Washington leads state per capita Community Chest giving
Bruce Cowden reports Washington’s Community Chest raised 25 04 per capita the highest among 48 Iowa towns. Des Moines followed at 4 23 and others ranged with Atlantic 8 587 and Newton pledging 24 586. Overall 19 towns met goals while 29 did not as Iowa totals exceeded last year.
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Washington
Des Moines Disclose
Des Moines
Wall Lake
Nho
Treasury
Fairfield
Newton
Cedar Falls
Centerville
Burlington
Clinton
Iowa City
Marshalltown
Mason City
Muscatine
Oskaloosa
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Iowa
Early Automobiles on Gospel Ridge in Washington
A Washington clipping from H. A. Burrell’s Washington Press notes rapid auto investments on West Washington Street, Gospel Ridge. It mentions owners such as Ralph Smith with a $3,500 Pierce-Arrow, Josephus Dandy, John Matthews, Liv Hollingsworth, Wesley Smith, and Dr. Anderson who has contracted for one but cannot obtain it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Stewart
Marian
Maxwell
Roe Bratton
Ridge
Charley Keck
Lee Robinson
Jim Harwood
Dec. Terry
Clapper
West Washington Street
United States
Ohio
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Indiana
Wisconsin
Kansas
Minnesota
Washington
H. A. Burrell
Washinton Press
Gospel Ridge
Burrell
Sunset Park
Frisky Ridge
Ralph Smith
Josephus Dandy
John Matthews
Liv. Hollingsworth
Wesley Smith
Dr. Anderson
Civil War volunteers start from Iowa after Fort Sumter
A bulletin from the Iowa Historical Society recounts the first Iowa call for volunteers four days after Fort Sumter. Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood issued the call for a regiment, soon expanding to ten regiments. Iowa served 48 infantry regiments, nine cavalry units, and four artillery batteries, totaling about 48,000 men. Washington County supplied 1,246 soldiers, nearly double its 686 quota, with a 1869 population of 4,235.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Historical Society
Iowa
Fort Sumter
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Iowa City
Burrell
Washington County
Community Club Plans Meeting at Kalona
The Kalona Community Club schedules its February meeting on Monday evening in the school auditorium. After a business session, attendees will view the film Wings of Cuba and hear Clara Lucille Speas give a constitution oration. Speas is the local school contestant headed to a district meeting in Marengo on March 1.
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Kalona Community Club
Wings of Cuba
Clara Lucille Speas
Miss Speas
Marengo
W. H. Barnum
Maynard Reber
Lyle Yoder
Clarence Hochstettler
John L. Hostetler
Ed Bontrager
Dr. C. W. Beckman
L. J. Strickler
John Benell
Ernest Felzke
L. E. Strickler
Monroe Yoder
Paul Brenneman
Sam Hershberger
L. David Yoder
Swedish jet crash claims first of its kind
Viktor Lundin a airplane mechanic was sucked into the intake pipe of a Saab J 29 jet fighter plane and killed instantly in Stockholm Sweden. The tragedy marks the first accident of this kind in Sweden.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Viktor Lundin
Will Richards Visit With Donald Smith In Kalona
Havre reports on the Will Richards family visiting Donald Smith in Kalona where Smith has just returned home from Iowa City hospital and is responding well to treatments. The item lists neighborhood visits and gatherings including birthday celebrations and family dinners among Wittmer, Mason, Elmore, and Hering households.
