Kalona Rebekah Lodge Elects Officers for Term
Kalona Rebekah Lodge No. 84 held its regular meeting in the Odd Fellow hall with Mrs. Francis Lemley in charge. Officers elected for the coming term include Mrs. Jack Guengerich as noble grand Mrs. H A Swartzendruber as vice grand Mrs. L J Strickler as secretary and Mrs. Eugene Way as treasurer.
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Eugene Way
Kalona
Kalona Rebekah Lodge No. 84
Odd Fellow Hall
Francis Lemley
Noble Grand
Jack Guengerich
H. A. Swartzendruber
L. J. Strickler
Riverside hosts social hour with local homemakers and family
A social hour featured refreshments served by Mrs. Fannie Meeks Mrs. Kate Ingram Mrs. Anna Younkin and sons and Roy Flynn all of Riverside among attendees, highlighting community hospitality.
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Fannie Meeks
Kate Ingram
Anna Younkin and Sons
Roy Flynn
Riverside
Sealed bids sought for washed coal and fuel supplies
The County Auditor invites sealed bids for washed and oil treated stoker coal to be delivered to the courthouse jail and county yard with coal for the county home and for the county tour, including forked coal and line shaft fuel for the 1952 season. The Board of Supervisors may reject all bids.
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Losco Oe Eloew
Court House
Board of Supervisors
Fred Bourgeois
Two Washington area students to receive BA at Coe College
Leland E. Schmitt of Washington and Myra Edmondson of Columbus Junction are named as candidates for bachelor of arts degrees at Coe College commencement in Cedar Rapids on June 11. The article also notes local families and graduates, including Marjorie Heffelfinger, who earned a BA at Central College, and several others attending or returning from events and trips.
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Washington-area
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Leland E. Schmitt
Everett Schmitt
Washington
Myra Edmondson
Floyd Edmondson
Columbus Junction
Bakers Return Home From Sumter Visit
Mr and Mrs George Baker arrived home this morning from Sumter South Carolina where they spent 1 day visiting their son Ronnie in the army and attending engineering school at Shaw Field
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Marjorie Heffelfinger
Joan
June
Pella
Central College
E. G. Humm
Jack
Roger
Larry
Middlebourne
Humm
Pawnee
Neb
Orville Kemp
Carolyn
Lennox
Mayhew
George Baker
Sumter
South Carolina
Ronnie
Shaw Field
Cooperative Dinner Draws Eastern Star Members In Brighton
A cooperative dinner Thursday evening was hosted at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John McConahey in Washington with members of the Order of Eastern Star in attendance. The article follows a series of local notices including travels, visits, and family events across Brighton and surrounding towns.
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Brighton Eastern Star
Brighton
Order of Eastern Star
John McConahey
Washington
L. A. Horton
Parsons College
Fairfield
Bartholow Jr Enters Chicago Radio TV School
Charles Bartholow Jr a Washington high school class of 1951 graduate has entered Dr Forrests Radio and Television School in Chicago Gene Booth another graduate helps Robert Buck near Ainsworth with farm work Billa Olds Floyd Olds visit Ainsworth Memorial Day Mrs Robert Olds Marion Olds and Joe call at Floyd Olds home Bob Libe helps with Karl Libe farm work Mrs Andy Gardener home at Everest Gardener under physician care Violet and Cora Conklin from Des Moines visit Frank and Maurice Libes over weekend
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Cedar
Charles Bartholow Jr
Washington High School
Dr. Forrests Radio and Television School
Chicago
Gene Booth
Robert Buck
Near
Ainsworth
Billa Olds
Floyd Olds
Inlaw
Robert Olds
Marion Olds
Joe
Bob Libe
Andy Gardener
Everest Gardener
Cora Conklin
Violet
Des Moines
Frank Libe
Maurice Libe
Iowa City Clothing Store Burglary Report
Police investigated a burglary at Powners women's clothing store in Iowa City. Thieves drilled a hole into a rear safe and took all of yesterday's receipts, with detectives noting a possible accomplice. The entry occurred during night watchman rounds via a small rear window.
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Iowa City
Powners Women's Clothing Store
Train Car Collision Kills Three of Family
In Scranton Ja Dee Mrs Albert J Plum 29 and her two children Charlotte 11 and George 9 were killed in a train car collision last night. Sheriff William Davis said Mrs Plum stopped for an electric warning signal and allowed a west bound train to pass before driving onto the crossing and being struck by an east bound train.
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Scranton
Ja. Dee
Albert J. Plum
Charlotte
George
Greene County
William Davis
Plum
Davis
Train tragedy claims wife and child of farmer
A wreck involving a train results in the deaths of the wife and child of an agricultural worker, with local officials investigating the incident and identifying the victim's family.
Dubuque Monsignor Elevated to Bishop by Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII elevates Midwest monsignor Loras Thomas Lang to titular bishop of Beneenna and auxiliary to Archbishop Henry F. Rohlman in Dubuque. Lang, born in Cascade, Iowa, in 1910, has served in multiple Dubuque archdiocesan posts.
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Dubuque
Pope Pius XII
Washington
Pius XII
Msgr. Loras Thomas Lang
Dubuqualé la
Beneenna
Henry F. Rohlman
Lane
Cascade
Dubuque Archdiocesan
Sparrow hawks diet focuses on insects and mice
Sparrow hawks rarely hunt sparrows. Their main foods are grasshoppers and mice.
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Stockport
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Don Dickinson
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