Burton wins second at district Epworth League oratorical
Richard Burton placed second in the district Epworth League oratorical contest held Tuesday evening in Nodaway. His speech titled Whited Septchers drew praise as music by the New Market Methodist Sunday school orchestra accompanied the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Burton
Epworth
Nodaway
New Market Methodist Sunday School
Gene Erle Pratt
Mary Alice Blakeslee
Maxine Blakeslee
Paul Corbin
Marvin Hicks
Dean Wilson
Neil Pella
Charles Arnold
W. E. Blakeslee
Pullan Family Heads West for Extended Tour
Mr and Mrs Ben Pullan Helen and Karl and Mrs H M Pullan depart Friday for a long trip through the west and Pacific coast states planning to stay at the home of Mr and Mrs Ben Pullan Jr in Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Pullan
Helen
Karl
H. M. Pullan
West
Pacific Coast
Ben Pulln, Jr
Montana
Genevieve Webb Elected Fifth Grade Teacher in Bayard Schools
Miss Genevieve Webb has been elected to a fifth grade teaching position in the Bayard Iowa school system. She will join the Bayard schools as part of the new academic staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genevieve Webb
Bayard
Iowa
Mrs J O McClurg attends son's wedding and Drake graduation
Mrs J O McClurg traveled to Des Moines for her son Rev. William McClurg's wedding and his Drake University graduation on Monday, combining both family milestones in the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. McClurg
Des Moines
Rev
William McClurg
Drake University
Train schedule fragment with mixed train service notes
No. 30 passenger at 7:28 AM No. 84 freight at 11:55 AM No. 85 freight at 1:20 PM No. 31 passenger at 6:18 PM Mixed train handles passengers baggage and express but not U S Mail Freights run daily except Sunday.
Local residents host a flurry of visitors and arrivals
A long list of guests and travelers fills this community page. Neighbors and relatives from Bedford Clarinda Shenandoah Council Bluffs Omaha Des Moines and other towns visit homes of Savage Blake Johnson Smith Wilson and other locals. Several families move relocate and travel for weekends meetings and social events across Iowa and nearby states.
Gravity marriage joins Miss Georgaina Francis and Scott Cramer
Miss Georgaina Francis daughter of Editor and Mrs J. B. Francis and Scott Cramer of Chicago were wed Monday June 8 at the Francis home in Gravity. The bride teaches at Gravity high school and the groom works for Swift & Company having transferred from Omaha to Chicago. They left Monday for their new home in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgaina Francis
Francis
Scott Cramer
Chicago
Gravity High
Cramer
Swift & Company
Omaha
Sharpsburg Residents Attend Cooper Sale and Visits
A large group from Sharpsburg attended the Cooper sale in Conway on Wednesday. Residents mentioned include Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Hamblin, Mr. and Mrs. Vern Smith, Lucy Gardner, and many others. Several local residents traveled to Lenox, Shenandoah, and Clearfield for visits and events, with bankers and college visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Hamblin
Vern Smith
Lucy Gardner
Ralph Rutledge
Ora Shum
Allene Baldwin
Bob Blair
Clyde Whipple
R. E. Gordon
J. E. Rutledge
Ralph Harmon
Mabel Piper
Stogdill and
Monna
Grace Selders
Son
Cooper Sale
Conway
Missionary Society and Ladies Aid Hold Monthly Meetings
The M. E. Missionary society met with Mrs. Piper Thursday. The Presbyterian Ladies Aid gathered at Mrs. Dave Moser's home with twenty members present. The W C T U meeting at the Presbyterian church was postponed to Wednesday June VW. A service will be held Sunday at 11 o'clock at the Presbyterian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Tuttle
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
Karl Johnson
Burton
Robinson
Pratt
Mary Weaver
Maude Tissel
Korea
Loyal Sisters
The
Christian Church
Wilbur Miller
Robert Malcolm
Harry Nevin
Lilly Crawford
Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church
Missionary Society of the ‘Baptist Church
Paul Clark
Plisworth Clark
M. E. Missionary Society
Presbyterian Ladies Aid
Dave Moser
Presbyterian Church
Sunday Children’s Day Planned by Sunday School Committee
A Methodist church schedules a Children’s Day on Sunday June 14 with morning worship at ten followed by a program. The offering supports the Student Loan Fund aiding Methodist students pursuing work beyond high school. Since 1873 the fund has helped forty eight thousand. The sermon caption quotes Proverbs 4.7 about wisdom.
