West Chester School News Initiation plans and class updates
The senior class numbers seven with four girls and three boys preparing initiation for freshmen on Sept. 16. Multiple grades report new students, elected officers, and subjects across the school year. Teachers listed include Miss Mann, Mr. Quire, Mr. Shenk, Mrs. Diekman, and others guiding English, history, biology, grammar, and health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serra
Kenneth Youn
Esther Bauer
Florence Greiner
Carol Richardson
Harold Nicola
Nick
Marion Renoux
Mary Jane Stephens
Marge Statler
Jean Cherry
Beowulf
Grendall
Quire
Western Hemisphere
Diekman
Betty Klees
Marjorie Statler
Pat Reif
Dean Peterson
Joyce Kleese
Peggy McDowell
Merle Laubach
Mr. Calkins
Miss Mann
Mr. Shenk
Kalona
Benty Kleese
7At Reif
Bob
Jeri Lee Anderson
Larry Anderson
Donald Argo
Janet Augustine
Gene Bauer
Bonnie Brinning
Harold Gillaspie
Cloyce Grady
Jeaniene Griggs
Dale Hartzier
Marlene Hole
Ronald Neice
Charlene Romine
Richard Ross
Marion Wehr
Harold
Marion
U. S
Iowa
Shenk
Dale Hartzler
Franklin locals celebrate Connie Keyser birthday
Connie Keyser marked her 13th birthday with a celebration for her teacher and schoolmates in Franklin. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. McGraw visited Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Brenneman and Deborah Thursday. The Coon family and others called at Lewis Coon home Sunday afternoon. The Kleese family spent Sunday with Walter Fisher in Seventy-Six township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray Coon
Everette Coon
Harry Sheets
Keota
Lyle
Judy Dunbar
Henry Sheetz
Walter Westen
Henry Zieglowsky
Linden
Illinois
Fred Zieglowsky
Columbus Junction
Harold Wilson
Evert Westen
Ed Krizan
Minneapolis
Minn
Merle Warner
Junior Griffith
Henry Kleese
Maynard Goff
Bradley
Walter Neff
Jerry
Henry Neff
Forest
Geo. Bartholomew
Leon
Iowa
David Fisher
George Bartholomew
Donald
Bor
Raymond Fisher
Larry
Gale McAully
Des Moines
Glenn Martin
Gloria Keyser
Detroit
Clinton
Lillie Dahm
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cecil Replogle
Margaret Keyser
Will Shalla
Janet
Shalla
Milford Cook
Jimmy
Don Simmering
Julia
Andy Hayter
Sunrise Lake
Wim. Chmelar
W. V. Durst
Franklin
Connie Keyser
J. L. McGraw
J. H. Brenneman
Deborah
Murray
Phyllis
Lewis Coon
Frank Kleese
Walter Fisher
Seventy-Six
Harry Kleese
Student Killed in Highway Collision in Council Bluffs
Richard L. Hall twenty, a Boyles Business College student in Omaha, died when his car hit a stock truck on highway 275 two miles south of Council Bluffs. Virgil Johnson of Stanton Iowa drove the truck. his vehicle suffered rear-wheel removal but he was unhurt. Fellow student Dick Rasmussen, twenty one, injured slightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Richard L. Hall
Boyles Business College
Omaha
Ohere
Hall
Leon C. Hall
Nevada
Freds Strothers
Virgil Johnson
Stanton Ia
Johnson
Dick Rasmussen
Boyles
Home Soap Making From Farm Fat to Soap
A thrifty farm family can make soap at home using meat drippings or waste fat. When fat is surplus, the main cost is a can of lye, creating an economical cleaning product.
Freeland Dinner Party Hosts Notables and Kin
A Forsyth area briefing notes Mr and Mrs J B Freeland hosted dinner with relatives Nettie Marston of Novinger Missouri Nettie Riggs of Muscatine and Jessie Letts of Washington all over 75 and the eldest at 92. Also mentioned are Jasper Thompson and family in Seldovia Alaska and other local travels and visits including Roy Walker Hazel Hunt Everette Lins and C E Matson.
