Ramblings and Remnants Recap Nineteenth Three Quarter Century Dinner
The Journal notes its Nineteenth annual Three Quarter Century club dinner in Washington Iowa. Veterans share memories and praise guests while Rev Milo Phillips delivers a short talk. City hall remodeling, highway paving equipment movement, new council chairs arrive, and an underpass sign proposal mark the local scene.
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Washington
Iowa
Journal Folks
Milo Phillips
Frank McKay
Packwood
Journal
Birthday Fete Highlights North Nena Community Ties
August 17 birthday events in North Nena honor Cyril and Earl Rise of Davenport and Lone Tree. Residents Roy Gerofs, Mrs. Eva Rabenold, and local families gather at Lone Tree Methodist church for a potluck dinner amid small town visits and birthday wishes.
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Roy Gerofs
Bithday Fete
Cyril
Earl Rise
Glen Lord
North Nena
Davenport
Orville Tappan
Earl
Lone Tree
Methodist Church
Roy Gerot
Eva Rabenold
Hugh Morris
Will Zaver
Washington
Rabenoid
Alma Taylor
Ohio
George Lord
Henry
Lou Wagenknecht
Bloomfield
Henry Wagenknecht
Carl Hawkins
Lake Darling
Anna Wagenknecht
Rudy Wagenknecht
Jim Clegg
George Lord Home
Lord Home
John Vetter
Walter Dbrinning
Rock Island
Florence Baird
Local History Verifies City Hall Building Origin
On the way to city hall, a local history item was checked confirming the building now housing the municipal offices has a verified origin. The note references the structure’s past function and confirms its continuity in public use.
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Detroit
Madison Street
West Chester
Milwaukee
City Hall
The
Municipal
Eleven Rural Schools Will Open Aug 22 in Louisa County
Eleven rural schools in Louisa county will begin Friday August 22 for a half day session and return Monday August 25 for a full day as pupils bring a full set of textbooks. Community notes report church meetings picnics clubs and travels of local residents.
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Louisa County
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Raw Courage on Korea Front Frontline Courage Amid Artillery Barrage
United Nations troops endure constant shell fire near Bunker Hill as reporter and CBS correspondent Lou Cioffi join a forward observation post. A harrowing escape from a hillside under heavy fire ends with both writers staying alive and praising the GIs on patrol.
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Richard Applegate
United Press
Korea
Korean
United Nations
Lou Cioffi
Columbia Broadcasting System
Bunker Hill
Cioffi
Eres
Lou
What It Takes To Be A Good Sport In Pat and Mike
Katharine Hepburn discusses athletic roles and personal fitness in MGM's Pat and Mike. She praises tennis golf swimming and walking as enjoyable exercise, noting golf champions Babe Didrikson Zaharias Dettweiler Hanson and Hucks appear with her and stressing exercise must be fun to benefit.
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Pat
Mike
Katharine Hepburn
Miss Hepburn
Pennis
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Helen Dettweiler
Beverly Hanson
Betty Hucks
Oregon Guest Visits In Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville August 22 Mr Louis Crane of Medford Oregon was a dinner guest of Mr and Mrs Granville Love Monday evening. The Kenneth Rhea family and Patty Fisher spent the weekend at the H B Cheney home in Spring Valley Minnesota.
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Jack Howard
Crawfordsville
Louis Crane
Medford
Ore
Granville Love
Kenneth Rhea
Patty Fisher
H. B. Cheney
Spring Valley
Minn
Ivor Davis
Sandra
Leona Sechantz
Wayland
Russell Zickefoose
Marion Olds
Davenport
Frank Young
Everette Smith
LaHarp
Kans
Drough
Wyman
Darlene Burich To Teach At Davis Creek School Opens Aug 25
Davis Creek school days near. Darlene Burich to teach. building opens August 25. Article notes travel concerns for parents and mentions local family visits and community events including trips to Plainfield Marion West Liberty and West Branch. Includes social details and a West Liberty fair attendance.
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Darlene Burich
Davis Creek
Fred J. Kueer
Farmers School
Jess Mitchell
Ruth
Plainfield
Marion
Marilyn
Jerry
Ray Mitchell
West Liberty
Robert Stuart
Laurel Kucera
Janet Wilson
West Branch
Dixie Stuart
Ray Young
Kennething
Stuart Hone
Willard Bollers Honored at Dinner
Willard Bollers of near Kalona and his wife observed their twenty fifth wedding anniversary on August 14 with a dinner for fifty relatives and friends. Attending were out of town guests from Pigeon Michigan and Knoxville Tennessee plus Kalona neighbors on a Colorado vacation including Garden of the Gods breakfast group and Manitou park picnic attendees.
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Kalona
Willard Boller
Near Kalona
Omar Shetler
Pigeon
Michigan
Boller
Lyle, Warren
Lois Jean Shetler
Joseph Shetler
Br. J. Shetler
Mary Ann
David
Mary Mayme Wilson
Knoxville
Tennessee
Harold Bontrager
Winfield
Iowa
Manitou Springs
Colorado
Manitou Park
E. H. Reif
L. D. Yoder
Willis W. Gingerich
Delilah Gingerich
I. Ek. Grady
Wilson Coffey
Ford Skola
C. C. Shimon
Kalona Residents To Hear Mission Programs
Kalona on August 22 announces two events for August 26. The Mennonite youth sponsor a showing of Out of the Night at Kalona high school auditorium at 7 45 PM, detailing Pacific Garden Mission work. Grace Bates will discuss 29 years of mission service at the Kalona Methodist church at 8 PM.
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Eugene Way
Kalona
Pacific Garden Mission
At & O'Clock
Grace Bates
United States
India
Rosa Diener
Lois Yoder
H. L. Walker
Kalona High School
H. V. Beck
Shrevesport
Set
Tom McKenzie
Beck
McKenzie
Frank Draper
Duncombe
C. R. Decker
Women Marines Enrolled for Clerical Duties in 1918
In 1918 the Marine Corps enrolled 305 women to perform clerical duties, reflecting expanded roles for women in the service during World War I.
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Marine Corps
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