Local News Roundup of Visits and Assignments
Mr and Mrs George Masson return from a 10 day visit to Clinton for the Whitted family engagement party for Jo Ann Whitted Dan Whitted spends a between semesters break from Miami University in Florida Cpl Jerry Coffin visits from Hawaii bound for Camp Pendleton on Feb 16 Mr and Mrs Maynard McClain of Brooklyn IA stop with Mrs L W Carpenter en route to Florida A 2c David Marie of Kelly Air Force Base Texas transfers this week to Formosa eight airmen chosen for a three to four month assignment Paul Entwisle becomes pharmacist at Osincup Drug Store from Storm Lake family to follow Amos Stout recovering after surgery Mercy Hospital Iowa City in room 344 VFW Auxiliary Breakfast Club hosts seven attendees Delbert Earls hosts Feb 7 Pee Wee Day of Waterloo and John Heasley of Wisconsin overnight guests at Jack Weik home.
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George Masson
L. J. Whitteds
Clinton
Whitted
Jo Ann
David Marie
Kelly Air Force Base
Texas
Marie Marie
Formosa
West Coast
YWCA Mixers Meet For Waffle Supper
The YWCA Mixers held a waffles supper prepared by Jean Jones and Jo Jane cek with devotions by Karen Seaton. Future meetings include Feb 13 chili supper at 615 East Main Street and Feb 27 a book review by Mrs. George Krogmeier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YWCA
Jean Jones
Jo Janecek
Karen Seaton
Kathleen
East Main Street
George Krogmeier
Joy Batterson
Value To Swine Growers Pamphlet Now Available
A new eight page pamphlet from Iowa State University assists commercial swine producers in profitable crossbreeding. It details advantages and shortcomings, stock selection, four crossbreeding diagrams, and the role of test stations and breed certification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jim Frier
Iowa State University Animal Husbandry
Robert C. DeBaca
L. Hazel
Robert E. Rust
DeBaca
Fugitive Appears as Cuban Delegate at Havana Conference
In Havana the people’s conference opened with a U.S. delegate shouting Cuba si Yanqui no while embraced by Cuban poet Nicolas Guillen. The man, identified as “the representative of the people of North America,” may be Robert F. Williams, a fugitive linked to Monroe North Carolina kidnapping cases. The event aligned with a Punta del Este meeting where the U.S. seeks Cuba exclusion from the hemisphere.
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Havana
UPI
People’s Conference
U.S
Cuba
Garcia Lorca
Robert Williams
North America
Nicolas Guillen
Williams
Robert F. Williams
Monroe
N.C
Union County
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Punta del Este
Uruguay
United States
Fidel Castro
Latin America
East Berlin 28 Flüchtlinge flee to West amid mass escape
A group of 28 East Germans, aged 8 to 71, slipped through border wire Tuesday night in the largest Westward flee since August. The escape followed East Germany’s new conscription law as the parliament approved a draft. Police noted the site was in a sparsely described area at Berlin’s northwest border.
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Berlin
UPI
East Germany
Soviet Union
Funeral services held for Reynold J. Greiner
Funeral services were conducted at 9 30 a m Tuesday at St James Catholic Church officiated by Rev T J Lew and Rev James Grubb. Burial followed in Elm Grove Cemetery with pallbearers Leo Marie Earl Redlinger Charles Friese Thomas Cannon Steve Wolfer Leonard Bomber. Sherman Eden Funeral Home supervised arrangements.
Social Calendar Announces Week of Community Meetings
Social notices list events from Wednesday to Saturday in West Chester with various clubs and meetings at halls, churches, and homes. Notable entries include St Rita's Circle, Fleur de Lis and Knights of Columbus gatherings, 4-H skating party, Wives and women friends, and County 4-H events. Whitewalls tires sales boom report from Whitehall New York notes 45 to 48 percent of replacement market tires sold this year, up from 30 percent five years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neill Trotman
Cloyce
Truman Tuttle
Knights of Columbus
St. James School
George Chambers
Robert Koehler
William Sitler
Women of
Moose
Moose Home
West Chester
Masonic Temple
Pansy Hill Club
Lloyd Neiswanger
LBC Club
Leslie Blick
Whitewalls
New York
UPI
Guest speaker Carol Forgey shares South America slides
Twelve members of Family Living It enjoyed Mrs. Rodney Davisson's hospitality Tuesday evening. Miss Carol Forgey presented a slide talk on South America with commentary on lives and customs. Mrs. Carl Jarvis opened with the poem Remembered Blessings and committee members for February were named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Davisson
Carol Forgey
South America
Carl Jarvis
Maynard Goff
Frank Patterson
Walter Lance
Patterson
John Green
Obligation Night At White Shrine Meeting
Forty members attended the White Shrine gathering at the Masonic Temple with Mrs. Harold Strum and Roy Carter presiding. An obligation ceremony followed as Mrs. Strum emphasized essential parts of the oath and Mr. Carter noted the need for an up to date inventory for insurance.
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Masonic Temple
Harold Strum
Roy Carter
Iowa Minnesota hog markets show steady to higher supplies
Interior Iowa and southern Minnesota hogs mostly steady with some trades 25 cents higher than Tuesday. Estimated receipts today 65,000 versus 55,000 last week. Butchers priced from 16.00 to 17.25 per cwt across weight ranges, sows quoted 12.35 to 15.90.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Minnesota
County Board Hears Reorganization Plan Talks
County officials met with boards from Jefferson Poweshiek Keokuk and Mahaska to shape July 1 reorganizing of elementary districts with high school regions. Iowa State University professors will study areas and return with recommendations in May after a March preliminary report. The attorney general notes a standing tax credit timing remains relevant to pending action.
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Bode
Jefferson
Iowa
Poweshiek
Keokuk
Mahaska
Iowa State University
Ames
Hultman
On The Record Hospital Admitted And Discharges
Admitted today Elmer Wyse Wayland medical. Births yesterday a son to Mr and Mrs James Redlinger Washington. Dismissed yesterday Mrs June Williams Wellman. Today Harold Johnson Washington and Mrs Jodie Ritz Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Wyse
Wayland, Medical
James Redlinger
Washington
June Williams
Wellman
Harold Johnson
Jodie Ritz
Local boards of education duties under section 275.1
Item notes that the local county boards of education must perform functions specified in section 275.1 of the 1958 code.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Boards of Education
Chicago livestock and grain prices in United Press report
Chicago livestock prices show hogs weak to mostly 25 lower with varied loads at 17.25 to 18.25 per 100 pounds and cattle at steady to 25 higher with prime steers at 28.00 to 28.25 and heifers up to 27.25. Sheep steady with prime lambs around 18.25 to 18.50 and native lambs 17.50 to 18.00. Grain futures for wheat show mixed declines and highs near 203 to 205 for March and July contracts.
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Cpl
Jerry Coffin
Ray Coffin
Hawaii
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Maynard McClain
Brooklyn
L. W. Carpenter
Florida
Paul Entwisle
Osincup Drug Store
Storm Lake
Amos Stout
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
VFW
Delbert Earls
Pee Wee" Day
Waterloo
John Heasley
Wisconsin
Jack Weik
Fugitive
East Berlin
St. Rita’s Circle
Ted Johnson
Pythian Sisters
Hall
Loyal Order of Moose
Baptist Missionary Society
Legion Hall
Bob McDonald
Word Weavers
P.L. Fenn
Russell Goodin
Dorothy Babb
Cloyd Garrett
Sherman-Eden Funeral Home
Olympia
P. J's
Chicago
Penney’s
Penney
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