Golden Gloves Tourney Plans Add Entries Thursday
More than 15 bouts and a mid-tourney exhibition are set for the second annual Golden Gloves in the Washington YMCA gym. Marines sponsor the event with entries from Fairfield and anticipated additions. Cedar Rapids state tourney berth awaits winners.
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Washington Ymca
Marine Corps League
Fairfield
Wayne Chamberlin
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Sport
Marine League
Firemen Benefit Dance Cleared Over $200 at Rendezvous
The ALIA Se A NY event at the Rendezvous raised more than $200 at a firemen's benefit dance. Local volunteers organized the dance and contributed to the total.
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Alia Se A NY
Weather Update and Hog Prices Report
A forecast notes mostly cloudy conditions tonight and tomorrow with sleet or snow starting again tomorrow. Hog prices lead with top at 21.50 per hundredweight as market details remain terse in the brief notice.
Garden II Luncheon Guests Attend Cooperative Event
Two guests from the Garden department IT attended the Garden II luncheon hosted by Mrs. Jay Brewer on Tuesday at 1 pm. Mrs. Eugene Martin and Mrs. Hugh Morris were guests with Mrs. Sam Witting as assistant hostess. Twenty nine members attended.
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Garden Department
Jay Brewer
Eugene Martin
Hugh Morris
Sam Witting
Ernie Temple
Homer Birney
T. C. Davis
J. D. Dayton
D. N. Anwyl
Joyce Ann Gevock Hosts Eighth Birthday Party
Joyce Ann Gevock of Brighton entertained 20 children for her eighth birthday on Sunday from 2 to 4 PM. Contests bingo and a fish pond provided fun. each guest received a gift and a cake with eight candles topped the table.
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Joyce Ann Gevock
Frank Gevock
Brighton
Belle Day
Joyce Ann
Nancy Wise
Susan Kurtz
Ann Peck
Gerry Ann Kurtz
Kaye Ann
Faye Ann Sobaski
Kay Kaska
Winifred
Janice Fritz
Karen
Janice Deutsch
Jimmie Benda
Ronnie Pacha
Phillip Wikoff
Lyle
Gale Whitacre
Mac Conrad
Ronnie Peck
Ronnie Fritz
Osinecups Host Y's Men Bridge Club Evening
Mrs Harold Wehr and Logan Heilman were high score winners at the Y's Men bridge club party hosted by Mr and Mrs Herb Osincup. Six tables competed with Charles Morris winning the travel prize after dessert.
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Harold Wehr
Logan Heilman
Y’s Mens Bridge Club
Herb Osincup
Charles Morris
First Labor Union Label Adopted by Cigar Makers
The Cigar Makers International Union adopted the first labor union label and first used it in San Francisco in 1874. The move marked an early effort to brand authenticated goods and support workers’ rights.
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First Labor Union
Cigar Maker’s International Union
San Francisco
Local News Roundup From Iowa City Community
Mr and Mrs Virgil Earll met their son Duane in Iowa City where he arrives by train from Fort Knox Ky. Duane plans to depart Feb 5 for San Francisco en route overseas for army duty after graduating from the Clerks General School of Division Trains Third Armored division. A doctor treated Mrs Edna Gardner at Mrs Rose Hutt’s home. Jane Pauls a State University of Iowa student is Currier dormitory sweetheart candidate among 10 finalists to be announced Feb 11. Archie Buwer begins graduate study in fine arts at Iowa University after undergrad at Iowa Weselyan. Ray Box leaves for Chicago for Central Petroleum Co convention and to see son Lyle at George Williams College. Tamara Woods five months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Claude Woods, home from Children’s hospital in Iowa City recovering from illness. Francis Heck ill at home with Bell and Gevock. West Chester visitors Mr and Mrs William Flynn and Mr and Mrs Edgar Stewart. Morrisons spent weekend in St Louis visiting Dr J L Coffey who is recovering from injuries in a New Year’s Eve car crash and the MORRISons’ return train from St Louis to Burlington was the wrecked one.
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Virgil Earll
Iowa City
Duane
Fort Knox
San Francisco
Clerks General School of Division
Third Armored Division
Jane Pauls
State University of Iowa
Currier
Miss Pauls
Tamara Colleen Woods
Claude Woods
Childrens Hospital
E. D. Morrison
St. Louis
Use of Fertilizer Doubles Among U S Farmers in Decade
Over the last ten years U S farmers have doubled their fertilizer use driven by crop demand and improving fertilizer efficiency. The trend reflects rising input costs and emphasis on yields in modern agriculture.
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U. S
Hospital Admission and Births Report
Admitted yesterday Mrs Carl Hering R3 medical. Dismissed yesterday Arnold Nicholson Ainsworth. Today Mrs Ralph Erlenbush and son RJ Mrs Gordon Engstrom and daughter Karona Helen Givans. Births yesterday Mr and Mrs Oren Carr RJ a daughter at 11 20 am Mr and Mrs Eli Helmuth Kalona a son at 9 50 pm Today Mr and Mrs Robert Welte Jr Richmond a son at 1 23 am.
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Carl Hering
Arnold Nicholson
Ainsworth
Ralph Erlenbush
Gordon Engstrom
Oren Carr
Eli Helmuth
Kalona
Robert Welte, Jr
Richmond
Homemakers Invited to Final Slip Cover Lesson
Ruth Foster announces the last in a series of slip cover demonstrations at the Legion hall on Friday January 28. Washington and Franklin township homemakers were invited, others may attend, with a hands on workshop selecting style and material, cutting, fitting, and chair coverings.
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the Legion Hall
Ruth Foster
Washington
Franklin Townships
Farm Bureau
Harold Klopfenstein
Bill Crayne
Bluebirds Tour Telephone Office
The Happy Bluebird group from Stewart School visited the telephone office after school with M. E. Houck guiding. Leader Mrs. Homer Godwin and teacher Betty Leath accompanied the third graders Cathy Pratt Julia Kallous Janice McGill Frances Ann Godwin Darlene Nelson Mary Lou Jones Shirley Godwin Linda Lee and Alice Clark.
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Happy Bluebird
Stewart School
M. E. Houck
Homer Godwin
Betty Leath
Cathy Pratt
Julia Kallous
Janice McGill
Frances Ann Godwin
Darlene Nelson
Mary Lou Jones
Shirley Godwin
Linda Lee
Alice Clark
U.S. Meat Consumption Hits High in 1947
Per capita meat intake in America reached 155 pounds in 1947, the highest in nearly four decades. Pork accounted for 70 pounds, beef 69.2, veal 10.7, and lamb and mutton 5.3.
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America
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Civil Rights Congress
Justice Department
New York
Union Station
International Soundphoto
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Larry Gray
Tommy
E. D. Morrison, Jr
Larry
Harold Gray
Williams Brothers
Marion
Keith
Garden II
Osinecups Entertain
Y’s Men Bridge Club
Mutale
U.S
Archie Buwer
Iowa Wesleyan College
Iowa University
Ray Box
Chicago
Central Petroleum Co
George Williams College
Francis Heck
Bell
Gevock
William Flynn
Edgar Stewart
West Chester
Hans
Fritz
London
Pan-American World Airways
International
Phillips
Dupont
Armand
Magnesia
Carter’s
Air Mail
Carter
T. R. Phillips
Bluebirds
Dorothy Perkins
DHONE
Gibi
Skelgas
Ali
Washington Skelgas
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