Booster Club Hosts Surprise Thursday Coffee Hour
The Booster club and guests were treated to a surprise coffee hour at Mrs. Hal Richards home on Thursday morning. Drivers Hal Richards Raymond Landau Elwood and David Kleese circulated among members and latecomers paid a fine. Members reported on their activities when called. photos were taken and doughnuts plus coffee were served by the hostesses. The event replaced the regular monthly meeting.
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Booster Club
Hal Richards
Raymond Landau
Elwood
David Kleese
Richards
Former star returns in new thriller Jungle Flight
A former leading man from Shirley Temple era Douglas Blackley is rediscovered by producers William Pine and William Thomas at Sawtelle Veterans Hospital and cast in Paramount's Jungle Flight. Blackley, released from service a year ago, joins Robert Lowery and Ann Savage as they pilot for a mining company in Central American jungles.
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Douglas Blackley
William Pine
William Thomas
Sawtelle Veteran's Hospital
Elven
Paramount
State Theatre
Robert Lowery
Ann Savage
Blackley
Los Angeles
Sawtell
Pine
Thomas
Butch Jenkins Reunites With Margaret O'Brien In Big City
Margaret OBrien and Butch Jenkins star in the M G M comedy drama Big City at the State Theatre directed by Norman Taurog who waited for Jenkins after an emergency appendectomy. Other cast members include Robert Preston Danny Thomas George Murphy Karin Booth Edward Arnold Betty Garrett and Lotte Lehmann.
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Margaret O'Brein
Butch Jenkins
Big City
State Theatre
Butch
Norman Taurog
Moppet
Miss O’brien
Margaret
Joe Pasternak
Robert Preston
Danny Thomas
George Murphy
Karin Booth
Edward Arnold
Betty
Vera Vague Star Hones Homely Persona At Fox Theatre
Barbara Jo Allen known as Vera Vague enacts a screwball radio character in Republic's Hi Neighbor at the Fox Theatre. She stylizes a plain, dim-witted image to contrast Hollywood beauty norms, drawing audiences with a knowingly silly persona.
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Vera Vague
Monicker
Barbara Jo Allen
Republic
Fox Theatre
Hollywood
Barbara
Dogs Attack Sheep At Lloyd Enke Farm
Round Grove report details dogs attacking and killing sheep on Lloyd Enke farm around 10:30 AM Thursday. Mrs. Kyle Dye alerted neighbors. dogs returned about 11 PM and killed another sheep before being driven off.
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Lloyd Enke Farm
John Skubal
Round Grove
Lloyd Enke
Kyle Dye
Dye
Hilton Coons
Washington
Depth of Ocean Plants Limit Reached Near Surface
The article notes ocean plants do not grow deeper than a quarter mile below the surface, with sunlight penetration limited at that depth according to the World Book encyclopedia.
Community and Livestock Sale Dates Listed
Community sale occurs every Friday at Whittaker sale barn. Livestock sales run weekly at Midway Sales Company in Columbus Junction Iowa and at Kalona Sales Barn Kalona Iowa every Thursday. Tuesday evening sales at Ollie Livestock Exchange Ollie Iowa at 8 00 p m and Monday sales at Hi Dollar Sales Company Sigourney Iowa.
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Whittaker Sale
Midway Sales Company
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Kalona
Ollie Livestock Exchange
Ollie
Hi Dollar Sales Company
Sigourney
September farm and household sales listed across Iowa dates
A compilation of public auctions and closing out sales across multiple Iowa locations. Items include 200 acre farms near Riverside and Washington, household goods in Keota and Wellman, registered Herefords at Columbus Junction, machinery at Oskaloosa Pavilion, and the 22nd annual tri county Guernsey sale at Wellman Pavilion. Sellers include Marguerite Shull Albert Navy Estate Mrs Emma Fetes J W McBride Truman Erb Ed Libe Carl Emde and R W Hyde. Sale starts range 11:00 to 2:00 p.m. through September 30.
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Keota Junction
South 8Th
Marguerite Shull
S. W
Riverside
N. E
Washington
Albert Navy
East Second Street
Mac Morgan
Midway Sale
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Oskaloosa Sales Company
Wellman
Truman Erb
Ed Libe
Carl Emde
Dublin
Rock Road
R. W. Hyde
Meat Production Seen At 21 Billion Pounds This Year
Meat production this year is forecast at about 21 billion pounds, a 10 percent drop from last year and the smallest since 1941. Declines are expected across beef veal pork and poultry with beef likely hardest hit and veal least. The drop will be sharpest in the last quarter due to a smaller 1948 spring pig crop affecting hog marketings.
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Journal
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W. Livingston
Robert Day Atlorneys
W. Main
George FF. Morrison
G. Gifford Morrison
J. C. Penney Co
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Wendell L. Shaffer
Hotel Washington
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East Side Square
Etter Osteopathic
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