Brighton Elects New Teachers For School Year
Brighton board fills resignations with Florence Jensen of Cedar Falls and Elmer B. Soules of Mt. Pleasant. Jensen will oversee vocal music across grades and teach several junior and high school classes, while Soules will handle commercial and dramatics. Other items note visits and relocations in the community as the Long family plans to move.
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Florence Jensen
Cedar Falls
Elmer Soules
Mt. Pleasant
Rhua Helmick
Brighton
Brighton Board of Education
Elmer B. Soules
Iowa Wesleyan
Miss Wood
Harrison
Miss Jensen
Soules
Local Social Notes Highlight Town Residents Visit and Illness
The passage lists residents and visitors around town tied to E G Koch property purchases. Lester Hanlon remains critically ill at home. Edwin Robison of Charles City stays with grandparents while parents travel to California. Mrs Victor Benson from Nes Moines visits the Balderson home. Katherine Mann, after hospital return, moves to a Cedar Rapids rest home. Keith Hoskins visits relatives in Princeton Missouri. Mrs Georgia Dawson of Washington assists her mother Amy Rich. Mildred Woodford of Seattle visits relatives and travels to Chicago to visit friends.
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Cedar Rapids
Keith Hoskins
Princeton
Missouri
Georgia Dawson
Washington
Amy Rich
Mildred Woodford
Seattle
Wash
Chicago
Wesleyan Service Guild Retreat at Simpson College
The first annual Wesleyan Service Guild retreat for the Iowa Des Moines conference of the Methodist church was held in Indianola on Simpson College campus. Forty five business and professional young women from 21 vocations attended with Mary Westphal Mary Brohm and sponsor Mrs Leigh Soule among the local participants. Sylvia Snedaker Chicago jurisdictional secretary spoke in the afternoon on The World to Serve. officers Ruth Galer Mr Pleasant Mrs Harry Lauer and M F Addiks were present, with delegates from Burlington Des Moines Council Bluffs Creston Newton Fort Madison Ottumwa Indianola Mt. Pleasant and Washington.
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Wesleyan Service Guild
Iowa
Des Moines
Methodist Church
Indianola
Mary Westphal
Mary Brohm
Leigh Soule
Methodist
Mary Berry
Simpson College
Sylvia
Council Bluffs
Creston
Newton
Fort Madison
Ottumwa
Mt. Pleasant
Washington
Two Types of T. B. Identified in Question VI
The two types are Bovine T. B. and Avian T. B. The bovine form is the only one transmissible to humans. Swine and poultry often suffer from Avian T. B. While cattle and humans seem largely unaffected. The bovine type is steadily eradicated by annual cattle testing by the Department of Agriculture.
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Department of Agriculture
Rocking Chair Brigade wedding tale in a small town
Lucy Langenberg recalls a robin sighting as Rosa and Charley join a drive to find the bird near a Hall automobile. A Washington guest misses the eight o’clock wedding time due to jam making, rushing to the ceremony with the bride and groom’s wedding party. The event, held on the Stutsman lawn for 150, features Vera as the bride, Dr Keagy officiating, and a turkey dinner for 24 the night before.
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Lucy Langenberg
Rosa
Robin
Charley
Iows’ Avenue
Washington
Stutsman
Lakes U.S. Senate Seat At 86 Appointed Interim
Andrew Jackson Houston of Texas, aged 86 and son of General Sam Houston, is appointed interim U S senator and shown with Senator Tom Connally in Washington. He becomes the oldest person ever to enter the U S Senate.
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Texas
Andrew Jackson Houston
Sam Houston
Washington
Tom Connally
United States Senate
Maltese cross tied to Knights Hospitallers history
The Maltese cross traces to the Knights Hospitallers of St. John, an ancient chivalric order formerly linked to the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and to campaigns against infidels.
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Knights of Malta
Knights Hospitallers of St. John
Jerusalem
Wedding Panic Delays Gift Buyer in Town
A man rushing to buy a gift for a wedding receives a phone call announcing the ceremony at six thirty. The moment of suspense fades as the jam maker returns home to a sticky mess and a missed wedding thrill, prompting a shift to work. Rhubarb marmalade tastes noted. Read the Classifieds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Sexton
Strained Ties Rise From Dutch East Indies Demands
Critical relations between Japan and the Netherlands East Indies deepen as the Dutch likely reject Japan’s push for rubber oil and tin. The Indies government orders 300 blitz buggies from Ford to bolster defense. Photo shows light troop carriers rushing Royal Dutch soldiers during Batavia maneuvers.
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Japan
Netherlands East Indies
Netherlands
Pacific
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Batavia
Clam Chowder Scientists Propose Sea Cucumbers
Dr. T G Thompson of the University of Washington suggests substituting sea cucumbers for clams to improve chowder flavor. He also says omitting tapioca from tapioca pudding yields a similar result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. G. Thompson
University of Washington
Tattoo Business Booms Amid Defense Era Tattoos
Defense emphasis fuels a small boom in tattooing as youths join or consider military service, drawing crowds to studios for flags, eagles, and other patriotic designs amid a revival of the art.
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Jean Messer
College of Commerce
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Lechnectady
N. Y
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P.L. Etter
S. Iowa
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Rail King
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Arthur C. James
New York
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TCC
Paramount News
United Artists
London
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Siam
Thailand
Land of the Sacred Elephants
Surrey
Jack Oakie
Charlie Chaplin
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Lakes
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