Veterans of Foreign Wars Plan Memorial Day Activities
Washington county post Veterans of Foreign Wars held a meeting last evening and welcomed three new recruits. Delegates will attend the state encampment at Perry June 6 to 8. The post will supply ammunition for army rifles at military funerals and plans to issue VFW regulation caps for Decoration Day. Eight members are assigned to decorations duty while the local band of twelve provides music and Daryl Mathers leads the firing squad. Commander Burham praised the Edgar Davidson Post American Legion for hospitality.
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Washington County Post Veterans of Foreign Wars
V. F
Burham Fioiating
Perry
Alkinson
Leon Beatty
American Legion
VY. F. W
V. F. W. Regulum
Burm
W. A. FC
Walker
Ainsworth
Jesse Marr
Graves
C. A. Neiswanger
Daryl Mathers
Buglers
Max Lee
Jess Radda
Burhajm
Edgar Davidson
A Warning To Democrats From A B Swift
A critic argues Democrats in office must trim spending or risk voting against party lines in two years. The piece defends some admin actions while condemning high salaries for professors and government waste, predicting fiscal strain unless salaries shrink or jobs are cut. It denounces professors unions seeking special privileges and questions government pay.
Olds Church Mothers Day Program and Local Visits
Olds church held Mother's Day services with a duet by Marjorie Faulkner and Marguerite Morgahi and honors for the youngest and oldest mothers. Local residents, including the Gorhams, Millers, Korts, Lines, Huntons, and Ostbergs, visited relatives in nearby towns over the weekend.
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Chas
Faulkner
Marjorie Faulkner
Marguerite Morgahi
Frank Haganman
Mary Kin
J. Codthad
Chas. Rodg
Jesse Peck
Ralph Gorham
Newton
Paul Gorham
Ralph Miller
T. M. Holmes
Crawfordville
Enky
Winfield
Cecil Kort
Guy Lines
Janet
Des Moines
John Hunton
James Brown
Earlham
Olds
Brown
Carrie Funk
Wayland
Hugo Ostberg
Waterloo
Miss Corena Ross to Teach Prairie Flower School
Miss Corena Ross of Keota has been hired to teach Prairie Flower school for next term in South Seventy-Six district. She plans to attend Cedar Falls this summer. Mrs Alec Gillies hosted Industrial club meeting with quilting and a one course lunch. The next gathering is set for June 8 at Mrs Clarence Aller’s home. Don Davis drives a new small tractor bought at Washington International. Mrs Gillies found a fire scare at her brooder house during a visit.
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Warren Davis
South Seventy-Six
Corena Ross
Keota
Prairie Flower
Miss Ross
Cedar Fal
Clarence Aller
Don Davis
Washington International
Fire damages stove during chick house incident
A blaze swept the house housing about five hundred week old chicks but none were lost. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Davis and Bobby visited the Edgar Stewart home Monday evening. Mrs. Richard Fisher spent the weekend with her parents northwest of Washington.
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Warren Davis
Bobby
Edgar Stewart
Richard Fisher
Washington
Seniors Attend Baccalaureate at Crawfordsville
In Crawfordsville on May 4 the high school held a decorated bac calaureate service with Dr. James Coons delivering the sermon on It is God that worketh in us. The program featured processional, hymns, and benediction, followed by weekend visitors and local notices noting hail damage and community events.
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Crawfordsville
Girls Glee Club
Virginia Miller
James Coons
Dr. Coons
Anna Mae White
Coons
Paul
God
Violet Twinam
Iowa City
Lippert
Olweth
Charles Martin
Kenneth Kilpatrick
Talma Clark
Burlington
W. L. Clark
Bruce Lease
Davenport
J. H. Lease
William Davidson
Waterloo
Lee Hana
W. P. David
Tebelle Porter
W. C. Porter
Habelle
Waterloo High School
Margaret Robertson
Oakdale Sanitarium
W. G. Robertson
Wilfred Smith
Howard Stewart Farm
Brighton Church Honors Faculty, May 15
Brighton notes a church supper honoring teachers leaving for summer. The article reflects on farm prosperity, railings against low farm prices, and the need for better conditions on Johnson County farms amid a string of local social notes and visits.
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Johnson County
News From Homestead Farm by Alvin Hasty
Mr Hasty provides light communal notes from Homestead Farm focusing on a playful debate about appearance among journal lady correspondents. The column notes the task of selecting a winner from a large group and hints at humorous criteria used in the selection.
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Mr. Hasty
Homestead Farm
Alvin
Hasty
Washington youths enlist in navy at Burlington
May 16 Burlington report lists Fredéric J. Crissel Benjamin C. Crandall Karl Henery Heben and Gordon Walter Bengtson among eight local youths enlisting through the Burlington recruiting office. They rode to Des Moines for naval training in San Diego before joining fleet ships after a three month program. Call at Burlington office for examination if residing in Des Moines Henry Jefferson Keokuk Lac Louisa Mahaska Van Buren or Washington counties.
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Burlington
Navy
Os Moines
Fredéric J. Crissel
Julia Crissel
Benjamin C. Crandall
Extremely Hard Diamonds Of New South Wales Found
Article notes the diamonds of New South Wales are extraordinarily hard and can only be cut with their own dust. Ordinary diamond dust fails to make an impression.
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New South Wales
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