Emerson WSCS to Host District Seminar in Sept
The Methodist WSCS met for a regular meeting. Mrs. Cecilia Wax led devotion, and Mrs. John Parker chaired the program on where Christian women can volunteer. Panelists included Mrs. Frederick Larson, Mrs. M. D. Lang, Mrs. Harold Hicks, and Mrs. Vernon Johnson. Community reports, seeds of Circle activities, and plans for a forthcoming district seminar were discussed. An ice cream social is set for July 24 from 6 to 8:20 p m at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecilia Wax
Opal Bayes
John Parker
Frederick Larson
M. D. Lang
Harold Hicks
Vernon Johnson
WSCS
Bible School
Emerson Society
Plang
Ralph Russell
School of Missions
Simpson College
Indianola
Patty Johnson
Joan Lindberg
Op2ai Bayes
Eugene Carlson
Henry Bourmeister
Emerson News Roundup Highlights Local Social Visits
Wilkie Cottengim visited relatives in Emerson after spending Sunday with brother Jack. Ronald Honeyman and son drove Mrs. Jean Nims to North Dakota. The Graham Williams reunion drew the Johnson and Rice families to Red Oak. Edward Greenywood retrieved Sharon Greenwood from Lincoln Nebraska. Della Hanshew headed to San Pedro California after visiting Sua Grayson. Cynthia and Frank Cole with family visited Des Moines then Mr and Mrs Harry Mee. A coffee gathered for Mrs Robert Hancock visiting from Fitch Texas. Lillia Givan and Clyde Ingersoll joined Lester Going birthday dinner at Viking Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkie Cottengim
Clarinda
Jack
Norwood
Ronald Honeyman
Fred
Jean Nims
North Dakota
Vernon Johnson
W. Rice
Red Oak
Graham-Williams
The
Legion Park
Edward Greenywood
Lincoln
Neby
Sharon Greenwood
Russell Carlson
Della Hanshew
San Pedro
Calif
Sua Grayson
Frank Cole
Cynthia
Des Moines
Mra
Harry Mee
Allister
Susan
Jim
Harlan Westenburg
Robert Hancock
Fitch, Tex
Lillia Givan
Nebr
Clyde Igersoll
Lester
Viking Lake
Local Social Notes and Visits Across Cass County
Mrs. Wilma Boden Barnett of Cassopolis hosted an overnight guest. Don Thorson and family from Irving Texas will vacation two weeks with J A Thorson and others then move to Denver City Texas where Don will be promoted. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Stenger welcomed a son born at Red Oak. Thelma Klein and Edna Worthman of Council Bluffs visited Sue Grayson. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Cooper attended a Red Oak class reunion in Buffalo. Darrell Baker was hospitalized with pneumonia and released. Mrs. K A Evans visited from Okoboji. Georgie Graham and son Bobby of Treynor visited Vernon Johnson’s home. Mrs. H E Greenwood and Mrs. Russell Hvans celebrated birthdays at Shenandoah luncheon. David Johnson, Des Moines, spent the weekend with Quentin Johnson’s family. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon John and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Winders left for Okoboji. Anais Briggs of Omaha visited Mrs. A F Smith. News reached of an accident involving Elton Selby and Teresa in Portland Oregon. Selby sustained head cuts. Mrs. Homer Connell stayed with sister Mrs. Will Brown in Omaha. Mary B Gibson visited Council Bluffs with daughter Mrs. Owen Fogarty. Mrs. Margaret Grayson, Sue, and Mr. and Mrs. E Cole enjoyed a pot luck with Ira Hayes in Silver City for Mrs Hayes birthday. Mrs. Ward Coy and sister Miss Florence Cooper were supper guests at Duane Bergren’s in Morton Mills. Coy and Steve Bergren celebrated a birthday. Mr and Mrs Moore Grayson of Hamburg spent Sunday evening with Margaret Grayson and Sue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Cooper
Buffalo
Darrell Baker
Red Oak Hospital
K. A. Evans
Okoboji
Georgie Graham
Bobby of
Treynor
Vernon Johnson
H. E. Greenwood
Russell Hvans
Suesta
Shenandoah
David Johnson
