Lyle Darbyshire Family Stays With Kin in Crawfordsville
Mr and Mrs Lyle Darbyshire and children Larilee and Terry Alan are staying temporarily with Lyles parents in Crawfordsville while awaiting settlement likely in Washington. They moved from Beale Air Force Base California where Lyle served. Local board members discuss a survey and reorganization plan for Washington County schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Waters
Crawfordsville
Lyle Darbyshire
Larilee
Terry Alan
Lyle
Dale Darbyshire
Washington
Beale Airforce Base
California
H. J. Whiting
Mr. Amlong
Granville
Court House
State University of Iowa
Washington County
Guy Davis
Myral Smith
Alvin Jones
Harold Spangler
Haydn Thomas
Robert Miller
Orrin Johnson
C. C. Moorhead
R. A. Zickefoose
Blake Spencer
Elon Christner
Pearl Bitting
Ainsworth
Sadie Davis
Harold Miller
Ernest Whiting
Allen Conrad
C. C
Christian Church to Host Pancake Supper March 7
The Richmond area Christians plan a pancake supper at the Christian Church on March 7 starting at 5 pm. J J Fleig of Rubio visits Mrs Elizabeth Fleig and their Columbus, Ohio relatives. Mrs Mara Davis hosted Starr Country Club. Superintendent and Mrs John King and the girls basketball squad attended a Des Moines tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Washington D.C
Friends Committee On
Men of the
Christian Church
The
J.J. Fleig
Rubio
Elizabeth Fleig
Columbus
Mara Davis
Starr Country Club
John King
Des Moines
Easter Egg Hunt and Free Show Planned in Richland
The Commercial Club plans an annual Easter egg hunt and free show for children on Saturday March 31 with free public viewing that evening. The event is co sponsored by the American Legion post. An athletic banquet committee notes Catholic women will serve. Other local notes include Pvt Joe Greiner at Fort Carson and church activities across Friends groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Pfeifer Richland
Commercial Club
American Legion Post
Herbert Blakely
Priscilla Club
Aaron Nordyke
Clarence Greiner
Pvt
Joe Greiner
Fort Carson
Colo
Woolson Friends Church
Keith Hoskins
Friends Missionary Aid
Fay Shultz
Rufus McCracken
Lyle Keiser
Navigating Without a Compass and the Korean Callup
The article argues that humans lack a true homing instinct and must track directions and distances to stay oriented. It explains using time to gauge distance, notes three miles per hour on level ground, and mentions over 160,000 National Guardsmen called to active duty in the Korean emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal Townsend Whelen
Sports Afield Magazine
The Planner Frank Lthan Meet Tragic Highway End
Frank Lthan valued precise timing and neat travel routes using trains and buses. On a cold afternoon he planned a timely bus connection but a car strike interrupted his journey, proving even perfect schedules cannot prevent tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Franchise sought for electric transmission line in Washington County
The Iowa State Commerce Commission schedules a hearing on March 20 1956 at Des Moines to consider a petition by Southern Utilities Company Centerville Iowa for a franchise to erect operate and maintain poles wires towers and other fixtures for electric lighting power and heating across public lands highways streams and private lands in section 19 township 76 north range 8 west. Objections must be filed five days before the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ton County
Iowss
Lewa Southern Utilities Company
Centerville
Iowa
Iowa State Commerce Commission
Towit
Washington County
Des Moines
John A. Tallman
John M. Repes
Carl W. Reed
Geo. L. McCaughan
Cedar Residents Visit Relative in Iowa City
Cedar news notes visits by Mrs. Karl Libe Mrs. Frank Libe and Clyde Rouse to uncle Ben White in Iowa City where he is ill at 83. Other visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bartholow and family and Earle Libe. Auto collision in Decorah causes over $1,000 damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Olds
Cedar
Karl Libe
Frank Libe
Clyde Rouse
Ben White
Iowa City
White
Frank Moore
Billy
Ida Hunt
Ainsworth
Charles Bartholow
Paul Thayer
Mr. Pleasant
Earle Libe
J. A. Venghaus
New London
Elwyn Corey
Orilla Olds
Wellman Group Hears Miss Bock On YWCA Work
