Chautauqua Opens and Local News From Humeston to Des Moines
Chautauqua opens on July 18. Local visits include Frank McCulloch of Leon in Humeston and Guy Lowe of Des Moines visiting home folks. Des Moines resident Miss Anna Loseman visited with her sister Mrs. Walter Briles. Mrs. Mary Stanfield returned to Denver after visiting Pauline Kestler in Chariton. Wayne Kestler visited at his uncle J. F. Kestler’s in Chariton. Carrie Hasbrouck returned from Ames after visiting her brother I. O. Hasbrouck and family. The Heckett family of Centerville and the Marford home hosted guests. Mrs. Elen G son and her child stayed with M. A. Scovel’s family. Late Rutledge of Weldon was taken to Colfax sanitarium. The Raiser and The Beast of Berlin were advertised. Mrs. Orr Campbell attended the funeral of her stepmother Hannah Evans at Bedford. Ena Hulsebus, formerly of Clay township, died at Donnellson. Funeral attended by H. E. Gerdes. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ault on a motor trip to Bangs and Oklahoma, then Wakefield, Kansas. George Willard moved from Collbran, Colorado, to Jerome, Idaho, as creamery manager at $2,000 salary. son-in-law of A. J. Black. Mrs. J. B. Walker of Fort Madison visits her mother Mrs. R. C. Hutchinson. improvement noted. R. Watts attended Des Moines public schools commencement at the Coliseum. granddaughter M. Margaret Henry, Class of 1945, graduated. among speakers two Negro children were in the class. Miss Henry joined Equitable Insurance.
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Chautauqua
Frank McCulloch
Leon
Humeston
Guy Lowe
Des Moines
Anna Loseman
Walter Briles
Mary Stanfield
Denver
Pauline Kestler
Chariton
R. C. Kestler
Wayne Kestler
J. F. Kestler
Carrie Hasbrouck
I. O. Hasbrouck
Ames
Berlin
Orr Campbell
Hannah Evans
Bedford
Evans
Ena Hulsebus
Clay Township
Donnellson
H. E. Gerdes
J. F. Ault
Bangas
Oklahoma
Shenandoah
J. T. Finney
Wakefield
Kans
George Willard
Collbran
Colo
Jerome
Idaho
Willard
Old Colony Creamery
A. J. Black
J. B. Walker
Fort Madison
R. C. Hutchinson
Hutchinson
R. Watts
Des Moines Public Schools
Coliseum
Thoreday
M. Margaret Henry
Henry
Equitable Insurance Company
Bevington Visitors From Centerville On Saturday
Mrs. C. B. Bevington and her son Howard visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Taylor in Des Moines on Saturday. The note mentions local dining choices and a public benefit tin foil drive to aid war orphans in Belgium and France, linking community events with wartime relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ueed
Des Moines
Happy Tribe
Belgium
France
Hamestoni
The House of Hate Episode Five at the Princess
Amusements note shows The Princess program featuring The House of Hate episode five Spies Within with Pathé News and Ford Educational reel plus a comedy. Saturday offers Fox feature Darand of the Bad Land with Dustin Farnum, a star cast. The Kaiser The Beast of Berlin plays Friday and Saturday June 21–22 with reserved seats urged.
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Bertin
Fa Dont
House of Hate
Pearl
Pathe
Ford
Fox
du Farnum
Dustin Farnuin
All Star
Texas
Kaiser
Beast
Berlin
Farr’s
Government wool buyer visit set for Saturday June 22
A government official will arrive Saturday June 22 to purchase wool. He will pay cash. Bring wool to the seller's home just south of town by J. G. Me er.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Meer
Here There and Everywhere Local News Mix
Mise Beula Goodhart to leave Burlington railroad office in Corydon after telegraphy and general office work. Camp Dodge women vote 43 yes 12 no while men vote 70 for and 43 against. Counties Seymour Leader reports a vagrant escaped Nebraska state institution and is returned with expenses covered. St Johns day picnic of Wayne county Masonic Eastern Star set for Allerton June 24 with plans and committees formed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Beula Goodhart
Buriington
Corydon
Camp Dodge
Sher
Decatur
Monroe
Ringgold
Coun
Seymour
Marshal Lord
Nebraska
St. John’s Day
Masonic-Eastern Star Association
Wayne County
Allerton
Towa plans menu simplification for hotel meals
W F Miller leads a state hotel and restaurant group to push simplified menus in Towa area hotels and restaurants. The plan targets meat portions with one cut steak and beef on most days, with limited exceptions two or three times weekly. Co champions include C da J B Whitaker E R Walker and L Jorgenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sof Towa
Men of
Towa
W. F. Miller
Towa Food Administration
Miller
Wen
W. F. Fineland
Creston
C. da
J. B. Whittaker
Corning
E. R. Walker
Chariton
L. Jorgenson
Shenandoah
Year Book Editors Elected for Hawkere at State University
Fred Steiner of Corydon and George Killinger of Oumwa elected editor and business manager of Hawkere the junior annual of the State University of Iowa. The wartime volume totals nearly five hundred pages with most of the 1600 copies going to University personnel in war service in France or American camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Steiner
Corydon
George Killinger
Oumwa
Hawkere
State University of Iowa
France
Canton
Millennium Train Scene Offers Gentle Conduct
An elevated station scene depicts a patient conductor addressing a crowd with courtesy. He offers seats to all, assists a passenger with a dog and baby, retrieves a dropped dollar, and promises safe carriage and a careful start once everyone is settled.
Churches Column Highlights Local Service Schedule
The Humeston Methodist Episcopal and Congregational churches announce morning and evening services. Congregational midweek service at 3:30 p.m. with Children's Day on Sunday June 16, featuring a program and flowers for the church. Ladies Aid and church groups meet. donations and a quilt block fundraiser underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
Humeston
Aid
Sinclair
Sand remedy touted for liver and kidneys
An ad claims a 50 cent bottle of Sand will improve liver kidneys and bladder function and urges readers to buy at Farr's Rexali store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanol
Farr’s Drug Store
Farr
Rexali
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. L. Taylor Optician
America
Home News
Ray Heckett
Centerville
I. C. Marford
Elen G
Leroy
M. A. Scovel
Rutledge of
Weldon
Colfax
Mr. Rutledge
L. E. Ohara
Gahan
O’hara
W. Firth
Hamelton
Grose
J. O. Carper
Ray Eckerson
Cher
C. E
McKinley Circle
Charles Humeston
J. D. Poszics
HH. A. Nontsrce
S. Supt
Wit
B. King
W. J. Wood
P. A. McCollough
Hamor
John Coffey
Cambria
Brown Jag School
Walter Francisco
Goodrich
A. E. Woollis
Swayze Hollow Wire
C. GL. Hart
W. J. Poundstone
Bert McCulloch
Wheat Field
Roy Kentner
Garden Grove
D. P. Northrup
Hemeston Volcanizing
E. O. Parisho
C.L. Hart
Clothier
Iowa
Mudgett Land & Loan CO
Humeston, Towa
Morreill
Iowa Pride
Moser & CO
Foster Motor CO
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