The Strange Boy and the Old Man’s Golden Age
An aging man recalls a barn as a boyhood Eden and mentors Bud, a strange returning youth, while the group of scouts debates drills and dreams. Bud reveals a concealed heartbreak about a lost love and the cost of growing up, leaving the old man to reflect on aging dreams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mey
Sooky
Old Sooky
Thirteen
Bud
Babe Ruth
Douglas Fairbanks
Gerd
Villiken
Rural Women's club elections and society notes
The Rural Women's club elected officers with Mrs. Emma Cherry as president and Mrs. Ten nis Hunter as vice president. A Ladies Union Circle organized at New Haven church named Mrs. Ora Snyder as president and met with plans to recruit more members. Various clubs held meetings with programs, teas, Bible study, and social gatherings, including a Halloween party hosted by the Just Us Club and a Presbyterian church social with a large turnout and reports on church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rural Womens Club
Charles Cherry
Emma Cherry
Tennis Hunter
G. Maxwell
Elmer Cherry
Edgar Porter
New Haven
Ora Snyder
Harry Davidson
Walter Wolfe
James Combs
Charlie McKinstry
Clarence Rathmel
Cora Snyder
Ernest Hummer
Roscoe Robertson
Shalom Group to Meet October Ninth at Salterbury Home
The Sha lom Group Sunday school class of the Methodist church will hold an all day meeting next Tuesday October ninth at Mrs. W. B. Salterbury’s home south of town weather permitting. Members should bring number forty white thread for quilting and their own lunch transportation provided.
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Shalom Group
Methodist Church
W. 8S
Salterbury
Interchurch Committee Meeting Scheduled for Monday
The Interchurch committee will meet in the library on Monday afternoon at four o'clock.
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Interchurch Committee
Evening Home Nightly Meeting With Miss Carol Forgy
The Home Nightly evening section will meet with Miss Carol Forgy on Tuesday evening October Sth. A change in meeting location is noted for 1993.
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Carol Forgy
Notice Standard Bearers Meeting With Ruby Reed Tuesday
Notice lists a meeting for the Standard Bearers Tuesday evening with Ruby Reed and rain contingency with Juanita Rosenberger also noted. Members are reminded to pay dues. Attendance and timing unspecified.
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Ruby Reed
Juanita Rosenberger
Notice of 76 Aid Meeting at Fiée residence
The 76 Aid will meet Friday afternoon Oct. 12 at the home of Mrs. Clara Fiée nor. Mrs. Myrtle Funston and Mrs. Pearl Funston will be assistant hostesses. There is to be election of officers at this meeting.
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Aid
76 Aid
Clara Fiéenor
Myrtle Funston
Pearl
Losemary Club
Mra
Ralph Waggoner
Fortnightly Home Economics Section Three Meeting
Section three of the Home Economics Department of the Fortnightly club will meet Tuesday afternoon at 2 45 with Mrs Frank L. Wilson. A full attendance is desired and members should come prepared to pay annual dues.
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Frank L. Wilson
Bible Study Dept Meeting With Mrs Wilson
Notice states the Bible study department will meet with Mrs. Frank L Wilson on Monday afternoon at 2 30.
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Frank L. Wilson
Regular meeting notice from K. P. Unit
Notice states a regular meeting Monday evening at 7 30 for the K P unit with business of importance. Ralph Minick C C 20012 is the contact.
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K. P
Ralph Minick
C. C
Legion and G A R Notices for October Meetings
Notice of American Legion regular meeting Tuesday evening in the Legion hall to discuss Armistice Day program and other work. Publicity officers urge attendance. Also Tri County G A R to meet in Muscatine on Thursday October 11. K C regular meeting Tuesday evening October 5 with social planned for the K C members.
