City Council Minutes Adopted April 1 1940 Proceedings
City Council met in regular session with Mayor R L Lytle presiding. Minutes of prior meeting approved and numerous salaries and labor charges listed across General Fund Water Fund Light Fund Fire Maintenance Sewer Fund Garbage Disposal Dragging Fund and Disposal Plant. After Finance Committee review, bills were ordered paid.
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R. L. Lytle
RK. FP. McFarlane
W. B. Dupuis
Clarence Jacobs
F. E. Reid
Kl. H. Orr
O. F. Boller
H. B. Bailey
B. J. Holmes
J. O. Brown
Mark Pratt
Walter Kiesey
P. L. Jordan
R. F. McFarlane
J. M. Orr
F. Boller
Henry K. Bailey
Dick Bidwell
Delbert McDole
Ern. Garrett
Ban Waters
D. W. McClure
Griffin
Harry Miller
Labor
Finance Committee
General Fund
Ilytic
W. H. Fulton
Cora Glasgow
E. F. Muck
Lou
C. Barrett
R. D. Page
Gimrk
Tabor i
T. H. Peters Hardware
Wilson Coal Co
Cval
Washington Oil Co
Sitters Auto Parts
Washington Lbr. & Fuel
Iowa Southern Util. Coc
Charles Parker Co
Hersey Mig. Co
Neptune Meter Co
Light Fund
Iowa Southern Util, Co
John Custer
I.e
H. S. Meek
C. Reister
M. L. Brown
Washington Fire Dept
Tucker
Delbert Mebole
Erna. Garrett
DD W. McClure
Geo
Luo W. H. Fulton
Petty
Washington Ol] Co
John Shields and
Sona
C. Griffin
Gintétin
Wes Custer
Iowa
Ass’t
Carl Kelly
Asst
Markets Show Mixed Depths Across Livestock and Grain
Cattle and sheep activity varied with 6 000 cattle 7 000 sheep noted. Fed steers mostly steady to strong with top bids around 11.50 to 11.25 and lighter weights around 10.75 to 11.25. Grain tables show May wheat at 1.99 to 1.40 and Corn near 6.24 to 6.44 as markets drift.
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Chicago
Funeral Service Held for William Rada at Riverside
Funeral services were conducted at Riverside Methodist church for William Rada who died at Oakdale Sanitarium after years as a patient. Rev. Stuart C. Peterson led the rites with Mrs. Bates and Mrs. Marner singing, burial followed in Riverside cemetery. Rada, born near Iowa City in 1884, married Oka Poland in 1921 and had two sons. survived by a widow, two sons, a sister Bessie of Ames, and a brother George of Muscatine.
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Riverside
Riverside Methodist Church
William Rada
Oakdale
Ottumwa
Stuart C. Peterson
Lawrence R. Bates
R. N. Marner
Harold Cress
Isle of
Somewhere
Edward Vegey
William Ingram
Edward Wingler
Fred Lukovsky
Ralph Kloppfer
Albert Laney
Riverside Cemetery
Mr. Rada
Joseph
Mary Rada
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Oka Poland
Kennneth
Donald
Bessie
Ames
George
Muscatine
Chicago Produce Market Brief Sees Steady Prices
Chicago April 16 UP PRODUCE notes market steady with receipts 43 633. Extra firsts 164 fresh graded firsts 16 currer recepts 15% dirties 14% checks 13%. Poultry market steady to firm receipts include 27 trucks and hens at 16% heavy hens 16%. Springs 24 and other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Beads on a String staged by West Chester eighth graders
Ada May Thomas directed the eighth grade class play Beads on a String at the West Chester school. Cast included Ivan Redlinger Robert Stout Wilma Kleese Maxine Crawford Clifford Porter Richard Grecian Frederick Bauer Harriet Chevier Mary Alice Duvall Donald Genkinger. The seventh grade chorus performed between acts with a piano solo Corrinne Nicola and a piano duet by Priscilla Porter and Betty Griges.
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R. C. Ferguson
West Chester
Ada May Thomas
Ivan Redlinger
Robert Stout
Wilma Kleese
Maxine Crawford
Clifford Porter
Richard Grecian
Frederick Bauer
Harriet Chevier
Mary Alice Duvall
Donald Genkinger
Corrinne Nicola
Priscilla Porter
Betty Griges
Milo DeLong
Gerald
Keosauqua
DelLong
Fred Bauer
California
Theodore Bauer
Train and bus schedules list regional routes and stops
The record lists multiple rail lines and timings including Westhovea J and P Westhovea schedules, Golden State Limited and Californian trains with stop patterns, and Burlington Trailways local bus departures from Washington at 6:28 am 8:12 am and 3:68 pm with Nos. 7 8 and 9. It notes station agents and regular and exception days for service.
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Golden State Limited
Washington
Dalinttbach
California
Knorville
Burlington Trailways
Local Notes and Club Gatherings in San Pedro
The report lists residents visiting relatives, including a woman visiting her mother in Avery and Rev. Bauer with the United States Navy near Hawaii. A. T. Augustine returns from Chicago to visit his son and daughter in law Howard and Mrs. Augustine. The Methodist Ladies Aid met, planning to buy an electric vacuum cleaner and arrange a family night with movie reels. Home Art Club met, roll call offered household hints, and a cooperative supper honored Mr. Coffey’s birthday with guests from Washington.
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San Pedro
Calif
Avery
Bauer
United States
Hawaiian Islands
A. T. Augustine
Chicago
Howard Augustine
Ladies Aid Society
The
Methodist Church
Bert Rittenhouse
George Pennington
Roy Gardner
J. B. Coffey
Home Art Club
Will Reif
Caffey
Washington
Coffey
Grapes of Wrath Costume Designer Deglamorizes Okie Look
Gwen Wakeling, famed Hollywood designer, created a down to earth wardrobe for The Grapes of Wrath at the State Theatre through Saturday. She remade shoes and sweaters in thrift details, explaining Okie women still possess dignity and character. Henry Fonda stars as Tom Joad with Jane Darwell leading as Ma Joad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwen Wakeling
Hollywood
Miss Wakeling
Dorris Howden
John Pord
Ming Wakeling
Toa Angeles
Henry Fonda
Tom Joad
Jane Darwell
Ma Joud
John Carradine
Yy Cusy
Pioneering Dentist Tests Painless Tooth Extraction
In 1840 Horace Wells of Connecticut proposed using nitrous oxide to extract teeth without pain. He tested the method on himself in 1844 and later used it in his dental practice, marking an early milestone in anesthesia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Wells
Connecticut
Gertrude Landau Visits with Cedar Rapids Family
Gertrude Landau of Cedar Rapids is spending this week here with her mother Mrs Anna Landau, staying for a short visit and family reunion atmosphere in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Landau
Cedar Rapids
Anna Landau
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