Ainsworth Summer Festival Promises Big Weekend
Enthusiasm rises in Ainsworth as the first annual summer festival approaches. From June 30 to July 2, free acts, parades, and an Iowa Civil Air Patrol air show loom with acts by Ray Joplin and Dorothy May. A 1946 Ford will publicly advertise the event amid extensive local and out-of-town sponsorship.
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Ainsworth
Ray Joplin
Dorothy May
Carl Thorsen
Uggier
Iowa Civil Air Patrol
Fred Minden
Washington
Sunset Amusement Company
Excelsoir Springs
Missouri
Iowa
City Fuel & Ice Company
Iowa City
Simon & Landaur
Davenport
Abra i Stores
Sonny Fisher Fisheries
Meheco Feed & Grain
Muscatine
Lagemareine-Grape
Plantation Club
Moline
Midway Sale
Business Men Clean Up Park for Festival Use
Ainsworth chamber of commerce members began cleaning the town park at 8:30 am for the Ainsworth summer festival. Parks commissioner Charles Simpson led the effort with work proceeding on schedule by noon. Planned improvements include better drainage and a second fireplace, plus talk of a permanent croquet court with potential night lighting.
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Ainsworth
Charles Simpson
Mrs W L McGinnis to Head Circle No 1
Circle No 1 meets at Mrs C K Bassler home with 15 members. Mrs W L McGinnis named chairman and Mrs Glen Miller cochairman with Mrs Clifford Thompson as secretary and treasurer. Mrs Miller led program and Eva Wallace gave devotions. Martha White and Rosemary Jenkins provided piano and vocals. After meeting hosts served refreshments.
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W. Ls. McGinnis
W. L. McGinnis
Ainsworth Locals Farewell for California Visit
Mrs Estella McCaleb and sister Mrs Grace Simmons depart Ainsworth for California. Simmons visits in town six months and returns to Van Nuys. McCaleb to visit sons Lyle and Gene in Santa Monica Roger Young Village and Leo McCaleb in San Jose.
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Estella MccCaleb
Grace Simmons
California
Simmons
van Nuys
Calif
McCaleb
Lyle
Gene
Santa Monica
Roger Young Village
Leo McCaleb
San Jose
Transfer to University Hospital Noted for Lloyd Stout
Lloyd Stout was transferred to University Hospital today. Details on condition or department were not provided.
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Lloyd Stout
University Hospital
Ramblings through Chinatown and Brooklyn on a New York tour
A sightseeing bus tour of Manhattan and brief Brooklyn visit ends with a Chinese district pass. The writer notes Chinatown’s sights and odors, a Cantonese theatre, joss house, and a parade dragon, describing streets, tenements, and varied urban life.
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New York
Washington
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Chinatown
Bowery
Joss House
Night tour and ball game mix scenes of city life
A writer recalls a guided evening tour of Greenwich Village housing and night clubs, noting rubber-neck trips for visitors. Ralph Bauer and I then watch the Yankees beat the White Sox 4 to 4 at Yankee Stadium. Later, a stage comedy off Broadway called Two Blind Mice highlights a Washington agency still paying workers.
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Tony
Greenwich Village
Ralph Bauer
New York Yankees
Chicago White Sox
Big Yanks Ball Park
Subway
Statler Hotel
Washington, D. C
Local visitors arrive from Louisville to stay two weeks
Dr. and Mrs. H Paul Mahin with Pat and Lee Mahin of Louisville arrive in Washington for a two week visit at Dr F M Mahin's home. Dr Paul Mahin works at Miehalm VW hospital in Louisville. Lorna Riegsegger of Wellman also mentioned in the note.
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H. Paul Mahin
Pat and Lee
Louisville
Washington
F. M. Mahin
Paul Mahin
Louisville, Ky
Family visits span several towns this weekend
Mrs Etta Mahannah visited friends in Quincy for two weeks and was picked up by Mr and Mrs Willis Ross in Fairfield on Sunday. Etta Mahannah resides with her son in town. Mrs P H Frank of Waterloo arrived Monday to visit her mother Mrs Wilbur Miller and sister Mrs Earl Simerman and Mr Simerman.
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A. C. Ruegsegvers
George Hindahls
Willis Ross
Fairfield
Etta Mahannah
Quincy
Mahannah
the Rosses
P. H. Frank
Waterloo
Wilbur Miller
Earl Simerman
Simerman
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Manera
J. D Rabenold
Herman Wagenknecht
William Trotter
Joe Wood
Gene Stephens
Rach
Ain Worth
L. H. Trotter
Howard Stewart
Lloyd Coun
Mae Wallace
Heck Gesling
R. M. Whitehead
Daryl Pearson
Milturn Spessard
Charles Thompson
Gilbert Wood
Les Woods
Columbus Junction
Elks Lodge
Scanlon & Doolin
Surgeons
Jews City
J. M. Lloyd
Bainridge & Bailey
Livingston
M . McCreedy
Cargil
Fresh Waters
William Krabil
Mississippi
Pioneer
George Morreso
Attourney
Shermans Funeral Home
Washington Ashton Hatchery
West Liberty
Munity
State Bank
Homer Hunt
POLKS
Fish Story
Elliott’s Food Store
Ainsworth, Iowa
Business Men
June Williams Wellman
Cleo Potter
Glen Miller
Mrs. House
Meat & Locker
Bruce Cowden
China
Canton
Old Country
Howard H. Stewart
Grezerators
Max M. White
Hazelett Bros
Wolverine
Lands‘ Store
Eclipse Lumber
Carl Thorson
Jesting Juggler
Mr. Thorson
Carl
Thorson
Evening Journal
Lorna Riegsegger
Wellman
Wilson & Tomlinson
Edy
Mr. Joplin
M. C
Chamber of Commerce
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