The Wellman Women’s Society of Christian Service met March 1 at the Methodist Church. Miss Blanche Bock spoke on YWCA work, with Miss Beck noting firsthand facts. The group discussed local service, Red Cross fundraising, and other community activities. about 30 members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman Group
Miss Bock
YWCA
Godber Wellman
Womans Society of Christian Service
Fellowship
Methodist Church
Roger Johnson
Blanche Bock
Beck
R.H. Barber
Nevada Rampleberg
Holstein Cattle Association
Washington County
Rotary Club
MYF
Dorothy Miller
Nella Spear
Lois Winegarden
Della Brennaman
Mary Freese
Mothers’ Club
A.C. Kraft
Thelda Birkey
Mable Foster
Betty McDonald
E Schlopkehl
Allen Rogers
E.D. Miller
Red Cross
Wellman
Republican Party
Miller Attend Quilting Thursday At Irvin Stutzman Home
Wanda Miller spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Day Miller. Miller attended a quilting Thursday at the Irvin Stutzman home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Irvin Stutzman
Wanda Miller
Mrs Day Miller
Daughter Visits In Yoder Home at Noble
A letter from Maurice Grieser of Detroit Lakes Minnesota mentions Leila as daughter and notes visitors and family meals in Noble. The Griesers may drive down this week and plan to stay three months this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble
Cynthia
Raymond Wenders
Maurice Krabius
Arthur Boshart
Harlan Hochstettler
Leila
Lawrence Barquist
Rex Roth
Edna Widmer
Tornado cleanup team aids Summer field reconstructions
Service Organization moves to Summer field for cleanup and reconstruction after last week’s tornado. Clarence Jarrard hosts dinner for Walter and Mrs Jarrard to mark 45th wedding anniversary. Leonard Leichty buys John Garrick place and uses bulldozer and chain saw. ISU crews work along the street as electricity was briefly borrowed for power tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summerfield
J.J. Rich
Clarence Jarrard
Washington
Walter Jarrard
Jarrard
J.J
Jarrards
John Garrick
Leonard Leichty
ISU
Leonard
Edith Pierce to be Honored at Des Moines Dinner
Mrs Edith Gray Pierce of Evergreen Farm Columbus Junction RFC will be honored at a dinner at Younkers tea room Des Moines on Saturday March 10. The Waterloo branch of the National League of Pen Women of America will meet with the Des Moines branch. Pierce was elected to National League of American Pen Women. The League has 5000 members in writing music painting and lecturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Edith Gray Pierce
Evergreen Farm
Rfc
Younkers Tea Room
Des Moines
Waterloo
National League of Pen Women of America
Pierce
National League of American Pen
National League
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Lyle Darbyshires
New York
Elmer Degolier
Winona
Degoliers
Toy Manufacturers of
USA
Richland Meeting
Esther O. Figgins
Friends Church
New York City
United Nations
American Friends Service Committee
Kansas
Thomas E. Murray
Atomic Energy Commission
Congressional Joint Atomic Energy Committee
Eisenhower
England
Forman
Ford
Florply
Eclipse Lumber Co
Stride
Washington Concrete Co
North 12Th St. and
Rock Island Tracks
Marilyn Miller
Decorah
Professional Directory
Henry B. Bailey
West Main St
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffry
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
East Washington
Livingston & Day
S. W. Livingston
Robert Day
Everett Meeker
George F. Morrison
G Gifford Morrison
J. C. Penney D. Morrison & Morrison
Edmond D. Morrison
Jr Morrison Bidg
Side Square
Albion J. Young
Wellman, Iowa
D. C. Formash
E. Washington St
the Pines
W. L. Shaffer
East Main St
Hotel Washington
FOOT
W. M. Spector
E. Washington
Whetstone Bldg
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic
Optometrists
S. Lemmon
John W. Lemmon
East Side Square
Carl Anderson
A.C. Gingerich
Marion Bell
Leslie Bell
Max Lewis
L.J. Kehoe
Lyle Wade
Fred Slocket
Stanley Barber
Wellman Independant
Ervin Coffey
Charley Schachner
Jack Seward
Mercy Hospital
Jack
Wellman Community Club
Wellman Music Boosters
Archie Kodros
Cedric Olin
Marcine Beauty
Maxine
Frank Lantz
Laurence Lantz
Lombard, Ill
Oscar Morgan
Joe
Karen
Marion
Marie Yoder
Carol Luers
Gary Moothart
Keola
Eldon Miller
University Hospital
Henry Miller
Dan Miller
Barbara Deitweiler
Joe Yoder
Mardelle
William R. Schantz
Maurice
General Conference
Old Mennonites
Eicher
Wayland
Sugar Creek
Bethel
Edith Pierce
Junction
Cadillac
Perdock
Olds
Washington, Iowa
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