Timber City Legion Post Highlights 35 Years of Service
Timber City American Legion post formed in 1919 as Timber City Post led by J O Popelar with F E Thomas as commander. The post grew to about 206 members by 1947, opened Legion Memorial Home at Lakehurst in 1947 and later expanded to a second home in 1947, while conducting community projects from Boy Scouts support to school cooperation and welfare work.
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Timber City Post of Legion
L. E. Reinheimer
Stewart Rogers
Guy Harrington
Ray Griffin
Leo Brown
Verne Conery
W. C. Rankin
Pierce Mitchell
Maquoketa
J. O. Popelar
Chicago
J .E. Hoffstrom
Minneapolis
Everett Phillips
Lincoln
Neo
James Haney
Portland
Oré
Bruce Dobler
Ralph Rightmire
California
Fred Hartman
Boone
Legion
Timber City
American Savings Bank
Miami and
Platt Streets
Post
Auxiliary
F. R. Purinson
J. J. Marouwsis
H. D. Keeley
A. W. McGowan
R. J. McNerney
Lakehurst
Legion Memorial Home
Ausillary
Salvation Army
Hawkeye Boys
Jackson County
Goodenow
Main Street
Patriotic Service of the Legion
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Otto W. Reel
American Legion
Timber City Legion Auxiliary Aids Veterans Families 32 Years
The Timber City Post No. 45 auxiliary highlights welfare work and child support over 32 years. Since 1922 the unit funds food clothing and medical costs for needy veterans families and supports hospitals, rest homes and orphanages. Officers for 1953-54 include Lorraine Agnitsch president and Annelle Kleis vice.
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Timber City Legion
Timber City Unit
Timber City West
Legion Hall
Lakehurst
Loleta Benson
Hazel Reel
Annette Kleis
Oval
Chela
Florence Reichling
Louise Swift
Avenue Wilson
Helen Knight
Bonnie Turner
Karen Ales
Lorraine Agnitsch
Annelle Kleis
Madge Lotspeich
Mildred Sharp
Maquoketa Public Library
R. W. Benson
Americanism
American Legion Auxiliary
The
Legion
V F.W
Americanism Project Officers and 1953 Membership
The Americanism Project lists Dorothy Jones as president with Portia Ales as second vice president and Pavyi Hs Burns as secretary. Joyce Reisdorph is treasurer, Caroline Taylor historian, Freda Loser and Virginia Rees chaplains, Florence Reichling and Dorothy Stanek sergeantsatarms, with Cathryn Crouch as a board member. Membership at year end 1953 was 345 including junior members. Regular meetings occur on the first Thursday monthly.
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Dorothy Jones
Portia Ales
Pavyi Hs Burns
Joyce Reisdorph
Caroline Taylor
Freda Loser
Virginia Rees
Florence Reichling
Dorothy Stanek
Viola Dalchow
Cathryn Crouch
First Legion Posts Formed in Jackson County
Historic record shows early American Legion posts across Jackson County with temporary charters issued in 1919. Key dates include Timber City Post No. 735 at Maquoketa receiving a permanent charter Sept 2 1920, Mississippi Post No. 74 at Sabula canceled in May 1929 and renewed 1931, and Reveille Post No. 273 at Bellevue chartered Oct 30 1919 with permanent charter Sept 21 1920. Other posts include LaMotte No. 399, Lubben Kesley No. 513, Corp Elmer H. Brown No. 590, Tompkins Jenkins No. 602, and Spencer Cook No. 677 with various charter dates through 1946. A separate note from Aug 5 1897 reports a Maquoketa school board policy on teacher marriages during employment as resignations.
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American Legion
Jackson County
Mississippi
Sabula
Timber City
Maquoketa
Tuwa
Reveille
Bellevue
LaMotte
R. J. Laird
LaMotte Post
Lubben-Kesley
Baldwin
Corp
Elmer H. Brown
Spragueville
Tompkins-Jenkins
Preston
Spencer Cook
Miles
Maquoketa Town Grows Wealthy With 3500 Population
Maquoketa now lists 3500 residents and ranks among the state’s wealthiest, with 200 business places including 5 newspapers, 4 banks, 3 lumber yards, and 6 hotels. Daily life features ten trains arriving and departing.
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Maquoketa
Sentinel
Commercial Club Banquet Reviews City Projects
The Commercial club banquet reviewed club work since formation. The Williamstown sanatorium was thriving, a foundry and machine shop prospered, a canning factory would soon begin, two interurban railways were surveyed and planned, other projects were deemed impractical.
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Commercial Club
Sentinel
Delmar Town Saloon Licenses Kept Selling Despite High Fees
The Delmar town council set saloon licenses at a level so high that none of the saloonkeepers will take one, yet they continue selling alcohol. Sentinel reports on the ongoing issue and lack of compliance despite licensing.
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Delmar
Sentinel
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World War Hall
J. O. Popslar
F. E. Thomas
J. L. Jones
J. C. Gregory
Lakehursit Club
Hugh Fletcher
Otto W. Reel Reel
Charles W. Jennings
Veterans Hospital
Des Moines
Iowa
Joe Pepelar
Timber City Post No. 45
James Campbell
United States
Blanche Swift
Lucile Lehmkuhl
Eloise Evans
Margaret Bailey
Gold Star
Nora Glesener
Parley
Marian Owen
Hawkeye Girls
Esther Waite
Dorothy Myatt
Virginia Burns
Americanism Project
First Legion
Niowepap
Harhivee
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