Birthday Surprises Mark Weekend in Macedonia Vicinity
Sunday and Thursday gatherings honored local residents with birthday surprises and a picnic at Carl Barton’s home. Attendees included Vernon Viner, the Schillings, Viner families, Bolton and many neighbors from Macedonia Carson and Des Moines areas. Mystery Circle elected officers and exchanged gifts while plans for next year were set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia. Bolton
Macedonia
Karen Johnson
Vernon Viner
Carl Holton
Wetry Schilling
George Jones
Mra
Earl Rutledge
Harley
Will Viner
Wyron
Ralph Viner
Merwin Viner
Herbert Jones
Carl Barton
Carl
Henry Schilling
Dale Read
Volney Warren
B. G. Brammeter
Marion Mahan
Ben Aukland
Mervin Blump
Irving Stevens
Near Macedonia
Lloyd Conover
Carson
Patricia Stevens
Topeka
Kan
Ruth Stevens
Calvin Bolton
Des Moines
Katie Connor
Bolton
Maerdonia
Dan Wilton
Les Patrick
Laura Hull
News of Emerson Community Affairs
Items of interest concerning Emerson and Emersoniang underline the department's focus on local welfare and community activities. It highlights civic events, neighborhood updates, and public service notes shaping daily life in Emerson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
Emersoniang
Auxiliary Install New Officers and Local Notices
The American Legion Auxiliary held a regular meeting on Friday July 12 at Mrs E Cole s home with visitors including district president Mrs Roy Flannagan and Sliver City unit president Mike Pullman. New officers were installed led by Mrs Flannagan with extensive committee appointments announced and a bake sale planned for July 19 at Goas Hardware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
E. Cole
Roy Flannagan
Mike Pullman
Sliver City
Glenwood
Flannagan
Barnett
Mary B. Gibson
Elesie Evans
M. L. Evane
Hagel Patrick
Ola Farris
W. H. Cramer
Mra
Melinda Snodgrass
Martha Honeyman
Cora Good
Margaret Grayson
Margaret Carlson
Evangeline Lang
Louise Whisler
Fern Ellis
Jean Unruh
Mabel Honeyman
Jeusie Cole
Goas Hardware
Edith Parker
Jessie Cole
Vernon Johnson
Dubuque
Migs Pulluan
Cole
Mré. Cuit Unruh
Ben Dittus
Malvern
Emerson Independent School District Budget Hearing Notice
The Board of Directors of Emerson Independent School District Mills County Iowa will meet July 30 1940 at 8 00 pm at Schoolhouse Taxpayers will be heard for or against the following estimate of expenditures District Secretary Ralph E Good
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouses Bisesc
Emerson Independent School District
Indian Creek Township
Mills County
Towa
Ralph E. Good
Rainbow Tea and community gatherings at local church
A Rainbow Tea in the Methodist church parlors featured a Rainbow's Promise playlet led by Mrs Lang and devotions by Mrs Thelma Blank. The event highlighted a Mystery Friend breakfast on Aug 14, with a noon gift exchange and many hostesses named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
The
Missionary Society
Mra
M. D. Lang
Thelma Blank
Mra. Lang
Carel Johnson
Marilyn Jones
Annabell Lang
Marilyn Cranwall
Hilly Boswell
Sylvia Whister
Delaine
Frederick Larson
F. P. McSkimming
L. E. Ripley
John Carson
Lyle Wilkins
Harold Sowers
John Thorgon
Claude Barns
L. L. Scott
Opal Shaw
Hamm's Drop Gassers Edge In 19 Inning Battle
The Emperron Gassers edged Hamm's Beer of Omaha 6-4 in 19 innings after Gordonier pitched eight strong frames for the Gassers and Hamm's misplayed late. E McManters took the loss, Ba...loceuck started for Hamm's, with Grasso finishing. The piece also notes community notices and local visits, linking a long game to a cluster of regional social items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emperron Gassers
Hamm
Qomaha
Gordonier
Gasser
Omahans
E. McManters
Baloceuck
Grasso
Homer Shoop Weds Evelyn Walley in Rock Port Mo
Homer Shoop son of Mrs Alta Shoop married Misa Eve Walley daughter of Mrs C T Hanlon in Rock Port Missouri on Sunday July 14. They were accompanied by Mr and Mrs Arthur Brown of Henderson. The couple planned a wedding trip but illness and an appendectomy at Red Oak hospital delayed their plans. Shoop runs a coffee shop locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Bo Cheney
Wes Dorothy Remsen
Columbus, G
Milla County
F. Fart Fisher
Dorothy Jane Remsen
Theodore Remsen
River Forest
Horace B. Cheney
Emerson
Remsen
University of Wisconsin
Ohio State University
Cheney
Towa State College
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Wooster
Lawrence Pease
Seth Pease
Farragut
June DeVall
B. C. DeVall
Sidney
West
Knoxville
Tenn
Pease
University of Tennessee
Homer Connell and Son
L. Gilliland
Persia
Portsmouth
