Schools Buy Eleven Pictures From Proceeds of Art Exhibit
Proceeds from a fall art exhibit at the junior high School enabled the district to buy eleven color pictures. Rooms across multiple schools display works by Israels Bordt Couse Artz Zum Busch and Raphael. Students and staff contributed decorations for the holiday season and classes plan Christmas activities.
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Alice van Vliet
Wallace School
Israels
Centennial
Bordt
Lincoln School
Zumbasch
Hencke
Lincoln
Vincent
Heights School
Couse
Katwijk
Holland
Artz
Zumbusch
St. James School
Raphael
Kalb
Kindergarteners tour Washington district in toy window displays
Centennial kindergarteners led by Miss Mary Welch toured Washington's business district Tuesday. The group enjoyed toy window displays while crossing streets carefully. Absent pupils include Betty Custer Gene Davis Billy Arnold. Room activities include Christmas trees Santas stockings and secret surprise gifts. New student John Perdock and Milfried Jacobs and Wanda Custer noted. New student officers listed for the class council and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centennial
Mary Welch
Washington
Miss Welch
Betty Custer
Gene Davis
Billy Arnold
Irene De-Long
John Perdock
Milfried Jacobs
Wanda Custer
Gailen Brown
Myerna Jacobsen
Maxine Cummings
Donald Morrison
Betty Payne
Robert Jacobs
Betty Stewart
Xenia Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
Mrs Otto Eden of Davenport visited her parents Mr and Mrs J S Cook in Xenia over the weekend. A daughter was born Nov 25 to Mr and Mrs Roy Woods. Several locals attended events in Ainsworth and Chicago while others traveled to Washington and Muscatine for meetings and shows. The Journal welcomes Cordelle Braden as the new Wellman correspondent. Mrs John Desing was hospitalized in Iowa City.
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Xenia
Otto Eden
Davenport
Cook
Roy Woods
A. P. Jeffrey
Grace Walker
W. A. Walker
Ainsworth
Clarence Richards
Fred Peterson
South Bend
Ind
Scott Willey
J. KB. Cook
Jesse Pearson
Chicago
Aileen Jeffrey
Cedar Rapids
John Jeffrey
Richard Stephens
Farm Bureau
Washington
Iowa Southern Utlities Company
John Rath
A. B. Moore
John Clegg
Rosco Sniders
Journal
Wellman
Cordelle Braden
John Desing
Iowa City Hospital
Durant car purchase by Chas. Yreen reported
NIRA December 9 reports Charles Yreen purchased a new Durant car, with Ralph Bull making a down payment.
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Nira
Chas. Yreen
Durant
Ralph Bull
Children enjoy Christmas displays at Grahams store
Miss Mary Welch took her kindergarteners downtown to see toy displays. Santa left candy at Grahams, and the children behaved well. Several pupils were noted absent and teachers prepared Christmas scenes. Poinsettias and bows adorn Lincoln school windows as students study Christmas poems.
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Mary Welch
Grahams
Santa Claus
Genevieve Baker
Mildred Craig
Miss Craig
Audrey Hotle
Alice Poole
Junior Klein
Lincoln School
Isabelle Davis
Charlotte Foster
Doyle Shoekner
Kindergarten Decorates Tree for Christmas Spirit
Miss Wildamae Hutton's pupils prepare decorations after receiving a letter from Santa Claus about a tree sent to the kindergarten. They string popcorn and cranberries and make paper chains. At Wallace kindergarten and Heights school, a sand table shows a street with houses and a Christmas tree before each. Leon Beatty Charles Curl and Virginia Bell have been absent from Wallace kindergarten. Red and green streamers adorn the lights in the kindergarten and in the first pri-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wildamae Hutton
Wallace Kindergarten
Pri
Amity and Spring Run school program noted in Columbus Junction
Columbus Junction correspondent reports pupils at Amity and Spring Run schools under Nellie and Hallie Lee will present a program Friday evening. Mrs. Dwight Woodburn plans a Los Angeles trip starting Thursday. Spring Run Ladies Aid meets Thursday at Mrs. Frank Chamberlain’s home. Past Noble Grand Circle elects officers led by Mrs. Chester Lavery as president. Presbyterian Sunday school plans a Christmas pageant Sunday night December 21. Silver Leaf Rebekah lodge to elect six month officers Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Amity and Spring Run
Columbus City
Nellie and
Hallie Lee
Spring Tun
Dwight Woodburn
Los Angeles
Ladies Aid Society
Spring Run
Frank Chamberlain
Noble Grand Circle
Chester Lavery
Edgar Robinson
E. F. Davis
Presbyterian Sunday School
Silver Leaf Rebekah Lodge
Christmas Pano Mime to Be Presented by Kindergarteners
Heights kindergartners directed by Miss Wildamae Hutton will present a Christmas pano mime with music on Thursday for the P T A meeting in the school kindergarten room. Fourth and fifth graders also appear on the program under Miss Florence Peterson.
