Conway School News Highlights and Local Visits
Thanksgiving visitors from Camp Dodge and Boone join Conway residents for a holiday week. Students earn spelling perfection and honor roll recognition in grades five and six, while third and fourth graders create stories and poems about Thanksgiving. An upcoming Dec 15 game against Sharpsburg is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ona’ Hogue
Doyle ‘Robinson
Emma McMullen
Effie Ellen Simmons
Lucille Traster
Richard Beckett
Jackie Rosebrough
Conway School Notes Operetta to Be Presented
The operetta will be given Friday evening December 8 at the high school auditorium with a large crowd expected. Dance numbers feature Phyllis Nixon Dale Matheny Dorothy Robinson Harriet Evans Katherine Phillips Mildred Norton Paul Norton Billy Hewitt Mar Hunter Walter Kinser Richard Cooper and John Saylor. Wayne Duncan plays the hen pecked husband Mr Pride while Mrs Pride is acted by Estle Scroggie. The cast includes Doris Stafford Dorothy Stafford Hal Robinson and others as a society circle in a tale of romance and society. The high school orchestra will play. Conway teams win league games and honor rolls announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Nixon
Dale Matheny
Dorothy Robinson
Harriet Evans
Katherine Phillips
Mildred Norton
Paul Norton
Billy Hewitt
Mar Hunter
Walter Kinser
Richard Cooper
John Saylor
Wayne Duncan
Mr. Pride
Harold Campbell
Hazel Dell anniversary dinner and visits endures ties
Hazel Dell Mr and Mrs Harry Bordner celebrated twenty fifth wedding anniversary with a family dinner and guests including Elmer Beauchamp John Bordner Charles Buzzard Noble Mothershed Roy Hornung and Edna J C Allen Burl Orville James. Several visits noted with Mrs Allen’s illness mixed with good news about Charlotte and Maurice. Thanksgiving gatherings included Neal Owens Walter Morehouse Virgil Albright Fay Whitney Hopkins and George Wilson. A rugby anecdote from Belfast Evening Telegraph recounts a dog interruption and a spectator quip about Spots owner calling off the dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Bordner
Elmer Beauchamp
John Bordner
Charles Buzzard
Noble Mothershed
Roy Hornung
Edna
J. C. Allen
Burl
Orville
James
Oakdale
Fay Whitney
Hopkins
Allen ‘Mothershed
Mrs. Mothershed
George Wilson
St. Joseph
Musical Temperament Sparks Pawnshop Gaze
In a playful exchange Miss Cayenne deflects an inquisitive friend about her pawnshop window visits. She says the motive is musical satisfaction, noting the abundance of saxophones but the absence of anyone playing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Cayenne
Life In The Raw at Rialto Theatre Friday and Saturday
At The Rialto Life In The Raw, the latest romance from Zane Grey, arrives at the Rialto Theatre on Friday and Saturday. The Fox picture features George O'Brien returning to the screen after an absence, showcasing a premier Western star in a returning role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zane Grey
Rialto Theatre
George O'Brien
Paddy The Next Best Thing Opens At Rialto Theatre
Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter star in Paddy The Next Best Thing from Fox Film, opening for three days at the Rialto Theatre. Greta Nissen leads the supporting cast in a glamour filled screen debut, while Wild Boys of the Road at Rialto offers a stark, realistic drama about roaming youths, with Frankie Darro and Dorothy Coonan in leading roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Gaynor
Warner Baxter
Fox Film
Walter Connolly
Harvey Stephens
Margaret Lindsay
Mary McCormie
Joseph M. Kerrigan
Fiske
First National
Rialto Theatre
Warner Bros.First National
Frankie Darro