Des Moines
Quentin Johnson
Robert Winders
Anais Briggs
Omaha
Elton Selby
Teresa
Portland
Ore
Selby
Homer Connell
Will Brown
Mary B. Gibson
Council Bluffy
Owen Fogarty
Margaret Grayson
Sue
E. ©. Cole
Ira Hayes
Silver City
Hayes
Ward Coy
Florence Cooper
Duane Bergren
Morton Mills
Steve Bergren
Moore Grayson
Hamburg
Rites Saturday for James Bayer
Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Emerson on July 13 for James A. Bayer 80 a resident of the community until two years ago Born September 19 1882 in Mills county he died July 10 1963 in Council Bluffs He retired from plumbing and well drilling work Survivors include two sisters Mia Laura Dungan Crescent Indiana and Mrs Stella Mulligan Colorado Springs Colo Burial was in Emerson cemetery beside his sister Eva with Meyer Funeral Home of Council Bluffs in charge The family and friends were invited to lunch at the Methodist church before departing for home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
James A. Bayer
Noel DeKalb
Champion Hill Presbyterian Church
LaVerne Carson
James A. Boyer
Mills County
Council Bluffs
Walter Short
Eva Boyer
Howard
Comstock
Crescent
Laura Dungan
Mia
Stella Mulligan
Colorado Springs
Cole
Hmerson
Eva
Meyer
Charn
Methodist Church
Champion Hill
Emerson Town Budget Hearing Notice 1963
The Emerson town council in Milla County will meet August 6 1963 at 7 30 PM in the Council Room. All taxpayers may be heard for or against the proposed expenditures for the year beginning January 1. A detailed statement of receipts and disbursements past and anticipated will be available from Town Clerk M. Dixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
Milla County
Towra
Henne A M. Dixon
Emerson Auxiliary Installs Officers at Legion Hall
Emerson Auxiliary Unit 675 met July 12 at the American Legion hall with good attendance. Officers elected for Des Moines Department convention were Evelyn Lake and Winnie Gamble with alternates John Parker and Lucile Edie. Installation conducted by Vernon Johnson. Picnic canceled. regular meeting planned with Junior Auxiliary guests. Reports included a Girls State letter and a $50 gift from the American Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi Burton
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Quentin Johnson
Sue Ann Simpson
American Legion
Department
Des Moines
Evelyn Lake
Winnie Gamble
John Parker
Lucile Edie
Vernon Johnson
Donald Eastwood
Erma Allen
Edward Greenwood
Sam. Winters
Fred Edie
Ambassadors of God Love From The Upper Room
Readings from The Upper Room Nashville encourage believers to be ambassadors of God's love in their homes. A prayer asks for humility and resolve to spread blessings, greatness, and love, even when facing difficulties.
Visites and family gatherings across Missouri and Iowa
Mr and Mrs Larry Williams of Norwood Missouri visit Jerry Williams family. Howard Comstock of Crescent visits Mrs Winnie Gamble after Boyer funeral. Floyd Hillyer family visits Savannah Missouri to see Hillyer parents. Har ya and twins stay with grandparents Hill yer. Paula returns home Sunday. Bernard Bruce Red Oak family visits Myrtle Walker. Weber Hillyer and Pearl Kline dine with Ross Bryant. Bryant family hosts granddaughter Dawn Turner from Ames while Larry Turner and Terry Holloway visit in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Comstock
Crescent
Winnie Gamble
Boyer
Floyd Hillyer
Savannah
Mrs. Hillyer
Harya
Twins
Paula
Bernard Bruce
Red Oak
Myrtle Walker
Weber Hillyer
Pearl Kline
Ross Bryant
Four Generations at Grayson Smorgasbord in Malvern
