Chamber guests tour John Morrell plant in Ottumwa
Local officials G E Mace Fred S Downing Foster G Bagge R W Chamberlin and John W Lee represented the Chamber of Commerce as guests of the John Morrell company in Ottumwa. Fourteen towns were represented by 72 men. Mace joined a conference of southeast Iowa mayors. Doyle Palmer of Keota shopped here. Colleen Godwin heads to Davenport for the week with relatives and grandfather Harry Payne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. E. Mace
Fred S. Downing
Foster G. Bagge
R. W. Chamberlin
John W. Lee
Ottumwa
Chamber of Commerce
John Morrell Company
Mr. Mace
Iowa
Hospital Admits Kurtz and Dismissals Noted
Hospital records show Lawrence Kurtz of Packwood admitted. Dismissals include Mrs. Glen Pringle and son Kenneth Olin of Brighton, Mrs. Leonard Bomber and daughter of West Chester, and Mrs. Esther Mimms and daughter of Route 3. The highway note cites speed liquor and vision as leading accident causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Kurtz
Packwood
Glen Pringle
Kenneth Olin
Brighton
Leonard Bomber
West Chester
Esther Mimms
Route 3
American Pearl Tops VFW Team In Softball Clash
The American Pearl softball squad defeated the VFW team 7 to 2 at Cargill field yesterday evening. Pearl plated two runs in the third and fourth innings, one in the fifth, and two in the seventh, while VFW’s Bob Lowe hit a fourth inning home run with Lewis McFadden aboard. Pearl had nine hits to VFW’s six. Battery for Pearl was Art Edmondson and Ike Knott. for VFW, Roland Cole and Mike Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Pearl
VFW
Bob Lowe
Lewis McFadden
Pearl
Art Edmondson
Ike Knott
American Pearl Battery
Roland Cole
Mike Lee
Cargill Field
Memorial Day Hours For Late Floral Needs
The shop announces it will stay open until 11 00 a m Memorial Day to assist customers with late floral needs.
Vacation trip and local notices weave through the week
The Barnes family plans a mixed vacation business trip visiting St. Louis Lake Taneycomo Tulsa and Oklahoma City with expected returns in about a week. St James Circle hosts a Dutch supper at K ef C hall June 1. Various locals attend graduations visits and family gatherings as shops close briefly for holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise
Wayne
Mary Joyce
St. Louis
Lake Taneycoma
Tulsa
Okla
Mr. Barnes
Bob Rutherford
Oklahoma City
Kansas
St. James Circle
K.ef C. Hall
Seaway Project Urged by Hoover and Marshall
Secretary Marshall asks Congress for early approval of a 1941 Canada United States seaway agreement to build a deep water route on the Great Lakes. The plan would allow 25 foot draft ships of up to 10 000 tons, provide submarine safe communication for a third of the length, generate TVA scale power, and bolster hemispheric security and economic development. Hoover will also present views to the sub committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Congress
Great Lakes
Midwest
East Coast
Tennessee Valley Authority
U. S. Defense Board
Herbert Hoover
Ford announces six paid holidays and wage gains for salaried staff
Ford offers wage increases in line with GM and Chrysler, adding six paid holidays for about 20,000 salaried workers and leaving room for more talks on old age social security and other benefits. FAA strike actions exclude 3,800 Ford foremen, not covered by the raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Motors
Chrysler Corporations
UAW
FAA
Ford
Hopkinton Claims First Memorial Day Observation
Hopkinton Iowa residents assert their town held Memorial Day observances before Columbus Mississippi. They cite a 1865 Lenox College marble shaft commemorating local war dead as evidence of Hopkinton’s early official remembrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
Iowa
Columbus
Miss
Lenox College
Col
Burlington Bus Drivers Strike Strands Midwest Routes
Burlington Transportation Co tied up as 249 buses idle from Chicago to Los Angeles and San Francisco. 375 drivers walked out at 6 am, affecting mail contracts and leaving many in Wyoming and Iowa stranded. Union deputy president cites pay 514 cents a mile below rivals and seeks wage raise and rules changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Brotherhood of Railroad
Burlington Transportation Company
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Omaha
Wyoming
BE. Ambanhowar
Burlington
Burlington Company
Neb
Denver
Cheyenne
Pacific Coast
Des Moines
Iowa
Burlington Transportation Co
Memorial Day Programs With Elm Grove and Woodlawn Cemeteries
