Local notices and social happenings from Graham area
Masseur G E Frey will serve Cy Bush residence at 497 S 4th this Saturday February 25. Graham store staff attended a Holeproof Hosiery meeting in Oskaloosa Monday night with seven section stores represented. Davenport and Chicago visitors joined Mary Jones and family for Mary Jones birthday, with stories of a Chicago hospital operation. Des Moines visitor Mrs Owen Williamson attended funeral of Mrs C B Howell. several relatives plan visits in Ainsworth Maquoketa and Des Moines while C B Howell’s funeral-related travel continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. E. Frey
Cy Bush Res
S. 4Th
Bessie Tucker
Helm Anderson
Jessie Teets
Eida Stokes
C. E. Binkert
Graham
Holeproof Hosiery Company
Oskaloosa
Owen Williamson
Des Moines
C. B. Howell
Cotter
Clem Burris
Dismissals From Local Hospitals Among Residents
Mrs. Donald Batterson and Mary Bontrager were sent home from the hospital for Kalona. Mrs. Harold Fountain and son Harold LaVerne Jr were discharged to Wellman yesterday. Mrs. Gayle Kelly and baby Sharon Rae were discharged this morning.
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Donald Batterson
Mary Bontrager
Kalona
Harold Fountain
Harold LaVerne, Jr
Wellman
Gayle Kelly
Sharon Rae
Word Firth Scottish Name
The term firth designates a sea inlet in Scotland serving as a river outlet and is used in names such as Firth of Clyde or Firth of Forth. The word originates from Old Norse and remains common in Scottish geography and place names.
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Firth
Firth of Clyde
Firth of Forth
Cardinals Edge Ex Cards In Tight Benefit Clash
The 1959 Cardinals defeated the Ex-Cards 89 to 80 in a benefit game at Keardt High School. Led by Kiesey Fuhr and Harolds Ahrens, the younger Cardinals finished strong in the last four minutes after a close back-and-forth with the former state champions.
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Fred Maasdam
Washington Junior College
Cardinal
George Freshwaters
Cardinals
Dale Kiesey
Dave Fuhr
Harold Ahrens
Henry Little
Gene Turner
Kiesey
John Jackson
Gene Tucker
Keiper
Herron
Ken Kimberlin
Ahrens
Turner
Fuhr
Kieper
Kelper
St.c
Plate Glass Production Before 1850 in the United States
The text notes minimal plate glass production before 1850 due to few skilled glassmakers and established foreign producers. Transportation costs rose from poor roads, hindering development of an American plate glass industry.
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America
Six Local Teams Enter Gold Medal Tournament
The sixth local team joined the annual Gold Medal tourney at the Y yesterday with Ainsworth confirming their participation. Thirteen teams are entered and organizers expect a 15 or 16 team field. The event promises strong basketball and a chance to discover players like Hoskins Chuck and McFarland from last year's Gold Medal show. Washington fans anticipate six evenings of quality games.
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Ainsworth
Hoskins
Chuck
McFarland
Washington
Two Iowa Home Closes Basketball Year With Wolverines and Gophers
Iowa faces a final two game slate at home after a rough stretch six of ten losses this season. Hawkeyes host Northwestern and Minnesota aiming to climb out of last place in the Big Ten while captain Ben Stephens nears the school single season scoring record. He has 188 points for the year and 108 in conference play, trailing leaders from Illinois and Ohio State.
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Iowa City
Northwestern
Minnesota
University of Iowa
Hawkeyes
Wildcats
Gophers
Iowa
Indiana
Ben Stephens
Ohio State
Pick” Dehner
Dillnois
Jin Hull
Salem Community Club Birthday Party Honors Members
Salem February 41 reports the Salem Community Club Valentine party at the school where about twenty nine attended. Ten members born since November were called to the platform and each received a decorated candlelit cupcake. Refreshments followed the games and prizes.
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Salem Community Club
Clara Fisher
Salem
James Shalla
Four Leaf Clover Club
Fished
Blanch
Mra
Shalla
Maid-Rites to Meet Fairfield Team Thursday at YMCA
The Maid-Rites face the Fairfield Service Company basketball squad Thursday at eight in the YMCA gym. Fairfield features John Jackson and other former high school and college stars, with an 18 of 19 season record including a win over the Maid-Rites at Fairfield.
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Maid-Rites
Fairfield Service Company
John Jackson
Fairfield
Volleyball Games at Y This Evening
Matches in a volleyball tournament will be underway this evening at the YMCA with teams from six or seven towns. The event uses double elimination and features top teams from this part of Iowa and western Illinois. No admission fee. public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Western Illinois
Junior High to Host Wapello in Thursday Games
Washington junior high basketball hosts Wapello here Thursday at the high school gym. First and second teams play with the first game starting at seven o clock. Coach Joe Duea expects a hard matchup and notes Wapello may use some high school sophomores. The junior high band performs and Miss Meda Fish elehirth grade girls will give savings between halves.
