Local notes and travel glimpses from Sharpstown area
Sharpsburg residents and neighbors share a week of visits to St Joseph Nodaway Parsons College and Corning noting trips with family and friends. People attend movies in Clarinda and Comwyny while porch construction farm house teardown and planned new build progress. Strawberries cherries canning and a well attended show mark a busy period with showers easing drought worries.
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Francis Phalen
St. Joseph
Chas, Knott
Lena
Grimm
Comwyny
Martin Moser
Ihis
Rosena Orme
Nodaway
Alexander
Finois
Clyde Filbert
Sam Art Arses
Ace
Francis Cundy
Albert Sandall
Parsons College
Griffith
Filbert
Corning
James Pennebaker
Earl Farnham
J. Brown
W. R. Smith
Frank Bicknell
Tom
Will Harroun
Frank Campann
Mt. Ayr
Bedford
Charley Brown
Clarinda
Minnie. Brewer
Osceola
Local Couples and Visitors Share Weekend Activities
Rain brings strong benefits while some fences wash away. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hopple visited Mr. and Mrs. Russell Allen. Garland Hensley and Charlotte Allen visited Dorothy and Agnes Safley. Joe Swaim called on Roy Beaucamp. Mrs. Howard Swaim improves after illness. Roy Horning and children Edna and Homer joined Sunday dinner with A A Horning. Alfred Safley family dined with Harley Morehouse. Mrs. Frank Allen aided strawberry picking for Mrs. Russell Allen. Reid Hensley and family from King City Missouri visited Tilman and Mrs. Hensley. Clyde Cummings and Blanche with Ike Herbert of Bedford called on the Herberts. Luther Clarey and daughter Marzella from Maryville visited Ed Clarey. Opal Hensley visited Pauline DeMott of Hopkins. Large turnout for Hopkins play The Slow Train Thru Missouri. Howard Swaim and Floyd Swaim picked berries Wednesday. Luther Burns visiting grandparents Ed and Mrs. Clarey. Rollie Hensley called on Jimmie and Maurice Allen. Charlotte Allen visited her aunt Mrs. Frank Allen. Bill Swaim called on Jimmie Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Hopple
Russell Allen
Garland Hensley
Charlotte Allen
Dorothy
Agnes Safley
Joe Swaim
Roy Beaucamp
Howard Swaim
Roy Horning
Edna
Homer
Roy
A. A. Horning
Alfred Safley
Harley Morehouse
Frank Allen
Reid Hensley
King City
Missouri
Reid
Tilman Hensley
Clyde Cummings
Blanche
Ike Herbert
Bedford
Roy Herbert
Luther Clarey
Marzella
Maryville
Ed Clarey
Opal Hensley
Pauline DeMott
Hopkins
Floyd Swaim
Luther Burns
Rollie Hensley
Jimmie
Maurice Allen
Bill Swaim
Jimmie Allen
Social notes from Blockton and nearby towns
Mrs Wayland Raper and children visit Topeka relatives. Kensington club ladies meet at Large home. Numerous local couples travel for visits and business in Bedford Brooklyn Bethany Sheridan and Des Moines. Raper family plans summer stay. Ardell King returns home after hospital stay.
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Wayland Raper
Topeka
Kansas
Wm Jenkins
J. W. Large
F. J. Merriman
Kensington Club
Bilockton
H. W. Sickels
Stacy Nye
Blockton
Charles Boohy
Jess W. Martin
Charley Baker
Bedford
Dave Woods
Aletha Woods
George Booher
George Sickels
St. Joseph
Raper
James King
Maryville
Ardell King
Miss King
George Booker
Brooklyn
John Booher
Vernon Chandler
Bethany
C. H. Chandler
William Raper
Kansas City
J. E. Raper
Cymour Straight
Des Moines
M. Barber
Clyde Davis
Sheridan
SIAM Social notes record weather and community events
Sunday services were canceled due to rain. Bedford visitor Silas Landon stayed with Arch Clayton. Willing Workers met Mrs. Nores Adams, then prepared gooseberries for Mrs. F W Shields. Floyd McPherron family visited the Shields. The group served ice cream and cake near the store to a large crowd. Mrs. Joe Shields is ill but improving. 4 H girls met at the Miller home for bread making and a picnic. Hopkins callers included Mr Charley Miller and Al Stewart with son Roy and Jesse. Visitors from Nebraska, Mr and Mrs Snyder, visit Sim Farlow and wife. Dewey Shields and wife visited his parents. Ed Flemming and family from Casper, Wyoming, are visiting.
