Over 300 See Home Talent Play At Rubio Community Building
About 300 people attended the home talent play in Rubio with coverage of local social visits. The report lists numerous residents and visiting relatives from Keota Richland Prairieburg Fairfield Ottumwa Wellman Batavia and other nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rubio
A. V. Sparks
Lawrence Watson
Keota
Allie Bond
Millie Hinshaw
Richland
Sherry Watson
Cloyd Watson
Bernard Mottet
Lester Hanan
Anne Maurers
Charles Kessler
Prairieburg
Iowa
Bob Harras
Harras
Wheaton
Grinnell
Howard Derby
Oskaloosa
Sam Tarrence
Kenneth Tarrence
Packwood
Floyd Collett
Ralph Col
Anna Farrier
Allen Lauderdale
H Peasant Plain Center
Northup
Jefferson County Hospital
Mairfield
Will
Bloomfield
Gilfillan Clinic
Lester van Dyke
Floyd Eaton
Ottumwa
Butch Eaton
Eugene Morgans
Clayton Morgan
Libertyville
Bennie Rusk
Fairfield
A. C. Roach
Loree Roach
Clarence Hyters
Paul Johnsons
Jim Harter
Near Wellman
Lloyd
Franklin District News Highlights School Board Election
William Chmelar was elected Franklin Center school director for a three year term while Harley Davidson gains two years and Merle Sheetz one year. Social visits and community events are noted including supper guests, dinners, and card parties among local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin District
William Chmelar
Franklin Center
Harley Davidson
Merle Sheetz
Merle
Robert Vincent
Sheets Home
Residents urge resurfacing and better lighting on East Jefferson
In a town hall talk, street commissioner Karl Little and city clerk John Lowash heard strong public support for resurfacing East Jefferson Street. Residents say the street is deteriorating and want blacktop work extended west toward South Iowa Avenue, with added lighting similar to West Madison Street as part of broader improvements in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Karl Little
John Lowash
East Jefferson Street
East Jefferson
South Second
South Fourth
Iowa Avenue
Farm Bureau
Ivan Norton
Washington
Madison Street
Neff Home Host for Thursday Evening Event
Thursday evening at the Clair Neff home. Howard Skinner is doing some papering for John Waters. Mr and Mrs John Waters and their son Tommy plan to move to the Nebergall place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Kay Punbar
Henry Sheets
William Chmelar
Kalona Sale
Glenn Cupp
Connie
Fair Neff
John Kiene
Edith Pribyl
H. J. Brenneman
Debby
Homer Brinning Home
Henry Graff
Leo
Vernon Escher
Ruth Witthoft
Clair Neff
Howard Skinner
John Waters
Tommy
Nebergall Place
Washington considers street lighting and paving improvements
Residents support installing lights on East Washington street and downtown blocks and surfacing rough brick streets. They expect cleaner streets with better street sweeper use and joint financing with a blacktop resurfacing project. The city hall heating conversion to gas is complete and gas heating will extend to the water works and city garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
No Trace Of Horsemeat In Iowa Meat Samples
Iowa chemists tested 79 meat samples across the state and found no horsemeat. Agriculture secretary Clyde Spry said inspectors collected samples statewide and that 100 more remain to test using a new antisera method. A Davenport exam followed an OPS report of horsemeat sales from Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Lowa
Iowa
Clyde Spry
Spry
Davenport
OPS
Illinois
Devonport
Moline
Ronald Sheetz Weekend Visit Noted in Ames Social Roundup
In Ames Ronald Sheetz spent the weekend at Iowa State College as one of four seniors chosen. The Fraternity house hosted all FPA members. The column lists numerous local visits and social calls including the Bartholomews, Dawson, Combs, Brinning, and Sheetz families with hospitals, flu among the Henry Sheetz family, and various guest appearances around Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Ronald Sheetz
Ames
Iowa State College
FPA
Fraternity
Merle Sheetz
Patty
Homer Brinning
Bernice Sheetz
Daryl Hoyle
Jane Combs
O.k
Leland Sheetz
Jimmie
Julie
John Combs
Isabelle Booth
George Bartholomew
Dorothy Beese
Combs
Lockridge
Hal Hagist
Norman Jarvis
Air Force
Bartholomew Home
Clair Neff
Arlo Phelps
Ray
Leo Zook
Art Dawson
Dawson
Arthur Rankin
Hampton
George Brinton
Vern Dawson
Harold Klopfenstein
Stevens
Junior Dawson
Tommy
Henry Sheetz
Sam Munson
Lloyd
Dwaine Johnson
Leland Jefferies
Wellman Family News From Rippey and Nearby
Local note from Rippey and surrounding towns recounts visits by Wellman family members and friends, weddings, hospital updates, and travel. Soldiers’ Korea casualty reports are followed by recoveries. Community events include Salvation Army gifts and birthday dinners.
