Society Notes at Goodfellow School Farewell Party
School patrons and friends surprised Miss Velma Custer with a farewell party and gifts as she completes her work at Goodfellow School. Miss Charlotte Wederquist will teach the spring term in the same school. Many local families and clubs are noted in coming events and dinners this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velma Custer
Goodfellow
Miss Custer
Rene Custer
Silver City
Fred Dickersbach
Charlotte Wederquist
Peru Normal
Coodfellow
Tlales Hass
Elephant's Breath Shade Popular Then Absent This Year
A note mentions a shade called elephant's breath popular in women's apparel, but it won’t be shown this year due to no Tet since last November. A humorous aside asks what tax collectors the recent thieves would make. Malvern juniors plan a Saturday food sale at Mansfield's store to fund their banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas Gazette
Malvern High
Mansfield’s
Land of the Deep South and Huey Long era imagery
The piece surveys a journey from Arkansas into Louisiana with vivid depictions of the Deep South. It contrasts plantation legacy and sharecropping hardship with urban growth in Louisiana towns, notes Huey Long’s political influence, and describes rising water and flood imagery along the Mississippi corridor toward Vicksburg, blending nostalgia with regional contrasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ad Meyer
Rectr
Arkansas Hills
Texas
Louisiana
Deep South
Astrea
Birmingham
Huey Long
Cas
Old Darjo reminiscences and 1912 local notes
From The Leader files comes Good Old Darjo items for readers who recall those times. The 1912 report covers Mills County Chautauqua claims settled, a 103.90 1910 deficit cleared, personnel moves, social notes, a heavy snow and cold spell, a 1887 depot floor upgrade, a burglary at J D Paddock's store with tools from Bushnell Brothers' shop, and related small events and arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. A. Parsons
Mills County Chautauqua Association
Association
Earl Robbins
Little Sioux
Quinn Lumber
Mesdames C. S. Royce
Edith Aistrope
S.A. Campbell
J. R. Scott
Omaha
Pink Lady
Iowa
J. J. Johnson
Marion Avenue
Velma Pearl
Oscar Judke
Ladies' Aid and Jolly Woman's Club Meet at Glenwood
Pacific Junction notes show the Ladies' Aid meeting at Glenwood with patriotic program led by Mrs. Allen Watts and refreshments served by Mrs. Ira Nuss and Mrs. Delashmutt. The Jolly Woman's Club met with Mrs. Bulis Karr. Local residents visit Hastings and Council Bluffs. Girls basketball heads to Oakland tournament. residents attend R. M. Morgan farm sale east of Tabor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid
Thomas Delashmutt
Glenwood
Allen Watts
Ira Nuss
Delashmutt
Jolly Woman's Club
Bulis Karr
Ed Hathaway
Hastings
Ed Hayes
Franklin Frazier
Oakland
R. M. Morgan
Tabor
Local Moves and Health Notes in Wesley Chapel community
Wesley Chapel residents report moves as Mr and Mrs Harald Wilson occupy the farm home vacated by Mrs Blanche Wilson. Wallace Haney family relocate near Tabor. Joh Ratashak and family move toward Avoca. Lorance Lisle and Joe Robbins, Simpson college students, visit homefolks. Claude Wilson ill with appendicitis. Airs J B Fickel under war trouble strain. garbled end notes indicate scattered names and notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harald Wilson
Blanche Wilson
Wallace Haney
Tabor
Joh Ratashak
Avoca
Lorance Lisle
Joe Robbins
Simpson College
Claude Wilson
J. B. Fickel
Canaria
Aid Flood Sufferers From Savory Vacuum Oil Co
A letter notes a charitable donation by the Soenny Vacuum Oil Co. Inc. to the American Red Cross for flood relief. It mentions Bob Durvey of M yer and the Savory Vacuta OU Co. district in Onaha as previously unlisted contributors and urges continued support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Durvey
White Bagteas
Myer
Onaha
Savory Vacuta OU Co
American Red Cross
Soenny Vacuum Oil Co. Inc
New York City
Socony Vacuum OF Co
Jean
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. L. Hale
Mer
OR. Hyde
S. J. Anderson
L. A. Talhtt
Gidleys
Thomas W. Gidley
I. L. Danner
R. W
W. A. Caldwell
W. C. Slathower
H. A. Galliher
A. R. Graves
Fred Hall
C. A. Johnson
Baptist Kensington
O. E. Davis
D. M. Kline
Otto Hall
Robert Bursey
Max Frank
Hannah Swain
Baptist Ladies
Kensington
Davis
Red Oak
J. F. Wearin
J. F. Wearin Jr
J. W. Baer
Betty
Billie
Chas
Hildegarde Baumgartner
George Washington
Frank Summers
Hydes
O. R. Hyde
Chas. H. Summers
J. N. Summers
Marvin
Hill Billies
Flo
Della
Darlene Knap
Erna
Gertrude
Leona
Margaret
Doris Leo
Josephine Pontow
Elden
Everett Gredle
Lester Knap
The
Presbyterian Social Union
I. L. Donner
Caday
Weatern
King Huey
Edonrate
Teansiina
Ee Ee Lowe
Vicksburg
Warner
Crete
Q Company
J. D. Paddock
Bushnell Brothers
Pacific Junction
Fred Mendenhall
Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs
Donna Dean
Walter Killman
Wesley Chapel
Malvern
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