Local Social Notes Mention Conway Residents and Visits
Fred Richey of Conway was in Sharpsburg Monday on business. Mr. and Mrs. I E Richey returned from Mount Ayr Tuesday after visiting relatives. Mrs Clifford Reed spent Monday and Tuesday in Gravity with her parents Mr and Mrs Humbert. Marjory Smith of Newton taught there and returned home Wednesday for summer with her parents. Garland Smith of Ames returned Friday to the home of her parents. Mrs Anna Davis and Elizabeth Kaisand of Cedar Rapids visited their sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard l
Will. Townsend
Grandpa 'Damewood
Delma Anderson
Olga Scholey
Clarinda
Karl Johnsson
Darlene Morgan
Jimmy Morgan
Carrol Ingram
Charles Washam
Bedford
Freda Reichinger
Herreid
So. Dak
David Herren
J. E. Anderson
Braddyville
L. C. Blake
Everett Corbin
Arthur Munson
Red Oak
Munson
Corbin
Fletcher Matthews
Marion Sheldon
Troy Payne
Mount Ayr
Tom
Everett Godfrey
Herman Toll
Oregon
Arnold Johnson
D.B. Pace
Clara Kitchen
Silvers
L. E. Raynor
Cora Raynor
Charles Arnold
John Arnold
Morning Sun
Iowa
Effie “Stackhouse
Sioux City
C. W. McColm
Max Frank
Malvern
James Pullan
C. O. Hicks
Emma Lowe
Leafy Pace
Budd Bankston
S. C. Gartrell
Lake City
Charles Beauchamp
Verla Moore
Walter Coston
Alice Coy
New Market
Beauchamp
Charles Brown
Fred Deland
Council Bluffs
Randall Wallace
Doris Wallace
Lois Joyce Bundy
Roy Bundy
Cora Staynor
Villisca
Carrie Thomas
Ira Thomas
Walter Brooks
San Bernardino
Calif
Smith Brooks
Ruth Worthington
Des Moines
Drake University
Robert Bolton
Centralia
Kans
Dora Lindsay
Bolton
O. A. Lincoln
Corning
Wilbur Miller
G. A. Hanshaw
J. R. Mann
Sac City
St. Joseph
John Keith
Ola Abbitt and Sons
John Harlan
Raymond
Lenox
George Webb
Porter Glasgow
Loveland
Colo
Paul Shaffer
Wesley Glassgow
Kenneth Abbott
Ralph Bayless
Topeka
Kansas City
Willard Murren
Ed Murren
Ethel.Cavender
St. Francis Kans
Stacy Steeves
Doris
Edmond
Lincoln
Nebr
Will Steeves
Guy Stipes
Ray Kralik
Jay Parsons
Lee Parsons
Clyde Watson
George Watson
Eva Hughes
John Sellars
Jefe Anderson
Karl Johnson
Bernard Johnson
Omaha
Frank Savage
Ralph Hicks
Mayville
M. FE
Tom Foster
Thurman Foster
Frank Canning
D. RB. Pace
Billy Pace
Cameron
W. R. Smith
Marjorie
Garland
Sharpsburg
R. M. Tuttle
Earl Butts
Scottsbluff
Dean Kent
R. B. Kent
Guy Pace
Emory
Walter Blakeslee
Denver
Alice Travis
Hyman Hill
Mason
Joe Clowser
Myrtle Miller
Cora Abbott
Evan Moore
Sarah Savage
Gravity
Neil Pella
Epworth League Institute
Ihe Canola
Roe Philpott
Waukeenee
Sara Ryan
Scott City
Ferde Radke
Ferde Radke, Jr
Billy Noble
Billy Kemp Noble
Fredrick Thomas Noble
Peggy Corbin
Shenandoah
Victor Knoles
Ruth Noble
Fayetteville
Ark
Eula Noble
Leighton MceCormick
Jackson, Tenn
Frank Noble
Lelia Noble
Tennessee
W. L. Chandler
Las Animas
Ethel Stafford
Waverly
C. C. Hill
R. Dunn
J. R. Burley
