Columbus Junction Board Reelects Three Janitors
The Columbus Independent district reelects Ray Green K J Gilkey and J H Rodruck as janitors and Lorence Jamison Uy Enke and Ed Hughes as bus drivers at current salaries. A community vacation school will run May 26 to June 7 from 9 to 11 30 a m for ages 8 to 15 with a program on June 7. The Mother's Music club reports 164 62 in benefits.
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Columbus Junction
May
Board of Vducation of
Columbus Independent
Ray Green
K. J. Gilkey
J. H. Rodruck
Lorence Jamison
Uy Enke
Ed Hughes
Columbus City
Mother’s Music Club of Columbus
VOX Buppper
Walt Rati
Mesdames
Alice Caldwell
Aleda Swailes
Neva Arington
Helen Lewis
Royce Johnston
Robert
Chicago
J. R. Johnston
Norman Brook
Ralph Dean
St. Collins
Cole
Women’s Relief Corps
Ethel Gabriel
Lucile Patton
Cora Mossberry
North Prairie Flower Community Notes May 27
Elmer Horning and Cleo Moothart shelled corn Monday. Mr and Mrs L B Ward stayed a few days at the Ed Kleinberg home. Mrs Claire Neff and children and Mrs Elizabeth Sehulty visited at the Donald Smith home Sunday. Mr and Mrs Don Huber were
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North Prairie Flower
Elmer Horning
Cleo Moothart
L. B. Ward
Ed Klienberg
Claire Neff
Elizabeth Sehulty
Donald Smith
Don Huber
Washington Visitors and Local Visits Report
Washington visitors Tuesday include Lloyd Turnipseed in Kalona for a business call. James Chorpening and Mrs. Chorpening visited Mrs. Ralph Chorpening in the hospital. Jack Mahatty installed new spouting at Roy Schulty’s house. Lester Chorpening and Mrs. Chorpening were supper guests of Elmer Bush Friday evening.
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Washington
Lloyd Turnipseed
Kalona
James Chorpening
Ralph Chorpening
Washington Hospital
Jack Mahatty
Roy Schulty
Lester Chorpening
Elmer Bush
Car Demolished in Train Collision Near Centerville
Clyde Mc Kern sustained minor injuries when his car crashed into a Rock Island passenger train at Calleyville crossing south of Centerville. The vehicle was demolished.
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Centerville
Clyde McKern
Rock Island
Calleyville Crossing
Car Accident Near Town Claims Navy Man Visitor
Gerald Minion, stationed with the U S Navy in Hawaii, drove from California to visit his parents Mr and Mrs Ray Minion. Sunday he was found unconscious east of town after his car left the road and went into a ditch. He sustained head and arm injuries and is recovering.
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California
Humboldt
Gerald Minion
Hlonolula
Hawaii
United States Navy
Ray Minion
Railroad and bus schedules for Washington area lines
Regular meetings and officer names for Washington Lodge no. 26 are listed alongside daily train and bus departures. Notes include stop patterns for Golden State Limited and Californian trains, KYONVILLE and Goodlander agents, and ticket purchase tips at the North Side Square depot.
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Golden State Limited
Washington
Bop
Californian
California
Kyonville
Depar
Chicago
Candy Kitchen
North Side Square
Canal
AL Cantoni
War, Dialects, and the Wartime Speech Shift in Britain
Londoners evacuated to the countryside are adopting rural speech while country youths mimic London slang. The mass movement of people during the war blends regional accents, equating to a cultural exchange that may permanently alter England’s spoken English.
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London
Somerset
New York East Side
England
Cornwall
Devon
Shires
United States
Britain
Dorset
Lambeth
Patent Office Reports Some Novel Inventions
The Patent Office lists new devices including a whistling walking cane by Earl H. Pitney of Willmar Minnesota a toothpick machine by Joseph Manfredi of Monongahela Pennsylvania a gum massager by Fred L Flanders of Muskegon Michigan and James J McCerry of East Grand Rapids Michigan a no soil tennis ball by John B Dickson of Northampton Massachusetts and John Herman of Chicopee Massachusetts and an automatic brake for roller skates by Calder V L Bruner of Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
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Washington
Patent Office
Earl H. Pitney
Willmar
Minn
Joseph Manfredi
Monongahela
Fred L.flanders
Muskegon
James J. McCerry
East Grand Rapids
Mich
John B. Dickson
Northampton
John Herman
Chicopee
Mass
Calder V. L. Bruner
Philadelphia
Speech Expert Defends It's Me Phrase at Philadelphia
In Philadelphia Dr Henry Kurath of Brown University argues correct speech is socially acceptable. He cites I ain't gonna do it as proper in everyday use while noting form varies by social context. He says he uses It's me and 76 percent of distinguished gentlemen in society do so unblushingly.
