Thanksgiving notices and local social guests in Creston area
The column lists numerous local residents and guests visiting for Thanksgiving, including Maxwell treasurer and families such as Mr and Mrs Fred Gray, Claude Abey, Miss Cleo Morehouse, Miss Opal Orme, and Everett Oime. It notes weekend visits by Eleanor Gordon and Ruth Miller, plus many other residents from St Joseph, Maryville, Chillicothe, and nearby towns. Also included are high school sports schedule notes and the honor roll for the second six weeks, featuring seniors, juniors, sophomores, and freshmen, with dismissals for Thanksgiving vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Gray
Mily
Maurice Olmsted
Chicago
Fred Olmsted
Gordon Bennett
J. J. Bennett
Bol
How
R. E. Vesey
Stoseph
Noel Bennett
Maryville
Eleanor Gordon
St. Joseph
Galen ‘Gordon
Ruth Miller
Greenridge
Frank Miller
W. E. Seewald
Sporia
Kans
Wayne Churchill
Charles and
Paul
Bedford
Eid
James Calkins
Lathrop
Ed Bonar
Charles Hanna
Ruth Houston
Margaret Hanna
Frank Houston
Doris Clutter
Afton
Iowa
Harry Benson
Fairbury
Nebr
H.C. Clutter
Lee Loman
Mr. Foster
Kansas City
Glade Traster
Jessie ‘Baldwin
Lorena Baldwin
Marian Kirk
Marguerite Lasley
Edna Ruth Maxwell
Marie Gray
Elizabeth Lowry
Earl McCleave
Mary Louise
Turner
Gretchen Copeland
C. L. Copeland
Ivan Moore
Creston
Fred Pantry
Glen Hale
Cora Hale
K. KR. Huff
Virginia
H. C. Killion
Merle Reimer
Des Moines
Eloise Bricker
Wilma Walker
E. Bricker
W. Walker
Dorothy Lust
Tarkio
Lottie Lust
Francis Folcey
Folcey
Hopkins Churches Women Lead Sunday Plans Pageant
The Woman's Day program at the Christian church will be presented next Sunday morning with ladies filling offices and a pageant "With Banners Lifted." Revival meetings open at the Methodist church Sunday evening led by Rev. H. R. Osborne. Baptist and Christian church groups met midweek at local homes with various hostesses and leaders. The Methodist Woman's Foreign Missionary society was hosted by Mrs. A. J. Gordon with devotion led by Mrs. H. R. Osborne and program led by Mrs. D. A. Sargent. Christian Endeavor raised $26 from their play "Cabbages or" via the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meemying
the Christian Church
Methodist Church
H. R. Osborne
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
A. J. Gordon
Charles Lewis
H. R.osborne
D. A. Sargent
Let’s Go After This Lake in Jakeless Southwest Iowa
In Our Town a reader reflects on a proposed regional lake project in southwestern Iowa. Inspired by a letter from Guy Liggett of Omaha, the writer asserts that with stimulus and effort the $8,000 to $10,000 needed can be raised locally. He urges action and notes several residents already offering donations, envisioning the lake as a major regional asset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake
Iowa
Guy Liggett
Omaha
Guy
Lenox road work to the cemetery under federal grant
Grading and graveling began this week on the Lenox to cemetery road with work starting at the street corner west of the Catholic church. The project runs west then south to the east cemetery and west to the other cemetery and must be finished by February 15 under federal funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenox
Prairie Gem Guests and Family Visits Spread Across Thanksgiving
Prairie Gem notes Thanksgiving guests including Mrs George Ferguson Sr Flora Mabel and Merle Ferguson Tom Ferguson and families from Creston and surrounding areas. Also reports visits by Henshaw Larson Wilcox Wilson Coffman Grant Owens and others with mentions of Des Moines Guthrie Center Council Bluffs and Clearfield. Includes jokes from the Boston Transcript about Jack and Betty and a bride receiving clocks as a gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ferguson, Sr
Flora
Mabel Ferguson
Tom Ferguson
George Ferguson
Merle
Marjorie
Thelma
Juanita
Hamilton
Maxine
Pete Stoner
Creston
Bert Henshaw
Guss Larson
Dwight Wilcox
John Wilcox
Robert Wilson
Cecil Wilson
Homer McClintock
Harve Wilson
Floyd Coffman
Mel Coffman
Council Bluffs
Mildred Wilson
Miss Maurine
Marvin Wilson
Lloyd Grant
Guthrie Center
Des Moines
Paul Owens
Clearfield
Robert Harvey
Funeral Rites for Silas Raper Held at Athelstan Baptist
