Riverside School Set to Open Monday for 1944-45
Riverside Iowa, Aug 29 The Riverside Public School announces its 1944-45 opening on September 4 with morning registration for high school and grades. High school registration for ninth graders is set for September 2 from 1 30 to 3 30 p m. The teaching staff is secured including Mrs Everett Johnson Miss Mary Agnes Duffy Mrs Mabel Johnson Mrs Earl English Mrs Ernest Bright and Mrs H E Colvin Superintendent H E Colvin will teach manual training physics coach athletics and supervise physical training. The board commends the capable staff amid teacher shortages and invites nearby eighth grade graduates to attend Riverside High School. Miss Patricia Mougin and Miss Elsie McAnulty did not join the faculty. Edna Adcock passed away recently in Ottumwa. Opal Kern will again cook the school lunch which is planned to start September 11.
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Riverside
Eelle
Achors
Highchoor
Everett Johnson
Burlington
Mary Agnes Duffy
Sharon
Mabel Johnson
Iowa City
Earl English
Ernest Bright
H. E. Colvin
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Board of Education
Riverside High School
Patricia Mougin
Elsie MecAnulty
Cedar
Meet the People shines with tunes and humor at State Theatre
MGM musical Meet the People opens at the State Theatre with Lucille Ball and Dick Powell in lead romance. The cast includes Bert Laver Virginia O'Brien June Allyson Rags Ragland and others as shipyard workers with Vaughn Monroe orchestra and Spike Jones. Charles Risner directs a brisk lively production drawing on current headlines.
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State Theatre
Lucille Ball
Dick Powell
Wright
Bert Laver
Virginia O'Brien
June Allyson
Rags Ragland
John Craven
Betty Jaynes
Cenny Vaughn Monroe
Spike Vones
Charles Risner
Ant
Riverside Social Notes Bring Many Guests From Nearby States
Riverside residents list visitors from Wichita Iowa City St Louis and Moline. Mrs Ivo Droll and daughter Karen visit August Jean and Mrs Jerome Droll and Edward Roten burger homes. Katherine Baschnagel visits with Mary and Francis Baschnagel and relatives. Visitors include Shirley Kathleen Frances Eugene Horak family and Nick Jardon. Ambrose Frank Lena Bopp visit Richmond and Dan Bopp home. John Walsh arrives in town.
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Riverside
Ivo Droll
Karen
Wichita
Kan
August Jean
Jerome Droll
Edward Rotenburger
Bertie Shelladay
Iiona City
Mildred Stevens
Shelladay
Here
Iowa City
Katherine Baschnagel
St. Louis
Ambrose
Frank
Lena Bopp
Richmond
Frank Freund
Dan Bopp
John Walsh
Riverside Reflects Family Visits and Local News Recap
Week from Phoenix to join his wife and children visiting here two months. Relative notes include Lt. Cmdr. Richard Walsh and Ensign Theresa Walsh in naval service connections. Mrs. Harold Cress returns from Iowa City hospital. Riverside births twin boys at University hospital with mother formerly Nita Wingler. Anna Krotz travels to Washington to visit relatives Elmer Kole sick and Milford Cook family. Joan Schnoebelen visits Cedar Rapids with mother Geneva Schnoebelen.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Cornelius W. Wash
Richard Walsh
United States Naval Base
Cape May
New Jersey
Ensign Theresa Walsh
Bremerton
Washington
Harold Cress
Riverside
Iowa City
Donald Rath
University Hospital
Nita Wingler
Anna Krotz
Inlaw
Elmer Kolesick
Milford Cook
Joan Schnoebelen
Cedar Rapids
Geneva Schnoebelen
Funeral Services for Venzel Vodicka at Homestead Farm
Funeral services honor Venzel Vodicka a Richmond resident born in Bohemia who died at 87 after a life spent largely in the area. The obituary highlights his emigration in 1868, seven family members, World War I service by his sons, and local notes about agriculture and village life along with colorful regional anecdotes.
