Clipper Barber Shop Under National Bank
Riverside notes a long established barbershop near the National Bank. A social shower at St Marys hall honors Viva Knebel on her forthcoming marriage to Ivan Shradel with hostesses and guests from Iowa City and locals. The event included recipe cards and bingo followed by refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Bank
J. J. Fath
Vincent Clear
William H. Cress
Francis W. Sueppel
Iowa City
Mary Bauer
John Knittel
Matilda Wieland
Joseph Knebel
C. V. Dautremont
William Knebel
Ed Horn
Dorothy Fitzsimmons
John W. Shradel
Joseph Shradel
Jerome Droll
H. FE. Doud
Edward Bushek
Paul Knebel
Lorena Kron
Norma Dautremont
Marion Thomson
Milred Schneider
Rita Kueneman
Kathleen Knebel
Mary Rita Shradel
Patch fields 53 Gallons on Shares in Sandy Hook Community
In Sandy Hook on June 4 residents discuss a strawberry patch producing 63 gallons daily owned by the R. L. Dunbar family. The column notes berry and potato patches, local injuries, recoveries, graduations, farming tasks, and social visits from June events and community news throughout Ottumwa Heights area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Hook
West Chester Notes of Family and Local Events
West Chester May 4 highlights community visits and travel. Esther Lindenmeyer plans Juneau and Petersburg teaching assignment while visiting relatives in Alaska and Iowa. Local injuries and social events include a bicycle accident on Creek Hill injuring two youths, hospital visits, and relatives gathering for decorations and weddings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Ferguson
West Chester
Esther Lindenmeyer
M. Lindennmeyer
Monticello
Iowa
Juneau
Alaska
Gerald Taylor
Esther
Peterburg
Four Civil War veterans attend 68th Iowa G A R encampment
Sunday at Hotel Chamberlain four Iowa Grand Army of the Republic veterans joined the 68th annual Iowa department encampment. Elliott P. Taylor 96 J M Gudgel 95 J J Neuman 95 and T J Noll 97 were the only Iowa attendees from the 45 veterans remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moinehs
Hotel Chamberlain
Iowa Department of the
Grand Army of the Republic
Iowa
Elliott P. Taylor
Fairfield Corps
J. M. Gudgel
Shenandoah
J. J.neuman
T. J. Noll
Des Moines
John 5. Merriam
J. M. MecHargue
Miami
Okla
G.A.R
Woman Leaps Eight Floors to Her Death
Cedar Rapids Flora Belle Martin about 50 registered as living at Chicago Tit jumped from the eighth floor window of a local hotel and killed herself. She had first tried to slash her wrists in the bathroom. Surviving are two brothers Charles and Carl St. Clair of Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Flora Belle Martin
Chicago
Drowns While Fishing On New Hartford Lake
Indianola reports Pat Green 22 of Milo drowned Sunday afternoon when his boat tipped while fishing in Brown's lake near Hartford. His wife and 2 year old daughter witnessed the tragedy. a baby several months old survives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianola
Pat Green
Milo
Brown's Lake
Hartford
Shiloh Party Guests and Local Graduates
Shiloh notes report visits by Kay sapendorf of Davenport and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sigafoose with gatherings at the Marsh and Sc hantz homes. James Marsh, son of Sam and Mrs. Marsh, graduated and plans to work in Westwood California after visiting his aunt Mrs Lucy Jarrard. Mrs. Edd Showalter's family returned from a ten day Ha vana Illinois trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Booth
Sibly
William Truckenmiller
Lake Benton
Minn
E. H. Truckermiller
Peath
Pasadena
California
Niffengger
BE. Smith
Winfield
Smith
Agnes Ross
Washington
W. al. Anderson
Ross
Shiloh
Kay ‘Sappendorf
Davenport
Howard Sigafoose
Ted Bailey
Sam Marsh
Leslie Ross
Dave Schantz
Sam Simmons
Near Fairfield
L. F. Sigafoose
James Marsh
Westwood
Lucy Jarrard
James
Edd Showalter
F. L. Doxtader
Havana
Illinois
Plumber Who Sought Gold in Australia Dies Rich
George McCaul, once a poor Scots plumber who sought fortune in Australian gold fields, returned to plumbing and died recently valued at over one million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McCaul
Scotland
Water for Sprinkling Rationed at Burlington
Burlington starts water rationing today as citizens will use water for lawns on scheduled days in city sections. Superintendent Mark Driftmeier says there is no shortage, but population growth from the ordnance plant has increased the water load.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Mark Driftmeier
Citizens Water Co
Driftmerer
Longstanding Washington barber shop in hotel basement
Ralph Borman runs the Clipper shop in the basement of the town’s tallest building, once home to Leon Beatty American Legion, now sharing space with a beauty shop. The shop, purchased three years ago from Rodney Arnold, employs Ralph McCreedy and Don Hazen with room for a fourth chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hotel Washington
National Bank of Washington
Leon Beatty
American Legion
Clipper Shop
Ralph Borman
Rodney Arnold
Ralph McCreedy
Don Hazen
Mr. Borman
Crawfordsville
War time music drive to build Europe goodwill
Maj. George Landers of Clarinda urged a postwar invasion of Europe in the form of a peace movement. He described the World Movement Peace With Music, started in 1921, proposing a great band and orchestra with a vocal chorus to tour devastated European areas and foster goodwill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Europe
George Landers
Clarinda
Iowa Bandmasters Association
Landers
European vintners eye California vineyards since 1933
Paul Dubonnet a French wine merchant who set up in California concluded after extensive study that California grapes matched those grown in France. His finding signaled growing European interest in California vineyards and the potential for similarity in grape varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Paul Dubonnet
France
Des Moines Joined Navy Six Months After Pearl Harbor
In Des Moines at 1:25 p.m. on Sunday December 7 1941 Navy recruits took the oath on the statehouse steps. Across Iowa 267 men joined Navy at substation offices, 325 in total for the state, part of a nationwide effort totaling 12326 men enlisting as avengers of Pearl Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
United States
Pearl Harbor
Civilian Defense Corps
Statehouse
Navy
Iowa
Australian Soldiers Dig In For History Lesson
An explanation notes that Australian soldiers are nicknamed diggers because many ancestors worked in the gold rush, shaping the history and identity of the nation’s military tradition.
