Hardscrabble Social Roundup From Hardscrabble, June 26
Mr and Mrs Clarence Lynn hosted twenty relatives for a Father’s Day dinner in their home. Weekend visitors included Art Hamilton and family traveling to Kansas City by train. Navy recruit Max Hamilton will attend Des Moines then Great Lakes. Various local visits feature the Wehr, Gillies, Arnold families and others, with farm occupancy changes noted at the old Boyer place and local hatchings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wher
Clarence Lynn
Lynn
Harold Messer
Brighton
Ed Tendricks
Ralph Schillestrom
Pleasant Plain
Laurel Statler
Carl Kyle
New Virginia
Lizzie Messer
Fairfield
Art Hamilton
Bob Hamilton
Kansas City
Max Hamilton
Des Moines
Great Lakes
Margaret Hamilton
Keota
John Wehr
Keith
John Lowest
Sigourney
Burlington
Alec Gillies
Everette Arnold
Ronnie
Howard Arnold
Beverley Henry
Forest Henry
Ad Henry
Glen Little
Doce Engle
Leo Lewis
Ivan Little
Little
Richard Wehr
United States Navy
Bill
Norfolk
Richard
Larry Lewis Wehr
Lula Carris
R. R. Blake
Floyd Maule
Joan
Clare Carris
Jimmy Ashby
Glen Carris
Bill Klett
Eagle
J. M. Pulner
John Robertson
Manford Wilcox
Art Rathmel
Ainsworth
Mt. Pleasant
Johore
Brisbane
Blampied
M’sieur Gaston Auriac
Henri Quatre
Antananarivo
Madagascar
Capetown
Durban
Paula
Gaston
Germany
Berlin
Defenda Est
Carthage
Europe
Mr. Smith
Smith
Steinbeck Novel Comes Alive On Screen Big Cast At State Theatre
Screen adaptation of Tortilla Flat opens at the State Theatre Sunday with Spencer Tracy Hedy Lamarr and John Garfield in key roles. Victor Fleming directs a faithful rendition with prominent sets from MGM and vivid Monterey Bay scenery, while battle scenes in the Philippines add dramatic action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Steinbeck
State Theatre
Spencer Treey
Hedy Lamarr
John Garfield
Victor Fleming
Steinbeck
Paisanos
Spencer Tracy
Pilon
Dolores
Danny
Frank Morgan
Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer
Monterey
Bay
Iledy Lamarr
Remember Pearl Harbor opens at Fox Theatre
A timely drama opens Sunday at the Fox Theatre featuring a strong cast including Donald M. Barry Allan Curtis Fay McKenzie Rhys Williams. The production promises exciting wartime action and brisk, suspenseful scenes for the local audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Fox Theatre
Donald M. Barry
Allan Curtis
Fay McKenzie
Rhys Williams
Brown Elected Polk Democratic Chairman
George Brown former secretary of the Iowa High School Athletic Association was elected chairman of the Polk County Democratic Central Committee at an afternoon meeting to succeed Maj. Dan McEniry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
George Brown
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Polk Co
Democratic Central Committee
Brown
Maj
Dan McEniry
Runaway Couples Meet Unusual Parson in 1919 London
Paula and Smith marry secretly in a cleric Blampied's church and move into a shared two room London flat near Yale Street. They live cautiously while fearing a police case linked to the Fulverton assault, keeping to late night shopping and a wary peace with neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paula
Smith
London
St. Clements
Vale Street
N.W
Ceremny
Versailles
Yale Street
Free Library
Fulverton
Thomas Atwill
Atwill
Lord's
Church of England
Washington Lodge No. 20 Regular Meeting Notice
Washington Lodge No. 20 A A M announces regular meetings on the first Friday of each month. Richard A. Stewart W M and A W Yard secretary present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Lodge
Richard A. Stewart
W. M
A. W. Yard
Train and bus schedules for Washington area lines
The notice lists daily and regular stop trains and buses including Golden State Limited No. 3 and No. 4, Californian No. 43 and 44, Local No. 1 and No. 2, and Southwest Limited No. 25 and 26. It notes departures from Washington for east and west routes, a Oskaloosa branch schedule, and local depot ticketing guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden State Limited
Californian
Washington
California
Oskaloosa
Sunaay
Kansas City-Davenport
Southwest Limited
W. C. Bell
Omaha
Chicago
Candy Kitchen
North Side Square
Trin
Ans Point
AL Cantont
Avent Sullivan Bus Lines
Iowa Ordnance Plant
Census Shows Farm Population Decline in 1940 Census
The passage notes a 1940 census figure of 30 1151 076 for farm population with a ten year drop of about 6 000. The farm share of total population falls from 24.6 to 22 percent. It also mentions someone leaving Wednesday to resume active service in the U S army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Parson Blampied Guides War Refugees and Letters
Smith transcribes Blampied’s letters from Madagascar to a world audience while the cleric mentors troubled youths. The unlikely pair discuss politics, memory loss from shell shock, and shared ideals as Blampied helps with administration, letters, and missions amid simmering church politics.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Racy, Hedy LaMarr
Garfield
Charley Grisham
Frederick of
Wellston
Grisham
John Wehrs
Sig Riman
Maynard Holmes
Joseph Santley
Hollywood
Barry
Curtis
Holmes
Phillipines
United States
Japan
Washington Directory
Business City & County Officers
Theodore B. Bailey
Law Loan & Trust
W. Livingston
West Main St
Court House
F. Morrison
J. C. Penney Co
Officers
Peapop
Lloyd Lyda
W. H. Fulton
BE. F. Mile
Henry Bailey Light Plant
L. Jordan
George Baker
Carl Hancher
H. H. Reister
A. L. Griffith
Dr. Ruth Church Park Commissioners
Marian
Batley
Frank B. Miller
J. E. Lemmon
W. BK. Dupuis
O. F. Boller
McFarlane
Clarence Jacobs
Harry Montgomery
City Library
Grace H. Stephen
Ruty Lytle
State Bank Corner
W. Washington St
Bherman's
Optometrists
John C. Owen
Stan Kiesey
R. R. Noonan
W. P. Rawe
Harriet Coulter
Lester HB
Krabill
Harold Putnam
W. S. Kyle
Ned Morrow
Douglas T. Smith
Marion
George Harvey
Wilson
Ernest Rudolph
Chiropractors
Chas
Washington Independent School District
B. A. Ralston
Harlang W. Mead
Sea Ee. Wy
Bre
Ethel McCreedy
Kenneth Freeman
Donald R. Boyer
Harry Ramseyer
Fred 8. Downing
B. F. Bost- Wick, Jr
Charlotte Baldtis
Polk
Random Harvest
Ameshiton
Chapter
England
Qitnaxksceibe A
C. B
Co. F. Anderson
C. M
Davenport
Burlington Trailways
U.S
U. S
Tle
Northern Ireland
Resndlana
James Hilton
Mr.chips
Parson Blampied
John Ball
Smithy
Melbury
Yokohama
Idaho
Orient Express
Salzburg
Liverpool
King Peaguins Syndicate
Log
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