A Life in Harmony and Civic Ponderings Editorial
The editorial reflections touch on faith and joy, warn against fruitless fights over wealth, celebrate a growing community effort for a Washington County aged home, and urge resilience after recent economic jitters. It notes the memory of Josephine Eider and praises family life while cautioning about international tensions and postwar Germany. The piece ends with an optimistic view of economic stability if production continues and labor disputes fade.
Town talk and reflections from Iowa communities
A collage of observations from small town papers on personal choices between long term virtue and short term gain, corn yield guesses, local commerce debates, public finances, dental braces, forgiveness, evergreen planting, and a humorous note about a Lana Turner look alike.
Rejuvenated South Side Square Opens for Iowa Southern Utilities
A tour of the new building on the south side of the square showed Iowa Southern Utilities proudly moving into a polished, Sparkle themed home. Visitors praised the basement to top floor aesthetics, expansive windows, and the smooth elevator ride noted as safe and refined.
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Iowa Southern Utilities
Nis
Past Wrath to Progress, Emphasis on Moving Forward
A reflective admonition urges letting go of bitter memories and defeats. The speaker, Arnold H. Glasgow, stresses forgetting past wrongs as the remedy and focusing on forward movement in life. The tone is motivational and forward-looking.
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Arnold H. Glasgow
Vacation Pupils at Kalona Appear in Program at Church
Kalona Vacation Bible School concluded with a full Baptist church program. Delegates from Beginners to Juniors performed dramatizations of biblical stories, showcased handwork, and announced donations to a children's hospital and to Alaska. Enrollment reached 71 with 67 average attendance. Mr. and Mrs. Hessel schwerdt and Martha visited West Lebanon, Indiana, to see daughter and son-in-law, returning with Mrs. Rice for a week at Kalona.
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Dan Guengerich
Kalona
Kalona Vacation Bible School
Baptist Church
Westbrook
Virginia Hochstetler
Harriet Beck
Joseph
Logan Reif
Marilyn Strickler
Saul
Ford Skola
Weldon Yoder
M. O. McKenzie
Tom Russell
Children’s Hospital
Alaska
J. Hesselschwerdt
Martha
West Lebanon
Ind
Allen Rice
Michums and relatives visit. wedding attended
Des Moines and Town City families spend weekend with Dr and Mrs J S Michum and Norma Tilden visiting their mothers. T V Knorr attend Mrs Knerr's niece Betty Martin wedding in Mediapolis. Kalona widow Mrs Chris Gingerich dies suddenly. funeral at East Union church. Poppy Day in Katona nets 10870 with ten girls selling 20 poppies.
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Dennis Michum
Des Moines
Lorraine Michum
Town City
J. S. Michum
Norma Tilden
C. G. Tilden
T. V. Knorr
Mediapolis
Knerr
Betty Martin
A. Martin
Dean A. Frost
Wellman
T. V. Knerr
J. L. Grout
Weller Snyder
A. A. Jackson
Thomas Miller
Chris Gingerich
Kalona
Clifton
Peter D. Yoder
Kaiona
Emmet Yoder
West Liberty
Ohio
East Union Church
Yoders
Katona
Alva Nittenegger
Glenn Wahl
Jobs on Iowa farms remain plentiful in Ames report
Ames Iowa June 4 UP opportunities for farm work remain plentiful says John R Fitzsimmons state farm labor supervisor. He lists counties with best opportunities and notes 849 farmers sought 851 workers from 72 counties in April with 384 seasonal and 466 year around positions. Placements under the Iowa emergency farm labor program totaled 353 including 82 WWII veterans. Average daily wage without board was 5.50 with guidance to contact county extension director.
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Ames
Iowa
John R. Fitzsimmons
Clay
Cerro Gordo
Flymouth
Buena Vista
Pocahontas
Humboldt
Woodbury
Calhoun
Black Hawk
Crawford
Story
Marshall
Linn
Jones
Poweshiek
West Pottawattamie
Fitzsi
Army men urge wartime marriages with Japanese girls
Thirteen enlisted soldiers petition the Army to lift a ban on marriages to Japanese women. In a letter to Pacific Stars and Stripes they cite admiration for local women, note prior marriages to German French and British women, and urge equal rights despite racial differences.
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Tokyo
Pacific Stars and Stripes
U. S
Japan
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Washington County
Josephine B. Eider
Herbert Hoover
Kansas
America
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Germany
United Presbyterian Home For
Mary Marr
Ainsworth
Monk
Seal
Fred C. Kelly
Winterset
Madisonian
Rbut
Shenandoah Sentinel
Shenandoah Channel of Commerce
Shenandoah
Centerville
Chamber
Estherville Daily News
Portal Pay
Patricia Pehlers
Iowa City
Clyde Hillhouse
Lana Turner
Bill
S. Side
Jerry
Porky Nnnan
Africa
France
Pacific
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N. Y
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co
Oskaloosa
Curtiss
Ghothee Curtiss Zocact
Curtiss Candy CO « Producers of Fine Foods
Chicago 15
Ill
Buna OK
al W. Harwood
Great
Ory
Southern Utilities Company
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