Public School News Christmas Program Highlights
A school notices error in last Monday’s issue naming John Killian as ex county 4 H president. he is the current president. The report thanks staff Phyllis Guenther Peggey Waggoner Virginia Beenblossom and Marquita Boyd for assistance. Readings songs and recitations by LeRoy Havel Donnie Gray Lucille Schneider Coline Williams Joanna Brock Mary Caldwell Marie Jacobs and others showcased Christmas themes with poems and carols.
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John Killian
Ex’county 4-H
Mr. Killian
Killian
Phyllis Guenther
Peggey Waggoner
Virginia Beenblossom
Marquita Boyd
LeRoy Havel
Donnie Gray
Lucille Schneider
Coline Williams
Joanna Brock
Mary Caldwell
Marie Jacobs
Jackie Zook
Dwayne Earls
Tommy Murphy
Norman Tucker
LeRoy
Sara Marie Davis Earns Honors At Coe College
The 1938 Coe College Acorn highlights Sara Marie Davis former salutatorian of the 1934 class. She joined Phi Sigma Iota romance language honor society won a five dollar prize for a French book report and held the Rose Bowl Award as top freshman. She played hockey as a freshman and piano in the orchestra. Davis later represented the International Relations club in Des Moines and Grinnell and now pursues a Master’s at the University of Iowa in history with English and French minors.
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Coe College
Acorn
Sara Marie Davis
Phi Sigma Iota
Coedan
Alpha Gamma Delta
Des Moines
Grinnell
University of Iowa
Wallace Children Stage Christmas Play At School
Gaily decorated trees and fireplaces set a festive mood at Wallace school as fourth graders perform an adaptation of A Christmas Carol for a Parent-Teachers Association meeting. Paul Yearlan played Scrooge with Charles Griffin as Scrooge's nephew and Norma Payne as the Christmas fairy.
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Wallace
Parent
Scrooge
Paul Yearlan
Charles Griffin
Standard Oil Dealers Offer Stanolind 67 Octane Gasoline
Washington Standard OW agent C. Klepfer announced new Stanolind gasoline with 67 octane and tetraethyl lead. It is Standard Oil's lowest priced fuel and has been improved in anti knock quality at no price increase. The higher octane lead improves performance for cars not needing higher octane fuels like Red Crown or Splite with Ethyl.
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Standard Oil
Washington Standard Oil
C. Klepfer
Washington Standard OW
Standard
Mr. C. Klepfer
Couple Spends Half Day Trying to Get Married
A young Illinois couple visiting Davenport failed to wed after hours at the Scott county courthouse. They lacked witnesses and faced delays locating a justice of the peace to fix papers. He had claimed a previous marriage to secure a school teaching post, delaying their ceremony. Mrs W H Smart returned from Davenport after visiting her father.
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Davenport
Illinois
Marrid
Scott County
Trufile
Christmas bonuses for workers at two Fort Madison firms
In Fort Madison 1125 employees from Artesian Lee and W A Sheaffer Pen receive year end bonuses. Artesian Lee workers totaling 35 get 2000 dollars in bonus checks led by H K Denmead. Sheaffer Pen employees numbering 1100 will receive a 10 percent profit sharing bonus on six months wages.
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Fort Madison
Artesian Lee Company
H. K. Denmead
W. A. Sheaffer Pen Company
Former Junction Resident Buried in Moline
Funeral services for Mrs. Axel Soderstrom 38 formerly Theresa Wilson were held in Moline with burial there. Born Oct 15 1900 in Ashburn Missouri she moved to Columbus Junction with her mother after her father died. She taught in local schools and later worked as industrial secretary at Davenport YWCA. She married Axel Soderstrom in 1929 at Moline and leaves husband a son Richard two daughters Karyn and an infant, plus stepfamily.
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Axel Soderstrom
Moline
Christian Church
Soderstrom
Theresa Wilson
Ashburn
William Wilson
Columbus High School
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Hartwick
Davenport Y.W.C.A
Richard
Karyn
E. K. Griffith
Dale Pierce
Oklahoma City
Okla
Clarence Griffith
Cornell Band Chooses Whiteman from Ainsworth for 60-piece Group
Conn Whiteman son of Mr and Mrs R M Whiteman of Ainsworth has been selected as a member of the sixty piece Cornell college band at Cornell Mount Vernon Iowa The band under Prof C W Williams presents annual concerts and supports athletic events providing campus atmosphere and extra curricular life.
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Mount Vernon
Iowa
Conn Whiteman
R. M. Whiteman
Ainsworth
Cornell College
Cornell
C. W. Williams
Mrs C Schnoebelen Concludes Visit in Riverside Home
Riverside reports Mrs C A Schnoebelen of Goshen Indiana spent the past week with her mother Mrs Mary Mot tet and at the F P Schnoebelen home. Her husband and daughter Roberta joined Sunday and they traveled to Cedar Rapids before returning home. Mrs Helen Critz and Estelle Critz have returned from a week with Mrs Nettie C Hahn in Cedar Rapids. Robert Deutsch of Iowa City visited at the home of Mrs Critz.
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Estelle Critz
Riverside
C. A. Schnoebelen
Goshen
Indiana
Mary Mottet
F. P. Schnoebelen
Roberta
Schnoebelen
Cedar Rapids
Helen Critz
Estelle
Nettie C. Hahn
Dinner Guests Highlight Leo Sueppe Family
Mr and Mrs Leo Sueppe and family were dinner guests of Mr. and enjoyed an informal meal together in a community social note from the local column.
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Leo Sueppe
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