Review of the 7 Weeks News Review headline
A long community recap notes 206 pupils in a union vacation Bible school cooperated by five churches for two weeks, a 110 pupil instrument summer school at the high school, and memorial day visits. Local officials announce an auditor and sewage engineer, and a cancer fund tally reaches 5885 dollars.
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Methodist
United Presbyterian, Christian, St. Paul's Evangelical
Reformed
Associate Presbyterian
Melvin Hill
Washington Church Board Sets Annual Canvass Meeting
The official Methodist church board met with 75 in attendance to organize the annual every member canvass and reported the church finances in excellent condition.
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Calvary Baptist chooses Rev Paul White as pastor
Thursday Rev Paul White was named pastor of Calvary Baptist, succeeding Rev A E Diddams. The new pastor and his wife moved to town this week amid a period of heavy rainfall that hindered farm work.
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Calvary Baptist Church
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Notable visits and movements across Iowa and beyond
Major Redlinger plans transfer to UCLA for a two year aerodynamics and guided missiles program. Arlene Huber heads to Cedar Falls for Town State Preacher's collegesummer classes. Local families attend hospital anniversaries, weddings, graduations, and Memorial Day gatherings across Muscatine and nearby towns including Davenport Allerton Corydon Unionville and Des Moines while civic and church events span Cedar Rapids and Lake Okoboko.
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Arlene Huber
Ceder Falls
Town State Preacher's College
Miss Huber
County 4H Rally Draws 200 Members and Leaders
Attendance at the annual county 4H rally day surpassed 200 girls and boys with their club leaders and brothers. Bessie Fern Busby died after weeks of illness, daughter of C W Busby and Mary Jane Scott Busby, sister of Mrs C V Crull and Harveys. Skunk River rises after heavy rains threatening more damage. water covers highway near Brighton bridge. Burial set for Corporal Arnold Phillips son of Pearl Phillips in Elm Grove cemetery. he died in the Philippines and his body returned to Muscatine.
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Bessie Fern Busby
C. W. Busby
Mary Jane Scott Busby
C. V. Crull
Harvey and
Harley Busby
Brighton
Coppock
Elm Grove Cemetery
Arnold Phillips
Pearl Phillips
Washington
Muscatine
Hospital Admissions and Birth Notices With Dismissals
Admitted May 31 Mrs George Pendergraft Richland surgical. Admitted June 1 Mrs Evert Coffman South English surgical. William Snider Rubio medical. Mrs Charles Welch 03 North Tth surgical. Births June 1 Eldon Yeegy Riverside son 4 15 A.M. Arlis Niffenegger Kalona son 12 35 P.M. Dismissals May 31 Charles Lukavsky rural route. Dismissals June 1 Mrs Floyd Blankenhorn Crawfordsville. David Flynn Rural Route. Dismissals June 2 Mrs Frank Smith Ainsworth. Mrs William Popejoy and son Pleasant Plain. Among the tonsillectomies Saturday Gary Neil Marston noted instead of Gary Morgan.
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George Pendergraft
Richland
Surgical
Evert Coffman
South English
William Snider
Rubio
Charles Welch
North Tth
Eldon Yeegy
Riverside
Arlis Niffenegger
Kalona
Births Admitted and Dismissals list for local hospital
Admitted yesterday Oak D Henry Brighton male patient. Births yesterday to Mr and Mrs Leo Ruegsegger Wellman a son at 16 65 AM weight 9 OZ. Tonsillectomies listed for Karen Engle 321 West Washington Jerry Dean Carter Brighton Beverly Jean Carter Brighton Margaret Melville 603 Ivast Harrison Janice Boyd 834 South Yth Georgia Wise Brighton. Birth today to Mr and Mrs Omer Crawford Keota a daughter at 10 38 AM. Dismissals include William Snider Rubie.
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D. Henry
Brighton
Leo Ruegsegeer
Wellman
Weighing & Ib
Karen Engle
West Washington
Jerry Dean Carter
Beverly Jean Carter
Margaret Melville
Ivast Harrison
Janice Boyd
South
Georgia Wise
Omer Crawford
Keota
William Snider
Rubie
Passing Years Highlights in Washington and Surroundings
Rev. Walter H. Eastwood accepts Presbyterian pastorate in Milton Pennsylvania after serving as assistant in Norristown. Local moves include Frank C. Crone replacing a retiree at the National Bank of Washington and a dinner honoring Elda White ahead of her marriage to Carl Herr. A new State Theatre well yields 251 gallons per minute, with the well depth 175 feet. Knott shell lamps installed at the North Side cafe. J. L. Brookhart returns from Texas with George H. Paul, purchasing 10,000 acres of the Driscoll ranch, listed at 35 dollars per acre. Anna E. Scott returns from New York teaching at Hephzibath house. IF B Mills seed company to establish a large four-story branch in Rose Hill, New York. Frank Webb offers rides to the depot for 25 cents.
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J. L. Brookhart
Texas
George H. Paul
Driscoll Ranch
Local Notes and Social Rounds Highlight 50 Years Ago
Fifty years ago J B Crail displayed a trimmed corset window and Clarence Van Sickle noted as an artist. Three Monmouth College graduates Clarence Tripp Howard B Hamilton and Ralph L Livingston were mentioned. A frost threat over vegetables cooled off. A youth found at the Smith laundry turned out to be a patient's valuable tooth. A shortcake social hosted by Mr and Mrs Fred Smith drew many attendees in party gowns.
