Memorial fountain in Central Park to get 1949 facelift
Charles Langenberg oversees the annual May task of refreshing the centennial memorial fountain in Central Park with a white liquid cement coating. The fountain will resume nightly shows from Memorial Day to Labor Day. The article also notes YMCA plans to expand and improve facilities including a neon sign, celotex ceiling, new furnishings, gym lockers, and horse shoe courts beside the building.
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Charles Langenberg
Central Park
Tait
North
Iowa Avenue
YMCA
Stewart & Crone
Annual dinner, meeting, and community notes
The piece records a pleasant annual dinner with praise for John Owen as pressuring officer and an eloquent address from the Des Moines Y secretary. Five new board members are elected, three veterans retire, and local high school girls win state vocal honors. It also follows Harvey Meek’s injury, travel plans of the Meek family, and a light riff on mushroom foraging and a dictionary definition of mushrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Owen
Des Moines
Cloud Willits
Paul Shearer
Tom
Country Club
Notice to Destroy Noxious Weeds in Washington County Iowa
The Washington County Board of Supervisors orders all landowners and possessors to cut burn or destroy noxious weeds by June 15 1949 and to maintain weed-free land to prevent public hazards. Emmet P Hayes is appointed County Weed Commissioner complaints in writing to the County Auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
52Nd General Assembly
Washington County
Emmet P. Hayes
Board of Supervisors
Fred E. Bourgeois
Fletcher Honored for Long Ford Service in Iowa
Crawfordsville Iowa dealer S C Fletcher of Fletcher Motor Co is among 248 Ford dealers nationwide to receive 35 years plus service recognition. Appointed March 1 1912 he ranks eighth oldest in Iowa and 113th in the nation among 6400 Ford dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Iowa
Ford
S. C. Fletcher
Fletcher Motor Co
Oster Tonic Tablets Promise Weight Gain and Vitality
Advertises Oster Tonic Tablets claiming rapid weight gain and improved appetite with enhanced blood quality. Promotes supplementary vitamin B1 and calcium with no risk in stopping anytime. Targets men and women in Washington with introductory pricing at local drugstores.
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Washington
McDaniel
Earl Bachman House Repairs and Visiting Guests
Rescheys of Noble repaired an enclosed porch at the Earl Bachman residence in Stringtown over the past week. Nearby visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Nelson, Truman Christner, Vincent Krabill, and others from Iowa City and Illinois. Several Sunday guests gathered at the Bachman and Rich homes, including Prof Irvin Weaver and Rev Leander Fast, with Weaver planning to teach in Ethiopia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Rich
Stringtown
Reschey
Noble
Earl Bachman
Boyd Nelson
Iowa City
Truman Christner
Vincent Krabill
Noah
Galen Widmer
Marvin Widmer
Diane
Rex Swans
Ilinois
Melvin Bachman
Illinois
Gertrude Rinner
R. N
Washington
Arnold Rinner
William Conrad
Leander Fast
Prof
Irvin Weaver
University Park
Raymond Rich
Professor Weaver
Florida
Ethiopia
Clark Yoder
Mother's Day Visit and Local Social Notes
Mollander and Bill Deaton visited Mrs Deaton and two sons on Mother's Day weekend at Ethan Brooks home then returned to Ottumwa. Gilbert Roth and family visited Earl Bachman. Albert Graber suffers an eye ulcer and seeks Burling ton treatment. A quip mentions traveling ice boxes replacing refrigerated cars for seafood flavor.
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Mollander
Bill Deaton
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Bruce Cowden
Miracle
Kraft
Peter Piper
Libby
Libby’s Bartlett Pears
Dairyland
Carnation
Campbell's Vegetable Soup
Baker's
Lutle
U.S
U.S. NO
Lux
Breeze
Rinso Lac
Philadelphia
del Monte
Tone's Ground
Niagara
Nome
Paul
Thomassen
Wieners
Harvey Meek
Harvey
Mrs. Meek
San Francisco
Beloit
Wis
Bob Cherry
Detroit
Meek
California
Meeks
Harvey Meeks
Tom Stewart
SZ Maton
Honor Fletcher
Long Ford
Mrs. Rich
Panama
Burlington
Penney's Men
Penney's
Straw Hats
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