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Philadelphia
Hans Kurath
Brown University
American Council of Social Agencies
Kurath
Ancient Garbage Heap Tapped by Tampa Well Drillers
Drillers near Tampa struck a geyser of gas water mud and rocks shooting 100 feet into the air prompting a newspaper call. A University of Tampa geologist explains the find as a prehistoric garbage heap with rotted vegetation accumulated under a limestone shelf for about 10 000 years.
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Tampa
University of Tampa
Women Need Guiding Hand of Youth Finds 40+ Women Read Unfit Magazines
Mrs Grace Y Hudson reports to the California Federation of Women's Clubs that a survey of salacious magazines found 26 unfit for reading, with most purchasers being women over 40. The finding suggests youth should guide elder readers.
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San Francisco
California Federation of Women's Clubs
Grace Y. Hudson
Los Angeles
Speeding Up Sport Planes Cut Travel to Outer Banks
The report notes speed-boosted sport airplanes now ferry fishermen to the Outer Banks of North Carolina in about 30 minutes, a trip previously taking four hours by automobile.
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North Carolina
First Camporee Held for Roy Scouts in Lowvisa County
The first annual Roy Scouts camporee was conducted at Chautauqua park in Columbus Junction with all county troops present. Local officials and Mr Hedrick assisted in planning while open fires provided cooking. A court of honor and a Sunday church service marked the event.
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Columbus Junction
Roy
Lowvisa County
Otunmtos Chautauqua Park
Hedrick
Keout
F. J. Pine
Pearl Harrison
Myrtle Cavin
Cedar Rapids
Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
EL. C. Hi
South America
H. L. Sinclair
Davenport
Arthur Williams
Columbus City
Death of Mr Gass Noted in West Chester Community
Dayon Grove May 25 Friends mourn the death of Mr. Gass at his West Chester home. The Moore family and neighbors were longtime residents. Bruce Moore repaired chimneys for Eldin Bauer and Herman Luers and remodeled a room for Moore. He returned from Washington after a visit. Bruce Moore also did work for Ira Huber in 76 township. Harold Leet recovers from a recent operation and will go home soon. Quarried stone on Mrs. A Knotts farm keeps workers busy with more work expected shortly.
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Dayton Grove
Mr. Gass
West Chester
Bruce Moore
Eldin Bauer
Herman Luers
Ira Huber
76 Township
Harold Leet
Mra. A. & Knotts
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Martha Butler
Finanse
Washington County
Licete. Ed
State Banking Dept
D. FF. Smith
Rome
Hotel Rome
Omaha
Nebrask
Official
Washington Directory
Optometrists
Pichyes Fehar
Stewart Kihel Wilson R. R
Noonan W. P
Rawn
Martha Foster
Inaduat Merk Enginee Welfare
Marion
George Supt
Sehoo's
Lester
Krabitlopty
W. S Kvieniy
Ned Morrow
Arve P. Wilson
Fred Bauer
Harriet Coulter
Harold Puthem
Chiropractors
de, Chas
Court House
Downstatre
Kk. A Ralaton
Harland W. Mead
Mike Ethel McCreedy
se _tarry Howles
Second Ave
Iowa
RF. Boller
State Bank
Washington St
Theodore B. Bailey
Attorney At Law Loan & Trust
East Main St
Bherman
West Main St
Opportte Court House
J. Irving Watson
Haledon
N. J
Albert Rountree
Thomas
M. A. Engle Telephone Bean
Washington Lodge No
A, FF
A.M
Howard McBride
W. M
W. Yard
B. J
L. Goodlander
Dunday
Andelson
OM &Ast. Pap. RR. CO
West Hound
Kansas City
Southwest Limited
Ines Des In. Ae
Sunda
W. C. Bell
Burlington
Ruse
W. Livingston
Water and
TORKS
Lloyd Lytle
W. H. Fulton
B. F. Milek
Henry Bailey Light Plant
Pr. L. Jordan
J. O. Brown
Waller Kiesey
Mark Pratt
H, H. Keister
A. E. Palmer
Dr. D. C. Barrett Park
Marian
Batley
Frank B. Miller
J. E. Lemmon
Lester H. Orr
O. F. Boller
R. F. McFarlane
Will Dupula
Clarence Jacoba
Pred Reid
Erry Sclbrary
Eva Denny
Homer Stephen
East Main Street
SEC
Sumner T. Pike
Roosevelt
Maine
Securities and Exchange Commission
George C. Matthews
Pike
Troovsis
Martha Batber
Dixie Dugan
By Striebey
Mevoy
J. A. Suttem
Contractor & Bol
iBy
J. B. Moore
Less Moore
Abour Dairy
Washington Dairy
Gruen & Elgin
Westphal
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