Siam Homecoming and Chautauqua Week Activities
Siam plans a Sunday homecoming with union services, basket dinner, program, and evening church services, followed by a week of home talent shows and three act plays led by Rev. Emery and Mrs. Clayton. Proceeds support a community hall, with local classes’ contest results and various social visits noted throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siam
Guss
Mr. Emery
Ora. Clayton
David
Fred Melvin
Jack Walker
KFEQ
Ed Philpott barn fire destroys corn and hay
A barn on the Ed Philpott farm burned Thursday afternoon with about 800 bushels of corn and several tons of hay lost. The report lists numerous local visits and family travels including Mr. and Mrs. Orval Brown, Mrs. Eddie Brown, Miss Maggie Brown, and others visiting relatives, friends, or at gatherings in nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Philpott
Ledford
Orval Brown
Eddie Brown
Harlan
Sheridan Kittenball Teams Spark Local Scrimmages
Sheridan hosts kittenball with teams the Wasps Hornets and Yellow Jackets. Cockleburr Ridge defeated the locals 5 0 Monday afternoon. Women players and families visited in Sheriden as residents attended social gatherings and family visits across town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan
Wasps
Hornets
Yellow Jackets
Cockleburr Ridge
Death of George Johnson in Guss area at 77
George Johnson a longtime resident of the Guss vicinity died at his son Wes ley Johnsons home on Tuesday July 25 after several weeks illness. He was 77 and survived by his sons Wesley and Clarence seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Guss church Thursday afternoon conducted by Rev. Mr. Dickey and Rev. Wayne Emry with burial in the Guss cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Johnson
Wesley Johnson
Wesley
Guss
Clarence
Kansas City
Mr. Dickey
Free Methodist Church
Wayne Emry
Lenox Family News Recap With Hospital Stay
Daryl Benson son of Mrs. Minta Benson underwent an appendicitis operation at Methodist Hospital in Des Moines Saturday and is reported recovering. Numerous visitors and relatives travel between Lenox, Des Moines, Omaha, Perry, Atlantic, Truro, and other nearby towns for visits and family events this weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daryl Benson
Minta Benson
Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Community notices from United Presbyterian and local groups
The T N T Sabbath school class hosted a party for Rev and Mrs McCrory and family from Cedar Rapids with a pot luck dinner and games at the church basement. The Priscilla Circle met at the Methodist church with hostesses listed. A Tyler family dinner celebrated O D Tyler's birthday with relatives from Des Moines and local guests. Martha Finn celebrated her seventh birthday with lawn games and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Presbyterian Church
Oliver Turner
Greer McCrory
Cedar Rapids
Rev. McCrory
Martha Finn
Thursday Girls Social Union Met for All Day Quilting
The Christian church ladies of the Methodist church met Thursday for an all day quilting session. A noon dinner was served and the regular business meeting followed in the afternoon. Refreshments were served at the close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social ‘Union
Methodist ‘Church
Social roundup of visits across Mount Ayr district
Miss Margaret Jennings returned home after a two week stay with Mr. and Mrs. A S Conaway. Mrs. Emma Fulton of Des Moines spent ten days with Roy and Laura Rood. Numerous visits occurred across Lenox Blockton Bedford Bedford and Des Moines as locals hosted relatives and friends including the Roods Swan Clute Ethington and Calkin families. Several residents traveled to Chicago for the Century of Progress and to Fort Morgan Colorado and Des Moines for health and leisure while others attended Odd Fellows and Rebekahs events in Lenox and Bedford.
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Doah
Russell Gant
Hobart Dean
Jim Smith
New Market
Willis Philpott
Bedford
Lon Philpott
Hedrick
Iowa
Leland Radke
Lloyd Potter
Roy Weatherly
St. Joseph
James Woldruff
Cecil Woldruff
William Miller
William, Jr
Fred Melvin
Miss Garnett
N. A. Adams
Adams
Doris Hopson
Harold Sweringer
San Francisco
Calif
John Newman
Maggie Brown
Edd Brown
Walt Scott
Willie Weller
Charlie Knott
Clark Hiatt
Marjorie
Leonard Ratliff
Mardelle
Knoxville
George Gillette
Florence Faurot
Irene Brown
Carl
Harry Blessman
Lincoln
Nebr
Rrreee
Raymond Grazier
Mae Jenks
Jesse McKinley
