Will Rogers biography and Goncourt diary reviews
A critic surveys Donald Day’s Will Rogers biography noting Rogers classic humor and reader appeal while wishing for more depth. It also highlights Pages from the Goncourt Journal edited by Robert Baldick and summarizes World War I by Hanson Baldwin and Legion of the Lafayette by Arch Whitehouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Rogers
Donald Day
David McKay
New York Times
Ziegfeld
Follies
Aristophanes
Rogers
Edmond
Jules
Hanson W. Baldwin
Harper Row
Baldwin
Europe
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
Legion OF the Lafayette
Arch Whitehouse
Doubleday
France
Lafayette Escadrille
Ray Bradbury
Simon and Schuster
Bradbury
Mr. Dark
Cooger
Dark
Will Halloway
Jim Nightshade
Mid-Prairie Elementary enrollment and community notes
Wellman reports 705 students across Kalona Wellman and West Chester elementary centers with 15 ungraded at Prairie Flower School. Local residents travel and family visits noted including Mahlon Frey surgery at Mercy Iowa City and Willard Swartzendruber as patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Kalona
West Chester
Prairie Flower School of Special Education
Mahlon Frey
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Willard
Bill) Swartzendruber
Robert Marston
Pamela
Near Center Point
Chris Swartzendruber
Norway
Banks Wilson
Dallas
Texas
E. C. Jones
Eddie Wilson
Grace Blue
Blanche Steffy
Cedar Rapids
Dora Groff
Joe Crossett, Jr
Murrey
Kentucky
Fanny Crossett
Wanda Miller
Marengo
Jay Miller
Prairie Flower notes paint work and visitors from vacation
Rolland Benson and family return from California and Seattle fair. Prairie Flower Baptist Church and parsonage are being painted. The Warren Escher and Litwiller households receive coats of paint. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Tom McGuire, Miss Jeane Smith, and Mr and Mrs Earl Smith with relatives in Arlington and Cleveland Heights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Flower
Rolland Benson
California
Seattle
Prairie Flower Baptist Church
Hawkins
Warren Escher
Francis Litwiller
Delbert Darnell
Tom McGuire
Gary
Indiana
William Glassburner
Jay Carris
Earl Smith
Jeane Smith
Arlington
Virginia
Frederick Smith
Cleveland Heights
Attend UPW Retreat At Winfield Church
Families gather for a church retreat and campus plans as Nancy and Fred Jr. heads to Mt. Vernon and Iowa City for college. Local residents share visits, greetings, and birthday events amid road work, hospital checkups, and community notes from Prairie Flower region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy
Mt. Vernon
Fred Jr
Iowa City
Clayde Cormick
Dave
Jim
Fairfield
Jerry Mottet
Prairie Flower
Barbara Glassburner
Jerry Donaldson
Cedar Falls
Kenneth Wagner
Muscatine
Sara Knupp
Des Moines
Edna Jones
Grant Humston Sr
C. L. Litwiller
Walter Smith
Tom McGuire
Gary
Indiana
UPW
Winfield Church
Steven Rugg to Enter Dartmouth College
Steven Rugg son of Mr and Mrs Lyle Rugg of Clarendon Hills Illinois has earned an Illinois State Scholarship and will enter Dartmouth College next week. He frequents Wellman where his maternal and paternal grandparents reside and his parents are Wellman High School graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Steven Rugg
Lyle Rugg
Clarendon Hills
Dartmouth College
Steven
Henry Durian
Frank Rugg
Lyle
Dorothy Durian Rugg
Wellman High School
June Williams
Nella Spear
Grant Miller
Cedar Rapids
Ona Bidwell
Ward Snider
Kalona
Gertrude Griffith
Elizabeth Wehrle
Ida Bull
Edna Bleumen- Stein
