LeGrand Picnic Marks Twelfth Annual Gathering in Whittier
Report covers the twelfth annual LeGrand picnic in Whittier California on June 1 1981 with a noon dinner in Central Park followed by songs a church program and a photo show of departed friends led by Dr H E McGrew and John R White. Also lists registrants and notes a mad dog scare ending with the dog shot by town marshal W M Gaunt and head sent to Iowa City for analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittier
Calif
LeGrand
Towa
Central Park
M. EB. Church
Lewis Reiterman
Clarine Coppock
Alice and
Vivian White
Mona Rose Seppi
the Knights
H. E. McGrew
John R. White
H.D. Hoover
Davis
J. A. Plummer
Sacramento
Horace Salisbury
Maggie Hammond Salisbury
Chas. Thompson
Abel Sawyer
Mary Keen Burke
Scott Keen
Blanche Keen Sepps
Robert Knight
C. M. Knight
Genevieve Koight
P. P. Mercer
Benedict
Hla. McCord
Luella Mendenhall
R. J. White
Anna Laura White
Elmina Farquhar Cook
Mabel Elizabeth Cook
Edwin McGrew
R. EB. Coppock
Sam McGrew
H. F. Bryngelson
Marie Rosdale
Lester Hastings
Stephen Hadley
Addie Hammond Hadley
Eliabeth Hammond Hartley
Lissie Hammer Jessup
May Reed Willits
Lizzie F. Buck
W.G. Keen
Alice Keen Phillips
Everett White
Joe Hisey
Lewis Salisbury
G. &. Dippo
A. E. Wilson
S. J. Hollingsworth
Ettie Gatlick Esmay
N. J. Garrison
May Benedict
Louis T. Hill
Rachel Vore
Marie Knight
Johnson
Ernest Bovee
Margaret Keen Urich
A.B. Coppack
Cora Keen
Geo. Hollingsworth
Tom
J. R. White
A. B. Coppack
Dorothy Specht
Helen Haynes
Garwin
D. N. Ferguson
Conrad Kaisand
W. M. Gaunt
Iowa City
Local News and Personals Update from LeGrand
Local column lists births, visits, and travels. A baby girl was born Monday to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Reed. Many relatives from Ames Des Moines Waterloo and Cedar Rapids socialize and tour. A Grinnell College graduation brought C A DeLong and family to town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Reed
Ralph Mills
Ames
E. M. Mills
Bernard Russell
Eleanor
Vernon
Ednna Thompson
Waterloo
Berniece Simms
Deaconess Hospital
Earl Simms
R. W. Hough
Mt. Morris
L. C. Knudson
Monnday
Des Moines
Newton
Oscar
Carl Tow
Cleveland
Ohio
Jesse Tow
Sarah Tow
Cedar Rapids
Minnesota
Tell Me Why By My Day
Poem recalls an old hometown LeGrand with railroad tracks and limestone hills. The speaker longs for childhood places such as a schoolhouse church mill and a quarry where memories of kindred and friends stay close to the heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memry
Song of LeGrand Ason at Annual Picnic 1931
Song celebrating LeGrand with dates and many local families named. It honors residents and clans like Arnolds Hammonds Willitses Plummers Chilsons Salisburys McCools Farquhars Welker s Dimeans Townsends Reiterman McGrew Hisey Coppocks Hadleys Benedicts and Keens. The piece invites singing at the May 10 1931 picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeGrand Asion
Oy Day
Stein
Arnolds
Hammonds
Willitses
Plummers
Chilsons
Salisburys
McCools
Farquhars
Welker
Motes
Dimeans
Townsends
Keens
Reiterman
McGrew
Hisey
Coppocks
Hadleys
Benedicts
Town Savings Bank to Open Depository in LeGrand
Officials of the Town Savings Bank of Marshall town have secured a state permit to establish a depository in LeGrand under the new banking law. Two officials visited LeGrand last Friday and reported good prospects. exact start date is uncertain but shortly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Savings Bank
Marshalltown
LeGrand
State Banking Department
Dynamiters Triumph Over Bean Eaters In Six Inning Affair
The Dynamiters beat the Bean Eaters 9 to 6 at Crinoid Park on June 4 after five runs in one inning. Perry, Rhodes and Manship starred for the Dynamiters with Hines and Higinbotham guiding the Bean Eaters. Louis Leech from St Paul visited Corney Leech. Kellogg and Winders families planned Ames weekend trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Ben Baumgartner
Dynamiters
Crinoid Park
Ben
Perry
Rhodes
Manship
Hines
Higinbotham
Bean Eaters
Louis Leech
St. Paul
Corney Leech
C. W. Kellogg
Basil Winders
Ames
Sherman Kellogg
Nuese Devick Wedding At Marshall Town Parsonage
Arthur Nuese and Evelyn Devick were married in a double ring ceremony Tuesday evening June 2 at the Friends parsonage in Marshalltown by Rev. Chas. O Whitely. Attendants were Gilbert Nuese and Dorothy Paul. The bride is the daughter of Omund and Mrs Devick of near Ferguson and formerly a rural teacher. the groom is son of Fred and Mrs Nuese of near Dillon. They will live on a Dillon area farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nuese
Devick
Arthur Nuese
Evelyn Devick
Friends Parsonage
Marshalltown
Chas
Whitely
Gilbert Nuese
Dorothy Paul
Tama
Omund Devick
Ferguson
Fred Nuese
Dillon
Sparrow Feeds Baby Robins
Justice C. W. Kellogg recounted a natural history incident. A robin’s nest fell during a north wind and the fledglings were found hungry. An English sparrow fed the orphans, but a family cat then attacked the tender birds, threatening the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Kellogg
Subscriptions Seen as Revenue Source for Paper
The note states many subscriptions are in arrears and urges tracking expiration dates on the first page. It mentions needing money and relying on subscriptions as the main means to secure funds.