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Homestead Farm
Venzel Vodicka
Bohemia Land
Richmond
Frank
Whitmier
Mike Wolrach
Belka
Wenzel Vodickka
Missouri
Jim Vodickka
Bohemia Country
America
Brown Brothers
Wellman
Loyd Chabal
English River
Lou Dann
Washington County
Abundant Apples and Diet Advice Echo Early Settler Life
The excerpt notes plentiful apples and suggests corn bread mush and hog fat meals would improve health. It recalls early settlers suffering ague and bilious attacks while families of nine children and long-lived mothers thrived. Mentions nine homes with five children each and three invalid wives with strong husbands in S W English River, plus two babies born in fifteen years and 22 local bachelors aged 27 to 70.
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S.W. English River
Ainsworth Farewell Party Before Departure
The Ainsworth council and local businesspeople held a farewell gathering at Ainsworth Park the night prior to departure. Sandwiches and watermelon were served as part of the event.
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Bers
Ainsworth Council
Ainsworth
Ainsworth Park
Bob Reese
J. C. Buenneke
Front Street
John Viara Ang
Muscatine Hospital
Marilyn Jo
John Stephens
S. A. Stephens
San Antonio
Texas
Blanche Ginkens
Westchester
Rock Island Motor Transit seeks Iowa intrastate freight certificate
The Rock Island Motor Transit Company of Chicago applies to the Iowa State Commerce Commission for a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity to haul intrastate freight between Iowa City Hills and the U S Highway 218 and Iowa 92 junction near Ainsworth Wellman West Chester and Washington Muscatine Nichols Lone Tree Riverside and Kalona in Johnson Washington and Muscatine Counties. A public hearing is set for Thursday October 19 1944 at ten o clock A M in the Johnson County Auditor's Office Iowa City.
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Iowa State Commerce Commission
Washington County
Rock Island Motor Transit Company
Chicago
Illinois
Code of Iowa
49Th General Assembly of Iowa
Iowa
Iowa City Hills
Ainsworth
Wellman
West Chester
Washington
Muscatine
Nichols
Lone Tree
Riverside
Kalona
Johnson
Johnson County Auditor
Iowa City
Hazelett Brothers Enter Washington Schools for Year
Hazelett brothers move to Washington with their mother Mrs Hazel Hazelett and their brothers to attend local schools after time in California. Major Chas Hazelett has been overseas, while Mrs Mae Spessard hosts Rotary like Kensington club gathering and plans a park picnic for Aug 29. Florence Marr departs for Paullina to begin teaching, and J C Buenneke family relocates to Battle Creek to run a hardware store.
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Ainsworth
Hazel Hazelett
Harry Hazelett
California
Washington
Chas. Hazelett
Albert Lopshire
Muscatine
Agnes
Mae Spessard
Kensington Club
Mabel Marr
Stella Miller
Daisy Simpson
Almsworth Park
Ida Hunt
Florence Marr
Paullina
Betty Burt
Napier
Vanna Ginkens
Oakdale
J. C. Buenneke
Lavonne
Kay
Becky
Battle Creek
John
Eclipse Lumber Co
You're Not Too Old To Feel Young Tromone Ad Claim
An advertisement promotes Tromone a medical formula of vitamins and hormones for middle aged men. It claims the product can restore youth vitality and zest and improve attitude toward life. Sold by Geo L McDaniel Druggist and druggists everywhere with label directions.
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Geo. L. McDaniel
Iowa State Commerce Commission Docket H-3522 Note
Official notice from the Iowa State Commerce Commission dated August 25 1944 in Des Moines lists Docket H 3522 with B M Richardson as chairman and David Long Carl Reed as commissioners. It states truck liability insurance is void when towing an uninsured licensed trailer and that the policy should specify farm machinery may be towed.
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Iowa State Commerce Commission
B. M. Richardson
David B. Long
Carl W. Reed
Geo. L. McCaughan
Des Moines
Iowa
Fiber ehamnic paper dishcloths enter market with strong lint-free claim
Market notes introduce paper dishcloths touted for considerate strength and zero lint. The product named fiber ehamnic appears in early listings as a new household item aimed at efficient cleaning.
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Riverside School
Washington Dairy
II Oan
M-G-M
Riverside News
Venzel Vodichka
Alvin C. Hasty
Hazelett Brothers
Montgomery Ward
Nails, Cement Inc
Oo Aic
Wostgomery Ward
Guincamp
France
Interior
Europe
Fort Ontario
Oswego
N. Y
Dorrit Blumenkanz
Vienna
FOX
Rio Grande
Johnny Mack Brown
Raymond Hatton
Brent Sui
Brent
Aiie
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