County Letter Carriers Meet at Wayland
Washington County Rural Letter Carriers held their regular meeting at the M. E. church in Wayland with about forty attendees from Brighton Crawfordsville Riverside Washington Wellman and Wayland. Delegates elected included Prody A. Borkoski Frank D. Clark Harry H. Clark Leland A. Horton Guy Moothart and Mel P. Crandall. next gathering set for Wellman on July 12 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Washington
Wayland
Prody A. Borkoski
Oelwein
Frank D. Clark
Harry H. Clark
Leland A. Horton
Guy ©. Moothart Y. Wellman
J. C. Mitchell
EF. L. Clark
Crawfordsville
Prairie Flower note on June 11 wedding guests
Prairie Flower reports Mr and Mrs Orley Page were Sunday guests at the home of Mr Jesse Pace. The item notes a social visit with local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Thrasher
Prairie Flower
Mrs
Orley Page
Jesse Pace
First American Boy Killed in European War Report
The article notes eight year old Alfred Ritter of New York, son of Mrs. Maria Ritter, as the first American civilian killed in the European war during an Allied bombing raid on a German town. It also references various local social events and people in Keota, Iowa, with mentions of community activities, visits, and church functions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Ritter
Maria Ritter
New York
Composition Siding Put on Parsonage Looks Like Brick
Richland June 11 The Christian parsonage of the Rev A Roach family is being covered with composition siding that imitates brick. The project is sponsored by the men of the congregation. Rex Horning, son of Mr and Mrs L C Horning, graduated from Parsons college and will work for a firm in Dubuque. Alice Jones, oldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Martin Jones, graduated from Penn college. Children’s day programs are planned at Sunday schools. Supt and Mrs R O Wright of Ottumwa visited and will teach in summer school at Parsons college. The north end birthday group visited Mr and Mrs Glen Davis at their new home and shared a co operative dinner of about 25 people after 8:05. The Davises remodeled and added improvements and fruit and shade shrubs. Mrs Tharp, wife of Supt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Neville
Richland
Dubuque
Alice Jones
Martin Jones
Penn College
R. O. Wright
Ottumwa
Airfield
Wright
Parsons College
North End
Glen Davis
Virginia Whiteside earns MD and MS at Ohio State
Dr. Virginia E Whiteside of Columbus Ohio graduates with both an MD and an MS from Ohio State University. Formerly from Youngstown she is married to Dr Werner W Carlson a research bacteriologist at the Mellon Institute in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia E. Whiteside
Columbus
Ohio State University
Dr. Whiteside
Youngstown, O
Werner W. Carlson
Mellon Institute
Pittsburgh
Merrimac Social Roundup Notes Summer Gatherings
Merrimac notes a sequence of Monday through Sunday social visits. Families including Messengers Blicks Wolfe and Reschleys host and visit various neighbors, with church groups and parlor activities noted. A busy week features multiple calls on the Kientos Schafer Nicola and Amrine households.
Temperature ratio: earth warms one degree per 200 feet
The text states that Earth's temperature increases by one degree for every 200 feet of depth below the surface, describing a linear geothermal gradient.
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Paramount Picture
Kipling
Colman
Isles of the East
Fox
Wayland Group
Tains Association AT
Tor
Methodist
Wittiig
Mell P. Crandall
Helen Martin
Mary Wittrig
Erma Clark
Shook
Edward B. Bushek
Oakwood
Wellman
Don Lawson
Medantiel
Goodyear
Montgomery Ward
Carl Hedges
Oberlin, Ohio
Ruth
V. C.F
U.S
Brown
Keota
Robert Roberts
Salem Presbyterian Missionary Society
Eugenia Smith
Iowa City
Stanley Jarrard
Eldog
Fairfield
Jean Campbell
Mary Ardith Jarrard
Marjorie Ahrens
Arthur Duensing
George Dare
Joseph Knotek
Shalla Farm
Washington Portable Mill
Martha Turnipeeed
Des Moines
C. EK
Jarrard
Mary Avdith
Eldon Navy Home
Prairie Plower
Clayde Knapp
Joseph Booth
Meyer's
Joseph Shalla
Stanley Mouser
Roy Finke
Ellis
Alice
Lloyd Humston
Christian Church
Chas Deran
C. E. Jarrard
Joe Knotek
Arlene Knotek
Earl Berkshire
Frank Leeper
Stanley Mouner
Prairie Flower Mission
American Legion
Clifford Elmore
Des Moines Register
Nelle Bray
Wm. Harkens
Boulder
Colorado
Lisse Wealthly
TIN
Tom Brown
Constance Moore
Richard Carle
Anne Nagel
Jerome Cowan
Elizabeth Risdon
Unversal
Pituve
Leslie Howard
Ingrid Bergman
TOMA
Oita
Night Service Gas
Merrimac
Carl Amrine
Dwight Messenger
Will Brannons
Owen Blick
Elmer
Glen Schafer
Will Brannon
Joe Grabers
Harris Beese
Elmer Reschleys
Frank Farmer
Glen Schafers
Charles Decker
Cedar Rapids
Lester Kientzs
Otto Lamansky
Billie
Henry Wolfe
Roy Duttweiler
Gien Schafer
Jay Schafer
al Farmers
Lester Nicola
Earl Nicola
Howard Burger
Robert Kientz
Ben Crile
Kennleth Crile
Maggere Burger
Mary Amrine
Owean Blicks
Doan’s
Carter
Johns
On's
Ipana
Agta
Nishin
LPI Ihn
Absorbine Jr
Vitalis
Natex
Castoria
McKesson
Epsom
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