Children’s Day Program at Friends Church Details
The program at Friends Church features Rev. Taylor Guthrie as pastor with a 10:30 start. It lists multiple performances including songs Sing Glad Songs of Praise and Glad Children's Day is Oer, recitations by Maynard Johnson Dorothy Olson and Frances Freihoth, plus exercises by Junior Dunham and others. A missionary offering and benediction by O W Johnson and C B conclude, with a Wednesday prayer meeting and a cordial welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Guthrie
Robert Rosfjord
Donald Higinbotham
Maynard Johnson
Margaret Long
Dorothy Dunham
Lora Keen
Dorothy Olson
Everett Latham
William Stinson
Junior Dunham
Doris Guthrie
Frances Freihoth
Love
Love”Intermediates Song--Live Wires Exercise—Buds of Promise
Kathryn Mills
Ethel Rhodes
Rodney Freiboth
True Blue
O. W. Johnson
Christian Church Services and Programs
Christian Church schedule includes 10:00 Church School led by Maude Gaunt, a 10:30 Sunday school program for Children’s Day, 7:00 Christian Endeavor with Leona Crow on True and False Friendships, John 15 10 15, 8:00 Evening Service, and a Prayer Circle Wednesday at 8. All welcome to worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Gaunt
Christian Endeavor
Leona Crow
John
Carlton Brethren Church Revival and Local Notices
Carlton Brethren Church schedules Sunday School at 10 a.m. and Morning Worship at 11, with Children's Day Exercises at 8 p.m. A W M S meeting is set for Wednesday June 17 at Mrs. C E Richards home. Visits and travel notices from Grinnell to Ravenna and Montour are noted along with a death in Ravenna. Aaron T Shellenbarger born 1858 in Tama County died in Ravenna after years of business and church work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M.S
C. E. Richards
Eneas Sawyer
Grinnell
Abel
Weitzell Produce Station
Adv
Rebecca Graham
Grace Ray
Cedar Rapids
Chas. L. Hammond
Wayne
Nebr
James
Anna Vreeland
Montour
Will Dunham
A. A. Shellenbarger
Butterville
Boy Fractures Winds shield in Rain Crash
Arlo Harris, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Harris, was badly injured when his Ford rammed a parked truck near Anson street and Third Avenue after rain blurred his windshield. He suffered deep facial gashes and mouth injuries, was taken to Deaconess Hospital, and is recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Beane
Abbie Beane
A. L
B. H
Raymond Beane
Jean Colburn
Ralph Beane
Anna Tow
George King
Covina
Calif
G. M. Cox
Lorna
Vinton
King
California
John King
LeGrand
Clutter
Chelsea
Cozzi Hill
Arlo Harris
Chas. Harris
Anson Street
Third Avenue
Arlo
Deaconess Hospital
Oil Truck Fire Near Oliver Rosdale Grounds Paving Damaged
About 3 o clock Thursday morning a Diamond paint truck caught fire west of town near the Oliver Rosdale place. The blaze consumed barrels of paint and oil and scorched nearby tree bark. Some barrels exploded, one landing in farmer Mr Tune's yard and another crossing several hundred yards into George Keen's pasture. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Rosdale
Mr. Tune
George Keen
Truck Runs Amuck In Town After Excessive Driving
A Ford and a truck from the west collided near the square injuring a Durant car owned by Vern Rhodes. Witnesses blamed alcohol. sheriff's deputies arrested the truck driver the next day after a guilty plea, with a $10 fine and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durant
Vern Rhodes
Frank Hass
Rhodes
Roy Hilsabeck
C. W. Kellogg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Whittier, Calif
Rcnaintance
C. A. DeLong
Ruth
Gary
Ind
C.S. Dunkle
Gilman
Corwin O’neal
Charles
Grinnell College
Leora Strom
Austa Strom
Colorado State Teachers College
Greeley
Golox
Miss Strom
LeGrand High School
Addie Adair
Jack Scriven
Chicago
James Adair
Cook County Hospital
Friends Church
Riverview Park
William Hoover
Baseball
Sparrow
Tate
Christian Church
Sarah M. Piper
Carlton
Alvin L. Moyer
East Anson Street
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