Review of the Week's News Review
The item lists numerous social notices and local events from a Wayland area paper. It covers Christmas gatherings, family visits, marriages, a Rainbow Girls dance, Rotary party, and new sanitation equipment, naming many residents and nearby towns.
Christmas visits and dinners dot Iowa City area
Widespread holiday travel and family gatherings mark the region. McCleerys fly to Denver to surprise the Phelps family. Numerous relatives plan Christmas dinners from Keota to Davenport, with many arriving from Des Moines and Chicago for the season.
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R. H. McCleery
Margarette
Iowa City
Denver
Colo
Deaths of the Week Claude McCall
Claude McCall, 78, died Sunday at Washington County Hospital of bronchial pneumonia after an illness of four days. Survived by two daughters and six stepchildren.
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Claude McCall
Washington County Hospital
Graveside rites for one day old Dennis Davison
Graveside services were held Monday for Dennis Everett Davison one day old son of Everett and Marjorie Sheet Davison. Surviving are the parents a sister Cheryl Rae and the paternal and maternal grandparents.
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Dennis Everett Davison
Everett
Marjorie Sheet? Davison
Cheryl Rae
Funeral services for Allen Chance by family request
Funeral services for Allen Chance, 80, were held Tuesday morning following his death at home Saturday afternoon from a heart attack. He had suffered illness in the days prior to his passing.
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Russell White
Boone
Maxine O'Loughlin
Riverside
Joanie
Robert Conner
Moline
Wilmington
N. C
Captain Conner
Walter Conner
Albany, Ga
Allen Chance
Funeral services for Fave Taylor Sunday at Sherman’s
Fave Taylor who died Christmas day at the Geri nursing home in Wayland will have funeral services Sunday afternoon at Sherman’s funeral home. She suffered a stroke in December 1946. Surviving is a sister Mrs. David McLaughlin.
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Shirley Clark and Sons
Cedar Rapids
David Mclaughlin
Will Clark
George Rudiger
Jeanie
J. J. Berdo
Iowa City
Harry Turner
H. L. Walker
William Walker
David
Ralph Wasgoner
Warner Lewers
Tewers
Iowa University
Turner Home
Sherman
Fave Taylo
Geri
Waylandsoon
Murphy Family Loss Año Ada Murphy Dies After Illness
Mrs Ada Bell Murphy 61 mother of 12 surviving children died yesterday at Washington county hospital after a two week serious illness. Her husband Addison Murphy died in February 1946.
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Miers
Addison Murphy
Ada Bell Murphy
Washington County Hospital
Murphy
Ashby Rites Noted for Local Pioneer
Charles J. Ashby age 76 died Sunday morning at his sister Esther Hamilton’s home where he had been living after years of declining health. Surviving sisters include Mrs. Don Brintley of Washington and Ralph Ashby north of town. a brother also survives.
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Charles M. Ashby
Esther Hamilton
Don Brintley
Washington
Indiana
Ralph Ashby
Funeral services for Joseph J. Roth in Wayland
Joseph J. Roth aged 69 of Wayland died Christmas afternoon at Memorial hospital Mt. Pleasant after being ill with a heart affliction. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at the Roth home end at Sugar Creek church.
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Joseph J. Roth
Wayland
Roth
Sugar Creek Church
Memorial Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Duckling Industry Roots in Long Island Tied to 19th Century Ship
A quirky historical note describes how white Pekin ducks arrived in Long Island from China aboard an 1870s ocean-going ship. Early oystermen mocked the birds, not realizing they founded a thriving duckling industry that would yield about six million dollars annually and contribute around 6 percent of U S duck production with yearly gross income between 10 and 12 million dollars.
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China
Long Island
N. Y
United States
Births at the Hospital and Recent Admits
At the Hospital on Monday a son was born to Mr and Mrs Melvin C Johnston of Brighton at 12 47 p m Saturday. Admitted Saturday include Mrs Jylie Jr of Brighton and several medical and surgical cases listed by address. Dismissals yesterday include Mrs Clifford Whetline and daughter and others. Today many named residents from Brighton Wellman West Chester Keota and Richmond are listed among admissions and discharges.
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Wade Huffman
Wayland
Etta Glassburner
Elsie,Jr
William Glassburner
Barbara
Charles Ballard
Bud Trier
Keota
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Michael G
Trier
Mary Lee Bower
Lee Norris
William McGinnis
Sarah
Ainsworth
California
Norris
Tracy
Treasure Island
San Francisco
McGinnises
Martha
Melvin C. Johnston
Brighton
Clifford Whetline
Richmond
Lavwreree Malley
North Marion
Lester Farrier
Clem Chaipi
Wellman
Sam Bowser
West Chester
Howard Swift
Albert Greiner
Joe Hyde, Jr
France James
North Towa
Births and family notices from Brighton and Wellman areas
Today a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Springman at 6 37 a m in Brighton. Also listed are births or announcements for Mable Robison Brighton Mrs Melvin C Johnson and son Brighton Mrs Clarence Witthoft and daughter Wellman Mrs Everett Davison route two Brighton and Rodney Crail 305 W Washington Street.
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Theodore Springman
W. Mainstreet
Mable Robison
Brighton
Melvin C. Johnson
Clarence Witthoft
Wellman
Everett Davison
Rodney Crail
Washington Street
Daughters Born to Local Families Over Two Days
Yesterday in Wellman Mr and Mrs Harold Brenneman welcomed a daughter at 9 20 am and Mr and Mrs Walter Marner a daughter at 10 02 pm Today Carlton Mangold 114 S Second Ave Mrs Paul Snyder and son of Brighton Mrs Jacob Kauffman and daughter Wellman Elbert Elmore of Brighton Ina McDowell 11615 W Main St
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W. A. Holland
Faye
Mustatine
H. M. Fulham
Judy
Longwell
Harold Kauffman
Wayland
Laura Longwell
Frank Longwell
Patricia
Joe Lang
Don
Joan Slegle
Jean
Joyce
Janice
Judith
Joe Kauffman
Charles Crossett
Dennis
Roy Crossett
Rachel
Jimmy
Wellman
Gene Crossett
Gene
Bob Crossett
Bobby
Keith Crossett
Mary Lee
Ginny
Nury Henderson
Phil
Wellhian
Harold Brenneman
Walter Marner
Carlton Mangold
S. Second Avenue
Paul Snyder
Brighton
Jacob Kauffman
Elbert Elmore
Ina McDowell
Main Street
Birth Announcements From Columbus Junction to Crawfordsville
The record notes births and medical notices across Iowa towns including Columbus Junction Wellman Brighton Richland Keota and Crawfordsville. Listings show parents names times of birth for sons and a medical entry for Jean McCrabb and Ben Holt with address details.
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Jean McCrabb
Keota
Ben Holt
Avenue Dpd
Medical
Measles and Rheumatic Fever Impact Young Age Groups
The text notes that 97 percent of measles cases occur before age 15 and over half are reported in the first five years. It adds rheumatic fever is the leading death cause for ages 5 to 15 and causes about four and a half times more deaths in under 20 than combined deaths from several other diseases.
NYC Fire Department Responded To Thousands Of Fires In 1946
Figures show 44 764 fires extinguished by the New York City fire department in 1946 an average of 122 daily. The department also answered about 47 false alarms per day and fire losses in the metropolis from 1937 to 1946 rose by 184 percent according to department records.
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New York City
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