Clover Hay Under Way Amid Good Yields in Ebenezer Area
The Ebenez er community reports clover hay harvest underway with light crops and rust damage in fields. Wilson farm corn sold at 60 cents a bushel. Hogs shipped to Chicago via Farmers Union at Beckwith. County agent Mr Deal spoke at Ebenezer church with Yellowstone park slides and a community fund drive for China, aided by rain saving crops. The supper proceeds were forwarded to Des Moines for China aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Farm
Chicago
Farmers Union
Beckwith
Deal
Yellowstone Park
Ebenezer Church
Iowa
Elmer Grove
Des Moines
China
Pearl Reed
Parsons College
Alice Trammer
Jefferson County Hospital
Mary Fisher
Emmet Myers
Libertyville
Eunice Green
Middletown
Hayes Parsons
Hattie
Sutherlin
Marie
Los Angeles
Leona
Tire
Lucile
Herman Rietveldt
Hunkydory
Fire Destroys Brown Home Near Birmingham
The Brown residence about three miles southeast of Birmingham was wiped out by a fire caused by an oil accident while a engine was started. Mrs. Brown and family lost most belongings. some insurance covered losses. A new home will be built once arrangements are made.
Community Notes of Visits and Gatherings in Fairfield Area
Mrs. C. R. Jones attended state Sunday school convention in Center ville for three days. Many local residents visited relatives in Fairfield, Richland and Brighton. Hog shipments, band concert attendees, and numerous social calls mark a busy period with frequent family and friend gatherings.
Pleasant Plain Community Notes Honor Many and Mourn Westenhaver
Pleasant Plain and nearby towns report visits among residents, plus social events at East Pleasant Plain Catholic church. Obituary honors Oliver I. Westenhaver born 1838, who died June 16 1921 after long illness, survived by four children and multiple relatives. services held at the Christian church near Perlee with ministers from Riv erside and Pleasant Plain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Emry
Fairfield
Oliver I. Westenhaver
Ohio
Jacob
Elizabeth Simpson Westenhaver
Virginia
Iowa
Burlington
Jefferson County
Samantha Blissfield
Brighton
O. H. Westenhaver
Pleasant Plain
K. A. Mortimer
Carrie H. Funston
Jesus Christ
Alfred
Riverside
Brethren Church
Westenhaver
Allerd
Friends
O. L. Hutchins
Christian Church
Perlee
Local social notes from Lockridge and area
Glasgow Mrs Lewis Hisel and son Roy visited Lockridge on Thursday afternoon. Mrs Caroline Baldwin and Mrs Eva Shaner dined with the Walter Bower home Thursday. Marjory Schuyler of Des Moines stayed with Dr C S Bishop’s family. Paul Bishop left for Chicago for a new position. Christine Hall departed for St Paul Minn after weeks with relatives. Eva Shaner and Caroline Baldwin called on Bettie Bailey Wednesday. Harry Cochran and family stayed with the Sherman parents in Hillsboro. Glenn and Ray Grant visited grandparents, Mr and Mrs Elliot Taylor. Ice cream social postponed due to bad roads to next Saturday. Tom Dorothy and daughter visited the Gill home. George McElwee visited with friends. Mildred Bishop spent days in Fairfield. Eva Shaner returned to Fairfield after visit. William Loving family time with son Harry. Bertha Kiger and sons Guy and Glenn from Fairfield visited. Roy Watson family visited in Fairfield. Dr C S Wihop called in Fairfield. Frank Leafgreen hosts Des Moines visitors this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taer
