YMCA Bets on Busy Vacation at Y Building
Secretary Artemas Brown and Marvin Van Metre prepare for a Christmas vacation surge of about 150 boys at the YMCA. A full week of events includes rotary party, Christmas parties, and community room programs. The facility also hosts regular basketball leagues and a movie party, with painting and redecorating nearing completion at an estimated paint cost of about 150 dollars.
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Artemas Brown
YMCA
Marvin van Metre
Dee
Brown
van Metre
YWCA
Washington
Y's
Community room project expands in building upgrade
Three weeks into a community room undertakings, the effort spreads to other areas. Don Benblossom suggests color choices for painting as lobby walls receive bluish gray and brown hues with green office tones. Modern drapes will be installed, and a serving cart crafted by spouses of Xs Men will aid meals in the upstairs room at no extra charge.
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Don Benblossom
Brown
Jail Empty After Year of Inmate Occupation In County
Sheriff Snyder reported no prisoners in the county jail on Saturday and hoped the state of release would hold into Monday. The jail had housed an inmate since September 1949, with a peak of six inmates last July.
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YMCA
Kerif
Charles Snyder
Jail With Few Prisoners Hopes For Christmas Lull
A sheriff notes potential new boarders in the jail but hopes for a prisoner free Christmas. One man faced an assault charge in a county town and posted bond. Another arrestee on traffic charges had the case dismissed at a justice hearing.
M H Feddersen Killed in Washington Highway Crash
M H Feddersen known as Hiram to locals died Friday in a highway collision in Washington. He was the first county agent of the Farm Bureau here during World War I and helped build the bureau’s work to aid farmers. He later worked for a major life insurance company handling farm interests and testified in a local court case about land taken for the Rock Island cut off project.
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Washington
M. H. Feddersen
Hiram
Mr. Fedderson
Farm Bureau
Bureau
Fedderson
New Rock Island
Bernard Weiss Elected President of Red Horsers
Bernard Weiss was elected president of the Red Horsers at a cooperative supper meeting held Sunday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Brock. Charles Pleeker became vice president, Mrs. Don Bealer secretary, and Mr. Bealer treasurer. Mrs. Bealer retires as president. Fifteen members attended with guests Mr. and Mrs. Bill Henff and family and Ann O’Connor. A Christmas exchange followed by card playing. The annual reunion dinner is set for Pines on January 12.
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Red Horsers
Bernard Weiss
Harold Brock
Charles Pleeker
Don Bealer
Bealer
Bill Henff
Ann O’connor
the Pines
Honor Mrs Eli Cook at Sunday Potluck Meal
A potluck dinner Sunday noon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Cook honored Mrs. Eli Cook's birthday. Eighteen attended including out of town guests Mr. and Mrs. Ned Long and Pearl Thompson of Tulsa and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bowen and Janice of Rock Island.
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Eli Cook
Hospital Admits and Dismissals Listing
At the hospital admissions occurred Saturday for Nancy Bales Ainsworth surgical and Adelbert Buttery Brighton medical and Mrs Etta Reeves Washington surgical on Sunday. Dismissals Sunday include Elizabeth Irwin Wash.
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Nancy Bales
Ainsworth
Surgical
Adelbert Buttery
Brighton
Medical
Etta Reeves
Washington
Elizabeth Irwin
Hadacol touted by Houston salesman as miracle cure
Swede Nilsen of Houston promotes Hadacol claiming it cures fatigue sleep problems and poor appetite. He lists benefits from vitamins B1 B2 Niacin and iron, says he has used multiple bottles, notes the product boosts sleep and appetite, and claims it relieves stomach distress and general run down conditions. The ad cites costs and ordering details from The WeRlane Corporation Lafayette Louisiana.
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Nilsen
East 26Th Street
Houston
Texas
Births Reported in Kalona and Washington Areas
Birth notices list Mrs. Wayne Witthoft and son in Kalona and Mrs. Lester Snow in Washington. Another birth notes Mr. and Mrs. Everett Treiner of Keota with a daughter at 4 50 p m and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Loveless of Washington with a son at 12 05 a m.
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Ington
Claude Shroeck
Kalona
Wayne Witthoft and Son
Lester Snow
Washington
George Wheeldon
David Lantz
Everett Treiner
Keota
P. H
Earl Loveless
Local ROTC Promotion and Weekend Visits in Iowa
Quentin Jenkins earns promotion to Private First Class in the ROTC as reported by Iowa State College Ames. Betty Sojka visits Des Moines with friends and relatives at the Wright home. Mr and Mrs Elmer Burggren of Stanhope visit West Chester with their son-in-law and daughter Milton and Mrs Ross. Irma Long and daughter Nellie of Oskaloosa return home after an overnight visit with Delbert Goodwin and Elizabeth Glider. Kimily Bayliss travels by morning bus to Cedar Rapids to visit sister Mrs David Johnson.
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Quentin Jenkins
Charles Jenkins
Ainsworth
Iowa State College
Ames
Betty Sojka
Des Moines
Richard Wright
Elmer Burggren
Stanhope
Milton Ross
West Chester
Irma Long
Nellie
Oskaloosa
Delbert Goodwin
Elizabeth Glider
Kimily Bayliss
Cedar Rapids
David Johnson
Friends of Mrs Tom West Recovering At Home
Friends report Mrs Tom West can walk again after a prolonged illness at her home 715 North Marion avenue. Local social notes list visits and weekend gatherings among Mrs Earl Simpson Cedar Falls family and the Pratt family Cedar Rapids observed for Janet Linda and Mrs Jones birthdays.
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Tom West
North
Marion Avenue
L. H. Rinner
Iowa City
Lawrence Beezley
Elizabeth Ann
Larry Dean
Akron
Roy Havel
LeRoy
Martin
Chicago
Everette Simpson
Cedar Falls
Earl Simpson
Lester Jones
C. A. Pratt
Pratt's
Cedar Rapids
Janet
Linda
Mrs. Jones
Democrats Hold Dinner To Make Up Deficit
A Democratic dinner in Des Moines raised funds to cover a $16,000 Iowa campaign deficit. More reported over 900 tickets sold and about 500 attendees heard Gov. Sid McMath of Arkansas urge unity as the party framed its effort as a wartime struggle.
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Des Moines
DUP
Jake More
Iowa
Sid McMath
Arkansas
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Bruce Cowden
Washington Shrine Club
United Presbyterian Church
Y's Men’s Club
Frank J. Patterson
East Side Square
Hamilton
Gruen
Blondie
Snyder
Nelson Well CO
Fairfield,owa
James Allison
Sam Potratz
R. R
Red Horser
Mrs. Eli
Ocean Spray Cranberry
T. W. Harwood
General Insurance Agency
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