Five Cars Stall in Drift Behind Truck in Snow
In Xenia on January 25 five cars lined up behind a stalled truck as a quarter mile snow drift blocked the road. After hours of shoveling by fifteen men, the vehicles and truck backed onto the pavement. Roy Wood and his four sons received honorable mention for efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Stephens
Xenia
Roy Wood
John Jeffrey
Wayne Norman
Mr. Norman
Auline Smith
Jesse Pearson
Ainsworth
Grace Walker
Mt Pleasant Credit Group Holds Annual Meeting
More than 100 members and wives attended Mt Pleasant Production Credit association's annual gathering in Mt Pleasant Iowa on January 25. Walter Moehn president A H Viergut secretary Leonard Burch E VP of Federal Intermediate Credit Bank Omaha and R A Steffensmeier gave the financial report. Arthur Peterson reelected to the board for three years J Ralph Wagon also elected to a three year term. The cooperative has made over 180 loans in 1939 and established a Washington field office to better serve members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Pleasant
Iowa
Mt. Pleasant Production Credit Association
Walter Moehn
A. H. Vier«gutz
Production Credit Corporation of Omaha
Leonard Burch
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Omaha
R. A. Steffensmeier
Arthur Peterson
Mt. Pleasant
Cooperative Lending Association
Farm Credit Administration
Washington
Stirling Family Honored at Sunshine Community Dinner
Mr and Mrs Sam Warren hosted Sunshine Community Club members and families for a noon dinner honoring Mr and Mrs Tom Stirling and son Robert who plan to move to West Chester. Many could not attend due to drifting roads with Chinese checkers and pinochle sharing the afternoon. Mrs Norbert Yelock horst attended as a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Warren
Sunshine Community Club
Tom Stirling
Robert
West Chester
Fred Zieglowsky
Don Wiley
Carl Schneider
Norbert Yelockhorst
Thora Reynolds Hosts Bridge Night with Guests
Thora Reynolds entertained her bridge club and two guests Treva Ferguson and Lucille Lance last evening. At two tables Mrs. Art Swift won high score and Miss Ferguson second high. Refreshments followed at the North Side cafe after the games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thora Reynolds
Treva Ferguson
Lucille Lance
Art Swift
Miss Ferguson
North Side
Grace Hill Ladies Aid Meeting at Woodford Home
Grace Hill Ladies Aid met all day at Mrs Nelson Woodford's home with five members quilting. Mrs We A Engel led devotional, read Genesis twenty first chapter, and led a short prayer. Next six months roll call topics assigned. next gathering planned at Mrs Dan Roone's home with pot luck dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Hill Ladies Aid Society
Nelson Woodford
We A Engel
Engel
Seventeen People Live in C. S. Strohm House at Gracehill
Gracehill report says three families reside in C A Strohm property this winter totaling seventeen people. Local visits note illness among residents and several funerals and family updates. Charley plans possible extra space as flu illness affects households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Strohm
Gracehill
Anna Williams
C. A. Strohm
Charley
Moi
Haymond Sankey
Lester Small
Fred Small
Kenneth Carrol
Karl Gracy
Will Keltey
Kalona
Leslie Grady
Gayle
Gilbert
Mr. Grady
Joby Pratt
Frank
Franck
Mr. Cherwinker
Prank Knight
Eugene Engle
Social Calendar Activities Planned By Local Groups
Social calendar entries list J.W. Baker Relief corps installation at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall and Child Study department. Presbyterian Ladies Aid meet at 2:30 p.m. in four homes. Methodist Women’s Home Missionary society meets at 2:30 p.m. Baptist Missionary society lunch at 1 p.m. Lexington Circle led by Mrs. Doris Tadlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.W. Baker Relif Corps
C. H. Guther
South
Marion Avenue
Presbyterian
Stanley Baire
Val Fuhr
Fred Maasdarm
KB. C. Carris
Methodist Womans Home Missionary Society
H. Hampsher
