Riverside Community Notes Include Returning Corporal Visit
Coroporal Watkinson, back from two years overseas, visited with wife Margaret Waddle at Oakdale after basic training at Camp Claiborne. James Kupka begins work at M. J. Wilkinson drug store. Local residents, including the Krotz family and Nadine Chalupa, visited Emma Zillmer west of Kalona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinson
Riverside
Corporal Watkinson
Camp Claiborne
Margaret Waddle
Oakdale
James Kupka
M. J. Wilkinson
John Krotz
Nadine Chalupa
Emma Zillmer
Kalona
Luthiera Yeggy
Iowa City
Linus Yeggy
St Marys pupils stage recital and needle club visit
Riverside reports a St Marys school recital directed by Sister Mary Franzeline featuring Theresa Cooney and other pupils in the parish hall Sunday. Senior Needle club members met at Mrs Fitzsimmons home with guest Mrs Earl Walton for an afternoon of needlework and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
St. Mary's School
Sister Mary Franzeline
Theresa Cooney
Joan Schnoebelen
Rita Thomann
Virginia Droll
Marilyn Fesler
Frances Hardy
Vernita Droll
Lois Schnoebelen
Wilma Fealer
Janet Simon
Bernadette Yeggy
Shirley Fesler
Mary Lois Yeggy
Mary F. Shebek
Mickey Ryan
Juanita Yeggy
Lois
Dorothy Stransky
C. H. Fitzsimmons
Earl Walton
C. J. Karel
Pearl Watkinson
Ovie Wat
Smylie Welcomes Grandson in Washington County
Ainsworth notes Bill Smylie has a new grandson born at Washington county hospital. He also praises William Harry Boileau, son of his niece Mrs. Harry Boileau. Various local visits are recorded including Iva McMuhen’s return from Packwood and others visiting in Washington. Lt. James Olinger leaves for Ft. Meade Md after furlough. John Edmondson accompanies him to Maryland. The Boileau family names their son William Harry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Norris
Ainsworth
Bill Smylie
Washington County Hospital
Harry Boileau
Iva McMuhen
Packwood
W. H. Hemphill
Oakville
Amy
Anna Nicholson
Washington
James Olinger
Ft. Meade
San Francisco
Calif
John Edmondson
Jim
Maryland
William Harry
Floyd Crayne
Bis Paints
Hugh Crayne
Oskaloosa
T. J. Robins
Harold Miller
Neil Jacobs
Birmingham
Albert Ford
Fairfield
Cotton bags turn into colorful towels for home use
Textile craft notes show cotton bags for flour sugar or feed can be transformed into tea towels or dish towels. Embroidery on the white cloth is easy with simple stitches. Cotton bags provide absorbent durable towels that leave no lint on dishes.