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Ainsworth
J. B. Freeland
Freeland’s
Jasper Thompson
Seldovia
Alaska
Columbia, Mo
Roy Walker
J. BR. Pressly
Chirence Walker
Maryville
Tenn
Colorado
Hazel Hunt
Ben Rummel
Hanover
Everette Lins
Waterloo
C. E. Matson
Chicago
Mie Spessard
Scrappage of Motor Vehicles 1925 to 1947
Scrappage of motor vehicles in the 23-year period from 1925 through 1947 averages nearly two million units per year per R. L. Polk and Co. reports. The total over 22 years was 43,647,088 units, comprising 37,972,954 passenger cars and 674,134 trucks, with the rate falling in recent years.
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R. L. Polk and Co
Hold Services for Junction Resident
Funeral services for Clara Belle Schmoker of Mt Pleasant, former Columbus Junction resident, were held at Crane funeral home. Pastor Geo G Hunt officiated. burial was in Forest Home cemetery. She died Sept 11 at Memorial hospital Mt Pleasant. survived by brother Cecil Jewett and sister Eniuma Jewett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Clara Belle Schmoker
Mt. Pleasant
Crane Funeral Home
Geo. G. Hunt
First Methodist Church
Forest Home Cemetery
Winfield
A. J. Sehrmaker
Cecil Jewett
Eniuma Jewett
September 25 designated as VFW Poppy Day in Iowa
Dubuque Iowa Sept 13 UP September 25 has been designated as buddy poppy day in Iowa by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and its auxiliary State Commander Thomas H Nelson Dubuque announced Nelson said the VFW expects to sell 500000 poppies in Iowa that day with the money going to rehabilitation of disabled and needy war veterans and their dependents Worth Karns Ames Iowa junior vice commander is in charge of the campaign.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Thomas H. Nelson
Nelson
VEW
Worth Karns
Ames
Rev Sanford Elected Head of Conference
The Rev W L Sanford pastor of the Independent Bible Church Columbus Junction was elected president of the East Iowa Bible conference at the camp grounds four miles west of Millersburg. Other officers named were Rev Clifford Miner from Cedar Rapids vice president Rev Harlan Swift from Deep River secretary and Clarence Grim from North Imelish treasurer. Reports noted a satisfactory camp season with grounds improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
W. L. Sanford
Independent Bible Church
East Iowa Bible Conference
Millersburg
Clifford Miner
Chuar Rapids
Harlan Swift
Deep River
Clarence Grim
North Imelish
Ladies Aid Society
Spring Run
Third Grade Teacher Returns to Muscatine Post Trip
Mr and Mrs E F E Colglazier and son complete a motor tour of Colorado and western states before resuming duties and Daily routines in Muscatine.
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Muscatine
E. FE. Colglazier and Sone
Colorado
Potential Pastures From Brushier Farmlands
Many farms have areas overgrown with brush and briars that contribute little to income. If cleaned and properly treated, these tracts can become productive pasture for grazing livestock.
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Susan Genkinger
Faith Bauer
Kay Cherry
Miss Huber
Eldon Bauer
West Chester
James
Maypark
S. Marion
Ricky Rex
American Saddle Horse Breeders Association
Washington Saddle Club
Menard Rex
Goldie Lou
Washington
de Las
Peoces As
John Carroll
William Elliott
Republic
Los Angeles
Catherine McLeod
Freelands
Junction
Martha Butler
VFW
Sanford
Boulton
Ainsworth State Bank
Iowa Soap Company
Pany
Hanna-Kramer Company
Chicago Stock Exchange
F. & M. Bank
Bldg
Burlington Telephone Sover
Tion
Hydra-Coil
America
Pora
iSiepies Xs
Ford
Mace Motor CO
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