American Velvet Weed and a prefab house in town
A curious tale calls a wild grey green plant American Velvet now known as mullen a weed to pasture and a pretty flower to some. A first grader shares a found yellow gourd a fall bouquet idea features white and lavender asters and red roses. A pre fab house rises on a cement foundation, crane and trucks busy 7 to 10 15 am then leaves town. first of its kind locally to be occupied by the Mearle Walker family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
England
Mearle Walker
Variety Night Farce Shared by Local Group
On Variety Night a one act farce was performed with parts read and acted by Mrs. Ruth Nolin Mrs. Clifford Ramsdale and Misses Martha Glass and Ethel Weed A piano duet by Miss Florence Hale and Mrs. Gertrude Upton preceded the performance Public Affairs II of the Fort nightly Club met in the Home parlor with Miss Bertha Williamson and Miss Helen Lackey hosting Various visits and calls occurred among residents including Mrs Mary Holmes Mrs Mae Sturgeon Miss Grace Vincent and Mrs Lulu Randolph of Keota patient in Mercy Hospital and Dr James Owen of Vancouver WA visiting his mother in town. Members of the community traveled to see relatives and attend engagements through the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Nolin
Clifford Ramsdale
Martha Glass
Ethel Weed
Florence Hale
Gertrude Upton
Bertha Williamson
Helen Lackey
Mae Sturgeon
Grace Vincent
Nellie Fink
Iowa City
Lulu Randolph
Keota
Mercy Hospital
Stamp Corner Reports Busy 1968 U S issue slate
The 1968 U S stamp program grows with seven commemoratives and five Prominent American stamps. Highlights include HemisFair 68 in San Antonio and the Illinois Sesquicentennial stamp, with issues planned across January to October and multiple special events for notable figures and themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
U. S
San Antonio
Texas
Best Defense For Diamond Suit Contracts In Bridge
South opens clubs and West leads diamonds. East wins with ten then A K J, later awkward on last diamond. If West overruffs, declarer makes nine tricks. if West discards a second spade, declarer loses two trumps and goes down. Strategy favors not overruffing to preserve trump control.
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South
West
East
Declarer
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Outdoor science court brings fun to Plano school
Sig ler Elementary School in Plano unveils an outdoor science court created from an open space in the campus center. A $2,500 grant from the Educational Facilities Laboratory backed by a landscape architect shaped three climate zones arid temperate and tropical with a waterfall and pond for hands on geography genetics biology and other lessons. One student has already tested the pond as a toe dipping anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Mid-Prairie plans bond for school facilities total 1.185 million
Architects estimate three proposed projects for the Mid-Prairie Community School District total 1,185,000 with 1,060,000 for construction and site work and 125,000 for equipment and fees. Bond issue would fund new Junior High, High School additions, Kalona Elementary additions, and site development. Tax impact estimated at about 4.695 mills annually, under 1 percent per day, contingent on interest, term, and district valuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid - Prairie Community
Kalona
Mid Prairie
Iowa General Assembly
Board of Education
Stanford Professors Build Rolling Hoop For Fun Ride
On the Stanford University campus five professors and 23 students designed a motor driven rolling hoop to teach engineering design. The four week project produced a marketable concept that could sell for about 200 dollars with improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford
Calif
UPI
Stanford University
John Manning
Manning
Masking and home paint prep tips from a past issue
Practical guidance on masking objects before painting with a spray gun and tips for home maintenance. It covers masking materials like paper and tape, masking window panes, preparing a heating system for winter, preserving kettle water, and simple DIY hacks such as keeping doors from slamming with a felt animal draft stop. It also includes ideas for repurposing plastic tubes and using canned vegetable juices to thicken soups.
