West Chester High News Highlights May Activities
West Chester High School reports daily track practice with standout distance runners Laubaueh Bauer and Ferguson and strong dash work by Gardner Scranton Sprague Harland and Kleese. The squad attended the Iowa City meet May 2 and plans Fairfield and Wainutaki meets. A May festival and the senior play Bac’s One are noted alongside commencement events May 6 to May 15.
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Achr Weaidsien
Charles Harland
West Chester
Iowa City
Fairfield
Wainitaki
Laubaueh
Bauer
Ferguson
Gardner
Scranton
Sprague
Harland
Kleese
Stockman
Scranton Bauer and
Gordon
May Festival on School Grounds Scheduled for May 8
The May Festival will be held on the school grounds at about 3 00 P M on May 8 with all school pupils participating. The May Queen has not yet been announced. A fair day is wished for and everyone will be welcome to attend.
Man Aims for 150 Year Lifespan Through Research
London April 18 Sir Ronald Ross argues life could reach 150 years if every English person contributed sixpence to science. He notes life expectancy has risen from the 34–38 years of eighty years ago to 53–59 years today and predicts further gains through widespread laboratory research funded by the state.
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London
Sir Ronald Ross
Ronald
Sir Ronald
Britain
Pasteur Institute
Paris
Mechnikoff
Research Laboraory
Ross Institute
Ronald Avers
Plan for New Presbyterian Church Site in Clinton
Announcement notes the selection of the Lamb home property as the site for a proposed Presbyterian church group in Clinton. The project includes a church building a parish house and a manse funded by a building fund campaign running until May 17. The site lies in the city’s most exclusive area.
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Clinton
Artemus Lamb
New Presbyterian Church
Modern Morals Praised By London Social Worker
Miss Lilian Barker governor of the Borstal Institution for Girls at Aylesbury cites rising moral standards among young women across decades of experience. She argues today’s girls read openly and need not be forced to attend church, instead seeking genuine value offered by religious institutions.
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London
Lilian Barker
Borstal Institution For
Aylesbury
Mise Barker
Miss Harker
Miss Marker
Obituary John Henry Wittrig Passes at 42 in Iowa
John Henry Wittrig born April 25 1883 in Wayland Iowa was the only son of Joseph and Elizabeth Wittmer. He died May 1 1925 at his home near Crawfordsville aged 42 years and 6 days after a life spent in Iowa Kansas and working as a carpenter mail carrier and farmer. He grew up in a family of ten sisters and spent his later years on a farm near Crawfordsville.
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John Henry Wittrig
Joseph
Elizabeth ¢(Wittmer) Wittrig
Wayland
Iowa
Crawfordsville
Hartford
Lyon Co
Kansas
John
Shippleth
Decatur Co
Noble
Wayland High School
Emmanuel Mennonite Church
Nobie
Margaret Herzoe
Toth
Wittrig
Bro
Claiice Mabel
Paul
First Savings Bank
Emerson
Crawfordsville High School
Gladys
Marguerite
Grace
Frances
Jake Litwiller
Edwin Unzicker
Hopedale
Ilinois
John Augs
P. E. Stuckey
Brother Witiies
Dan Graber
Pritchard
Methodist Minster
Turce
Rev. Sehrag
Schrae
Old Time Railroader Buried at Emmanuel Mennonite Church
A Noble community mourns the death of a lifelong railroad worker and farmer who died May 1 1925 after influenza and complications. Survived by wife Margaret Hers as well as six children, eight sisters, and numerous relatives. funeral held May 3 with multiple pastors and a large turnout.
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C. E
S. S
S. 9
A. T. James
Crawfordsville
W. C. Porter
United Presbyterian
James
Boller
Witrig
Harge
Delinquent Motor Vehicle List Notice for Washington County
Mame E. Shearer treasurer of Washington County will deliver within fifteen days a certified list of all delinquent motor vehicles with unpaid fees to the sheriff. Prompt payment is requested at the treasurer’s office to settle these accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mame E. Shearer
Washington County
Local Items and Social Notes from Pilotsburg
Carl Bauer owns a new Ford roadster. Dave Stump attended Friday. Misses Allee Maas Mildred Patterson and Muriel Strangly went to a school picnic Friday. Allee Maas closed her Middleburg school Thursday. Lucile Rickey to teach the Protcture school next year. Two Jews from Muscatine visited selling broome and barter for chickens. Marian Stransky ran in the Iowa City track meet Saturday. William Rickey led care from Katona Saturday. Respond to ads by telling the merchant about it.
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West Chester Gemnasium
Weat Chester Hiking Club
Washington
Denny
Robert Bucher la Follette
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Robert Jr
J. H. Keating
Delinquent Motor Vehicle List
State of
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Robert Adams
Wellman Ford I
Glen Anderson
Ishington Dodge
A. M Anderson
Washington Ford
John Henderson
Crawfordsyville Ford
Wis B
Atkins
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Rubio Ford T
H. A. Burnham
G. M Brown
Kepta
Chevrolet
JH H Boylan
Washington Star Co
E. Bates Washington Paige
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Morris Crayne Welie
W. S. Craig
D. Cochran Riverside Buickhao
F. J. Deutsch
W. Davidson Washington Ford
Dautremont Bros
Riverside Ford
Hal Edwards
Farmer's Co-Op
Kalona ‘Y Ford
Pleasant Plain Ford
Hesselgesser
J. W. Lemley & Son
Brighton
Ford Oppahire
Ainswort
Jus Robertson Richland
Willi Lurner
Wilson Wellman
Maxwell
Wheelan
Washington Trucks
West Hatter
Gary
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Pilotsburg
Calmrage
BUICK
Tucker & Eicher
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