A. Thomas Brown
Birma
Haney-Brannan
Grace Way
Keosauqua State Park
Jefferson and
van Buren County
Keosauqua
H. B. Carrott
A. Miller
L. G. Boies
Kansas
Mabel Wiley
W. W. Wiley
Birmi
Jefferson County
Wm. Hastings
Packwood
Kenton
Ohio
J. W.ipson
Mt. Sterling
Harold Sherod
Valley Junction
Sam Topping
Galer
Washington
Opera House
Birdie Beghtel
Agency
G. E. Mercer
Birmingham
Ray Scovel
Libertyville
LaRue Clarke
Fairfield
Parsons College
Elmer Winslow
Missouri
Mary Gordon
James Hill
Grace Boies
Mary Jane Calhoun
Marie Corry
Orpha Ogden
John Johnston
Helen Pauline
Hazel Dustin
Conn
Guy Dogerts
Chaseremeee
Birm
Greggsville
James Hunter
Kansas City
Samuel Lindsay
Verne Bennett
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
H. A. Taylor
Farmington
al Cole
Hovey Hootman
David Wilson
Zyierno Co
Salem
Emery Carter
Near Collet
Town City
Ira Jameson
Anta Marie Johnson
St. Joseph Hospital
Ottumwa
Mary Fickel
Barbara Norris
Alatha Johnson
Bernice Baldwin
Margaret Findlay
Gladys Nelson
Vada Anderson
Helen Anderson
Helen Anderson. the Ladies’ Aid of
Bethel
Duke
Gertrude Duke
Deane
Gladys Canaday
Frances and
LaRue Clark
Bertha Sturdyan
Ruth Emry
Oliver Macy
Perlee
O. S. Westenhaver
Lake Cassidy
Blanche Mortimer
Q. O. Westenhaver
Blanche Kurtz
Linna Coil
Brighton
Pickering
Flora Hodson
Jefferson County Hospital
Ella Snook
Jane Hurd
J. W. Lynn
Susie Stephenson
John Nelson
C. W. Bailey
Washington County Hospital
Excelsior Springs
Thomas Farrier
Washington County
East Pleasant Plain
Linda Shafer
Charles Hodson
Edith McMurray
Nettie Kyle
Clara Cash
Albia
Oliver I. Westenhaver
Morgans Bluffs
Charles Kittrell
Keith
Kittrell
Muscatine
Iowa
Dayton
Earl Sinn
Germanville
Detroit
Pasadena
California
I. C. Steel
MacMellen
Joy Cf
Riverside
I. Westenhaver
S. M. Cassady
E. A. Mortimer
Rex Emry
James Shaffer
Bell Sponk
Robert Emry
Fred Emry
Martinsburg
Ira
Fuller
Richand
Lewis Hisel
Roy
Lockridge
Caroline Baldwin
Eva Shaner
Walter Bower
Marjory Schuyler
Des Moines
Dr. C. S. Bishop
Paul Bishop
Chicago
Christine Hall
St. Paul
St. Paul, Minn., After Several Weeks Visit Here With Relatives . Mrs. Eva Shaner
Bettie Bailey
Harry Cochran
Glenn
Dorothy
Sherman
Hillsboro
Ray Grant
Elliot Taylor
Partners Union
Tom Dorothy
Gill
George McElwee
Mildred Bishop
William Loving
Nellie
Harry
Bertha Kiger
Guy and
Roy Watson
Weldie and
James
C. S. Wihop
Frank Leafgreen
Local Notes from Buchanan Township Social Roundup
The column records a series of small events and family notices from Buchanan Township. It mentions visits by Eyestone and family to Douds with Lawrence Ogden, illnesses of Mrs. Arthur Johnson and Mrs. Glen McCormick, Ed Pequignot losing a horse, Wilbur Ogden's trip to Ottumwa, funeral attendance for Mr. Bucher's grandmother, a Connecticut visitor impressed with Iowa, nurse Miss Castello aiding Mrs. Nelson’s sister Fred Nelson and wife from Lucas summoned to bedside, and Sunday gatherings at Root home and Van Buren county trips plus attendance at the Morgan show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eyestone
