Week at the Y M C A Highlights Community Activities
Notes from the Y M C A report a full house at the Y on Saturday with 19 Grey members 23 cadets and juniors 16 older boys swimming and ping pong. Sunday program by Baptist Young People drew about 40. Next Sunday’s program by Methodists. Rotary led by Le Roy Pratt. Campfire girls used the Y Monday after school. Y assisted in West Chester conferences. Hi Y planned party and mothers cook dinners. Municipal band practiced. George Mohr started a Y model building club with 20 boys. Washington County Agriculture Conservation met Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gra Y
West Chester
Methodist Church
Lafe Stout
Howard Stewart
Merle Eckels
Harold Griggs
Harold Leet
Wilma
Betty Leet
Jane McDowell
Fisher
Barbara Rolirer
Robert John
Gordon Pearson
Maurita
Dorothy
Ilia Mae Darnell
Washington
Donald Stout
Brighton
Willard Palmer
JB Dusenbery
Ehurch
Phalanx Fraternity Receives Charter in Ottumwa
The Phalanx Fraternity visited Ottumwa Friday evening to award the charter to their club. John Applegate and Shrum Lewis led the initiation work as seven members made the trip.
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Phalanx Fraternity
Ottumwa
John Applegate
Shrum Lewis
Burlington A and B Swim Team Competes With Washington
Burlington A and B swimmers hosted Washington for a dual meet in the local pool Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Washington
Carbon monoxide death attempt ends in hospital for Walter Buck
Walter D Buck 35 of White Plains New York appears to smile as a patrol motor squad tends to him after a carbon monoxide self inflicted car death attempt. Buck was rushed to a hospital in serious condition.
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Walter D. Buck
White Plains
N. Y
Pulmotor
Buck
Moonshine House Portrait Sparked By Schubert’s Song
Moritz von Schwind called his Vienna home The Moonshine House. There the artist drew a quick sketch of Franz Schubert while Schubert improvised music from a piece of drawing paper. The resulting song Hark Hark the Lark remains famous. Monday asks who was grandfather of the waltz.
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Moritz von Schwind
Vienna
Austria
Schwind
Frank Schubert
Schubert
Des Moines Completes Airport Expansion AmidRising Expectations
Des Moines finished a multi million dollar project enlarging its airport with mile long runways to accommodate new Douglas liners. Airlines hosted open houses last week offering free rides over the city while the big jets largely ignored the new ramps and used the old short runways instead.
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Des Moines
Bne
Telegraph Line Repairs Bring Western Union Crew to Haskins
For two weeks an extra Western Union gang has worked along the telegraph line near the depot, moving in trailer cars and setting poles. The new outfit contrasts with earlier box car living. Snow and cold halted news last week, sickness increased in the community with several in the Keating and McCreedy families. Iowa City visitors—J. R. McCreedy and Mrs Godlove—joined them. D. H. Peters butchered a hog Tuesday.
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Haskins
Western Union
John
Jennie Keating
M. D. McCreedy
Richard
Charles
Billy
Jean
Donald Farrington
Iowa City
J. R. McCreedy
Fire is Discovered Early to Prevent Disaster in Westchester
A house fire at Theodore V Poore residence in Westchester Tuesday morning was stopped when Clarence Hough, a guest, discovered smoke and alerted responders. Chester Holcomb retrieved burning bedding, curtains and damaged window frames were noted. Origin of the fire remains undetermined. Also noted are social visits and updates on local residents including Rev W G Robertson’s illness and return home.
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R. C. Ferguson
Westchester
Theodore Vpoore
Clarence Hough
Clarence
Chester Holcomb
Homer Porter
Johnny
Patty
Roy Bauer
Bob Bauer
W. G. Robertson
Atlantic
Crawfordsville
Ferguson
Washington
Winterset
Clarinda
Esther Lindenmeyer Is Made Davenport School Primary Teacher
Esther Lindenmeyer accepts the primary teaching post in Davenport for the current school year. Her father F M Lindenmeyer drove her there, while Frederick Lindenmeyer, recently in Chicago, plans to enter Iowa City’s university in the second semester.
