Local Socials and School Notes Highlight Community Life
Mrs. Carroll Knott remains in serious condition at Omaha hospital after a late Saturday collapse. Community readers note visits by Doyle Cree and Lenox guests, with kinship ties among Cedar Rapids, Red Oak, and Omaha families. Sharpsburg high school athletes placed third at Waubonsie meet despite poor weather. honor rolls and perfect attendances listed for multiple students. A student riddle about work pace concludes the notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Knott
Omaha
Doyle Cree
Lenox
J. O. Key
Bill Cochran
Max
Dave Moser
D. C. Davis
Charles McGinty
Charles
Elizabeth Kaisand
Cedar Rapids
Ralph Rutledge
Davis
Miss Kaisand
Rutledge
Bernice Carlisle
Red Oak
Leonard Carlisle
Lorene’ Savage
Glen Savage
Phillip Smith
Chicago
Laura Smith
Jim Pennebaker
Corning
D. S. Pennebaker
Sharpsburg
Waubonsie
New Market
Sharpsburg Churches Service Notes and Local Visits
Morning worship at 10:00 with communion and a sermon from John 13:1. Sunday school at 11. Gail Dice and family visited from Omaha. Charlie Underwood and Lou Cundy attended Joe Paymal’s funeral in Lenox. Thelma Pfander and Irene Brown visited Lenox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward E. Garrett
Gail Dice
Omaha
Will Boyden
Charlie Underwood
Lou.Cundy
Joe Paymal
Lenox
Thelma Pfander
Irene Brown
Sharpsburg Senior Play The Leopard's Paw May 3
SHARPSBURG SCHOOLS present senior class play The Leopard's Paw at Presbyterian church Friday evening May 3. Cast includes Pa Haggerty head of Dancross Courier Kenneth John Billy Banister Max Griffith Ed Hicks a reg'lar detective Hawkeye Marvin Boyer Creeper Elvin Savage Miss Ellie Hargraves editor Adabelle Pennebaker Miggles Haggerty Anabel Pennebaker Cloteal Largraves Roxie Robins the colored maid path to love etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Pa Haggerty
The
Dancross Courier
Kenneth John
Billy Banister
Max Griffith
Ed Hicks
Jelly Constable
Marvin Boyer
Creeper
El‘vin Savage
Ellie Hargraves
Doll Incident Prompts Family Forgiveness Talk
Susie expresses reluctance to forgive Johnnie who apologizes for breaking her doll. Mother urges reconciliation and asks Susie to consider first granting forgiveness, highlighting family emotions and the desire to move on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie
Johnnie
Blockton Experts Music Festival and County Championship Wins
Mr and Mrs J W Smith returned from Corydon and Seymour Saturday evening after attending the Wayne county music festival in rydon where all county high schools were represented by the all county chorus directed by Miss Mabel Smith the Seymour schools music supervisor Blockton captured the Taylor county baseball title Saturday in a clearfield tournament this marks the second county trophy Blockton has won this year also champions in the county basketball tourney several residents visited from Oska loosa Ravenwood and Diagonal while others journeyed to Des Moines Kalamazoo and St Joseph various family movements and visits are noted throughout the community
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Smith
Corydon
Seymour
Wayne County
Rydon
Mabel Smith
Blockton
Clearfield
Eunice Moorhead
Oskaloosa
Miss Goodson
Ravenwood
J. R. Morris
Barnard
Frances Newton
Bea
Diagonal
Visbea
Blockton Saturay
Ernest Fry
Iowa
Winifred Gordon
Colorado
Roy Gordon
A. R.rake
Blockton Society Hosts Several Surprise Parties
A surprise party honored Mr. Dickens at L. H. Schoenmann home on his birthday. Miss Ida Matheny hosted Winifred Gordon for a Monday evening celebration. The Methodist Sunday school class held a party at the church Tuesday. Ronald Muench teaches the class. J G Harvey and E E Brown hosted a dinner and bridge for friends Thursday. Evangelist A C Warren received a surprise birthday dinner at his home after Sunday services. A basket dinner followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Dickens
L. H. Schoenmann
Ida Matheny
Winifred Gordon
Methodist Church
Ronald Muench
J. G. Harvey
E. E. Brown
Brown
A. C. Warren
Forest Children operetta to be presented by Lenox grades
The Lenox community building hosts a Friday April 26 performance of The Forest Children, a two scene operetta by Miss Sterns and the grade four class with help from grades five and six. Tommy Parker plays Tommy who learns a lesson from the Forest Folk after a prank nearly harms a butterfly. The story features Forest Court, Judge Owl, and a pardon after a past good deed. Music by the high school orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss. Sterns