West Windison Street
Christian Missionary and Aid
Ten Cent
Glenn Holden
Baptist Missionary Society
Roy Gorden
Birthday Celebrants Mark Quiet Richmond to Washington Links
Clara Turnipseed born in Richmond Iowa 81 years ago today and moved to Washington in 1897. Several others including Howard Eugene Darnel Glen Knox and Helen Schoonover celebrate birthdays with a note on Mrs. Pauline Keawns who has the flu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Turnipseed
Richmond
Iowa
Washington
The
Baptist Church
Howard Eugene Darnel
Howard Darnel
Pauline Keawns
Postponed Ainsworth Chapter 392 OES Installation Date
The postponed conversion of Ainsworth Chapter No 392 OES shifts the officer installation to Thursday evening January 25 at the Masonic Hall. The hall address appears as 292312 in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
O.E.S
Masonic Hall
Palmer fireman suffers broken jaw on duty
Gus Wahlgren, a Palmer fireman, broke his jaw when he fell from the first floor to a basement during a blaze. A two story frame pool hall owned by William Elsen and stock owned by L. B. Elsen burned, with an estimated loss of 2500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer
Gus Wahlgren
William Elsen
L. B. Elsen
Love
Benefit Party Aids St James P T A Fund Drive
Ten tables of bridge pinochle and euchre were played at the St James P T A benefit card party hosted by Mrs Hubert Walker. Prizes went to Mrs Lester Kern and Hubert Walker in euchre, Mrs Ed Sullivan and Mrs Leo Nardy in bridge, and Ray Whitehead and William Barth in pinochle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James P. T. A
Hubert Walker
Lester Kern
Ed Sullivan
Leo Nardy Low
Ray Whitehead
William Barth
Quail Find Winter Shelter in Straw Stack at Sandy Hook
A small flock of quail make a straw stack their winter home at Sandy Hook. A tang pierced a quail while forking straw but the bird survived after being freed. Residents note shelters for birds should be ready in fall to ease winter plight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Mineart
Sandy Hook
Leroy
Bridegroom Still Gone on Eve of Nuptial Day
Miss Henrietta Rensink waited for fiancé Andrew Verdoorn who vanished two weeks ago in Minneapolis on the eve of their planned Hospers wedding. Verdoorn, 27, ran a produce business and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerrit K. Rensink, farmers nearby.
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Hospers
Henrietta Rensink
Minneapolis
Minn
Min § Rensink
Gerrit K Rensink
Here
Andrew Verdoorn
Elmer Kiene Feted at Surprise Party
A group of Washington and Ainsworth youths organized a surprise birthday party for Elmer Kiene. The gathering featured games stunts and dancing with refreshments served by Alice Kiene and her mother at the close of the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ainsworth
Elmer Kiene
Alice Kiene
Funeral services for Mrs J R Smith set Friday in Columbus Junction
Jan 25 Columbus Junction announces funeral services for Mrs J R Smith who died Thursday at her home. Services will be at 2 PM at J C Richie funeral home with Rev W A Bloomquist of the Methodist church officiating. Burial follows in Columbus City cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
J. R. Smith
J. C. Richie
W. A. Bloomquist
Methodist Church
Columbus City Cemetery
Shellabargers On A Motor Trip To Southern States
Mr and Mrs E P Shellabarger are touring southern states and were joined in San Antonio Texas by Mr and Mrs S L Olson of Peoria Indiana. Lloyd Cecil passed naval exams and will be sent to the Great Lakes Training Station in Chicago. The Home Guards met with Catherine Ayers. Alvin Pittard received treatment at the University Hospital Iowa City. Burdette Johnston of Monmouth College was named associate director of speech and technical advisor for the Little Theatre at Monmouth. The Shellabarger club was hosted by Mrs Walter Lewis with fourteen members present and a $3 Finnish relief donation. The next meeting will be Feb 15 at Mrs Walter Marsden's home. Thursday noon church lunches will be discontinued until weather moderates.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
