Mrs. Al Hewitt Dies in Hopkins After Illness
Mrs. Al Hewitt of Hopkins dies at home after several months of illness. Born in Delaware County Ohio she would have turned 86 in February. She lived much of her life in the community with eight years in Montana where her husband died. Survived by son Harvey and his wife four grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren. Services held Monday afternoon at the Methodist Church conducted by Rev. W. H. Hansford. Burial in Hopkins Cemetery.
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al Hewitt
South Hopkins
Hewitt
Jim
Delaware County
Ohio
Montana
Harvey
Methodist Church
W. H. Hansford
Hopkins Cemetery
Hopkins Bulldogs Fall On Local Court In Narrow Loss
On Tuesday night January 12 the Hopkins Bulldogs were defeated 27 to 26 by the Clearamont Tigers. The Bullpups won their game 40 to 22.
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Hopkins Bulldogs
Clearamont Tigers
Bullpups
Brotherhood Dinner Highlights at Christian Church
The Christian church held its annual Brotherhood Dinner on a Wednesday night with the theme Humanity Hungers. The event included a reception for new members and a moment of remembrance for the deceased and those serving in the armed forces.
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The
Christian Church
Brotherhood
Nen
Holmes Host Shenandoah Guests In Social Evening
Mr and Mrs Robert Holmes entertained Mr and Mrs Chas Hanna of Shenandoah and other guests at a social evening with light refreshments and conversation in their home.
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Robert Holmes
Chas. Hanna
Shenandoah
Local Socials Note Friendly Gatherings and Birthdays
Mrs Glade Traster attended a dinner at a FR and BR Cefe for Holmes and Hanna anniversaries. The W S C S of the Methodist church met with Mrs Albert Mutti assisted by several hostesses. Chat N Contract Bridge Club surprised Halbert and Clutter with a pot luck dinner. Mr Clutter to enter a veteran hospital for treatment. Rev O S Lincoln attended a dinner at the Wallace home in Gaynor for Herman Lincoln's 87th birthday with guests from Sheridan Pickering and Gaynor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Glade Traster
Cefe
Fers. Holmes
Mr. Hanna
W. S. C. S. of the
Methodist Church
Albert Mutti
James Godsey
Keith Killiam
Wm. Shinabarger
Lee Guthrie
F. A. Barnes
Fritz Mutti
Contract Bridge Club
Halbert Clutter
Mrs. Clutter
Clutters
St. Joseph
Mr. Clutter
Veteran’s Hospital
O. S. Lincoln
Landon Wallace
Gaynor
Wallace
Herman Lincoln
Guy Lincoln
Sheridan
Cnas. Birkenholz
Pickering
Nettie Wallace
Hopkins Locals notices touch travel and visits
Hopkins residents report social visits and moves. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dalby traveled to Orient Iowa to visit Mrs. Dalby’s mother Mrs. Robert Augustine and returned Saturday. Miss Ruth Lincoln stays with sister Mrs. Harold Olmsted in St Joseph. Emmet Beal family moves from their farm to the Booze property in south Hopkins with Clyde Olmsted. Mrs. Beryl Robbins of Indianapolis Indiana visits Hopkins this week.
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Harry Dalby
Orient
Iowa
Robert Augustine
Ruth Lincoln
Harold Olmsted
Mr. Olmsted
St. Joseph
Emmet Beal
Clyde Olmsted
Family Visits Span Cities From Shenandoah to St Louis
In Shenandoah families host relatives visiting from across the region. Theron Burch travels from Denver after guiding soldiers to Florida. Little Sue Ellen Hanna visits Shenandoah grandparents. Mrs L W Pella visits Kansas City while her ill mother's cared for in Shenandoah.
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Robert Filson
Filson
Elmer Hutcherson
St. Louis
Warren Coy
Coy
Theron Burch
George Burch
Denver
Colo
Florida
Sue Ellen Hanna
Shenandoah
Will Boyd
L. W. Pella
Kansas City
L. E. Purcell
Donald Olmsted
Mr. Olmsted
Ester
Olmsted
Methodist church notes and social quilting meeting
The church announced Sunday services with Bible school at 10 a m and preaching at 8 p m led by Rev Carl Mullen. The W S C S met at Mrs Floyd Clayton's home with 10 members, a guest joined, a pot-luck dinner, officers installed, then quilting. Roy Cavner and family hosted twelve families for a Saturday evening gathering honoring Mr and Mrs Loren.
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Christian ‘Church Bible School
Carl Mullen
W.S.C.S
the Methodist Church
Floyd Clayton
Horace Richardson
Roy Cavner
Mrs
Loren
War Comes to the Western Hemisphere Pearl Harbor Shock
The radio declares war after the Pearl Harbor bombing. Millie the maid reacts with shock as Mrs. Hadley laments her missing best service cup. Millie races to tell that her brother is at Pearl Harbor, signaling the broader crisis.
