Long list of committee members and local campaign figures
A sprawling roster from multiple townships lists committeemen and supporters for PRAVis toWiebie with numerous individuals and business names. The text names committees for Dallas Washington Marshall and other townships, plus banks, farms, shops, and service firms, with totals for each township and references to continued details next week.
Local residents share visits and sad notices in Salem area
Residents of Salem Oregon and surrounding towns report a week of visits and gatherings. A death, multiple family and friend events, travel to Denver and California, and a span of camping and church activities are noted along with funerals in Ottumwa Cush Ing Oklahoma and Bedford.
Willing Workers Society Meets at Christian Church
SIAM reported by Mrs Alva Clayton notes eight members attended with Mrs Clar ence Sleep as hostess. Plans to buy new song books for the church were discussed. Refreshments were served. The M Y F planned a surprise party for Charles Cumberlin Friday night with a sack lunch and roller skating in Shenandoah. Mrs Waive Shields and Mrs Loria Clayton are attending summer courses in Maryville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Clayton
SIAM
Willing Workers Society of the Christian Church
Clarence Sleep
Charles Cumberlin
Shenandoah
Waive Shields
Lorcia Clayton
Maryville Co
Sharpsburg Social News and Local Nuptials Summary
Sharpsburg notes report travels by Lena Filbert Art Evans of Clarinda to El lendale South Dakota and visits by Paul Oxley Georgie Borden Nellie Borden and Richard Gold to Guthrie Center. The Dillion Boydston wedding June 9 in Sharpsburg is announced. Guests at Pennebaker home include Everett Pennebaker Lenox Dr Heller Gravity and Cribbs Blood families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Kerns
Sharpsburg
Lena Filbert
Art Evans
Clarinda
Ellendale
S. Dak
Paul Oxley
Georgie Borden
Nellie Borden
Richard Gold
Guthrie Center
Faye Sheley
Pearley Poore
Qsceola
Mae Sanders
Carrie Hayes
Kook
Lilly Dresher
Tom Grimm
Mary Underwood
Lulu Whippie
Kansas City
Bessie Boydston
Boydston - Dillion
Jeraldine Kay Boydston
Jerald Boydston
Harold Eugene Dillion
John Cribbs
Michigan
Harry Pennebaker
John
Ed Crow
Paul
Everett Pennebaker
Lenox
Clifford Heller
Gravity
Clarence Imel
Pennebaker
Jack Blood
Local residents attend reunions and club events
Mrs. Ed Phalen hosted the 20th Century club at the Recreation hall with a tribute to Father and guest visits from several area women. The club elected officers Chloe Kerns president Georgie Borden vice president Ruth Poore secretary treasurer and awarded prizes to Bessie Boydston and Georgia Borden. Other items note family visits and moves within the area including the Miller and Hunter families and a reunion in Auburn Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiff
Osceola
Olen” Miller
Creston
Pinney
Doud Hunter
Merle Moore
Auburn
Nebr
Fred Hunter
Bedford
Ray Glassgaw
New Market
20Th Century Club
Ed Phalen
Chitty ‘Recreation Hall
Father
Adtine Campbell
Hopkins
Carrie Hayes
Kansas City
Marguerite Barlow
Steele
Fern Newhardt
Jansen
Wales
Iowa
Paul Roberts
Gravity Reported by Mrs Frank Ambrose Potluck at Pennebaker Home
A gravity area pot luck dinner was held at the A L Pennebaker residence in Clearfield with many relatives from Ottawa Illinois Lenox Creston Sharpsburg and Gravity attending. A separate shower honored Kay Wintermute bride elect on May 29 at the Claude Moore home with 31 guests and assistance from Mrs Claire White and Miss Catherine Moore. A Lake of Three Fires basket dinner honored Bob Huss of Riversaie California with attendees including Frank Kimpton Darrell Moore Forrest Posten Lester Posten Kermit Claude Moore Gertrude Posten and Earl Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etshla‘Reed
Salem
Oregon
Frank Tuttle
