Editorials on faith, policy and public life from 1940s era column
A compilation of opinions on religion and self sacrifice, winter hazards, minority communities, tax history, wedding budgets, farming policy, atomic era fears, postal reform, and federal aid to education. The piece critiques centralized schooling control, urges local funding, and condemns bureaucratic overreach while noting public mood and media snippets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House Conference On Education
Washington
Atlantic News-Telegraph
Scenes From the Kitchen Window by Mrs Marge Luckey
Readable columns capture family reflections on a shattered skillet at a household sale Thanksgiving dinner and growing grandparent milestones in Denver. A lighted Cedar Rapids tree, Grant Wood art, and a kindergartner rides share space with a bus driver Joe and cheerful holiday prep. Includes a 1953 cookbook hint and citrus advice for apple dishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marge Luckey Riverside
Mother
Denver
Colo
Grandpa
Cedar Rapids
Grant Wood
Joe
West Chester COC Officers Re-Elected
West Chester COC members re elected their officers at the Christmas potluck hosted by Mrs. C F Niffenegger. Mrs Niffenegger was named president Mrs DeLong vice president and Mrs Lindenmeyer secretary treasurer a donation to Blank Memorial Hospital was voted. A flute recital at Iowa State University and a MYF district rally in North Liberty are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WM. Dusenbery
West Chester
West Chester Methodist Church
C. F. Niffenegger
Fred Lindenmeyer
Milo DeLong
Niffenegger
DeLong
Lindenmeyer
Blank Memorial Hospital
Robert Stephens
Glenn Knupp
Barbara Stephens
North Music Hall
State University of Iowa
Miss Stephens
Margaret Pendleton
West Chester Myf
Carl Parcell
Mark Sullivan
North Liberty
South Xenia News Delayed By Faulty Telephone Line
South Xenia report delayed as one telephone line failed affecting local news from the circuit. Mr and Mrs Dewey Stephens hosted Thanksgiving in Higginsville Missouri with Mrs Stephens's mother. Gene Stephens killed a deer within an hour of hunting. Stephens family sent cattle to Chicago and supplied hog for Ainsworth School pork program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Xenia
Dewey Stephens
Stephen
Higginsville
Ralph Young
Bill Dacey
Gene Stephens
Joe Wood
Chicago
Stephens
Ainsworth School
See You, Marge
A playful aside about stooping to touch the floor followed by a poem from The Presidio Christmas edition. The verse imagines a prisoner's mother hoping her son becomes a humble, trustworthy man who serves others rather than pursuing wealth or power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marge
Untamed in Cinemascope with star powered cast
A film review notes Untamed opens Friday at the State Theatre. Tyrone Power Susan Hayward and Richard Egan headline the African spectacle based on Helga Moray’s The Great Trek with a boom of adventures on the South African frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyrone Power
Susan Hayward
Richard Egan
State Theatre
Twentieth Century - Fox
Helga Moray
Diamond Country
South Africa
Talbot Jennings
Frank Fenton
Michael Blankfort
Susan Hiayward
Ireland
Power
Katie
Busy Bees 4 H Club Hosts December Meeting
Nancy Wilson hosted the Busy Bees 4 H Club on Monday December 5 with installation of officers led by outgoing president JoEllen Guy. Mrs Ed Petratz led a Color and Design discussion for the 4 H girl with members selecting color plans. Tracy Colton joined as a new member and four officers received record book covers for perfect attendance at the December 3 training. Gary Letts and Tom Murphy performed, a Christmas grab bag and refreshments followed, and the next meeting with Ainsworth Beavers is set for January 2 1956 at the Ainsworth Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Wilson
Busy Bees
JoEllen Guy
Ed Petratz
Tracy Colton
Gary Letts
Tom Murphy
McCreedy
O'Conner
Havel
Ainsworth Beavers
Ainsworth Methodist Church
High profile Hollywood bid lands new roles and location shoot
The report details Susan Hayward winning top billing as Katie in Untamed and Richard Egan securing a rival for her affections. Henry King under 20th Century Fox shoots in South Africa with 2500 Zulus and a full production crew to realize outdoor battle sequences for the color epic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twentieth Century-Fox
Susan Hayward
Katie
Miss Hayward
Richard Egan
Henry King
South Africa
King
Hollywood
Bert E. Friedlob
William A. Bacher
Fire
Flint
Women's Bowling Melody Strikers League Results
VFW Auxiliary defeated Crawfordsville 3 0 and Seiferts beat Marges 3 0. Washington Cafe won against Osin cup 3 0 with high scores from Fern Birney 212 and Lucille Ross 186. Seifert and Marges posted series totals 2050 and 1904 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melody Strikers League
Los Cville Bank
Snack Shack
Osineup Drug
Washington Cafe
Marges
Seiferts
VFW
Martins
Crawfordsville
VEW
Martin
Seifert
Osincup
Washington
Fern Birney
Lucille Ross
Phyllis Flenner
Junction 4-H Girl Is Honored at Banquet
Marilyn Blankenhorn of Columbus Junction received five awards at the Louisa County 4-H banquet. After seven years as a 4-H member and retiring as county girls 4-H president she earned leadership, bread, frozen foods, longtime record book and a blue ribbon book for 1955. Her book was entered in state judging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Marilyn Blankenhorn
Max Blankenhorn
Louisa County
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Axel
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Burlington
Hawk- Eye Gazette
Colorado
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Wall Street Journal
Algona
State Commissioner of Public Safety
American Family Magazine
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Chea
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Russell Goodin
John Hixson
Ralph Hixson
Dean Hixson
Leonard Hixson
Keota
Ross Craig
John Hi
Highlanders
Jim McCreedy
Joe Palooks
By Ham Fishep
Mey
Junction 4
Martha Butler
Dixie Dugan
BY McEvoy
Striebel
Milly
Dr. R, H. Hydra
State
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Mernitz and
Stoutner Farm
H L. G
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R. T. Mernitz
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