Nina Buckingham
Chicago
Will Good
Buckingham
Malvern
Mary Thomas
W. V. Morrison
R. L. Fielda
D. A. Edle
Omaha
George Coyle
Methodist Hospital
Arno,Graybill
Frank
Don Graybill
Carson
Sundey
Homer Good
Otis Butcher
A. J. Davis
Art Davis
Ray Davis
Henderson
Rex Davis
Council Bluffs
Marvin Hansen
Tulsa
Okla
Lake View Park
Dean Davis
U. S. Navy
Minnie Davis
Denver
Jim Boyer
Cooley
Broadway Cafe
Fred Lemons
Near Malvern
Frank Haney
Lola McKee
Red Oak Hospital
Corlisa Graham
V. R. Johnson
Lewis Birdsall
Jews Highway Commission
Creenford
Bia
Ead
Birdsall
Piorson Wen
Homer Shoop
Alta Shoop
Misa Eveyn Walley
C. T. Hanlon
Rock Port
Arthur Brown
Shoop
Social notes bloom with birthdays and visits across towns
Rey and Mrs. L E Ripley hosted a lawn supper for Mrs Ripley’s sister Miss Myrtle McCrary of Shenandoah celebrating a birthday. Guests included Mr and Mrs C J Rutehtel of Con. Others mingled with Dallas R N in Hollywood and Diana. Dozens of local families shared engagements picnics and weekend visits across Council Bluffs Omaha and Henderson, plus reports of cyclones wreckage in Portsmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Valley, Neb
G. E. Ashby
Bonnie Roll
Red Oak
Harold Sowers
Lester Carson
McCook
Neb
Beverly Sue
James Swisher
Lyle Wilkingon
Corner Bluffs
Mis
Laura McDowell
Omaha
Clara McDowell
May Schwan
Los Angeles
Cal
Tvan Shook
Evelyn
Darwin Harcall
Mra
Gue Tengatrom
Cyclona
Portsmouth
Bethel Burgtort
Dig Bend
Kan
Harry Maloney
Cheriton
B. A. Bass
Clyde Warren
R. O. Smith
Oaks Pitchfork Run Hits Hicks Boy in Leg Misfortune
Last Monday Robert Hicks suffered a leg injury when a pitchfork tine pierced his calf. He required medical treatment and a tetanus shot but is recovering well. The report notes multiple visits and social calls around the Dale Road area as neighbors and family referenced in a community chronicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hicks
Robert
Community Notes of Local Residents and Visitors
A string of social calls and family visits fills the week as Mr and Mrs Forrest Achen Han eh and others hosted or visited in their homes across the area. Individuals including Marion Mahan, Jack Byars, Ruth Blien, Harold Yam ingdale, and many more appear in greetings, dinners, and confirmations of travel and hospitality requests amid a tapestry of small town life. A sidewalk anecdote notes five years of dandelion digging by the Rolfe ladies producing persistent lawn care results. An accident near the mill leaves John Louder with a chest injury and eye burn from a steam plug mishap, with a cautious outlook on recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Mahan
Jack Byars
George Janes
Chirmice McKinney
Robert Ileks
Gerald Viner
Vernon Viner
Merewin Viner
Marvin Soneymitty
Donald Lewis
Merrill Sting
Garden Steiner
Harold Yamingdale
Bes
Carl Flingen
Climax
Anna Woelstrom
Hame
Carol Viner
Carl Linn
Nelli
Hazel Anderson
Ted Oak
Anna Weistrom
Emmett Dabba
Nyman
Ben Aukland
Henry Schilting
Otha Lee Darby
Lester Hollingsworth
Malvern
Carl Bolton
B Macedonia
Bolton
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Mystery Circle
Leo Willams
Verne Steiner
Bovtowser
Bincett
Shnwa
Forrest Achenhaugh
Kent
Mrs
Priscilla and
Nadina Aukland
Rushwell Smith
Bert Smith
Claire Aukland
Lester Marsden
Shambaugh
Harold Bruning
Marilyn
Harlan
L. &. Brammeter
Twila
Win Castor
M. G. Brammeter
Otto Brunning
Elaine
Treynor
SSR
METS
Acti
Wun, Nat
Bboy
Ord Stany
Ed Morgan
Donna Jesu
Wille Douglas
Young Mothers’ Club
H. E. Vannausdle
Herbert Stephens
Howard Thomas
Mina Evelyn Shook
Huntsman
Porter's Lake
Amy Huntsman
Vivian
Guy
Fred Huntsman
Flo
Katherine Smith
Charles Edie
Ruel Schick
Doyle Hunteman
Mirs
Ray Huntsman
Cecil Shepherd
Jess Rankin
Wales
Hous
Art Jenkins
BGC
Hellet Corps
Thursa Edie
Anna Knight
Barbara Ballsin
Blanch Hall
Pearle Wilkins
Myrtle Hale
Evelyn Reed
Bayptist Church
Rey
H. A. Fass
T. R. Ellison
H. E. Greenwood
H. A. Foss
Harl Cramer
Anton Kant Hospital
Mr. Cramer
Eliott
Ww. H. Cramer
Vernon White
Ruth and
Houston
Tex
Emma McMullen
Jennia Kellenbarger
Euphie Salmons
Carroll Slump
Stennett
Slump
Kathleen Williams
B. B. Westenburg
Westenburg
Creston
Mary Arneet
Missouri
Harry Mier
Waterloo
Hamm’s
Stanton
Vikinga
Gaspers
Kenny McMasters
Pitenei
Evelyn Walley
OAKS
Dale Road
Earl Marsden
Joe Viner
Ray Darby
Guy Osborne
Dale
Dartane
Grant Bunday
Phyllty and Royce
Nev
Vovey Werren
Charlotte
Marion Mabav
Jowell
Uncle Zeblez
Rear Lumber
Forrest Achenhaneh
Darrell
Darlene
Mia
Henry Seliiing
Ruth Blien
Laura Halt
Oder Hall
Rolfe
John Louder
Balle Plaine
Passamia
Chevrolet
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