Twelve Students Presented In School Declamatory Contest
Twelve pupils competed in the final home declamatory contest at the NEW MARKET school auditorium on Tuesday January 19. Contestants performed in three divisions with titles and authors including Verna Grace Hipsley and Calvin Luther in oratorical, Mary Alice Blake slee and Maxine Blakeslee in dramatic, and Sam Cade Violet Peterman Ruth Shields Neil Pella Juanita Lucas Gene Erle Pratt in humorous readings. A church dining room meeting followed with lunch and a short business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verna Grace Hipsley
Calvin Luther
Clark Shreck
Dennis Worthington
Mary Alice Blakeslee
Maxine Blakeslee
Juanita Lucas
Gene Erle Pratt
Sam Cade
Neil Pella
Violet Peterman
Ruth Shields
Brooks Improving Returns Home Part Time
Mrs. Brooks reports that her son Clarence Brooks, previously in Veterans Hospital, is improving enough to stay at home briefly before more treatment. W E Beer becomes railway station agent at New Market, moving from Elliston with his family to Mrs. Carrie Parker’s residence. Regular Methodist services listed for Sunday at 10:00 with sermon by Rev Charles Arnold and special youth musical numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Brooks
San Bernardino
Calif
Clarence Brooks
W. E. Beer
New Market
Elliston
Iowa
Mr. Beer
Carrie Parker
Baptist Services Set by Rev John Parker in Shenandoah
Rev. John T. Parker of Shenandoah will conduct services at the Baptist church on the first and third Sundays of each month.
Local society notes and near by visits in New Market
Mrs Walter Noble and Marcella Hicks were honored guests at a dinner at the Noble home with family and friends. Another dinner guests were Mr and Mrs Paul Clark and others followed by a coasting party at the Noble farm. Local clubs met with social hours, prizes awarded, and installations noted. New Market locals list neighbors visiting and town activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW Market Society
Walter Noble
Marcella Hicks
Irvin McKay
Marcella
Retiring Master Receives Masonic Apron at Lodge
A. W. Dennis, the retiring worshipful master of the Masonic lodge, was presented with a ceremonial Masonic apron reflecting appreciation for his service. The event highlighted the lodge's ongoing fraternal activities and honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Lodge
A. W. Dennis
The Pedestrian Under Threat in Speeding Traffic
The piece laments dangers faced by pedestrians as speeding cars hunt them. It cites Travelers Insurance Company figures that pedestrian fatalities rose by over 16,000 last year and argues for protective measures to prevent the race from becoming extinct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travelers Insurance Company
Local Social Notes from Hawleyville and Nearby Homes
Mrs William Johnson and parents reside in Hawleyville. Families including Mr and Mrs Harry Harland Merle Harland and kin shared supper with Ned Combs. Edith Slack visited her mother in Brown Hospital Clarinda. Sunday school at Hazel Dell 10 AM. Roy Pratt John Cary George Watson visited Mrs Worthy Werts. Portia Wilson home for weekend with Charles Wilson. Max Moore from Bedford at Charles Brown home. Ed Gibson of Blanchard visited Jesse Porter. Verne and Ben Snively with Oval Snively and families. Otha Shepherd and Lee Whitehead hosts. T J Snodgrass visited Fanny McNeese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Market
Clarence Miller
Abbott
Clarinda
Ralph Bayless
George Waldross
Braddyville
Eldon Clayton
Rome Brooks
Villisca
Earl Hipsley
Verna Grace Hipsley
Jake Hipsley
Smith Brooks
Edwin Mutti
Hopkins
Lucille Harris
Basil Scott and Son
Jakewells
Claude Cavender
Victor Knoles
Shenandoah
Everett Corbin
Katherine Kline
Curings
Iowa
Harryette Pullan
Lon Thomas
Wanda Lea
Ralph Hicks
Gwennyth
Maryville
C. O. Hicks
Lenox
L. E. Raynor
Coral Rayner
Arch Clayton
Siam
Mary Harmon
Earnest Bramble
Floyd Wagaman
Omaha
T. C. Wagaman
Vanzo Drennen
Clifford
Drenen
Ida Drennen
Larry Eighmy
Lavoy Eighmy
M. E. Pace
Sapha
Merritt
B. A. Wilson
Baby
Jay Parsons
Alfred Meggison
Corning
Howard Meggison
Elmer Oziah
Gerald Oziah
Sarah Savage
Frank D. Savage
Jesse L. Savage
Sharpsburg
Glen
William Johnson
Hawleyville
Harry Harland
Merle Harland
Ned Combs
Edith
Slack
Brown Hospital
Hazel Dell
Roy Pratt
John Cary
George Watson
Worthy Werts
Portia Wilson