Americans Over Europe Launch Major Daylight Air Offensive
More than 2,000 U S planes from Britain and the Mediterranean hit air fields rail yards factories in Poland Germany Austria and France Belgium. American losses totaled 65 heavies and 25 fighters with 168 enemy planes shot down including 100 by British heavies. Swedish radio reports four engined bombers forced landings in southern Sweden with 77 crewmen interned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Europe
Britain
Mediterranean
Poland
Germany
Austria
France
Belgium
Sth Air Force
Sweden
Allied push around Rome presses toward Alban hills
American forces fight through Velletri area as tanks advance toward the Alban hills and fields below. Allied artillery has reduced much of Velletri to rubble while Germans reroute traffic to secondary roads toward the 8th army sector. British 5th army units reach Moletta creek near the Tyrrhenian coast and seize the road west of Aprilia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alban
Velletri
Ruble
Valmontone
Rome
8Th Army
Via
Casilina
5Th Army
Moletta Creek
Tyrrhenian Sea
Aprilia
Phyllis Lowe Birthday Party With Three Guests
Phyllis Lowe celebrated her sixth birthday on May 24 with a party at the Clark home hosted by her mother and grandmother Mrs. Ernest Clark. Guests included JoAnn McNeill, Sandra Davis and Judy Siper. Angel food cake and ice cream were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Raymond
East Highland
Phyllis Lowe
Ernest Clark
Clark
JoAnn McNeill
Sandra Davis
Judy Siper
Angel
Richard Stephens
Everette Sumners
Shannon Lantz
Phylis
Two Lindenmeyer Officers on Leave To Visit Parents
Westchester news notes a cross country flight by Lt. Frederick Lindenmeyer from Pensacola to Des Moines to visit his parents. Capt. John Lindenmeyer returns to Biggs Field El Paso after six days at Chanute Field. The item lists various local visits, a home addition, a Home Art Club meeting, and a sardines production figure for 1943 44.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Ferguson
Westchester
F. M. Lindenmeyer
Frederick Lindenmeyer
Coast Guards
Pensacola
Fla
Des Moines
John Lindenmeyer
el Paso
Biggs Field
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Harold Griggs
Betty
Carol Dean
James Griggs
Pekin
Ill
James Grigg
Floyd Schackner
Howard Augustine
Martha
A. T. Augustine
Colorado
Howard
Chicago
Fred Bauer
Home Art Club
EF. H. Whitehead
Washington
Bain
Glenn Martin
Homer Porter
Oral Walters
Rock Island
Memorial Day Tribute Held With Veterans and Service Members
Memorial Day program today honors Civil War veteran L F Sigafoose who died last September. Present were soldiers and sailors from the current war on furlough joining in the community tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F. Sigafoose
Sigafoose
Keep Pullets on Pasture In Summer Expert Says
W E Scott of the University of Nevada extension urges pullets about to lay to forage on pasture all summer. Provide large range if possible with green feed, scattered grain, high protein mash, and clean yards with running water to prevent disease and parasite hatching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Scott
University of Nevada Agricultural Extension Service
Scott
Belgium Congo Treasure House for Raw Material
The Belgian Congo, founded as a free state in 1885 by King Leopold II, spans vast area with the Congo river navigable for about 4 009 miles. It hosts dense forests and a Katanga copper belt 250 miles long yielding around 200 000 tons annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopold II
Belgian Congo
Congo
Belgium
Congo River
West Virginia
Katanga
How to Make Javelle Water Chlorine Bleach Steps
Instructions for producing Javelle water from washing soda and bleaching powder. Mix half a pound of washing soda with a quart of cold water add a quarter pound of bleaching powder strain and store. To treat mildew place fabric over a bowl apply bleach for one minute then stop action with a sodium thiosulphate solution and rinse thoroughly.
Franklin’s 1783 Paris balloon ascent spurs paratroop fears
Benjamin Franklin, then U S ambassador to France, witnessed Paris on November 21 1783 the first authenticated balloon ascent and discussed with a parachute inventor. He warned that a future nation might face defense against ten thousand men descending from the clouds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
France
United States
Paris
Tung Trees Growth and Ornamental Use
Tung trees reach 30 feet or more and live 38 years or longer. They are planted for beauty and bloom with snow white to pinkish flowers in spring. Trees start fruiting in year three and are fully bearing by years six or seven. Fruits are 2 to 3 inches across, tomato shaped, with a single husk containing usually five seeds.
