East Afton and Elk Social Notes across a busy week
Mrs. Pearl Booth hosted the A C C club with contests and prizes for Edna Crow Grace Mummert Pearl Mummert and Florence Zwick. Ed Matthews is a patient at Sioux Valley hospital. The Booths hosted 500 games with high scores won by W M Booth Edith Stieneke and low by John and Mrs Booth. Fae Hines and Mrs Ed Erickson joined guests from Cherokee and Sioux City.
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Pearl Booth
A.C. C. Club
Edna Crow
Grace Mummert
Pearl Mummert
Florence Zwick
O. N. Anderson
Elk Baptist Church
Ed Matthews
Sioux Valley Hospital
Cherokee
Orville Erickson
John Booth
Ed Erickson
Fae Hines
Sioux City
W. M. Booth
Herbert Grienke
Roy Matzdorff
Fred Kolpin
Quentin Anderson
O. B. East
Aurelia
Carl Ammons
Ed Dooley
Graettinger
Dooley
Tobe Ruebsam
Kenneth
Merle Bischel
Wm. Ruebsam
Chester Dyslin
Silver Lake
Ellen Booth
Control of Ange: suppress anger to avert sorrow
A compact saying highlights self restraint as a path to reducing future trouble. It frames anger as a momentary force whose control can prevent lasting regret and hardship. The phrase emphasizes discipline, foresight, and personal virtue as practical guidance.
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Ange
Congress and Iowa's Farm Outlook at Adjour nment
Congress ends the 75th session with records for agricultural spending and a landmark wage hour bill while Iowa bucks the national trend with near 500 million in farm cash income. Future reform plans include a six point program to support farm prices and production costs.
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Washington
D. C
Congress
National Capitol
Iowa
Department of Agriculture
Benefit of Agriculture
White House
Soil Conservation Program
House Progressive Bloc
Gillette
Progressive Bloc
Church Announcements for June and July Activities
Church school at 10:00 with George Lamm as superintendent. Children's Day Exercises at 11:00. Epworth league 7:00 led by Kenneth Bischel. Choir rehearsal Monday evening. Epworth league Sunday evening readers Claude Davis and Kenneth Bischel. King Heralds meet Sunday morning. Ladies Aid picnic Thursday June 30 in church parlors with 3:00 business meeting. Annual Epworth league institute at Methodist camp Lake Okoboji July 11 17. Bible conference July 24 31 at the same camp. Plan vacations to attend this week of fellowship and talent.
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George Lamm
Epworth League
Kenneth Bischel
Claude Davis
King’s Heralds
Ladies Aid
Epworth League Institute
Methodist
Lake Okoboji
Mt Olive Baptist Church Services and Vacation Bible School
Vernon V. White, pastor, invites the community to Mt Olive Baptist Church with Sunday school at 10, morning worship at 11, and evening service at 8. The interdenominational Vacation Bible School is in progress with no charge, encouraging all children to attend. visitors welcome.
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MT. Olive Baptist Church
Vernon V. White
Congregational Church Calendar and Events
Pastor Edwin Trigg leads church services with baptism and Lord's Supper. Sunday school at 10, worship at 11. No Endeavor meetings until September. Sioux association camp at Millers Bay runs June 26 to July 1. Choir directed by Miss Victoria Aylesworth performs June 27 at 8:15 pm. Woman's Missionary meeting June 29 hosted by Mrs. Herbert Peterson.
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Sioux Association of the
Millers Bay
Victoria Aylesworth
Aylesworth
Herbert Peterson
Afton Vicinity News: Social News And Local Visits
Miss Vera Crane reports on her Ames trip as 4 H girls meet at Vera Erdman’s home. Guests include Mrs John Blake and Miss Hogan from Sioux City. Two course luncheon served. Next meeting at Marie and Marian Anderson’s home. Local visits and Sunday gatherings feature Ramsay Sleezer and Clow families, plus a two week Bible school opens at Ware school. Arthur Phipps and George join Leonard Smith of Holstein to visit Mrs Phipps recovering from surgery. Aurelia ladies attend Empress Theatre with A C C on Cherokee line. banquet hosts lose attendance contest. Russell Washburn and family from Fergus Falls visit relatives. Fred Daniels digs a well on Hawkens land. Abe Allen dies suddenly in Marion SD. services in Cherokee. Gould of Larrabee visits Zwick. Gladys Lansen, employed by Phipps, visits home near Good Hope. George Zwick’s party visits West Bend with Austin guests.
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Vera
Bonnie Erdman
Vera Crane
Ames
John Blake
Miss Hogan
Sioux City
Marie
Marian Anderson
Weherfield
Ray
Plainsfield
Illinois
Nice
McGaffin
Cherokee
Good Hope
Gilbert Clow
Mr. Clow
Frank Hill
Bernice
Peterson
Lena
Will Brady
Sutherland
Earl Zwick
Ware
Goldie Lyman
Victor Swans
Ellis Stieneke
Jesse Stieneke
Arthur Phipps
George
Leonard Smith
Holstein
Russell Washburn
Fergus Falls
Minnesota
Washburn
Cedar Falls
Fred Daniels
Hawkens Land
Floyd Anderson
Henry Stevens
Emma
Anna Hill
Beatrice Anderson
Larrabee
Abe Allen
Afton
Allen
Earl Demaree
Marion
South Dakota
Kenneth Gould
Raymond Zwick
Gladys Lansen
George Zwick
Laurine
Whiteman
Mary Lou
Austin
West Bend
Discovery of Pompeii Unearthed Beneath Vineyards
Workmen laying an aqueduct in 1594 uncovered the buried city of Pompeii under vineyards. Systematic excavations began nearly two centuries later. Pompeii had been buried by Vesuvius eruption in 79 AD.
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Pompeii
Vesuvius
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Eclipse
Frank F. Faber
Mgr
East Afton & Elk
Wm. Booth
Congressman Vincent F. HarrRincTon
Bruce Barton
Gillette- Bierman
Methodist Church
L. H. Preul
O. K. Simonsen
W. Kirkpatrick
Towa
Theatre
ATA
Yacht Club Boys Bee
Rufe Davis
Harry Owens
W. G. Port
Aurelia, Iowa
Winfred Moulton
Maple Valley Mutual Insurance Association of
Cherokee County
Geo, E. Blanch
H. H. Lockin
W. F. Hickey
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