Clearfield Concerts Announced By School Superintendent
Summer band concerts directed by Superintendent C A Hansen will be held on Wednesday evenings throughout the season. The town sprayed with DDT to prevent polio. Dwain Cunning, who earned a music degree from Drake University, graduates and plans to teach in Belle Plaine next year. May 31 1888 marked John Wall and wife’s wedding, observed by a family dinner in Clearfield with seven of nine children present, plus relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt. C. A. Hansen
Dwain Cunning
Drake University
Will Cunning
Ed Richey
Clearfield
Burl Cunning
Mt. Ayr
Dwaine
Belle Plaine
John Wall
Grant City
Arthur Laurie
Conway
Hazel Nilsson
Roswell
New Mexico
Floyd Wall
Shenandoah
Frieda Schoenhair
Creston
Angie Waugh
Afton
Fern Laurie
Orville Wall
Otis Wall
Wall
Local clubs hold meetings and social events across Clearfield
Winners listed for games led by Mrs. Hanson and Mrs. Young. Various ladies hosted events including B M Bock Club and Christian church groups. Missionary societies, showers for Lois Blessman, and memory and home canning activities documented with refreshments and travels of local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Hanson
Wm. Young
Marjorie Shoenhair
C. F. Lyddon
van Winkle
B.M. Bock Club
Local Families Head for Lost Island fishing trip
Mr. and Mrs. F. Dowell Mr. and Mrs. Doc Thompson and Mr. and Mrs. G. Beemer left Thursday for Lost Island Iowa on a fishing excursion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Dowell
New Market church schedule and youth convention notice
Church service times for NEW MARKET Church of Christ and Baptist Church plus United Missionary Church Young People meeting at 7 p.m. Prayer meeting Thursday at 8 p.m. Reminder of Young People's Convention at Franklin Nebraska on June 11 through 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Missionary Church
Franklin
Nebr
Relatives Visit in Multiple States Across Week
Relatives and friends from San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego and Safford Arizona visited or returned home after trips. Mr and Mrs John Godfrey came back from Ames after a ten day visit with their daughter and family Mrs Wallace Gray. Carl Hughes visited Friona Texas and Elbert Drake home while Elmer Oziah hosted El Spike of Fort Dodge. Raymond McAnaney from Northbrook Illinois left after a week with his sister. Lake Blanchard and family stayed with A H Glines in College Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
Donald
Safford
Arizona
John Godfrey
Ames
Wallace Gray
Carl Hughes
Blockton
Art Drake
Friona
Texas
Elbert Drake
Rue Minor
al Spike
Fort Dodge
Elmer Oziah
Spike
Oziah
Raymond McAnaney
Northbrook
Ill
Lake Blanchard
College Springs
A. H. Glines
Mary B Walls Dies in Iowa World Rev. Walls’s Widow 61
Obituary notes the death of Mary B. Walls 61 wife of Rev James Walls former Conway pastor now at Blakesburg Iowa Funeral held Blakesburg with burial in Indianola Also details on Mrs H E Davey 74 dying in Long Beach Calif and survivors including children and siblings plus local social events and visits from area families
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary B. Walls
Jas. Walls
Blakesburg
Iowa
Rosaling Smith
Mt. Venicem
Indianola
Davey
H. E. Davey
Long Beach
Calif
Conway
Creston
Esther Cooper
Paul Davey
Forrest
Richard
George Beckett
Gravity
Will Beckett
Martha Morrison
Shenandoah
G. C. Ginn
Harding Funeral Home
Rose Hill Cemetery
Weekend visits sweep across towns in Midwest notice