Douds
Lawrence Ogden
Arthur Johnson
Ed Pequignot
Wilbur Ogden
Ottumwa
Pete Bucher
Mr. Bucher
Mérrimac
van Buren
Fred Nelson
Lucas
As Morgan
Community Notes From Ottumwa And Nearby
Local residents report visits to Ottumwa Ollie and Brighton. Illnesses births deaths and travel include Mary Harden Mary Steele Wm Bean and Mrs Wm Syleester. Shrine Conclave attendees Bruce Mackay and Walter Morris returned from Des Moines as a Milwaukee freight accident near Competine damaged tanks with no injuries. Dr Stepp and family returned from a southern trip. F R Steele remains ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus Ruggles
Ottumwa
Alfred Ramsey
Dora
Ollie
Mary Harden
Mary Steele
Meckling
S. Dak
Wm. Bean
Carl Cline
A. H. Ruggles
Miss Icel Riley
Competine
Bruce Mackay
Walter Morrison
Des Moines
Edward Mowery
Cynthia Cline
Joe Hudson
James McVey
Della McVey
Ivan Graham
C. W. Edwards
Brighton
Wm. Syleester
John Smith
Leonard Mowery
Hedrick
Stepp
F. R. Steele
Packwood Ladies' Aid marks twenty fifth anniversary
The Packwood Ladies Aid Society celebrated its twenty fifth anniversary at Mr. and Mrs. C Chesney home with a two course luncheon and decorative colors of silver and white. Fifty two members attended including Lena Barron Lois Barron Merle Dysert and many others. A memorial for late member Mr Larson followed with funeral services led by Rev Frye. The event featured a concert by local children and social activities.
Clay Township hit by storm causes bridges and land damage
An electrical storm battered Clay Township for years, lifting two 40 foot bridges near the river and flooding extensive bottom land along the Skunk River. Roads and livestock suffered, while residents including Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Black visited neighbors and local social events continued with meetings planned for June 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Black
W. G. Fleig
Clay Township Picnic Association
Sadie Savage
M. L. Bosworth
A. J. Morgan
Wm. Morgan
Mabel Coffin
Pleasant Plain
Bertha Coffin
Fred Bray
Hattie Meacham
Bessie
Grinnell
Oak Emry
Gwendolyn Lemley
Richland
Vera Woodford
Ida Alter Zwickey
Clarence
St. Paul
Emily Wolcott
Clay
Amy Ingham
Brighton
Belle Waterhouse
Max Waterhouse
Pearl Woodford
Ollie
C. R. Waterhouse
Dot
Frances Meacham
E. S. Wolcott
C. E. Wolcott
Ida Zwickey
Rubio
Socials and Visits Round a Busy Iowa Week
Blackhawk Mr and Mrs P N Godwin hosted about forty youths for an evening honoring Mr and Mrs Harold Coop with games and music. Ice cream and cake followed the finale. Visitors include Mrs Dale Maywinkle of Kansas City with sister Mrs Eddl fmack, and others from Fairfield Denver Ray Minn Pleasant Plain and nearby towns as noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Coop
Dale Maywinkle
Kansas City
Edd
Marjorie
Dorothy
John Nelson
Fairfield
Nora Ramsey
W. S. Ehrhardt
Elsie
Elmer Ramsey
LaRue Fischer
Anna
Frank Heritage
Ray
Minn
Gerry Minster
Frank Leeds
Harley Ann
Wm. Spencer
Ina Spencer
Jane Hurd