Fisher Nearing Extinction in California and Nation
The fisher, a weasel family mammal, faces decline across California and the U.S. Fur buyers value its skin at 25 to 50 dollars. California catches dropped from 102 in 1920 to about three annually over the past five years. The species helps control porcupine populations, and its breeding yields one litter per year of one to four kits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
United States
Latitude Is Same Salt Lake City Latitude
The article notes Salt Lake City Utah lies near 41 degrees north matching the latitudes of New York Madrid Naples and Istanbul indicating similar north latitude positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
New York
Madrid
Naples
Istanbul
Plan Exercises For 21 Seniors At St Marys
Riverside May 29 The 21 seniors of St Marys will receive diplomas at an 8 pm ceremony in St Mary church. Rt Rev Monsigno Jacobsmeier will present diplomas after awards for high average and perfect attendance. Rev Walter Boeckman will give the commencement address. The senior class motto is Pus or Pull or Get Out of the Way with American Beauty flowers and red and white colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Boeckman
Holy Trinity Church
Richmond
Miss Veggey
Philip Hotka
Jack Kron
Melvin Metz
LeRoy Muller
Robert Pogge
Leonard Rotenburger
Robert and
Dwange Schneider
Theresa Brophy
Betty Kiefer
Constance Pailliotet
Gertrude Rummelhart
Eleanor
Rita Ruth
Iowa Drug Store
Iowa City
A. H. Pogge
Riverside
Lieut
Wesley Pogge
England
Harlingen
Texas
Wisconsin Great D iagonal Valley as Historic Waterway
Historians hail the diagonal valley from Green Bay to Prairie du Chien as Wisconsin’s greatest topographical feature. Indigenous peoples used it for centuries and could paddle from the Upper Fox River to the Wisconsin during floods without portage. The route linked the Colonial French Empire from Montreal to New Orleans as a principal communications system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bay
Prairie du Chien
Wisconsin
Fox River
Montreal
New Orleans
Community sale notices at Whittaker and Keota
Friday sale at Whittaker sale barn continues with the John Mullinnix estate closing May 31. Household goods sale June 2 at 603 South Ave starting 7 p.m. Henry Bahde hosts June 7 closing sale of a restaurant equipment in Keota starting 7 30 p.m. Sam Henderson listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittaker
John Mullinnix
Washington
South
Sth
Henry Bahde
Keota
Iowa
Sam Henderson
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Nicola and
Harnon
Jay Brewer
C. L. Jennings
New London
J. D. Rabenold
Geo Young
Hugh H. McCleery
Eod
Melvin Bone
Matilda Wieland Lena Bopp
R. A. Knittel
Daniel Bopp
Richand
George Pogge
Dolores
Delbert Bullard
Jane
West Point
D. O. Butler
Congress Hotel
Charis Foundation
I. E. Glick
Call
Fred Neiswanger
George J. Breitenbach
Armers
Reister Bros
the Evening Journal
White Rock
Otto Suter
Crawfordsville
Hampshire
West Chester
Ray Sojka
Riverside Phone
Elm Grove Cemetery
H. B. Busby
Eclipse Lumber Company
Pioneer Crust Store
TOR Sale
FORD
So. Ltd
Underwoods & Miles
Fred Donaldson
Rose Cottage
Carson Plumbing & Heating
Felipse Lumber Company
Pioneer Drug Store
Howard JL. McCleery
Hampshire Gifts
Will Embree
Ihc
Pep-Up Vyorn
du Pont Duco
Rawleigh Products
C. G. Picken
Edwin Malmberg
Bernard Becker
Willard
Washington Oil
Pany
Ramseyer
Hatchery
St. Mary’s
Japan
China
Mexico
Russia
Ermany
Great Britain
U.S.A
Ettinger
HESE
International
National Farm Loan Association
N. Court St
GEO. D
Marietta Workman
Harriet Coulter
Bess Jones
J. A. Marsh
Ronald Hay
Lincoln
Ned
P. J. Graber
Raymond Graber
Walter Rich
Anos Stout
Frank Scranton
Levi Blanchard
Scranton
Mrs. Planchard
Iarry Jones
Mina Paulsigrove
Ellis Swiser
Columbus Junction
Maurice Krabill
Walter Epperly
Gary of
Dale Bales
Merle Twinam
Charles
Mary Virginia
Pleasant Grove
Newlondon
Lindenmeyer
Asore
Ships Magazine
Shipbuilders Council of America
Ivor Davis
Journal
Harry
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