Charles .Wilson
Max Moore
Bedford
Charles Brown
Ed Gibson
Blanchard
Jesse Porter
Verne Hamilton
Ben Snively
Oval Snively
Otha Shepherd
Lee Whitehead
T. J. Snodgrass
Fanny McNeese
Library Board Elects Officers in Clearfield Meeting
The Clearfield Library Board met January 4 at Mrs. Truman Hidley’s home and elected officers: President Mrs. A S Conaway, Vice President Mrs. E C Nickle, Secretary Miss Maud Hamilton, Treasurer Mrs. C B Parslow. Annual report lists 1906 magazines loaned, 275 adult books, 1 137 juvenile books, total 5318 loans. refreshments served by Ethel Hofmeister, Wilma Hofmeister, Margaret Shaffer and Margaret Skinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman Hidley
A. S. Conaway
E. C. Nickle
Maud Hamilton
C. B. Parslow
C. J. Swan
Modern Literary Club
W. C. Henn
Lillian Busby
Hostigss
Ben Ander
O E S Installs Officers for Coming Year
The O. E. S. held its installation Tuesday evening January 5 with Masonic Lodge members and wives as guests. Officers installed include Worthy Matron Nellie Speer and Worthy Patron H. O. Calkin with multiple co patrons conductress Ruth Adah and electa Lela Harvey among others. Refreshments served to fifty guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Lodge
Nellie Speer
H. O. Calkin
Elvin Lyddon
Eugene Baxter
Muriel Baxter
Maude Abels
Viola Nickle
Marshal
Anna Cooper
Adah
Lois Swan
Ruth
Margaret Swan
Esther
Bernadine Cooper
Martha
Zetha Bailey
Electa
Lela Harvey
Maude Bailey
Sentinel
W. E. Johns
Hazel Hartman
Dora Seibert
Hazel Conaway
Bessie Bailey
Frees Gee
Royal Neighbors Install Officers in Annual Meeting
The Royal Neighbors held its annual installation on Thursday January 14 with Lena Huffman as Oracle and Exie Little as Vice Oracle. Others installed included Josie Stevenson Past Oracle Myrtle Nelson Recorder and Myrtle Shaffer Five Graces, with Ida Reynolds of Elliott as installing officer and G C Hofmeister ceremonial marshal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Neighbors
Conway
Oracle
Lena Huffman
Exie Little
Josie Stevenson
Laura Jarvis
Anna Hofmeister
Inner Sentinel
Freeda Bush
Myrtle Nelson
Etta Skinner
Ella Andrew
Myrtle Shaffer
Ethel Hofmeister
Marjorie Shoenhair
Nora Yaw
Elma Bye
Elma _ Bye
Ida Reynolds
Elliott
G. C. Hofmeister
Bert Huffman
Joe Stevenson
Lester Little
George Wax
Frank Bye
KIFNF
Ida Reynolds of
Funeral and visit notices from Mount Ayr region
In Mount Ayr Monday to attend the funeral of Mae Horne. Mrs A Stonaway visited relatives in Moulton Iowa. Dr A J Abarr Leland and Mrs Lyle Posten attended J A Griffiths funeral in Griswold. Delbert Burch Garland and Lola Yaw hosted in the Lee Yaw home. Ben Anderson visited F J Anderson in Sharpsburg. Rev M R Talley and Mrs Talley of Winterset visited here and with W C Henn. Talley and Henn attended Des Moines Branch Missionary Society meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Ayr
Mae Horne
A. Stonaway
Moulton
Iowa
A. J. Abarr
Leland
Lyle Posten
J. A. Griffith
Griswold
Delbert Burch
Garland
Lola Yaw
Lee Yaw
Ben Anderson
F. J. Anderson
Sharpsburg
M. R. Talley
Winterset
W. C. Henn
Hopkins Lodge Installs New Officers In Wednesday Session
New Masonic officers were installed with George Houchens Ravenwood as installing master Ira Newton Hopkins as installing marshal Jerry Tebow Maryville as installing chaplain. Officers named include Charles Wallace worshipful master Gordon Bennett senior warden O K Shell junior warden Richard Chaney secretary F L Gray treasurer Stanley Swanson senior deacon Glade Traster junior deacon Earl Alexander senior steward Beryl Mathers junior steward John Akin tyler and John Morehouse chaplain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Lodge
George Houchens
Ravenwood
Ira Newton
Hopkins
Jerry Tebow
Maryville
Charles Wallace
Gordon Bennett
O.K Shell
Richard Chaney
F. L. Gray
Stanley Swanson
Glade Traster
Earl Alexander
Beryl Mathers
John Akin
Tyler
John Morehouse
Uncle Billy Cramer dies at 112 near Pleasant Ridge
SIAM William Cramer known as Uncle Billy dies at his home near Pleasant Ridge on Saturday. Funeral services were held Monday in Clarinda. The Anniversary club gathered Saturday evening at the Irwin Wilson home for Mrs Wilsons birthday. The West Side Pinochle club met at John Terbell's home. Many local youths went coasting Sunday south of Central School in Buchanan township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Holmes
Goré
