Pupils Write Letters on Voting in Farm Bureau Contest
Washington county pupils joined a Farm Bureau voting education drive with a letter contest open to all rural and town schools. Betty N Whitmire of Richmond public school English River township won with one of the shorter letters, judged by a panel including Rev Tom Polk and Mrs Herbert Campbell.
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Richmond
Washington County
Farm Bureau
Farm Organization
Civics
West Chester Consolidated Selv
PT Kree
Tom Polk
Washington
Herbert Campbell
Ainsworth Conmutnity
Iowa Parn Bureau Federation
Des Moines
Laws and Bureau
State Department of Public Instruction
Phy Lowa Farm Bureau Federation
P Uys
Total Karn Bureau
Washington Counts
Betty N. Whitmire
English River Township
Betty
Why Parents Should Vote A Look At Civic Duty
A collection of student letters arguing why voting matters. Betty, Janet Ros, and others urge citizens to participate in elections, noting the privilege of suffrage, responsibility to choose leaders, and the impact of individual actions on democracy. They cite Lincoln and Gettysburg, urge setting a good example, and criticize nonvoters who complain.
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United States
Janet
Lincoln
Hat Tahy
City tree planting ordinance corrected in column note
A newspaper column corrects a misstatement about tree planting rules. The cited Municipal Code provision is superseded by a newer city ordinance enacted two or three years ago by a former administration.
City bans trees on street terraces in town
The city now prohibits planting trees shrubs or bushes on terraces between the curb and sidewalk. Authorities cite root damage to sidewalks and a division in opinion on the practice, noting readers once accepted planting between lot line and sidewalk remains legal.
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Washington
Local Ordinance Change Noted by Officials
The article mentions a provision in the Municipal Code altering law on a pruning issue. Mayor Wil Dupuis and former street commissioner Kart Little alerted readers. Pvt and Mrs Angelo Marchesano of Des Moines were guests in the Ray Stalder and Leonard Pohren homes, linking to Mrs Stalder and Mrs Pohren as sisters. Pvt Marchesano recently returned from Korea.
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Wil Dupuis
Kart Little
Pvt
Angelo Marchezano
Des Moines
Ray Stalder
Leonard Pohren
Pvt Marchesano
Korea
Mrs. Marchesano
Stalder
Pohren
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