Warfel Visit and Local Notes Highlight Community Life
Local visitors from San Francisco join Warfel family. Betty Drake returns from ten day visit and recovers from appendectomy while resuming Mercy hospital duties. A benefit card party hosted Thursday night at 8 includes bridge and pinochle with public invited. Also noted are farm price offers, military leaves from Farragut and Corpus Christi, students at Iowa State Teachers College, family visits in Georgia and Ohio, plus Warner’s brassieres on sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie N. Buwer
Navy Air Station
Corpus Christi
Texas
Archie M. Buwer
Dorothy Uwer
Iowa State ‘Teachers College
Cedar Falia
Kalona Kubs dominate North English Bears 45 to 0 in Ke-Wash
Kalona Kubs routed North English Bears 45 to 0 with three first quarter touchdowns by Conklin. Brighton defeated Keota 13 to 0 as Keota failed to punch in scores. West Chester and Columbus Junction battled to a 6-6 tie as West Chester's Moore scored late. Ke-Wash standings and upcoming slate listed with West Chester, Wellman, Kalona, and Brighton among top teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Iowa
Kalona Kubs
North English Bears
Kalona
Conklin
Kaolna
Brighton
Keota Eagles
Keota
West Chester Trojans
Columbus Junction
West Chester
Moore
Mr and Mrs Strain to Live in California
Crawfordsville reports Mr and Mrs Charles Strain arrived safely in San Pedro California Friday to live with their daughter Mrs Donald Mitchell and family. Also notes Republican Women members attended a Washington meeting and John Atkinson in Central Pacific will return home from San Francisco. Edna Rich wed Stanley Swartzendruber with local clergy in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Manners
Crawfordsville
Charles Strain
San Pedro
Calif
Donald Mitchell
Washington
J. H. Huston
Robert Wells
J. ©. Huston
Harvey Thomas
Rose Morehead
John Atkinson
Meaning and symbols on the reverse of the one dollar bill
The article explains the Great Seal on the dollar bill. It notes the eye above the unfinished pyramid, the Latin motto Annuit Coeptis meaning God favored our undertakings, and Novus Ordo Seclorum meaning a new order of the ages, each tied to Virgil and the Aeneid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Whitest White From Sand Yields Titanium Ore
Readers learn that black particles in Atlantic beach sand are likely titanium ore. Chemists process this ore to produce the whitest white pigment used for exterior house paint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Beach
Pvt James Vargas Receives Army Discharge After Amputation
Pvt James Vargas of Letts formerly of Columbus Junction has been discharged from the U S Army after losing his left leg above the knee from a shell injury at the Anzio beachhead on Jan 24. He returned home with his wife and daughter Nonie and has been at McCloskey General Hospital in Temple Texas since March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
James Vargas
Letts
Anzio
Nonie
McCloskey General Hospital
Temple
Tex
Vargas
Frank Vargas
Washington
Iowa
Mr. Vargas
Lloyd Lee Moran
East Coast
W. J. Moran
J. P. Moran
Texas
France
Calvin L. Peters
Dale Wolford
Truax Field
Madison
Wis
Calvin Peters
David Kenneth Thomas
Lake City
Fla
Chicago
Hugh Thomas
Duncan Building
Main Street
Vern Doudna
Jane Habberman
Cedar Rapids
Presbyterian Church
Harry Meugniot
Town-Illinois Telephone Company
Hillsboro
West Point
L. C. Hill
Methodist Ehurch
J. U. G. Four- H Girls’ Club
Union Township