Xn Bennett
Katherine Brown
Art Club
Halburt Clutter
Jack Moorhead
Kansas City
W. L. Moorhead
Lavelle McMullen
Jacqueline
California
Wm. Cramer
Uncle Billy
Pleasant Ridge
Clarinda
Irwin Wilson
Mrs. Wilson
West Side
John Terbell
Central School House
Buchanan Township
Sunday Services At Siam Churches Announcement
Sunday school held each Sunday at 10 o'clock at both Siam churches. Preaching services begin at 11 o'clock at the Methodist church led by Pastor Rev. Charles Arnold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siam
Charles Arnold
Erosion Meeting Debrief And Local Committee Reelect
A soil erosion meeting convened at the hall Wednesday afternoon. The same committee was reelected: F. W. Shields, Claude Abbey and Glen Stewart. Local farming report notes Joe Farrant lost a team of horses last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Shields
Claude Abbey
Glen Stewart
Joe Farrant
Pepper Pot Minstrels light up Siam Society Friday evening
Mrs Zelma Radke and Sun day school class staged The Pepper Pot Minstrels with soloists quartet chorus violin piano banjo and rattles. The act drew a large crowd and earned hearty applause and compliments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siam Society
Zelma Radke
Pepper Pot
Local Families Visit Sharpsburg and Surrounding Homes
CLEARFIELD residents report visits from Dr. L. F. Mahoney and family at the F J Anderson home in Sharpsburg. Dr Edward Grossman of Glenwood Iowa stays with the J R Crew and W W Canning households for the weekend. Additional guests include Dr C J Swan and Mr and Mrs B P Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearfield
L. F. Mahoney
Sharpsburg
F. J. Anderson
Edward Grossman
Glenwood
Iowa
J. R. Crew
W. W. Canning
C. J. Swan
B. P. Anderson
Sunday Visits And Family Gatherings In Local Homes
A series of social visits across local households includes Mr. and Mrs. Wm Miller and Lola Nadine Miller at the N A Adams home, Elmer Dunn with Mrs. Jesse Henderson’s family, and numerous other shorthand guestings. Several families from Bedford New Market Shenandoah and Hopkins joined Mrs Ida Radke and Mrs Minnie Rayborn at various homes during Sunday and midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Miller
Lola Nadine Miller
N. A. Adams
Elmer Dunn
Braddyville
Jesse Henderson
Joe Shields, Jr
Helen
Ralph Fine
H. Hamm
Ella Bix
N. H. Reid
Clem Jeffers
Wilma Damewood
Virginia Stewart
Clem Bashore
Mary Scrivner
Ethel Scrivner
Cecil Woldruff
Ora Woldruff
Alfred Orme
Loren. Woldruff
Andrew Miller
Berlie Thorne
Cora Heindle
Forest of Bedford
Dick Scott
Ford Radke
New Market
Walter Radke
Ida Radke
Arthur
Roy Renfro
Sidney
Orville Horner
Shenandah
Conlin Jobe
Perry Fine
George Woldruff
James Woldruff
Marvin
Floyd Clayton
Beulah Brand
John Houston
Hopkins
Minnie Rayborn
Charles Arnold
Dell Fine
Neil Owens
Dean
Damewood
Mary Lou
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Methodist Church
Journey
Pendergraft
Nan Love
Lloyd Shore
Twentieth Century Club
Ellsworth Clark
Orval Wood
Married Peoples Bridge Club
Kenneth Hawkins
C. F. Gray
Ralph Kendrick
Kenneth Hawking
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
H. L. McAnaney
Lillie Crawford
O. E. Daugherty
Eee
Ciena Can
George Lathrop
Alice Harris
Eldora Foster
Leafy Pace
Opal Verllace
Ralph Pratt
Library Board
Wilma Hofmeister
Margaret Shaffer
Margaret Skinner
Masons
Mrs
Clearfield Society
Marcella Shoenhair
Freda Bush
Clearfield Home Project
Bert Callahan
Tte
John Mosier
Ladies Auxiliary of the Christian Church
Homer Davison
Masonic Hall
M. E. Ladies Aid
Loren Waldruff
Ed Stewart
Roy Cavner
Mocle Club
Floyd Miller
Ernest Gray
Eldon Miller
Golda Gray
Ellis Clayton
William Miller Jr
North Star School
Highland Chapter
Sthangs and
Prilie Lin
Zacks
Cur Leman Hilly
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Edith Swanson
Co-Operative Feajures Inc Chicaco
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American Fruit Grover
Household Magazine
Meedlecraft
Woman's World
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Pathfinder O Breeder's Gazette
Faki
American Poultry Journal
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Gentlewoman Magazine
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Plymouth Rock Monthly
Rhode Island Red Journal
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Boys' Opportunity
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