Lizetta Walton
Ethyl Rugg
Vera Singleton
Harry Huber
Wilbur Geyer
Donna
Josie Yoder
Robert Jacobs
Emma Webster
Earl Webster
Oathout Mortuary
Iowa City
Roy Durian
Roger Borup
Harvey Spradlin
Chester Miller
Mary and
Martha
Bert Godber
Ollie
Boston Guests Host at Clyde Crile Home
Pleasant report from September includes Mr. and Mrs. Martin Boston of Nevada Iowa visiting Clyde Crile and a barbecue at Kenneth Bower home. Patricia's dental and vision updates featured with new glasses and a note on costs. New baby Janiene Anne born to Bill Carson and wife on September 4 weighing 10 pounds 9.25 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant
Martin Boston
Nevada
Iowa
Clyde Crile
Marvin Crile
Kenneth Bower
Dean Moore
Cindy
Clarence Shull
Patricia
Ottumwa
Donovan
Susie Duncan
Angela Wulf
Ruth Foley
New York
Elmer Young
Bill Carson
Anne
Viola
Bill Brereton
Earl Chorpening
James Chorpening
Macon
Missouri
76 Center breakfast draws 160 attendees in Keota
The 76 Center Community Club breakfast in Keota attracted 160 people. Tables featured fall bouquets from Mrs Id Conrad's garden. Prizes went to Mrs Dorothy Bower and Mike Greiner. New Pi Kappa Alpha pledges at Iowa State University are Dale Trier and Doug Bell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doug Bell
James Bellis
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Iowa State University
Ames
John van Fleet Jr
Cedar Rapids
John van Fleets
Centerville
John
Vernon Brubaker
van Fleet
Gary Bucher
Kim
LaVerne Derby Family Visits Richland
LaVerne Derby his German wife Christa Harter and daughter Martina arrive in Richland to visit grandmother Mrs. Margaret Baker after the death of his parents Clyde and ?dy Derby. Derby enlisted in 1958 and served three years in Germany and plans to leave the Army around February 1964. After a 30 day furlough the family will move to Ft Eustis Virginia Headquarters Training Command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
S.P
LaVerne Derby
Christa Harter
Martina
Margaret Baker
Clyde Derby
LaVerne
Germany
Mainz
Ft. Eustis
Virginia
Headquarters Training Command
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United Press International
Mid-Prairie
Rolland Bensons
West
By Marguerite Heriig
A. J. Robertson
Brighton
Emerson
Davenport
Seigler
Crosley
Electrolux
Homart Elec
Ann & Eloise Springer
SAMF
Dansel Phyfe
Haviland Limoges
Harlan Neuhart
Dean Edwards
By Hank Ketcham
Harry McKune
Merle Allison
Bill Horton
Earl
John Johnson
Marty
Methodist Church
Walter Jones
Living Lake
Tom Walker
Rex Crandall
Presbyterian U.P.W
Presbyterian Church
Winfield
John Ramsey
Jeanine
James Birney
Ramsey
University Hospital
Rennie
J. P. Lawor
Florida
Lloyd Marek
Lawor's
Chicago
Jessie Stewart
Helen
W. F. Monnier
Gary and
Robert
Great Lakes
Mt. Pleasant
Dartmouth
Mrs
D. B. Godber
Charlotte Dietterich
Danny
Karen
Emma Zillmer
Rev. Rex
Paul Dietterich
Ladies Embroidery Club
Erma Rugg
Pat Burroughs
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
Washington
Ernest Woodyard
Gibson
Singer
H.p. Tiller
Good Kid's
Irvan Hesseltine
Rms
Robert G. Robertson
Victor Hesseltine
Quaker Oats Company
the Quaker Oats CO
Washington, Ia
Otto Pfeifer
Carlos Barbosa de Carvalho
Boston
U.S
Jose
Cambridge
Mass
de Carvalho
Freeport, Me
Memphis
Missouri Extension
Scotland County Producers Ass
Cecil Blaine
Pres. Downing
Joe Purvis
Sec
District Court of Iowa
Keokuk County
Keota
Towit
Washington County
B. J. Byrne
Winifred Mayer
J. R. Helscher
Maurice G. Conrad
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