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Helen Wylie
Jesus
Holy Land
Bethlehem
Mary Katherine Ferguson
Myrtle Macon
Viola
Dale Curl
Kansas
Donald Curtis
Elsie Glassburner
Miss Rice
Albert Lea Taylor
William Dewees
Christmas Party Sets Election for Friday Afternoon
A note indicates that the W. R. GC will hold an election Friday afternoon during a Christmas party. No further details are provided about candidates or location.
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W. R. GC
Crawfordsville R. 1 and 2 births and local notes
Local notes report Earl Finke and wife welcoming a baby boy on December 7 in Crawfordsville R 1 2. Other items include Ferrel Young and family Christmas shopping in Burlington, Rex Long delivering hogs to Chicago, and various visits and farm trades in Crawfordsville Olds Winfield and Des Moines. Aletha Zickefoose is absent ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Zickefoose
Ernie Zickefoose
Hugh Jones
Winfield
Henry Menefee
Millers
Olds
John Long
Lester
Doreen
Frank Young
Ferrel Young
Chicago
Shipping Association of
Crawfordsville
Ralph Miller
Oldy
Aletha Zickefoose
Barnacle Species Attach to Living Whales
A study notes certain barnacle species consistently attach to living whales. Researchers observe fixed host associations, suggesting coevolutionary patterns and potential impacts on whale health and migration behavior.
Wellman High School Football Banquet Honors Team
About 120 attendees sat for a turkey dinner at the Wellman school gym for the annual football banquet. Coach Lowell Carver hosted as toast-master. letters were presented to the team while a telegram from Art Gingerich in San Antonio conveyed regrets and congratulations.
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Wellman
A. ©. Gingerich
Maplecrest Farm Hatchery
Lowell Carver
Carver
Whetstein
B. C. Foster
Letts
McLaren
Mr. Sorden
Francis Coffey
Miss Coffey
J. G. Wehrle
Supt. Ross
Art Gingerich
San Antonio
Texas
Stanley M. Leash
Maplecrest
Christmas Classroom Activities Span Grades Across Language and Geography
Third graders in Miss Landau's room sold 7.91 dollars in Christmas seals toward an 8 dollar goal, while completing original fables inspired by language book titles. Fifth graders study Europe with notes on South America and Christmas customs, and several students were absent. Intermediate students arranged a Christmas exchange and anticipates the party before vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Landau
Tone Steela
Mary Catherine Carris
Margaret Hennon
Europe
South America
Carol Forgey
Kipling
Rio
Joe Greenfield
Elda White
Miss White
Dan Bevina
Lloyd Taylor
Maxine Schoonover
Helen Maxwell
William Kiesey
Oskaloosa
Hack Driver to Retire After 42 Years at Kaukauna Taxi Line
Theodore Pequin will retire soon to end 42 years of ownership of the local taxi line in Kaukauna Wisconsin. He started with a buggy in 1888 and advanced to the automobile era before handing over operations.
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Kaukauna
Wis
Theodore Pequin
Pequin
No More Gas In Stomach and Bowels
Advertisement for Baulmann's Gas Tablets promises permanent relief from stomach and intestinal gas. Claims include reduced heart palpitations, improved breathing, less drowsiness after meals, and restored circulation with a yellow package sold at Sherman Bros. for $1.00.
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Baulmann
Baalmann
Sherman Bros
Anonymous Gift Brings 145000 to Cornell College
Iowa brief reports that Cornell college will receive 145000 in funding, 100000 from an anonymous donor and 45000 from the General Education Board of the Rockefeller foundation. President H. J. Burgstalter said the donor’s name will remain undisclosed for now.
