West Point PTA holds annual program at high school
The February West Point PTA meeting in the high school auditorium featured an annual fundraising program to benefit the lower grades piano. The evening included the high school orchestra, musical numbers, a Tom Thumb wedding with a large cast, master of ceremonies William Markland, and various acts and tributes.
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West Point Parent Teacher Association
Bride
Roberta Cheney
Creagan Neill
Paul Thornton
Reva Tammen
Marjorie Harding
Gloria Dettmer
Eloise Jern
Mary Evelyn Tanner
Paul Burrows
Dale Hartman
Eugene Rampley
Ruth Meyersick
Clyde Weld
Nellie Jane Rampley
Aldo Cheney
Josephine Klingler
Harold Reed
Cornelia Brumby
Paul Lawrence
George Mabry
Harold Weid
Louie Dettmer
Claud Weid
Alleyne Hicks
Mildred Askes
John Hicks
Clyde Weid
Maggie
William Markland
Bernard Freeman
Miss Perry
Hugh Graham
Quigley Heisler
Kenneth Hull
Richard Cunningham
Bertha Gordon
Eleanor Hull
Alberta Fryer
Arlo Tanner
Maude
Trusty Tomatoes Healthful Decorative and Nutritious
Trusty USTY tomatoes are praised as old friends in the canning industry with growing appeal over 22 years. The piece notes their health value iron content and added vitamin, plus uses in a cheese sauce with eggs served over buttered toast for eight.
Local Notes From Bowen and Nearby Towns
Social updates list visits and illnesses in Bow en LaPrairie Bowen and vicinity. Names include Herron Schwanke White Kinman Mack Sutton Schone Duden Bennett Sims Miller Beulah Campbell and Eber with engagements announced for Verna Buss and Emery Eber revealed by a heart puzzle.
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J. C. Herron
Bowen
Ovelle Schwanke
Mary
Herman _ Schwanke
Mellie White
R. H. White
Augusta
H. N. Kinman
Ray Mack
Urbana
Arnold Fruehling
Vernon Sutton
Camp Point
Junior Meyer
Mary Schwanke
L. R. Miller
Emma Schone
E. Schoch
Herman Duden
C. H. Herron
LaPrairie
Quincy
E. E. Bennett
Loraine
W. K. Sims
I. S. Sutton
Perry
Henry Gillispie
Palmyra
E. E. Clark
Macomb
Beulah Campbell
Perfect Mashed Potatoes With Evaporated Milk
A recipe page extols mashed potatoes made with concentrated evaporated milk for superior texture flavor and nutrition. Potatoes boiled in jackets then mashed with evaporated milk yield creaminess and higher nourishment unseen in standard prep. Yield six servings with options like parsley or cress for garnish.
Bride-elect Hosts Luncheon With Notables Attending
The bride-elect hosted a luncheon with a list of attendees including Clara Grone wold Wilbur Flesner Anna Hen rich Aldred Ehmen Verna Flesner Eldon Davis Gladys Wilkey Wilbur Bienhoff Euqua Brown Ernest Ih nen Adeline Bruns Alfred Albers and couples Mr and Mrs Rudolph Miller and Mr and Mrs Chris Aden. Miss Buss graduates La Prairie High School daughter of Mr and Mrs Menard J Buss. Mr Eber son of Mr and Mrs Fred G Eber also a La Prairie High School graduate who attended Gem City Business College. Edwin Sims and Victor DeJaynes visited in St Louis Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Gronewold
Wilbur Flesner
Anna Henrich
Aldred Ehmen
Verna Flesner
Eldon Davis
Gladys Wilkey
Wilbur Bienhoff
Euqua Brown
Ernest Ihnen
Adeline Bruns
Alfred Albers
Rudolph Miller
Chris Aden
Miss Buss
LaPrairie High School
Menard J. Buss
Eber
Fred G. Eber
Gem City Business College
Edwin Sims
Victor DeJaynes
St. Louis
Neighbor Club Meets At Mrs Franzen Home
The Meet Your Neighbor Club was entertained at the home of Mrs. Ralph Franzen Thursday afternoon. The PTA held a regular meeting at the schoolhouse Friday evening with an excellent program by the school children. Refreshments of sandwiches and coffee were served. The next meeting will be Friday.
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Meet Your Neighbor
Ralph Franzen
666 Liquid Tablets Salve Head Cold Remedy Ad
A compact ad promotes 666 liquid tablets and salve as fast remedies for head colds headaches neuralgia and malaria claims on first day or within days. It touts 666 salve for head colds and promises speedy results with minimal detail.
Local notices and early March meeting plans in town
March program committee is named as Mrs. C. W. Reid Mrs. Melvin Newell and Mrs. Wm Sanderson The refreshment committee includes Paul Watt Lawrence Blythe and Lee Howard Meetings at the Christian church begin with Rev Lee Maynard of Pearl Til conducting services Mrs Etta Adair of Big Neck visits the Adairs in Keokuk details include a late passenger train collision near Colusa with fatality Jacob Zimmerlin dies after car wreck Clifton Bellville plans a poultry operation Mrs James Howard ill Helen Burgess absent from school all week.
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Williamson
Stump Hollow Depot
Alberta Fryer
Pauline Cheney
Ruth Hopson
Hazel Scott
Bertha Gordon
Opal Rampley
Della Plowman
Eleanor Hull
Hazel Hanson
Vera Whewell
William Weld
Eugene Omer
Lee Sharrow
Carl
Vera
Rosalie
Ruby
Esther Fleming
Glenn Krauth
Clarence Bell
Newcomerstown
Ohio
T. G. Kimmel
Carthage
Joseph Krauth
Quincy
Frank Krauth
Basco
A. E. Jern
Win Zinn
H. B. Brumby
Seven County Bible School
Macomb
John Kelley
Mary Kelley
A. W. Dickerson
Clarence Long
Roy Hillery
Earl Worth
Worth
Myrtle Hillery
W. E. Simmons
Springfield
Ill
Simmons
The
Mutual Insurance Company
Wythe Township Mutual Insurance Company
Helen Craig
Fairfield
Iowa
Paul Gillespie
John Saling
Silas Harding
Mildred Hanson
Chicago
State Board
Blessing Hospital
Edith Adair
Here
E. A. Hinkle
Iona Barber
Wm. McClean
Elm St
Christian Church
Rev
L. C. Mauck
West Point Cemetery
Home Bureau
Ida Hart
Alice McKinney
Alvena Klingler
R. N
Keokuk
David Klingler
Fern Billingsley
Quincy College
N. W. Billingsley
Wm. Zinn
Mondon
Freeman
Sunset Addition
W. A. Cunningham
Earl
John F. Garner
Helen Garner
Pauline Reed
Happy Circle
P. C. Lawrence
Krauth
W. R. Curry
Denver
Albert Nelson
Nelson
Christian
C. W. Reid
Melvin Newell
Wm. Sanderson
Paul Watt
Lawrence Blythe
Lee Howard
Lee Maynard
Pearl, Til
Etta Adair
Big Neck
Earl Adair
Colusa
Jacob Zimmerlin
Zimmerlin
Burlington
A. J. Reed
Olen Emery
Clifton Bellville
Bentley
C. R
Burning cheap corn could lift farm price if used for fuel
A University of Illinois report by E W Lehmann argues that millions of bushels of corn could be burned for heat to push price up. It notes corn and coal heat equivalence and suggests farmers save shelling and hauling costs. The study says corn is a viable fuel though equipment compatibility must be considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Lehmann
Department of Agricultural Engineering
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Illinois
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