County Track Meet Plans Start As Schoolseye Growth
The county track meet is expected to be the largest yet with seven or eight schools likely to participate. Secretary Huxford of the Community M C A has toured the counties and found high schools eager, Kalona Wellman Keota Darichton Crawfordsville and Ainsworth all considering entries for a bigger event this spring. The date will be the last Saturday in April though it is not yet fixed.
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Huxford
Placy
Kalona
Wellman
Keota
Harold Ross
Darichton
Crawfordsville
Ainsworth
Congregational Churches Plan Iowa Fund Drive
In Des Moines on March 12 Congregational churches in Iowa announce a drive to raise 3 million dollars as part of a five year reconstruction effort. The campaign aims to gather 350 million overall with 8 million raised last fall. Plymouth Congregational leads local subscriptions with Dr. P A Johnson directing the Des Moines effort.
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Des Moines
Congregational Churches of
Iowa
Congregational Church
Congregational World Movement
Plymouth Congregational Church of
P. A. Johnson
Grinnell
Drive to Form Cavalry Troop in Washington Next Week
Washington seeks 30 recruits to complete Troop D of the Iowa National Guard cavalry regiment. With 40 enlisted, organizers plan a two day drive next Tuesday and Wednesday at the armory, leveraging spirit and local contacts to muster 70 total. Local leaders Bart Simerman Philip Cratl and Robert Rick coordinate outreach.
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Cavalry Regiment
Iowa National Guard
Washington
National Guard
Pax Emite
Bart Simerman
Philip Cratl
Robert Rick
Walton Washington
Cavalry
Limerman
Col
R. P. Howell
Iowa City
Presbyterian Sunday School and Evening Worship Schedule
The church invites all to attend Sunday school at 9 45 with a live class and morning worship at 11 00. Junior Endeavor at 4 60 and Christian Endeavor at 6 00 precede the 7 00 evening service. Prelude by the orchestra, hymns with orchestral accompaniment, and the sermon The Last Voyage and Port. Pastor Arthur R. Oates invites questions about hell.
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Arthur R. Oates
Washington and Ottumwa Debate Set for April
Tentative plans for a dual debate between Washington and Ottumwa high schools in the first week of April. Each school will field affirmative and negative teams, debating the universal military training question with two events at both locations on the same night. Season tickets priced at fifty cents grant entry to the girls declamatory contest tonight March 24 Burlington game and Ottumwa debate. Twelve girls participate tonight, and the contest starts promptly at eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ottumwa
Mutrntine
Burlington High Secesl
Shenefelt and Lemley Start Auto Firm in Town
Ira W. Shenefelt and Lawrence Lemley form a new auto partnership and take on the Studebaker agency. They will operate from East Washington Street beside the Lytle Brothers garage, bringing local auto sales experience and business skill to establish a permanent dealership.
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Lawrence Lemley
Studebak
Lytle Brothers
East
Washington Street
Schenefelt
Washington
Lemley
Lemley Company
Farmers Union
Studebaker
West Chester religious groups announce meetings and events
The West Chester area lists a Shamrock social at the M E church basement on Friday March 12 with free admission and invited attendees. The Martha class of the Methodist church meets Saturday March 13 at 2 PM with Mrs. Harry Smith. 2112 Cyrus Chapter No 13 R A M holds a regular meeting Friday March 12 at 7 30 PM to elect a secretary and confer the Mark Master degree. Baptist churches report they have committed part of a 100 million campaign and urge pastors to mail family lists to the state office for free copies of the Baptist Record through May 2 and to learn about the campaign.
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West Chester
Queen Esther Circle
M. E
Martha
The
Methodist Church
Harry Smith
Cyrus
H. T. Carris
H. P
Weeping Pig and Consoling Porcupine Quip
A fragment from Harvard Lampoon features a line about a little pig weeping over a slain father and a consoling porcupine saying the phrase Oh porcupine in vain, followed by a Boston Transcript quip about a laundry woman reminding of a good preacher who brings home new things that were unseen before.
