Weekend visit and moves noted in Fairfield area
Hazel Sojka and Joan Horn, students at Parsons summer school in Fairfield, spent the weekend with Sojka's parents, Mr and Mrs F C Surface. The Surface family has moved from 1114 West Main to 733 South Iowa Avenue. Pvt David Galloway of Fort Riley is on fur lough with his parents, Mr and Mrs Kart Galloway, as their daughter Helen, a cadet nurse at Halstead, enjoys a two week vacation. An ad notes a fur coat opportunity at Richters furs in Rothschilds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Sojka
Joan Hornbaker
Bonaparte
Parsons College, Fairfield
F. C. Surface
Robert
West
Main Street
Carl Martin
South
Iowa Avenue
Richters Furs
Rothschilds
Pvt
David Galloway
Fort Riley
Kan
Kart Galloway
Galloways
Helen
Halstead
Lawson Crone
Camp McCain
Miss
al Crone
Eight and a Half Pound Daughter Born Near Washington
Local residents report a baby girl weighing eight and three quarters pounds born about 11 o clock Saturday morning to Mr. and Mrs. John Arbogast who live southwest of Washington. Several families visit relatives and travelers, including Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Anderson of Chicago with daughters Sevilla Jean and Lynn staying with Dr. and Mrs. C. A Boice and sister Mrs. Richard Hopp. Mrs. George C Slavick of Chicago plans a visit with her grandmother Mrs. A. Anderson. Utterback of Oskaloosa seeks treatment in Rochester Minnesota. he is brother of the late Joe Utterback of Ainsworth and uncle to Mrs. G. C. Neiswanger. Grover Neiswanger died recently in Tucson, Arizona. Mr. and Mrs. J. Rothschild and granddaughter Phyllis Margolin of Yankton with Virginia Shepherd visited the Rothschild cottage near Oakville. Dr. and Mrs. Richard Myers arrived to spend time in the parental H. J. Myers and Ralph Scott homes, with Mrs. Myers having been stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia, and accompanying them were Mrs. Ralph Scott and daughter Joan who spent weeks with the Myers in Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Arbogast
Washington
P. FE. Utterback
Oskaloosa
Rochester Minn
Joe Utterback
Ainsworth
G. C. Neiswanger
Minnesota
Utterback
Grover Neiswanger
Tucson
Ariz
Richard Myers
H. J. Myers
Ralph Scott
Myers
Fort Penning
Joan
Georgia
Hospital Discharges And Admissions Reported
At the hospital Joan Ross of 711 South Fourth Avenue was discharged yesterday morning. Mary Porter of Brighton was admitted last evening as a surgical patient with lacerations on the left hand. Mrs Glen Chalupa, route three, Mary Ann Sondag of Keota, Hugh Brown of Ainsworth and Carmean Coon of Ainsworth underwent tonsillectomies this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Ross
South Fourth Avenue
Mary Porter
Brighton
Glen Chalupa
Route Three
Mary Ann Sondag
Keota
Hugh Brown
Ainsworth
Carmean Coon
Results of Major League Games Across Leagues
Major League results show New York routing Boston 7 1 in Sunday play while St Louis bests Cleveland 8 7 and 2 1 in two games. Washington beats Philadelphia in two, Chicago defeats Detroit in two, with other NL matchups Cincinnati Chicago Pittsburgh and St Louis Cincinnati noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pet
New York
the Menatsn
Washington
Crevelance
Reno Bs Ae Ice
Philadelphia
Boston
St. Louis
Cleveland
Philadelpha
Chicago
Detroit
Brooklyn
Pitsburgh
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Mil ler Family Moves to Farm Southwest of Town
Mr and Mrs Soward P Miller move to their farm southwest of town. Mr and Mrs Henry Miller and two children travel from Des Moines to Devil's Lake North Dakota where Mrs Miller and children stay with her parents while Mr Miller serves. George Elberta Peaches for canning offered at 5 49 per bushel by Orcutt s Piggly Wiggly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soward P. Miller
Henry Miller
Des Moines
Devil's Lake, N. Dak
Miller
Georgia
Weekend Visits Span Mediapolis to Monmouth
Mrs. W. C. Nelson returned to Mediapolis after visiting her son-in-law Orville Unzicker and family. Shirley Robeson went home to Monmouth after a weekend with Virginia McLaughlin. Mrs. W. A. Holland and daughter Faye plan to return to Davenport after a few days with the H. M. Putnam and Lee Holland households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Nelson
Mediapolis
Orville Unzicker
Shirley Robeson
Monmouth
Hill
Virginia McLaughlin
Monmouth College
W. A. Holland
Faye
Davenport
H. M. Putnam
Lee Holland
Iowa families attend reunion and funeral notices spread
Rothschilds and others attended a Miller family reunion at Leighton Park in Ottumwa. The funeral of Mrs. Joe McGinnis drew relatives from Wisconsin Iowa and beyond including McGinnis kin from Sigourney Iowa City Audubon and Columbus Junction. A wedding and a radio broadcast by Alfred Dean Grady also featured in the day’s local notes.