James Cagney
Hell
Dorothy Coonan
Edwin Phillips
Sterling Holloway
Ann Hovey
Gravity Area Notes Thanksgiving Visits and Local Moves
Thanksgiving week brought a wave of visits and travels across Gravity and nearby towns. Teachers and family members, including Miss Vaunceil Felt and Miss Hazel Clayton, spent holidays with relatives. Dr. F A Hines returned from Rochester with his father. Reed and Brookman families moved locations. Cherald Brookman and Virgil Anderson visited relatives. several locals joined gatherings in Bedford Ottawa and Shenandoah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaunceil Felt
Leathe
Ft. Madison
Grama Walker
E. E. Clayton
Sioux
W. R. Brookman
Betty Lou
Knoxville
Tom Scott
G. L. Brookman
Darrell Reed
Ottumwa
L. T. Reed
L. J. Phillips
Bartlesville
Tulsa
Okmulgee
Okla
Walter Lake
Bedford
Cora Lovelace
Ray Embree
Red Oak
Will Reed
Phillip Liston
McKune
Gravity
F. A. Hines
Rochester
Minn
Orient
Maggie Douglas
Rev
Munster
Mediapolis
Iowa
Margaret Munster
Gravity High School
J. Stanley Decker
le Roy Pullman
Eddyville
Ray Walker
Evelyn Morley
Charles S. Hook
State House
Des Moines
W. L. Chandler
Creston
L. L
B. C. Stearns
Cherald Brookman
Lexington
Nebr
Roy Brookman
L. G. Brookman
Charles O’beirn
Virginia Hanna
Zona Marie
M. P
Chariton
C. E. Martin
Audrey
Shenandoah
Albert Lund
Luther McPherron
Glénwood
Georgaina Francis
Omaha
John Walker
Iowa City
Francis
Kent
High Prairie notes on local people and visits
Ty Cobb assisted with woodwork for Frank Holland on Saturday. Mrs. Homer Borden aided in caring for her ailing mother, Mrs. Manley, at Mrs. Dora Roush’s home. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Snodgrass mentioned in passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ty Cobb
Frank Holland
Homer Borden
Manley
Dora Roush
Tom Snodgrass
Thanksgiving Gatherings Across Genesee Area
Mr and Mrs Ralphi and families share Thanksgiving greetings at Bert Enfield home. John Bix family and Russell Gant join, with Grant Taylor and Nathan Wilcox relatives. Carinda and Borden households host, Ralph Borden and Wilbur Miller families attend. Elmo Peterman home hosts a daughter. Merrill Peterman and Dale Pershin visit Thursday afternoon with R F Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralphi
Bert Enfield
John
Russell Gant
Fami
Grant Taylor
Nathan Wilcox
C‘arinda
Borden
Ralph Borden
Wilbur Miller
Elmo Peterman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Billy
Hewitt
Peling
Ralph Hunter
Mary
M. H
Dak Palmer
Camp
Dodge
Ralph Connor
Boone
Conway
Waldo Burns
D Hunter
Sharpsburs Conway
Sharpsburg
Donald’ McKay
Tose
Dorothy Beckett
Betty Beemer
Kathlyn, Hunter
Ralph McMullen
Robbie Shehan
Genevieve Stafford
Helen Straight
Junior Beckett
Willma~Donaldson
Arlene Pullen
Cathryn Marshall
Alice Hawn
Ruth Hogue
Velma Younkin
Kenneth Wintermute
Conway School
New Market
Norton
Ridner
Gray
Whitehead
Marshall
New Market Town
Conway Slim Men
H. Pool
W. Newberry
Janice Palsley
Genevieve McKay
James Humphrey
Maxine Robinson
Ada Wadleigh
Estle Scroggie
Frances Traster
Loren Duncan
Doris Stafford
Merene Marshall
Jean Rosebraugh
Dale Hunter
Grace Harris
Dorony Robinson
Glen Hayes
Mrs. Bowie
Mrs.Bishoff
Miss Austene
Hazel Dell
Spot
Belfast Evening Telegraph
Healy Tire & Battery Co
Kathtean Knox
Philander C. Knos
Taft Adminis
Nation
Union Trust Company
Pittsburgh
Miss Knox
London
King George
Queen Jory
The
Rialto
O'Brien
Claire Treva
Ernest "Truex
Greta Nissen
Miss Nissen
T Weir
B. Prugh & Sons
Burlington
Chicago
St. Louis
Pullman
Pullman Travel
Nila
C. A. Reynolds
High Prairie
Admiral Byrd
Tydol
South
Byrd
Main Street
Courte Street Station
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!