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Harvard Lampoon
Boston “Transcript
Grocery stores struggle as demand outpaces supply
The writer laments frequent outages at grocery stores and questions the fate of garages and auto shops amid potential overbuilding. They joke about eating tires and caseline to cope, highlighting concerns over local business viability.
Business Methods for Church Fund Raising Advocated by George Innis
George Innis of Philadelphia urged sensible business methods to aid church work at a presbyterial conference on the New World Movement of the United Presbyterian Church at Second Church. He backed proportional giving, citing Iowa’s Liberty Loan plan, and called for funds to support missions and Christian colleges abroad. The Keokuk presbytery plans average g 125 per member over five years, aiming to raise 16 million dollars.
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George Innis
Phildelphia
New World Movement
United Presbyterian
Iowa
Liberty Loan
Keokuk
Innis
A. E. Kelly
Loveland
Colo
R. W. Thompson
Des Moines
Iowa Synod
Laura Cleland
India
Mark Roy
Egypt
Roy
God
Liga
Repairs For Town Clock On Way
Mayor Bud Bovee announced that the town clock for the court house tower could be installed within weeks, depending on rail freight. Howard Clock Co of Chicago reports parts shipped from Dayton, Ohio, with an expert technician to oversee the installation once parts arrive, possibly in one week to two months.
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Bud Bovee
Court House
Ben
Howard Clock Company
Chicago
Dayton
Ohio
Washington
Howard Company
Academy Cupalo
Hovee
Materaleams
Clock Company
Court House Tower
Washington visitors and local exchanges mark busy week
Haskins Haskins March 11 reports Mrs. W F Welliver and daughter Leota conducting business in Washington with J R McCreedy also visiting. Several residents travel to Fairfield Maysville Ottumwa and Otumwa for family events and errands. Mrs. Griffith resigns as teacher. Miss Blanche Woodburn to finish the term.
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Haskins Haskins
W. F. Welliver
Leota
Washington
J. R. McCreedy
Schoonover
Lewis Coon
Sehoonover
Marjory
Fairfield
Ralph McCreedy
Arnet Mathers
Martha
Mather
Mr. White
Bishop
Mathers
B. W. Cole
Eilene
M. EB. Ebner
W. FE. Acheson
John Godlove
Cole
Ellen Wallace
W. H. Warner
Ollie Beardsley
Mayscatine
Arthur Moberly
Fanchon
Ottumwa
Mabel Godlove
Loretta Walker
Helen Albaugh
Griffith
Blanche Woodburn
Wilkerson Arrested in Omaha Disturbance Case
J N Wilkerson of Red Oak a lawyer detective and ax murder figure was arrested in Omaha on disturbing the peace charges. Real estate man H R Follmer was also arrested for the same charge after allegedly striking Wilkerson at the Perfection Cooker Company office. Latimer says Wilkerson shadowed him.
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Council Bluffs
J. N. Wilkerson
Red Oak
Omaha
H. R. Follmer
Wilkerson
Perfection Cooker Company
Latimer
Muscatine Attorney To Lead Baptists
Muscatine attorney H D Horst accepts chairmanship for seven southeastern Iowa counties guiding the New World Movement of Northern Baptists. Iowa Baptists, numbering 50000, participate in a 100 million campaign with a 3270000 Iowa allotment over five years.
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H.D. Horst
Muscatine
Iowa
Churches of Christ
Counntry
Northern Baptist Convention
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Shenefelt & Lemley
W.S. Reister & Sons
Tearne
Ack
Stee Bach
Mr. Innis
Evening Journal
Albert Batterson
Journal
Journal Office
American Pearl Button Co
American Pearl Batton Co
Fred Anwyl
W. M. Darbyshire
Rose Comb
Red Roosters
Otto Navy
Riverside
Bradley
Karl Libe
Call Journal Office
Wes Engel
Brighton
Scranton
Lillie A. Bible
Washington, R. R
Ingure
Thompson and Weidner Shoe Store
Harry Kracaw
Rhode Island
Keating Bios
Boyd Berdo
Mannhardt
West Second Street
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Houlowa Ave
J. A. McCoy
Ed Grayson
Rev. D. M. Davis
Wellman Road
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