Gardens 7p Weekly Victory Garden Iowa State College advice
The article advises fall plantings of Chinese cabbage endive kale and turnips with sowing tips for spacing thinning and timing through July. It notes frost tolerance of Chinese cabbage and recommends varieties Chihli We Tasi Wong Bok plus other second-summer crops like White Vienna kohlrabi Green Curled endive and Rose China radishes. It also covers sweet corn suckering onions and sweet potato vines, mulch use for grapes and raspberries, and tomato worm control with calcium arsenate or paris green spray and proper washing before eating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College Agricultural Extension Service
War Report Notes East Prussia Frontline Push
A Soviet front dispatch cites fighting near East Prussia as German positions bend toward their homeland. With Grodno and Kaunas fallen, Nazi defenses along the border look exposed. A Zurich dispatch reports civilian evacuations ordered from the frontier in East Prussia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Prussia
Grodno
Kaunas
Patton Promoted to Corporal in New Guinea Base
Corporal Patton, formerly of Washington Iowa, has been promoted in the Advanced Fifth Air Force at a New Guinea base. He serves in the communications section of Ken's Men, the B 24 Liberator unit of the Fifth Bomber Command. Patton is married to Stella Patton of 1061 Madison Street Washington and previously worked as an electrical engineer for Stone and Webster in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Air Force Base
New Guinea
Charles J. Patton
Washington
Iowa
Ken
Fifth Bomber Command
Corporal Patton
Stella Patton
Madison Street
Mason City
University of Iowa
Patton
Stone and Webster Corporation
Chicago
New Plan To Settle Lend Lease With Washington Action
Business Week reports a bold Washington plan to settle lend lease by writing off nearly 20 billion dollars of war supplies to allies and offering a settlement on 35 billion dollars of machinery and industrial goods. The strategy aims to smooth Bretton Woods monetary plans by reducing war debts to a minimum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Business Week
U.S
Bretton Woods
Twelve Arrests in Ottumwa Disorderly House Raid
Lulu Norris of Ottumwa was charged as keeper of a disorderly house after a police raid. Eleven other individuals were arrested on charges as inmates of a disorderly house. Police reported a gambling game was in progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Lulu Norris
Mrs Stone Presents Recital by Her Piano Pupils
Mrs Stone hosted a Saturday afternoon recital at the Stone home featuring her piano students. Mothers of pupils attended, and another recital is planned for an early date with a similar program of pieces by Thompson, Cramm, Eckstein, Giebel, and others performed by named students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Stone
Stone
Thompson
Janet Shalla
Charlotte Berry
Social Calendar for New Haven Areas Detailed Meetings
The New Haven social calendar lists multiple group gatherings including the Ladies Aid Society with a change of meeting day, the Wesleyan Service Guild not meeting this month, V F W Auxiliary, Booster Club activities with a dessert roll call, Just Us Club and Linger Longer families picnic at Sunset Park, Kolah club omission, Valley Ladies Aid and Women of the Country club events, golf or bridge at the club house, dinner reservations by Tuesday noon, and W C T U and Lexington Ladies Aid Society meetings with hostesses and locations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven Ladies Aid Society
Helen Robertson
Arlene Augustine
Country Club
Wesleyan Service Guild of Methodist Church
V.F.W
K.C. Hall
Raymond Landau
Ed Roberts
Just Us Club
L. L. Loveless
Main St
Sunset Park
Kolah Club
Valley Ladies Aid Society
Aft- Sor Tempe & O Des Adourek
Helen Breese
W. J. Shannon
D. Morrison
Grace Hill Ladies Aid Society
Book of Job
Garden pests threaten tomatoes and potatoes this season
An agricultural note warns that the common stalk borer is appearing in gardens and attacking tomato and potato plants. It urges keeping the garden free of pests as the best economic control.