Shenandoah
Swanson Home
Frank Chitty
Vernon Valen
Margaret Jennings
Moulton
Thelma
Des Moines
Leland Calkin
Gene Muir
Ruth
Esther
Dorothy
Harold Ethington
Lenox
Howard Williams
Phyllis Ann
Jeanette
Detroit
Mich
Clifford Bailey
Platte River
P. W. Elliott
Beverly
Sue
Columbus Junction
Elliott
Mary Harvey
Marcia Hawthorne
Blockton
Maxine Vogel
R. B. Reed
Creston
Century of Progress
Lester Flower
Laura
Cora Wilson
Mary Proctor
Matie Miller
Clara Showalter
Odd Fellows and
Rebekahs
West Gay Booster Club Meeting At School House
The West Gay Booster club gathered Friday evening at the West Gay school house with Miss Faye Brunkhorst and Miss Agnes Freemyer leading the program. A large crowd attended and refreshments followed. The next meeting is planned for the last Friday in August with Miss Laveta Murphy and Miss Laverne Blane as program committee. Readings included "My Visit To Chicago" by Pauline Walkup and "When I’m a Man" by Robert Walkup, with music by Lavera Murphy and Lavern Blane. A solo titled "Perfect Day" was sung by Elvin Van.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Gay Booster Club
West Gay School House
Faye Brunkhorst
Agnes Freemyer
Laveta Murphy
Laverne Blane
Chicago
Pauline Walkup
Lavera Murphy
Robert Walkup
Elvin van
Village Social and Visiting Guests Highlight Miss Blane’s Notice
Visitors from Bedford and Mount Ayr joined local residents for a week of events and exchanges at Villisca. Families including the Blane and Wilson households hosted guests from Omaha Blockton and Iola while Miss Lola Stephens and Miss Lelia Burchett recalled Cedar Falls days as they joined friends at the street fair in New Market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Dunbar
Leonore
Olive
Maxine
Donald Dunbar
New Market
A. C. Davis
Gravity
C. C. Mills
Omaha
Eddie Quinn
Chicago
Lawrence Bryant
Perry
William Bryant
Hugh Stephens
Peoria, Ill
Paul ‘Blane
Harold
Cecil
Earl
Gordon
Bedford
Villisca
Glen Wilson
Iris Mae
Charles’ Cordell
Blockton
Alibi Mix Up With Time Clock Clash
A policeman confronts a lady motorist claiming her car has been parked twenty minutes. She retorts that the clock is fast, insisting time must be taken by her own clock, creating a brief domestic traffic dispute.
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Aoe Ob
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Comrades
Minnie Rayburn
Buds of Promise
Marian Rayburn
Mildred Eubanks
Plum Lodge
A. F
A M
Highland Chapter
O. E. Ss
J. F. Blagrave
Miss Grace
C. A. Clayton
J. Brown
High Prairie
Dick Jeffers
Smithville
Walter Radke
Clyde Miller
Samuel Reynolds
Jedith
Marlin Parks
Ted Bix
Marlin
Glen Waldruff
Hopkins
Floyd Clayton
Harry Clayton
W. H. Taylor
Taylor
Los Angeles
Floyd Farlow
Mr. Farlow
Taylors
O. G. Clayton
W. C. Shepherd
Shenan
Dean
Damewood
Wilma
Caleb
Jobe
Frank Potter
Coy Jeffers
Sam Jeffers
Harold Henderson
Howard Collins
James Hensley
Fedford
Clifford Fenderson
Fred Qenderson
N. H. Reid
Charles Culbert
Joe Smith
Maryville
Jesse Henderson
Mr. Henderson
Culbertsons
Sharpsburg
Philpott
Boss Seeckman
Frank Trumbo
Sheriden
F. C. Holliday
Win Scott
Frank Holliday
Randolph
Johnny Lantz
Kans
Ben Lantz
Milton Ostrander
Emerson
Lucy Cordell
Elsie Oldham
Mason City
Maxine Bownes
Evelyn Bownes
Athelstan
Joe Parker
Joe, Jr
Harley Shep
Rydford
Lasley
Har
Dale Lasley
Harve Overman
Oxford
Luther Straight Home
Luther Cook
A. A. Cook
Jake Campbell
Russell Constant
R. G. Mackey
George Firkins Atd
Marie Nelson
Marjorie Cordes
Margelene Spring
Vivian Hunter
George Darnold
Eva
Earl Cooney
Administratrix Sale
Currie J. Mackey
Piper & Beemer
Stella Muckey
Curris
J. Muckey
Major
Roosevelt
Mason Weadon
Washington Animal Hospital
Francis Faley
W. H. Madden
Fred Childs
Atlantic
O. E. Bricker
Elouise
Milton
Margaret Wurster
F. J. Norman
John Genson
Catherine
Truro
K. R. Huff
B. F. Kunzie
McFall
Ernest Henderson
Ben Walter
Roy Long
Andrew
Tully
Ivan Carey
Willis Crafts
Shannon City
Katherine Alice Crafts
Wm. L. Dey Ermand
Clyde Cassil
Iowa City
C. B. Cassill
Ernest Peterson
Velma Agler
Goldie Agler
Elgin
Lenox Society
N. T
Priscilla Circle
Priscilla
The
Methodist Church
Harry Kreiger
Pauline Riley
J. H. Barber
O. D. Tyler
Tyler
H. H. Tyler
W. E. Vaughn
Ins Moines
Donald Tyler
Hugh Tyler
Betty
Brata Women’s
George Finj E Finn
Mary’ van Houten
Nowell, Nebr
Mrs.Abbitt
Christian “Church
West Gay
Booster Club
Kosterman
Paravax
St. Dennis
Pullman
Burlington
Co. A. Reynolds
Beacon City Way
Bedford “Times-Press
Beacon City
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