Rocking Chair Brigade and Fairfield News Update
Mrs. J C McKay reports Florida weather and weight gain before aFood illness. Stephen Jones, Fairfield native and former welfare official, joins the state commission for the blind as chief of rehabilitation to aid blind Kent residents in small businesses and training. He travels statewide with a visually impaired companion. Local nostalgia notes J M Kelly with popcorn wagon on East Main Street. Balloons, street vendors, and a blind guitarist attract crowds as a lively summer scene unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Jones
Fairfield
State Commission For the Blind
Mr. Jones
Mildred Martin
Stephen Michael
J. M. Kelly
East Main Street
Wake Island war crimes trialer charged with murder
LT Kiroku Horie, a former Imperial Japanese Navy officer, faces trial in Guam for the murder of 25 American prisoners on Wake Island in 1942 and 1943. He is also accused with two other officers of beheading an American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiroku Horie
Guam
Wake Island
Horie
International
Memory of Street Harpists and Unplanned Dancing
The reminiscence recalls local musicians who roamed streets with a harp and three companions. When they appeared, youths hired a half and hosted an impromptu dancing party that night, far livelier than planned events weeks ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ian
Car Crash Injures John Wallerick in Rural Richland
A few miles north of Richland a collision involving John Wallerick left him with severe cuts and bruises while his wife, who was driving, escaped with minor injuries. Mrs Martha Greenle and son John from Ames were visiting friends in town. Sheriff Tremmel of Sigourney spoke at a Legion Farm Bureau gathering. Mrs Ora Paxson returned home after visiting Cedar Rapids and Brighton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Neville
Richland
John Wallerick
Ora Paxson
Cedar Rapids
Brighton
Woolson Community News and Local Milestones
Mrs Hugh Williams hosted the W S C S of Ollie Methodist at her home with fourteen guests. Rev Hugh Williams serves Richland and Ollie churches. Julius Brown and wife celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with family present. Donovan Bales visited from Des Moines. Birth announced for a son to Mr and Mrs June McNurlan of Des Moines. Journal staff enjoyed a banquet served by Methodist ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Williams
Ollie Methodist Church
Fern Darby
Richland
Ollie Methodist
Julius Brown
Lawrence Hadley
Harold Neece
Leonard Brown
Wapello
Donovan Bales
Des Moines
Minta Bales
June McNurlan
Journal
Journal Force
Methodis
Local gatherings and illnesses noted in North town
The village records group social visits with guests Mr Shannon Mrs Elder and Clar ice Meek and mentions ill health of Lee Greeson and Mike Enliss. A Sunday North-end birthday group gathered at Rev A C Roach’s home with about 30 attendees and visitors from near Washington. The piece also notes Haiti’s early leaders and a snake with unusually shaped pupils per the Better Vision Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Shannon
Elder
Clarice Meek
Lee Greeson
North-end
A. C. Roach
Len Davis
Donald
Martha
Washington
Mike Enliss
Fat for greasing pans favors vegetable oils and shortenings
Home economists advise the best pan greases avoid salt water and protein. Vegetable oils and shortenings top the list for greasing baking pans over table fats or bacon drippings.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pas Itsa
Schnozzle
Sunshine
Vera Vague
Ann Miller
Aes As
Sunset
Carson
Peggy Stewart
Frank Jaquet
Eert Lynn M Barton
Taylor
Robert Emmet
Cinecolo
Washington Cheese Factory
North Fourth Ave
Salsbury Sal
Salsbury
Ima Raett
Bing Ory
Hillary Brooke
Douglass Dumbrille
Jack Larue
Petermeoun
Rocking Chair
J. C. McKay
Florida
Ital
Washington Dairy
Woolson
Joseph Lazaro
Africa
England
Edna M. Basnett
Edna
U. S
Eleanor Roosevelt
London
U. N
America
Joe
Waltham, Mass
Swift and Co
Chicago
Thomas Wilhelm
Inset
Michigan City
Ind
Chicago Herald-American
Senate Agricultural Committee
Capitol Hill
Wilhelm
Haiti
East Indies
Better Vision Institute
Ev Studio
S. Iowa
DR. P. L
Rigenhagen
Lee and Her Cowboys
Iowa City
Iowa
Iowa Continental Telephone Company
Yard & McFarlane Insurance Agency
Hotel Washington
Washington Lumber & Fuel CO
Pioneer Yard
Jim White
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