Past Matrons Elect Mrs Lida Hunting President at Dinner
At the Past Matron's dinner and Christmas program held Friday at the Masonic Temple, Mrs. Lida Hunting was elected president for 1950. Also chosen were Mrs. George Dare as vice president and Mrs. Ernest Salladay as secretary treasurer. Twenty members and 13 guests attended the potluck supper with Christmas-themed decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lida Hunting
Masonic Temple
George Dare
Ernest Salladay
Capehart TV Sets Shine in 1940s Ads and Local News
Radio and TV history notes highlight England's early 1939 broadcasts and US 1940 FCC approval. Capehart promotions tout deluxe 13 tube AM FM TV cabinets with boosterless reception and World in your living room appeal. Local notices cover family visits, funerals, and neighborly moves in East Moline and surrounding towns.
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England
Federal Communication Commission
FCC
New York City
Defense
Capehart
Local names and visitors listed in Cedar Falls home
Afternoon callers in the home included John Green and great grandmother Mrs. J. F. Simpson. Also visiting were Arthur Krause, Bob Krause, and John Krause of Keota, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Erwin and family of Olds, and Mr. and Mrs. Everette Simpson and family of Cedar Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everette Simpson
Duane
Jimmy
Cedar Falls
Mr. Simpson
Earl Simpson
Sam Erwin
John Green
J. F. Simpson
Arthur
Bob
John Krause
Keota
Olds
Spurgeon’s Next to Brown’s Shoestore Ad Offers Housewares
An old classifieds list features horseman dolls priced from 2.98 to 5.79, doll buggies 4.98 to 8.98, a 7 room doll house with furniture at 38.98, a leather trim overnight case 5.98, and hosiery gift wrapped at Brown’s Shoe Fit Co. A small furnished apartment is for rent at 502 North Iowa. A lost double strand pearls notice asks to call 471-J.
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Spurgeon's
Brown's Shoe Fit Co
Busy Bees Pack Two Boxes for Overseas
Thirteen members of the Busy Bees 4-H club packed two boxes to send to children in an orphanage overseas at the meeting Saturday with Doris and Dorothy Guy. A Christmas exchange was held. Roll call yielded the prompt What New Clothes I Need Most. Melva Schnicker spoke on Tools You Need and Using Your Tools. The leader Mrs. Melvin Schnicker discussed Yin and Yang personality types. A skating party followed during Christmas vacation. Doris Guy led music. Refreshments were served by the hostesses with help from their mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busy Bees 4-H Club
Doris
Dorothy Guy
Melva Schnicker
Melvin Schnicker
Doris Guy
Pride-of-the-Farm Heated Stock Waterers Ad
Durst Feed Store promotes Pride-of-the-Farm heated stock waterers with a winter message. Ad text emphasizes continuing use as colder months approach and mentions location at 25113.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durst Feed Store
Women’s Guild Crafts White Cross Surgical Dressings
Members of the Women’s Service Guild of the Presbyterian church met for an all day session at the church. They prepared surgical dressings for overseas hospitals as part of the White Cross quota. President Mrs. Clarence Booth led the group with Mrs. T. M. Mast directing. A cooperative luncheon was shared at noon.
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Women’s Service Guild
The
Presbyterian Church
White Cross
Clarence Booth
T. M. Mast
Ten-Mile Air Express Traffic Climbs Sharply
Railway Express reports last year’s ten mile of air express matter flown on scheduled certified U S lines reached 29 739 183, more than double the level five years prior.
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United States
Railway Express
Mrs Lemley Hosts HBO Christmas Party
Mrs. Carol Lemley served as hostess for the HEO club Christmas party held Thursday afternoon attended by 16 members and eight children. An adult and child Christmas exchange occurred with secret sisters revealed. Mrs. Robert Buck led the program and read Christmas legends. Roll call featured Christmas poems.
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Mrs. Lemley
HBO
Carol Lemley
HEO Club
Robert Buck
Sicilians Use 70 Kilowatt Hours of Electricity a Year
Sicilians consume about 70 kilowatt hours of electricity per person annually, compared with roughly 2,000 kilowatt hours per person in the United States, highlighting stark regional energy use differences.
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United States
River cooling used nineteen times by mills before Pittsburgh
The Monongahela River flow along its banks is employed nineteen times for cooling by steel mills and other industries before reaching Pittsburgh, illustrating the heavy industrial use of the waterway.
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Pittsburgh
Monongahela River
Steel
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F. H. Bagge
H. T. Carris
B. Haight
Charles Kennedy
Martha Ann Kennedy
Mrs Bagge
Wanda Blattner
Mrs. Bagge
Hubby
Florists’ Telegraph Delivery Association
Wolf’s Flower
Larry Foster
Saturday Evening Post
Capehart TV
Woc-Tv
Moline High School
Wharton Fieldhouse
Fosters
Clifford Goodwin
East Moline
Lll
Clarence Goodwin
Darlene
Elston
Charles M. Goodwin
Creston
Richard Daub
Oliver Hill
Jesse Daub
Herman Eagle
Ainsworth
Leo Sueppel
Francis Bruty
Charles Eagle
Watseka
Ill
Washington
Joe Pease
Crail
Harry Bishop
Peases
Rodney Kephart
East Washington Street
Mr. Bishop
W. E. Nunan
L. H. Rinner
Marian
Loren Klindt
Cosette and
Jute Michael
Mediapolis
Virginia Arnold
Mrs
Richard Long
Brighton
Francis Lauderdale
Frankie of Lourdes
David Thompson
Dan Storms
Clifford Thompson
Roger Tweedy
Mt. Pleasant
Foster
Fern Pastry Shop
Spurgeon’s
North
Iowa
Busy Bees
Overseas
West
Madison & D Ave
Sorden’s
Sorden Music CO
Washington, Iowa
Women’s Guild
Dore
Tan
Snort
Bob Noonan
Iown Wesleyan College
Wesleyan
Wilson
Chamberlin Bros Sport Shop
Hamilton Abtomanc
Hamilton
Southern Utilities
Ments
Jom Duncan
Lindsay CO
MFGR
Lindsay
Lindsay Soft
Fern
Vienna
Pastry Shop
West Side Square
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