Blockton News Roundup Highlights Local Visits and Events
Village notes include weekend visits by Mr and Mrs Billy Stephenson and family from Grundy Center. OES Kensington meeting hosted by Mrs Mary Stephens and Mrs Clara Souders. plans for a new dry goods store in the old post office by Mr and Mrs Ettiminger of Oregon Missouri. Community activities feature anniversaries, club meetings, and the Coddington family reunion with attendees from multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blockton
Billy Stephenson
Grundy Center
W. 5. Stephenson
O.E.S. Kensington
Mary Stephens
Clara Souders
Etsiminger
Oregon
Kenneth Dowell
Richmond
Charles Wilson
Clarinda
Dean Wilson
Halee Roudebush
Dick Higgins
Christian Women's Fellowship
Gary Cavanaugh
J. R. Campbell
Alan Campbell
M.Y.F. Officers Training School
N.C.P. Club
Louis Clayton
Paul Smith
Coddington
Charles Stahl
la Cross
Wisc
Lilly Stahl
Otto Stahl
Allendale
Kenneth Talley
Wichita
Kans
Lola Talley
Eureke
Lyle Coddington
Shenandoah
Willard Bentley
Wayne Bentley
Glidden
Iowa
Elmer Rients
Parkersburg
Lucy Dougherty
Community Visits and Family Calls Round Athelstown
Mrs Verna Jenkins hosts and greets relatives including Eldon Goulds Peggy Rusco and Robert Norton with Conway kin on Saturday. Wichita visitors H Dredge and children call on Francis Hill. Benton’s Don Campbell visits. Several other families from Sheridan Bedford Lenox Clarinda Cedar Falls and Ozarks spend time with local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Dawson
Vivian Raper
Sheridan
Ed Allen
Noble Fearnot
Bedford
Henry Young
Ottis Byrns
Sharon
Clarinda
W. W. Byrns
Ozarks
Marilyn Byrns
Lenox
All
C. L. Stephenson
W. W. Burns
Hubert Dredge
Wichita
Kans
Elmer Fluke
Vilas Morris
Junior Morris
Cedar Falls
Sheridan News Highlights Local Social and Travel Notes
Sheridan reports list visits and illness among residents. Aldrich family traveled to Des Moines to see ill sister Mrs Max Kevesy. Major N R Haley recently arrived from Governor's Island to visit relatives in Sheridan. Lena Tate marks 93rd birthday as town's oldest woman, with more visitors and kin gatherings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dall Churchill Sheridan
N. R. Aldrich
Leland Brown
Sheridan
Des Moines
Max Kevesy
Hal Jenkins
Jeffery
Leonard
Icie Jenkins
Reed
Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church
Elizabeth Kemery
Jessie Freemyer
Major
N. R. Haley
Governor's Island
New York
Washington
D. C
Martha Seckman
Ross
Birmingham
Alabama
Lena Tate
Pershing Hibbs
Kansas City
Ed Sells
Glennon Wilson
Wilson
Clifton Garrett
Peoria
Ill
Conway News Snapshot of Local Family Visit
Mr and Mrs Marvin Boyer and family of Clearfield along with Mr and Mrs Lloyd Schofield of Lenox spent Sunday in the Sim Beemer home. Dougie Boyer remained with his grandparents for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conway
Marvin Boyer
Clearfield
Lloyd Schofield
Lenox
Sim Beemer
Dougie Boyer
Extended Summer Visits and Local Social News Across Town
A compilation of visits and family gatherings includes Roy Hypes of Mackinaw and family at Darrell Dalton's, a picnic in Adel Iowa, Cheryl Dalton's return from Rodman, Alan Poole visiting Conway, Viola Besco summering with parents, Bobby Jones staying with grandparents in York Nebraska, the Wendelin family in Texas, and Perdew family travel to Clarinda for a hospital visit. Also Sheridan Bridge Club hosted by Mrs. Edith Rickabaugh with Maudie Alister winning high score and Virginia Wilson second. social dinners noted around Sheridan and Bedford gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Hypes
Mackinaw
Til
Darrell Dalton
Adel
Iowa
Cheryl Dalton
Rodman
Alan Poole
Hopkins
Conway
Emma Duncan
Viola Besco
Edna Besco
Des Moines
Bobby Jones
Robert Jones
York
Nebr
Leland Jones
John Wendelin
Texas
Bill
Leonard Perdew
Clarinda
Mr. Perdew
Franklin Dewis
Annabella Beavers
Farmington
N. Mex
John Ray
Tom King
Sheridan
Edith Rickabaugh
Bridge Club
Osborn
Grant City
Pauline Hibbs
Alice Cook
