The Rocking Chair Brigade and Local News Update
Wanda Bowden returned downtown after a three week layoff due to a left ankle ligament tear. A note from a second grade pupil to a mother revealed reading struggles and a plea for a book. The Treasury seeks inflation relief via private savings and small denomination investments. A negotiated peace and long term bonds of about forty years with 2 percent interest are discussed. Charley Caldwell of Coppock Highway dies after illness, leaving a long marriage to Effie Heal since 1894. Mary Marr shares letters from Hugh Hall Jennie Hall and Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coppock Highway
Charley Caldwell
Mr. Caldwall
Effie Heal
Short stay for Hall family in Long Beach ends
The Hall family enjoys time in Long Beach though Mrs. Hall was unwell on arrival but improved. Edith Glick and Blanche Smith, with other Washington residents, are reported well until later news of Mrs. Glick's sudden death arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Mrs. Hall
Edith Glick
Blanche Smith
Washington
Mrs. Glick
Men for Air Corps in Washington County Draft Push
The Washington County selective service board received a letter from state headquarters calling for volunteers to join the air corps. Eligible candidates must be unmarried, 20 to 71, with at least two years of college and be physically fit. Information is available at the Washington County draft board office in the old National Bank Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Selective Service Board
State Selective Service
Air Corps
Washington County Draft Board
Old National Bank
Honor roll lists many high school students per semester
Crawfordsville reports first semester honor roll with seniors Mildred Anderson Gladys Rose Violet Fletcher and others. Notables include Doris Graber Jane Maxwell and Leah Anderson among juniors and MG Williams and Wilma Wooley among sophomores and freshmen. Attendance above five year average and no weather days lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Manners
Crawfordsville
Mildred Anderson
Gladys Rose
Violet Fletcher
Doris Graber
Jane Maxwell
William Jones
Anna Mae Graber
Russell Miller
Leah Anderson
Dorothy Rees
Margaret Williams
Evelyn Williams
Wilma Wooley
Grace Conrad
Anna Sommers
Gwyneth Davis
J. Sherry
Washington County Hospital
Peters
Daniel H. Peters
Columbus City
Salem Presbyterian Church
L. C. Davis
Mae Rees
Elizabeth Davis
Lydia Davis
Everette Davis
R. V. Davis
Enos Davis
Eben Davis
Augusta Willians
Robert Evans
Bowes
Gabby
Everette) McCall
Eleanor Roosevelt
Tire Company
Legislature Bills On Peace Officer Work Insurance and Dairy Ads
Legislature offers bills to aid peace officers including a measure requiring liability insurance for county highway equipment and a plan to advertise dairy products. A boiler inspection bill is also introduced, signaling committee action this session.
Iowa considers liability insurance for county highway equipment
Des Moines lawmakers advance two bills. A bill by Rep. Herman Knudson would require counties to carry liability insurance on highway graders and trucks, with proposed limits between 20000 and 40000 dollars. A second measure seeks funds to advertise Iowa dairy products for two more years, funded by a June butterfat tax, administered by the Iowa dairy industries commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
U.P
Iowa
Herman M. Knudson
Mason City
Senate Committee On Dairying
Paul P. Stewart
Maynard
Iowa Dairy Industries Commission
Stewart
Dewey Goode
Bloomeld
Iowa lawmakers push boiler inspection bill in Des Moines
Des Moines reports a bill by Senators Fred Cromwell and K K Bekman to create a state boiler inspection department under the labor department. The inspector would be appointed biennially, oversee annual inspections for most boilers, report explosions and casualties, and finance via inspection fees ranging from 2 to 10 dollars with penalties up to 500 dollars or six months imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Fred Cromwell
Burlington
K. K. Bekman
Ottumwa
State Department of Labor
Kalona Hosts Farewell Party for Bourgois Family
In Kalona on Sunday a cooperative chicken dinner at the Christian church honored Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bourgois who soon move to Washington. They have long served the community with church and Sunday school duties. a committee led the event. Also noted were health updates on I N Arnold, Kalona’s longtime settler, and local moves within families including the Yoders and Lehman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Hender
Kalona
The
Christian Church
Fred Bourgois
Washington
Bourgois
Mr. Bourgois
A. R. Stutsman
Clyde Kennard
J. S. Michum
Virginia
Harold Peterseim
Cletus Yoder
Vera Strickler
D. H. Rittenhouse
I. N. Arnold
Willis Wittmers
Yoder
David Lehman
Wittmers
Floyd Hershberger
Seattle
Wash
Weekend visitors and local social notes from Kalona
Weekend visitors include a son transferred to a Federal hospital in Springfield Missouri and Adelaide Swartzendruber staying with her grandmother after word of her grandfather’s death. The Kalona Community Club hosted a wives and members banquet followed by a Quiz Kids program and musical selections. Kalona Creamery reports 1940 payouts of over 98000 to about 375 customers and a weekly butter average of 400 pounds while shipments to New York use a graded top quality 42. Bridge club hosted by Mr and Mrs Lawrence Ruze with high score to Mr and Mrs Ed Kern and low to Clifford Small. Visitors W C Holmes of West Allis Wisconsin en route home from a trip to Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Hershberger
Federal Hospital
Springfield
Adelaide Swartzendruber
J. R. Swartzendruber
Las Vegas
New Mexico
Kalona
Methodist Church Service Organization
Julia Kauffman
O. IL. Rogers
W. P. Wittmer
H. V. Snodgrass
Ed Kern
Clifford Small
W. C. Holmes
West Allis
Wis
J. F. O’loughtin
Mexico
Lucosis Crisis Discussed at Iowa Veterinary Meet
Dr. C. A. Brandly of East Lansing Michigan described Lucosis the paralysis disease affecting poultry at the Iowa Veterinary Medical Association annual convention in Des Moines. He said the disease causes a national loss of about fifty million dollars annually and that the exact cause is not yet known though it develops slowly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
C. A. Brandly
East Lansing
Mich
Iowa Veterinary Medical Association
Dr. Brandly
United States
Poul
Lansi
Journalism course enrollments exceed fifteen thousand in hundreds of colleges
About 13 995 students enroll in journalism courses across more than 450 American colleges and universities, reflecting broad participation in the field.
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Will
Stephen Vincent Benet
Rural Electrification Administration
Parkinson
Rocking Chair
Wanda Bowden
Mises Brown
Mary
Treasury Department
Charles A. Lindbergh
Ethan Cole
Germany
R. C. Keagy
le Roy Pratt
Rotary
Mary Marr
Hugh
Jennie Hall
W. A. Wilson
Allen
MTA Ac
N. Clark
Center of the Loop
Famous Circle
Washington Oil Company
Harold H. Claypool
Williamsburg
Claypool
Dairying Committee
Senate
Farmers Cooperative Creamery Company of
Oelwein
Dairy Industries Commission
Iowa City
Goode
Tonite
Jean Arthur
Arizona
Irene
B'way
Anna Neagle
Carlson
Tran Mature
Helen Broderick
Zasu Pitts
Eve Arden
Tamara
Billy Gilbert
Stuart Robertson
Herbert Wilcox
State
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Mrs. Bourgois
Ronage
Ina
Vordiall
Gamble Store
Vicks Saive
Carter
Jergen
Absorbine Jr
Johnson's
LYON
Dean’s
Liniment
Sloan
Syr. Pepsin
Tek
BBC
BOC
Upjohn
Leeks
Ley Ee Et Tinton
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