Recurring Visits Highlight Community Home Guests
The column lists multiple social visitations and calls across families in the Clark Whitney, Ruel Garrett, and Edgar Van Potter households. Names include Whitney, Perry, Kniss, Barnhart, Zielske, and others with visits spanning Sunday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from Eldora to Hubbard and Alden, reflecting a tight, neighborly small town network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Whitney
Clark Whitney
Edgar van Potter
Doris
Wilbur Perry
Shockey
Ruel Garrett
Glen Riley
Mike Simmons
Sarah Hoyt
Mt. Pleasant
Julia
Milo Walters
Claude Miller
John Barnhart
Albert Barnhart
Harold and
Russel
Glen Crippen
Mike Kniss
Mary Rankins
Howard Moon
Hubbard
John Bolar
Ellis Perry
Dean
Barnard Kniss
Edgar van Patter
A. G. Kniss
Iona van Patter
Alden
Clarence Main
Asher
Frank Zielske
Illinois Grove social notes scattered around New Providence
Ralph Martin and family near New Providence were entertained to dinner at the Otis Stalman home. J. Templeton and family, Noah Knott and family spent Saturday at the Lacey home. Miss Jane Nicholis spent New Year’s Day with her parents. Many locals visited Eldora and Marshalltown. Chicago visitors returned home. A birthday party for Mae Blayney drew about 25 guests with a noon dinner. Chicken pox caused absences at school. Paula Koepke visited Fern Rhodes. Paula Koepke of State Center also visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Martin
New Providence
Otis Stalman
Jake Templeton
Noah Knott
O. J. Lacey
Jane Nicholis
Willis Nicholls
Harley Rhodes
Eldora
J. L. Welch
Paul
Welch
T. E. Reid
Zelma Lacey
Fern Rhodes
Delos Lacey
Marshalltown
Jess Bainter
Wallace Cox
Hubbard
Herman Kueth
Agnes
Gladys
Chicago
Thelma Cox
Paula Koepke
Henry Blayney
Mae Blayney
Mae
Virginia Bru
Wendell Davis
Maria Hoots
State Center
War books show stark realism from Italy to Germany
Three recent war books are praised for their realism reflecting soldiers and civilians. Paolo Monelli’s Toes Up contrasts with romanticized war, A M Frey’s The Cross Bearers follows medical units on the Western front, and Otto Bernard Wendler’s Soldier’s Women portrays Germany’s home front and moral collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paolo Monelli
Otlo Williams
New York
Harcourt, Brace & Co
A. M. Frey
the Viking Press
Otto Bernard Wendler
Ian ¥. D. Morrow
Harper & Brothers
Signor Monelli
Girolamo Sommi- Piccnardi
Italy
Herr Wendler
Germany
Community News From South Providence and Surrounding Areas
Social notes detail suppers and New Year dinners hosted by the Hobson, Clampitt, and Steelman families in South Providence and nearby towns. Visits include Richard Clampitt recovering from mastoiditis at Deaconess Hospital, New Providence gatherings, and church and school events across Eldora, Albion, and Illinois Grove. A five pound boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Vern on Dole.
Local Social Calls Reported Around Area Homes
Donald and Bud Noble spent Sunday evening in the John Bolar home while Mrs. Claude Miller was Thursday guest at the George Gould residence. Frank Hiscrote and Bob Teskie visited the John Barnhart home Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Son
Donald
Bud Noble
John Bolar
Claude Miller
George Gould
Frank Hiscrote
Bob Teskie
John Barnhart
Shepherd Delayed Christmas Visits Weave Iowa Families
Delayed from last week, Shepard reports Fred and Chas Surfs and families from Iowa Falls, Carl Emerson of Roland and C E Johnstone spent Christmas at Ted Pope home. Grant Harless and family hosted Mrs Harless sister and family at Christmas dinner. Mrs Frank Beach visiting Farnhamville parental home. Chas Coffelt and wife at Mrs Coffelt's sister J C Armstrong Zearing. E Moore and wife at Ted Pope home. Mrs G Reece and Lawrence visited Harold DeWitt's. Lesters Liles Lake View and Merle Moore family Waterloo visited Mont Moore home. Ethel and Bethel Cundiff of Marshalltown spent hours at parental home at Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Chas
Iowa Falls
Carl Emerson
Roland
C. E. Johnston
Ted Pope
Grant Harless
Local Family Social News From Lawn Hill Area
