Marriage of Velma Ward and R Bruce Lord in Minnesota garden
Velma Frances Ward daughter of Mr and Mrs W Frank Ward of Hollandale Minnesota and R Bruce Lord son of Mr and Mrs George M Lord of Ainsworth marry July 31 in a Maple Island garden ceremony read by Rev E W Tannehill. Attendants include Suzanna Ward Jeanette Stockett and Frank A Ward. The couple plans a Mille Lac Lake wedding trip and teaching position for the groom at Lockridge after August 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xenia
Velma Frances Ward
W. Frank Ward
Hollandale
Minn
R. Bruce Lord
George M. Lord
Ainsworth
E. W. Tannehill
Maple Island
Suzanna Ward
Mr. Pleasant
Jeanette Stockett
Fort Wayne
Ind
Frank A. Ward
Virginia Watland
Albert Lea
Lizat
Mille Lac Lake
Lockridge
Goldsmith Reunion Held at Frytown
The 19th annual Goldsmith reunion gathered 162 descendants of Joseph and Elizabeth Goldsmith at the Frytown Christian church on August 12. Officers elected for next year were Jake Graber president William Leichty vice president and Mary Witting secretary treasurer. The gathering will convene in Wayland next year with numerous Wellman Kalona and Wayland attendees from many families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Joseph
Elizabeth Goldsmith
Germany
Christian Church
Frytown
Jake Graber
William Leichty
Mary Witting
Wayland
Lydia Slonecker
Estella Cumings
Hamilton
Ohio
Ortis
John Bissey
W. F. Gingerich
Herman Schmucker
Mary Louise
Jake Boller
Chriss Marner
Earl Hochstetler
Eli Hochstetler
Levi Schrock
Frank Fry
Kalona
Elmer Reschly
W. E. Wood
H. J. Goldsmith
Amasa Miller
Frank Goldsmith
Omer Roth
Clair Boshart
Clarence Roth
Dan Orendorff
Olive Wyse
Anna Wenger
Ervin Reschly
Emma Miller
Eva Leichty
Henry Graber
Ella Wenger
Frank Boshart
Leo Gislain
L. C. Swain
Donald Bidwell
Lowell Dodds
Orlo Green
Henry Foster
Robert Godlove
Martha Godlove
Margaret Furman
Helen Anderson
Gislain
Wade Curl
Iowa City
Stutzman
Yost Stutzman
Irvin Stutzman
John F. Shettler
Dennis Miller
Bill Zook
Milo Miller
Wilson & Co. Workers To Get Pay Increase
Notices posted at Wilson and Co. in Cedare Rapids show a general wage increase applying to men at 70 cents and women at 59 cents per hour under the common labor wage scale. The move aligns with a broader wage rise affecting workers at the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedare Rapids
Wilson & Co
Midwest
Cedar Rapids
Mezens
Harry A. Palmer
Auto Industry Powers Army Trucks At Record Pace
Detroit reports the auto industry is delivering military vehicles at an unprecedented rate. By 1937 13,000 Army vehicles rose to about 200,000, with about 250,000 targeted by autumn. Orders in 1940 totaled over 220 million dollars across 17 truck firms. 3.8 million trucks have rolled out in five years, and estimates show 4.65 million in use nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
United States
W. E. Fish
General Motors
Chevrolet Division
H N S Club Meets at Mrs Schlabaugh Home Wellman
Mrs Ea Schlabaugh and Mrs Rollie Yoder co hosted the H B S club meeting at Mrs Schlabaugh s home with 12 members and one guest. Vice president Mrs Ray Bickford led the business session. entertainment by Mrs Bert God ber and Mrs Dave Winegarden featured guessing games. Next meeting with Mrs Mel Whetstine and Mrs Lawrence Whetstine as assistant hostess. Refreshments served by the hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Whetstine
Ed Seclabaugh
Rollie Yoder
Ford Pratts Whitney engine plant houses vast air conditioning
Ford's $37,000,000 Pratt & Whitney aircraft engine factory, already tied to $260,000,000 in defense orders, features a record air conditioning system cooling 2,000,000 cubic feet per minute. Six thousand tons of refrigeration quietly chill the underground work spaces likened to a solar plexus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft
Defense
Pratt & Whitney
Community notices listing local ladies committee names
A fragment lists committee members including Mrs Mose Yoder Mrs Sim Miller and Mrs Homer Yoder as part of a local organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mittee
Mose Yoder
Sim Miller
Homer Yoder
Many Out-of-State Cars Are in Iowa on Vacation Trips
