Social Calendar Highlights Local Club Events This Week
A busy slate of community gatherings includes Independence Day themed plans with potlucks and ice cream socials. Notable items span Tuesday to Saturday with DAR, U and I club, Presbyterian services, Ladies Aid circles, and Rebekah lodge activities across Sunset Park and Pilotburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent Club
Victor Blattner
Hugh Hail
Stella Latchem
Sunset Park
Athian Sisters
KP Hall
Carol Brewer Missionary Society
U and I Club
May Dawson
L.B.C. Club
Dale Lance
Wiele
St. Pauls Women's Guild
Walnut Women’s Club
Lester Laubach
Pilotburg Ladies Aid Society
Carl Oldfield
H.E.O. Club
Clarence Sooth
Columbus Junction Population Rises by 140 in 1950 Census
The 1950 census shows Columbus Junction at 1 115 residents, up 140 from 1940. Nearby towns list Columbus City 048, Conesville 251, Cotter 49, Fredonia 133. The Columbus Independent district census reports 418 people aged five to 24, 226 ages 16 to compulsory schooling, and 160 ages one to five. Martha Butler enumerator. Funeral services held for Mrs. Sarah Shellabarger at Fredonia Methodist Church with pallbearers Herbert Lewis, Russell Newell, Marvin Richard, and Lyle Shellabarger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Poa. Lewis
W. G. Roberts
Earl Lewis
Fairfield
Columbus Independent
Martha Butler
Shellabarger
Sarah Shellabarger
Fredania Methodist Church
Herbert Lewis
Russell R. Newell
Marvin Richard
Lyle Shellabarcer
E. G Sears
Columbus City Methodist Church
Columbus Junction Methodist Church
S. Ramsdale
LeClaire
Columbus City
FE. W. McWilliams
Richard Thomas
Iowa City
N. F. Chapman
Hedrick
Central Presbyterian Church
Kamp Kory Damaged As Auto Goes Out of Control
A 1936 Plymouth driven by Jenner William Beaulieu of Buffalo lost control on highway 92 near Kamp Kory. The car crashed through a sign trellis and Bauer front yard, hit a tree and ended in the Bauer residence corner. Beaulieu was treated and released. property damage ran to several hundred dollars. Residents call for highway patrol action on speed limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Fisher
Westchester
Kamp Kozy
Eldin Bauer
Jenner William Beaulieau
Buffalo
Kamp Kory
Bauer
Beaulieau
Washington
Highway Patrol
Bruce Gardner
Des Moines
Roy Gardner
Lake Odessa
Milford Cain
Minneapolis
Last Ditch Effort to Avert Rail Strike
Federal mediators planned new talks in Chicago with railroad and union officials to avert a threatened strike by conductors trainmen and yardmasters and end a walkout by AFL switchmen. No progress reported after holiday talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
AFL
Francis A. O'Neill
Leverett Edwards
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Lor
Western
Rock Island
Chicago Great Western
Western Pacific
Denver and
Rio Grande Western
Great Northern
Unions Demand 44-Hour Week With No Pay Cut
All unions seek a 44 hour workweek without reduced pay, arguing members currently log 48 to 56 hours weekly.
President Truman Addresses Jamboree at Valley Forge
President Truman spoke to about 50,000 Scouts and as many civilians as the Boy Scout National Jamboree officially opened at Valley Forge Pennsylvania. A dramatic Revolutionary War flashback accompanied the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Forge
Harry
Truman
Boy Scout Jamboree Events Open With Truman Talk
After a morning warning blast scouts formed for salute as the national emblem rose and flags were raised. Evening moved to a two mile walk to the arena for the program including President Truman. Poison ivy cleared from the arena. Trounks on horned toads and a trading post with official box lunch signs noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Toad Trading
Trading Post
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Women’s Relief Corps
Legion Hall
Columbus Junction
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OAK of
Sumac Science
Oak OF Sui Scc
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Court House
Granther
Grantner
Qwimsy
Rothschild’s
Indian Creek Cemetery
Warren Lewis
Steven
Brooklyn
N. Y
Victor Stacy
Craig Huston
Craig and
Jeffrey
Cambridge
Mass
J. H. Huston
John W. Gerdes
Heide
New Haven
Clifford Bauer
Myron
Alan
Lou Bauer
John Robertson
Leland Reinier
Donnie
Ollie
Charles Algood
New Sharon
W. EF. Kendall
Newton
Kaser Construction Co
Cal
Wolf
Milo DeLong
Merle Thrapp
Gene Crowell
Larry
Effie van Sickle
Merle Ferguson
Redcliffe
Town
Mr. Ferguson
Howard Wright
Charley Wheeling
Ainsworth
John Rath
Sandra
Tom
Bennett
Merle McDowell
Elkton
Virginia
Harold Leet
Ohio
Charles VanWinkle
Linda
VanWinkle
Dorothy McMillan
Deshler
C. L. Loulis
Zear Hinshaw
Washington Hospital
Homer Porter
Janet
Patty Reif
Marlene Hole
GO Gantner
Leonard Renous
Harold Kazelett
Texas
Harold
Iowa
West
House OF Flowers
T. W. Harwood
General Insurance Agency
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Jacquard Border
Childs
Rayon Shantung Rayon Prints
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