Hold Gathering Union Third Lepley Rowen Reunion
The third Lepley Rowen reunion was held at Lepley state park with 160 in attendance. A picnic dinner was served at noon. Officers elected: President W. H. Rowen, vice president Ellett Lepley, secretary Nellie Hallett, treasurer Calla Lepley. Next year’s reunion will be the second Sunday in August at the park. Numerous local residents and visitors from Ames to Des Moines attended social events and family visits around Marshalltown and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lepley State Park
W. H. Rowen
Ellett Lepley
Nellie Hallett
Calla Lepley
Local residents attend gatherings and wedding tours across the region
Feels for a boy left for a Ozark vacation. Mr and Mrs Boyd Reese entertained Mr and Mrs Turner and Mr and Mrs John Wood and children of Conrad. Mr and Mrs Turner recently married returning from South Dakota. Various visits and social events unfold including a Bailey reunion, Federated Sunday school activities, and a wedding tour by Thomas Turner and Mrs Fannie Reese to Sioux City and the Black Hills.
Gibbs Family Leaves on Wisconsin Visit Reunion Ties Kin
Mr and Mrs W D Gibbs Lucille Pauline Frances and Cecil left Thursday for Fredrick Wisconsin to visit Mrs Gibbs mother and relatives They plan a two week trip visiting Eldora Iowa Falls and relatives near Zearing Will Anderson will keep house for Mrs Gibbs Their party includes Will Williamson and family from Concordport Pa and Merle Knight family This reunion bonds brothers sisters and cousins A V Hobson has been improv-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Gibbs
Lucille
Pauline
Frances
Cecil
Fredrick
Wis
Wisconsin
Gibbs
Will Anderson
Merle Knight
Eldora
Iowa Falls
Oakes
Zearing
Will. Williamson
Will Williamson
Condersport
Ivan
Charley
Orpha
Banrah
Knight
A.V. Hobson
Honey Creek Church News and Local Notices
Local residents report on farm improvements with new paint protecting buildings. P T Lepley family vacation to Lake Okoboji, visits by Huffman and Mills. Women’s missionary guest day at Mrs Clarence Hinshaw. Honey Creek church night with a covered dish dinner and program by Bible school youths. Many social visits, dinners, and parlor gatherings noted at Honey Creek and nearby towns.
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P.T. Lepley
Julia
Lake Okoboji
John Huffman
Otis Rash
Iowa Falls
Jess North
Louis Mills
Women’s Missionary Society
Clarence Hinshaw
Ladies Aid Society of
Illinois Grove
Honey Creek Church
Lowell Perisho
Bible School
Hazel
Winters
Luther Williams
Floyd O. Ithedes
Collins
Ira Mills
R. R. Clampitt
E. C. White
New Providence
Paul Hadley
Chicago
Edna
Merlin
John Hadley
Honey Creek
Hadley
Mildred
Edwin
Geo. Knight
Howard Martin
Stanford Church
Mable Clampitt
Lois Reece
John Cutler
Cl Tt
Nixon -Knight
John’ Hadley
Honey
Creek
Tristram Dillon
Stanford
George Wall
Des. Moines
Earl Marsh
Harold
Fredrick
Fred Marsh
Archer
Neb
A. V. Hobson
A Settlers
Elering Grove
Wesley Hobson
Ruth and
Helen
George Storie
Roy Fagan Shepard Visits in Marshall Town
Roy Fagan Shepard visited in Marshalltown for several days last week. Co E. Moore and wife called at Ted Pope's Saturday afternoon. Wilford and Vaneta Dickinson ill with tonsillitis. Mrs Ed Newby and Wendell spent Friday in Liscomb. Leslie Hess and family attended the old settlers picnic Sunday. Ted Pope and wife stayed at Waterloo Saturday night and Sunday. Berdis Maas visiting his mother Mrs G Harless. Mrs Harless with son Harley Maas who is quite sick. Fred Surls and family of Iowa Falls at Ted Pope home Thursday. left next day for California. Mrs G Reece and son Lawrence and Mrs Blaine Hubbard Marshalltown visitors Monday morning. Dave Glenn and family at John Templeton's Sunday evening.
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Donald
Liscomb
la Mont Moore
Fred Drake
Maggie Comstock
Town City
Fred Moore
Fargo
N. D
Moore
Irene Marshall
Fred Marshall
O. J. Schmidt
Joan
Nellie Sorber
Des Moines
T. R. Madole
Union
Old Settlers
Blerding Grove
Lawn Hill
J. E. Ecklandt
Catherine
Brooklyn
Cather
Ozarks
Boyd Reese
Tom Turner
John Wood
Conrad
Turner
South Dakota
Gertrude Bailey
Edith Brown
Florence Spurlin
Omaha
S. R. Spurlin
Theresa Fistler
IE. B. McClean
Mary Pierce
Clarence
New Providence
Parkersburg
Marshalltown
Forrest Barnes
Harold Hauser
Jimmy
Federated Sunday School
Bert Caster
W. C
T. A
Lepley State Park
Roy Fagan
Co. E. Moore
Ted Pope
Wilford
Vaneta Dickinson
Ed Newby
Wendell
Leslie Hess
Waterloo
Berdis Maas
G. Harless
Chester Families Attend Old Settlers Picnic
Chester residents joined the annual old settlers picnic, with several families in attendance enjoying a communal afternoon. The event highlighted local heritage, shared memories, and neighborhood camaraderie.
Community notes and visits from Chester to Tama
The column lists greetings and gatherings around Sunday visits. Mrs Wallace, Wendell Woolen, and Charlie Rubottom from Chester attended events, with Ohio visitors and a pow wow trip to Tama. Hilsbeck and Barrett families gathered at Pine Lake, and several local households hosted relatives and friends while Wade Williams returned from vacation with Daisy Williams. Liver and cucumber salad recipe ends the snippet.
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Blerding
Grove
Wallace
Wendell Woolen
Charlie Rubottom
Chester
Walter Trapp
Ohio
Tama
Lloyd Hilsbeck
Wilma Jean
Hilsbeck
Pine Lake
Preserves Cooked Fast Keep Fruit Bright and Whole
All preserves should be heated quickly to a clear tender state preserving the fruit’s shape. The finished product must be bright spar kling and the plump fruit easily distinguished. Slow cooking yields dull dark preserves, less attractive. Herald Ledger style notice suggests quick, vivid results.
Reading Will Rogers on federal relief and pigs
The excerpt recalls Will Rogers mocking the farm board relief plan to destroy every third row of cotton and joking about destroying every third senator, representative, and commission. It notes Rogers’ humorous critique and parodies commissions for every national ill, alongside local ads and notices about coal, banking figures, and Banana Peel weight loss quips, all reflecting a small town newspaper column tone.
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Will. Rogers
Farm Board
Will
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Herb Wallace
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Fannie Reese
Sioux City
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Old Albion Sem
James Barry
William Clark
Los Angeles
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Department Stor
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Penney’s
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Hardin County Fair
Cedar Falls
Alice Clampitt Ferrill
F. T. Clampitt
Clampitt
R. R. Clampitt Timber
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Frank Brannon
State Center
Barrett Royal
Arthur Woolen
Bradford Smitherman
Ed Reece
Widge Martin
Joe Barnes
Wade Williams
Daisy Williams
Paul Walter
Darlene
John Brindle
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