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MT. Vernon
Cornell College
College Endowmentment
Cornell
General Education Board
Rockefeller Foundation
H. J. Burgstalter
Car Collision Kills Avery Bates in Ogden Area
Avery Bates fifty of Ogden dies after his car collides with a truck while Bates was passing. Gordon Bates suffers cuts and bruises in the crash near Boone on December 19.
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Boone
Avery Bates
Ogden
Jess Gordon Bates
Gordon
Iowa Faces Road Building Share Of $80 Million Relief Fund
Iowa would receive about 2.12 million dollars of an 80 million dollar federal road building allotment under a proposed emergency relief bill. States and Hawaii would use the fund for unemployment relief and must reimburse the federal government within five years. Washington dispatches report the Iowa figure as part of a House submission.
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DFS
Iowa
Hawaii
Washington
Washington Dispatches
Iowa Levy Seizes DM Independent Oil Assets Over Gas Tax
Des Moines Iowa officials placed liens on merchandise and property of the Des Moines Independent Oil company in a district court action for 5397.97 dollars allegedly due the state for unpaid gasoline taxes. Treasurer Ray F. Johnson filed the action.
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Des Moines
of Iowa
Des Moines Independent Oil Company
Ray FE. Johnson
Iowa fairs drop state aid seek after managers meet
County and district fairs across Iowa will not pursue state funding next year. The move came after a meeting of town fair managers. The association had discussed aid from county sources but rejected a state aid expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
City Council Approves Bond to Fund Eighteenth Street Bridge
The city council approved a bond issue for the full amount to finance a bridge at Eighteenth Street. Construction begins immediately with completion targeted for July 1.
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Eighteenth Street
Petty robberies in Des Moines netted thieves over 154 dollars
Des Moines police report petty robberies yielding more than 154 dollars. The incidents were recorded at the police station, detailing the small-scale thefts and the total value involved.
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Des Moines
Dev
Night Patrolman Responds To Odd Robbery Call
Patrolman Harry Sommers handles night emergency calls and many involve minor robberies. Last night he received a humorous report that someone stole a suit of underwear from a clothesline, prompting a domestic call from his wife.
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Des Moines
Harry Sommers
Sommers
Harry
Unclear connections tied to Wis. bank robbery case
Mrs Minerva Burns held as material witness in Glen Haven Wis robbery. Police tie Joe Ashby to the crime after statements by William Clifton and John Walker of Watseka Illinois. They claim Ashby suggested the robbery and drove the car receiving $900, amid other bank robberies in Strawberry Point Garna ville and Gardner Iowa.
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Dubuque
Minerva Burns
Wisconsin
Glen Haven
Burns
Joe Ashby
Ashby
William Clifton
John Walker
Watseka
Strawberry Point
Iowa
Garnaville
Gardner
Poultry Day To Aid Chicago Needy In Washington County
Washington county residents organize poultry drive for December 17 to feed hungry women and children in Chicago. Citizens will donate poultry, dress and transport arranged locally, with pickups up to three o'clock in the afternoon. Dressed birds then sent to Washington for immediate shipment to Chicago charity institutions.
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Washington County
Chicago
Washington
Wellman Braden Opens Season with West Chester Rally
In Wellman the high school basketball opener against West Chester drew a large crowd. Junior high, in the Junior Hawk league, beat University High Iowa City 21-9. The Wellman boys, led by Coach Carver, surged after halftime to win 18-? over Chester, next facing Katona in a Ke-Wash clash on Friday, Dec 12. The Pleasant Mound Pilotburg carnival at Pilotburg church was postponed to Dec 10 due to weather and roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
West Chester
Wellman Gymnasium
Junior High
University Hi
Iowa City
Carver
Katona
Chester
Katona Ti
Pleasant Mound
Pilotburg
Local stores Toggery and Wahl Shoe report strong first day sale
The Toggery and the Wahl Shoe store teamed up for a sale and reported solid business on opening day. The collaboration drew shoppers and boosted early-week traffic for both retailers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toggery” Clothing Store
Wahl Shoe Store
Junction couple weds 50 years in Columbus Junction
Mr and Mrs C D Browning observed their golden wedding anniversary at their farm five miles east of Columbus City. They wed in 1880 in Jonesburg Tennessee and moved to Columbus City township in 1881. They own the farm since 1908 and have five children and many grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Dee
C. D. Browning
Columbus City
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