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Will Richards
Donald Smith
Kalona
Lewis Hering
Havre
Donald
Iowa City
Kay
Dennis Wittmer
8. C. Wittmer
Jesse Stout
Lloyd Douglas
Stephen
Carl Zieglowsky
Carla
Ronald
Zieglowsky
Lawrence Watson
Clyle Mason
Columbus Junction
S. E Orris
Crawfordsville
Sheila
Lena
Margaret Mason
Elbert Elmore
Maxine
Eugene Elmore
Roy Rogers
Paul Reinner
Juanita
Mason
Lisle Hering
Judy
C. C. Swartzendruber
Lisle
Wellman Cooperative Creamery Company
Grant Humston Sr
Son
Sunrise Acres
Virgil Wittmer
Dennis
S.C
YWCA Members Celebrate New Treasurer and Meeting
This item notes Mrs. Albert Lay elected treasurer of the YWCA. It reports a snowy meeting with volunteers Dorothy Turnipseed and the hospitality committee praised for planning and refreshments. It mentions Cathy Jungbluth and Edna McCarty in brief social lines and previews upcoming YWCA basketball games, highlighting the Killers as undefeated.
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Albert
The
YWCA
Dorothy Turnipseed
Cathy Jungbluth
Edna McCarty
Miss McCarty
Cathy
Brighton
Ywca Basketball League
Shooting Stars
Brighton Girls
Potluck
YW Mixer Notes Dime Drive and March Plans
Tuesday 6 30 supper and business meeting led by Dorothy Turnipseed asks each Mixer to bring a dime. Louise Rouse oversees the program as plans include life guarding classes and various YW activities through March. Jane Tanner mentions a basketball game with Washington junior high. other groups plan Lenten services and creative classes.
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Dorothy Turnipseed
Louise Rouse
Caiat
Adios
Jane Janner
Ainsworth Junior High
Washington Junior High
Mixers
Kalona School Music Concert Planned
Kalona schools music department under Mrs. Jay Hanson will present a concert in the school auditorium on Tuesday evening February 28 at 8 o'clock. The program includes the school band the girls sextet the clarinet quartet and a baritone soloist with the public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Jay Hanson
Ottumwa Bus Strike Talks Resume Monday After Delays
Ottumwa AFL bus workers union local president Lester Parcel said negotiations to end the two month long strike will reopen Monday. Nation al City Lines Inc of Chicago called for resuming talks with Ottumwa City Lines, a Chicago subsidiary. Union members struck December 27 seeking a 20 cent hourly wage increase from the $1 base. The city canceled the license. the firm appealed District Judge Heinrich Taylor’s ruling and may appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court.
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Ottumwa
Lester Parcel
AFL Bus Workers Union
Parcel
National City Lines, Inc
Chicago
Ottumwa City Lines
Heinrich Taylor
Taylor
Iowa Supreme Court
Earth’s Equator Exceeds Meridian Circumference
A geographic note explains the Earth’s equatorial circumference surpasses its meridional one. This difference arises from the planet’s rotation causing equatorial bulging and a flatter polar region.
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Bruce Cowden
Atlantic
Algona
Carjroll
Grinnell
Mt. Pleasant
Vinton
Webster City
Jim Watson
Ainsworth
Allie Bond
Milford Bond
Watson
Lawrence McNeil
Henry Lanning
Howard
Harold
Charles
Seanna
Phillip Yerdes
John Baer
Gerdes
Fred Eisele
Lee
Gayle Kelley
Sharon
John Hauenstein
Louis J. Kehor
Jeffrey Bidg
Theo. B. Bailey
Leet
Morrison & Morrison — Attorneys
E. D. Morrison
E. D Morrison Jr
Morrison Bidg
Ss. W. Livingston
Robert Day
George F. Morrison
G. Guifford Morrison
J. C. Penney Co
Paul V. Shearer
McCreedy
Wendell L. Shaffer
Accross Street
Optometrists
Co. S. Lemmon
John W. Lemmon
Fittea—visual Training
East Side Square
Phone 45
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic
F. G. Livesay
D. C
Solowa Ave
Plan Atom Security
Emil Fuchs
Russia
Congressional Atomic Committee
Tom Connally
Texas
David Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Brien McMahon
Conn
International Soundphoto
Ante
Equator
Cook
Tom Sendersonv
U. S
Income Tax Office
Department of Justice
F.B.J.1
Sam
Washington Evening Journal
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