Prophecy Links Coal, Complexions to Global Change
Princeton professor William E. Scott warns that once coal reserves run out fair complexions will disappear and a dark-skinned race may emerge. He deems fair-skinned maidens as hothouse products ill suited to tropical climates we will face after the last coal is burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Scott
Princeton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ebenezer
Liberty
Lee Gallup
Pearl
Rhoda Johnson
Illinois
D. K. Bonar
Presbyterian Church
Doyal Smith
Elizabeth Peasley
Farmingham
Bethel Church
Brody
Ralph Shott
Califor
Nia
Frances Clarridge
Thess Russell
Deane Baldwin
Boy Scout Troop
Stanley Watts
Jefferson’ County Hospital
C. R. Jones
Centerville
Earl Balderson
Elmer Coffin
H. C. Jones
Curtis Rogers
Wee Shipping Association
Lucile Jones
P. R. Jones
Delmar Dickinosn
Wm. Dickinson
Nathan Jones
Mildred Soetens
Hazel Hosler
Lela Jones
Phoebe Jones
George Ash
D. E. Miller
Jose Rice
John Dukes
A. A. Soetens
Billy Trail
Arlene Amd
Eldon Rogers
Gladys
Gwendolin Miller
Friends Yearly Meeting
Dorotha Allen
Luther Elmore
Clyde Coffin
Everett
Chas. Jones
Alma
Mary Hoskins
Galen Hoskins
Maxine
Wm. Balderson
Ed Hosler
R. A. Spalding
B. A. Smalley
Stoner Davidson
George Bray
Jas
Mat Kissel
Frank Apt
Henry Pickard
W. O. Allen
Walter Jones
Carl
Glen Coffin
Te Albert
Thurly
Sam Dickinson
Wm. Hoskins
Olney Hoskins
O. C. Spalding
Henry Ash
Bert
Wm .McVey
Walter Bray
Fred Snyder
Elbert Elmore
Frank Ash
Clarence Ash
Albert Coffin
Jose
Wm. Roberts
John Lesler
Ralph Roberts
Chas. George
Ira Hadley
Lawrence
Mida Locke
Vie Qswalt
Mahlon Roberts
Sarah Jones
Weldon Heston
Sylman Heston
Woolson
Richard
C. C. Free Place
Lloyd White
Harper
Elizabeth White
Keota
Wm. Trail
Lon Humphrey
Raymond Kessel
J. D. Leach
Sarah Orr
Ellis Walton
Edgar Kessel
Humphrey Home
Orr
Little Raymond Kessel Jr
Rosemond Dritton
Glasgow
Buchanan Township
Lindy
B. C. Marlow
C. M. Scott
I. Dysert
A. L. Burnett
Verna Avery
Lucile Avery
Nina McEwin
Carrie Mitchell
Blanche McChesney
Vivian McChesney
Gladys Gould
J. C. Hill
Louies Hill
Martha Webb
Dick Dysert
Robert Dysert
Byron Dysert
Kenneth Dysert
R. H. Myers
Mabel Sabel
Hattie Smith
Flora St. Clair
Jessie Kane
Nate Thomas
Bertha Sabel
Roy and
Ferm Sabel
I. N. Lewis
Marie Snider
Anna Woolum
Verda Cor
Nancy E. Webb
A. C. Oliver
Jessie Wharton
Colfar
L. G. Myer
Roy Sayers
Grace Bessig
L. J. Miller
Eddie Wallace
Maurice Wallace
Wallace White
Leverett White
Gwendolyn Thomas
Ira Thomas
Marvelle Ryman
L. C. Ryman
Larson
Sweden
Hannah Nelson
M. E. Church
Frye
Packwood Cemetery
Christian Sunday School
Joe Wharton
Colfax
Melville Barron
C. B. Bennett
Fremont
Rob Ryman
R. B. Kenyon
Vernard Scott
Miss Baker
E. Edwards
Jeannette Oliver
Arthur Loomis
Warner Sabel
Wm. Sabel
Arthur
F. Barnes
Linby
Stewart
Boone
Mr. Stewart
Here
Dr. Grimes
Wapello
Oscar Steigleder
James Reinier
Newt
Mincher
Robi. Ryman
Oliver
Wm. Stevens
Marorie
Ebb Romacks
R. M. Smith
Harry Horner
Maggie Chandler
Jane Woold
Clay Township
Blackhawk
Bulgaria
Nature
Grugpiste
Marvel Products Co
Iteburgh, Pa
Iowa State Savings Bank
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