Gracehill notes a summer influx of visitors from Oklahoma Washington and Seattle as families visit friends relatives and attend reunions. Local residents share travel reports and a funeral is recorded with sympathy offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Anna Williams
Gracehill
Oklahoma
George Nisle
Pearl
Clinton
J. C. van Alstine
Elk City
Okla
Myrtle Gault
Washington
Lem Guy
Brighton
Minnie Guy
Seattle
Wash
Allen Schaeffer
Wilmer Riepe
Mt. Union
Lyle Hayes
Harley Cherwinker
Our Village
Horak
Harley
Bloomfield
Nelson Woodford
Jerry
Anson Moore
Edmondson Park
Oskaloosa
C. A. Strohm
Dean
Dorothy
Deloras
Carl Corpman
Betty Joyce
Clifford
Woodford
J. W. Dunbar
Carl Klein
Dunbar
University Hospital
Iowa City
Dunbar Farm
Harold Hayes
Glorialie
Mary Lou
Pleasant Plain
Wess Engel
Muscatine
Engel
Latex Imports Jump More Than Twice in 1939
Imports of rubber latex rose sharply in 1939 driven by demand for cushioning materials. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry notes a total of 61,000,000 pounds imported, more than double the 1938 total.
Dangerous Women and the Origin of the Word Dangerous
The piece traces how early usage equated dangerous with disdainful behavior by women toward men. It notes a shift from personal contempt to broader calamitous meaning for males, tracing etymology and social attitudes behind the term.
Peter Encourages Suffering Christians
A sermon on I Peter 4 12 19 5 6 11 urges Christians to view fiery trials as tests of faith and opportunities to witness to unbelievers. It emphasizes remaining unashamed under persecution, avoiding needless trouble, trusting Christ with worries, and standing firm against Satan's attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Paul
Luke
Christ
Calvary
Recorder for Sleeper A device to track bed movements
A recording device designed to attach to a bed leg records every movement of a sleeper during the night. It aims to reveal restlessness and sleep patterns by capturing motion data for later analysis.
Park Service and Bible School Schedule Update
Schurche Bible School holds 9 45 worship and 10 45 service with sermon Give God a Chance Park service at 7 30 p m in Central Park unity service Rev C W Klein preaches Katharine Doran plays piano solo next Lord s day Miss Jane Garrett and Miss Jane Steele perform solos in morning and offertory Keenly noted leaders invite all young people to 6 30 p m meeting Ivan Riess pastor R Clifton Keagy minister Edna M Klein organist
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible School
Blues
Katharine Doran
Ivan Riess
Central Park
C. W. Klein
Frysinger
Tabeteen E Knapp
Jane Garrett
Jane Steele
Soul as the Lord's Blessing in Church Sermons This Sunday
Christian Science Churches announce Soul as the Lesson-Sermon subject for all Churches of Christ Scientist on Sunday August 17. The Golden Text cites Psalm 103 urging praise to God with phrase bless the Lord. The lesson combines Bible passages with Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health, explaining Soul as Spirit God and contrasting it with sense in secular use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Churches
Churches of Christ
Mary Baker Eddy
God
Christian Tabernacle Holds Services in Tent at Lincoln Ground
The Christian Tabernacle announces Sunday services move to a tent on the Lincoln school grounds while the building is under construction. Sunday program includes 9:30 service 10:45 Sunday school 6:30 Crusaders 7:30 Evangelistic service. Next week evangelistic meetings led by Bob and Martha Stevens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Tabernacle
Lincoln School
Crusaders
Bob
Martha Stevens
W. J. Stevens
Crawfordsville Churches Services and Meetings Schedule
Sunday school opens at 10:00 a m with J W Rich as superintendent The morning service at 11:00 a m features a sermon titled In God We Trust Youth Fellowship gathers at 7:00 p m The Board of Trustees meets Wednesday evening at 8:00 o'clock Rev Lester H Bill serves as pastor
St Pauls Evangelical Valley Morning Worship
Valley church announces morning worship at 11:15 a m led by Pastor Carl W Klein with St Pauls Evangelical Church participating in the service.