Armor Tech Shifts Warfare Back to Knightly Level
Modern aviator body armor combines a thin aluminum sheet with multiple nylon plies. Individually the aluminum and nylon lack strength, but the layered composite resists shell fragments and small-caliber bullets, creating near impenetrability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
4-H Club Sees Elections and Talks at Boone Camp
The 4-H group met with Patty Bush elected state office delegate and Angie Whetstine named to the state 4-H camp. Sandra Wiggens led a picture study on comedians, Margaret Vincent and Anne Birkey demonstrated refinishing furniture, and Judy Beil spoke on dental care. Next meeting set for April 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Califortia
del Vincent
Wud Miers
Klomer Vincent
Vienna
Austria
Marek J. Patty Bush
Angie Whetstine
Boone
Sandra Wiggens
Watteatu
Margaret Vincent
Anne Birkey
Meteorites Found on Earth and a 462-Ton Greenland Find
A meteor becomes a meteorite after surviving atmospheric entry. About 1,450 meteorites have been found to date. One giant 462 ton meteorite was found in Greenland in 1895 and brought to the United States by Robert Peary, the North Pole discoverer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Space
Greenland
United States
Robert E. Pe
North Pole
Report High Prices at Junction Cattle Sale
Seventy-one head of Black Angus cattle sold for an average of 1081 at Midway Sales pavilion Columbus Junction on March 17. Bulls averaged 962 and females 1118. top female 5250 to Dr. C. R. Harken Osceola, second to William Anheuser St. Louis. Top bull 2900 to Norwin Martens Tipton, second 1700 to Oakdale Farms Marysville. Buyers from nine states attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Midway Sales Company
Goose Creek Farms
Forrest Larmer
Bar-H Farms
Henry Bartenhagen
Twin Knolls Farm
F. D. Smvlie
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Paul McClinties
Mrs. McClintie
Curtis Mineart
California
Maynard
New Jersey
Neal Burton
Carroll Steinbeck
Doyle Pfeifer
Danny
Conesville
Wendell Pfeifer
Wendell
Lloyd Derby
Zeno Tinnes
Butch
Sierra
Paper & Ink
Aioe
Tion
Washington Evening Journal
Howard Hoyle
Bruce Cowden
East Washington Street
Herman
Peter Pan
Mrs. Howard Fiovls
Wellman
Rippey
D. J. Biss Hheer and Sons
Lippy rowWwa
Elwin Mateer
San Dies
Calif
Tom Grow
Grow
Mr. Mateer
Mra
Issinger
Evie Zillmer
Bissinger
Perry
Flora Popham
Frank Mahannah
Toppan Johnson
Oceanside
Robert Yoder
T. O. Nicholson
Robert Church
Albia
Church
Billy Wagoman
Bill Wagoman
Kettleton City
Arvid Waspman
Salvation Army
John Stolzius
War Department
Richard
Korea
Bobb. Yoder
Wes Webster
Harold Durian
Williamsburg
Roxie Durian
DD. C. Bissinger
Stanly Mateer
Custer
8. D
Kathryn Steckley
T. R. Adams Law Office
Chevrolet Motor Co
Magdaline Steckley
Mr. Adams
Letha Ashby
Lillian Lioney
Vella Maplethorpe
Vera Singleton
Mr. and
Mrs
Ralph Tadlock
Ford
Tad
Ine
Junction Sale Barn
Martha Butler
Woody
Washinton
Woopby's
Super Valu
Red Rooster
Happy Host Peas
del Monte
Crisco
Thomassen
Super
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