Tommy
Jimmey Parker
Judge Owl
Robert
Tortoise
Silver Wings
Forest Folk
Former Lenox Resident Mrs George Lyddon Dies in California
Former Lenox resident Mrs George Lyddon died recently at her sister Mrs Dolly Mitchells home in Oceanside California after ill health for two years the couple had gone to California from Indianola to spend the winter she fell ill with influenza and died in Oceanside hospital The body was brought to Lenox and the funeral held Wednesday afternoon in the Presbyterian church Rev Mr Thompson officiated Burial was in Fairview cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lyddon
Lenox
Dolly ‘Mitchell
Oceanside
Calif
California
Indianola
Presbyterian Church
Mr. Thompson
United Presbyterian Church
Fairview Cemetery
Joe Paymal
Oklahoma City
Okla
Barber Funeral
Mr.Shepherd
Methodist Church
Easter observances mark Loyalty Crusade in local churches
Easter Sunday concluded the Loyalty Crusade conducted over weeks by the Methodist, Church of Christ, and United Presbyterian congregations. Reports say high attendance and spiritual gains. services included sunrise prayers, Easter plays, and special musical numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
Church of Christ
United Presbyterian
Conway and Lenox News Roundup of Local Events
Employment updates. Arthur Hayes heads to spring training camp after two summers with a baseball team. Conway girls picnic at Lenox. Wilfred Andrews returns home to Clarion from grandmother's visit. Martin Bell buys a Kent barber shop and moves this week. Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Reimer attend Clarinda Prom. Everett Cashman and son visit Oreton. Ike Paschal of Elliott attends Joe Paymal funeral in Lenox. Mrs. Cora Van Wormer travels from Huntington Park Calif for Paymal’s death. Dr. Ralph McClintock family from Carroll visit Lenox. McClintock’s mother returns to Carroll. Marjory Readhead travels from Detroit for Paymal funeral. Mrs. J. W. Walter learns mother, 84, in Cushing Okla., suffered a stroke. Walter family aids bedside visit. G. VicC. club meets at Lenox Hotel. F. C. ladies group gathers. L. F. C. club hosts. Harmony Reading Circle with Mrs Alpha Mckernon. Miss Gladys Anderson hosts Friday evening with Loleta Boltinghouse, Marion Cheese, Eloise Bricker, Gail Potts, Rex Haigler, Robert Wurster, and Mr Blane. Funeral of Mrs George Lyddon postpones M. F. C. meeting. Lyddon long-time member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ield
Doyle’“Reimer
Clarinda
Everett Cashman and Son Junior
Oreston
Ike“Paschal
Elliott
Joe Paymal
Lenox
Lenox Society Hosts and Social Union Meet at U P Church
The Ladies' Altar society gathered Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Jane Nolan as hostess, followed by F. W. and P. E. O. hosting Thursday evening. The Social Union of the U. P. Church met in the church basement with hostesses Mrs. Mary Turner and Mrs. Oliver Turn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Altar Society
Jane Nolan
the Social Union of the
U. P. Church
Mary Turner
Oliver Turn
Valley homecoming set for June with afternoon program
Friday evening program at the school marked the last PTA meeting of the year with ice cream and cake served. The annual Valley homecoming is scheduled for the first Sunday in June in the afternoon. Local families, including the Mendenhall and Shell households, hosted and visited over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley
Bedford Farmers Report Weekend Livestock Movements
Pair of mules traded for horses at Bedford on Saturday with calves sent to the St Joseph Market. Mr and Mrs Alfred Orme and children visit Bunce, Virgil Davison, and E T Sheley travel to Savannah to see Mrs Sheley in sanatorium. Roy Neeley and family visit Omaha. Local farmers plan corn planting if warm weather continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Smith
Alfred
Orme
Bunce
E. E. Orme
St.’ Joseph
Virgil ‘Davison
E. T. Shéley
Savannah
Sheley
Roy “Neeley
Omaha
Courtnage
Fragmented Courtship Exchange Reveals Tense Dinner Plan
A garbled exchange shows a father and suitor arguing over turning out lights at 10 30 sharp with insistence on finishing tasks before leaving. The dialogue implies a tense domestic scene amid blurred punctuation.