Memorial Day events include a West Main Street parade and two cemetery observances. Elm Grove Cemetery features invocation by Rev Walter Smith and music by a brass quartet and municipal band, with VFW participation and a graveside decoration. Woodlawn Cemetery lists Rev Rosi] McBee as chairman, an invocation by Rev T C Polk, a high school sextet, Rev Mile Phillips address, and a firing squad with a high school band decoration of graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Main St
Court House
Elm Grove Cemetery
M. M. 4Achell
Rev
Walter Smith
Paul K. Wells
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Woodlawn Cemetery
Rosi] McBee
T. C. Polk
Mile Phillips
W. J. Stevens
American Lemon
Taps Music High School
Memorial Day Evolves From Local Remembrance to National Event
A Civil War veteran served as a year later Columbus Mississippi held its memorial day observances and in 1868 Memorial day became a national event marking nationwide remembrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lege
Columbus
Miss
Missionary Society Meeting At McCreedy Home
Ethel and Maud McCreedy hosted the Woman’s Missionary Society of United Presbyterian Church at their home for an evening division. Mrs. Mable Gray led devotions on Rekindle Our Church from Acts II 1-4, with topics by Nora Ebner and Jessie Stewart. The president, Mrs. W W Caldwell, led a brief business session and a donation was sent to a Pittsburgh children’s name. Members were urged to notify the program committee if they cannot fill a slot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel
Maud MccCreedy
Woman's Missionary Society of United Presbyterian Church
Mable Gray
Our Church
Nora Ebner
Jessie Stewart
J. M. Finney
W. W. Caldwell
Pittsburgh
Potter Voorhees Wedding at Viola Iowa
The marriage of Berta Potter and Donald Voorhees was solemnized Sunday in the Methodist church at Viola Iowa in a simple double ring ceremony. The couple will live in Streaer Til after a short wedding trip. the bride attended the University of Iowa and worked for Collins Radio Cedar Rapids. The groom is a Washington native and naval air corps veteran who recently graduated from the state university. Guests included Mr and Mrs Voorhees and relatives from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berta Potter
Donald Voorhees
Moethodist
Viola
Iowa
Streaer, Til
Swift & Company
University of Iowa
Y's Men's Bridge Club hosts games at Bosharts home
Five tables of bridge were played at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Boshart by Y's Men's club members and their wives The women enjoyed a dessert at 7 30 and were joined by the men later Mrs Boyd White won the high prize for the women John Yousling won the high prize for the men and Roy Mields received the traveling prize
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Boshart
Boyd White
John Yousling
Roy Mields
Ainsworth Veterans Memorial Exercise Friday
Ainsworth veterans are urged to attend the Memorial Exercise Friday at 1 30 p m at Ainsworth High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Ainsworth High School
Farm Families Reuse Flat Irons and Oil Lamps
Practical note advises farm families to avoid discarding flat irons and oil lamps. Flat irons can be repurposed as sturdy decorative book ends while oil lamps offer potential to be converted into electric lamps, providing economical savings.
Bridge Night at Dick McCleery Home Hosts and Prizes
Members of the Y's Men’s Club and their wives played bridge at Richard McCleery's home. Verle Gallagher won for the score nearest 2410 and received a bottle of horse radish. Dr. G E Montgomery and wife also earned prizes across five tables in an event noting high and low remainder scores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y‘'s Men's Club
Richard McCleery
Verle Gallagher
Gallagher
G. E. Montgomery
Dr. Montgomery
Duck Feathers Cleaned With Art Gum Method
A simple technique describes removing small downy feathers from a duck by rubbing with art gum eraser. The method likens feather removal to erasing pencil marks and suggests careful, gentle motion.
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Doyle Palmer
Keota
Colleen Godwin
Davenport
Daniel Moriarty
Harry Payne
V.F.W
Toffee
Gulf Kist
Lady Corinne Jams
Folger
van Camp
RITZ
RED Heart Dog Food
California
Orarges
Swan Soap
Washington Fruit Market
Wolf’s Flower Shop
Joe Barnes
Clarence Johnson
Ft. Madison
Eleanor Deal
Mrs. Perry Hayes
Maybelle
Frank Armstrong
C. W. Shoemaker
Fred Burger
Nevada
Wm. G. Dial
Don Burger
McCallsburg
the Pines
Anna Monaghan
Holbrook, Iowa
Mrs. Rose Waters
Esther Moore
Wapello
Eugene Chalupa
Nicola & Harmon
Kenneth Warren
Washington
June Knotek
Joe Knotek
Miss Knotek
Sears Roebucks& Co
Tracy of
A. Green
Burbank
Calif
Patricia
W. §. Kyle
Paul Kyle
Avoca
Donald Kyle
Kalamazoo
Mich
Kyle
Hoover
Ford Henry Ford II
Coronado
E. E. Ward
Jawa Votion
Y’s
Bosharts
Ainsworth Veterans
Dick McCleery
G. V. Crall
Nicola
Harmon
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