E. P. Shellahbarger
San Antonio
Tex
S. L. Ol
Peoria
Lloyd Cecil
U.S. Naval
Great Lakes
Chicago
Home Guards
Catherine Ayers
Alvin Pittard
University Hospital
Iowa City
Burdette Johnston
Monmouth College
Monmouth
Ill
Little Theatre
Walter Lewis
Walter Marsden
Presbyterian Church
Sioux City teen drops $26,150 baby suit against railroad
Alta Eagles, 14, of Sioux City, dismissed a $26,150 suit against an Omaha railroad and Detective John Reedy claiming a scare caused her premature baby’s loss. Her attorney said the case will be refiled. The detective reportedly pressed to talk to her husband about coal theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Alta Eagles
Paul M. Hatfield
Omaha Railroad
John Reedy
John Eagles
Proposed Purchase No 74 Sealed Bids Iowa 1944
Sealed bids for Proposed Purchase No 74 will be received by the State Car Dispatcher at the Iowa State Highway Commission Ames until 3 PM February 6 1944. One and a half ton used International truck Heengse No 2416 P and E No A-1219 to be taken in trade. Information from R A Frink Washington Iowa. Preference for Iowa grown products and coal per Chapter 62-b1 Code 1925. George W Hesalead State Car Dispatcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Highway Commission
Ames
Iowa
R. A. Frink. Div
Maint. Ener
Washington
George W. Hesalead
Red Birds Shelter Near Kitchen Window
A neighbor reports fifteen or more red birds wintering nearby and playing daily in a bush by the kitchen window, suggesting a notable avian gathering and daytime activity.
Special meeting announced for Old Fellows fodee No Jon
A special meeting is scheduled Friday evening January 26 at 7 o clock for Old Fellows fodee No Jon. Degrees work 29412.
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Jon
Junior College Honor Roll for Semester
The junior college honor roll for the semester lists students with GPA based on A to D letter grades mapped to 4 to 1 points. Averages combine first and second nine weeks, divided by total semester hours, ranking by course load and grades.
Student Grade Point Averages and Honors List
Top of columns shows Grade Points Semester Hours and Average for students led by Atchison Mary E and Schoonover Ralph. Names include Putnam Maurice Schoonover Fae Westphal Mary Anderson John Robert Turner Ruth Eayestone Evelyn Vlummer Adelle Rudolph Margaret Jean Hayes Frances Holland Faye Marshall Maxine with several Honorable Mention entries for Niffenegger and Mildred Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison
Mary E
Putnam
Maurice
Schoonover
Ralph
Carbee
Carolyn
Fae
Westphal
Mary
Anderson
John Robert
Turner
Ruth
Eayestone
Evelyn
Vlummer
Adelle
Rudolph
Margaret Jean
Hayes
Frances
Holland
Faye
Marshall
Maxine
Ae Niffenegger
Mildred Anderson
Americans in China Living Mostly in Shanghai
A report shows that just under half of Americans residing in China live in Shanghai, with others spread across major cities and coastal zones. The data highlights Shanghai as the primary hub for American expatriates in the country.
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China
Shanghai
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Grace Hill Ladies Aid
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Lexington Circle
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Helen Schoonover
Hazel Statler
Louise Kilgore Boileau
Ronald Swailes
Mast Highland
Samuel Murphy
Highland
Ralph Brinning
Wellston
H. G. Wagenknecht
L. A. Meredith
David Thompson
National Tea Store
A. Strohm
Neleon Woodford
Straw Stack
Folke
Taylor Stout
Indian Creek Club
Stout
Lloyd Farrier
Dan Guy
Carl Jarvie
Daryl Tucker
Dan
John Davig
Inez Farrier
Ann Arbor
Elsie Stout
R. L. Dunbar
Carl
Veramella
Jease Stout
Carr's Market
S.W. Corner
Rt Ta
J. Smith
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Chinatown
American Institute of Laundering
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