Wakeeney
Yorktown
Mr. Hines
Orient
F. A. Hines
Preston Mace
Darlene
Dorothy
Elmer Beezley
Jim Lacy
R. B. Monahan
Jake Williamson
Donnette
Clyde Damewood
Edmonds
Canada
Robt. Whitecotton
Damewood
Clyde McNutt
Iince May
Milton
Jas. McNutt
Hazel Whitmore
Clinton Goodman
Coin
Perry Williams
John Goodhue
Thos
Young
Carlisle
Carl Brand
Cedar Rapids
Mary Oxford
Ralph Rutledge
Benjamin Brown
Boulder
Jake Brown
Dorothy Mae Selders
Oo. M. Brown
Mabel Piper
Irene Brown
Thelma Pfander
Fred Borden
Maryville
John Ditton Clifford Young
C. M. Overholser
Beaconsfield
C. M. Jenks
A. S. Hutcheson
New York
General Assembly
L. C. Kirby
Charles and
Clyde Brown
Charles Reed
Will Shum
Lewell
Howard Richey
I. E. ‘Richey
Kathyrn Young
Max Griffith
Adabelle Pennebaker
Ada Brown
Vis
Sid
Fred Richey
Conway
I. E. Richey
Clifford Reed
Mrs. Humbert
Marjory Smith
Newton
Vern Smith
Garland Smith
Ames
Anna Davis
Elizabeth Kaisand
Merry Maids 4-H Club Met At Ferguson Home
Prairie Gem The Merry Maids 4-H club met at Merle and Marjorie Ferguson's home Thursday with Betty Black absent for the first time since organization. Hostesses for Ballyday named Merle Ferguson and Thelma Harvey. Thelma Harvey spoke on bedspreads before members worked on memory books. Refreshments served. Next meeting with Ruby and Dorothy Gray. Various neighbors visited families Sunday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merry Maids 4-H
Merle
Marjorie Ferguson
Betty Black
Ballyday
Merle Ferguson
Thelma Harvey
Bedlspreads
Ruby
Dorothy Gray
Newt Seibert
Indianola
Walter Seibert
Clearfield
Robert Wilson
John Krohmer
Creston
Floyd Coffman
Frank Tindle
Robert Harvey
John Wilcox
Lenox
Prisoners or lawyers spark in police court joke
A stranger misreads a police court crowd, exclaiming about a "tough lot" of prisoners. The neighbor corrects him, saying the group is actually lawyers, highlighting a humorous misidentification in the courtroom setting.
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Etta Cunningham
Helen Cunningham
Leila Allison
Theda Cade
Clark Lay
California
Miss Allison
Santa Barbara
Lay
University of Southern California
Church of God
Shambaugh
Wesley Glasgow
Jimmy
NEW Market Society
J. R. Marsell
Crystal
Darrell
Joe Marsell
Delbert Kelley
J. M. Shore
Lloyd Shore
Donna Lee
Thelma Pullan
Margaret
B. L. Clark
Glen Steeves
Ida McNutt
W. L.steeves
Arthur Gaddis
Joyce
Freda Riedlinger
Herreid, S. Dak
Anna Harris
Ty Cobb
R. B. Kent Home
Mrs
Ben Engels
the Methodist Church
David Hamm
AM Acen Run
Bedlora
OUR
Shorthorn Sale
Missouri
Ladies of
M. E. Church
Maryville, Mo
A. W. Thompson
McCormick-Deering
Babcock
Deering
Worley. Severs & Co
L. T. Reed
Elmer Dutton
Roe Reed
G. P. Reed
Davis City
Eldar. Stackledge
Sharpsburg Society
FORD
Saanes
Eno
Towa
Emmet
Will H. Dilg League
Ford Motor Company
U.S
Universal Credit Company