Lillian Jones
Margaret Hininger
Bertha Crow
Joyce Finke
Martha Hininger
Verlee Jones
Lester H. Bill
H. W. Elilnson
Iowa River
Gordon Pine
Larry Elliott
Bud Hanft
Fay Crull
Laverne Littrell
Robert Duncan
Junior Morrison
Louisa County Ministerial Association
Cotter Presbyterian Church
John R. Fraser
Wapello
H. J. Findlay
Mediapolis
R. V. Pike
Morning Sun
Robert N. Chord
Lulu Ann Howe
St. Louis
Cotter School News Highlights Attendance and Honors
Cotter High School reports twenty two students with perfect attendance for the first six weeks and honors lists include seniors Maxine Wehr Donna Boyd and Rhea Wehr juniors Laurita Griggs sophomores Donnie Orris and Keith Duncan. Teachers visited and students explored color theory and geography while preparing posters for music and Halloween themed projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High School News
Couple to Reside in Columbus Junction St. Louis
George L. Van Auken of Columbus Junction and an accompanying partner from St. Louis were listed with attendants Mr. and Mrs. Ruse of St. Louis. The couple plans to reside here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. van Auken
Columbus Junction
St. Louis
Mrs. Ruse
Stephens Children Spend Weekend in Home of Parents
Mrs. Floyd Edmondson reports a weekend of visits from relatives and friends across Iowa and Illinois. The Stephens family hosted and traveled guests including Carol Stephens from Iowa City and Connie Stephens from Chicago while Joe Easter returned from Camp Roberts on furlough. Farmers prepared fields for harvest as weather remained favorable for corn and beans with new corn pickers delivered to Shull and Duncan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Edmondson
Xenpa
Dewey Stephens, Jr
John Elliott
Connie Stephens
Chicago
Carol Stephens
Iowa City
Myra Clark
Kansas City
Kan
James Clegg
J. L. Laird
Des Moines
Ella Duncan
Washington
Palmer Miller
Hugh Morris
Cedar Rapids
Will Zager
Manford Rabenold
Excelsior Springs
Joe Woods
Julia Woods
Davenport
Margaret Pfeifer
Myra Edmondson
Yayle Shull
Blair Duncan
Safe ladder use advised for fruit picking
Guidance urges choosing the proper ladder and moving it often to prevent tumbles while picking fruit. It notes that falls from haystacks haymows windmills and roofs cause thousands of accidents and injuries.
Government statistics on public meals intake
Government statistics show that 65 million Americans eat one or more meals in a public eating place every day. The report highlights dining patterns across diverse cities and demographic groups.
Ted Tschantz Entertained At Pinochle Party In Wayland
Ted Tschantz of Yankton South Dakota spent ten days with his family in Wayland. Tuesday evening Mrs. Tschantz hosted a pinochle party with Lyle Zehr Wade Huffman Harold Kauffman Lloyd Alliman Everette Hileman Gerald Sharp Sam Elder Mel Habe man A R Meyer Earl Berkshire and others in attendance. Refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
Ted Tschantz
Yankton
S. Oak
Lyle Zehr
Wade Huffman
Harold Kauffman
Lloyd Alliman
Everette Hileman
Gerald Sharp
Sam Elder
Mel Habeman
A. R. Meyer
Earl Berkshire
Marvin Roth
Charlie Zear
Ezra Wittmer
Chet Lauer
Swedesburg
Ruth Rickenberger
Robert Krabill
Dale Clark
Emma Mathieu
Clyde Brown
Frank Reed
F. D. Clark
Victor Stacy
Bertha Roth
Green plants as self feeding from inorganic matter
A note explains that green plants manufacture their own food from inorganic matter using sunlight. Without sun they cannot drive their food conversion processes.