Mr and Mrs Maynard Cenny spent a weekend at Love Tree Iowa with her parents Mr and Mrs G C Ginn. Fred Ford and family from Gary Saskatchewan Canada arrived Saturday for a few days in Lillie Powell home. Harold Allison and family from Sheton Nebraska and Ralph Ayers from Council Bluffs visited Chas Jones Sr home last week. Eddie Jones and daughter with Guy Pace from Kansas City visited Wendell Eighty home. Jess Morris and family left Thursday for a visit with their daughter Teddy Boyer in Windom Minnesota. Doyle Robinson and family of Walnut visit Frank Robinson and Frank Sweeney homes. Jess Cost of Lanter Oklahoma and Marvin Doran of Maryville visited Cleo Redburn home Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard Cenny
Love Tree
Iowa
G. C. Ginn
Fred Ford
Gary
Saskatchewan
Canada
Lillie Powell
Harold Allison
Sheton
Nebr
Ralph Ayers
Council Bluffs
Jess Cost
Lantern
Okla
Marvin Doran
Maryville
Cleo Redburn
FFA Group Plans 10 Day Western Ranch Tour
Siam goes on western ranch tour led by Glenn Eldon Stewart with fifteen boys from Clarinda FFA. They visit Kansas Nebraska New Mexico Colorado Wyoming with stops at Pueblo Colorado and Estes Park Colorado. Travel will be on the FIA bus of the Brow Chapter in Clarinda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Eldon Stewart
FFA
Clarinda
Kansas
Nebrraska
New Mexico
Colorado
Wyoming
Pueblo Indian Colony
Estes Park
FIA
Bro’ Aw
Community group activities include meetings and socials
The Viking Workers Society met June 2 with sixteen members and sixteen children, Roll call Famous Fathers of the Bible, lesson by Mrs. Ted Bix, report on Blockton convention, refreshments. Just-A-Mere Club June 3 with five members and six children, Mrs. Handorf host, traveling prize awarded, next meeting June 18. Christian Endeavor party at Ernest Gray home with outdoor games and refreshments. Masonic lodge second degree work Friday at the Hall. Mrs. Harry Clayton and others attend summer school at State Teachers College in Maryville. Mrs. Johnson and son Charles hosted dinner for Miss Dorothy Sleep and Mrs. Orme in Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estelle Hipsley
Memory Happy Hour Club
Merrill Thompson
Ruth and Dean
Ernest Thompson
John Groff
Billy Noble
Edith Hamilton
Maiery Pals
John Groff Semo
Fad Cher
iHefre
Smerys
Vera Zimmermein
Viking Workers Society of the Christ In Church
Ted King
Ted Bix
Blockton
Preteric Handorf
Childre
The
Christian Endeavor
Ernest Gray
Harry Clayton
Faye Gaddis
Jr. Shoemaker
Stats Teachers College
Maryville
B. T. Johnnson
Charles
Dorothy Sleep
Johnson
Ant
BE. E. Orme
Mr. Orme
Bedford
Social Visits Span Neighborhoods Across Counties
A string of Sunday and weekday visits tie Evans ton Wyoming to nearby towns. Families including the Shields Fine Stanleys and Navens gather for anniversaries meals and dinners with relatives from Lewiston to Bedford and Gravity. Several trips to New Market Stan ton and Hopkins mark the social calendar.
Local Obituary and Visiting Notes From Bedford Area
Funeral services for Mrs. Merrill Peterman were held Sunday afternoon in Bedford attended by Mr. and Mrs. Les Pratt and family and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Pratt with their child. Eldom Miller and family were guests in Marshal Derry’s home near Guss for his birthday. Visitors Sunday in the Frank Potter home included Will McDonald and son Bill of New Market, Duane Thomas and daughter of Clarinda, and Florene Lacy of Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Pratt
Bob Pratt
Frank Potter
Merrill Peterman
Bedford
Eldom Miller
Marshal Derry
Guss
Mr. Derry
Will McDonald
Bill
New Market
Duane Thomas
Clarinda
Florene Lacy
Gravity Preaching at Ten Hear Ye Him
