Wayland Team Edges Pleasant Plain in Tight Practice Game
The Wayland baseball team beat Pleasant Plain 5 to 4 in a five inning practice game Tuesday evening. Wayland built a 4–0 lead before Pleasant Plain rallied, then Eicher and a late double by Eich er secured the victory. Lucille Bender named valedictorian and Erma Clark salutatorian for this year’s senior class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
Pleasant Plain
Wayland Boys
Eicher
Hoskins
Davison
Charlie Eicher
Weaver
Mrs. Sanders
Helen Martin
Mildred Knopfenstein
Sanders
Jones
Ralph Wenger
Emery Eissti
Wenger
Kiest
Orlin
Change in Milwaukee Road Southwest Limited Schedule
The Southwest Limited train No 25 serving Ottumwa Fort Springs and Kansas City will depart Washington at 1 42 am instead of 1 45 am starting Sunday April 30. For more details call Milwaukee Road ration phone 262 Ady.
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Milwaukee Road
Southwest Limited
Ottumwa
Excelsior Springs
Kansas City
Washington
Crawfish Plan for Wells and Local Notices
Hardscrabble reports seek crawfish to place in a dry well to induce water via burrowing. West Chester telephone rules restrict late calls to doctors or undertakers after 10 PM. A teacher's nephew dies, affecting Hardscrabble students. Chambers furniture store laid linoleum for Mrs John Wehr.
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John Wehr
West Chester
Wellman
Ruth Godbers
Chambers Furniture Store
Dal and Uncle Eben Share A Bahamian Cliché
In a folksy exchange Uncle Eben praises Dal as always helpful in hard work and suggests choosing the bright side or polishing the side that faces you to stay productive. The dialogue reflects a rural Caribbean flavor and a pragmatic mindset.
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Dal
Uncle Eben
Brighton Birthday Celebrations Spur Weekend Visits
Bright on residents joined Robert Long for a birthday surprise at his daughter Mrs Hugh Wrights home. Guests included Mr and Mrs James Long and Mr and Mrs Cary Long and relatives from Keokuk Muscatine and Waterloo.
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Rhua Helmick
Brighton
James Long
Cary Long
Davenport
Robert Long
Hugh Wright
White
Robt
Laughrige
Bobby Joe
Keokuk
West Sunset social notes and illness update
West Sunset page notes Joan Schantz illness improvement after pneumonia. Several local families visit, including Spanglers, McCoy, Baker, Hertig, and Smiths. Visits span Frank Bailey, Prairie Flower church, and trips to Iowa City for a hospital patient in the Ellis family.
Grage Students Present Exhibit At Columbus City
Columbus Junction April 27 special work in Columbus City grade school shown Monday evening under teachers Irene Haakison and Frances Bonnichsen. Five grades, community dinner May 19 with program following. Rev V A Bloomquist visited Bellevue Hospital patient Mrs Bloomquist. Presbytery meeting at Davenport. Dr E W McWilliams and others attended, with McWilliams named elder representative to Ames synod. Mrs Ivanhoe Whitted visiting Columbus City mother. Local button plant suspended two weeks. Mr and Mrs Ervin Williams moved to Moline for work. P T A meeting drew fifty. one act play by clubwomen featured. Rev J Lynn Pace, daughter Dorothy, Musa Todd attended Iowa classis missionary meeting at Wilton. P E O Sisterhood hosts Mother’s Day event Monday with committee J Fred Moore W A Norris Hatt McGrew. Guy Masonholder recovering from Bellevue operation.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Columbus City
Irene Haakison
Frances Bonnichsen
V. A. Bloomquist
Muscatine
Bloomquist
Bellevue Hospital
E. W. McWilliams
D. BE. Davis
Lewis Pugh
Donald Howell
Iowa City
Davenport
McWilliams
Synod
Ames
B. F. Pickering
Blue Grass
Ivanhoe Whitted
Manitou
Colo
Eleanora Colton
Ervin Williams
Moline
Mesdames Paul Howell
Marvin Teeter
August Foss
Jerry Evans
Albert Owens
Robert Stinson
J. Lynn Pace
Dorothy
Musa Todd
Iowa
Claussis
The
Reformed Church
Wilton
P. E. O. Sisterhood
J. Fred Moore
W. A. Norris
Hatt McGrew
Guy Masonholder
Memo on Interstate Egg Laws and Trade Barriers
The writer reports on state egg laws restricting interstate sales and notes a National Conference on Inter State Trade Barriers in Chicago. The piece argues such laws hamper domestic trade despite a Constitution that bans interstate interference and highlights broader impacts on commerce and living standards.
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Chicago
Ainsworth Courier Notice on Crawford Homecoming
Mary Ellen Crawford returned Tuesday from Des Moines as reported from Ainsworth with no additional events listed.
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Ruth Norris
Ainsworth
Mary Ellen Crawford
Des Moines
Eighth grade Play Draws Crowd At Clyde Keiper Home
The eighth grade presented three one act plays to a large Friday night crowd. The performances were well received with all parts well taken and the class netting about 25 dollars.