Battle Creek
Mich
Ed Lock
Claude Swartz
Harl Sturm
Lock Home
Verda Moore
Bert Rhodes
Homer Kimpton
Craig
Glen Oxley
Glen Hicks
Herbert Reeves
Bill Fulton
Denver
Colo
Rio del
Calif
Chas. Weir
Frank Ambrose
Jack Ambrose
Ida Riley
Davenport
Kansas
Northboro
Iowa
Don Crow
Chicago
Ed Crow
Clyde Kelley
Nelson Smalley
Letha
Sadie McKune
Fred McKune
Ottumwa
Frank
Ambrose
Lenox
Lloyd Ambrose
A. L. Hamblin
Glen Brown
Grundy Center
Clifford Bowman
Bedford
Lloyd Hamblin
Sharpsburg
Harley Nickell
Gravity
Verlma McNeil
Sacramento
Harold Melton
Redfield
Wholace Nickell
Wilbur O'Dell
Lee Mitchell
Glen Baker
Minnie Chaney
Ralph Charey
Clearfield
Frank Bush
Mansfield
Barbara
Patricia Mansfield
Ames
Janice Mansfield
Lake Park
Cushing
Okla
Oklahoma
Biggerstaff
Sioux City
Free Methodist Church
City Park
Rev. Biggerstaff
A. L. Pennebaker
Chas. Pennebaker
Ottawa, Il
Howard Day
Pennebaker
Roland Pennebaker
Creston
Rob Baxter
Thurman Durphy
Bob Huss
Riversiae
Frank Kimpton
Darrell Moore
Forrest Posten
Lester Posten
Kermit
Claude Moore
Gertrude Posten
Earl Taylor
Memorial Day Visitation and Local Notices Across Town
A long list of local residents and visitors mark Memorial Day as families from Bedford Corning Omaha Davenport and other nearby towns gathered for services and hosting relatives. Moves include Elmer Rhine selling land and Dean Fleming purchasing west of town with future relocation plans. Vacation Bible School closed after a two week session with programs at the Methodist and Christian churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colt
Larry
Bedford
Aid
Chas
Hiss
Sharpsburg
Russell Ackley
Jim Ackley
Carroll Posten
Corning
Algene Bush
Carbon
Harry. Livingston
Wm. Chandler
Arlington
Gertrude Posten
Chicago
Jim Francis
Roy Powers
Phoenix
Ariz
Nes Moines
Elmer Rhine
Dean Fleming
Rawforth
Matk Weibracht
Davenport
Ab Carlson
Claude Campbell
Sidney
Nebr
Neva Thompson Jensen
Fern Weatherly
Roy Monroe
Tenox
Jack Ambrose
Catherine Moore
Clarinda
State Teachers College
Maryville
Bernard Johnston
Edna Leighton
Atlantic
North Platte
Cecil Morgan
Eddie Meyers
Billy
K. L. Kercher
Emma Morgan
Gravity school house reunion marks 40th anniversary
The article recounts a Gravity Iowa reunion held at the Gravity school house on a Saturday evening in June. Nine graduates attended, all living except Geo. Fisher who died a year after graduation. Many guests from nearby towns joined the event and a flag was presented to Dr. Jansen, president of the board of education, for delivery to the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer
Peat Abe
Gravity School
Geo. Fisher
Bernice van Nice Residerts
Flippin
Arkansas
Carrie Richardson Young
Mark
Gravity
Leillan Sparks Briden
John
Waterloo
Frances Hargden Carlson
Neva Thompson Jerisen
Sitka
Alaska
Evadene Norris
John ‘Stephens
Jansen
Board of Education
Bob Huss
Riverside
Calif
Bedford
Sharpsburg
G. S. Rogers and
Gon
Wayne Rogers
Chicago
Ill
Herbert ‘Reeves
Lawrence Ritchie
Shenandoah
Viola Baker
Los Angeles
Ab Carlson
Cecil Heninger
Bartlesville
Okla
Iona Heninger
Curt Wilson
Mt. Ayr
Leslie Roush
Hawley Mahaffey
Seymour
Vera Gold
Vernon
Gold
Carl Gold
Mt. Pleasant
Fred Engleka
Will Irwin
Irma Henneman
George Wallenhaupt
Clarinda
Orville Posten
Effie Wheeler Leaves for Oakland Visit
Mrs. Effie Wheeler departed last week for Oakland California to spend the summer in the homes of her sons Leo and Cleo Wheeler. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Norton and Jackie visited in the Royal Rusco home in Lenox, while Mr. and Mrs. Arval Norton visited the Dellano Hayworth home near Diagonal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arval Norton Conway
Effie Wheeler
Oakland
Calif
Leo
Cleo Wheeler
Robert Norton
Jackie
Royal Rusco
Lenox
Arval Norton
Dellano Hayworth
Diagonal
Blair Certified Grower Feeds Promote Fast Poultry Profit