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Esther Lindenmeyer
Davenport
West Chester
F. M. Lindenmeyer
Frederick Lindenmeyer
Chicago
Iowa City
Population growth and car ownership projection for 1980
The United States is forecast to have 5,500,000 more cars in 1980 if the current ratio of one car per five persons holds. The National Resources Board projects a population of 158,335,000 by that year.
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United States
National Resources Board
Gruesome Skull Displays In Capuchin Monastery Crypt
Tourists visit Rome to view the Capuchin monastery crypt where five or six rooms display human skulls embedded in walls and ceilings, a macabre attraction drawing crowds.
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Rome
Fergusons receive note on his recovery and doctor’s orders
The Fergusons got a letter noting he is much better and under strict physician orders. Helen Jene Arnold, a fifth and sixth grade teacher, missed school this week due to a foot injury and was substituted by Miss Esther Lindenmeyer. Mr and Mrs H Whitehead moved Wednesday to the Isaac Sprague residence.
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Fergusons
Helen Jene Arnold
Esther Lindenmeyer
H. Whitehead
Isaac Sprague
Career ends with death of Russell Hunter in Kansas
Russell Hunter a 30 year old flour mill worker and father of two was shot and killed after attempting a second bank robbery in Chaflin Kansas City Marshal Fr Adams who was a neighbor of the suspect fired the fatal shots ending the attempted bank robbery career.
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Quiet Russell Hunter
Chaflin
Kan
Hunter
Fr Adams
Pine seeks re election as Louisa state representative
Columbus Junction reports state representative F. J. Pine of Louisa county plans to run for re election after four years in office. The local Boy Scout troop will receive its charter at a Monday high school service. A furnace was installed at the Methodist church. Ruth Weber plays Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare’s Macbeth at Cornell college Mt Vernon February 9 and 10, with Craig Huston in a leading role.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
F. J. Pine
Louisa County
Methodist Church
Ruth Weber
Lady Macbeth
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Craig Huston
Advertising as a bridge from Caxton to modern newspapers
A concise tribute to William Caxton and the printing press, noting Caxton’s impact on English printing in 1476 and America’s first press in 1638 at Harvard. It argues newspapers democratize knowledge, attract advertisers, and remain the universal, trusted channel for information and ads in modern life.
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William Caxton
England
America
Harvard University
Caxton
Max Kind
Charles B. Roth
School Is Closed at Crawfordsville Because of Roads
Snow plows and shovels are in use in Kalona and surrounding territory as roads hamper travel. Local doctors report difficult crossings but say the sick list is easing and school attendance is recovering. Most residents are returning to normal after a winter spell.
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Crawfordsville
Dorothy Hender
Kalona
A. J. Haberman
Edith Welte
Maurice
Advertising Expenditures in 1938 by Medium
The record shows total ad spending across newspapers magazines and related media at 64 million dollars. Outdoor advertising accounts for 8 million dollars while accessories and direct mail total 6 million dollars.
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BIG
Charley Chase
FOX
Happy Hour
Rotary
LeRoy Pratt
George Mohr
The
Washington County Agriculture Conservation Association
Harry
Journal
Masonic Temple
Kodak Films
Andy Woolaeries
Town State College
WOL Music Shop
Hmm
OR. P
Lowe
Washington Dairy
May Robson
Lucille Ball
Dennis O'Keefe
Edward Horton
Kay Kyser
Featurin
Ginny Simms
Harry Babbitt
Sully Masonish Rabibble
College of Musical Knowledge
Russia
Finland
Kins Station
Clara Godlove
Joseph P. Ryan
International Longshoremen’s Union
A. F. of L
New York
Charles Roth
Roosevelt
William Green
American Federation of Labor
White House
A. F. of
New Mexico
Delaide Sswartzendruber
Jean Figgins
Jay Figgins
E. J. Hesselschwerdt
F. A. Peiper
Emil Sachs
Hesselschwerdt
Motion Picture
U.S
Great Britain
Manhattan
Gibraltar
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