206 Children from Chicago to Spend Summer in Kalona
Twenty youngsters from Chicago arrived in Kalona to make their home here for the next weeks. Local notes report road improvements on No. 22 and various visits, including Kalona Independents defeating Princess cafe of Iowa City 14 to 11 and several residents visiting relatives and oil interests in Kansas.
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Dorothy Hender
Kalona
Chicago
WH. V. Snodgrass
T V. Knerrs
Ashington
D.C
Washington County
the Richers
Mary Juliet Lemmon
George Petsel
Childen Beth
Duane
Diane
Princess Cafe
Iowa City
Deeds Filed in First Half of Year Rise in County
County recorder Mrs. Harriet Coulter reports six months totals show 655 deeds, 352 real estate mortgages, 540 mortgage releases, 2811 cattle mortgages, 14 certified copies, 24 assignments of mortgages, and 254 miscellaneous instruments filed, indicating busy filings and rising records.
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Harriet Coulter
County Recorder
Over 5000 Apply for Driver Licenses Now
The two year renewal drive collected more than 6000 applications at the courthouse with Mary Westphal handling the process. Drivers have one day left to apply before the Monday deadline.
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Mary Westphal
Court House
Camp trip takes Weldon Yoder and Doc Dwn to Canada
Weldon Yoder and Doc Dwn left Sunday for a week of camping and fishing in northern Minameta and Canada Dayle Teet will return to Chicago where he has registered at the Chicago School of the Academy of Pine Arte. Dayle found a part time job in Chicago last week and will room with three other boys. Mrs. Charles Ke Yer and daughter Margaret and Misa Alice Naumann of Mt Vernon were callers at the RO A. Hender home and in Kalota on Tuesday. Kalona Golf Club schedules its annual Fourth of July golf tournament and picticc next Tuesday with fireworks for the community in the evening.
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Weldon Yoder
Doc” Duwn
Minameta
Canada
Dayle
Chicago
Local and Personal News Highlights from the Week
Notices of arrivals and departures include Dr W L C Samson of Pittsburgh and Mrs L E B Latta of Jackson visiting for a sister’s death in Brighton. Edna Mercer to Columbia University in New York for summer studies. Social visits with the Weeks Gaines and Jones families and regional travel plans for the Fourth of July. A new baby born to Povil and Escher of Washington route 2. Nursing staff vacations and college students visiting Cedar Falls, with local moves and home stays reflected across Washington County and nearby towns.
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W. L. C. Samson
Pittsburgh, Pa
L. EB. Latta
Jackson, Mich
D. C. Kilgore
Brighton
D. J. Ross
Edna Mercer
Columbia University
New York
William Mercer
Povil Escher
Washington
Lake day trips and visits noted in regional notices
Mr and Mrs Paul Horak and son plan a lake side day near Wapello with Dick. Van derVennets of Moline will join them. Local dairy ad promotes ice cream and milk shakes. Roberta Pickard returns from Pleasant Plain to her grandmother. Fredmunds to Iowa Falls for Baptist girls camp and Cedar Park visit. Andersons welcome visitors Sevilla Jean and Mary Marshall entourage. Kenneth Marshall of Los Angeles travels with relatives to Traer and the world’s fair. Gairing and daughter Jacqueline visit Washington relatives and return home tomorrow. Crossett family trips to Corning after week in Washington. Badenochs visit grandparents in preparation to move to California, with home in Burbank after July 15.
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Paul Horak
Wapello
Myre
Torak
A. J. VanderVennet
Moline
Fredmund
Iowa Falls
Clara Jamble
Darlene Young
Dorothy Pratt
Iowa
Fredmunds
Cedar Park
Mary Marshall
Kenneth Marshall
Los Angeles
Calif
Washington
Ahm. Atchison
Mra. Atchison
Mise Marshall
Kenneth
Sam Marshall
Traer
Sumer
Ales. Carlyroscott
Martha Jean
Corning
Mra
Crossett
Wayne Hethcote
Crow Eelt
William Westlake
Ben W. Badenoch
Roe Ieland
T. B. Lay Ison
Revival Services at Nazarene Church
Revival services begin tomorrow at the Nazarene Church with Rev B D Sutton of Olivet Illinois and his wife Mrs Sutton as featured workers. Sutton is a noted gospel singer who has appeared at Coup meetings and church conferences nationwide. Services start after Sunday school with additional evening meetings at 7 30 and 7 45 each night for two weeks.
