Wyoming cemetery officers elected at annual meeting
Brainard was re elected president of the Wyoming cemetery association along with a full slate of officers and trustees. The 1860 founded group now owns ten acres. lot prices have risen from 1 to 25 100 dollars. The report notes graves with dates as early as 1644 and recounts church baptisms and community club activities across Wyoming and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H Brainard
Wyoming Cemetery Association
Fred Storm
A. W. Peck
Frances Franks
Ed Holub
Wye
B. W. Streeper
Onslow
Paul Levsen
August Thomsen
John Womachka
Sexton
Daniel E. Brainard
Iowa
Tornado Plays Freak Tricks Edward Snell, were Cedar Rapids Visitors, Saturday
A county column lists a string of social visits with Cedar Rapids guests and Anamosa travelers. The item notes Mrs. Carl Underwood of Anamosa visiting relatives, Monticello visits, Cornell student Catherine Thompson staying with her parents, and Matted social calls from Davenport to Onslow, plus other household guests and a hardware ad.
Funeral Held For Mrs. David B. de Best in Hopkinton
Funeral services were held in Hopkinton Presbyterian church for Mrs. Emma Louise Saxon de Best wife of Rev. David B. de Best pastor of the Hopkinton church who died April 13 1938 after a heart attack. She had long battled illness including goiter operations and hospital stays in Monticello Rochester and Elkport. Burial followed in Earlville cemetery. The notice also lists community reactions and related local events and residents.
Center Junction Women’s Club Holds Postponed Meeting
A postponed Wo mens' Club gathering at Myrtle Himebaughs last Friday featured readings on Peace and war in the offing with Gladys McNeilly Meta Prahm and a reading from In Flanders Fields by Marietta Stanton.
Community Notes Cast Wide Visit Log Across Counties
Frank Preston was taken to Mercy hospital Anamosa Monday for an appendectomy. Jean, a high school student, was in school Monday morning. Merle Pangburn visiting his parents W H Pangburn near Ames. Dale Richardson of Afton visited in the G and Lyle Thompson homes over the weekend. Mrs Paul Smith and children Jack and Barbara of Anamosa called at Center Junction Friday. J C Troxle and family of Des Moines arrived Friday evening for a weekend visit with Fred Preas and daughters. Frank Himebaugh and daughter Helen with Mrs J F Livingstone were Sunday dinner guests in Cedar Rapids. C A Burmeister and daughter Pauline of Cedar Rapids called on friends Sunday forenoon. Lucile Livingstone, a student at Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls, spent Easter vacation with her parents. Mrs Lottie Wells of Olin and Mrs Dwight Mathes of Iowa City were guests in the Livingstone home. Tom Brodersen and daughter Jean of Wyoming called on the Will Alexander home Sunday. Mr and Mrs Charles Saxon of Wyoming were Sunday dinner guests of their daughter Mrs Norman Johnson and family. Mrs Elmer Schrader Mrs Harry Chase and daughter Holyce and
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Hawthorne Club
Harriet
Emma Alden
Luella Pankow
Wilker
Elmer Buckingham
Man
Jewell Bothwell Tull
Dorothy Endsley
W. M. Bissell
L. B. Madsen
Howard
Onslow
Woman's Club
Klaud Dick
Everett Vrooman
C. E. Wherry
H. W. Farnham
M. E. Church
Lena Shimreda
Clifford Morse
Lyle Marshall
Viola, Russell
Harold Huston
Patsy Anna van Dyke
Sally Jo Reitz
Richard Wherry
Harry Gray
Ada Stewart
Emilyn Wickstrom
Erna Allen
Wallace Farnham
Harris Phelps
Minnie Eggert
Anna Mae Tidman
Oxford Junction
Hopkinton
Wyoming
de Best
Presbyterian Church
Lester Pranch
Ivan
Stuart Marshall
E. L. Barber
Louis Sampson
Lyle Jenkins
Thomas Eichhorn
G. H. Hershberger
Gordon Marane
Paul Cooper
T. J. Vane
Leon Coleman
Cosy Club
Ernest Reitz
Oliver Lauber
Priscilla Club
Austin
Lyle Tompkins
Carl Tjaden
East Ridge Club
George Fishwild
James Huffman
Ed Holub
Everready Club
Hans Rohwedder
Jesse Hansen
Austin Allen
Orla Dawes
Ray Griswold
Eleanor Sawyer
Clarence
Order of the Eastern Star
Dinher
Memorial Hall
Giow
Maxine Cook
Martha Jane Dick
Iowa State Teachers College
Order
G. Gutensohn
Keystone Monticello
Ernest von Sprecken
Hans Kettlesen
Dora Urban
Emma Urban
Clay+ton Sherrill
Peter von Sprecken
Olin
L. M. Sherrill
Ae Robert Alden
Urer
Mra
Ray McAdams
Lansing, Mich
H.W. Behnke
Edward Snell
Cedar Rapids
Carl Underwood
Anamosa
Henry Heeren
Donald
Barbara