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Washington
Wapello
Joe Duea
Meda
Behind the Scenes at Paramount stir over Raft exit
Paramount figures react to Georgy Raft leaving the studio Lloyd Nolan takes over Raft roles in The Magnificent Fraud Nolan learns the difference between screen hero and heavy Studio orders him to buy dressing clothes worth 2860 Loretta Young nears Alexander Graham Bell film role as elder 62 in a sequence Norman Z McLeod dies in Arcadia auto crash another Norman L McLeod dies in Pomona papers mix up director identity Leo Carrillo offers a courteous gesture
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Hollywood
Paramount
Georgy Raft
Lloyd Nolan
Nolan
Raft
Loretta Young
Alexander Graham Bell
Norman Z. McLeod
Norman L. McLeod
Arcadia
Cal
Hollywood McLeod
Norman
McLeod
Pomona
Hal Roach
Swim Carnival at Y Tonight Promises Thrills
The Y M C A hosts a two night swim carnival at 7 20 featuring a student built set and an all student program. Highlights include wedding night gown race three legged race tap dance and diving novelty with life saving demo and water polo. Howard Little directs while Dave Pearson serves as emcee. Admission is ten cents with a few seats remaining.
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Howard Little
Dave Pearson
Hollywood gossip from a busy showbiz night in New York
The column reports on a Chin ese cook’s 17 year old brother arriving in Canton by limousine to work as a house boy after a bombardment ordeal. It notes Marjorie Weaver and Mack Gray clashing at Maxie Rosenbloom’s cafe and quotes Gray’s sharp put down. It also follows Spencer Tracy’s Europe-bound plans, Henry Hull’s Broadway exit, Gregory Katol’s crack about Indians, and Janet Gaynor’s long Havana Florida vacation, plus vaudeville updates and a Merna Kennedy engagement rumor.
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Canton
Lim Yok
Carillo
Maxie Rorenbloom
Marjorie Weaver
Mack Gray
Rosenbloom
Gray
Janey Gaynor
Havana
Florida
Hollywood
Janet
Merna Kennedy
Julie Ballew
Carlton and
Ballew
House of Murphy
Bob
Aaron Stalker
Joe Carter
Belgium National Song La Branconne Origin 1831
Belgium's national song La Branconne was first sung in 1831 amid the revolution for independence from Dutch rule. The historical moment marked the anthem's emergence as a symbol of Belgian nationhood and unification during the period of upheaval.
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Belgium
Judy Garland Delays on Oz Set Costly for Metro
Judy Garland’s sniffles slowed major Oz scenes forcing five day delays costing Metro between 150000 and 830000 dollars daily. The article notes Nelson Eddy’s refusal to pose for publicity stills, says he won’t be dressed in hip boots or photographed fishing, and offers three reasons he won’t, with a firm first reason: I never fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Garland
Metro
Nelson Eddy
Nelson
Stunt men refuse pay for catching Ann Sheri dan in Dodge Citys
Edmund Lowe stars with Jackie Cooper in a thrill packed drama of the streets News Boys Home with Woodge and The Little Tough Guys. He joined Santa Clara University faculty at 19 after graduating college at 18.
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Ann Sheridan
Dodge Citys
Lowe
Edmund Lowe
Jackie Cooper
Woodge
Santa Clara University
Pernand Gravet’s early music career and Wings of the Navy details
Pernand Gravet learned violin piano and waltz in 1848 and composed for The Great Waltz. Wings of the Navy is Lloyd Bacon’s fourth service picture after Here Comes the Navy Devil Dogs of the Air and Submarine D-1. Lead cast includes George Brent Olivia de Havilland John Payne and Frank McHugh. Deanna Harbin has been cutting down on ice cream and chocolate since turning 16.
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M True Pernand Gravet
Lloyd Bacon
Wings of the Navy
George Brent
Olivia de Havilland
John Payne
Frank McHuek
Deanna Harbin
Muscatine Coach Appears in Navy War Film Scenes
Local figure Bull Kinnan, a well known Muscatine coach who is familiar to Washington residents, is stationed in Pensacola Florida where the Navy film Wings of the Navy was shot and he appears in several scenes.
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Bull Kinnan
Bob Kinnan
Muscatine
Washington
Pensacola
Florida
Robbery at Richland School After Basketball Night
Richland reports a night robbery at the schoolhouse with about 15 dollars missing from cash on hand while more money was in the building. Sheriff Tremmell was summoned but no arrests or discoveries were made by publication time.
