Things Seem Different at School To Friend of Writer at Chester
A Chester column recalls change in education with shorter class breaks and steeper stairs as a writer notes how schooling feels altered after years away. Local updates share births, promotions, visitors, neighbors' kindness, and a power outage affecting town lines.
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Chester
WM. Dusenbery
West Chester
Roberta Whetstine
Louise
Homer Porter
Roy Wright
Iowa City
Jennifer Lynn
Lawrence Lacour
Mark Sullivan
Joe Barker
Cecil Brower
Gerald Gravier
Ental
Arthur Loomis
lown-Illinois
Deanna Laux
Minneapolis
Minn
Howard Laux
Walter Derby of Richland Honored at Anniversary Dinner
Walter Derby of Richland and his wife Grace Saner marked their 56th wedding anniversary with a family basket dinner in Richland. The gathering included 44 relatives from Sigourney Harpers Memo What Cheer Williamsburg and Richland with nine of their 11 children present. Walter and Grace married March 1 1900 in Oskaloosa and farmed until 1936 before moving to Richland where he is retired.
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Robert Pfeifer
Richland
Beryl van Dyke
van Dyke
Walter Derby
Sigourney
Harper
Memphis
What Cheer
Williamsburg
Margaret Baker
Walter
Grace Saner
Oskaloosa
Otto Pfeifer
Francis Feltz
Doyle Pfeifer
Columbus Junction
Inez Loomis
Des Moines
Weekend guests attend silver wedding observance
Ronnie, three grandchildren Lest Relin Jeffres Cornwell and Bruce Hanna with Connie Sharon and Betty of Waterloo visited the Allen Conrad and Glen Owens homes in Winfield for a silver wedding observance. Owen Albert Walker of Madrid was critically injured when a pistol being repaired discharged into his abdomen. the bird shot round was fired. After surgery his condition was reported as good.
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Ronnie
Lest. Relin
Jeffres Cornwell
Bruce Hanna
Connie
Sharon
Betty
Waterloo
Allen Conrad
Glen Owens
Winfield
Owen
Albert “Walker
Madrid
Fire Destroys Swine Shed Near Junction
Fire destroyed a hog house on the James B Helmick farm five miles southwest of Columbus City at about 9 p m Saturday. A sow and litter were burned to death and another hog house and litter were badly burned. The sow was burned. The Helmick family was away in Columbus Junction when the fire truck headed south. Two Columbus City boys passing the farm saw the blaze and reported it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
James B. Helmick
Columbus City
Helmick
4-H Cinderellas Club Hosts After School Meeting
The Cinderellas 4-11 Club met Saturday with 17 members and two guests. Janet Ross led senior recreation while Barbara McDowell directed juniors. Music featured Rose Rose by Judy.
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Baclaia
Phyllis McDowell
Janet Ross
Barbara McDowell
Rose Rose
Judy
Goodwin Called To Testify In Probe
A Senate committee recalled Robert K. Goodwin of Iowa and other figures as part of an oil industry probe. Neff denied offering a $2,500 contribution to arrange a meeting for Sen. Hickenlooper, while Patman testified he used personal funds for campaign contributions. The inquiry centers on Neff and related fundraising during a dispute over a natural gas bill.
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John McNeff
Neff
Sen. Rourke
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Goodwin
Patman
Keck
Sen
Francis Case
R-Sd
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Ivan
Sacramento
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Glenn Owens
Robert Cornwell
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Kunzman
London
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Hanna
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Moor
National Farm Loan Association
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Federal Land Bank System
EF W. Cummings
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National Farmers Organization
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Save Now
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Sea King Motors
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Linda McKinstry
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Betty Peters
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