Ainsworth School News Highlights Classroom Activities
Elementary rooms celebrate with valentine decorations and parties while second graders study Helen Keller and hygiene. Third graders advance in subtraction and soon multiplication, fourth graders explore the France England Ohio Valley dispute, and seniors begin a new sidelights feature. Weather reporters Max Weeks and John Hazelett assist first graders.
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Ainsworth
Assyria
Bill Boileau
Max Weeks
John Hazelett
Helen Keller
France
England
Ohio Valley
Linda Gerdes
Senior interview highlights from class president McFarland
The first senior interviewed is Donald Eugene McFarland, class president. He lists nickname Jack Pet Peeve as basketball girls, favorite food chili soup, pastime playing basketball, favorite subjects bookkeeping and American literature, plans after graduation undecided, year he liked most junior, and views on graduation as should I think of it.
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Donald Eugene McFarland
Jack
Senior MYF Valentine Party Planned at Owens Home
Ainsworth Senior youth fellowship of the Ainsworth Methodist church hosts a Valentine party at Joyce and Meda Owens home on Wednesday evening February 8 at 7 o clock. The event also honors Meda Owens birthday. Mrs. W D Roberts sponsors the fellowship which meets Sundays at the church for worship and discussion.
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Ainsworth
Ainsworth Methodist Church
Joyce
Meda Owens
Meda
W. D. Roberts
United Presbyterian Ladies Aid Public Supper Feb 9
The United Presbyterian Church Ladies Aid will host a public supper on Thursday evening February 9 serving turkey and baked ham. Aid president Mrs Lee Hunt announced kitchen and dining room committees with Mrs W A McGinnis and Mrs Claude Kilgore chairing respectively and other members named.
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Ainsworth
The_ Ladies Aid society
The
United Presbyterian Church
Lee Hunt
Aid
W. A. McGinnis
Hunt
Harry Boileau
John Viara
R. E. McFarland
Mabel Gosling
Max White
Lee Norris
Lawrence Wilson
Bridge Club Sees Eight Members, Prizes Awarded
The Ainsworth Tuesday Bridge Club met Friday with host Mrs. Kenneth Ornduff. Eight members played, with Mrs. Clifford Thompson winning high score and Mrs. Corbin Crawford travel prize. Hostess served a one course luncheon assisted by Mrs. Crawford. Next meeting set with Mrs. Orie O'Connor.
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Ainsworth
Kenneth Ornduff
Clifford Thompson
Corbin Crawford
Crawford
Orie O'Connor
Stone's Furniture and Repairs Rumor Repaired Chairs
Don works on chairs in a scene at Stone's Furniture as Leo makes calls. The shop advertises repair capabilities claiming they fix nearly anything and note Forman-Ford paints and varnishes.
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Stone
Don
Leo
Stone's
Heck & Chic's
Forman-Ford
Bert
Glad Hand Missionary Society Meets Thursday
The Glad Hand Missionary Society of the United Presbyterian church met Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Fred Orris’s home. Emma Walker led the session and the study topic was Japan. Refreshments were served by the hostess at the close.
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Glad Hand Missionary Society
Ainsworth
The
Glad Hand Missionary Society of the
United Presbyterian Church
Fred Orris
Anderson Seeks Change of Venue for Retrial
Iowa City attorney William Bartley said he will file a motion to move Oscar Anderson's retrial outside Johnson County due to alleged prejudice. Anderson, 61, was convicted of assault with intent to murder for the April 1948 shooting of Clifford Kelly. a new trial was granted after jurors admitted a newspaper story was present during deliberations.
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Iowa City
William Bartley
Oscar Anderson
Bartley
Johnson County
Anderson
New Cattle Treatment Moves Stomach Food to Bloated Cattle
A Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association report describes transferring contents from freshly slaughtered cattle stomachs to the stomach of chronic bloaters. The method is stated as practical and in some cases more effective than drugs.
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Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
Iowa Poetry Day Association announces student prize awards
The Iowa Poetry Day Association will award 100 dollars in cash prizes for poems by college, high school, and grade school students. Entries are due April 1, 1950 and will be printed in the association brochure. manuscripts must be original and under 20 lines.
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Iowa Poetry Day Association
Agnes V. Flannery
Iowa Poetry Association
Lacey A. London
North Ninth Street
Fort Dodge
Association
Marcella M. Rossiter
Manly
Iowa
Bandits Foiled By Quick Wits At Store
Philadelphia police report Lillian King, 21, thwarted two youth bandits who entered her mother's grocery, bought gum, then demanded the cash. They brandished imagined guns, she challenged them with "Show me the guns" and the pair fled the scene.
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Philadelphia
Missouri
Lillian King
Lillian
Wool price support set at 90 percent parity for 1950
Howard L. Wittrig, chairman of Washington county PMA, announced USDA fixed wool price support for 1950 at 90 percent parity as of March 15 1950. The full schedule by grade will appear around April 1 with support between 60 and 99 percent. The program runs April 1 1950 to March 31 1951, with producers choosing to sell to USDA or on the market after appraisal to compare prices and encourage larger trade sales.
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Howard L. Wittrig
Washington County
PMA Committee
U.S.D.A
Mr. Wittrig
Witting
Bed Sheets Distribution Based on Hem Position
A note explains that sheets may be distributed with the narrow hem at the head of the bed part of the time, affecting presentation and placement.
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Miss Thompson
Stratton
Washington
Sara McGinnis
Virginia
Mary Joanne Thompson
Vanita Owen
Clive Klopfenstein
A. D. Brown Hardware
Stone's Furniture
Pumping
U.S
Oury
Eclipse Lumber Company
Ainsworth Leek Gesling
Mer
Pangburns
Johnsons
Clearspun
Sand’s Store
MYF
United Presbyterian Ladies Aid Planning
Bridge Club
Heck & Chic Repair Shop
Bing Crosby
Fred Astaire
Paramount
State Theatre
Irving Berlin
Emma Walker
Japan
Anderson Trial
Ladies Aid of Ainsworth
B. F. Goodrich Company
State
Brown Finance Co
Court House
PMA
Joe Palooka
Ham Fisher
Joe
Ann
Nick Kenny
Owans
Es Moines
Owa
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