Award Letters By Clan Of C At Columbus High
May 13 Columbus Junction reports letters awarded by Clan of C across sports and academics. Football honorees include Kenneth Arington LeRoy Bloom Howard Barnard and others. Basketball list features Kenneth Arington Howard Barnard Merle Blieu and more. Declamatory varsity letters go to Mary McKee Dorothy Weber and James Merritt. Dorothy Weber earns DAR certificate for outstanding senior work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Clan of C
Columbus High School
Kenneth Arington
LeRoy Bloomquiet
Howard Barnard
Merle Blieu
Charles Garrett
Charles Thompson
John Cassabaum
Richard Utter
Dan Schabilion
LeRoy Hughes
Eugene Myers
Clinton Hall
Clements Cecil
William Boulton
Harold Tisor
Richard Houseal
Forest Snyder
Russell Greene
John Thompson
James Merritt
William Kern
Richard Buster
DeWayne Duncan
Jay Jones
Harry Jordan
Darris Steele
Clement Cecil
Norman Gentzler
Paul Heindel
John
James Thompson
Mary McKee
Dorothy Weber
National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution
County Bankers to Hear Warner at Junction May 18
Louisa and Washington county bankers host Des Moines state bankers secretary Frank Warner at Columbus Junction on May 18. Wage and hour act to be discussed. Also notes on local school events and a new baby in town.
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Warner
Junction
Columbus Junction
Louisa-Washington Counties
Des Moines
Henry
Muccatine
Frank Warner
State Bankers’ Association
Columbus High School
Columbus Chautauqua Park
Margaret Huston
James Robertson
Izola Metzgar
Washington Independent School
Swamp College
Early Parisian Mail Boxes Precede Modern Post Office
In 1653 M. de Villager installed mail boxes in Paris and suburbs with decorative wrappers for sale. Buyers used loose wrappers as stamps then deposited letters in marked boxes, with collections twice daily and central redistribution. Salt superstition linked spilling salt to misfortune and was once ritually rectified by tossing salt over the left shoulder.
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Paris
M. de Villager
Richland Seniors to Get Diplomas
Richland reports May 11 12 senior class play Fool's Gold and May 18 10:00 A M holds Sth grade and high school commencements, May 19 Alumni banquet, and May 19 grade card distribution. Memorial Day committees named with out of town speaker expected.
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C. A. Neville
Richland
M. E. Church
Fred W. Smith
Widmer Brothers
Harris
Fairfield
Nat Birt
Montezuma Methodist Church
Moline
Hal Figgins
Ill
Figgins
Davis
Local Social Notes From Wellman Iowa
Mrs Bertie McArtor of Iowa City and Mrs Fred Semler dined with Mr and Mrs C C Theissen. Ruth Kraling of Long Beach visited Wellman relatives. Anna Durran from Iowa City also visiting. Mr and Mrs Nate Wilson and son Eddie joined in parental E C Jones home supper. Max Duskin and son Bobbie returned from West Liberty after two week visit with Jesse Ryan family.
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Wellman
Bertie McArtor
Iowa City
Fred Semler
C. C. Theissen
Nate Wilson
Eddie
E. C. Jones
Max Duskin
Bobbie
West Liberty
Verdi Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Miss Hawkins Miss Cunningham and Dorothy Libe spent Sunday at the John Libe home. Mr and Mrs Howard Lewis and Mr and Mrs Bert Lewis of Iowa City visited at the J H Baird home Sunday. Mr and Mrs Glen McCall of Washington called at the J H Baird home Sunday afternoon. Margret Anderson spent the weekend at the Stanley Baird home.
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F. J. Longer
Verdi
Miss Hawkins
Miss Cunningham
Dorothy Libe
John Libe
Howard Lewis
Bert Lewis
Iowa City
J. H. Baird
Glen McCall
Washington
Margret Anderson
Stanley Baird
Gates Attends De Molay Conclave in Keokuk
Robert Gates attended the De Molay conclave in Keokuk on Thursday and Friday. Mrs. Leslie Gates went to the mother and sons banquet at the YMCA on Wednesday evening.
