The Rocking Chair Brigade
An informal Tampa Tribune column recounts local notices and anecdotes from Bayshore to Brighton. Roscoe Frey captures a sea gull moment while community figures like Dave Kilgore and Bob Day are mentioned along with family details, garden plans, housing updates, and whimsical notes on Easter decor.
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The
Tampa Tribune
Bayshore
Roscoe Frey
Washington
Bob Day
Brighton
Bob Dea
Dave Kilgore
Dea
Ainsworth
Dave
Women Do Cleaning For Mrs. H. Jones Of East Sunset
Pleasant Aid Society volunteers cleaned Mrs. H Jones home in East Sunset. Mrs. Milda Caldwell and Mrs. Helen Blantehara joined the effort, delivering food and providing support as neighbors express gratitude amid local staff shortages.
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H. Jones
East Sunset
J. A. Raymond
Harry Jones
the Pleasant His Aid Society
Jones
Milda Caldwell
Bach
Helen
Top on hogs clears fourteen eighty five
Market report notes hog prices at 14.85 per hundredweight with the day turning fair and warmer. Weather outlook calls for continued pleasant conditions tonight and tomorrow with mild temperatures.
Conard Couple Leaves Florida for Texas Visit
Mr and Mrs Glenm Conard left Florida and are in Texas. They plan to return home soon and their house is rented until May 1. The note mentions she resides near town and stays in touch with local banana and jello shops.
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Tom Downing
Legion Hall
Downing
Walter Haignt
South Marion Avenue
Joe
Walter Rich
Stanley Swartendruber
Ilinois
Daring Wittmer
P. J. Graber
Noah Graber
Wayne Chown
Ernest Eisele
van Wert
Charles Klaut
Glenm Conard
Florida
Texas
Stringtown Skating Party Guests Teachers Pupils
Stringtown teachers and pupils plus parents and school board members enjoyed a roller skating party at the Washington rink on Friday evening. Local residents and relatives visited others across the region including dinner guests and family gatherings in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Rich
Stringtown
Washington Skating Rink
Rex Swan
Herbert
Ethan Brooks
Harlan Cummings
Wayland
Elmer Roth
L. H. Rinner
Washington
Simon Leichty
Joyce Widmer
Tremont
Illinois
Raymond Rich
Homer Davis
Earl Bachman
For Sale Adt Prompts Language About Food Crumbs
A misworded sale ad mentions dirty skillet flavors and crucker crumbs. A correction acknowledges Mrs Ralph Beau champ as one of six women who attended a local cancer clinic, noting her name was omitted last week.
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Ralph Beauchamp
Name High School Honor Roll Pupils
Crawfordsville April 15 honors list includes Joyce Gault Elsie Rosenly Donna Darbyshire Cleo Charryholmes Doreen Graber Jack Howard Don Monson Lucille Gault Dickey Joan Hamilton Barbara Rathmell Joyce Gault earns piano and contralto ratings at Mt Pleasant contest Lucille Gault mezzo soprano rating two. Walter Schnelle to teach seventh and eighth grades and coach high school athletics next year. Junior senior banquet May 3. Eighth grade graduation May 17 at 10:30 am. Joyce Gault to enter state piano contest at Independence April 26-27. Robert Darbyshire and Harry Suter on furlough. Lynda Jo Henss born April 9 at St. Luke's Cedar Rapids. R R Shaffer moves to Christner house. Beck family from New London to occupy Shaffer residence.
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Mary W. Packer
Crawfordsville
Joyce Gault
Elsie Rosenly
Donna Darbyshire
Cleo Charryholmes
Doreen Graber
Jack Howard
Don Monson
Lucille Gault
Dickey Joan Hamilton
Barbara Rathmell
Walter Schnelle
Humeston
Board of Education
Joyce
Independence
Robert Darbyshire
Harry Suter
A. D. Henss
Lynda Jo
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
R. R. Shaffer
Christner
Beck
New London
Shaffers
Unblock Your Digestive Tract With Carter's Pills
Relief hinges on unblocking the intestinal tract not soda or alkalizers. Carter's Pills are advertised to gently cleanse the tract, enabling normal digestion and restoring Nature’s digestive juices to reach the food. Priced at 75 cents at drugstores.
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Nature
Carter
Atomic energy unlikely to power US locomotives soon
Atomic energy is not likely to power locomotives on American railroads in the near future due to the need for large heavy shielding around the energy source. Maintenance on such equipment might be postponed 30 to 50 years because of radioactivity of the material.
Potatoes Lose Vitamin C When Left Standing
Baked potatoes fresh from the oven contain vitamin C essential for teeth and gums. New research shows potatoes lose one third of their vitamin C after a half hour of standing and half after an hour.
Elephant leather versus cattle hide tanning time
Elephant leather is described as extremely heavy with a hide that takes three years to tan while cattle hide can be tanned in a week using modern methods.
First Cork Grown in the South Stripped in Augusta
A cork oak in Augusta Georgia yielded the South’s first cork harvest from a 12 year old tree. Local researchers and officials marked the milestone as a step for regional cork production and forestry studies.
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Augusta
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FOX
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June Preisser
Judy Clark
Noel Neill
Jackie Moran
ABE Lyman
ORCH
Eddie Heywood
W. Basil RA Nigey
Bruce
Irone Enee
Godfrey
Rocking Chair
Isabel Day
Mr. Day
Isabel
Belle
Henderson Wallace
Mr. Kilgore
Nelle Samson
Pvt. Redtinger
Rodney Redlinger
Jimmy Rugg
Wellman
Elmer McAtton
Redlinger
Homer Wilson
Lester Wilson
Terry
Linga
Jt. Pleasant
Lyle Lowe
Clarenee Lowe
Bobuy
Glen Meclure
Cameron
Richard Stephens
Richard Stephens Attended the Rothlisberger
Ernest Clark
Red Anwy
Kenneth Killpatrick
Burlington
Ray Long
Ray Membler
Iowa City
Iowa
Iowa Continental Telephone Company
Mildred Starr
Wilbur Jackson
Little Brown Church
Nashua
Ren
Marguerite Chapman
Tamiroff
William Demarest
Snae
Palm Guerante Red House
Keepir
Mt. Pleasant
Cork
K. W. Claypool & Son Tankar
Iowa Ave
Mem del
TRACS
Berer
Montgomery Ward
Wards Farm
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