Malvern area social notes record four generation gatherings at the Grayson home with nieces of Mrs. Margaret Grayson joining. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Simpson and Sue Ann of Kirksville and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rupe and family from Chicago, plus relatives from Lincoln Nebraska and Omaha. Ensign Roger D. Sowersby toured from Fullerton to Malvern for Navy training, with a family dinner in his honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F.simpson
Sue Ann
Ronnié Simpson
Kirksville, Mo
Mills 4 Hers Attend State Camp July 17 20
Twenty Mills county 4 H youths join 180 total 4 H campers from Montgomery and Fremont at the State 4 H Camping Center near Madrid July 17 20. Training in wildlife habits photography and sports activities like archery trampoline volleyball and softball are planned with speeches on Washington DC citizenship by Montgomery county delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills
Montgomery
Fremont
State
Madrid
Mills County
LaVerne Obrecht
Sylvan Runkel
Soil Conservation Service
Montgomery County
Washington, D. C
Doug Halthaus
Gloria Brower
Carolyn Hilton
Jennie Dell Crouch
Mike Sell
Tom Purkhiser
Glenwood
Dan Morrical
Virginia Angus
Mike Dalton
Diane Allensworth
Mary Bond
Malvern
Walter Russell
Marsha Deitehler
Joe Lees
Hastings
Rodney Miller
Wayne Sell
Silver City
Sandra Barns
Jane Warren
Joan Lindburg
Emerson
Roger Brandt
Council Bluffs
Rt. 4
Charles Paul
Henderson
Phyllis Leu
Wesley News Briefs From Wesley Chapel and Surroundings
Mrs. Lorance Lisle and Tom Gidley accompany a visit to Eastes Park Colorado for a week with Tom Jr. and Nancy Lisle. Henry Washbuth returns to Ozark course to finish retaining wall and help with wheat harvest. Theo Hefley and son Amy visit Clinton Parker homes en route to Gravity reunion. Hefley taught there as superintendent. Hefley and son both instruct in Denver schools. The young people plan to stay another month. Mrs. John Wilson and Jennie return from a month with her brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Washbuth
Ozark
Henry
Theo. Hefley
Henderson Consolidated School
Clinton Parker
Gravity
Hefley
Indianola
Bedford
Denver
Colo
Amy
Lorance Lisle
Tom Gidley
Eastes Park
Tom Jr
Nancy Lisle
John Wilson
Jennie
Local social notes from a Nebraska town
Otho Lewis and grandchildren Robert and Kathy Lewis return home Wednesday from Cabal Missouri where they visited relatives for a few days. The Canasta Club met with Mrs Harold Sowers Tuesday. Mrs Lillian Brown of Logan is staying with her mother Mrs Allie Honeyman for two months. Rev and Mrs Ralph Russell visited Stey Russell's father in the Veterans hospital in Omaha Saturday. Richard Russell, who had been visiting his grandparents, came home with them. Mr and Mrs A D Fienting, with Mrs Myrtle Kindig and Mrs Grace Irvin, left Monday for Stranraer Sask Canada to attend the funeral of Alice Dunbar McDonald. Mrs Clarence Hogzett spent Monday and Tuesday with Mr and Mrs D D Hogzett and sons in Oakland. Mrs Hogzett hosted Mr and Mrs Jack Hogzett and family of Omaha and Mrs LeRay Nelson and three daughters of Henderson Sunday. They rented the A D Fleming house across from Mrs Heber Edie. The Donald Hall family moved into a trailer near Kenneth Hall. Mrs Emmett McDowell was in Clarkson hospital Monday and Tuesday for inner ear trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otho Lewis
Robert
Kathy Lewis
Cabaal
Canasta Club
Harold Sowers
Lillian Brown
Logan Ys
Allie Honeyman
Ralph Russell
Stey
Russell
Veterans Hospital
Omaha
Richard Russell
A. D. Fienting
Myrtle Kindig
Hastings
Grace Irvin
Strahan
Stranraer Sask
Canada
Alice Dunbar McDonald
Clarence Hogzett
D. D. Hogzett and Sons
Oakland
Clarence Hog
Emerson Methodist Church Service Teaches Daily Schedule
Ralph Russell minister at Emerson Methodist Church with LaVerne Carson superintendent of Sunday School. Morning worship listed for 16:00 a.m. and 14:08 p.m. services. Local church activity details reflect standard worship times and leadership roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson First Baptist Church