Floyd Van Reenen endorses Blair’s Certified Grower Feeds for eight week birds to reach profit age quickly. The formula combines balanced nutrition Megusal for immunity against coccidiosis and high disease fortification with aureomycin terramycin penicillin and B-12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd van Reenen
Blair
Mr. van Reenen
Sheridan social notes and visits recount community gatherings
Mrs Dail Chure hosts a visit from Walnut to her daughter in Sheridan with Mrs Smyset and four daughters and a friend. The Methodist Sunday school class held its monthly social and elected officers. Various locals visited relatives, hosted by Mrs Grant Clark and others. Rev John H Cole was reassigned to Sheridan Ravenwood. Des Moines and Plattsburg visitors called at the park and Winemiller households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dail Chure
Sheridan
Smyset
Walnut
Town
Jesse Surplus
Meer
Billy Anders
Bert ‘Anders
The
Methodist Church
Icie Jenking
Lela Catuska
Myrtle Barks
Bedford
F. B. Sheley
Danl Churchill
J. L.farrell
Hopkins
John and
Beasle Copple
Foland
Grant City
Sally Murray
the Christian Church
Olivia Finch
Evelyn Sanders
Cody Banjum
John H. Cole
Sheridan-Ravenwood
St. Joseph
Wesley D. Redhead
Ralph Winemiller
Will Winemiller
Extension Service June Event Calendar
Extension Service lists June activities at Iowa State College with tours and field days. Events include Grove Jr Stockmen 4 H Tour June 17, Boys 4 H Short Course June 19 21, Gay Guss Boys 4 H Tour June 21, Extension Conference Council Bluffs June 26, Soil Conservation Farm Field Day Clarinda June 28, Grundy Shelby Exper reer Farm Field Day Beacons field June 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove Jr. Stockmen
Iowa State College
Gay Guss
Council Bluffs
Clarinda
Beaconsfield
Mason Meadowlarks Gather for May Club Meeting
The Mason Meadowlarks 4-H club met at Lorene Gant's home on May 28. Eight members attended along with three leaders and six mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Meadowlarks
Lorene Gant
Mason Meadowlarks Brace for Demonstrations and Camera Purchase
The Mason Meadowlarks plan a June 11 meeting with Barbara Bix. Victory 4-H Club, led by Mrs. George Goodle, holds a June 5 session opening with the pledge. They vote to spend club funds on a camera, with Barbara Harrison, Cheryl O'Dell, Ann Timberlake, and Gloria Harrison on the camera committee. Senior and junior demonstration teams are formed for Achievement Day, with members including Cheryl O'Dell, Ann Timberlake, Barbara Harrison, Jo Ann Rankin, Sharon Wilmes, Darlene King, Linda Karg, Renee Valentine, Rebecca Timberlake, Patty Goodle, and others serving as judges. Demonstrations cover Making a Blouse and talks on Courtesy, Care of Shoes, and Care of Clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victory 4-H
Teader
George Goodle
Patty
Barbara Harrison
Cheryl O'Dell
Ann’ Timberlake
Gloria Harrison
Ann Timberlake
Jo’ Ann“ Rankin
Sharon
Judy ‘Wilmes
Darlene King
Linda Karg
Renee Valentine
Rebecca
Nancy Timberlake
Patty Goodle
Jo Ann Rankin
Rebecca Timberlake
Gay Guss 4-H Girls Meet With Nancy Miller
The Gay Guss 4-H Girls meeting on May 28 featured 12 members and 4 mothers. Bonnie Varvey gave an illustrated talk on selection of pattern. demonstrations on measuring marking and cutting by Janice Jackson Mary Frey Peggy Harvey. talks on courtesy by Nancy Carlson. Rally Day plans set. six members chosen for Rally Day program. Kitchen committee appointed. recreation under Nancy Miller. Next all day meeting June 27 with a covered dish lunch. attendees to bring projects. Reporter Sharyn Selley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Miller
Bonnie Varvey
Janice Jackson
Mary Frey
Peggy Harvey
Nancy Carlson
Sharon Jackson
Sharyn Selley
Jean Richey
Karene Carlson
Kathryn
Carolyn
Bonnie Harvey
Marilyn Richey
