Local Neighborhood News Roundup of Travel and Visits
Dorothy Bear leaves for Iowa City to train as a student nurse at Mercy hospital. Many locals travel, visit relatives, or join furloughs including Mrs. Darbyshire at Camp Santa Anita and Mrs. Mitchell returning from Camp Hood. Messages note new clerks at McLellan’s and various short trips to Fairfield Decorah Keota and Burlington.
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Dorothy Bear
Clayton Bear
Iowa City
Mercy Hospital
Set. Tech
Claire Darbyshire
Altadena
California
W. M. Darbyshire
Faye
Eight Letter Men Back As Football Practice Opens
Forty two boys reported to Coach Jim Harp for 1943 football workouts with eight lettermen forming the nucleus. The squad includes backs Bob Bostwick Hal Longer and Dave Turner tackles Clarence Cross and Jim Gilchrist end Tom Tanner guards Bill Peters and John Whitaker. Practice start delayed to Tuesday August 24 due to athletic rules, with tests and talks held yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Harp
Athletic Association
Harp
Bob Bostwick
Hal Longer
Dave Turner
Clarence Cross
Jim Gilchrist
Tom Tanner
Bill Peters
John Whittaker
Turner
Dave
Eugene McCormick
Joe Duen
Art Bielefeldt
Baseball Standings and Evening Schedule Reflected
The chart lists teams with records and games behind for the league led by St. Louis Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Monday results show St. Louis defeating Boston 14 to 5. Tonight's schedule includes St. Louis at Boston, Pittsburgh at Brooklyn, Chicago at New York, Cincinnati at Philadelphia with a night game.
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W.L. Pet
Louis A Eiebasemiete
Cintinuati
Pittsburgh
Comero Co.cc
Philadelphia
PION
St. Louis
Boston
Pitcehrs
Cooper
Poston
Javery
Twilight
Pittsburg
Sewell
Brooklyn
Davis
Chicago
Bithorn
Hanyzewski
New York
C. Melton
Chase
W.L Pet
Washington Eee
Detroit
Cleveland Ee
Toston
Ist. Louis O
Cleveland
Washington
Chandler
Donala
White
Trucks
Haefner
Sandra
Newsome
Judd
Harder
Reynolds
Wolff
Harris
Ross
Dietrich
Weekend visits dot Washington County social calendar
Local residents from Kansas City to Chicago share weekend gatherings in Washington County. Families visit relatives at Oakland Mills and Des Moines while workers resume duties at Montgomery Wards and members travel for medical or military assignments.
Washington County Letters From Service Highlights
Short excerpts from letters received by the Washington County community reveal updates from local men serving in the armed forces. The notes describe home life, training, and hope for relief at the war’s end with emphasis on duty and resilience.
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Washington County
Charles Maas Writes From North Africa About Foreign Legion
Maas reports from a North Africa post describing a nearby Foreign Legion garrison about 50 kilometers away. He describes a two to three thousand white town with thousands of Arabs nearby and notes friendly relations with Americans. He portrays the Legion as outlaws with death sentences, yet effective, and praises the garrison camp as beautiful and well kept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Maas
North Africa
Foreign Legion
Legion
Sing Sing
School Book Listing for County Rural Schools
A catalog of reading writing and geography primers and companion texts for grades 1 to 8 includes If I Were Going 3rd Reader and Runaway Home Reader. Prices range from .12 to 1.79 with multiple notebooks papers and extended writing guides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendly Village
Friendly Village Companion
Numberland
Amer. People & Nation
Amer, People & Nation
American People & Nation
Our
Williams Garrett wed at Brighton in Methodist ceremony
Mary Williams daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Williams of Packwood married Raymond Garrett son of Mr. and Mrs. Everette Garrett at four o'clock Sunday afternoon in the Brighton Methodist parsonage. Rev. E. E. Voss officiated with Ruth Hoover and Rex Widmer as attendants. Garrett has been helping his father on a farm near Brighton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Williams
J. B. Williams
Packwood
Raymond Garrett
Everette Garrett
E. E. Voss
Ruth Hoover
Rex Widmer
Mr. Garrett
Brighton
Lice Lower Poultry Output
It is possible to keep a flock of poultry entirely free from external parasites at small cost in labor and material. While losses from lice and mites are not always apparent they lower the production of a flock and probably predispose the fowls to poultry diseases.
Kills Chicks Coccidiosis Threat Highlighted
Coccidiosis is a disease cited as killing about 100 million chicks in the United States each year, underscoring its impact on poultry production.
Honor Members at Bible Class Party
Mr and Mrs John Beenblosom hosted the Friendly Bible Class of the Baptist church in the basement last evening with 24 attendees. Farewell wishes went to Mrs Harley Brock moving to Moline and to Mr and Mrs Stanley Brock heading to Washington state. John Beenblosom’s birthday was celebrated with a four layer cake. Clara Faulkner led the event and Syrita Schleuter won a prize for naming the books of the Bible. Geraldine and Phyllis Crone invited September meeting at their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Beenblossom
the Baptist Church
Harley Brock
Moline
Stanley Brock
Washington State
Elmer McClure
Clara Faulkner
Syrita Schleuter
Geraldine
Phyllis Crone
British weekly ration details for fats cheese and bacon
The text outlines per person limits in Britain for edible fat six ounces with butter limited to two ounces, cooking fat two ounces, cheese four ounces, and bacon four ounces. Meat is rationed separately at one shilling and tuppence per week with an average approx one pound.
Mexico Irrigates Land To Aid United Nations War Effort
Arid land in Mexico has been brought into production over the last two years through long range irrigation. By 1946 an additional 1,500,000 acres will be cultivated to grow cotton wheat and other commodities for the United Nations wartime needs.
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Mexico
United Nations
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Max Haifley
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Fairfield
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Don Mitchell
Camp Hood
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Rothschild’s
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Indianola
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Delbert Darnel
Ames
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K. C. Hall
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Great Bend
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West Chester
R. C. Disney
Richard
Danville
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Mr. Disney
Ordnance Plant
Burlington
Don Custer
Joe Monaghan
Keota
Case Field
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Muscatine
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Columbus Junction
Mt. Pleasant
Boone
Paul Brown
Ohio State
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John Shields & Sons
EUEL
Cincinnati
Walters
Barrett
Ira Gastman
Dora Chapman
I. Rothschild
Oakland Mills
Ida Berdo
Joe West
Montgomery Wards
Berdo
West
Ted Johnson
Biddy
Ed McConville
Knoxville
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Maurice Baker
Kenneth Peters
Lawrence Davis
Aledo, Illinois
Ada Wickers
Belle Cooper
Hardinsburg
Indiana
Charles Grayson
Edward and
John of
Bettendorf
H. C. Finney
Mabel
Iowa Farm Mutual
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Atlantic
David Brock
Paul Brock
Washington County Hospital
R. J. Lehr
Lancaster
Clarence Brown
Harland Mead
Mt. Vernon
Pvt
Dale W. Sheets
Buckley Field
Colorado
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Francis of
Brewere
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Sir Jack Dankwardt
San Francisco
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