Social Calendar Highlights Local Club Events
Tuesday brings a flurry of meetings and activities including Y-Wives dessert lunch at 1 30 PM with officer elections. Legion Aux initiations at 2 PM, YWCA mixers at 7 30 PM, and various American Home and church events throughout the day. Wednesday features Harmony club and WSCS activities, Snowball Social, saddle club pot luck, and prayers across several churches. Thursday lists CES initiations, Prairie Flower Society dinner, and multiple club roll calls with material needs and spring topics.
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Legion Aux
Legion Hall
American Home II
A. M. Gordon
American Home Iit
al Crone
Richard Weeks
YWCA
Christian Church
William J. Peterson
ISU
Ann Judson Circle
Paul Thayer
Jeff American Home
Carrie Davis
Alma Hearne Holland
Stephen Wiggers
Noble Grand Circle
W. H. Bush
WSCS
Lincoln School
CES
Temple
Prairie Flower Miss. Society
Coop
Maurice Crawford
Don Holmes
J. H. Campbell
Camp Fire Board
HJ Club
Ray Sojka
Masonic Temple
Claud Rhodebeck
Lou Rhodebeck
Walnut Women's Club
Lynn Wertz
Christian Women's Fellowship
Pleasant Hill Church
Kristie Tucker Hosts 4th Birthday Party
Kristie Tucker daughter of Mr and Mrs Tommie Tucker entertained eight neighbor children on her fourth birthday Saturday. The party featured games and television followed by birthday treats and gifts. Attendees included Jackie and Martha Schoonover Judye and Sandy Rickert Ramona Coffin Clark Reed Stevie Foss and Beth Tucker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kristie Tucker
Tommie Tucker
Kristie
Jackie
Martha Schoonover
Judye
Sandy Rickert
Ramona Coffin
Clark Reed
Stevie Foss
Beth Tucker
Smoking Ratio In 7 Percent Pack Gap Between Genders
A historical note reports male smokers average 7 percent packs of cigarettes weekly while females average 5 percent. This highlights a gender difference in weekly consumption levels.
Using Dairy and Seafood for Meatless Meals During Lent
The piece notes that equal weights of meat and cheese yield similar high quality protein, with milk offering comparable protein to meat. It advises using milk, cereals, and vegetables as substitutes, plus cheese when replacing meat, and suggests pairing with iron-rich foods and eggs to balance nutrients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Dairy Council
Merry Mixer Club Meets Amid Snow Blocked Roads
The Merry Mixer club met at Mrs. Will Carr’s home on Wednesday March 5 with six members and one guest Ferne Carr present due to snow. Mrs. Karl Parcel led the meeting as Junior Griffith reported receiving the club box and a white elephant exchange occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merry Mixer Club
Will Carr
Ferne Carr
Karl Parcel
Junior Griffith
Cart
Clarence Witthoft
Mrs Hays Appoints Rebekah Committees
Thirty eight members attended the Rebekah lodge meeting with Mrs. Howard Hays presiding. She named the April eats committee and noted an initiation at the next meeting March 21 with balloting for three candidates. An entertainment committee for the March 27 family social was chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Lodge
Howard Hays
Florence Brinning
Mable Johnson
John Shebeck
Ted Morgan
Carrie Nor
April Bride Engagement Planned for Bordwell Gauley
April 5 at 3 p.m. in United Presbyterian church will witness the marriage of Mary Jane Bordwell of Davenport and George W Gauley Jr of Reynolds. Bordwell is a Mercy Hospital nurse staffer and graduate of St Mary and Maryverness colleges, while Gauley works for John Deere Harvester Co. East Moline. Invitations will be issued and guests invited to the church reception.
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Mary Jane Bordwell
Davenport
Burr BK. Bordwell
Washington
George W Gauley Jr
George W. Gauley
Reynolds
United Presbyterian Church
St. .Aibhrose
Maryveress College
Mercy Hospital
Gauley
John Deere Harvester Co
East Moline
School of Dance Recital Planned at Legion Hall
Wreck Dance Studio has completed plans for a recital at the Legion hall on Friday night March 2 at 8 o'clock. Local and nearby town children will perform in singing tap ballet and acrobatic numbers for an entertaining program suitable for all ages.
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Legion Hall
Local News Briefs Include Family, Funeral, and Birth Notices
Mrs. L. F. Harding returned from Davenport after attending the funeral of Mrs. H. M. Phim in Rock Island. Major Robert M. Dill visited in Howard Waddell’s home on his way to Kansas from Washington. A correction notes Charles A. Thrapp, son of Mrs. Belle Crossett, as a Three Quarter Century club member. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Myer announce a daughter born last week in Clinton. Sunday dinner honored Mr. and Mrs. Grant Humston Jr. and their twin sons Larry Joe and Gary Joe with Mrs. Humston Sr. present.