Dick Person
Robert Good
Emerson Methodist Church
Ralph Russell
LaVerne Carson
Hastings families and friends gather for summer visits
S and families at Hastings Penn friends in New York and Washington and a sister and family in Indianola Dale Miller who spent several weeks with his cousin Johnnis Wilson flew home to Golden Colo last week His sister Carol met him at Lincoln at the home of their grandmother Mr and Mrs Ben Wilson drove her nephew James Heatman to Audubon Sunday where he will visit his grandmother this week Pauw Nyren from Boone spent Saturday and Sunday with his parents Mr and Mrs Harvey Lisle returned home last week from their cottage at the Ozark Lakes Dick Godfrey and Douglas Deitehler were among the 4 11 teen group who are touring Washington DC and other points of interest in the East Mr and Mrs Robert Buffington and son Stevie visited from Wednesday until Monday in the home of his brother in law Ray Plumb and mother in law Mrs Grace Plumb They left Monday morning for their home in Lell flower Calif Mr and Mrs Lester Halderman of Maceadonia and her grandson Kenneth Peterson were Sunday evening supper guests of the Clint Parkers Mrs Ned Turner assisted by Mrs Don Godfry were hostesses at a surprise coffee for Mrs Gen Wilsons birthday July 11 Others present were Mrs Lynn and Clinton Parker and Mrs Allen Pulmar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Penn
New York
Washington
Indianola
Dale Miller
Johnnis Wilson
Golden
Colo
Carol
Lincoln
Ben Wilson
James Heatman
Audubon
Pauw
Nyren
Boone
Harvey Lisle
Ihely Cottage
Ozark Lakes
Dick Godfrey
Douglas Deitehler
Washington, D. C
East
Robert Buffington
Stevie
Ray Plumb
Grace Plumb
Lellflower
Calif
Lester Halderman
Maceadonia
Kenneth Peterson
Clint Parkers
Ned Turner
Don Godfry
Gen Wilson
Lynn
Clinton Parker
Allen Pulmar
Fire Conditions Hazardous Sunday Social Notes
Fire conditions are described as hazardous while a series of visits and gatherings are listed. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Tyner and family, Mrs. Fred Picker, Glenwood residents, and several other local families are noted as weekend or Sunday guests at various homes including Mt. Ayr, Glenwood, St. Marys hospital in Nebraska City, and Shelby. The item records hospital and travel mentions and a sequence of who visited whom during the weekend.
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Emerson Wscs
Methodist
Emerson News
E. T. Sawyers
Christian Science Monitor
One
Norway
Wilma Boden Barnett
Cassopolis, Mich
H. H. Greenwood
Don Thorson
Irving
Tex
J. A. Thorson
Denver City
Don
Jim Stenger
Thelma Klein
Edna Worthman
Sue Grayson
James Bayer
Conrad Kruse
Eda Marskell
Sua
Della Hanshaw
Harry Porter
Charles Lakin
John D. Thorgon
Carnell Bluffs
Bo Ba We EE
Oane General
Bad Iss
LIM
A. S
Bes
A. Yao & Ard
Bec Vr O
Hs & Wo
Gs Aos Sa
Emerson Auxiliary
John Smith
Eldorado Springs
Buck Bagshaw
Kansas City
EF. E. Cole
R. L. Grayson
Allan Warrior
Arthur Johnson
Papillion
Nehr
Rodey
Che
Nashville
Tennessee
Jesus
Amnon
Larry Williams
Norwood, Mo
Jerry Williams
Grayson Smorgasbord
Buck Basshaw
Grayson
Charles Rupe
Chicago
Ill
Mr. Rupe
C. B. Rupe
Vernon Good
Mr. Good
C. F. Rupe
Steve
Becky Bass
Jakin
Ensign Roger D. Sowersby
Fullerton
Swoboda
Nishna Valley News
Laurence Smith
Elaine
Ark
A. F. Smith
Milford
Cate Schrier
Elm Creek
David Edie
Heber
Edie
Dulla Hanshew
E. B. Cole
Munsae
Missouri
Delbert Houseworth
Leavenworth
Kan
Joe Hoover
Wesley Chapel
Clement Rowe
U. S
Clark Vanatta
United States
NGPL
Herschel
Cooks Mills
Natural Gas Pipeline Company OF America
Iowa Power & Light Co
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