Local News Briefs Highlight Weekend Visits and Outings
Mr and Mrs Guy Hall returned from a weekend fishing trip in Wisconsin. Nell Henson of Elkhart Indiana visited local relatives. Pauline and Rosetta Wilson of Peoria re joined The Youth Choir of Trinity Temple after a week at Camp Kristenstein in Brazee Indiana. Russell Smith and daughters of Ashland were weekend guests of Finas D Wilsons. Yvonne Maas enjoys four weeks vacation with relatives in Peoria. Rita Adele Alexander stayed four days with grandparents Don and Nell Alexander in Delaware while her parents vacationed in Minnesota.
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Pauline and
Rosetta Wilson
Trinity Temple
Peoria
Camp Kristenstein
Brazie
Ind
Russell Smith
Ashland
Finas D. Wilson
Rita Adele Alexander
Don Alexander
Delavan
Minn
Memory Lane August 17 1922 at LaFayette Beach
A 1922 item notes LaFayette Beach private grounds near Mackinaw host Thursday and Sunday picnics with a new bath house and ideal swimming. Lloyd Beebe bought a new Ford top after a noninjury ditch tip-over. Nellie O Hara hosted M C H S sophomores with prizes to Viola Heyl Kathryn Memmen and Elmer Herrman. Three new teachers hired for M C H S: Eolian Berger Cyrene Blackburn and Supt. Lindley head science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaFayette
Mackinaw
Parkland
Lloyd Beebe
Ford
Dooley
Smith
E. G. Pollard
Peoples State Bank
Nellie O'Hara
Viola Heyl
Kathryn Memmen
Elmer Herrman
M.C.H.S. School Board
Eolian Berger
Middleton
Cyrene Blackburn
Supt. Lindley
Local Farm Notes Include Plowing Start and Child’s Return
Two brief items report Charley Harbaugh began fall plowing on Monday while Little Laurence Parkins has been in the past two weeks. The note records routine farm activity and a child’s recent absence and return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurence Parkins
Charley Harbaugh
Watermelons Shipped Out as Carloads Go From Farms
Several carloads of watermelons have been shipped this week and some have been taken by trucks. Melons are extra fine this year. Roundy Hamilton has moved his barber shop to the Hodkinson Roller dome building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Hodkinson Roller Dome
Mason City 4 H Show Yields A and B Ratings
Grace Wepner and Norma Kramer report the Mason County Home Economics 4 H Club show held before 500 people at Mason City High School gym on July 28. Food demonstrations, musical numbers and a clothing review highlighted the program with A rating recipients: Kay Knuppel, Joyce Hill, Karen Friedrich, Shirley Foster, Barbara Ellmore. B rating honorees included Deloris Gregory, Doris Patterson, Janet Wilson and Hallie Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason County
Mason City High School
Kay Knuppel
Chaney Happy Hour Club
Joyce Hill
Manito Fancy Fixers Club
Karen Friedrich
Merry Maidens
Topeka
Shirley Foste
Merry Mixers Club
Forest City
Barbara Ellmore
The
Easton Starettes
Deloris Gregory
the Chaney Happy Hour
Doris Patterson
Happy Hour Club
Janet Wilson
Havana Hustlers
Hallie Baker
Kilbourne
Bonnie Barker
Ann Hilla Flinspach
Beverly Barnes
Anna Marie Swaar
Nancy Doggett
Donna Gilmore
Nancy Wikoff
Dianna Knuppeli
Kay Asay
Lorrine Estes
Martha Mangold
Doana Renken
Ruth Ann Larson
Dixie Adkins
Shirlee Thomas
Janet Skinner
Barbara Smith
Marica Walker
Carolyn Chaney
Jeanelle Pfeiffer
Sue Siebenborn
Carol Mangold
Mary Jean McIntire
Marilyn Lindsay
Mary Miller
Barbara Lindsay
Barbara Rankin
LaVonne Maas
Jacqueline Bilyeu
Jeri Mangold
Colleen Cross
Judy Fornoff
Karen Larson
Joyce Market
Beverly Roberts
Judy Thompson
Janet Adkins
JoAnn Gregory
Judy Wendt
Marcia Whitten
Bonnie Fletcher
Mason County 4-H Show Highlights Clothing Demonstrations
Mary Miller of Golden Acres received a C rating for her corn bread demo in Table Settings at the Mason County 4-H show. The event honored 147 girls in 14 clothing clubs with leaders and former members aiding, with awards to outstanding clothing girls and selections to attend the Illinois State Fair as models.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Kramer
Mason County
Anla Jean Foste
Beverly Proehl
Gerald Sielschott
Haston
Louis Busch, Jr
Havana
Busch
Sielschott
Extension Service
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Janet Skinner
Forest City
Merry Mixers Club
Shirlee Thomas
Bath
Easton - Chaney Happy Hour Club
Kay Knuppel
Barbara Ellmore
Easton Easton Starettes Club
Nancy Wikoff
Easton - Easton Starettes Club
Donna Gilmore
Doris Patterson
Mason City
Happy Hour Club
Nancy Doggett
Anne Marie Swaar
Beverly Barnes
Donna Jean Renken
Luana Sue Dogget
Gerald Paterson
Floyd Rogers
Herbert Ganson
James Bernhausen
Ray Warner
Carl Krause
Lurelle Whitaker
Linda Huber
Patricia Renken
Earl Sullivan
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Guy Hall
Wis
Nell Henson
Elkbart
India
Yvonne Maas
John Rankin
Grace Wepner
Norma
Kramer Mason Co
Home Advisers
Kelle x
Oklahoma
Timothy Lincoln
Pawnee
Kelly
Kelly Seed CO
Waeh
Peoria, Lil
San Jose, Ill
Owen Kramer
Helen Wharram
Nelda Severns Freeman
Carol Krause
Marie Foutch
Clara Patterson
Dean Troxel
George Doggett
Phyllis Shaggs
Joyce Banks
Nancy Barnes
Luana Doggett
Diana Thies
Glady Gillmore
Kay Colbert
Marla Riggins
Betty List
Esther Miller
Suzanne Barr
Carol Ann Clinebell
Charlotte Fox
Geraldine Johnson
Phillis Zimmerman
Karen Zeeck
Diana Chapman
Linda Martin
Mary Morris
JoAnn Trabue
Shirley Anderson
Linda Blackman
Annette Knight
Alice
Pekin
Morse
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