St James Catholic Masses At 7 And 9 A M
St James Catholic Church announces morning masses at 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. led by Rev. H. J. Corcoran, the parish pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James Catholic
H. J. Corcoran
Unitarian Presbyterian Sabbath Services and Ezra Study
The notice lists Sabbath school at 10:00 a.m. led by Mrs. Ida Wooley, morning worship at 11:00 a.m. with sermon The Vision of the Christ, and the nightly CU classes at 7:00 p.m. Bible study also at 7:00 p.m. on Ezra. No Women’s Missionary Society meeting in August. Rev. R. M. McCracken, Pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Presbyterian
Ida Wooley
Christ
Women’s Missionary Society
R. M. McCracken
Blessed are they that hear and keep the Word of God
A Trinity Lutheran church notice outlines Sunday school at 6 30 p m and divine service at 7 30 p m with sermon on Luke 11 28. The pastor stresses hearing and keeping Bible teachings, repentance, forgiveness, and faith in gospel promises. Alb Bostelmann, Pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alb. Bostelmann
Presbyterian Church Service and Missionary Meeting
Morning service at 11 o clock will feature a sermon by Mr Edwin Q Hurd. Union service at 8 o clock with Mr Hurd delivering the sermon. The Women's Missionary meeting is set for Thursday afternoon August 21 at 2:00 PM with Mrs Olive Moore as leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Sunday School
Moorhead
Edwin Q. Hurd
Hurd
Olive Moore
Baptist Sunday Services Along With Evening Union Park
The church announces Sunday school at 9 30 A M worship at 10 45 A M with topic God Present But Not Perceived Union park service at 7 30 P M includes music Prelude The Old Abbey Offertory Pastoral Calm Parker Postlude Concert Overture Mrs Charles McConnell organist Charles Murdock director invitation extended by minister Alfred Trenerry
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Sunday School
Union Park Service
Parker Postlude
Brown
Charles McConnell
Charles Murdock
Alfred Trenerry
Church Services Schedule Led by Pastor J S Phipps
The Church of Nazarene holds Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. and morning worship at 11:00 a.m. The evening service starts at 7:30 p.m. with sermons titled The Whole duty of man and Christian Freedom. You are a stranger with us but once. J S Phipps, Pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man
Coppock Socials Include Dinners and Visitors Update
Aug. 14 reports show Mr. and Mrs. Gleede Dold hosting dinner for relatives from Marsh and Brighton areas. Several families, including the Manns, Davisons, and Dolds, visited at various homes. Mrs. Ralph Kauffman underwent a major operation at Henry County Hospital with wishes for a speedy recovery. Betty Dill underwent emergency appendectomy at Burlington Hospital. condition improving per latest bulletin.
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Gleede Dold
Coppock
Evelyn
Edwin Leeper
William
Denzel
Jimmy
P. Fulger
Mr. Pleasant
Ronald Dold
Vivian
Marsh
Fred Dold
Charles Davison
Ralph Mann
Baby
Richland
John Mann
Brighton
Ralph Kauffman
Henry County Hospital
M. F. Simpson
Ili
Ray Manning
Joe Smith
Marsa
Ottumwa
Everette Hauenstein
Olds
Glenn Hesser
Donald Paul
Washington
EB. E. Nichols
Rey
Methodist Church Morning Worship in Des Moines
Morning worship planned at 9 45 a m with sermon by Rev EB S Hebner on The Living Sacrifice at First Methodist Church Des Moines. The minister will occupy the pulpit during the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EB. S. Hebner
First Methodist Church
Des Moines
Country Churches and Prairie Flower Baptist Services
Country Federated Church schedules no service on August 17 with morning services on August 24. Washington reports 9:30 a.m. worship and 10:20 a.m. Sunday school, plus Union Central Park service at 1:30 p.m. Prairie Flower Baptist holds Bible school at 10:00 a.m. and worship at 11:00 a.m. with the sermon “The Ministries of the Spirit” led by C. E. Strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federated Church
ST. Paul’s Evangelical Washington
Union Central Park
Carl W. Klein
Prairie Flower Baptist
C. E. Strong
Eureka Church Sunday Schedule and Invitation
