Cotter School postpones event due to ice and weather
The Cotter operetta moved from Monday to Thursday at 2:00 due to icy roads. School dismissals trumpet holiday break from December 20 through December 30. A basketball doubleheader with Columbus Junction is set for New Year’s Eve at Columbus Junction. Cotter beat Wyman in two games on December 10, while losses to Crawfordsville on December 13 tighten standings and spark a traveling trophy shift.
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Cotter
Columbus Junction
Wyman
Wyman D&or
Blue Devils
Crawfordsville
McCall
Stapp
McCoy
Quick
Washona
Yarmouth
Fourth Grade Christmas Gift Project and Perfect Spellers
Third and fourth grade students posted high marks in spelling with Billy Edwards, Larry Hedger, Lois Howell, and Lewis Peters achieving perfect scores Friday. Darlene and Joan Stapp led third grade with 100 percent. Fourth graders crafted Christmas gifts for mothers and held a class Christmas exchange to be held next Friday. James Clegg missed the week due to his father’s death. Mrs Rex Duncan and her daughter Marbara from Chicago visited Friday afternoon. The room was decorated with red and silver festoons. The first grades have started.
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Eigan Edwards
Dorothy Ann Hedger
Mise Hunting
Billy Edwards
Larry Hedger
Lois Howell
Lewis Peters
Darlene
Joan Stapp
James Clegg
Rex Duncan
Marbara
Chicago
Engagement of Mary Lightner to Richard Robbins Reported
To wed rancher engagement announced between Mary Lightner of Guymon Oklahoma and Richard Robbins former president of Transcontinental and Western Air now a Kansas cattle rancher Lightner is a University of Oklahoma graduate and school teacher
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Mary Lightner
Guymon
Okla
Richard Robbins
Transcontinental & Western Airlines
Kansas
Miss Lightner
University of Oklahoma
Solon Resigns Seat as Schwellenbach Appointed Judge
Senator Lewis B. Schwellenbach of Washington resigns from the Senate after accepting a federal judgeship for the Eastern District of Washington. The move creates a vacancy in the upper chamber as Schwellenbach assumes the new judicial post.
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Berkeley Bunker
Las Vegas
Nev
U. S
Nevada
Bunker
Key Pittman
Senate
William King
Utah
Washington
Pat McCarran
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Washington State
First and Second Graders Decorate Christmas Tree
Marion Owen and Shirley Gardner helped decorate the Christmas tree with student crafts. The children made Santa Clauses for curtains and drew names for a classroom gift exchange on consecutive days.
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Marion Owen
Baby Bear
Shirley Gardner
Today's Club Holds Mother Daughter Party in Junction
In Columbus Junction on December 20, Today's club hosted a mother daughter party at the community building. Gifts were exchanged and Mrs. Henrietta Salmon departed for Chicago to spend the winter with relatives.
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Junction
Martha Butlery
Columbus Junction
Henrietta Salmon
Chicago
New Reading Groundwork For First And Second Graders
The second graders finished reading More Dick and Jane and Good Times Together and will start The Story Way. Teachers introduced two new sight words hands and good this week. First and second graders auditioned for parts in The Three Bears with Guenn Dunsmore as Mother Bear and Junior Harris as Pather Bear.
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Jane
Three Bears
Guenn Dunsmore
Mother Bear
Junior Harris
Pather Bear
Texas and California Electoral Vote Comparison in 1932
Texas ran up 429 point 1 percent popular vote in 1932 and carried 23 electoral votes while California with 1 149 530 votes earned 22 electoral votes in the same election.
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Texas
California
Community Notes and Personal Visits Across Iowa and California
Mr Lottie Paxson visits relatives in California while G R Lehmann of Pittsburg PA visits his sister Mrs R J Mc Cleery. Mr and Mrs R C Steffa Vernon plan Christmas with Mr and Mrs GG Weber. Chapter CX PEO sisterhood met at Kathryn Overholt’s home. next meeting January 6. Lyrel Norris to host. Margaret Huston visiting sister J A Sprague in Cedar Rapids. Father W F Boeckman transferred to Holy Trinity church Richmond effective January 1 after years at St Joseph’s and St Mary’s. Mrs Clarence Christopherson and son Charles Muscatine visiting her parents C C Snyder. Mr and Mrs Blaine Biliven moved back from Wayland. Mrs Robert Evans Crawfordsville visiting daughter and family. Sunday School Officers.
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Lottie Paxson
California
G. R. Lehmann
Pittsburg
R. J. McCleery
R. C. Steffa
Vernon
GG. W. Weber
P. E. O. Sisterhood
Clarence Christopherson
Charles Muscatine
C. C. Snyder
Blaine Biliven
Wayland
Robert Evans
Crawfordsville
Daugster
Richard Thomas
Church and lodge officers elected in Conesville and Silver Leaf
Evangelical Reformed Sunday school in Conesville announces officers led by superintendent George Jarrard with Alden Bebb as corresponding secretary and treasurer. Betty Jean is class secretary and librarian and Mary Elizabeth McKee plays piano. Meanwhile Silver Leaf Rebekah lodge names Florence Billings as noble grand and Cornelia Hanft as vice grand with Lillian Snyder as corresponding secretary and Myrtle Jennings as treasurer. The Past Noble Grand circle lists Lydia Mulhern as president and Hazel Billings as vice president with Edna Snyder as secretary and treasurer. Mr. and Mrs. John Sebrier visit with daughter Mrs. Lyle Wasson.
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Evangelical- Reformed Sunday School
Conesville
George Jarrard
Alden Bebb
Betty Jean
Gaylord Mcsullough
Mary Elizabeth McKee
Erma Jean Williams
Hilda Owen
Austin Bebb
Charles Shellabarger
Blanch Hale
Washington
Fred Stapp
Silver Leaf Rebekah Lodge
Florence Billings
Noble Grand
Cornelia Hanft
Lillian Snyder
Myrtle Jennings
Noble Grand Circle
Lydia Mulhern
Hazel Billings
Edna Snyder
John Sebrier
Lyle Wasson
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Agnes Duncan
Iowa City
Dean
Phyllis
Terry Mathers
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Donna Boyd
Richter
Kayzer
Rothschild’s
America
Phillips & Hebner
Republic Pictures Present
Wwe
Gene Autry
Jimmy Durante
Ann Miller
Pone ‘Olor
Solon
Lewis B. Schweilenbach
Walther von Brauchitsch
State Bank
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Pickens
North Side Cafe
Washington Lumber and Fuel CO
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