Rocking Chair Brigade Remembrance and Local Updates
The Rocking Chair Brigade honors a grave with flowers for Mrs. Alex Miller former supreme chapter president. Louis Baird, 72, musician and painter, died leaving a widow and daughter comforted by family. Dr W R Sawhill, 72, longtime pastor, passing brings sorrow. Community notices include moves of Harry Humble and Edsall Brown, a remodeled McJunkin house, and Mrs. William Sartor’s pneumonia with army husband and Fort Benning connection.
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Alex Miller
Supreme Chapter
Louis Baird
Lester
Memorial service and local business changes in Oelwein
A memorial service honored Mrs. Sarah Babcock at the O E S S on Thursday. Lewis Warren and W B Rupe bought all stock in the Oelwein Daily Register with Warren set to run the paper. The Shannon family and Virginia West traveled to Washington DC for memorials to 14 air crash victims including Capt Robert Shannon. Sergeant Robert Pease visits funds en route to Oklahoma City. Carroll Warford moves to 714 South 2nd.
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Sarah Babcock
O. E. Ss
Lewis Warren
W. 8. Rupe
Oelwein
Iowa
Daily Register
Mr. Warren
Rh. K. Shannon
William Shannon
Virginia Shannon West
Washington, D.C
Iceland
Capt
Robert Shannon
Robert Pease
Fuinds
Army Air Corps
Oklahoma City
Deaths Note Week Lows and Local Notables
Well known painter aged 72 dies after January stroke and lived forty plus years in the same rented house. A United Presbyterian minister in Seattle dies April 29 after lingering illness, age 72, childless. Mary Louise and William Allen Sawhill named in army service. Baby of Mr and Mrs Dean Enfield died after five weeks of illness. An other child died in infancy.
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United Presbyterian Church
Seattle
Washington
Mary Louise
William Allen Sawhill
United States Army
Dean Enfield
Fordsville High School News Notes And A Wedding
Thursday night report from Fordsville High School mentions Margaret Williams Charles Whiting Everette Baker Leah Anderson Kenneth Johnston Evelyn Williams Dorothy Rees Virgil Herring Keith Long James Long Robert Darbyshire. Wedding of Martha Cherwinker of Haskins and S Sgt 8 V Chabal of Tampa Florida solemnized at Kahoka Missouri on April 10. Both graduates of Washing...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fordsville High School
Margaret Williams
Charles Whiting
Everette Baker
Leah Anderson
Kenneth Johnston
Evelyn Williams
Dorothy Rees
Virgil Herring
Keith Long
James Long
Robert Darbyshire
Martha Cherwinker
Haskins
S. Sgt. 8
V. Chabal
Tampa
Florida
Kahoka
Missouri
Jadwiga Pilsudski Joins RAF Air Transport Auxiliary
Daughter of the late Marshal Pilsudski Jadwiga Pilsudski flies fighter planes as a member of the RAF's Air Transport Auxiliary. She has been in England since 1939, serving from field to field.
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Josef Pilsudski
Poland
Jadwiga Pilsudski
Air Transport Auxiliary
England
Local notes on births marriages and military service
Ave Mr Warford receives honorable medical discharge and returns to Wolf Floral. Wittris couple welcome a daughter at Mercy Hospital Iowa City. Oscar Hughes joins Sea Bees as carpenter in Burlington. Crawfordsville High holds graduation. Leal Anderson valedictorian. Lt Arden Hughes marries Miss Evelyn Crish. he serves as post chemical officer at Enid Army Air Base. Various visits and moves. county Read Cross contributions near $17000.
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Ave
Warford
Wolf Floral Company
Evelyn Crish
Arden Hughes
St. James Church
Lt. Hughes
Tos Army Air Base
Enid
Oklahoma
Arrow Shots and Household Humor Across Time
A brisk excerpt notes gendered reactions to hot topics with domestic metaphors. It contrasts a woman using a dish cloth and a man with tongs to handle heat. The passage observes people listening for humor during chatter about a house and cleaning.
Friendship Club Gathering at McCartney Home
Mrs. William McCartney hosted nine members of the Friendship Club yesterday afternoon. Guests included Mrs. Sam Bowser, Mrs. Gladys Wulf and baby, Mrs. David McCartney, Mrs. Betty Mangold and three children. Myrtle Pearson presided as president pro tem during a brief business meeting before games and refreshments.
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William McCartney
The
Friendship Club
Sam Bowser
Gladys Wulf
Baby
David McCartney
Betty Mangold
Myrtle Pearson
Elaine Thompson Heads to Des Moines Then Mason City Visit
Elaine Thompson left yesterday for Des Moines to visit Hil cred Newcomer before returning home to Mason City. She is joined by Synita Schleuter, both former Stew art school teachers. Marjorie Walker, daughter of the Dell Walkers, was named 1943 Eeho queen at Northeast Missouri State Teachers College Kirksville Mo with Landon Laird selecting from photos. Cpl James Bey of Drew Field Florida is on a 15 day furlough with parents in town. Emma Hardy returned from Missouri after visiting Lex ington with her son Keith at Wentworth Military Academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elaine Thompson
Des Moines
Hilcred Newcomer
Mason City
Miss Thompson
Synita Schleuter
Stewart School
Marjorie Walker
Dell Walker
Living Lake
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College
Kirksville
Landon Laird
The
Kansas City Star
Emma Hardy
Missouri
Lexington
Keith
Wentworth Military Academy
Hostess Assisted by Mangold Daughter and Mc Cartney Daughter
A social note mentions the hostess aided by her daughter Mrs Mangold and daughter in law Mrs David Mc Cartney in hosting an event. The brief highlights family involvement and local hospitality.
