School Year Ends With Picnics and Closing News
Salem reports the school year ending May 14 to May 18 across four area schools. Pleasant Plain finishes May 15 after a make up day, with a wiener roast. Jackson Center hosts a pot luck supper. Beypt holds a basket dinner. Salem and Egypt districts plan next year with staff changes. Obituaries note James Meeks with seven grandparents in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Weeks
Salem
Pleasant Plain
Clarence Statler
Jackson Center School
Beypt School
Merritt Reiner
Salem School
Gladys Stalder
Iowa City
George Yoder
Ibwypl
Fairtela
Leona Kos
Egypt
Pleasant Plain School
Local congratulations extend to Tampa couple
The community sends best wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Chabal of Tampa Florida on their Sunday celebration with Mrs. George Zeck joining in the greeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Zeck
Stanley Chabal
Tampa
Florida
Kalona Seniors Celebrate Unusual Graduation Evening
Dr. Harry G. Barnes addressed Kalona seniors at commencement as a surprise Washington county blackout occurred. Alumni banquet followed with 122 attendees and program highlights included solos, readings, and a group game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Hender
Kalona
Washington County
Robert Manley
Joe
Texas
Adah Hillis
Harry G. Barnes
University of Iowa
R. A. Hender
H. V. Snodgrass
H. Vy. Beck
Soap and poisons used to spread insect killer
Insect control mixes bait with mineral and vegetable poisons and uses soap as a dispersing agent to cover larger areas. The soap aids spread and also blocks the insects breathing tubes, enhancing the lethality of the treatment.
Community notes and family updates in local column
The column lists new officers for the coming year including president Mrs H A Swartzendruber and vice president Mrs Eugene Way with secretary Virginia Peterseim. It notes grandparents Mr and Mrs J F O Loughlin after the birth of a son to Captain and Mrs J F O Loughlin in Dickinson North Dakota. Cleldon Grant spends 15 days at home with parents Lute Grant. E H Reif attends Iowa Baptist convention board meeting in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Levy
Chicago
Charles Marek
Esta Birney
Homer
Roy Krotz
Krotz
Norma Jean Krotz
Jaymes Meeks
Menlo
Kansas
Ralph Zeck
C. E. Thompson
Boone
H. V. Beck
Francis Palmer
Salina
Elmer Marner
Supt. Snodgrass
Dennis Michum
BK B. J. Hesselschwerdt
Eugene Way
Thomas Miller
Lyle Fry
Ford Skola
Virginia Peterseim
Rosetta Vodicka
Paul Snyder
E. J. Hesselschwerdt
Guy Feldman
H. A. Swartzendruber
Mabel Miller
Board of Control
Marie Herver
Lowell Strickler
Loughlins
J. F. O'Loughlin
Dickinson
North Dakota
Pfe
Cleldon Grant
Lute Grant
E. H. Reif
Des Moines
Iowa Baptist Convention Board
Janet Rae
Beverly Kay Thomas
Frank Locke
Packwood
Mike’ Duncan
University Hospital
Iowa City
Ed Thomas
Arthur
Darold Jones
el Paso
Texas
Darold
Cloths on Sticks Scare Sparrows and Cabbage
Mrs Merle Beckers describes a simple home remedy used near Westminster to deter sparrows from lettuce and cabbage. Twenty four inch sticks with one inch cloth strips tied atop fluttered in the breeze, prompting birds to move on and the vegetables to improve. Closing day exercises were held at a Westminster school with strong attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Beckers
Westminster
Ray Sojka
Salem
Community celebrates students and teachers with graduation notes
A school year ends with a class night program, diplomas for high and eighth graders, and a Friday picnic. Edna McDowell Estep plans to move to Kentucky with her husband for ministerial work, and Patricia Griffith prepares for summer study toward teaching. Community birthdays, illnesses, and family visits fill the scene as families attend commencement events in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna McDowell Estep
Richmond
Kentucky
Estep
Louisville
Two Cotter Men Near Africa Reunion Reported
Word arrives that Sgt. R Harvey Thomas and Sgt. Clair Edmondson have found they are not far apart in Africa. Mrs Elmer Thomas notes hoping they have seen each other by now. Commencement exercises at the high school featured Ira Rees, Barbara Stones, and Dr J H Grier among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Thomas
Cotter
Sgt
R. Harvey Thomas
Clair Edmondson
Africa
High School
Barbara Stones
F. W. Eastwood
Presbyterian Church
Washington
Ira Rees
Cornet
Lily Polka
Roy Dean Hauenstein
Evelyn Sorden
J. H. Grier
Monmouth College
Monmouth
Margaret Orr
Government to buy 7.5 billion pounds of meat for 1943
Heavy Meat Buyer Present estimates that the government will purchase 7.5 billion pounds of meat in 1943 for armed forces and lend-lease shipments. This will leave for civilian use 18 billion pounds as farmers reach production goals.