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Silas Landon
Bedford
Arch Clayton
Nores Adams
F. W. Shields
Floyd McPherron
Joe Shields
Hicks Return After Three Weeks in California
Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Hicks returned home Wednesday night after a three weeks visit in California with friends and relatives. Arnold Basher was in Clarinda on business Saturday. Mesdames Ned Combs and Roy Mil
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Mrs. C. O. Hicks
California
Arnold Basher
Clarinda
Mesdames
Ned Combs
Roy Mil
Clarinda Visitors and Local Visits Highlight Week
Clarinda residents hosted and visited relatives and friends this week including Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Martin and children from Carroll Town. Jeane Harris ill at home. Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Shore with Lawrence Pullen. Mrs. John Godfrey and Mrs. Ray Journey in town on Monday. Ray McNutt and family visiting relatives. Daisy Penwell returning from Shenandoah. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Marsell and Miss Haden from Hatherville. Ella Robbins with daughter Warren Booker. Everett Bryson on business. John Combs with Arnold Basher. Raymond Godfrey and children from Turpin Oklahoma. Ruby Lewis visiting from Red Cloud. Mrs. Rene Peve of Hopkins with sister Mrs. Ralph Hicks.
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Ler
Lowell
Clarinda
Jmr
Warren Booker
Everett Bryson
John Combs
Arnold Basher
Raymond Godfrey
Turpin
Oklahoma
Ruby Lewis
Red Cloud
Neb
Rene Peve
Hopkins
Ralph Hicks
Gravity Area Social Roundup and Local Visits
Omaha visitor Will Wagoner arrived from Omaha to see relatives while Abe Dunkin of Kansas also visited kin. Jeen Posten returned from Maryville after hospital recovery. The Union Sunday School picnic occurred Tuesday in the Bruce Monahan grove. Dozens attended amid a busy week. multiple neighbors and families traveled between Des Moines Clarinda Bedford Centerville Lincoln and New Market for visits and errands. Rev. Kess resigned from Advent Christian church and will move to Lincoln.
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Will Wagoner
Omaha
Abe Dunkin
Kansas
Raf
Fred Dunkin
Jeen Posten
Maryville
Union
Bruce Monahan Grove
Sunshine Club
Minnie Brown
Will Chandler
Des Moines
Elroy Baker
New Market
Chas
Patch
Will Price
Bedford
J. W. Pfander
Clarinda
A. Lunde
Ralph Davis
Centerville
Rev
Kess
Advent Christian Church
Lincoln
Nebr
Orrin Covell
Cherokee
Iowa
B. C. Stearns
J. E. Nelson
L. L. Sparr
Clabaugh
Guy Nevius
Frank Ambrose
Reverend McCrory Family Visit Through Nebraska and Midwest
Rev G McCrory and family from Lenox stopped in Conway last Thursday on a motor trip through Nebraska Kansas and Missouri. They were joined by Rev McCrarys father from Johnstown PA on his first western Iowa visit. They returned Friday by train for their car left at the M E Parsonage. Harry Towne of Creston visited Ruth Nixon last Sunday. Rev Cunningham and family visited Mrs Cunningham's par-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. McCrory
Lenox
Conway
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
McCrary
Johnstown
Pennsylvania
Iowa
M. E. Parsonage
Harry Towne
Creston
Ruth Nixon
Rev. Cunningham
Local Notes from Bedford and Surrounding Towns
Residents and visitors across Bedford Conway Gravity and nearby towns are noted. People attended movies, shopped, and visited relatives, with several trips to Ames and Bedford events. A new smoke house rises at the phone office as stores repaint fronts and locals greet kin and friends.
Tire care tips ahead of summer road trips
Mr. Morris of Bedford Battery Co Firestone Dealers urged hundreds of motorists in this city to inspect tires before long tours. He advised replacing worn casings, inspecting used spares, and packing an emergency kit with patches glue tubes flaps and tools. Check tire air every 500 miles and seek help for on road repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Bedford Battery Co
Firestone
Awful Thought on Siamese King’s Wives and Christmas
A quip from the Philadelphia Inquirer ponders the late king of Siam and his 38,000 wives awaiting Christmas. It imagines 3,000 wives each demanding a fur coat at once, a historical joke on grand royal domesticity and holiday excess.
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Siam
Philadelphia Inquirer
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