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Jennie Winslow
Doris Damewood
Carol Shum
Ethelmerle Pennebaker
Jane Foster
Freda Oxley
Lavelle Baker
Leona Blood
Howard Rutledge
Adabelle Pennebaker
Anabel Pennebaker
Kathryn Hegwood
Eugene Miller
Clea Sturm
Richard Underwood
Alice Fickess
Junior Selders
Darrell, Huber
Leonard Knott
Dora Marie
Grimm
Maxine Caven
Paul Fickess
Russell
Hegwood
Bernice Blair
Jack Blood
Harold Brown
Bernice Reed
Max McKinley
Dean Gillet
Kenneth Carlisle
Dora
Marie Grimm
Maynard Stogdill
Evelyn Savage
Mary Ann Hamblin
Helen Grazier
Dorothy Mae Selders
Phyllis Grimm
Helen Louise Harmon
Mary Louise Cundy
Ruby Fickess
Hazel Lorene Edwards
Howard John
Marilyn Pennebaker
Dorothy Reed
Helen Huber
Sharpsburg Churches
Sharpsburg Schools
Maloy
J. O. Steen
Lois
Hugh Hartley
W. F. Walton
Des Moines
Herbert Parrish
Leona
Marshalltown
Parrish
Eleanor MacDonald
Gladys Elder
L. J. Jones
St. Joseph
Co. M. Duff
Joe Slaughter
Margaret Slaughter
Earl
Mildred Overholser
E. E. King
D. T. Waldrip
Kansas
Blockton Society
F. M. Baker
Cedar County
Loyalty Crusade
Presbyte Poar School
Mr. Shepherd
Kathleen Poindexter
Margaret Wurster
Helen Wurster
G. A. Wyant
Hugh Wyant
Louise Wyman
Maryville
Sluss
Mary Ann
Leckliter
Francis Falcey
Jfred. Holden
Créston
Coy
Hastings
R. E. Poindexter
Lenox High School
Prescott
Bob Howard
Anita
Howard
Edward Quinn
Ike Paschal
John Kimsey
Alice
Ford
Detroit
Universal Credit Company
Iociety
Society
Will
Paul. Davis
G. Vicc. Club
Vénox
F. C
Clark
F.E. Hoben
Anna Wainwright
Reading
Alpha Mckernon
Gladys Anderson
Loleta Boltinghouse
Marion -Cheese
Eloise Bricker
Gail Potts
Rex Haigler
Robert Wurster
Blane
Thursay
Lenox Society
Roy Long
F. W
Kelita Mendenhall
Kay
Olaf Mendenhall
Patricia Ann
Orle Shell
Erma May
B. F. Mendenhall
Roy Renfro
Sidney
John
Dale Lasley
Harmon Sleep
Ieeaig
Floyd
van Reenen
Parina Feeds, Grain and Feed— General Trucking
Bray
Bedford, Iowa
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