Mr and Mrs Howard Clemons and family were entertained for Sunday dinner in the C E Clemons home. H E Kasischke was a business caller in the home of his sister Mrs Adolph Bloome near Somers Friday. Mrs Blanche Murdock and two
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Clemons
C. E. Clemons
H. E. Kasischke
Adolph Bloome
Somers
Blanche Murdock
Community News From Eldora and Nearby Towns
Daughters and Mrs Warren Moas visited Mrs E E Reece. Mrs Robert Hudspeth called on Lena Lundy. Rev J Schliepsick and CGA Deikman hosted New Year’s guests. Basket demo at Mrs Wehrman’s. New Year dinner at Beecher Crosley home with Dorothea Wilde Lucille Hall Pat Zinziski Laurel Mossman. Wm Broer ill, taken to Eldora hospital. Phonsie Winter to Idaho. Noa Reece visited Warren Mossman. Bessie Crosley spent weekend with her mother. Edd Shives hosted C E Clemons supper. Abe Carson visited Lena Lundy. W R Foster attended Wentz funeral. Frederickson family at Gird Clark. New Year’s Day at Ben Dooley’s with Jack Dooley and others. Sam Olson visited Sayer home. Frank Lyman family in Eldora. Hazel Winters home from Cedar Falls. C E Clemons Eldora visitors. Lyle Baldwin visiting sister Callie Bogue. Flora Quiggley ill with flu. H A Hall dined with Amanda Beecher. E Reece attended New Providence club. Arthur Faris and wife Eldora business. Kenneth Quiggley ill with head complaint. Jake Clingerman Mae spent evening with Beecher Crosley. H E Johnson visited Carroll Palmer. Foster family visited Wentz home. Ben Dooley’s getting electric lights. Clover Leaf Club hosted by Clare Clingerman. W R Foster business caller. W R Foster and Ben Dooley Eldora shoppers. Edith Crosley and Lucille Hall Marshalltown business calls. Continued on last page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Hobson
Geo. Hobson
Indiana
John Hadley
Vernie Hobson
Susan Hobson
Arthur’ Clampitt
Reba Clampitt
Hazel Winters
New Providence
Richard Clampitt
Roy Clampitt
Deaconess
Marshalltown
Foster and Son
Richard
John Russell
Fairview
Ray Andrews
Duane
Clint’ Martin
Arthur Clampitt
Wesley
Hobson
H. A. Ruddick
Hazel
Winters
Helen Knight
Henry Steelman
Lloyd
Claire
Nerius Cockerham
Claude Manning
Zearing
Honey Creek
Anna Thornton
Claude
Manning
Henry
Steelman
R. E. Russell
Arthur Wooten
Claude Winters
P. Ke.lepley
Julia
Willett
Lepley
I. N
Borton
Mrs
Warren Moasman
E. E. Reece
Robert Hudspeth
Lena Lundy
J. Schliepsick
CG. A. Deikman
Hubbard
W. R. Foster
Mesdamen E. E. Reece
Edith Crosley
Wentz
Eldora
August Frederickson
Gird Clark
Ben Dooley
Jack Dooley
Chas. Hartman and Son
Loyd Dooley
Sam Olson
Jewell
Robert Sayer
Frank Lyman
Owasa
Hazel ‘Winters
Cedar Falls College
C. E. Clemons
Lyle Baldwin
Callie Bogue
Flora Quiggley
H. A. Hall
Amanda Beecher
Reece
Arthur Faris
Kenneth Quiggley
Jake Clingerman
Mae
Beecher-Crosley
H. E. Johnson
Carrol Palmer
Dean
Gene
Clare Clingerman
Clover Leaf Club
Barth
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. Farmer
John T. LaForge & Sons
T. H. Schaa
Schaa Produce Co
Timber Valley
Illinois Grove
Iecret
Ayer, Barnes
Houghton
Ifflin Company
Bons Ma
Louis Ield
Frederick A. Stoke
Ger
The
Viking Press
Leonhard Frank
Jonathan Cape
Harrison Smith
Iona Gale
Albred A. Knopf
Forsyte Change
John Galsworthy
Charles Scribner’s Sons
A. P. Worbents
Doubleday, Doran & Co
Sheila Kaye-Smith
Margaret Kennedy
Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc
D. H. Lawrence
Alfred A. Knopf
Rosamond Lehmann
Henry Holt & Co
Rose Macaulay
Horace Liveright
Somerset Maugham
Alice Grant Rosman
Minton, Balch & Co
Thames Williamson
Simon & Schuster
Leonard Merrick
E. P. Dutton & Co
Sweet Man
Gilmore Millen
Rose O'Neil
Providence
P. T. Lepley
I. N. Ruddick
Maurice
Ruddick
Stanford
Jennie Hickman
Pearl
Otis Rash
Kathleen
H. W. Andrews
Norma Winters
Clampitt
Willett Lepley
F. N. Davis
Lauretta
Lester
Davis
Emily Jergensen
Albion
Vernon Dole
Lauretta and
Emily Jorgensen
Whitten On
Apri
Osborne
Deering
H. P
de Laval
Concord
Farm Bureau
Bidora Township
Lawn Hill
Claassen Tire Shop
South Side Square
S. A. Hardy
McCormick
International
Hoover
Aspinwall
Star
International Rotary
Birdsall
Miller
John Deere
Bradley X-ray
Eldora Township Farm Bureau
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