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Clarence van Sickle
Washington
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Clarence Tripp
Howard B. Hamilton
Ralph L. Livingston
Smith Laundry
Fred Smith
Cloyce Dougherty
Leigh Wallace
Frank McKain
Annie Springer
Cornelia Klass
Minnie Stiehter
Latra Springer
Minnie Klass
Kate Stucher
Bessie Scofield
Ralph Dougherty
Missionary talk highlights Alma Hearne Holland furlough
Mrs Alma Hearne Holland spoke at a Methodist Foreign Missionary Society meeting about her 22 years in India. A bank offering of 300 dollars was reported. Mr and Mrs Nl Rothschild and daughter Jeannette plan to move back to Washington from Iowa City. The county license number changed from 838 to 81 due to auto growth in large counties. The high school class of 46, with Dr Charles Ro Medbury of Des Moines delivering the address, saw Catherine Jane Hull as valedictorian and Jane Law and Francis Skipton wed at the home of Mrs A R Oates in Belvidere H June 1.
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Memorial Day Becomes Best Arranged Program Yet
A well organized Memorial Day program featured a morning parade and an afternoon address. M J Tobin of Vinton praised the president’s war message as one of the finest ever written, likening it to the Magna Charter. The piece notes many speakers and a reunion at the Stephen home with two new members joining the group.
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Vinton
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Frank
Pleasant social at the Williams home recalls church bell fund
Sixty years ago a social at Mr. and Mrs. J. Albert Williams extended beyond church folks and evened to other denominations. The text questions the bell project status and asks the young ladies in charge to provide an update. A Bohemian in town received £86,000 in gold. Croquet in the courthouse yard draws complaints from health inspectors. Questions arise about felons’ livelihoods from game play.
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Crossing gates go into operation at busy North Marion crossing
Four decades ago signals began at the North Marion and North Iowa Avenues crossing. Elmer Mason and James Wilson started across in a carriage when a sudden flash in their laps forced Mason to brake to avoid a crash.
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North Marion
North Iowa
Elmer Mason
James Wilson
Mr. Mason
Births and admissions in local notes
Births yesterday report three new children to the Shrum Lewis Lloyd Brown and Floyd Smith families with times of arrival. Admitted patients include Mrs A C Cammon Jimmie Murphy Mrs Leila Kime and Lawrence Kurtz among others.
Local Ties list tonsillectomies and patients
At 6 30 a m tonsillectomies were performed on Mrs Gordon Stead 95 South Third Marilyn Mattison Harper Harry Dill Keota Louis and Tommy Kerr 829 South Marion Mrs David Griffith and son Columbus Junction
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Gordon Stead
South Third
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Harper
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Keota
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Tommy Kerr
South Marion
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Columbus Junction
Ancient Egypts Early Dynasties and Papyrus Origin
Record history hieroglyphic writing on stone shows early Pharaoh dynasties thousands of years before Christ. Writing on clay and stone preserved memory for future generations. Papyrus reed from Nile marshes gave rise to the term paper derived from papyrus.
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Births Reported in Iowa Towns Include New Daughter
Birth announcements: yesterday Mr and Mrs Charles Garrett Columbus Junction welcomed a daughter at 8 46 p m. Today Mr and Mrs Duane Yoder Kalona joyfully announce a daughter.
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Charles Garrett
Columbus Junction
Duane Yoder
Kalona
Births and dismissals from local area updates
Firths yesterday record son for Mr and Mrs J C Morrison of West Monroe at 2 24 pm Firths today record daughter for Mr and Mrs Milford Groff of Pleasant Plain at 1 07 am Dismissals yesterday include Mrs Shrum Lewis and daughter of 603 North Marion Mrs A C Cammon of 116 West Third Dismissal today: land
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J. C. Morrison
Goo West Monroe
Milford Groff
Pleasant Plain
Shrum Lewis
North Marion
A. C. Cammon
West Third
George Pendergraft
Richland
Gas Warning Raises CO Dangers In Planes
Carbon monoxide, deadly in confined air as oxygen runs low, may be more dangerous in aircraft. A sensitive detector, developed by the Bureau of Standards during the war, is urged for quick detection and rapid remedy of the cause.
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Veterans and Families Telegraph Column Intro
An editor notes a weekly Washington Bureau column addressing problems of veterans and servicemen and their families. Readers may submit questions to the Bureau at 1616 Eye Street NW Washington DC, with answers to appear in a future column. No direct mail relief is offered.
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Western Newspaper Union
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Washington, D. C
Veterans Affairs Aid and Appeals Guidance Update
Government data show about 223174 VA employees of which 61 percent are veterans including 121528 male veterans and 14414 female veterans or spouses. About 76000 workers, 35 percent, are in medical service.
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Veterans’ Administration
United States Church Membership by Denomination
The United States has over 72 million church members. Among them 1.3 percent are Old Catholic Polish Catholic and Eastern Orthodox, 6.4 percent Jewish, 32.3 percent Roman Catholic, and 60 percent remaining unspecified.
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