Eureka Church announces Sunday school from 10:00 to 10:46 and public worship from 10:45 to 11:30 led by Minister William L. Clapp. The sermon is titled The Power of the Godly. The public is cordial invited to attend. no evening service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
William L. Clapp
New Haven Baptist Church Announces Services and Events
Rev Earl Dale pastor at New Haven Baptist Church invites worshippers with morning service at 10 30 am and evening service at 8 pm Sermon topics include Open Sins and The True Aim of Life New Haven Young People host Baptist Young People from Washington Association at 3 06 pm Also Missionary Society and Aid meet at Mrs Artfort Richardson and Mrs Maggie Robertson assisting Hostesses Boy Scout meeting set for Wednesday evening Aug 20 You are always welcome to attend worship services and activities
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Earl Dale
Brighton
West Chester
Glenn E. Miller
New Haven
Baptist Young People of Washington Association
New Haven Ladies Missionary Society and Aid
Artfort Richardson
Maggie Robertson
Church Schedule and Circle Meetings Announced
10 a.m. church school directed by Eugene Stephens with Supt. in charge. 11 a.m. morning worship with sermon When a Man Sins. 6:30 p.m. Epworth League led by Corinne Edmondson. Circle meetings of the Women’s Society of Christian Service set for Thursday August 21 with Circle 1 location to be announced, Circle 2 at Mrs. Will Richards Havre home, Devotions by Marjory Frame, program by Gladys Evans, Circle 8 at Helen McCreedy home under Florence Stephens, transportation arranged through circle leaders. Rust College Jubilee singers perform Friday evening August 22 at the church. Pastor John A. Nye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Corinne Edmondson
Women's Society of Christian Service
Circle No
Will Richards
Havre
Marjory Frame
Gladys Evans
Hollanders Continue Zuyder Zee Reclamation Drive
Dutch workers keep advancing the reclamation of the former Zuider Zee as 750000 acres of new land are added to Holland. The project began in 1920 with a goal to expand cultivable land and area by about ten percent, though finish date and cost are uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Zuider Zee
Holland
Zuyder Sea
New Texas Governor Stevenson Addresses Inauguration
Cope Stevenson succeeds W. Lee O'Daniel as Texas governor and delivers a radio address from Austin after his inauguration. Stevenson takes office amid the shift with O'Daniel moving to the U S Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Lee O’daniel
U. S
Cope Stevenson
Texas
Stevenson
Austin
Dutch Polders Reclaim Land for Agricultural Future
The article explains the 1932 26 mile land reclamation from the Zayder Sea to form the Wieringer Meer Polder and the even larger North Eastern Polder under construction. It notes multiple polder sections, vast acreages, pumping stations moving 1 516 000 000 cubic meters of water, and plans for model villages and agricultural production under Dutch supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wieringer-Meer
Holland
Zayder Sea Entrance
Tufted scatter rugs on a budget
Luxurious deep pile scatter rugs are quick to make and inexpensive. Use crash duck warp cloth or burlap for backing, colored worsted yarn, and neutral cotton thread. A sewing machine with a handicraft-guide attachment suffices. draw the design in crayons and leave a three inch margin.
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Velma F. Ward
R. Bruce
Goldsmith
Army
Hudson
Packard Motor Car Co
Royal Air Force
Army Air Corps
Packard
H. N. & S Club
C. S. Lemmon
John W. Lemmon
Optometrists
Harold L. Lundquist
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Sneer
Western Newspaper Union
International Council of Religious Education
George Herbert
Jesus
F. B. Meyer
Satan
Wilbur M. Smith
Lord Jesus Christ
Church of Christ
Crawfordsville
Methodist
St. Paul’s Evangelical
Wagner
Church of Nazarene
J. S. Phipps
Benson Home
Ella Merchant
C. M. Benson
Ben Ricks
John McMullen
Janet
Mt. Pleasant
Arthur Ricks
Peoria
Lil
John Ricks
C. Dill
Merle Dill
Mediapolis
Burlington Hospital
Betty
P. L. Etter
Country Churches
J. B. Pollock
NEW Haven Baptist
Ainsworth Methodist
Eugene Stephens
Homer Stephen Optomet
A. E. Atchison North Side Square
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