Local News Briefs Highlight Travel And Education Events
Tom Gray leaves for Springfield and Madison to attend a college friend’s wedding and the National Students Association Congress as a University of Iowa student council representative. Charles Mayo earns a BA and Grace Ferns an elementary diploma at Cedar Falls summer commencement. Free movie every Saturday night at Ainsworth.
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Tom Gray
Springfield
Ill
Madison
Wisc
National Students Association Congress
University of Iowa
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers College
Charles Mayo
Grace Ferns
Ainsworth
Local happenings and notices from town events
Ted Pratt and others flew to Kansas City to license an ATG at the airport. A softball tournament Sunday at Armory field features seven big games sponsored by the Marine Corps League. Mr and Mrs J A Churchill of Fairmont Neb returned after visiting their son Charles Churchill and family. The Zieglowsky family moved to Washington from a farm and bought 914 N 2nd Ave. Virginia Zieglowsky will enroll in Washington high. Mrs Roy Brobst of Grand Junction visits this week. Mrs Hunt from Chicago visits W Crooks family.
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Ted Pratt
Fred Munden
Jean Mangold
Kansas City
Kansas
Armory Field
Marine Corps League
J. A. Churchill
Fairmont
Neb
Mr. Churchill
Charles Churchill
Myrtle Frank
Valley
Churchills
Charles Zieglowsky
Washington
Don Whitlow
2Nd Avenue
Virginia
Washington High School
Roy Brobst
Grand Junction
C. E. Griffin
Alarm thermostat aids frozen food cabinets against failures
James J. Corbett noted as the first heavyweight boxing champion to win the world title under Marquis of Queensberry rules.
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James J. Corbett
Andrew
Bettendorf
Alcoa Aluminium
Quarry Work Near Dusenbery Farm In Dayton Grove
Dayton Grove August 19 The Kaser Construction Co finished work at Knotts quarry and will move to a Dusenbery farm quarry soon. Social items note reunions visits and family gatherings including the Kleese and Hesseltine events and a 4 H softball win by West Point girls.
Turn the Boys Loose at Fair
Round Grove report of a family outing at Davenport with Uncle George Brown turning three boys loose at the Mississippi Valley Fair grounds. They ride the Ferris wheel, snack on cotton candy, and enjoy a new open air theater with parking for 900 cars and individual sound receivers hanging on car doors as they watch a giant screen.
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Round Grove
George Brown
Davenport
George
Mississippi Valley Fair Grounds
Pop
Brown
Andy Brown Jr
Uncle George
Johnny
Andrew
Fair Grounds
Louisa County 4-H Winners at County Fair
At the Louisa County fair in Columbus Junction on August 20, 4-H depart ment winners are named in Hereford Angus Shorthorn and dairy classes. Top Hereford honors go to James Bloomquist Crawfordsville with Earl Nau Columbus Junction as champion, while Bonnie Carpenter Letts leads Junior Hereford and Bobbie Schultz Columbus Junction headlines intermediate Angus.
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Columbus Junction
Louisa County Fair
Hereford
James Bloomquist
Crawfordsville
Jim Jones
Letts
Wayne Barnes
Bonnie Carpenter
Carolyn Smith
Tommy Robertson
Norma Small
Gordon Huston
Keith Samuels
Wapello
Marion Grouwinkel
Hereford James Bloomquist
Angus Earl Keith Nau
Billie Edwards
Harold Williams
Angus Dean Owens
Bob Huff
Angus—Keith Nau
Dean Owens
Bill Samuels
Mary Jean Meyerholz
Rollin Smith
John Wittrt
Earl Keith Nau
Kenneth Tomfield
Dean Collins
Billie Edward
Frank Swan
Mediapolis
Lida Robison
Barbara Robison
Guernsey
Amos Stigers
Bill Smith
Francis Stiger
Dennis Hail
Richard Hendrickson
Richard Brown
Oakville
Jersey
Mileage Averages For Cars And Trucks
The average passenger car in the United States travels 9300 miles per year while the typical truck averages about 11000 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Prevent moth damage with chemical fabric treatment
The most effective method to deter moths is to treat fabric chemically so larvae refuse to attack it.
Sparrow Introduction in Central Park 1866
The 14 English sparrows released in Central Park in 1866 grew into the vast populations seen across the United States. This story traces their origin and spread from a small urban release to a nationwide avian presence.
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Central Park
United States
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