Richland High School Graduation Highlights 1940
Commencement for the seventh grade and the high school senior class was held at Richland High School. Rev. John Ballensky of Sigourney gave the address to eleven seventh graders and twenty seniors heard Rev. J. Richard Sneed. Valedictorian Al Bridger and salutatorian Joan Ward led twenty graduates. Donald Davis earned a science letter for top high school average. Louise Allen, a dietitian in Marshalltown, attended with her sister Kathleen who also graduated.
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C. A. Neville
Richland
John Ballensky
Sigourney
J. Richard Sneed
M. W. Church
Shenandoah
Sneed
al Bridger
Joan Ward
Davis
Glen Davis
Donald
Louise Allen
Soldiers Home
Marshalltown
Kathleen
Gertrude Hill
Tiss Faye Fuller
Keota
J. W. Green
Lula ‘(Green) Hansen
Orlando
Florica
Family News From Iowa Highlights Visits and Illness
J W Green has returned home from hospital and is improving. Mrs Bessie Lee and her son from Columbus Junction visited cousin Mrs Minta Cook and plan a southern trip, Tennessee the Cook family home. Eva Mitchner aged 84 died after a broken hip and stay in Iowa City hospital. funeral at Friends church in Salem Iowa beside husband. Hal and Dorothy Figgins attended a dinner for Dorothy and Wm Peters marriage at Clarence Works home in Cotter with W A Palmer family present. Peters to live in Cotter.
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J. W. Green
Green
Bessie Lee
Columbus Junction
Minta Cook
Tennessee
Cook
Eva Mitchner
Willard Brown
Iowa City Hospital
Friends Church
Salem
Hal Figgins
Clarence
Cotter
Dorothy
Wm. Peters
W. A. Palmer
Captain Joshua Slocum completes solo global voyage
Capt Joshua Slocum sails from Boston on April 24 1895 in the 36 foot sloop The Spray. He returns to Fairhaven Massachusetts on July 3 1898 becoming the first man to circumnavigate the globe alone.
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Joshua Slocum
Globe
Boston
Fairhaven
Mass
Three from Rubio Are Members of Richland Forty Class
Rubio town reports the Richland forty class of 20 held its commencement Wednesday night. From Rubio were Cora Lambert Lester Long and Owen Morgan. Alumni banquet followed at week’s end with visits from Myrtle Wood and Jeroldine Craven among others.
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Arthur Lambert
Rubio Town
Richland
Rubio
Cora Lambert
Lester Long
Owen Morgan
Herbert Wood
Myrtle
Ames
Goldfield
Kenneth Steinbeck
Joan Richard Morgan
Iowa City
Art Luithly
Fay Sehulty
John Richardson
California
Ida Rudolph
Jeroldine Craven
Stuart
Janet Luithly
Nordyke Couple Welcomes Daughter at Local Hospital
Mr and Mrs Ralph Nordyke announce the birth of a daughter Monday morning May 27 at the local hospital. The baby joins two siblings and both mother and child are reported in good condition.
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Quet
Richland
Ralph Nordyke
Walter Johnson Flings Dollar Across Rappahannock Near Fredericksburg
On Washingtons birthday in 1938 Walter Johnson threw a dollar across the Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg Virginia. The stunt aimed to show Washington could have done the feat near Ferry Farm his boyhood home.
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Walter Johnson
Rappahannock River
Fredericksburg
Washington
Ferry Farm
Missing Dogs Bureau Established in Graves County
Deputy Sheriff Dalton Coleman of Mayfield Kansas sets up a missing dogs bureau for Graves county after receiving many complaints about missing hunting dogs and pets. Coleman asks owners to file footprints and photographs of their dogs with the sheriff's office.
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Dalton Coleman
Mayfield
Kan
Graves County
Coleman
Sheriff's Office
Mail Order Merchandising First Success Reported
A brief note records Aaron Montgomery Ward pioneering mailorder merchandising with a landmark first run. The snippet highlights early retail innovation and the shift to catalog driven shopping.
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Mailorder
Aaron Montgomery
Word
Farm Credit admin notes rise in government mortgage share
The Farm Credit administration reports government holdings of farm mortgages in the United States have grown from 12 percent to 40 percent over the past decade.
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United States
Farm Credit Administration
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George Hendrickson
Jake Hendrickson
Patty Hendrickson
Fremont Hendrickson
Betty Allen
Harold Ailen
Calais
French
Germany
Dover
England
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Around the
Uncle Sam Credit
Italy
Europe
Genoa
Vincennes
Lisbon
Portugal
Wilbur Shaw
Indianapolis
Shaw
Defense Council
Council of National Defense
Roosevelt
Ralph Budd
Burlington Railway
Edwaard R. Stettinius, Jr
United States Steel Corporation
William S. Knudsen
General Motors Corporation
Council
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
Boulogne
English Channel
Flanders
France
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