News Review details and local notices from Wayland area
Local items report visits by relatives to graduates at the University of Pennsylvania and Alaska tour plans. Air Medal awarded to Lieut Edmundson for Pacific battles. Iceland burial services noted for Capt Browning. Letters praise from veterans. Marriages announced for Allie Davison and Glen Gingerich. Auto crash suit filed by Preston Wolf. Community updates include bond sales, hospital recoveries, and local travel between towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Wolf
Aura Goff
Deaths and obituaries from Riverside to Davenport
Notices report deaths of Dr George Younkin 96 Riverside physician at Mason City I O O F home and Mrs Andrew Blumenstein 69 Paonia Colo mother of eleven. Brighton farmer dies, Wayland 83, and William Robert Long 77 Crawfordsville Davenport home. Also phrases on manners and housekeeping end.
Arrow Shots Ten Years Ago And Everyday Ridicule
A fragment from a column mocks stereotypes about race and appearance noting humor in a negro with side whiskers and commenting on misery from bad cooking and dyed hair. The piece hints at aging jokes and social stereotypes typical of the era.
Mrs Turner of Junction Dies in Columbus Junction
Mrs John Turner 65 longtime resident of Columbus Junction died suddenly at her home in Columbus City about 2 PM Friday She had been ill for some time Born Sarah Hall in Missouri she married William Wasson Oct 13 1896 He died earlier Surviving are her widower one son George Wasson Muscatine two daughters Mrs Mary Casten Burlington and Mrs Winifred Hollenback Nichols a sister Mrs Ocea Christensen Tulsa Okla nine grandchildren six great grandchildren three stepsons and three stepdaughters Funeral arrangements are being handled by Stephens funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
John Turner
Columbus City
George Wasson
Muscatine
Mary Casten
Burlington
Winifred Hollenback
Nichols
Ocea Christensen
Tulsa
Okla
William
Clyde
Harry Turner
Mary Skipton
Leona Miller
Verda Beach
Stephens Funeral Home
Dale Riley Injured In Truck Collision Near Yorktown
Dale Riley, a truck driver for Elon Christner, was seriously hurt when his loaded cattle truck collided with another near Yorktown Illinois while en route to Chicago. He was taken to a Sterling hospital where his wife joined him. head surgery was planned for Thursday as the family prepared to move into a town house formerly owned by his late father T H Riley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Manners
Crawfordsville
Dale Riley
Elon Christner
Chicago
Yorktown
Ill
Sterling
Stanning
T. H. Riley
Civilians in Fort Atkinson PWD tackle sewer and drain work
Civilians employed by the Fort Atkinson Wisconsin public works department take on sewer unclogging and drain laying for residents to avoid layoffs caused by work curtailment. The job pays cost plus a 20 cent hourly charge for insurance public liability supervision and tool use. A deposit is required before starting work to prevent unpaid bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Atkinson
Wis
Public Works Department
Grow Better Seedlings In Window Flats
Farm families report stronger tomato and garden seedlings when grown in flats in broad house windows instead of small kitchen windows. The method emphasizes space and light for healthier plants.
Funeral Today for Cloyce Clyde Carey
Private funeral services are to be held for Cloyce Clyde Carey eight weeks old son of Mr and Mrs Thea Carey of Fredonia. The ceremony at 2 pm in the Septem literal home in Columbus Junction will be conducted by Rev Caleb Larson of the Grandview Congregational church. Burial will follow in Indian Creek cemetery. The child died Thursday afternoon in Hershey hospital Muncatine after a brief illness of measles and complications. Survived by parents two sisters Juanita and Ernie the grandparents Mr and Mrs Robert Carey and William Jet New Boston Illinois and a great grandmother Mrs Bessie Blyen Columbus Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Clyde Carey
Thea Carey
Fredonia
Columbus
Jeme Ton
Caleb Larson
Peetee
Grandview
Indian Creek
Hershey
Muncatine
Tie
Juanita
Ernie
Moobert Carey
William Jet
New Boston
Bessie Blyen
OPA exempts handicraft articles from price control
The Office of Price Administration decided that Indian and Eskimo handicraft items, from simple standard forms to art objects, should be exempt due to administration difficulty and their small impact on living costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ofice of Price Administration
OPA
Iron Overheating Risks and Safety Tips
Overheating an electric iron wastes electricity harms the element and creates a fire hazard. Dropping an iron can break the thermostat or throw it out of adjustment.
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Henry O'Neill
Donald Duck
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Earl §. Browning, Jr
United States Army
Iceland
Ralph Shannon
Robert Shannon
Russell Frink
Gladys Ahern
Alaska
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Washington County
Dale Voorhees
Barksdale
Florida
Dorothy Peck
Carl Voorhees
A. Keith Droz
A. Keith I
John
Grosslle
Com. Droz
Navy Air Base Hospital
Allie Davison
Wayland
Glen L. Gingerich
Whalona
Fred L. Stewart
Henrietta Stewart
Monmouth
Doctor of Petters
Hazel Stewart Alberson
Robert Barclay
Des Moines
George Breitenbach
Glenn Barclay
Marjorie Watts
Willis J. Graber
Sugar Creek
Ellsworth
Ewing
George Younkin
Riverside
Mason City
Andrew Blumenstein
Wellman
Years
Mrs
Callie Wilson
Charles Woodford
Paonia
Colo
Jobin Kurtz
Simtta Coftin
Fairfield
Navier Eichenberger
Jesse Eicher
Schlager
Robert Koony
William Robert Long
Davenport
Ways
Gray
Duke and Duchess OF Windsor
Nassau
Bahamas
Philip D. Wilson
Medical and Surgical Relief Committee of America
New York
Kodak Peems
Fordham University
Tunisia
Francis J. Spellman
Corp
George J. Robinson
Technicolor
Laird Cregar
June Havoc
Ward Bond
Fala
The
Lonesome Mouse
Sportlight “Sports IQ
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Junction
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She
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Missouri
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North African
Sir Andrew Cunningham
Clark Lee
Paulette Goddard
Lee
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North Africa
Francis Baker
Boston
Boston Commons
Francis
Anna
Cloyce Clyde Carey
Martha Butler
U. S
Alexander I. Belyaev
George V. Strong
U. S. Army
Moscow
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