Y M C A Week Notes Highlight Swim Meet Wins
Howard Little and Leigh Soule joined three swimmers at the state meet in Iowa City. James Gilchrest and Paul Jordon won events with Jordon taking breaststroke, Gilchrest placing third in back stroke. Community speakers and club activities span Rotary, Y Mens, and Hi Y events with plans for the annual meeting and spring hiking schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Little
Leigh Soule
James Gilchrest
Paul Jordon
John Gamble
Iowa City
Lavina Schantz Hosts Pupils at Shiloh School
Shiloh Iowa April 20 Lavina Schantz six years old on April 16 is a beginner at Shiloh school. Her mother Mrs Dave Schantz and sisters Verda Ellen and Betty served chocolate cake and ice cream to teachers and students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiloh
Lavina Schantz
Dave Schantz
Verda
Ellen
Betty
James Marsh
Edd Showalter
Jane
Joyce
Eddy
Near Muscatine
Sam
Ray Miller
H. J. Schoonover
State Theater
Howard Sigafoose
Jean
Sam Sigafoose
Elmer Batterson
Excelsior Springs Mineral Water Treatments Ad
Nervous breakdown relief advertised for Excelsior Springs mineral water treatments. Free detailed information offered by Medical Bureau Hall of Waters, Excelsior Springs, Missouri, Box 1049. Thousands visit annually for various ailments and tired ex hausted feeling urged to write today.
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Excelsior Springs
Medical Bureau
Hall OF Waters
Excelsior Springs MO
Sunday Dinner Guests Fill Local Homes
Sunday featured visits at several homes with families hosting relatives and friends from nearby towns including Herman Marion Wayland Ainsworth Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. Local notes mention Mrs Landau Marie Raymond and others celebrating birthdays and community members recovering from illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandra Lee
Herman Marion
Herman
Walter Neff
Wayland
Warren Donelson
L. B. Donaldson
Mary Bean
Ainsworth
Donaldson
Milt Dennison
Elmer Reschley
Merrimac
Sam Marsh
Ross van Nostrand
Andrew
Iowa
Sam Lambert
Basil Derby
Anna Landau
Marie
Raymond
Gertrude Landau
Cedar Rapids
Minnie Landau
Iowa City
Orville Caldwell
Enos Christner
Jake Christner
Harold
J. Wenger
Harbare Widmer
Dave Sehants
Harold Snyder
Catherine Caldwell
Rural teachers plan Play Day at Pleasant Plain
The Jackson township teachers held the final meeting of the year at Grand Prairie school. Plans were made for the annual Play Day at Pleasant Plain school on Friday May 4 with races broad jumps rope hog calling and chicken calling. A basket dinner will be served. parents and friends are invited to attend with well filled baskets and table service.
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Hethel
Jackson Township
Grand Prairie
Pleasant Plain School
Anne Brown
Donald Brown
Vamnmile Doaidson
Hiere
Clair Gray
Manford Kilgore
Ray Niffenegger
History of film makeup changes over decades
The text notes makeup evolution in cinema from early days to around 1990 when actors wore white face and black lips, then states modern makeup resembles that used in movies presently.
Balancing Scales Highlight Microchemical Weighing
Modern laboratories use balanced microchemical scales to measure tiny quantities. A grain of sugar is labeled Massive on the scale, weighing 681,000,000ths of an ounce.
Community Notes Light In a Rural Drift
A crowded week covers visits from Mrs. Mary Swolensky to Charley Horak and Ruth Gideon’s Brigh ton trip. The Meyers settle west of Washington after leaving Bethel. Alice Wulf re elected to Jackson Center teaching, Ruth Gideon chosen at Grand Prairie. Rabbits and cold weather decimate fruit trees roses and patches. many locals attend a Washington cooking school. Sympathy extended to Grace Ferns Walter Johnson families.
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Mary Swolensky
Lone Tree
Charley Horak
Ruth Gideon
Brighton
Fred Williams
Will Hyde
P. J. Pauly
Ernest Meyers
Meyers
Bethel
Washington
Mary Applegate
Jess Havel
Alice Wulf
Jackson Center
Grand Prairie School
Our
Stanley Mangold
William McCartney
Charley Deem
Mae Davis
George
Marie
Libertyville
Howard Beenblossom
Orie O'Connor
Charles Beenblossom
Richard Fisher
Morris
Grace Ferns
Walter Johnson
Wright McConnell Visit Ties Mt. Pleasant to Burlington
Mr. and Mrs. Wright McConnell drove to Mt. Pleasant Sunday and then with Kenneth visited Mrs. Mc Connell's nephew, wife and baby in Burlington, returning the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Beenblossom
North
Oregon
Wright McConnell
Mt. Pleasant
Kenneth
Burlington
Loss of Their Mother Mrs J L Johnson Mentioned
A brief notice records the death of Mrs J L Johnson and notes the loss to her family. The item is concise and mentions her role as mother in the family context.
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J L. Johnson
Rhesus Monkey Cricket Presents Scrappy Debut at Fort Worth Zoo
Rough Customer A. C. Cooper donated Cricket the six year old rhesus to Fort Worth Texas zoo. In his first ten minutes in the monkey island colony Cricket slapped seven monkeys chipped two raccoons and snatched three fish from the moat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Cooper
Cricket
Fort Worth
Texas
Monkey Island
Zoo
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Sir Cedric Hardwicke
Vincent Price
John Sutton
Nan Grey
FOX
Stranger Than Fiction
A. J. Brace
World Service Committee
The
United Presbyterian Church
Washington Coffee Club
Rotary Club
Sid Dr. Brace
Dave Elder
Dr. Brace
China
Oskaloosa
Ottumwa
Muscatine
Albia
Hi-Y
Burchard Holden
Gene Trask
Y Boys
LeRoy Pratt
Y. M. CC
John C. Owen
Journal Bldg
Tyrone Power
Dorothy Lamour
Jopoiso
Edward Arnold
Charley Grapewin
Much
Movietone
Ellen Morrison
St. Joseph
Hod Pelms
FLAN
Hiner Son
M. ‘A. Engle
Howard Kerr & Son
Mose Levy
Eveready
Thiem
Credit Bureau
Eveready Plumbing
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