Blockton News Highlights From Community Gatherings
Mrs G E Bellus reports on a Smith family reunion in Savannah Mo and birthday visits for Frank Zollman. Local clubs, auctions, church events, and visits by Blockton residents to Des Moines Osceola and Omaha populate a busy week including the Cloose property sale to Superintendent Reighn and a Joy Ann Cross Duane Bentley wedding blessing in Council Bluffs.
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Busie Statesman
Vernon Clark
Allendale
George Clark
New Deal Club
Christian Ladies Aid
Ladies Aid
Christian Church
Eunice Hamilton
Bertha Smith
Eunice Warden
Poe May Wilson
Lloyd Poe
Des Moines
C. B. Carr
American Legion Auxiliary
Myron
Reighn
Blockton School
Robert Judy
Nell Rose Club
Joe Vern Kidney
Ohio
L. H. Kidney
Leonard Smith
Ralph Smith
Walter Estep
John Hall
Creston
Charley Hall
Methodist Church
Robert Michal
Robert C. Michal
Winner
Victor Michal
Ed Champion
Billy
Mary Kay
L. L. Champion
Omaha
Maryann Dennis
Edwin Robinson
Bill Woods
Blockton
Clem Sands
Pvt
Michal
United Neighbors
Robt
Judy
Charles Wintermute
Louise
Holland
Marcia Helm
Carol Livingston
Helen Livingston
Lula Harvey
Jim Hensley
Clarinda
Fredrick Handorf
Siam
H. E. Brown
Edwin King
Robert H. Brown
H. E. Brown and
Marge White
Conway
Mary Cavin
Athelstan
William L. Andre
Clyde
Kemery
Joyce Ann Cross
Duane Bentley
C. D. Cross
Super Valu
Bentley
Fort Knox
G. W. McEntaffer
Under the Sea-Wind Reissued by Rachel Carson
Beebe reviews the U S Fish and Wildlife Service editor Rachel Carson as The Sea Around Us author revisits Under the Sea-Wind. The 1941 classic is published again with revisions during Carson’s 1951-52 Guggenheim year, highlighting life as the prize for the lucky and clever.
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F. C. Beebe
Rachel Carson
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
St. Nicholas League
Miss Carson
Charley’s Door profiles a department store life
Prose depicts sheltered marshlands and vast skies as the struggle of creatures unfolds. Emily Brimbrough’s Charley’s Door chronicles her 1923 Marshall Field entrance in a Paris dress with a dog, revealing the human comedy behind a great department store.
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Emily Brimbrough
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Marshall Field and Company
Charley's
Paris
Local Social Notes Highlight Family Visits and Weddings
SIAM NEWS reports numerous family visits in Emmetsburg and Bedford with gatherings at the Floyd Farlow and Glenn Stewart homes. A wedding in College Springs united Corine Christensen and David Williams with a reception at the Christensen residence.
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Alva Clayton Siam
Francis Farlow
Emmetsburg
Floyd Farlow
Maud Clayton
Bedford
Hazel Clayton
Sioux City
Glenn Stewart
Sheryl Woldruff
Cecil Woldruff
Rachel Fine
Clarence
Fine
Richard
Bibbins Park
del Miller
Harry Clayton
Harry David
Corine Christensen
Fred Christensen
College Springs
David Williams
Villisca
Christensen
Eldon Miller
Everene Hatfield
Larry Davis
Methodist
Clarinda
Arthur Stickelman
Harold Mothershed
Harmon Mothershed
Harold Brown
Maryville
Boyd Poage
McMinnville
Ore
Francis Daniels
Floyd Farlow Visits Emmetsburg Family Sunday
Floyd Farlow drove to Emmetsburg on Sunday to spend the day with his son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Farlow.
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Floyd Farlow
Emmetsburg
Francis Farlow
Farm Bureau 4-H Club July Meeting Summaries
Jackson area Farm Bureau 4-H clubs met July 7 at Slam school house with Edward Walston leading swine discussion and Lowell Weir beef cattle. Earl Eblen spoke on dairy animals. Paul Jones reported on a short course. Edward chosen for county plowing contest. Gay Boys met at Billy and Joe Livingston home for July with talks by Reo Helm, Lee Wintermute, Robert Wintermute. Bob Stephens spoke on Ames trip and Ben Murphy on health.
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Jackson Boys
Slam School House
Edward Walston
Lowell Weir
Earl Eblen
Paul Jones
Edward
Billy
Joe Livingston
Reo Helm
Lee Wintermute
Robert Wintermute
Bob Stephens
Ames
Ben Murphy
Bluebirds Hold Meetings at Dillon Home
The Bluebirds met at Melva Dillon's home on July 17 with five members present. Talks were given by Joan McCalla Melva Dillon Jeannette King and Mary Jo Skinner on fair projects. Refreshments were served by the hostess and her mother.
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Bluebirds
Melva Dillon
Joan McCalla
Jeannette King
Mary Jo Skinner
Vicki Gould
Anna Lou Rieho
Victory 4-H Club Sees Demonstrations and Members Meet
Victory 4-H Club met July 23 at Virginia Haynie’s home with seventeen members and six guests. Demonstrations were given by Imogene Goudie Shirley Goudie Joan Rankin Pamela Straight Joyce Geer Karen Marshall and Connie Newbury. Haynie and O'Dell practiced fair demonstrations as refreshments were served.
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Liberty Club
John Lambley
Christie Hillers
Ray Loghry
Verla Kathleen
Marceline
Blockton
Harry Loghry
Creston
Victory
Victory 4-H Club
Virginia Haynie
Imogene Goudie
Shirley Goudie
Joan Rank
Pamela Straight
Joyce Geer
Karen Marshall
Connie Newbury
Cheryl O'Dell
Holt Lassies Hold Achievement Day at Fairview
The Holt Lassies held their Achievement Day on July 29 at Fairview, showcasing projects and achievements by local youths in a community gathering with demonstrations and awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holt Lassies
Fairview
Local Club Awards Given at Mason Meadowlarks Meeting
Evelyn Hunter led county project judging as Mason Meadowlarks gathered at leader Mrs Orval Cabbage home on July 17 with nine members present. Demonstrations and talks were given by Janet Ake ra, Joanne Rorebeck, Shirley Me.
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Mason Meadowlarks
Orval Cabbage
Janet Akera
Joanne Rorebeck
Shirley Me
Achievement Day Plans Amid Quiet Reflections
Beverly Alpin, Beal, Cox, Bix, Miller named in planning notes for an Achievement Day event set for July 26. The excerpt emphasizes patient effort as active strength with quotes attributed to Bulwar and Josiah G Holland.
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Alpin
Beverly Beal
Charlotte Cox
Rose Bix
Marilyn Miller
Bulwar
Josiah .G
Holland
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