Good Sam slang spreads among teens in Denton and New York
Ann Sheridan explains the term Good Samaritan as a nickname for a helpful man. She notes Denton high school girls adopted Good Sam as a line, while in New York bobbysoxers used the phrase to praise a man as tops. Sheridan spoke during filming with Gary Cooper for Leo McCarey’s Good Sam at the State Theatre.
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Leo McCarey
State Theatre
Denton
Texas
Tate
Miss Sheridan
New York
Hollywood
Sam
Install Ainsworths New OBS Officers
Open installation of O. E. 5. Officers at the Masonic hall drew seventy five members and friends. Mrs. Frank Moore became worthy matron assisted by installing officers. retiree Mrs. Homer Hunt received the past matron's jewel. Music by Dorothy Hunt and Rosemary Jenkins accompanied by Mrs. Trotter marked the event.
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Vernon Fletcher
Earl O’connor
Orville Thomas
George Lord
Henry Davis
O. R. Thoma
John Walker
Blaine Hawkins
Blake Spencer
Homer Hunt
Marshall
Hugh Morris
Orrin Johnson
Bequeaths $3,000 to Riverside Church
Riverside Trinity Methodist church will receive $3,000 from the estate of Walter S. Yerbury who died in Rock Island. The widow Marie Yerbury is executrix and takes the remaining estate estimated around $75,000. Marie Yerbury曾 grew up in Riverside.
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Riverside
Riverside Trinity Methodist Church
Walter S. Yerbury
Rock Island
Riverside Church
Marie Yerbury
Yerbury
Marie Yeggy
Mr. Yerbury
Reunion commemorates seventh annual gathering of Company K
Ten years have passed since the seventh annual reunion of Company K, Washington's World War and Texas border service unit, with thirty five attendees marking the event today.
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Company K
Washington
Texas Border Service
Dak Films Serves Prompt Developing and Printing
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Top on hogs price and forecast note
Prices show hogs leading at 21.75 with weather on clear night then increasing cloudiness tomorrow and a warmer trend expected.
Fire Department Dinner for Wives in Kalona
Kalona Jan 17 The Kalona Volunteer Fire Department held a dinner party for their wives at Ruggs Cafe in Wellman. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Frank Conklin Mr. and Mrs. H V Beck Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fisher Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Fry Mr. and Mrs. V D Hochstetler Mr. and Mrs E K Hesselschwerdt Mr. and Mrs. Amos Hostetler Mr. and Mrs. Ar dell Johnson E C Kern Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Miller Mr. and Mrs. C C Shimon Mr. and Mrs F E B Skola Mr. and Mrs Lester Speas Mr. and Mrs Gail Swartzendruber Mr. and Mrs H A Swartzendruber Mr. and Mrs Floyd Walker and Mr. and Mrs H L Walker.
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Kalona
Amos Hostetler
Ardell Johnson
E.C. Kern
Raymond Miller
C. C. Shimon
F. EB. Skola
Lester Speas
Gail Swartzendruber
H. A. Swartzendruber
Floyd Walker
H. L. Walker
Odd Fellow and Rebekah Lodge Installations Reported
George Fry and Elmer Michel headed the Odd Fellows as noble grand and past noble grand with a full slate of officers. Rebekah officers included Vera Strickler as noble grand and a roster of named stewards. A social hour followed and Kalona staff coordinated installations in Wellman and Washington lodges.
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Kalona I. O. O. F. Lodge
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Odd Fellow
George Fry
Noble
Elmer Michel
Tom Russell
Clifford Small
Maurice Westrick
Joseph Chody
L. J. Strickler
Inside Guardian
Arlis Niffengger
Outside
Guardian
Kimbal Gates
Noble Grand
Karl Fry
Harold Peterseim
Robert Gates
Harold Younkin
F. L. Strickler
Donald Bean
Rebekah
A.R. Stutsman
Vera Strickler
Alva Kepler
Jack Guengerich
Arlis Niffenegger
Wellman
Washington
West Indian Mahogany Declines in Use Through 18th Century
A major cabinet wood in England and America until about 1775 was West Indian mahogany. Supplies from Jamaica Santo Domingo and Cuba declined, then Cuba provided minor supplies until World War II. War restrictions and postwar export embargo halted imports. It is the heaviest and hardest mahogany, favored by old-time cabinetmakers for handmade furniture.
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America
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Three Guests join Y Social Club in Riverside Meeting
Riverside residents recount a social afternoon at the home of Mrs. Fred Skubal where ten members and three guests gathered for a business session and light lunch. The next meeting is slated for Mrs. Louis Waldschmidt's home.
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Y” Social Club
Skubals
Estelle Critz
Riverside
Fred Skubal
Edward Muller
Rose Dautremont
Mary Shebenek
Charles Skubal
Louis Waldschmidt
Wesley Prehoda
Paul Scherrer
Janice
Iowa City
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Arthur Lorack
Kenneth
Rita
Patsy
Bernard Armbruster
Wiliam Radda
Moline
Ill
Donald
Radda
Wesleyan
Virginia Luckey
Carl Luckey
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Robert L. Hess
Robert
Berwyn
Ivan McCreedy
Biloxi
Bertha Tener
Adrian Birrer
Glendale
Calif
Louise Birrer
Laura
Elizabeth Mellecker
Mary Ann Orvis
Des Moines
Marie Tener
Frank Gorman
Robert Wilson
Stanley Beranek
Cedar Rapids
Cleo Burich
Local social notes include visits and a Foresters party
Mrs. Cloyd Cress of Riverside visited relatives in North Loup Nebraska during the holidays. Mrs. Merle Blieu and Patsy Luckey visited in Iowa City with the James family. Catholic Order of Foresters sponsored a board party in Forester Hall with euchre and pinochle. The Evans family of West Branch visited here at the Sam Evans home. Paul Scherrer and Janice of Town City visited the Preboda home. Tom Cooney becomes Shradel Grocery clerk, replacing Evelyn Yordi. Mrs. Anna Buresh of Ely visits the Dvorak home. Helen Mitchell, daughter of the Mitchells of Riverside, resumes studies here.
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Merle Blieu
Patsy Luckey
Iowa City
James
Order of Foresters
Forester Hall
Orville Evans
West Branch
Sam Evans
Paul Scherrer
Janice
Town City
Wesley Preboda
Tom Cooney
Shradel Grocery
Evelyn Yordi
Anna Buresh
Ely
Cedar Falls College Alumna Returns After Holiday Visit
A Cedar Falls resident, along with her parents and friends, welcomed back the Iowa State Teachers College alumna after a holiday vacation spent away from campus.
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Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
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