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American Legion
Legion Hall
Tri-County
Muscatine
K. C
Social Evening and Farewell Luncheon Report
Delicious refreshments were served by the committee with Mrs. Al Horsey as chairman. The remainder of the evening was spent socially and with dancing. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Thompson entertained friends last evening in honor of Miss Bertha Thompson who leaves soon for Chicago to take up work there. The hostess served a lovely two course luncheon late in the evening. The pretty color scheme of pink and white was carried out in the luncheon.
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al Fields Pridaywright
West Main Street
H. C. Hull
Cora Porter
Washington
Donald Chilcote
Will Chilcote
Edith Shields
United States
Miss Shields
Saturday Evening Post
Ladies Home Journal
C. W. Stewart
Ralph Shannon
de Molay
William Bragg
Karl Kunath
Thomas Carson
Harold Jones
Frank Bandy
John Matthews
John
Elizabeth Sherman
Sevilla Boice
al Horsey
C. H. Thompson
Bertha Thompson
Chicago
Twenty Five Iowa Legion Auxiliary Delegates to Frisco
Twenty five delegates will represent the Iowa department of the American Legion Auxiliary at the national convention in San Francisco. Mrs. Carrie G. Hunter chairs the delegation, with travel plans including a Davenport start for the uniformed drill team and tall corn specials from various groups. The department mails each delegate a 150 dollar traveling stipend.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa Department of the American Legion Auxiliary
San Francisco
National Convention of the Legion
Iowa
Carrie G. Hunter
Davenport
Department
Hunter
Newton
C. 8. McClung
Tipton
Esther G. Kennedy
G. W. MacDowell
Story City
Aelia Coan
Sioux City
C. C. Bullock
Clarinda
A. W. Hinderman
Wapello
J. F. Benson
Harry Utley
Manchester
J. B. Clark
Hampton
Agnes Helbig
Mason City
W. H. Fox
Waucoma
F. G. Reimaan
Cedar Rapids
Paul Samberg
Durant
Frances Senninger
Marion
Millie S. Heffner
Sigourney
A. H. Hoffman
H. F. Stever
Creston
May Bolt
Woodbine
George Alexander
Iowa Red Cross Leads Earthquake Relief Drive
Iowa has pledged over $115,000 to the Japanese earthquake relief fund as Judge Hubert Utterback reports. The national total surpasses $10,000,000 with Iowa’s quota set at $80,000.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Hunbert Utterback
Iowa Red Cross
Angola Diamond Boom Elevates Territory to Fourth Global Supplier
In Lisbon dispatch from October 1966 the Angola Portuguese West Africa diamond fields are described as highly developed and the colony is identified as the world’s fourth largest diamond producer.
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Angola
Lisbon
Portugues
West Africa
Community Notices From West Chester Area
October events listed include Rosemary club meeting with Mrs Ralph Waggoner on Wednesday afternoon and officer elections planned. Ladies Aid Society of the West Chester Methodist church hosts a gathering at the church with Mrs Fred Bauer Mrs Dr Henderson and Mrs Formasi. American Legion Leon Beatty post meets Tuesday at 7 30 pm to discuss Armistice Day with Commander F B Appleby.
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Ladies Aid Society
West Chester Methodist Church
Fred Bauer
Dr. Henderson
Formasi
American Legion
Leon Beatty Post
F. B. Appleby
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Kennedy
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William Matucha
East Main Street
L. S. Patterson
Eastwood
Edith Mallory
A. EK. Cunningham
Amos Norton
John Rittler
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the Pleasant School
Esther Miller
Florence and Ruth Johnson
Mary Miksch
Kelen Turnipseed
Betty Bowes
Rosella Hotle
Gladys Chorpening
Pearl Blick
Iris Augustine
Martha Harvey
John Jackson
T. S. E. Club
Clayton Bear
John Parks
Kathern Fletcher
Rebekahs
Cordelia Dusenberry
Edna Flynn
Ezra Godwin
South Second Avenue
Iowa Legion Auxiliary
Frisco
J. B. Wolf
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Tokyo Bay
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