Crone Family Picnic Honors Pvt Lawson Crone at Sunset Park
Forty Crone relatives gathered at Sunset park for a noon picnic honoring Pvt Lawson Crone home from Camp McCain in Mississippi. The group enjoyed lunch and an afternoon of visiting and games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crone
Sunset Park
Pvt
Lawson Crone
Camp McCain
Miss
Garden Care Tip Warns Against Wilted Branches
If a single branch wilts inspect the plant for a hole in the stem and dig out the worm. Removing the pest may save the plant and keep the garden healthy.
Birthday notices honor many local residents on weekend
A batch of birthday acknowledgments lists Sara Ellen Nicholson Karen Kay Baker Linda Kay Knotek and Susan Ann Conner plus Mrs Glenn Hayes Earl Simpson Mrs Lloyd Easter and others from Brighron Highland Center Highland Park and Ainsworth. Notable entries include Mrs Mary Chambers celebrating a 765th birthday and Mrs W J Thompson at 1002 North Iowa Avenue observed a birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Ellen Nicholson
Clayton Nicholson
Karen Kay Baker
Raymond Baker
West Chester
Linda Kay Knotek
John Knotek
W. J. Thompson
North
Iowa Avenue
Mary Chambers
Ainsworth
Teacher Shortage Strikes Clayton County Rural Schools
County Superintendent H. F. Oelberg says 24 teaching vacancies exist in Clayton County one room schools, with as many as four openings in a township. He warns that without new teachers, at least one school in every township may have to close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcgregor
Clayton County
H. F. Oelberg
Oelberg
Rural Homemakers Club Meeting And Social At Wooley Home
Rural Homemakers Club met at Mrs Frank Boshart’s with seven members and three guests. Members knitted a Red Cross comforter and shared stories during roll call. The next August meeting will be at Mrs Frank Lanes Wooley Home. The union Young Peoples society held a social at Wilma Wooley’s country home with games indoors and on the lawn. Bernard Kert hart visiting from Farragut Idaho attended and was welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Frank Boshart
Aldren
Red Cross
Frank Lanes
Wooley
Union Young Peoples Sec Ety
Wilma Wooley
Bernard Ke?hart
Furfovel
Farragut
Idaho
Using iodized salt for canning advice
Ruth Foster explains iodized salt can be used in canning. It may yield a slightly nicer product if good dairy salt is used. Iodized salt with starch can pour easily but may make jar liquid cloudy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Foster
Marriage Announcement Helen Skipton Elmer Haller
Announcement this week of the marriage of Helen Skipton daughter of Mr and Mrs Cecil Skipton Columbus City and Elmer Haller son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Haller Muscatine in the Church of the Nazarene at Muscatine Rev Mr Patzelm officiated Attendants were Rosalye Olson and Curtis Logel Parents and friends attended the service The bridegroom entered the army and left for service July 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Ju Ts
Helen Skipton
Cecil Skipton
Columbus City
Elmer Haller
Clarence Haller
Muscatine
Te Nazarene
Patzelm
Rosalye Olson
Curtis Logel
Pre-Nuptial Party For Esther Hayes
Esther Hayes a bride of a week was honored at a pre nuptial courtesy Friday with Mrs. Everett Simpson. Ten guests attended as they embroidered designs on tea towels for the bride elect. Refreshments were served. Dorothy E. Seaman of Denver Colorado appeared as an out of town guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Hayes
Pratt and Hanna Families Move to New Homes
Mr and Mrs Ted Pratt of Harper visited relatives including Mrs Lola Winga yesterday. Mrs J B Hanna and two children moved to an apartment in the Howard Miller home at 625 South Marion Avenue from 325 East Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Pratt
Harper
Lola Winga
J. B. Hanna
Howard Miller
South
Marion Avenue
East Main Street
Presbyterian morning prayer meeting announced
A Presbyterian morning prayer meeting will be held at 9:30 Wednesday morning at the church. Local residents are invited to attend for communal prayer and reflection.