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Fulton
Hemisphere
Pearl Harbor
Millie
Mrs. Hadley
War interrupts Mrs Hadley birthday with news of conflict
In a Washington home on December 7 1941 the Hadleys mark Mrs Nathanael Hadley's birthday as World War II breaks into conversation. Elliott Fulton and Teddy Hadley face wartime duties while Pat Hadley assists canteen workers and develops a romance with Michael Fitzpatrick during the war mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliott Fulton
Edward Arnold Stellatadley
Fay Bainter
Theodore Hadley
Richard Ney
Patricia Hadley
Joan Rogers
Michael Fitzpatrick
Sara
Cecilia Talbot
Spring Byington
van Johnson
Laura Winters
Isobel Elsom Sally
Frances Rafferty Millie
Community Notices Mention Local Gatherings And Visits
Waldruff and family with Mr and Mrs Alfred Orme move from the community. Pinochle games and refreshments were shared. Mrs Wm Miller Sr hosted the Just A Mere Club Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Orville Hatfield of Clarinda visited. Next meeting set with Mrs Emory Hardee on January 27.
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Waldruff
Alfred . Orme
Wm. Miller
Orville Hatfield
Clarinda
Emory Hardee
Local Dwellers and Visitors Note Weekend Moves
Mr and Mrs Edward Dunn of Clearmont were evening visitors Tuesday at Homer Davison home. Ellis Fine Marvin visited Sunday with Mrs Fine's mother Delia Baldwin near Hopkins. Neil Owens visited Mrs Owens mother George Holbrook Thursday at Maryville hospital. Cecil Waldruff Glenn Stewart and Claude Abbey attended farmers mobilization meeting in Bedford Tuesday. Wim Miller Jr returned Saturday from Des Moines where she had been since Christmas visiting her parents. Keith Goodale moved to Davison farm in East River township. Ralph Fine bought Walter Radke property in Siam. Norice Adams of Clarinda visited last week in Wm Miller Sr home. Junior Hardee arrived home Sunday from Long Beach California where employed in defense plant. Neil Owens attended Pine community club meeting Wednesday at Charlie Webb home. Hobart Oxley moved to Walter Radke property in Siam. Frank Potter and wife visited St Joseph Wednesday with Mrs Potter going to hospital for check up.
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Edward Dunn
Clearmont
Homer Davison
Ellis Fine
Marvin
Wim. Miller, Jr
Des Moines
Keith Goodale
Lola Reid
Davison
East River Township
Ralph Fine
Walter Radke
Siam
Norice Adams
Clarinda
Wm. Miller, Sr
Junior Hardee
Long Beach
Calif
Neil Owens
Pine Community Club
Charlie Webb
Hobart Oxley
Frank Potter
St. Joseph
Potter
Hosital
Local residents host visitors and travel for family, health, and military news
Mrs. Miles Cunningham spent several days in Grav ity with her ill mother Mrs. Lew Stearns. Bedford visitors include Mrs. Stanley Damewood and Mrs. Dwight Newkirk. Oxleys of Sharpsburg hosted Oxley family in Braddyville. Fardo, Woldruff, Orme, Clayton, Potter and Harpe/Clarinda connections shown. Mrs. Farlow travels to join husband heading to Pensacola for army service. multiple social visits noted among Bed ford Clarinda New Market and Braddyville residents.
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Miles Cunningham
Lew Stearns
Stanley Damewood
Dwight Newkirk
Bedford
Caleb Jobe
Mahlon Oxley
Sharpsburg
Geo. Oxley
Alva Clayton
Ed Smith
Rilda Oxley
Adai
Dalrymple
Muriel Hargis
New Market
Donald Farlow
Jim Farlow
Maryville
Pensacola
Florida
Cecil Woldruff
Alfred Orme
Loren Woldruff
Orie Woldruff
Jim Woldruff
Braddyville
Ralph Clayton
Virginia
Orie G. Clayton
John Harper
Beula
Clarinda
Ollie Potter
Will Young
John Blagrave
Grace
Britt
Ida Radke
Lloyd Potter
Orville Manley
Crystal Manley
Jesse Henderson
Frank Harvey
Virgil Davion
Lee Cumberland Home
New Market Pupils Earn Honors at Blanchard Declamatory Meet
Five New Market high school students competed at the four school Declamatory contest in Blanchard Wednesday evening. Wilma Adams won first in Oratorical with All This and Heaven Too, Lois Marie Maley first in Dramatic with Dark Victory, Luna Way Man placed first in Interpretative Reading, Bonnie Ingram second in Humorous with Mushrooms, and Pauline McAlpin second in Interpretative Reading with I Am An American. First place winners advance to the pre district contest to be announced later, with Miss Lydia Tyner as coach.
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New Market High School
Blanchard
Wilma Adams
Heaven
Lois Marie Maley
Lunaway
Bonnie Ingram
Pauline McAlpin
Lydia Tyner
Mrs. Maxwell Dies at 62 in New Market
Funeral services for Mrs. Henry Maxwell 62 were held at New Market Christian church after a prolonged illness. She is survived by her husband of 45 years, a son James of Clarinda, and two daughters Mrs. John Combs and Mrs. Carroll Ingram of New Market. Memorials to Memory cemetery. Local Holiness Association events and church activities are listed with attendees from nearby towns.