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Laird
Enoch Linder
Ottumwa
Town City
John Shook
Peoria
Clyde Keiper
Conesville High Announces Class Play Cast
Juniors will present A Ready-Made Family a farce in three acts on May 3. Cast includes Betty Hawkins Howard Adams Doris Cozad Norma Maxwell Mary Kemp Max Kemp Virginia Stafford Clarence Buckman Pauline Todd and Ben Finley. Miss Virginia Stauffer directs. Senior motto Climb Though The Rocks Be Rugged. flower yellow tulip. colors green and gold.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Conesville High School
Betty Hawkins
Howard Adams
Doris Cozad
Norma Maxwell
Mary Kemp
Max Kemp
Virginia Stafford
Clarence Buckman
Pauline Todd
Ben Finley
Virginia Stauffer
State trade barriers raise prices for eggs and fruit
A letter from Frank Priebe argues that state laws favor local egg producers by restricting sales and marking out of state eggs as shipped. He contends these barriers raise costs for consumers and reduce returns for sellers, noting widespread growth of trade barriers across states since the early 1930s.
Silly Mistakes in New Deal Social Security Critique
Anamosa Eureka quotes Clif ford Niles criticizing the Social Security law as rushed by the New Deal Brain Trust. The column argues current per capita payments to unemployed workers and married women on social security stunt the economy and waste taxpayers money. R. O. Burrows labels government economists optimistic due to rising deficits, warning against debt-fueled growth and urging prosperity from productive industry under stable governance.
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Clifford Niles
Anamosa
New Deal Brain Trust
R. O. Burrows
Belle Plaine Union
Treasury
Europeans Face Dictator Subjugation Says Pella Chronicle
An editorial argues Europe lacks tools to resist dictators and warns against fake diplomacy and aristocratic flattery. The piece condemns reconciliation with foreign rule and urges vigilance to avoid surrender.
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Europe
Pella Chronicle
Old World
Tyrone Social Notes Invite Local Visits and Travel
Tyrone residents share a weekend of visits and gatherings. Caroline Sheetz tours with Ros alie and Isabelle Combs near Washington while Walter Sheetz travels with Anna Sheetz and family from Keota to Sorineville to meet the Kirt Mitchells. Families including Crawford Dillon and Zaiger are seen visiting and dining across town, with Otto Sheetz and others planning trips to Iowa City and Mason City for business and hospitality.
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R. J. Tanner
Washington
Otto Sheetz
George Dillon
Lou Dillon
Omar Crawford
George Crawford
Emmett Zaiger
Baby
Keota
Parental Bend
Leland
Helen
Iowa City
Eloise
Peoria
Illinois
Mason City
Iowa
Hickey Bros
Manford
Clay Community Notes and Local Movements
Locals report Mr. and Mrs. Co A Morgan hosted dinner guests at W O Morgan home. Ollie Morgan visited sister Mrs. Morrow in Rubio. Jay Baxter Jr called on the Morgan home Sunday afternoon. Ruth Morgan Trumt and family moved to Yuma Arizona. Alice Meacham, daughter of Hugh and Mrs Meacham, won a New York college scholarship. A community meeting was held at the Clay schoolhouse Tuesday evening.
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A. J. Morgan
Clay
Co. A. Morgan
W. O. Morgan
Ollie Morgan
Morrow
Rubio
Jay Baxter, Jr
Morgan
Ruth Morgan
Yuma Arizona
Alice Meacham
Hugh Meacham
New York College
Grinnell
Clay School
Grandview Social Notes From April 27
Grandview reports include C M Maxwell returning to New London after a two week visit with his son Delbert. Mr and Mrs Richard Cray hosted Sunday at the Jean Sprague home in West Chester. Richard Butterbaugh is working for Richard Cray this spring. Delbert Maxwell and family visited Charles Strottman in New London. Mrs Richard Cray bought a Maytag washer. Mr and Mrs Paul Maxwell and daughter Wilma Jean, Muncie Indiana, visited the Delbert Maxwell home. Mrs Chas Green listed on the sick list.
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Chris Jensen
West Chester
Brighton
A. A
Lillie Koch
California
Glen Cooper
Waterloo
Hiram Cooper
Dorothy Helmick
Dallas Center
Evalyn Helmick
Galen Moore
Newton
H. W. Helmick
J. B. Brier
Fresno
Calif
J. H. Brier
Delbert Maxwell
Grandview
M. Maxwell
New London
Delbert
Richard Cray
Jean Sprague
Richard Butterbaugh
Charles Strottman
Paul Maxwe
Wilma
Jean
Muncie
Indiana
Chas. Green
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Ruth Rogers
Repubte Pieture
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Topper
Constance Bennett
Roland
Fisi
Judn
Billie Burke
Wayland School News
Chris Schlatter
W. D. Clampitt
Dexter
L. S. Drew
Dexter Board of Education
Clampitt
Dallas County
Smithcraft Company
Wayland Community Club
Rollie Williams
State University of Iowa
West Sunset
Sam Baker
Joan Schantz
Mildred Rich
Schantz
Fred Eisele
Lee
Jake Shrader
Frank Bailey
Frank Boland
Fred Spangler
Harold
Warren McConwhay
Chris Hertig
Chester Spangler
Wilfred Smith
Myral Smith
Prairie Flower
W. D. Booth
Claude McCoy
Cleo
Clarence Fulton
Elmer Mason
Vernice Bailey
N. F. Smith
Bessie McCoy
Kya Harvey
Jeasie Ellis
Wuilfred Smith
Lumbus Schools
Washington Dairy
Gladys George
Gene Lockhart
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra
Late News
Matinee
Conesville
Frank Priebe
North Side Cafe
Tyrone
Lucille
Evening Journal
Hector
Washington Lumber and Fuel CO
Pioneer Yard
Jim White
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