The Clipper Barbers in Washington County
Frank Hamilton's career spans West Liberty Iowa City Oskaloosa Columbus Junction and Jackson Michigan before returning to Washington County in 1933 to work in the Washington shops. The Clipper barber shop features Bath facilities and Donnie Crossett provides shoe shining and porter work. Barbers Hazen McCreedy and Crossett are praised for politeness and quality work with ten to twelve years in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hamilton
West Liberty
Iowa City
Oskaloosa
Columbus Junction
Jackson
Mich
Washington
Donnie Crossett
Don Hazen
Davenport
Ralph McCreedy
Des Moines
Ralphince
Don
Washington County
Hardscrabble Night Owl Incidents Reported by Wehrs
Mr and Mrs John Wehr note owls now fly at night near their home scaring them as young owls leave the nest. The piece lists local farm transfers including Charley Grisham selling hogs to a Keota dealer and calves to Gotlieb Hess. Cleo Trier arranged calf shipments for Clarence Lynn Alec Gillies and John Wehr reducing tire usage. Harve Banks assists his son David with farm chores.
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Nellie Wittmer
Nellie
Ralph Coroning
Helen Hesseltine
Helen
Mrs. Earl Jarvis and Sons
Taylor Stout
John Wehr
June
Charley Grisham
Gotlieb Hess
Cleo Trier
Clarence Lynn
Alec Gillies
Harve Banks
David
Tenor Forgets Wagner Music During Premiere
On opening night for a Wagner opera a lead tenor forgot much of the new score and substituted arias from other composers, causing a dramatic nervous collapse and a tense public reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Wagner
Wagner
Gargoyles on Gothic Roofs Through the Ages
The term gargoyle comes from a French word meaning threat and refers to the spouts on Gothic roof gutters used to carry rainwater from walls. Gargoyles began appearing around the late twelfth century and, from the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries, were carved in grotesque animal or human head shapes.
Clipper Barber Shop Draws Laughs With Crowd
Mr. Borman from Crawfordsville, Mr. Hazen from Ainsworth and Mr. Mc Creedy from Haskins visit the Clipper barber shop. They share humor as part of the service and customers respond positively to the light mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borman
Crawfordsville
Hazen
Ainsworth
McCreedy
Haskins
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Dunbar
Orval Farrier
Archie Farrier
Phillis Anderson
Harry Anderson
Ottumwa Heights Academy
Evelyn
Quinsy
D. W. Tucker
Vera Tucker
Bert Augustine
Camp Bowie
Texas
Ernest Arnold
Sylvester Beart
Indian Creek Club
George Howard
Brighton
Sylvester Mineart
Billy
Floyd Ginshen
Clifford
Moe
Joe Nayadley
Suan
Fred Ladehoff
Doore Vernuquest
Marquette
Michigan
F. M. Lindenmeyer
Lindenmeyer
Irene Arnold
Keota
Shoe
Kamp Kory
Paul Thomassen
Arthur Keeding
Kamp Koay
Milford Williams
Mary
Thomassen
Williams
Mila Waters
J. Ss. Werner
Roy Bauer
Sadie Dusenbery
Mrs. Hauer
Charles Harley
Arkansas
Dwright Harley
Fort Smith
David Fauer
Milwaukee
Elain Bauer
Hola Woods
Milo Lelong
Coffey Immber
New Hartford Lake
H. J. Schoonover
St Ae
EBNER
Home Desirable Magazine
Carson
Brewer’s
Humble Produce
Martin's
Washington Laundry
W. Lindquist
Proprieto
Humble Produce Plant
Aamon
Iiss AG Oe
Humble
Neill Humble
Mike Lee
Jim Humble
Otto Bell
Wayne Feeds
Clipper Barber Shop
Johnny Ofte
Johnny
Pia
W.R. (Irish) Richardson
the Club
The
B. & H. Alleys
Atlantic Ocean
Nicola
Harmon
North Side Square
Erwin’s Cities Service
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