Doris Johnson
Jean
Clayton Cloverleaf 4-H Club Meets At Gloria Pullen Home
The Clayton Cloverleaf 4 H club met at Gloria Pullen home on June 4. Barbara Reed gave a demonstration. Members worked on a clothing project to take to the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria Pullen
Barbara Reed
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T. J. Lockhart
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Harley Morley
Glenn H. Norton
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Eugene Paymal
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B. H. Reimer
R. L. Robinson
C. R. Saunders
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Donald
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W. R. Beadel
Harold Beck
Marie Bennett
R. W. Wilson
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Wilson Longfellow
W. L. Terry
Dallas
Doyle Cooper
K. W. Capsey
John Combs
Lorence Hanson
Jetton Farm
Clyde A. Long
C. L. Long
Merrill Webb
Raymond Sneed
Alva Hicks
Byard Hook
Ralph Kendrick
H. C. Larson
Earl McAlpin
Eugene McAlpin
Max McAlpin
Lowell Miller
Guy Nonuie
H. M. Orr
Robert Sanders
Paul Shaffer
Dewey Shields
Orvete Slaight
George van Horn
Frank Yeeman
S. F. Webb
Frank Wells
Raymond Whitehead
W. T. Williams
Mildred Wood
Harold F. Bailey
Helen Baker
M. O. Derry
Edward Geer
Washington Township
Claire White
George McNees
State Savings Bank
Thomas K. Brummett
Harry Combs
Neil Combs
J. E. Dalrymple
Alfred Miller
Richard L. Morgan
J. W. Pickrel
C. K. Sparks
J. W. Acksrey
Hugh Babcock
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R. L. Coulter
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Arthur Anderson
S. A. Baker
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George Beckett
C. P. Bryson
O. L. Cree
Chris Diderikson
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Carl Dunkin
James Hensley
Howard Hess
Dr. E. J. Janson
R. M. King
Verne King
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Laura Madison
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Faye Orth
Finis Park
C. W. Pfander
Frank Query
Darrell Roush
Edward Savage
Lowen Scott
Harry Stafford
Russe Stearns
Geraldine Douglas
Joe Morgan
H. C. Stout
D. G. Wallace
Marshall Township
Leonard Ratliff
Committeeman State Savings Bank
Francis G. Brown
Glenn Brown
E. F. Burch
Elvin J. Cox
Joe Nichols
Sor Payne
Spencer Peck
Horace
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Ralph A. Rutledge
William Dean Weller
Claro Wright
Rea Erickson
A. A. Caven
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C. L. Hendrickson
Vera M. Houk
J. L. Larson
Chas. Maloney
Bing Miller
S. H. Pennebaker
Horace Pfander
Leonaru Ratliff
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S. D. Richey
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Swanson Estate
George Sweney
C. F. Underwood
Clearfield Marietta Abarr
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Bailey Seed Co
Charles Beck
W. W. Bennett
Charles Bowman
Clearfield Elevator
Clearfield Hardware
J. R. Crew
Dalbey Lumber
Dannen Mills
East Taylor Ferr
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Juergeng Insurance
Ralph Keller
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Frank Goodman
C. W. Rong
Addis Routh
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Carroll Luther
Nebraska City
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Harry Clayton
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Bedford Locker Plant
Your Frozen Food Center
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Vice Too
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Conway News
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Blair Weeds
Marilyn Miller
Groorliz
Virginia Young
Barbara Bix
Cliff's Repair Shop
Standard Oil Station
Jim Dewis
Jim
Eddie Allen
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