Wayland Mennonite Church installs Rev William Penner
Installation services were held for Rev. William Penner at the Wayland Mennonite church with Rev. Simon Gingerich and others officiating. Alumni banquet drew 148 attendees at Wayland high school, naming officers Kavelyn Klopfenstein and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra Wittmer
Wwayland
William Penner
Wayland Mennonite Church
Simon Gingerich
the Creek Church
D. E.ty
Eicher Mennonite Church
Adolph Freisen
Donnellson Church
Wayland High School
Clit Sodereren
Association For 1939
Kavelyn Payne Klopfenstein
A. B. Magdefrau
Orus Vechart
Fda Boshart
Indianola Institute Commission
Co. K. Sehanty and Crew
J. Jones
Aineworth
European Rattle Snakes and Vipors Compared
The piece contrasts European rattlesnakes with vipers noting the common viper is small yet combative and rarely deadly with quick treatment. It highlights a larger, more dangerous sandvater type, two feet or more, preferring sun and dry sands and being especially vicious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Seining bait and unexpected heirs in rustic verse
A humorous verse tale recalls a fisherman famed in town who struggles to obtain sufficient help for seine bait. He imagines raising a boy to assist, yet ends with an unlikely heir and a daughter weaving a slow seining tale.
Howling Recollections and Light-Hearted Jokes Parade
A column of humorous snippets and quips recalls the good old days and small town wit. Items include a marriage reply about life with a baby, a quip about blood pressure once called poor man’s gout, a waterfront joke, and a soap wrapper housing tale, all in a light, homespun tone.
Freddie Bartholomew and Don Ameche in Hollywood News
In a men’s store overheard talk centers on electric gators and a young man named Freddie Bartholomew being noted. Fox contracts limit Don Ameche to four hours daily to protect him after surgery and from Ritz Brothers. The Marches quit Hollywood for a Broadway run after last year’s flop. The Citadel by Cronin has sold over 10 million copies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freddie Bartholomew
Fox
Don Ameche
Don
Fredric
Hollywood
Pictures
Hollywood Stars Forecast Shifts in Studio Lineups
Predictions place Clark Gable Mickey Rooney Spencer Tracy Shirley Temple and others in roles once held by established stars. Notes on Greta Garbo Harold Lloyd and Lew Ayres hint at renewed fame, with some quips and quotes interspersed among celebrity gossip and general remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Gable
Lewis Stone
Mickey Rooney
James Cagney
Shirley Temple
Norma Shearer
Deanna Durbin
Jeanette MacDonald
Andrea Leeds
Myrna Loy
Pleasant Hill Social Notes Provide Family Visits and Illness
Pleasant Hill residents share a busy week of visits and dinners. Lloyd Dickinson and family and Frank Wearl hosted guests. Margaret Pratt returned from Nebraska. Clyde Lambert and Lee Hesseltine hosted at the Will Miller home. Tommy Caldwell, infant son of Howard Caldwell, is ill with bronchial pneumonia after a hospital trip. Roy Kephart bought a new F-14 Farmall tractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farr Kephart
Pleasant Hill
Lloyd Dickinson
Frank Wearl
Will Miller
Margaret Pratt
Zeta Nay
Orb
Neb
Clyde Lambert
Lee Hesseltine
Charles Cannon
Burlington
Charley Adams
Opal
Glenn
Delta
Everett Lewis
Mary Adams
Tommy Caldwell
Howard Caldwell
Tommy
Parasol Ants Use Leaves as Food Cakes
Parasol ants carry small leaves and flowers in their jaws as if an umbrella. They do not shade themselves but gather leaves to form a cake inside the nest for the colony to eat.
Queen Liked Marjoram Employed in Fragrant Fumes
A historical note records Queen Bess favoring marjoram in her fragrances. The herb, from the mint family and imported mainly from France Germany and Hungary, was used in perfumed fumes cherished by the queen.
Watches With Coiled Springs in the Seventeenth Century
The article notes that the first watches with coiled springs entered use in the seventeenth century, marking a key advancement in portable timekeeping. It highlights the shift from springless mechanisms to compact, wound systems enabling accurate personal watches.
Office Wife Begins Term for Manslaughter in Holbrook Killing
Fern Patricia Dull enters a Detroit house of correction to serve a 14 to 15 year term for manslaughter in the fatal shooting of her employer and paramour Attorney William Holbrook. Convicted at St. Joseph trial, Dull is pictured with Warden A. Gilles and Matron Caroline O Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit House of Correction
Atedtorney
William Holbrook
Fern Patricia Dull
A. Gilles
Caroline O'Day
Dull
Holbrook
St. Joseph
Mich
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AIR Reserve Force
Roosevelt
Ayant
OTE
HO Lret
Sahma Delta House
Brock Mar
Wayland Church
Nonite Church
Wesley Pritchard
Tehe
Wittmer
Mary Wittmer
Mt. Pleasant
Pauline Wittmer
Hoaglin’s Department Store
Effie Sharp
Ben Meyer
Donald
Homer Weaver
Patty Anne
Arthur Wyse
Chriss Wyse
Archibald
Ohio
Vicks Va
Nore
Vicks Vaporus
Graeme
Joe Palooka
Broadway
Ham Fisher
Meebe
Honist
Smokey
Gorgiss
Yassah
Suh
Mistah Joe
R. M
A. Waltonian
Washington
Star
Sincere
Sunny
W. O
Jones
Smith
Fostoria
Westphal the Jeweler
the Citadel
A. J. Cronin
Spencer Tracy
Lionel Barrymore
Joan Davis
Charles Winninger
Josephine
Lew Ayres
Maureen Sullivan
Edward G. Robinson
Fetchit
Key West
Fla
Greta Garbo
Stockholm
Sweden
Harold Lloyd
Burchard, Ned
Appalachians
United States
Pheumonia
Don Darbyshire
Crawfordsville
Roy Kephart
Earl Kephart
Eleanor Roosevelt
White House
Boston
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eleanor
Dixie Dugan
Denny
By Striebel & Mevoy
Doc
Or.p.ll.etter
Sereopathice
Iowa
Warden A. Gilles
Patricia Dull
Henry Witts
New York
Julius
Andrew O'Rourke
Witts
Harry
Journal Building
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