Wyman School Opens 1940 41 With Enrollment and Plans
Wy man Consolidated school opened the 1940-41 year on Sept 2 with a half day for enrollment and work assignments. The staff includes Supt Harold C. Sheldon and teachers Murray Martin Viola Harshbarger Helen Masha plus grade teachers Louis Schilder Betty Jane Rauscher and Otha Lee DuVall. Enrollment totals 49 in grades and high school. A community get-together and teachers reception is planned Sept 13 with a potluck and social time. coffee and sugar supplied by the school board.
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Wyman
Wyman Consolidated School
Harold C. Sheldon
Murray Martin
Viola Harshbarger
Helen Masha
Louis Schilder
Betty Jane Rauscher
Otha Lee DuVall
Wyman High School
Wyman School
Gwen Sheldon
Junior Gipple
Phyllis Lantz
Francis Metzzer
Evelyn Johnston
Chiss
Mr. Sheldon
Iwen Sheldon
Norma Davis
Wilma Rees
Phyllie Lantz
Miss Masha
Frieda Reese
Adeline Humphrey
Jean Humphrey
Sheldot
Friends Welcome Mr and Mrs Carl Greiner in Charivari
Franklin Center September 12 Mr and Mrs Carl Greiner were welcomed with a charivari hosted by the neighborhood. The piece notes the wide age range in attendance and playful details about the oldest guest and the cigar mystery. Many local residents are mentioned in visits and travels.
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M. D. Atkinson
Franklin Center
Carl Greiner
Wells
J. H. Thompson
C. B. Reed
Golia Miller
Mary Gowey
Ralph Waggoner
Art Dawson
Emil Anderson
Booth
Reed
Harold Booth
Gola Miller
Farm Bureau
Harold Humston
Joe Embree
Paul Mayer
Coneville
Edmondson Passes State Bar Joins Davenport Firm
Robert Edmondson, who finished law training last spring, has passed the state bar and now works with the Commercial Credit company in Davenport. Nearby notes include vacation travel by Albert and Mrs. Kenda to Washington and other local visits and family connections.
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Clarence
Betty
Gallup
New Mexico
Edith Werner
Des Moines
W. B. Robison
Doris
Donald Robison
Rosalie
Walter Hagans
Rex
Merle Allison
Wapello
Dwight Robison
Dwight
Sinclair Oil Company
Charles City
Ruth Rotzinger
Elgin
Illinois
Robert Edmondson
Davenport
Ry Rhua Helmick
Brighton
Edmondson
Commercial Credit Company of
Albert Kenda
Washington
B.ec
Regular Meeting of Letter Carriers Held at Brighton
Washington County Rural Letter Carriers met at the Methodist church in Brighton with forty members from Ainsworth Brighton Crawfordsville Kalona Mt. Pleasant Richmond Riverside Washington Wayland and Wellman. Leland Horton chaired the session with prayers, addresses, songs, refreshments, reports by President Edward Buehek and Secretary Treasurer Prody Aforkosk, and discussions on roads.
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Washington County
Ainsworth
Mise Betty
Hoskins
God Bless
America
Betty Hoskins
Joseph Christy
Helmick
Pian
Brighton
Edward BB P Buehek
Prody Aforkosk
Keane van Tyl
Floyd Shockley
Mt Pleasant
Valley Social Notes and Visits Across the Area
Valley reports visits by Krabill and Hartenell families, plus numerous neighbors traveling to Washington, Richland, Oakdale, and Canton. Teach Winnie Beller attends Sommers school term. J. E. Deal moves furniture to Washington. Members of the Valley Aid society hosted a May to August birthday silver tea for fifteen guests. Cemetery work and local house painting continue. Camp Fire Girls membership update ends abruptly.
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Valley
Krabill
Valley School
George Klett
Lee County
Joe Hartenell
Andy Sheetz
Zeno ‘Tinnes
Washington
Sommers
Winnie Beller
J. E. Deal
Valley Aid Society
Will Brinning
Eloise Hadley
Richland
Oakdale
Doyle Hartenel
Joe Hartenel
Earl Bond
Hartenel
Sanitarium
John Knopp
Pleasant Plain
Harmierer
Zeno Times
John Redlinger
Familly
Clifford Keifer
Iowa City
John Morrow
Canton
Missouri
W. EB. Derbys
George Garrison
Tina Lynch
Centerville
Jacob Nelson
PD. L& Nelson
Entertainment meeting set for Crawfordaville Friday evening
The text notes an planned entertainment meeting to be held at Crawfordaville on Friday evening in October 1949. Prody A. Borkoeki serves as secretary.
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Crawfordaville
Prody A. Borkoeki
Chinese Law Bans Export of Giant Pandas to Zoos
Chinese authorities enact a law prohibiting capture and export of giant pandas to foreign zoos and private collectors. The eastern Tibet born species, related to the raccoon, remains under state protection.
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Tibet
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