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Church of the Nazarene
B. D. Sutton
Olivet
Iinois
Sutton
United States
Suttong
U Oclock
Doca
Injures Hand in Tractor Accident at Tinnes Farm
Kelly Tinnew of Mr and Mrs Nick Tinness injured the first finger on the left hand yesterday in a tractor accident at the Tinnes farm. While fin is the tractor and plow his fingers were caught in the machinery. First finger broken above the knuckle and badly crushed around the upper bone. Amputation likely. Two other fingers near the fire! were badly cut.
St Pauls Evangelical Young People Move Meeting Time
The St Pauls Evangelical Young Peoples League alters Sunday gathering to 6 30 pm instead of 7 30 pm and invites all church members to join the union outdoor service in Central Park at 7 30 pm where Rev Arthur Atack of the Methodist Church will preach.
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St. Paul's Evangelical Young Peoples League
Pridey
St. Paul's Francelical
Younes Peoples League
Union
Central Park
Arthur Atack
Methodist Church
Chevrolet
June marriage licenses surge at courthouse
Nineteen marriage licenses were issued at the courthouse in June, the highest monthly total so far this year, reflecting a strong wedding season.
Brighten Walnut Township School Plans July 2 Homecoming
Spring Creek school in Walnut township Jefferson county four miles southeast of Brighton plans a July 2 homecoming with a big basket dinner and an afternoon program. The school marks sixty seven years, records mostly complete, and three generations of one family have attended.
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Brighton
Spring Creek
Walnut Township
Jefferson County
Lewis Harrison
Fremont
Mies Wynette Walters
Sac City
Harrison
Penn College
Fir balsam pitch tapped from injured fir trees illuminates pockets
Fir balsam or fir pitch is a clear yellowish liquid obtained by tapping fir trees much as maple sap. It forms where the tree has been injured and pitch collects in a pocket at that site.
Fourth of July safety advisory from Iowa Health Dept
The Iowa Health Department urges cautious Fourth of July celebration with advice to take care of yourself and others. It advises swimming only in supervised areas, avoid eating before swimming, limit sun exposure to prevent sunburn, pace strenuous activity to prevent heat illness, and watch for ticks and mosquitoes to prevent disease.
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Iowa State Department of Health
Department
Crawfordsville Notes and Local Family News Splash
Crawfordsville area reports include Mrs. Harold Lamb visiting family from Palla tine Illinois and relatives in town. Several Nichola family members from Norfolk Nebraska spend days with Robert Gordon and aunts. Graduation news notes J H Crooks Charles from Harvard. Health update on Margaret Gault after appendectomy. Local events feature a style show by Marcery Cherryholmes at Hotel Jefferson Iowa City and centennial celebrations.
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Crawfordsville
Harold Lamb
Pallatine
W. HH. Hagle
J. Cocklin
St Paul
Charles
Harvard University
Jessie Crooks Nichola
Cline Huston
Everette Huston
Chicaueo
W. G. Huston
Cincinnati
Ohio
Chicago
Margaret Gault
Washington County Hospital
Marcery Cherryholmes
Kenneth Cherryholmes
Hotel Jefferson
Iowa City
Walden Smith
Mediapolis
Mary Jones
Jones
Millcentine
Island Penal Colony on Hainan Island History
Island Old Penal Colony on Hainan Island once occupied by the Japanese functioned as a penal colony between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries.
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Island Old Penal Colony
Hainan Island
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