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Grant Humston Jr
Grant Humston Sr
Larry Joe
Gary Joe
Humston Sr
Carl Phillips
Family Dinner Honors Birthday of Mr. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Brown hosted a family dinner Saturday night celebrating Charles Brown’s birthday. Attendees included J Brown and spouse, Don Shepherds, Mary Jo and Johnnie, Warren Dare family, Wilson Putman family, Nels Westermark family, Wayne Brown of Chicago TI, with a large cake, photos, telegrams, and a long distance call from California.
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M. L. Brown
Charles Brown
J. Brown
Don Shepherd
Mary Jo
Johnnie
Warren Dare
Little Kathy
Wilson Putman
Stephen
Nels Westermark
Wayne ©. Brown
Chicago
Brown
California
Bacil Derby Observes 25th Wedding Anniversary
A Brighton gathering surprised Mr and Mrs Bacil Derby at their home to mark twenty five years of marriage. Relatives and friends presented silver gifts and shared in the celebration with Ed Nicholson and the Lambert and Raine families among others.
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Bacil Derby
Brighton
Derby
Observanc
Ed Nicholson
Sam Lambert
Don Lambert
Chester Raine
Roy Black
Robert McTee
Charles Messer
Robert Nicholson
Clark Wagner
Bertie
Mary Ann
Butch
YWCA Leadership Conference Postponed in Des Moines
The Des Moines conference was delayed due to bad weather. Local delegates include Vivian Eberly Charlotte Karll Shirley Soeth Donna Christine Kathleen Seaton and Mrs. Robert Day who arranged transport.
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Ywca District Association
Des Moines
Vivian Eberly
Charlotte Karll
Shirley Soeth
Donna Christner
Kathleen Seaton
Robert Day
Oregon town posts fifth largest 1940 to 1950 population rise
Going Up Oregon records show the state experiencing the nation’s fifth biggest percentage population increase in the 1940s to 1950s, per Commerce Department figures.
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Oregon
Department of Commerce
Sophomore Theater Party and Community Updates
Sophomore class at Wyman school hosted a theater party for Dortha Cox after the Harlem Globetrotters show, with a going away necklace presented by sponsor Jean Gardner. Local church Pilgrim Fellowship held a food sale raising $17. Many community moves, elections, and travels noted, including Davenport wedding plans, California trips, and Camp McCoy deployment.
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Olds
Dortha Cox
Dortha
Wyman
Harlem Globe Trotters
Jean Gardner
Mona Ahlselager
Polish constitution mirrors Soviet rights except individual farms
The draft Polish constitution largely mirrors the 1936 Soviet charter. It allows private farming for peasants but supports cooperatives and collective farms, with freedoms limited to approved workers organizations and strong state control over opposition and media.
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W. A. Ruser
United Press
London
Pravda
Soviet Communist Party
Polish People’s Republic
Polish People's Republic
Thes
Sejm
Council of State
Supreme Soviet
Ussr
Russia
Families Move and Visit Nearby Farms in Local Shifts
A Monmouth Illinois family moved Friday to Arch Hustons recently vacated farm. Kyle Gene De Yarman from Morning Sun visited his Grover DeYarmans’s home. The Green family from Columbus Junction and Sam Hauenstein farmed with Howard Green. Harold Messers and family moved into Beattie property near Olds. Ted Cox family moved west of Wyman. Forrest Mullen and Dr Norman Dakin joined Cary Long’s family for Sunday dinner.
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Monmouth
Arch Hustons
Kyle Gene de Yarman
Morning Sun
Grover de Yarmans
Des Moines
Howard Green
Sam Hauenstein
Columbus Junction
Harold Messer
Beattie
Olds
Ted Cox
Wyman
Forrest Mullen
Norman Dakin
Cary Long
Carving Pork Loin Tips For Easier Roasting
The guide advises asking the retailer to loosen the backbone by sawing near the backbone. After roasting, remove the backbone and present the roast rib side up for the carver. Hold the roast with a fork at the top and slice between the ribs, making one bone and one boneless slice.
Building of Socialism in the Ulisk
Fragment notes a phrase about building socialism in the Ulisk describing it as the first state of workers and peasants. The readable text offers limited context and no clear events or names beyond that slogan.
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Ulisk
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Sherman Funeral Home
Coast To Coast
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