Also Mentioned on This Page
de Herman and Brock
Washington Fruit Market
Wolf’s Flower Shop
T. D. Anderson
Sevilla Jean and
Lynn
George C Slavick
A. Anderson
J. Rothschild
Phyllis Margolin
Yankton, S. Oak
Virginia Shepherd
Rothschild Cottage
Oakville
S. W. Easter Insurance
West Congress Hotel
Sept
Pas Ee
Aes
Cintinnati
Pace Uten Goede
Byoortyr
Stanley McKeown
Irene
John Cofman
Bettendorf
Gary
Larry
Max Coffman
B. H. Baur
David and
Jerry
Sally
Joe Bailey
C. C. Wilson
Kathryn Valley
Harry Whittaker
Fort Jackson, S. C
Mrs
Martin L. Whittaker
Mrs. Ray Box and Son
Lyle
Hal Longer
Leigh
Ton Park
Joe McGinnis
George McGinnis
Merrill Paynter
Elaine
Clinton
Wis
Ruth Longmore
Summers
Elwyn McGinnis
Audubon
Jim McGinnis
New York State
Glen Adams
Jim
Dorothy E. Seaman
Denver
Colo
Miss Seaman
Miss Hayes
James Birney
Roy Caviness
Karen
Keith
Kenneth
Karla
M. C. DeLong
Ross Galloway
Jack
Waterloo
Ho J. McCreedy
Dave McCreedy
Lois
Wilmington
Del
H. J. McCreedy
W. A. Patterson
Willard D. Patterson
Alfred Dean Grady
Ivo Grady
Kalona
WSUT
State University of Iowa
Grady
Ernestine
Prussia
Thompson Criss Cross
Kathryn Orcutt
Bob Ibinsat
Thompson the
Rabbit
Anatabbekesce
Oras
Sally Miller
Thompson Teri Aint
Thompson Darlene Snyder
Giebel
the Fairies
Harp
Thompson Nancy Conner
Dream of
Little Boy
Blue Ping
Williams
Ann Richards
Mary Jo ‘Tobin
Thompson ‘Country Gardens
Margaret Lee
Guilt
Salvas
Rtas
Oscil Giebel
Ehlmenreich
Donna Peters
MacLachlan
Ed Fi Eckstein
Jo Ann Fulton
Eckstein
Jim Lloyd
Lady Bird
Margarette McCleery
March of the Gnomes
John Lloyd
Wiassax Rogers Jeanne Rudiger
Tarantelle
Mwei
Phyllis Crcutt
Lemont Dolores Alliman
Will ‘O
Jungmann Qabnyv
Onuwer Mertha Davis
Pickijiinny
Smith
Messenet
Mary Rita McLaughlin
W.C.T.U
Russell Bell
N. Ave
Lexington Ladies Aid Society
Saipan
Garapan
Marianas
International
Frederick D. Smith
Port Chester
N. Y
Point Pleasant Hospital
Norman C. Witte
International Soundphoto
Susan Ann Conner
E. A. Conner
Hubert Wilson
Glenn Hayes
Earl Simpson
Lloyd Easter
Floyd Edwards
Ruth Ringheim
Ethel Maye Bailey
John Hyde, Sr
Joe Krotz
Highland Center
Hugene Engel
D. F. Barnes
Highland Park
Mich
J. C. Penney
Marietta Workman
Vera Hysell
Little’s Furniture
Rural Homemakers Club
V. Grall
Sulfa Products CO
Manse
Wee
Geo. L. McDaniel
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