Funeral Services For Mrs Widmer
Funeral services for Mrs. John W. Widmer were held Monday at Sugar Creek church after a prior service at the Noah Widmer home. She died Saturday evening at her son Noah’s home after years of ill health. born in 1868 in Monthell France she moved to Iowa joining the Mennonite church then Sugar Creek congregation in Wayland. She married John W. Widmer in 1889 and lived on a Washington county farm before moving to Noble where he died in 1941. She leaves two sons Noah and Daniel Stringtown 18 grandchildren one great grandson a brother in Ohio and a sister and brother in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Swartzendruber
C.P.S
Ypsilanti
Mich
Lee Lease
J. C. Rhea
Bruce Lease
Davenport
Gerald Rhea
Moline, Ill
Crawfordsville
D. Owens
Charles Strain
Moline
H Ill
Owens
Strain
Robert Whiting
Aviation Machinist Corps
H. J. Whiting
South Waymouth
Mass
Bruce Hanna
Connie
Sharon
Washington
Norman, Okla
Stringtown
John W. Widmer
Noah Widmer
Sugar Creek
Monthelland
France
Mennonite
Iowa
Wayland
America
Washington County
Widmer
Noble
Noah
Daniel
Ohio
Mennonite Church Honors Teachers and Members Gather
Wayland residents of the Mennonite church held a covered dish dinner with teachers and pastors as guests including Rev Hulse and Rev Metzker. Attendees also joined a Democratic meeting in Mount Pleasant and mourned the death of Mrs George Simpson in River Forest Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra Wittmer
Wayland
H. N. Hulse
Leonard Metzker
W. E. Boller
H. H. Hulme
Jacob Eicher
Edw. B. Witting
C. E. Rhum
Mount Pleasant
Clair Sodergren
George M. Simpson
River Forest
Ill
Soderfren
Jean Smith
Olive Boller
Albert Smith
Waterloo
Delta Alpha
Mennonite Church
Red Cross
The
Legion Hall
Mable Walker
Fairfield
Felix Lantz Dies At Columbus City
Felix Lantz 74 a longtime Columbus Junction resident died at his Columbus City home at 2 35 am after several weeks illness Funeral arrangements handled by Richie Funeral Home are incomplete He was born July 27 1870 in Terra Alta West Virginia to Washington and wife Alice Cuppett He and his wife lived on a farm near Columbus Junction later moving to Columbus City Surviving are his wife sons Stanley of Hillsboro Isaac of Columbus Junction Bay of Brighton three daughters Mrs Riley Grecian Riverside Mrs Tracy Orris Crawfordsville and Mrs Leonard George Middle Inlet Wisconsin two brothers Thomas Olds and Albert Terra Alta West Virginia 17 grandchildren and four great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Felix Lantz
Columbus City
Richie
Terra Alta
W. Va
Washington Lantz
Alice Cuppett
Columbus _ .Junction
Stanley
Hillsboro
Isa
Bay of Brighton
Riley Grecian
Riversids
Tracy Orris
Crawfordville
Leonard George
Middle Inlet
Wisc
Thomas
Olds and
Alber
Petrol Demand Drives U S Army Overseas Supplies
The army overseas requires about 1 250 000 barrels of petroleum products daily. Frank Clark and family along with Mrs Gilbert Wenger left Friday to visit her husband Lt Gilbert Wenger stationed in Washington D C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Frank Clark
Gilbert Wenger
Visi
Washington, D. C
Buckeroo skirt and coats on sale in local shop
Customers praised the Buckeroo wrap around skirt in fine wool. prices ranged from 5.95 to 7.95. An aunt from Kansas City noted bread costs were half and half. Local ads tout wool coats with chamois lining and year round wear in black brown or British tan.
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Mandy
Wolf’s Flower
David W. Warfel
San Francisco, Calif
Mrs
R. 8. Warfel
Betty Drake
Town City
Harry Drake
Miss Drake
Mercy Hospital
Farmer’s Store
Donald Kuln
Farragut
Idaho
Marcus Kuhn
W. Easter
Ins
Warners Alphabet
Bb. M. Bridges & Co
Howard Coakley
Stewart, Ga
Georgia
Bk. M. Bridges & Co
Maurice Putman
Baby
Barberton
Chester
Richland
Roote Venema
North English
Lone Tree
West Chester High School
Winfield
West Chesterfield
Happy Hildebrand
Angus Moore
Mt. Pleasant
the Great Seal
Gral Corps Radiophoto
Luxembourg
Richard
Cranston
L. I
Frauleins
Wiltz
Nicholas Horthy
Hungary
Budapest
Home Front
Germany
Horthy
Gestapo
International
Pvt
Army of U. S
V. Grall
Superman
Aachen
Signal Corps
Cotter School News
Mrs. Hendrickson
Roberta Boyd
Jack Frost
Jack
Richard Hendrickson
Patty Hobbs
Madalyn Schafer
Dunsmore
Hendrickson
Mary Cuassabaum
Middle Atlantic
Hen Irison
Ekleanora Miller
Tom Skubal
Darlene Stapp
Patricia Hawkins
Francis Owens
Billy Edwards
Dinty" Moorer
Dinty
Rothschild’s
Little’s Furniture
Russia
Roger Sherman
Karle
Gage and Fisk
Mallie
England
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