Michael Augustine Honored At Supper Event
Michael Augustine was guest of honor at a family supper hosted by his parents D A Augustine. The gathering included numerous relatives and friends such as Vivian Sojka Fred Zieglowsky Lew Wagenknecht C A McCampbell Mae Marr and others. The occasion celebrated Michael who left for service the following Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Augustine
D. A. Augustine
Michael
Vivian Sojka
Fred Zieglowsky
Lew Wagenknecht
C. A. McCampbell
Mae Marr
Olin Gingerich
Pat
Dave
Dale Dawn
Wilbur Krotz
Haskins
Leonard Hixson
Ray Wehr
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Keith Wehr
John Wehr
Glenn Ladehoff
Glenda
P. Statler
Waldo Fickling
Allen Fickling
Harold Hafely
Fred Bylerlys
Dale Hafely
Fickling
James C. Bowen
Aleph Hites
Dennis Hixson
University of Iowa At
Iowa City
Dale Duwa
Emil Zachs
Waldo Fickling and
George Groff
Raymond Sojka
Ira
Debbie
Julie
Barbara
Vivian
Glenn Ladenhoff
Glenn
St. Lukes Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Allen Griggs
Washington
Mid Prairie
Ladenhoff
Illini guests dine with Brighton families and Legion officers
A Brighton column lists guests from Illinois and nearby towns visiting local residents including the Shelangoski and Reighard households, with trips to Amana colonies, Cedar Rapids, and Genevan hospital reports. It notes Legion Post 212 officers elected for the coming year and describes local house demolitions and birthday celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Dale Clark
Allen Clark
Stella Kauffman
Wayland
Geneva Farrier
Jim Smith
Agency
Cecil Porter
Hubert Shelangoski
Carbon Cliff
Richard Shelangoski
Pete Shelangoski
Thelma Little
University Hospital
Iowa City
Ruth Edwards
Robert
Rapid City
South Dakota
Carol Fleig
Richland
Luanne Elmore
Washington
Bob Guy
Lloyd Reighard
Marie Crandall
Amana
Charles Neff
Burlington
Ruth Reighard
Linda Neff
Cedar Rapids
Gerald Donaldson
O. E. Nash
Hanford
California
Bertha Nash
Pediatrician Poised as Poet in Spare Time
ST LOUIS UPI reports Dr Park J White 75 a pediatrician and retired private practitioner now with St Louis County Health Department Well-Baby Clinics also writes light verse in spare hours His poem Definitely Emeritus lampoons aging with playful lines about senectute and a joking greeting to geriatrics.
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U.P
Mary Holmes
Supervisors of Nursing Homes
Oak Knoll Retirement Home
P. F. Whisler
Charles B. Willming
Willming
Mrs. Leland Horton
Mr. Horton
Myrtle Horton
Harry Eshelman
Fayetteville, Ark
Harry Corwin
Kewanee, Ill
Arthur Anderson
Mazie Work
Davenport
Glenn Davis
Ainsworth
Myrle Henderson
Alma Walker
Mary Jane Christner
Crawfordsville
Jane Lamont
William Rosses
Akron
Philadelphia
James Owen
Vancouver
Wash
C. A. Owen
Bruce Gillis
Denver
Seattle
Hazel Buwer
Clarence Fulton
William Reif
Arnolds Park
By Walt Green
Illinois
Shawneetown
Walt Disney
Mickey Mouse
Air Mail
Thomas Paine
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Washington, D. C
Thomas Jefferson
Jeffersonville
Indiana
Lucy Stone
Dorchester
Mass
Rive
Vermont
John Dewey
Dewey
University of Michigan
Minnesota
Chicago
United Nations
United Nations Secretariat
Marc Chagall
Secretariat
Dag Hammarskjold
B. Jay Becker
Q South Akj
South West North East
Plano, Tex
Sigler Elementary School
Mid-Prairie Plans
Dagwood
Volun S
United Leature Syndicate
Ispanish
Irma
United Press International
J. W. Helscher
CLA
P.O. Box
Washington, Iowa
Ohio National Life Ins. Co
Cincinnati
Shelangoski
Val van Winkle
Lucy Ginkens
Lee Emry
Railroad Street
Tony Meuth
Little Shelly Gingerich
Paul DeLong
Meuth
Little Shelly
Bruce Gingerich
Rex Widmer
Myrtle Long
Durant
Nellie Long
Edgar
Louis Graggana
Geneva
Ill
Helen Lynn
Donald Lynn
Ed Laglouer
Dale Loeffler
Viola Lynn
Harold
Johnnie Lynn
William Black
Edgerton
Missouri
H. W. Helmick
New Methodist Church
Geri
Foster Bagge
Iowa
National Bank
North Marion
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