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0. S
India Dominates Global Mica Supply in 1938
The world’s chief mica source is India, producing 70 percent of global output in 1938. India's lead rests on its abundant crude mica and its skilled native workers who transform it for commercial use.
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India
Washington Lodge No 26 Regular Monthly Meeting
Washington Lodge No 26 A F A M holds a regular meeting on the first Friday each month. Worthy Master Goodin presides with A W Yaré as secretary, inviting members to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Lodge
Humsell Goodin
W. M
A. W. Yaré
Rail and Bus Schedules for Washington Area Towns
Local and long distant trains from Washington list east and westbound arrivals and departures. Includes California Limited schedules, Davenport and Kansas City locals, Burlington Trailways bus routes to Chicago and Omaha, plus Jackson and Sullivan lines with daily or Sunday exceptions and depot ticket notes.
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OC. M
Davenport-Kansas City
Southwest Limited
ACUR
Kansas City-Davenport
W.C. Bell
Omaha
Chicago
Washington
Jackson
Iowa City
Rbus
Knoxville
Plasma Transfusion Seen as Key in Burns and Shock
The transfusion of plasma is a first consideration for burned sailors and soldiers in traumatic shock. It replaces fluids in burns and increases circulation in shock, driving blood from temporary concentration points to the body's rest of the system.
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Anatomy
Daddy
With Russell Hayden
Annabelle
Gerry Zeck
James Kek. Meeks
Meeks
James Zeck
Charles Wolfe
Mr. Meeks
OPA
P.S
Out Service
Sovereign
Ness Man
Washington Oil
Washington, Lowa
Dr. Salsbury
Rommel
8Th Army
Walter Winchell
N. Y
R.A.F
Cornel Wilde
SUN
H. Barnes
Martha Ashby
Helen Zachs
Helen Bontrager
Roger Feldman
Viola Gingerich
Eugene Hoehsterler
Martha Kelley
Harold Kelley
Lorraine Michum
Harold, Horak
Gladys Schenk
Richard Kelley
Ramona Shalla
Charles Snodgrass
Rita Ann Shalla
Donald Southwick
Edna Thatcher
James Strabala
Eugene Welte
Clifford Stumpf
Raymond Yetty
Supt
Cedar Rapids
Dean
Doan
Ann Sothern
Roger Pryor
Miss Sothern
Pryor
International
Fred Losee
Eleanor Parker
Mexico City
San Francisco
Hot Springs
United Nations
Patricia Griffith
Washington Junior College
Parsons College
Fairfield
Peters Boys
Kathleen Propst
Robert Greiner
Nancy Griffith
Nancy
Paul
Ada Griffth
Clement Griffth
Harry Wleesy
Frank Kleese
Keith Stewart
Donald Sheetz
Griffith
Neith Stewart
Sheetz
Paul Griffith
Gary Sheetz
McCrory
J. H. Orr
Board of Education
Eastwood
Recessional
Barbara Jones
James Boyd
Catherine Morris
Lillian Peters
Ha Rees
Esther Skupa
Donald Stapp
Elaine Whetstine
Loris White
William Fulton
Atex Orris
Keith Duncan
Kenneth Dunsmore
Raymond Hendrickson
Marion Jones
Donald Orrin
Geraldine Quick
Gerald Quick
Newland Rees
Alvin Lee Wehr
Jhe Grumbler
Doris White
Esther Skuhal
Don.Stapp
Ila Rees
Marazaret Orr
Lester Orr
Grandpa Thomas
Dorothy
T. C. Davis
Richard Stearns
Grace
Victor Stone
Alex McCreedy
Ainsworth
Paul Bohan
Davenport
Hugh Morris
Edmondson
Thomas
Bette Ann Davis
Golden State Limited
Californian
Iec
California
Oskaloosa
L. Goodlander
C. B
Co. F. Anderson
Burlington Trailways
Winga
Nowth Side
North Side Square
Winga’s Cafe
Sullivan Bus Lines
Iowa
Ordnapee
P& Mu
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