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Robert Gates
de- Molay
Keokuk
Leslie Gates
Mother and Sons
Life and impact of Hosea Ballou founder of Universalism
Hosea Ballou born in New Hampshire in 1771 became a self educated minister expelled from his father's church for his universal salvation belief. He began preaching at 21 and led the Second Universalist Church in Boston delivering over 10 000 sermons without manuscript before his death in 1852.
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Hosea Ballou
New Hampshire
Boston
Start South Side Series Today In Daily Feature
A four day Get Acquainted feature profiles Washington south side merchants. Klein Klothing Kompany and Sartor & Sartor are listed along with Wolf Floral, Peters Hardware, Rothschilds, Ross Company, Montgomery Ward, Ward's department store, Washington Cleaners, Dr A W Clow, Ed Rayburn, George Breitenbach, Harwood’s Shoe Store, Paul Thomassen’s IGA, E M Bridges Co, Ruth and Edna Bridges, Stanly M Zager Rexall drugstore, and local real estate ties. The series aims to present these business leaders to county residents with pictorials and commentary.
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Washington
Klein Klothing Kompany
W. C. Hedges
Joe Falk
Clarence Logan
Carl Crossett
Sartor & Sartor
Wolf Floral Company
Preston Wolf
Wolf
Mary Atchison
Ruth Negus
Ralph Minick
Burich
Ross Company
Trumbull
Ross
Rosses
Rose
Montgomery Ward & Company
W. E. Bond
Journal
Ed Rayburn
George Breitenbach
Dr. Clow
Harwood
Bill Harwood
Paul Thomassen
Washington Iga
Thomassen
IGA
Keota
Sigourney
Jrocer
E. M. Bridges &Co
Ruth Bridges
Edna Bridges
Marian
Pioneer Drug Store
Stanly M. Zager
Rexall
Sherman Bros
Biographies of Carl Hedges and family with long hometown ties
A local biographical sketch profiles Carl W. C. Hedges known as Carl, age 60, born in 1878 in Murray Iowa. It notes education in Manning Winfield and career in retail and clothing, marriage to Martha Allen, and daughter Ruth Skeet Spider in Preston Wot. It also covers son Preston Wolfe born 1894 with schooling Fairfield Washington State University, early violin interest, golf start on George Pauls course, and family moves to Tucker Ficher garage business with wife Ruby.
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W. C. Hedges
Carl
East
Madison Street
Murray
Iowa
Manning
Winfield
Omaha
Klein Klothing Company
Martha Allen
Wayland
Martha
Ruth
Preston Wot
Skeet
Spider
Polk Street
Crawfordsville
Fairfield
Washington
State University of Iowa
Aingeing
Harold Bell Wright
George Pauls
Preston
Elmer Keck Floral
Tucker & Ficher
Mr. Wolf
Preston Wolf
Ruby Ann Macon
Harold
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Irene Taylor
Old Flat Bayou
Pine Bluff
Ark
Clan OF
Columbus
Martha Butler
GRAD
UATED
Teresa Vastine
Cedric
Davenport
Alice Vastine
Ray Nordyke
Woman's Club
J. H. Hendrickson
Stark
Keokuk Co. M. E
Frank Wilson
Mrs
Jesse Ryan
Samuel Sortino
Philadelphia
Rafael Caruso
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Today
Tom Peters
Ike Rothschild
Doc
Klein
Klo. Ko
South Side
Roths
The
Montgomery
Carl Hedges
Mike Logan
Arrow
Klothing Kompany
F.T.D
Ursinia
Doz
Begonias
Sullana
Petunias
Wolf Floralco Store
West Chester
Geo. Freshwatere
Harold Putnam
Novelty Pottery
Wolf Floral CO
South Side Square
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