The Rocking Chair Brigade remembers a wartime town
A long narrative detail about homecomings and visitors from Florida and Chicago. It notes Lt Robert Shannon returning on furlough to Barbara Shannon and Virginia with his son, mentions Lydia Kieber’s Santa Fe trip, and recalls attic parties hosted by Mrs Ficher. It closes with Mr Soule’s farewell address at Central Park and tributes to Don Sherman and Orville Elder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Shannon
Debonair
Florida
Barbara Shannon
Virginia
R. J
Ralph
Central Park
Soule
Y.M.C.A
Don Sherman
Orville Elder
N.ate Keagy
Local travel and visits noted in community list
Ellen Gidley leaves for Brownwood Texas for vacation from J C Penney stores. The Schmoeller party visits Delavan Illinois with relatives. Henrietta Marble heads to San Angelo Texas to stay with relatives. Downers Grove Illinois visitors Jonson family stay with Glenn Mace. Sylvia Warren spends weeks with aunt Ella Warren in town. Rudie Schmidt family returns from ten day cabin vacation at Oakland Mills with a birthday fish fry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Warren
Iron Mountain, Mich
Ella Warren
Eugene
Town City
Rudie- Schmidt
Oakland Mills
Iowa Sees Seven Thousand Men Join Navy Since Pearl Harbor
Iowa navy recruiting reports indicate about 7,000 Hawkeyes have enlisted in the U S Navy since December 7 1941. Per capita enlistments keep Iowa near the top of its division, with a long term goal of over 1,000,000 Navy personnel. Navy officials urge enlistment before induction into other services to aid selective service boards. Local social notes include visits by Mrs Guy Alexander and Mrs John Wray of Muscatine and others visiting at the cabin, with several residents traveling or returning to Chicago and Kirksville for studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Hawkeye
U. S. Navy
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Iowa Navy
Navy
Army
Selective Service
Guy Alexander
John Wray
Muscatine
Williams Sitler
Art Barnett
Brewer dairy through the decades grows to 130 cows
Sikke Brewer started the family dairy in 1900 with one cow and foot delivery. His son Jay now runs the largest dairy in the community with 130 cows on 157 acres, expanding from a small west edge operation to a modern, widely equipped enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewer Dairy
Jay Brewer
Sikke Brewer
War and Your Speech
Speech becomes less stable under stress from war and life strains. Children and those with lazy speech are more susceptible to injury, reducing overall speech efficiency. War increases emotional tension, harming citizens' effectiveness in daily life and civilian defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea Zy
Scrap for the War Drive Highlights Everyday Metal
The piece explains the Scrap for War program and lists everyday items that could yield metal for weapons. It notes that a 30 caliber machine gun requires metal from items such as roller skates, door hinges, a door lock, an old spade, a trash burner, and a trash basket.
Brewer Dairy Expands West Madison Plant in 1937
In fall 1937 Jay Brewer built a new West Madison street facility for cottage cheese, ice cream, chocolate milk, and an orange drink. The pasteurizing plant serves most milk sold, with some raw milk and a baby milk formula in demand. Brewer ships to restaurants, hospitals, schools, and Washington county clientele, facing a shrinking local dairy market due to strict milk ordinances. The herd has a long tuberculin test record with no reactors, and delivery runs two trucks plus a wagon, with future horse drawn deliveries possible amid tire shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Brewer
Washington
Brewer's
Madison Street
Brewer
Brewer Dairy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rocking Chair
M. W. Bailey
Alice Hosford
Chicago
Lelia Moore
Burlington
Bailey Yard
Lydia Eicher
Santa Fe
New Mexico
A. Chilgren
Susie Johnson
Freshwaters
Cy Bush
Myrtle Poole
East Washington Street
State Theatre
Millie Wolverton
Henriet
Ta Hull
Indiana
Lydia Kieber
Furnisneu
Lydia
Attc
Mrs. Fhicher
Seevy
Mrs. Leigh Soule
Ellen Gidley
J. C. Penney, Inc
Brownwood
Texas
Tom Anderson
James Schmoeller
Delavan
Ill
Henrietta Marble
San Angelo
C. M. Flesher
Fort Madison
Max Marble
Clinton Scranton
Martin
Don Johnson
Downers Grove, IL
Glenn Mace
Ethel Stout
Amos Stout
Cook County Hospital
Moody Bible Institute
Elsie Stont
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College
Kirksville
Marguerite Hardy
Mrs
Emma Hardy
Ars
Sport Coats
Sikke
ACME
Cities Service
West Madison
Ant
Gray
HAIER
Phillips & Hebner
W.R. (Irish) Richardson
Nicola
Harmon
North Side Square
Humble Produce
Washington Laundry
U. W. Lindquist, P
Gowt!ng
the Club
The
B. & B. Alleys
Carson
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