Gassers Rally Past Bluff Boosters 6-4 in Seesaw Game
The Gassers upset the Council Bluffs Boosters 6-4 after trailing 4-1 in the late innings as Everett McMasters fanned 13 over seven innings to quell the rally. The Gassers erupted for five runs in the seventh to secure the win. Nearby social notes list family visits and celebrations surrounding Fourth of July gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs Boosters
Bluffs
Kenny McMasters
Big Brother
Everett McMasters
Mac
Annual Prige family reunion and local social notes
Descendants of Rev. and Mrs. W. F. Price held their annual reunion near Red Oak with 98 attendees. A Kensington book review at Methodist church drew 50, led by Elsie Evans on The Song of the Years, and plans for church cleaning were discussed. Numerous local visits, travels, and illnesses are noted, including births, hospital stays, and a safety event after cement sacks fell on Wayne Ord. Multiple families from Emerson, Audubon, Shenandoah, and surrounding towns are mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Price
Mart Almquist
Red Oak
Sis
EU- Reale Scout
Denver
Colo
Nelle Bush
Council Bluffa
Bell Parker
Essex
Alice Ross
Audubon
Lizzie Hascall
Climax
Methodist Kensington
Kensington
Claude Barna
Elsie Evans
Laura Douglas
Rounds
Wood River
Neb
Genevieve
Emerson
Marlin Wilkinson
Red Oak Hospital
Wikinson
R. W. Davis
Kenneth Shaw
Shenandoah
Ralph Edie
Ralph Glenn
Minnesota
Ole Suelven
Montrose, Minn
The
Haute
E. B. Westenburg
H. C. Hicks
J. C. Wilkins
R. J. Nelson
Steele City
Emma Sowers
Martha Honeyman
Gayle Greenwood
Dorothy Pickrel
Simpson
Ray Sparks
Leon
Princeton
Wayne Ord
Doyle Huntsman
Tabor
Ida Briggs
Anais Briggs
H.C. Hascall
Immanuel Hospital
Omaha
K. J. Cronwall
Mr. Cronwall
Noduway
Hillsdale Club Meeting and Pre Nuptial Shower
Hillsdale RE 1 C meeting at Mrs Lowell Sell home drew about 40 members and guests. President Rena Mayberry presided, then Lula Gilbert led programs on flowers and a story plus music and a flower show. Shower honors Louise Williams for Paul Powers upcoming Glenwood wedding. Families and friends later attended picnics, visits, and travel plans ending with many local names and places in Glenwood and Emerson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RE. 1. C
Rural Improvement Club
Lowell Sell
Rena Mayberry
Lula Gilbert
Verna White
Jennie Buffington
Phylis Wheeler
Lucile Jones
Sell
Ella Dillebay
Paul Powers
Leonard Seeger
Guy Wolfe
George Powers
Louise Williams
Lincoln
Glenwood
Contestis
Seeger
News of Emerson Community Items
Emerson notes community welfare and activities in a department focused on Emerson and its residents. Readers are invited to send news and subscriptions to the department for inclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
Girl Scouts Return From Nebraska Camp
Mr and Mrs W Honeyman retrieved 71 scouts from an eight day Nebraska camp west of Omaha. Groups were named Hohin Hoods Indians Gypsies and Brownies with the Emerson events in the Robin Hood group. They shared dining and pool facilities and cared for the camp mascot a dog named Chipso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Avents
Missouri River
Maxcot
Chipso
Dean Boswell
D. B. Sprow
Monkey behavior described in Malay tale fragment
A fragmented text describes Malay monkeys catching crabs with their tails. Monkeys swarm benches and probe crab holes, tails entering each hole as fishermen cast lines. Monkeys evade crab pincers and drag crabs to the surface, then pounce on them.