Lucille Aldrich
Maudie McAlister
Bernice Holland
Virginia Holland
Guanetha Girling
Joyce Chambers
Sadie Parman
Lena Hoover
Virginia Wilson
Maudie M.alister
Guaretha Giirling
Rickabaugh
Goodwin Dowls
Floyd Owens
Preston Dewis
Roger McAlister
Billy
Bedford
Roger Jr
Maude Weller
Georgie Borden
Mae Sanders
Mystery
Rook
Len Grimm
Leland
Kansas City
Adline Campbell
Lenox
Tom Grimm
Walter Scott
Hazel
Maude Wel‘er
Roy Kerns
Sharpsburg
Mary Underwood
Chioce Kerns
Lena Filbert
Chloe Kerns
Jay’ Larimer
Open House and Community News in Sharpsburg
Open House at Swarpsburg swarness parish held June 8 with pink and blue decor. Local gatherings feature guests from Lenox Bedford Gravity Sharpsburg and beyond. Families visit kin, celebrate birthdays, and plan July Fourth activities as clubs host events and barrel rooks return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharpsburg
P. M. Stevens
St. Louis
C. E. Thomas
Kansas City
C. A. Clark
Burlington Junction
P. C. Clark
Rockport
Lilly Dresher
Bedford
Leonard Hoskins Jr
Nebraska City
Cash Evans
Gayle Ann
Charley Smith
Howard McVore
Mable Oxley
Gravity
O. E. Fitzgerald
Conway
Ed Bycroft
Grooks
Earl Case
Leslie Bycroft
Neva
Roy Martin
Alfred Adolphson
Claude Matheny
Eldon Matheny
Lenox
Roy Kerns
Carl Leaverton
LaVerne Cordell
Kathy
Hazel Scott
Rose Gillespie
LaVerne Wel‘er
Thomas Grimm
Springfield
Carl Cordell
Larry
Johnny
Methodist Church
Donald Young
Connie Winslow
Bil Beach
Frank Barker
Shaffer
Leonard Clark
Kenmore
North Dakota
Johnson Family Reunion at Bibbins Park Bedford
A Johnson family reunion gathered at Bibbins Park in Bedford on Sunday marking the first gathering in 13 years. Attendees included LeRoy Johnson's relatives from Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri, with many cousins and in laws visiting from Healden, Highland, Bedford, Omaha, Clearmont, Clarinda, Lenox, Blockton, and Hopkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bibbins Park
Bedford
LeRoy Johnson
Ivan Johnson
Healden
Okla
Chas. Neibling
Highland
Kansas
Don Tribolet
Russell Johnson
Omaha
Brice
Edward
Brice Melvin
Vern Melvin
Homer Ulmer
John Merriott
Hopkins
Roy Dillon
Blockton
Jim Melvin
Clearmont
Jess Johnson
Mildred Pershing
Clarinda
Carolyn Pugh
Lenox
Vernie Gold
Bess Murdock
Frieda LaValle
Daugher
Lamar
Vernie Gold Jr
Taylor County soil conservation notes and farm visits
In Taylor county sessions with Raymond Sneed Drea Gola and Bertram Johnson discussed soils erosion and crop hazards. Tom Powell and local SCS staff toured farms while Alice Mae Johnston and Drexel Geld attended a Shenandoah meeting. Bill Repass praised brome grass fertilization and noted cattle preference for fertilized soil grass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse W. Bishop
Iowa
Bertram Johnson
Taylor
Alice Mae Johnston
Drexel Geld
Shenandoah
Southwest
Tom Powell
SCS
Taylor County
Bill Repass
Bill
Advertising Momentum in Our Town
Advertising momentum keeps retailers visible as populations shift. Consistent print ads prove merchant care, build customer confidence, and sustain interest beyond immediate sales. The piece compares persistent advertising to a salesman and notes the Notre Dame bells as a reminder of enduring presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame Cathedral
Notre Dame
Victory 4 H club meets at Bailey school
The Victory 4 H club held its June 3 meeting at Bailey school with 11 members, 5 guests, and 1 leader present. A workshop is planned for next week. Talks covered picture matting, fabrics with rooms, bedding, and house plants. demonstrations included framing, bulletin boards, bed making. Linda Karg demonstrated tying the 4 H tie. Leanne McAlpin and Sandra Goudie led recreation planning. Patty Goudie served refreshments. reporter Judy Hughes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victory 4-H
the Bailey School
Linda Karg
Gayle Yearous
Renee Valentine
Sandra Goudie
Patty Goudie
Judy Hughes
Leanne McAlpin
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