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New Market Christian Church
Henry Maxwell
New Market
E. L. Woods
Clarinda
Memory Cemetery
Maxwell
Smithfield, II
James
John Combs
Carroll Ingram
Evening Prayer Meeting Proclaimed by Rev Overholt
At 8 15 p m preaching by Rev T J Overholt followed by a prayer meeting Thursday evening at Robert Hamilton’s residence.
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T. J. Overholt
Robert Hamilton’s
Memory community social notes and regional visits
Social calendar items from Memory including oyster supper guests and Memory Happy Hour Club meeting led by Mrs. Hazel Foster. Farewell visit for the Lester Van Horn family and W C T U and Twenty Century Club activities noted along with local visits by residents to Hopkins, Omaha, Lincoln and St Joseph.
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Muriel Sommers
Memory Happy Hour Club
Hazel] Foster
Gladys Fletcher
Wilson McCalla
Clarinda
Hattie King
Hattie Hargis
Day to Omaha Seeks Defense Work Employment
A brief note states that an individual travels to Omaha where he is employed in defense work, highlighting a shift to wartime industry and regional job movement.
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Day
Omaha
SHARPSBURG Presbyterian Church Services and Youth Fellowship
John W. Chase presides as minister with church school at 10 a.m and morning worship at 11 a.m. A social note reports N U Bridge Club guests at Mrs Clifford Young's home and a Presbyterian youth evening with an indoor track meet won by The Blues led by LeRoy Mercer. Westminster Youth Fellowship to elect officers February 10.
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Presbyterian Church
John W. Chase
The
Blues
LeRoy Mercer
Westminster
Quiet play helps children support the war effort
A wartime note urges children to control noise at home. It advises parents to discuss sound with youngsters like Jimmy Green, suggesting quiet play in vacant lots to let fathers sleep during the day and mothers rest. It frames noise as a small duty that supports family and national effort.
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Jimmy Green
Jimmy
Bedford Residents Travel For Business And Visits
Athelstan and Bedford residents make a midweek round of business calls. Mrs M F Older returns from Chicago where she aided her daughter Mrs Ray Raper, who is recovering from a fall. John Balch, Roy Morris report for army service. Hershal Scott visits from Grant City.
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Ray Carroll
F. O. Wilson
Bedford
M. F. Older
Ray Raper
Chicago
Raper
L. G. Cavin
Ray Morris
John Balch
Cavin
Harold Brown
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Hopkins
the Baptist Church
William Butler
H. M. Barris
China
Chapter
Nathaneal Hadley
Washington
Washington Chronicle
Hadley
Winter
Winters
Peper
W. Ters
Wington
Towers
Readines
P. Dent Coolidge
Bennett
Imick Fulton
Pet
Pat
Japan
Elliott
Mother
Stella
Leonard Meecham
Haddy
Meecham
Meecham Armed His Bedside Manner With ‘Im As He Did His Medical Bag. Dr. Meecham
Cecilia
Boston Symphony
Patricia
Ematt
Hedley Meaded
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
William McCormick
Ted
Teddy
Stella Hadley
Red Cross Canteen
Teddy -Hag
Dir ‘Armingly
Mike
Mrs. Maxwell
Tabor
Southwest Iowa Holiness Association
Sines
Gravity
Sines, Sr
Arkansas
Bruce Bebout
Alloway
Joan Godfrey
Edith Green
Luie Slaight
Mae Beery
Darrell
Max Thompson
E. N. Garven
Compton
Horace Stone
Shambaugh
Bible School
Christian Endeavor
Dora Lindsey
Rev. Walling
McAnaney
Harry Walling
Mennonite Church
Overholt
J. H. Peterman
Earl Beer
Gwendolyn Bunker
Paul Clark
Jim and
Joyce
Memory
Lester van Horn
Mrs. van Horn
Wear
Laura Mankle
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Mary Fuller
Golda Daugherty
Harriette McCullough
W.C.T.U. Champion
Ben Anderson
R. R. Watson
Twentieth Century Club
C. J. Swan
Clearfield
Welter Noble
John Houston
Ronald
Kenneth Abbott
Ralph Pendergraft
Elizabeth Penwell
Villisca
Keith Neely
New Market Friends
Keith
Ralph Crawford
Delbert Kelley
J. M. Shore
Ira Arthur
Tom Easter
Norman George
Frank Savage
Vida Owens
Conn
Linus Baileys
Wednes
Clara. Hegwood
Lincoln
Nebr
Hegwood
Wyatt Grimm
Georgia
J. R. Henderson
Phyllis Grimm
Ray Hinton
Cecil Holmes
Stockton
Loren Holmes
Paul Chitty
Mr. Jackson
Elistan
Milton Faurot
Bob Blair
Walter Blair
Conway
Margaret Rose Norris
Carey
N. U. Bridge Club
Clifford’ Young
Ed Phelan
Charley Boydston
Marguerite Barlow
Lou Cundy
Towa
Athelstan
Bedford, Iowa
Newt Gillette
United States Army
A. M. Biers Co
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