Reading aloud aids children through early and middle schooling
Parents should read aloud to preschoolers and maintain the habit through later years to build study readiness. Family reading, lively dinner table discussions, and limiting TV foster curiosity. Create a dedicated study nook and a structured routine. Junior high homework needs 12 to 15 hours weekly, high school 15 to 18 hours. Plan eight hours sleep, three for meals, time for recreation, and enforce off limits on calls and visitors during study hours.
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Ting
Encyclopedia Americana
Moldenhauer and guests visit Riverside as vacation plans loom
Riverside reports show Mr. and Mrs. J F Moldenhauer of Chicago staying with Mrs. Marge Luckey en route to a two week California trip. Funeral services for World War I veteran Mr. Evarard Puder were held at Harden Funeral Home with American Legion rites. The Women’s Catholic Foresters met at Urban Metz home with seventeen members. prizes awarded. Mrs. Robert Hartzler of Anchorage and her family visit Alva Bell’s family. Mr. Hartzler to join later.
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Riverside
J. F. Moldenhauer
Chicago
Marge Luckey
San Francisco
California
Opal Stransky
Evarard Puder
Harden
What Cheer
Puder
American Legion
Mt. Zion
Martinsburg
Women’s Catholic Order of Foresters
Urban Metz
Rosemary Waldschmidt
Solon
Irma Heitzman
Geneva Schnoebelen
Anna Veggy
Clarence Rummelhart
Robert Hartzler
Anchorage
Alaska
Alva Bell
Hartzler
Annual water show held in Keota
A large crowd attended the first annual Water Show at Lagos Acres pool in Keota on Sunday evening. Masters of Ceremonies Steve Johnson introduced participants in age group swimming events with winners listed in boys and girls divisions and an exhibition of diving by Vic Lauglin and Jerry Thompson.
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Keota
Lagos Acres
Steve Johnson
Monte Bohrofen
Kirby Fosdick
Dick Pearson
John Tadlock
John Speaker
Mike Geil
Ed Adams
Doug Henderson
Vic Lauglin
Waterloo
Jerry Thompson
Cedar Rapids
Aqua Maids
Washington
Grandchildren visit Duvalls in West Chester
West Chester area social notes recount visits by Debbie Dee Duvall and relatives from Iowa to the Duvall home. Extended families and friends traveled for dinners, birthdays, and church services, with multiple drop ins and suppers noted. Dr. William Estep Jr. served as supply pastor due to Dr Arthur Peters illness.
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William R. Estep Jr
Grace Hill Moravian Church
Federated Church
Arthur Peters
Hazel Hunt visits with her parents on weekend
AINSWORTH Aug 25 Mr and Mrs Lee Hunt and Mrs Tom Stirling spent Friday at Veterans Hospital in Iowa City volunteering. W A Sands of Agency and Willard Mc Cracken hosted Sunday visit. Hazel Hunt of Des Moines vacationing with her parents. The Jones family returned from a Colorado vacation visiting Colorado Springs and Estes Park. Susan Jones resumes work at the Presbyterian Church in Iowa City Sept 1. A dinner at Cotter’s with the Arthur and Williams families. Ronald Hawkins taken to Muscatine General. Janice Sines visiting with Lacy Sines. In Indianapolis Ray Harroun won the 1911 Indianapolis 500 in a Marmon.
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West Chester
Debbie Dee Duvall
West Des Moines
Allen
Susan Woodruff
Jefferson
Dennis Holmes
Cedar Falls
Walter Duvall
Debbie Dee
Earl Duvall
Susan
Allen Woodruff
Marshalltown
Edna McDowell
Keith Parcell
Fairfield
Kenneth Cuddeback
John McDowell
McDowell
Estep
Ben Gray
Washington
Kan
Ainsworth
Lee Hunt
Tom Stirling
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
W. A. Sands
Agency
Willard McCracken
Hazel Hunt
Des Moines
Russell Jones
Terry
Craig
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Royal Gorge
Air Force Academy
Estes Park
Thompson Canyon
Boulder
Bill Jones
Cotter
Susan Jones
Presbyterian Church
Darold Jones
Esther Arthur
Jenny Rees
Blanche Williams
Kenneth Arthur
Ronald Hawkins
Muscatine General Hospital
Janice Sines
Waterloo
Lacy Sines
Federated Church Circle Meets in Westchester August
Eleven members of the Federated Church Social Circle met Thursday afternoon at the church for a brief business session. They planned the September 30 breakfast, while Mrs. Gale Reif, Mrs. Arthur Peters, and Mrs. John McDowell led the program and devotions and slides were shown of New England trips and the Betty Peters wedding.
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Westchester
Federated Church
Merl McDowell
Gale Reif
Arthur Peters
John McDowell
New England States
Horse Shoe Falls
Finger Lakes
Lake George
Lake Champlain
Woodstock
Vermont
Pemaquid Point
Maine
Peters
Betty
Navy enlistment of Denis C Wood in San Diego
Denis C. Wood son of Mr and Mrs Don C Wood of rural route two Ainsworth has enlisted in the U S Navy. His address is Denis C Wood Sr 119-9102 Company 407 USNTC San Diego California.
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Denis C. Wood
Don C. Wood
Ainsworth
U. S. Navy
USNTC
Eicher congregation hosts fireside service and visits
Mrs Henry Yoder Noble reports a week with Orlin Frey a Mt Pleasant hospital heart attack. Eicher congregation held fireside services and supper at Saunders Park Mt Pleasant. Several local families visited relatives and traveled to Ft Wayne Scottdale Millbank Canada and Miami Beach during the week.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Edith Roth
Emma Roth
William Conrad
Conrad
Ft. Wayne
Ind
William
Rachael
Scottdale
Emma Jean
Millbank
Ontario
Canada
Lawrence Barquist
Rachelle
Danny
Maletas
Bohns
Manson
Albert City
Lawrence
Bud Willetts
Franklin Miller
Kalona
Oscar Miller
Gordon Walker
Burlington
Sam Roth
Fringe Benefit for 19th Century New York Teachers
In many parts of the U S during the 19th century teachers lived in student homes and moved between households during the year. The arrangement served as informal lodging while fostering bonds with families and communities.
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New York
UPI
U.S
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Minneapolis Institute of Arte
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Meeker Zoo
RCA Victor
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Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
M. L. Tweeton
Marion
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic Physician Journal
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