The church holds a 10 o clock service on the theme Hear Ye Him followed by Church School and an 8 pm song service and meditation. This is the final service of the conference year as Pastor W J Weber attends the Des Moines conference likely Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Des Moines
W. J. Weber
Local Society Notes From Clarinda State Hospital Era
A society snippet lists residents and visitors connected to Clarinda and nearby towns. Robert Huss and wife of Riverside California traveled home Friday, escorted to Denver by Mr and Mrs Huss as they plan a few weeks with their son Calvin and his wife. Elton Hall and his wife recently returned from Cambria where they taught, set to teach in Bagley Iowa this school year and spend summers at Indiana attending Simpson College. Mrs John Walker of Council Bluffs visited Agnes Walker and her parents Elmore and Mary Kelly of Bradayville, reflecting community ties and youth interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Hospital of
Clarinda
Robert Huss
Riverside
California
Denver
Lewis Huss
Calvin
Elton Hall
Cambria
Bagley
Iowa
Indiana 4
Simpson College
John Walker
Council Bluffs
Agnes Walker
Elmore Kelly
Bradayville
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Drake
Faye van Winkle
Bridge
Motorola Radio
Jack Marley
Women’s Council of the Christian Church
A. Deweese
Palestine
W. Straight
United Presbyterian Missionary Society
J. McMath
E. McCreight
Hawaii
Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Clyde Cooper
Friemel and Crouse
Lois Blessman
John Blessman
L. H. Andrews
Miss Lois
Verla Dean Main
Ruth Neville
Betty Blessman
Evelyn Beamer
Jim McMath
Dale
Kansas City
Pensacola
Florida
Chas. Hansell
Harry Hansell
Colo
Thursdy
Hansell
Orie Jones
Ed Cheese
George
Chas
Cheese
Lenox
Datsie House
Lyddon
W. E. Bye
Cameron
Frank Bye
Alice Lyddon
L. M. Hadden
Quincy
Frank Parkens
Jackson, Minn
Paul Hoffman
Marcia
C. Hoffman
Alice Heaton
Adeline
Barbara
Heatons
E. C. Heaton
Fral Debord
Maurice Weatman
Jack Rood
Beryl Fulton
Cincinnatti
Watercat
Roy Rood
T. Hidley
Wesley Slaight
Ralph Slaight
Nellie Journey
Mary Kba Journey
Harold Slaght
Elba Aid
Addafridison
Ruth Dennis
May Jackson
New Market Legion Auxiliary No. 300
Crrie Brummett
Louis
Harper
Glenwood
Des ‘Moines
Knoxville
Kenneth Hamkins
Nellie Sourney
Marion Jetton
Carrie Brummett
Elmer Raymer
Ralph Andrews
Betty Werts
Church of Christ Sunday School
Baptist Church
Allis-Chalmers
Severs
Stacy Hardware
Allis-Chalmers Sales and Service
W. I Weber
Legion Auxiliary
Hawkeye
Grinnell
W.S.C.S
Robert McCreary
Conway High School
Navy
Vern Rollins
Kenneth Wilson
Clyde Wilson
Paul T. Miller
Kat
Tempe
Arifornia
P. C. Miller
Otto Mendenhall
Nancy
Frances Harris
Margaret Annall
Redding
Jud L. Miller
Quimby
Lula Redburn
Hatfield
SIAM
Masonic Lodge
Tes
As17
Bho Lee
Philco
Sickels & Holmes
Benny Ralph Taylor
Evanston
Reid Shields
Ralph Fine
Hope
George Stanley
Patricia
Billy Pratt
Hollis Naven
Niven
Dean Quigley
Lewiston
Jerry Orme
B. T. Johnson
Fred Christensen
Clark Miller
Allen Clark
Shambaugh
Clarence Fine
Rachel Fine
Eiza Fine
Loren Waldruff
Phyllis
Lucille
Benton
Ed Stewart
Paul Miller
Greenville
Tenn
Andrew Miller
James Farrell
Sheridan
Clarence
Billy Bix
Elmer Moenberndt
Melvin Thurman
Emily
Cecil Woldruff
Marion
James Woldruff
Duane Sunderman
Nea Ir Hopkins
del Miller
Leo
Lloyd
Tennessee
Eldon Miller
Jr. Harder
Bertie Thorn
Bonnie
Charlie Thompson
Mollie Mize
Sweet Home, Ore
Erville Allison
Ann
Hopkins
Eldon Clayton
Harriet
Joe Swaim
Conlin Jobe
Stanton
Louis Nordiand
Mpitz
Nat Towels and His Orchestra
Fred Dunkin
Janes
Spencer Peck
Sharpsburg
Bishel Factory
Bedford, Iowa
Garland Hotel
Meyers Water System
Lennox Furnace
Bedford Building Supply
Slearfield
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