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Mangold
David McCartney
Local Notes and Visits Across Kansas City and Lordsburg
Missed on May 28 Mrs Hardy visited friends in Kansas City during her absence. Sgt Frederick Reid leads Monday morning returning to Lordsburg New Mexico after a furlough at his parents home. Annis Fur Coat showing Wednesday KE M Bridges Co Mr and Mrs Fred Bey Mrs Donald Orr and Cpl James Bel of Drewfield Florida in Cedar Rape with friends. Mrs Orr's son Jimmy spent the day with grandparents Mr and Mrs Ralph Orr near Wellman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard
A. Stewart
Patty
Lynda
Iowa City
Frederick Reid
Lordsburg
New Mexico
Fred Reid
Fred Bey
Donald Orr
Cpl
James Be
Drewfield
Florida
Cedar Rape
Orr
Ste Jimmy
Ralph Orr
Wellman
Rail schedule and lodge notices from early 20th century
Schedule listings show Westbound Washington Lodge No 26 regular meetings on the first Friday, officers Russell Goodin M W and A W Yare secretary. Train timetables include Golden State Limited No 3 and No 4, No 1 Local, No 43 Californian, Eastbound No 2 Local, No 44 Californian, OSKALOOSA Branch Nos 430 and 429, mixed trains Nos 23 and 22, with daily or daily except Sunday service and specific departure times. Also C P R R and P RR West Bound No 3 Davenport to Kansas City local and No 25 Southwest Limited, plus East Bound No 8 Davenport to Kansas City local and No 26 Southwest Limited with agent notes by C F Anderson and W C Bell.
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Washington Lodge No
Russell Goodin
W. M
A. W. Yare
Golden State Limited
California
Oskaloosa
Kansas City-Davenport
Southwest Limited Grier
W.C. Bell
Burlington Trailways and Jackson Lines Bus Schedules
Bus timetables show Burlington Trailways from Washington to Chicago with several eastbound and local departures. Jackson Bus Lines lists Iowa City connections from Washington with morning and afternoon legs and a westbound option to Knoxville. Sullivan Bus Lines runs Washington to the Ordnance Plant with morning and afternoon services. Tickets advised at the Bus Depot and Winga's North Side Cafe sold for full trips.
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Cago
Winga
North Side
North Side Square
Jackson
Iowa City
Washington
Knoxville
Sullivan Bus Lines
Iowa
Ordnance Plant
Japanese Plot to Kill Grew and Chaplin Alleged in Tokyo
Former U S ambassador Joseph Grew cites a Japanese trial in which a patriotic society discussed assassinating Grew and Charlie Chaplin during Chaplin’s Tokyo visit to provoke war with the United States. Grew says assassination is a recognized political tool in Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Joseph C. Grew
Charlie Chaplin
Tokyo
America
Grew
Patriotic Society
International
Also Mentioned on This Page
ISAAY
Don
Joan
Don Ameche
Toi Bennett
Walt Disney Cartoon
Donald
FOX
Rocking Chair Brigade
W. R. Sawhill
Second United Presbyterian Church
Harry Humble
William Latta
South See
Roberts
Calvary Baptist Church
Mrs. Diddams
Edsall Brown
Russell Bell
McJunkin House
William Sartor
Fort Benning
Georgia
Mrs
Roger Sherman
McKesson
Magnex
Mrs. Carroll Warford
Mrs. Miniver
Fanny Heaslip Lea
Octavus Roy Cohen
Rose Franken
Miniver
Katharine Brush
Rex Stout
Faith Baldwin
Ronald
Greer
Colman Garson
Hall OF Fame
Hilton’s
Mervyn Leroy
Sidney Franklin
Philip Dorn
Susan Peters
Henry Reginald Bramwell Travers
Owen
Fletcher
PATHE
Wwyn Picture
Lows Baird
Sandra Kay Enfield
Selfridge Field
Michigan
Ori S. Wittris
Mercy Hospital
Oscar Hughes
Burlington
Sea Bees
U.S. Navy
Crawfordsville High School
Leal Anderson
Walter Wells
Chicago
Ed Wells
St. James School
Washington County
Doris Gray
Kiehara A. Stewart
Don Minick
Helen Klepfer
Hilda Brown
Nels B. Westermark
F.B.L
Betty Redlinger
Frances Porter
Fort Riley
Kan
Robert Porter
Officers
Robert Hatton
Stenniflear
Ind
Russell Hatton
Hatton
Little Rock
Ark
Lt. Hatton
Chris
Catharine Null
T. J. Berdo
Lorraine Rogers
McCartney Home
James Bey
Drew Field
Annis
M. Bridges & Co
Californian
L. Goodlander
Ee Ee Eee
C. F. Anderson
Agen
Burlington Trailways
Gracia
Omaha
Chi
Winga’s Cafe
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