Local Notes Mention April Dates and Visits
CHIC YOUNG reports events from April 22 to April 26. Rev. R. J. Alred visits his daughter Mrs. Esther Bolton in Iowa City for two weeks. Mrs. Mary Giser, who spent winter with daughters in Burlington and Keokuk, returns home for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. A.lred
Esther Bolton
Iowa City
Mary Giser
Burlington
Keokuk
Joe Day
Mr. Day
Robert Laughridge
Indianola
Jefferson County Hospital
Kenton Mangod
FE. L. Edmondson
Crawfordsville Morning Walker Noted for Civic Work
In Crawfordsville a regular early walker cares for William Edgar, Sr. Each dawn he patrols the town, while evenings find him strolling from the Edgar farm. A column also details local home constructions, visitors, and social visits around town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
William Edgar
Edgar
John R. Williams
Paschal
Community and Livestock Sale Listings Update
Weekly sales notes list events at Whittaker sale barn Friday auctions, Midway Sales Columbus Junction Wednesday livestock sales, Kalona Sales Kalona Iowa Thursday shurs, Ole Livestock Ollie Tuesday 1 10 p m, Hi Dollar Sigourney Monday sales, and a May 4 closing out sale of household goods at Mrs W E Longs Crawfordsville residence starting 1 00 p m.
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Whittaker Sale
Midway Sales Company
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Kalona
Ole Livestock Exchange
Hi Dollar Sales Company
Sigourney
Crawfordsville
W. E. Long
For Sale Farm Machinery and Equipment Catalog
Large for sale listing of new and used farm machinery includes tractors combines corn pickers planters discs mowers spreaders and related gear from brands such as Minneapolis Moline John Deere Allis-Chalmers and Oliver. Also seeks new 1948 model tractors and implements with contact for offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyne
Bell City
John Derre
Minneapolis-Moline
International
Innes
Wisconsin
Siebring
Winpower
Minneapolis - Moline
Allis-Chalmers
John Deere
Hart Parr
Oliver, Case
Minneapolis- Moline
New Idea
Sears Hammermill
Harney
Massey Harris
Dr H Johnston Honored in Who's Who Listing
Dr Helen Johnston of Des Moines, daughter of Mr and Mrs R S Johnston of Columbus City, is named in the 1948 Who's Who. The Louisa county rural mail carriers held a potluck in Columbus and local figures organized clubs and events across the community, with scholarships awarded to Harold Abbott and several others noted in the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Helen Johnston
Des Moines
R. S. Johnston
Columbus City
Louisa County
Columbus
James Snyder
George Burns
Nelson
Mediapolis
Melvin Dicks
Frank Barnhart
Missouri
Arkansas
Brighton News Visit by Mr Lins of Washington
Mr Lins of Washington visits the home of his son Howard Lins and family west of town. The Curictian ladies aid met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Lins
Washington
Howard Lins
The
Curictian Ladies Aid
After Radio-What Mrs Skubal Remembers Early Home Radios
Mrs John Skubal recalls Round Grove stories of building the first family radio with Walter Marling, early batteries and headphones, the shift to bakelite loudspeakers, and later metal console sets. She mentions Wayne King and Rudy Vallee, Edison phonographs, Grandmother's Victorola, and the blended rise of radio and recordings in homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Round Grove
Dad
Walter Marling
Mr. Marling
Walter
Wayne King
Rudy Vallee
Delco
Grandmother's
Willmering Birthday Honored by Son in Carman
Local notes report Harry L. Willmering of Columbus City honored on his 82nd birthday by relatives in Carman Illinois. Several community social items follow including Golden Hour club meeting in Cairo and a surprise 17th birthday party for Ralph Morrison Jr. at South Hill with twenty attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
H. W. Donaldson
Carman, Ill
Kathryn Jack
Golden Hour Club
Cairo
Alliene Cuthamp
Ralph Morrison, Jr
South Hill
Middle Conference Mennonite Churches Meet in Wayland
Wayland hosts the 59th session of the Middle Conference of Mennonite Churches of North America at the Wayland Mennonite Church as of April 24. Delegates gather for discussions and regional church matters under leadership of Mrs. Ezra Wittmer.
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Middle Conference
Wayland
Middle Conference of the Mennonite Churches of North America
Wayland Mennonite Church
History of mattresses and fillings through ancient times
The text traces mattress use to the 3rd century BCE with early fillings from vegetable fibers and feathers. It notes comfortable modern mattresses are a fairly recent development and suggests attic storage of early materials.
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Chic Young
J. A. Raymond
Janet
Roberta Pletcher
Ben Fitzgerald
Ainsworth
William Davidson
Winston- Salem
North Carolina
W P. Davidson
Carleton White
John Pegerick
Olin
Merle White
Waterloo
Harry White
Raymond Duncan
Frank Baker
Rex Everly
Oskaloosa
Jess Raymond
Kenneth Cherry Halmes
Clea Dean
Ames
Larry Fletcher
Cleo
George A. Lawton
Clarence Hering
Kyle
Bert Orris
Glen Owens
Phyllis
Shirley
Ronnie
Allan Conrad
Journal
Joy
Mercer County
Aledo
Dr. H. Johnston
Harry Edwards
Kestopia
Norge
Warren Mays
Cornelia Hanft
Evelyn Buckman
Kathryn Bright
Ruth Dircks
Charlotte Morrison
Marian Cecil
Nettie Lewis
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Ruth Fisher
Harold Abbott
Isaac Abbott
Conesville
Iowa Farm Bureau
Women's Committee
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Abbott
D. EB. Davis
Second Street
J. M. Newgard
Wilton
Town Synod Council of Evangelical-Reformed Churches
Trinity Evangelical - Reformed Church
Ice
Robert H. Spencer
Cotter
Salem
Whatsoever Society of the Methodist Church
Julia Parks
Floyd Robison
Altha
O. Neil
Moline
Mable Robison
Gov. Blue
Bernard Laithly
Mk. L. Edmondson
Y.M.C.A
Robert Blue
H. L. Gordon
Rochester Minn
Gordon
C. E. Darnielle
Milo
Brighton Schools
B. H. Paxson
Brighton News
Blondie
Mrs. Skubal
John Skubal
By Ken Reynolds
Harry L. Willmering
D. A. Marker
Kansas City
Donald James
University of Iowa
Catine
Nellie Meeker
Katie Bowman
Verne Jack
Vinton
Fourth Street
Joyce Thomas
Lutheran
Colo
Norman Brook
Johnstown
J. W. Bidwell
Charles Knott
Myrtle Wilcox
Chicago
Ezra Wittmer
Smart Implement CO
E. 3Rd
Louis J. Kehoe
Attorn
Jeffrey Ridg
Law
Theodore B. Bailey
Morrison Building
W. Livingston
Robert Day Attorneys
W. Main
George F. Morrison
G. Gifford Morrison
J. C. Penney Co
Paul V. Shearer
Court House
Wendell L. Shaffer
Hotel Washington
Optometrists
Co. S. Lemmon
John W. Lemmon
East Side Square
DR. P. L. E Osteopathic F
F. G. Livesay
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Spinal Distortion
Iowa Avenue
R. G. Wessler
South Ave
D. W.L
Col
Little
John Blick
Finance GO
the Journal
N. Ave
Washington Dairy
Sumime
Bickford Electric
Reister Hatchery
Ed Hite
Wash. St
Reister Bras
Washington Concrete Co
St. and
Rock Island
McAllister
WALTER _NICHOLSON
South Second Ave
Washington, Iowa
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