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C. A. Neville
Richland
Polish Husband Erects Mushroom Memorial Grave Monument
In Jaroslaw Poland a man builds a large mushroom shaped monument over his wife’s grave to honor her love of fungi. He also arranges mushrooms to be grown around the tomb site as a lasting tribute.
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Jaroslaw
Poland
Cane Poison to Stock in Second Crop
The first crop of cane provides fodder but the second growth, upshoots, contains deadly prussic acid. Analysis shows the upshoots are rich in this poison, posing a risk to stock that feed on them.
Labor and Farmers Seek Common Ground at Institute
At the National Farm Institute in Des Moines, labor and farmers debated price and wage policies. Discussions highlighted tensions between free markets and fixed costs, with calls for economic statesmanship, production growth, and eventual market expansion.
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Lauren K. Seth
Iowa State College
Ames
Iia
IDPA
National Farm Institute
Des Moines
United States
Henry Ford
Elvin J. Ryan Wins Eldora American Legion Trophy
Elvin J. Ryan was named the 1939 holder of Eldora’s American Legion trophy for “greatest service to the Eldora community” in 1938. Nominated for his school board work, law expertise saving district costs, support for ex service men, guardianship duties, and community efforts. He becomes the third Eldora citizen to hold the trophy.
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Eldora Herald
Elvin J. Ryan
Dorothy Vey
Washington
D. W. Harvey
Eldora
American Legion
Women's Federated Clubs
Rotary Club
Fryan
Ryan
Merrimac Families Relocate to Farms in Nearby Districts
Merrimac notes show Roy Mullikin moving from Halify farm to a farm northwest of Brighton. Roy Edwards relocates to Mullikin’s vacated farm near Wayland while Orval Myers shifts to a farm near Washington. Lester Nicola moves to the Shuppy farm vacated by Myers as Carl Baldosiere takes over the Messenger purchased property.
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Carl Amrine
Merrimac
Roy Mullikin
Halify
Brighton
Roy Edwards
Near Wayland
Mullikin
Orval Myers
Washington
Lester Nicola
Shuppy
Myers
Carl Baldosiere
Dwight Messenger
Dora Hinkle
Clarence Hinkles
Elmer Reschley
Will Brannon
Carl Baldosier
Alvin Beal
Joe Grabers
Earl Smith
Emma Diers
Merrie Makers
Hopewell Club
Doyle Paul Thesday
Lester Kienigz
Junior
John Wolfe
Fairfield
Ray Baldosier
Mt. Pleasant
Leota Mullikin
Roy Eshelmans
Karl Smith
Frank
Carl Reibbing
Funeral services for J Edward Wolf at St James Church
Funeral services for J Edward Wolf were held at St James church Monday morning conducted by Rev H J Corcoran. Pall bearers included Mert Bickford Joe Melinski Dr J A Marie Clayton Netewanger Henry Te Bockhoret and Joe Peiper. Burial followed at Glen Grove cemetery. Arrangements were by Jones Funeral home.
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J. Edward Wolf
St. James Church
H. J. Corcoran
Mert Bickford
Joe Melinski
J. A. Marie
Clayton Netewanger
Henry Te Bockhoret
Joe Peiper
Bln Grove Cemetery
Jones Funeral Home
Thanks for kindness after death of J Ed Wolf
Heartfelt thanks are offered for acts of kindness and sympathy shown after the death of brother J Ed Wolf. Flowers were especially appreciated by the family of brothers and sisters.
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J. Ed Wolf
Odd Fellows Hold Regular Meeting and Upcoming Events
Fifty eight members and one guest attended the Odd Fellows meeting. Initiatory degree work is planned for February 28. An Odd Fellows only entertainment is set for February 24 at 6:30. A benefit card party is planned for March 2 at the I.O.C.F. hall. Tonight a benefit dance at the Rendezvous features Joe Fisher’s orchestra with Floyd Mardock and Ray Box as committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows
Joe Fishers
Floyd Mardock Ray Box
Mrs Will Twinam Leaves for Kansas to Care for Aunt
Mrs Will Twinam travels to Dodge City Kansas to tend to her ailing aunt Mrs Jennie Brinnages who has suffered another stroke and is in serious condition. Mr and Mrs Clarence Young of Davenport visited over the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Frank Young. Mrs Kuna Miller of Ainsworth joined Mrs Henry Maet for several days with the three churches. Local women urged to attend United Farm Young church meeting Friday at 8 o clock for World Day of Prayer for Missions with Mrs N F Lease as principal speaker.
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Mary MaMnvers
Crawfordsville
Will Twinam
Dodge City
Kansas
The
Three Church
United Fateman Church
Bar of Prayer For Missions
N. F. “Lease
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