Wyman Community Club Holds May Meeting at Schoolhouse
The Wyman Community Club met at the schoolhouse with Mrs. O Dayton hostess. Twenty eight members attended. A handkerchief shower honored Mrs. Jenkins who is moving away. Entertainment included a piano duet by Mrs. Jenkins and daughter Virginia, a solo by Mrs. Dayton, quiz games, and a flower exchange. Refreshments were served by several members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyman
WyMan Community Club
Jenkins
Virginia
Dayton
Ari Davis
James Dunn
John Hughes
Ralph Huff
Anniversary Dinner Honors Mr and Mrs Myron Kurtz
A pleasant anniversary dinner Sunday at the Kurtzes home near Pleasant Plain honored Mr and Mrs Myron Kurtz. A group of relatives and friends brought well filled baskets for a bountiful noon meal and spent the afternoon visiting with the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron Kurtz
Pleasant Plain
Gleede Dold
Evelyn
Fred Dold
Christina Carlson
Fred Edwards
Ronald Dold
William Widmers
Winfield
Iowa
Pythian Past Chiefs Hold May Meeting At Baker Home
Mrs George Baker hosted members of the Pythian Past Chiefs Association for a May meeting. A brief business session was led by president Mrs Hotle before three tables of bridge. Mrs Hotle won high score, Mrs Ernest Miller low, and Mrs E E Yard visited traveling. Refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Baker
Pythian Past Chiefs Association
Hotle
Ernest Miller
E. E. Yard
Keaton
Dean Kauffman
Wayland High School
Beavers Felling Larger Trees Than Expected Stump Authorities
An authentic BC report claims beavers felled a cottonwood in British Columbia measuring five feet seven inches in diameter. Wildlife officials are stumped by the surprising feat and the standard claim that beavers limit cutting to smaller trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Owever
Army disease spreads opiate addiction across wars
During and after the American Civil War opiate addiction became widespread among soldiers on both sides, earning the nickname army disease. Similar patterns occurred after the Crimean, Franco-Prussian, and World War I conflicts as opiates and cocaine spread through Europe and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
United Stes
Local Social Calendar Highlights Meetings and Gatherings
Damascus Shrine hosts evening at the Masonic temple with visiting members welcome. Fythian Sisters offer supper. Women's Missionary society of U. PB church meets at 4 30 p m. Sunshine Community club holds afternoon event. roll call May-go round. Kethel Missionary Society at 2 pm. change of meeting day and place noted. Heights club and Homemakers club meet in afternoon. W R C West Chester at 2 pm. Nineteenth Century groups gather at various venues with roll calls on flowers and favorites. Baptist Women's Missionary society hosts 1 pm luncheon with co hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damascus Shrine
Masonic Temple
Fythian Sisters
Notinck
Cuca K.P
Women's Missionary Society
Adtiv
U. PB
Sunshine Community Club
Malcom Montgomery
Valley Ladies Aid Society
Kethel Missionary Society
Delbert Lewis
Heights Club
Della Miller
Homemakers Club
Arthur Wiley
Birthday notices and names from local families
Birthday greetings for Donald Keith Neff on his second birthday and for Nelen Knupp on her eighteenth birthday are noted alongside other locals celebrating birthdays. Teane Rinner and Orville Hardin are acknowledged, with several adults listed as receiving congratulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Keith Neff
Donald Neff
Nelen Knupp
Glenn Knupp
Teane Rinner
Orville Hardin
Des Moines
Pi A City Council Installs Officers
The Parent Teacher Association City Council held a concluding meeting at the City library. Mrs. R. R. Noonan presided as officers were installed for the coming year including Mrs. Surface as president and Mrs. Prall as vice president. A summer round-up clinic for upcoming school-age children was discussed with physicals at Dr Ruth Church Health Unit on Tuesday May 29, appointments by calling the Health Unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent Teacher Association
R. R. Noonan
Merle Green
William Putman
Ruth Church
County Health Unit
Health Unit
Esther Schantz joins the WACS as medical technician
May 21 Coppock girl Esther Schantz daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Schantz reports for Cadet training at Fort Oglethorpe Ga as a medical technician after training she will be assigned to Schick General Hospital Clinton Iowa Her brothers Bud and Darrel Rinehart serve in the armed forces marking three service stars for the Schantz family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gleede Dold
Coppock
Rather Schantz
Ed Schantz
WACS
Esther
Cdasie
Fort Oglethorpe
Schick
Garden Rotation for Better Crops and Less Disease
The text advises rotating gardens at least every five years or annually if possible. It claims better yields, fewer disease and insect damages, and more nutritious vegetables when ground is not reused year after year. It notes a postwar nutritional aim in England and on the continent to return to prewar diets with more dairy, meat, and produce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Continent
International drug control history at Shanghai conference 1999
The article notes that international action to curb dangerous drug production and use for medical and scientific needs began with a Shanghai conference in 1999. It states that a large body of international drug traffic law has been developed and enforced by bodies created by the League of Nations, which remain active even in wartime and may pass to the League or a postwar international organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
League of Nations
League
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Kurtz
G. Baker
Thornton & Minor
Washington
MeDan- Us
T. W. Harwood Insurance Agency
CALI
Ansy Hill Club
John Caldwell
Rural Woman's Club
Lou Rhodebeck
Roll Call
Presbyterian Ladies Aid
Myre
Frank Crone
Fred L. Moore
Charles Wiley
Baptist Women’s Missionary Society
John Shebeck
John Dodd
V. Brown
Everett Coon
Wisie Long
Reed Moore
Ralph Curter
A. W. Clow
Daryl Tekst
Paul Goodwin
Rk. Goodwin
Esther Schantz
WAC
Orlis van Sant
Karen
John van Sant
Mr. van Sant
Zilpha Hesser
Burlington
Glenn
M*rs. C. M. Benson
Ainsworth
Elia Merchant
Ray Manning
Ottumwa
A. Smith
Pete
South West Pacific
Richard
Gerald Hesser
Olds
Gerald
Benson Farm
Mt. Pleasant High School
Lavonda Simpson
Kenneth Hesser
Bessie Gingerich
Kalona
Mrs. F. Manning
John McMullen
Janet
John Wieneke
Junior
Fort Bragg
N. C
Oo A
Beneh Print House
Ruth Foster
Sime
Presbyteria
U.S
Sola Haws
Washington Electric Shop
Virgil Lewis
South Sth Ave
Moore’s Boctery
Pennfyl
Mione
JIM Penney
Sh.ee § Bey
Jimmy
Iain
Larstrous Lateen
Aunt Sue
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