
Joe Nelson
Darline
Joey
Elmer Crom
Myrtle Elizabeth Cram
Margaret Green
Weekend Visits and Farm News Noted in Washington
Mr and Mrs Glen Green and Mr and Mrs Lewis Rath spent the weekend at Burlington at the home of John Martindale. Mr and Mrs Roy Nelson of Muscatine spent Thursday in Washington. Cy Birka purchased a new Allis Chalmers tractor. Last week.
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Glen Green
Lewis Rath
Burlington
John Martindale
Roy Nelson
Muscatine
Washington
Cy Birka
Allis Chalmers
Island Without a Cruso on Staffa Uninhabited Resort
The Scottish Isle of Staffa features remarkable caves and basaltic pillars yet remains uninhabited despite thousands of yearly visitors. No residents live on the island in the Old World.
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Staffa
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