Funeral services for Silas Raper who died at Methodist hospital St Joseph were held at the Athelstan Baptist church. He was born April 1 1867 in Aledo Mercer County and lived in Missouri Idaho and Nebraska. He leaves a wife a son three brothers and two sisters plus many relatives. Burial occurred in Athelstan cemetery and he was a member of local lodges. He married Rose Kline Sept 1 1901 and had son Harold. Interment followed at Athelstan cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas Raper
Methodist
St. Joseph
Baptist Church
Athelstan
Charlie E. Graham
Aledo
Mercer County
Samuel and
Cyrenia Raper
Amanda Janet Swett
Ainsworth
Nebr
Mary Ellen Sweet
Ida Alice Severns
Omaha
Sarah Katherine
William Raper
Kansas City
Rose Kline
Harold
John Edward
Blockton
Jessie Samuel
Bloomington
Tine HL
Lena Ford
Richmond
Calif
Margaret Adams
Orr Campbell
Baptist Church of Zion
Taylor County
Bedford
Charles Nelson
Roy Weaver
Missouri
Idaho
Nebraska
Sand in My Bed Poem Ad Got Me Through The Shore
A humorous verse extols outdoor life at the shore and the harsh joys of nature. The speaker braves sunburn sprains and sandpiper stings, declaring a fond devotion to the Great Out of Doors while acknowledging the sand in bed as a comic inevitability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. S
Local basketball squad to face two Diagonal teams next week
The Sharpsburg squad schedules two strong battles for next week. On Tuesday night December 12 they host the last Diagonal teams, then play Conway at home Friday December 15. Thanksgiving gave Clearfield a hard fought win. Clearfield’s second team won 17 to 9 and the first string took 44 to 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conway
Clearfield
Sharpsburg
Electrician Fixes Stove While Radio Burns To Ash
A man asks for an electrician and Brown, in a tense moment, confirms service. The electric stove malfunctions playing a tune as the radio cabinet burns to a cinder, highlighting a chaotic domestic mishap and the quick fixer’s arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Iver
Drink Water With Meats Good For Stomach Digestive Aid
Water with meals helps stomach juices and digestion, especially when bloated with gas. A spoonful of Adherika touted to cleanse poisons and wash both upper and lower bowels as part of a Pote Drug Company advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pote Drug Company
Adv
Gassy GERTIE writ of execution in Taylor County Iowa
Sheriff T V Lacy of Taylor County Iowa issues a writ of execution to satisfy the judgment against Lee Watts. The notice specifies the property in Section 12 Town 60 North Range 30 West of the Fifth P M in Taylor County Iowa and the costs accruing. Dated Bedford November 13 1938. Dec 7 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor ‘County
Iowa
T. V. Lacy
Taylor County
Bedford
Lee Watts
A Congressman’s Humbling Encounter with a Bull
A visiting congressman, eager to project his status, wandered into a field where an angry bull charged him. Frustrated, he sought the farmer’s help and bragged of his identity. The farmer replied simply I am My Jones Congressman Jones sir and asked did you tell the bull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Jones
Congressman
Sheriff's sale notice in Taylor county Iowa
The notice states that on December 18, 1933 at 10 a.m. at the Bedford Court House a public auction will sell the North Half of the South described real estate seized by a special execution. The action is in favor of Rollie G. Muckey as administrator of Curine J. Muckey deceased, against Ray W Miller Eva Miller C S Buchtel and W W Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Taylor County
Court House
Bedford
Taylor
Rollie G. Muckey
Cur
Executor's Notice for Mary A. Greenlee Estate in Iowa
The District Court of Taylor County Iowa appoints K E Stephens as Executor of Mary A Greenlee deceased with date December 2 1943. Creditors must pay debts and present claims to the court for allowance. Attorney H P Jaqua 49 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Taylor County
Iowa
Mary A. Greenlee
Isaid Court
K. E. Stephens
H. P. Jaqua
Administrator's Notice in Taylor County Iowa 1933
The Clerk of the District Court in Taylor County Iowa appoints Richard Campbell as administrator of Donald Melin deceased. Creditors are asked to present claims legally authenticated to the court for allowance by December 4, 1933. Indebted persons must pay the administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Taylor County
Iowa
Donald Melin
Richard Campbell
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