Wyoming News Roundup Highlights Road Crash and Local Happenings
A Witwer Grocer truck carrying 6000 pounds of groceries became stranded on primary 117 east of Wyoming due to a sunk left wheel. Cedar Rapids trucks later pulled it free and the driver resumed travel. The week also notes church officers elected at the Presbyterian gathering, clock restoration, a hip fracture case, church services, a jubilee celebration by the Women’s Home Missionary Society, a funeral, and a 51st wedding anniversary with a festive gathering.
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Witwer Grocer Company
Wyoming
Maquoketa
Sid
James Huffman
Lyle Tompkins
Cedar Rapids
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Presbyterian Church
Memorial Hall
John Inglis
R. Fishwild
James Inglis
W. S. Garrison
H. H. Roberts
Henry Griswold
Alex Adaims
Ben McGuire
James Story
C. E. Wherry
T. H. Broderson
W. J. Beckwith
Hugh Campbell
E. N. Stoffel
R. G. White
Leota Wherry
John T. Wherry
August Hansen
Mae Peck
R. H. White
W. P. Nicholas
Methodist Episcopal Church
Boston
Dfson Bronson
Los Angeles
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James A. Bronson
Ella Countryman
John Countryman
M. E
F. O. Ellison
Monroe
Max
Worcester
G. H. Goodrick
Anamosa
Woman's Home Missionary Society
M. BE
Harriet Alden
Scranton
Lizzie Campbel Newell
Royal Neighbors of America
Newell
Jefferson County
New York
Jones County
Stephen C. Newell
Ora
Chicago
Otto
Rock Island
Herbert Campbell
Morningside College
Sioux City
John Campbell
Nebraska
Henry Petersen
Hapstead
Schleswig-Holstein
John Lazare
Peter Fredrickson
Sievers
Will
Rockford TL
Lena Reese
Sophie Sievers
Fred
John
Charles B. Shaffer
Amelia Bated
Wyoming Community Celebrates Shaffer Anniversary and Family Ties
The Shaffer family marked a long awaited reunion honoring Mrs. Shaffer with a morning church service and a dinner for twenty at their home. The event drew about one hundred visiting friends, plus relatives from Chicago Wyoming and beyond, while Mrs. Shaffer’s civic roles were noted. Other local news includes Otto Rohwedder’s hip surgery in Iowa City, social visits across Wyoming Rock Island Monticello Onslow and Monticello residents attending dinners and meetings, and notes on school and club activities.
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Orlyn Shaffer
Chicago
Pauline Shaffer
Ed Steele
Marian Shaffer
Wyoming
M. &. Church
Shaffer
M. E. Church
Otto Rohwedder
Iowa City
George McCabe
Rock Island
Miss Myers
H. W Behnke
Ed Farley
Monticello
Behnke
J. F. Cohoon
Bradgate
Paull Levien
Cohoon
Doris Ann Edwards
Frank Edwards
Grandpa
W. E. Edwards
R. W. Chatterton
Harriet Lamey
George Lyons
S. G. Hutton
George French
Onslow
Aretha Allen
John Allen
Mae Kent
Elsie Trimble
Monmouth
Ellis
Zwingle
O. E
Bessie Inglis Jeffry
James
Waukon
Wyoming High School Week Highlights Band to Commencement
The Wyoming High School calendar lists events from April 18 band concert to May 22 commencement. The annual exhibit last Friday drew strong parent interest and featured a large, open night session. New Underwood and L C Smith typewriters were added, with Manley Goodrick earning a proficiency certificate at 37 net words per minute. The operetta The Sunbonnet Girl aired April 8, and seniors prepare for the May 16 class play.
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L. C. Smith
Manley Goodrick
L. C. Smith Typewriter Company
Local visits and social events across Iowa towns
Richland Center and Anamosa residents visited last week while Cedar Rapids and Dubuque outings were reported. Numerous ladies attended church society meetings and hosted gatherings at the homes of Alfred Egger and others. The Balcar family and Miss Alma Buol are named among the social occurrences.
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Matthew Allen
Carl N. Hein
Margaret Wismeier
Cedar Rapids
George Hein, Jr
W. H. Jarret
Clark Hubbard
Bessie Baade
Dubuque
William Hoffman
Scotch Grove
Seraphine Schweitzer
Monticello
John Schwei
Local residents visit relatives and help with farm work
Mr and Mrs George Korman and family and August Stattelmeier of Dubuque spent Sunday at Joe Kiburz home. Miss Clara Burrichter vacationed at Lost Nation. Mr and Mrs Gerd Rickels visited Monticello for Sunday at Charles Robertson home. Mrs Anna Reimers of Monticello stayed with sister Mrs Matthew Allen. Jake Metzenberg worked as a carpenter on the Joe Kiburg farm.
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George Korman
August Stattelmeier
Dubuque
Joe Kiburz
Clara Burrichter
Lost Nation
Gerd Rickels
Monticello
Charles Robertson
Anna Reimers
Matthew Allen
Jake Metzenberg
Joe Kiburg
Castle Grove Caspers Injured After Wagon Accident
Castle Grove Caspers was thrown from a wagon last Friday while driving a team. He struck his head, injured his neck, and remains largely immobile. A. F. M. Caspers bought the north eighty acres of the Mclees estate. We are informed that the
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Tube Caspers
Hosford Visitors and Local Meetings Highlight Anamosa Visit Notes
Mrs S M Hosford Miss Gladys Hosford Claude Mason Kenneth Hosford and Esther Zimmerman from Monticello visited Cedar Rapids last Saturday evening. Township trustees met as board of equalization on Monday. Loretta Specht won second place in the county spelling contest in Anamosa. John Hiller placed fifth.
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S. M. Hosford
Gladys Hosford
Claude Mason
Kenneth Hosford
Esther Zimmerman
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Hosford
Menno Moenk
Anamosa
Jones County Farm Bureau
Loretta Specht
George Specht
John Hiller
In The Love Block Hours and to Twelve a.m.
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