Portrait of Liberty plates mark four part series at White House
At the White House a four year project by the General Federation of Women's Clubs celebrates the nation’s centennial. First Lady Mrs Richard M. Nixon received plate number one from GFWC president Mrs Kermit V. Haugan. The set, designed by a master American craftsman and produced by Fenton Art Glass, depicts Liberty with inscriptions such as Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness and Proclaim Liberty throughout all the land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Washington, D.C
General Federation of Women's Clubs
United States of America
Kermit V. Haugan
GFWC
Richard M. Nixon
Liberty
Fenton Art Glass Company
Williamstown
West Virginia
Valley Forge
George Washington
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Wilmer C. Fenton
L-Bar-M Club names officers for year
Columbus Junction area notes reveal new officers for the L-Bar-M Saddle Club with Tom Paulding as president and Bob Herr as vice president. New board members include Bob Phillips and Jim Rock while Edith Orr visits Mercy Hospital and a sewing club meeting is planned at Mrs. Claude Ross’s home.
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Helene & Dillon
Columbus Junction
Sewing Club
Claude Ross
Lyle Weber
Wm. D. Dunn
Cedar Rapids
Howard Huston
Edith Orr
Iowa City
Helen
Mercy Hospital
L-Bar-M
Saddle Club
Tom Paulding
Riverside Chamber Dinner Plans and Community Projects
Riverside community notices cover a February 22 catfish dinner at the V F W post for paid up July 1973 members, FHA housing talk by Norval Hart, and school library book donations. Chamber funds discussed stump removal, ball field fencing, and potential projects like a concrete court or low rent housing, plus invitees and membership drive. Local births and social visits are also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MKD
Wilbur Riene
Riverside
St. Patricks Church
Iowa City
George McCutcheon
Mt. Olivet
Riverside Chamber of Commerce
Elmer Schneider
Old Park
Chamber
V. F. W. Post
Norval Hart
FHA
Martin Brophy
Columbus Junction
Postcard Travel Time Ends Delays in Honolulu
It took 61 days for a postcard to reach Mrs. Oliver Lowcher at her home in Honolulu from the Waikiki Kapahulu Library. The card postmarked Nov 30 informed her she could pick up a reserved book on Dec 7.
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Honolulu
UPI
Oliver Lowcher
Waikiki-Kapahulu
Apple Carving For Fun A How To Guide
Iowa State University expert Lois Warme outlines crafting carved apple doll heads and figures. Choose firm ripe apples like Jonathan or Winesap, core, shape, carve facial features, then dry with salt and lemon juice for weeks. Use pigments, pins, seeds or cloves for eyes, add hair, and display as weights or mounted dolls.
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Lois Warme
Iowa State University
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L-Bar-M Club
Riverside Chamber
Beth Ann
Leo Brophy
Wes Sojka
Norman Sojka
Hiawatha
Bess Burich
Sojka
Lois
Zeman
Judy Grother
Sue Kron
Marvin Walton
Margaret Scoles
Letts
Goldie Pike
Cletus Mellecker
Richard Cress
Brad
Hoopston
Robert Mellecker
Debbie
Carl
Leo Mellecker
Lois Zeman
Todd
Tim
Schoonover Drug Store
Schoonover
Bruce Vidal
Henry Block
North
Iowa
Sean Tonisht
Brenda Swift
Waco
Brenda
General Mills
Betty Crocker
Marion Swift
Crawfordsville
Washington Evening Journal
Wolf's Flower Shop
Benjamin Moore
Osincup's
UNS
Washington
Davis County
H.S
Fairfield
Muscatine
Chamber of Commerce
K.C. Hall
Ottumwa
Kalona
All Day Park
Hall
St. Oe 'S
Kiwanis
Country Club
Oskaloosa
Banks
Court House
Alpine World
Freshwaters Feed & Grain
Willows
Mt. Pleasant
Mediapolis
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