Imogene S E Mills Family Reunion Sunday in Nebr
Imogene and nearby families gathered Sunday at the Archer home in Imogene Neb with many relatives from Alliance Red Oak Omaha Griswold Council Bluffs Berkeley Cal and Creighton. Farmers worked in fields after rain as corn neared tassel, with several kin visiting and planning travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Stephens
Art Darby
Clara Marie Douglas
Elliott
Ruel Schick
Milo Schick
Malvern
Roy L. Smith
Council Bluse
Smith
al. A. Wichert
Clyda Warren
Vennard Larson
Relatves
Sirs
Clyde Rhoads
Glenwood
Dune
Hn Archer
Thep
Fred
Alliance
Ann Archer
Fewins
Neb
Edward
Mary Staniaus
Marka Willer
Council Bins
Catherine Gilmore
Dorothy
Agnes
Robert
Omaha
Franer
Red Oak
Lea Archer
Charles
Imogene
Ralph Archer
Griswold
Mrs
Bed Archer
Mrs. Archer
Usiny
Roscoe Thes
Canned Bluffs
Leo Archer
Jack Gilmore
Duarothe
Julila Archer
Weston
Mass
4-H Poultry Club to Meet July 10
The Cockle-Deedhs Da Boudtry held an all day meeting at Ray Hilton's home with new members earning points on flinging and an annual judging on laying hens. A poultry food sale was planned for Saturday July 2 at Malvern to fund future club expenses. The next meeting is set for July 10 at the Morrical home in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Hilton
Cluy
Moon
Fallow
Malvern
Morrical
Puncturing the Great Belief in Great Men and Women
A reflective aphorism notes that belief in exceptional figures fades like myths, comparing admiration of great individuals to belief in unicorns and dragons. It argues that even the supposedly extraordinary are ordinary, with a sharp wit attributed to Bernard Shaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Shaw
Cows Run at Large Probed. Fire Destroys Hastings Elevator
Marshall Moore urges Hastings readers to enforce city ordinance restricting cows at large to avoid fines. A noon fire damaged the grain elevator north of the railroad, owned by Eichelberger and Morgan, burning the roof and contents. insured for just over $3000, leaving Hastings without an elevator. Also noted: Emerson’s orator Patrick gave a Fourth of July toast in Arapahoe, a Waushula line derailment near Mrs Summers’ place with minimal injuries to passengers KR. J. Male and May Farn bank survived. two new steam threshing outfits arrived in Emerson, one for Chas. F. E. Lakin’s group and another for a town east of Emerson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Moore
Brindle
Hastines
Eichelberger and Morgan
Hastings
Emerson
R Patrick
Arapahon
Neh
Wabash
Mary Summers
Omaha
KR. J. Male
Burlington
May Whitney Farnbank
Chas. FE. Lakin
Wis
W. J. Adams
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Muley Gooxtes
Chas, Vestal
Cloud McDowell
Paul Vest
Paul Vestal
Elmer Bass
R. GO. Smith
Carroll
Max Nailer
R. W. McLain and Sons
Davenport
Freda Eyera
J. A. Wichert
Wichert
al Everts
Council Bluffs
Geo. Ginger
Jeannette Shock
Owen Fogarty
Council Blunts
Mary B. Gibson
Harry Hines
Kansas
California
Linsey Coons
Marion
Catherine
Macedonia
Margaret McReynolds
Carson
Clara McDowell
Billy
Don Cramer
Prige
Nellie Bass
Ballain
R. O. Smith
Avis Taylor
Neltie Johnson
Dick Coppage
Supt
J. R. Inman
Mrs. Inman
Bud Houeghten
South
Abraham Lincoln
Salem
Shiloh
Chattanooga
Tenn
Stoky Mountains
Shenandoah Valley
Nashville
Kentucky
Washington, DC
Philadelphia
Besson
New York City
Inman Baz
LeRoy McKee
Ames
Violet Bailey
Edwin Davis
B. M. Davis
Dayla
Glen Rae
H. F. Straight
Mr. Straight
Wayne, Neb
Carrie McLain
Hillsdale
Kenneth Hammers
Volney Smilth
Boone
Lester Anthony
Wayne Anthony
Shugg
Pasadena
Cal
Leok
Qhio
Buck
Hey
Margaret Dobson
Pauline Miller
Maxene Sell
Date Bell
Clifton McChure
Budington
Aru Media Willigs
Culver
Mary Wanyers
Eadre
Marlon Culver
Leonard Sever Iy
Wayne
Lizzie Madden
Charley Williame
Julius Bueh
Frank Sawyers
Merrill Buffington
George Buffington
Bobbie
Claud Williams
George Howard
Cella Rounds
Silver City
Harriet Scherer
Pacific Junction
Ais
Mayo Cass
Mery UN Bass
Bernard Gray
Walter
Sioux City
Walter Hilton
Gray
Ben Jackson
Max Jackson
Glen Jackson
Roger
Dean Jacksons
Donald
Dick Jackson
Bey Buffington
San Francisco
Honolulu
Hawaii
Nebraska
Young Mothers’ Club
Merwin Viner
Evelyn Reed
Herbert Stephens
Catherine Viner
Ray Vannanscie
Howard Thomas
Lester Narsden
H. F. Cheney
John Russell
R. R. Honeyman
Clyde Warren
Rex Davidson
F. D. Snodgrass
Ben Baker
Max Naller
Webster City
Edith Hass
J. B. Goss
John Goss
Henderson
Young
Mr. Young
San Bernardino
Roland
Glen Snodgrass
Clyde Shook
Near Malvern
Virgil Ronk
Btrahsn
Wilbur Morrison
Earl Crawford
Ozerka
Bob Hoggett
Dang College
Presbyterian Young People's Conference
James Howers
Harold Bowers
Pidoad Mooreys
SouBlaypuy
Jenking
S.E. Mills
John Gorsard
Sception
Bacurday
Such
Marie Dersey
Este Bussard
4-H Poultry Club
Ozzie
Quer
Veep
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