Early Iowa Robins and Other Birds Jumping Ahead This Year
Speculation from Ainsworth writer Carl Stiefel Ainsworth notes robins and wrens sighted unusually early in southeast Iowa with robins seen in January and February. The piece discusses possible migratory changes while reporting bald eagle range expansion and a rebound in goldfinches hummingbirds and cardinals with shifting winter presence and spring song.
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Ainsworth
Iowa
Highland Township
Blue Jay Winter Presence in Iowa Prompts Rural Debate
The article notes blue jays and other songbirds staying in Iowa through winter as ducks find food in fields. It imagines a future where robins and wrens remain year round, while acknowledging the charm of their seasonal return.
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Iowa
Lookout Lizzie brings junior class comedy to school
The annual Junior Class play Lookout Lizzie will be shown Friday night March 23 in the school auditorium. Cast includes Dave Stephens Silas Long Carol Ornduff Sarah Jane Bears Hazel Lois Davis Lizzie Blanks Lloyd Stout Hank Blanks Marilee Steele Minnie Hall Bill Wilson Dave Hinkle Larry O Connor Richard Biltmore. It is a three act comedy.
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Richard Biltmore
Potluck Supper and Social Evening at United Presbyterian
AINSWORTH The United Presbyterian Church congregation enjoyed a potluck supper and social evening at the church parlors. The kitchen committee included Mr and Mrs Ted Woods and Mr and Mrs Martin. Entertainment by Mr and Mrs Owen White and Mr and Mrs Bob Conry featured a humorous basketball game using chairs and a balloon, causing much laughter.
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Ainsworth
United Presbyterian Church
Ted Woods
Martin
Owen White
Bob Conry
Mrs Hawkins Hosts Lincoln Street Club Meeting
The Lincoln Street club met with Mrs M F Hawkins in February with six members and one guest. Afternoon social time and Washington's Birthday refreshments followed. The next meeting will be with Mrs Earl White.
Legionnaires Meet In Redecorated Rooms
Ainsworth American Legion held its first meeting in the redecorated post rooms. Under Commander Homer Hunt the interior was refinished with a new kitchen storage for records and equipment and a renovated recreation area. The main room was repainted with new drapes. a clothes rack with shelf was added as several members helped. The post reports a record high membership and planned Memorial Day activities. The post also accepted a loan of an oil burner from Dell Farrier for the large room.
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Ainsworth
American Legion
Homer Hunt
Legion
Post
Dell Farrier
Easter service and community notes in Ainsworth
Ainsworth locals report a special Easter service at the Eastern Star meeting in the Masonic hall. Hazel Hunt visits from Des Moines to spend the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Ed Lorber. The Lorbers named their son Jeffrey Edward. mother and baby are home from the hospital. The Women’s Association of the United Presbyterian church holds a salad luncheon Thursday at the R L Colthurst home. Martha Cameron took three senior pupils to Monmouth Friday to tour Monmouth College. Fred Orris remains a patient at Washington County Hospital since Friday. O R Thoma and wife visited Earlville Sunday for a birthday dinner for Orville at Paul Spence’s home.
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Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Hazel Hunt
Des Moines
Ed Lorber
Jeffrey Edward
Lorber
Women’s Association of the
United Presbyterian Church
R.L. Colthurst
Martha Cameron
Monmouth
Monmouth College
Fred Orris
Washington County Hospital
O.R. Thoma
Earlville
Orville
Paul Spence
Birthday Party for Mrs Boileau at Harry Boileau Home
The Birthday Gang gathered Friday evening at the Harry Boileau home in Washington to celebrate Mrs. Boileau's birthday. A cooperative turkey dinner for 22 was served with St Patrick's table decor. Guests included Mr and Mrs Lee Hunt Mr and Mrs Spessard Mr and Mrs Max White Sr Mrs Fred Hawkins and others with games of rock cribbage and canasta.
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O. R. Thoma
Ray Cain
Myrtle Genkinger
Grace Lohman
Laurene Knapp
Bud’ DeLashmutt
Lee Hunt
Wesleyan Choir to Sing at Ainsworth Sunday
The 40 voice Iowa Wesleyan College choir Mt Pleasant will give a 40 minute sacred concert at Ainsworth Methodist Church at 11 a.m. on Sunday March 11 as part of morning worship. A noon basket dinner follows with choir members. an offering will be received. The program features full choir sextet octet and solo numbers including Ave Maria Behold our God and Easter Alleluia with listed soloists and arrangers.
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Iowa Wesleyan College
Ainsworth Methodist Church
David Price
Virginia Dare
Crawfordsville
James Davis
Columbus Junction
Jim Elder
Wayland
Charles and
Douglas Reed
Mt. Pleasant
Tom Turner
Norman Benn
Washington
Christiansen
Gretchaninoff
Robers
David Terrell
God
Guion
James Melby
Marryott
Lekberg
Franz
Candidates Named For School Board Posts In Ainsworth
Four men run for three-year terms on the Ainsworth school board at the March 12 election. One candidate appears for a one-year term and one for treasurer. Seeking three-year terms are George Stout, Dale Byerly, Rev.
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Ainsworth
George Stout
Dale Byerly
Local Treasurer Candidates Named
Dale E. Brehmer and Daryl Pearson are listed as candidates. Harold Gerdes seeks a one-year term while Virgil Hering runs for a two-year treasurer term.
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Dale E. Brehmer
Daryl Pearson
Harold Gerdes
Virgil Hering
APT Home Talent Show Netted 120 Profit
The Ainsworth APT presented a home talent program Friday night that drew public support and realized 120. The event featured three one act plays and varied acts between shows including a duck calling exhibition. The next APT meeting is tentatively set for March 26. The UT McDonald Observatory atop Mt. Locke in the Davis Mountains of western Texas houses the world’s third largest telescope.
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Ainsworth
Ainsworth Apt
APT
University of Texas’ McDonald Observatory
Mt. Locke
Davis Mountains
Texas
Evangelistic Services Planned at Junction by Rev James Russell
Rev James Russell will lead evangelistic services at the Dixie Free Methodist church in Columbus Junction from March 5 to 18 at 1 30 pm assisted by Pastor Rev Walter Vander Linden. The Columbus High School band and mixed chorus gave a concert Friday night with instructors from Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls helping. A Social Security representative from Burlington will be at the post office Tuesday 10 am to noon. Michigan became a U S territory in 1805 and a state in 1837.
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Columbus Junction
James Russell
Dixie Free Methodist Church
Walter Vander Linden
Columbus High School
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Social Security Administration
Burlington
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