Neighbors and a Move Themed Be Kind To Your Neighbors Week
A humorous regional column laments neighborhood changes and the urge to move while noting quirks in local life. The author reflects on yard signs, the conundrum of selling a home, and a playful jab at the phrase Be kind to your Neighbors Week. The piece ends with a weather note from Lüneburg Germany about an unusually warm winter and migratory birds delaying their flight south.
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Christian Science Monitor
Luneburg
Germany
Regional library cards expand free access across Iowa
Regional library cards are available at local libraries to borrow books and circulating materials from public libraries in all towns. Marie Lindquist, Administrator of Southeastern Library Services, says the program aims to provide free service to all Iowa residents and reduce non resident fees. Participating libraries include Albia Batavia Bettendorf Birmingham Blue Grass Bonaparte Buffé Burlington Centerville Columbus Junction Dave Donnellson Durant Eddyville Eldridge Fairfield Farmington Fort Madison Kalona Keokuk Keosauqua LeClaire Long Grove Mediapolis Montrose Morning Sun Moulton Muscatine New Liberty Ottumwa Parkview Princeton Richland Stockport Walcott Wellman West Liberty West Point What Cheer Wilton Winfield.
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Iowa
Marie Lindquist
Southeastern Library Services
Albia
Batavia
Bettendorf
Birmingham
Blue Grass
Bonaparte
Buffé
Burlington
Centerville
Columbus Junction
Dave Donnellson
Durant
Eddyville
Eldridge
Fairfield
Farmington
Fort Madison
Kalona
Keokuk
Keosauqua
LeClaire
Long Grove
Mediapolis
Montrose
Morning Sun
Moulton
Muscatine
New Liberty
Ottumwa
Parkview
Princeton
Richland
Stockport
Walcott
Wellman
West Liberty
West Point
What Cheer
Wilton
Winfield
War wisdom from General MacArthur on will to win
A brief quote highlights General Douglas MacArthur saying it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. The line reflects his exhortation on resolve and determination in conflict.
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Douglas MacArthur
Bingo Brings 17 Years of Joy to Shenk Nursing Home
Gray Ladies Red Cross volunteers in Wellman mark their seventeenth year of delivering bingo on Wednesday afternoons at Shenk Nursing Home. Leader Kathryn Miller and members including Lydia Marner Frances Noffsinger Lida Rowe Emma Webster Ruby England Pearl Wagamon Ruth Bringman Mabel Huber Elizabeth Henn Martha Cole Ruby Jacobs Myrtle Vincent organized 37 visits in 1974 with 12 residents winning prizes. Birthday parties, performances, and homegrown cakes accompany monthly bingo.
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Margaret Furman
Wellman
Gray
Red Cross
Kathryn Miller
Lydia Marner
Frances Noffsinger
Lida Rowe
Emma Webster
Ruby England
Pearl Wagamon
Ruth Bringman
Mabel Huber
Mary Ross
Mary
Charles Bonnator
North English
Eloise Hazen
Ira Waterhouse
Florence Waterhouse
Washington
Pearl Woodford
Kalonial
Kalona
Clarence Miller
Buelah Brown
Erma Chapmanfternoon
Cedar Rapids
Irwin Goodwin
Bessie Moore
Kathryn Rees
Mercy Town City
Floyd
Pearl Groff
Eva McCracken
Thornburgh
Eva
Harold Stutzman
Kinross
Pete Yoder
Donna
Lola Marner
Wellman Mennonite Church
Harry Wenger
Charles Webster
Richard Geyer
Iowa City
Ron Wiles
Wilbur Geyer
Gray Ladies
Irene Talley
Edna Mae Vinton
Herb
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Gloria Pitzer
Spurgeon’s
Purity
Spurgeon
Shenk Nursing Home
Washington Evening Journal
Beachy
The
Legion Auxiliary
Elma Oldfield
Florence Wade
Marguerite Kempf
Ida Bull
Edna Durian
Martha Hall
Alta Berry
Shenks
Ben Crandall
Brighton
Gertrude Lowe
Alice Wiggins
Webster
Eugene Engel
Anna McGillin
Cosgrove
Costa Rica
Carl D. Anderson
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Des Moines
Sioux City
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