Betty Lee
O. O. Watson
Harry Chase
Eileen
Imogene
W. Clark
Peter Prahm
Ed Cox
Sand Springs
B. W. Cox
Phillip Bailey
Weer
Near
Amber
Fred Preas
George Guyan
C. M. Holst
Monticello
Columbia
Elsie Holst
Chicago
Laura Holst
Eagle Grove
N. C. Holst
Ed Miller
Des Moines
Reike Rohwedder J
Harry Levsen
Harriet Krieser
David B. de Best
Presbyterian Church of
Rochester
Earlville
David S. de Best
Cascade
Mary Martha
Presbyterian
Chacon
New Mexico
David
Northwest Institute of Medical Technology
Minneapolis
Minn
Frances
Cornelia
Will Laxon
Ontario
Oregon
Carl Laxon
Grace Saxon
Mitchell
F. E. Allen
Reformed Presbyterian Church
H. E. Hewett
Methodist Episcopal Church
Earlville Cemetery
Ralph Milroy
Manchester
Tipton
Tipton Junior College
Lenox Gymnasium
Lenox
James Powers
Dorothy Burns
Richard Defenbaugh
Thomas Edgar
Ratcliffe
Edgar
William Edgar
Stanley
Jean Ripple
New Hampton
Ames
I. T. Wilson
Keokuk
Duane
Dubuque
Wilson
Fargan
Canada
Henley Beasley
Matthias
Schwab
Iowa City
James Fairley
Marion
Dora Morgan
Carol Jean
Ellen Bradle
Lone Tree
Erma
Denver
Ihe Bradke
Albert
Wilson and Company
Charles Robbins
William Ferguson
Barnes
Donald MacDonald
Eleanor
Mediapolis
DeWain Thompson
Dail Stum
Spahn and Ros Lumber Company
F. E. Cline
A. T. Wheeless
Womens' Club
Myrtle Himebaugh
Carrie Driebellis
Offing
H. G. Wells
Gladys McNeilly
Meta Prahm
Marietta Stanton
Flanders Fields
Pearl Naylor
Scotch Grove
Womens’ Missionary Society
The
G. Thompson
J. R. McNeilly
Chris Levien
Ellen McDonald
Creston
George McDonald
Omaha
Neb
Center Junction
M. R. Tobiasson
Fred Hanken
Elmer
John Poppe
Langworthy
P. T. Gutknecht
John B. Hanken
George Burch
Ray Price
Ella Ramsey
Mary Thompson
Fulton
Iil
Margaret Thompson
Hammond
Ind
B. D. Heiken
H. J. Dirks
Pete Paulsen
Mike
Ben Paulsen
Catherine Tobiasson
Wayne Center Church
Sam Thompson
John Gray
Selma Otten
Waterloo
John Otten
Ceder Rapids
Clinton
A. Alyea
S. G. Thompson
First Presbyterian Church
That City
Glen Watson
Bonnie
Janet
Sioux City
Frank Behrends
Harold Alexander
Will Alexander
John McNeilly
E. F. Burr
Walker
O. Watson
Jean
Frank Preston
Mercy
J. C. Troxle
Lucile Livingstone
Towa State Teacher's College
Cenday Falls
John Livingstone
Lottie Wells
Dwight Mathes
Livingstone Cme
Poultry Club Discusses 1938 Projects at Meeting
4-H club boys met at school house No 2 with Club Agent Sorensen and leader Fred Kromminga. Thirteen members attended as roll call noted favorite poultry breed. 1938 poultry projects were reviewed during the gathering in Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Eberhart
Budge
Ames
A. BE. Laude
John McDonald Hospital
Monticello
W. Kohl
Thos
Warner
Mildred
Lyle Hosford
Sorensen
Fred Kromminga
Idle Not Club Holds All Day Meeting At McLaughlin Home
The Idle Not club met at Mrs. C. A. McLaughlin's home last Thursday with 26 ladies present. Fred Kromminga demonstrated a poultry feeder and Paul Caspers spoke on common poultry breeds. Slides on beef and dual purpose cattle were shown. follow up lessons covered pictures wall hangings floor coverings and linoleum resurfacing. Refreshments were served and attendees included Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Hosford visiting Des Moines with daughter Mrs. Robert Beatty. Mrs. E. J. Noble and Mrs. George Muller from Monticello attended. Clarence Hosford spent time in Cedar Rapids. Olin Howle Jr. and Clarence Hosford attended a Mechanicsville track meet last Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Kromminga
Paul Caspers
Idle
C. A. McLaughlin
S. M. Hosford
Robert Beatty
Des Moines
E. J. Noble
George Muller
Monticello
Clarence Hosford
Cedar Rapids
Olin Howle Jr
Mechanicsville
Sam and Rastus Debate Election on Jim Crow Car
Sam and Rastus ride a southern railway toward a plantation for the cotton picking season. They discuss politics with emphasis on an upcoming election, and Rastus proves a rabid partisan of the incumbent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street Journal
Sam
Rastus
Southern Railway
Platform satire from rural political exchange
The passage quotes Sam and Rastus debating a political platform. Sam expresses cautious approval while Rastus ridicules the idea, comparing a platfo'm to a railroad car platform that is not meant to stand on, only to be used.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kyle Poole
Poole
J. L. McDonald
Florida
H. L. Callies
Cedar Falls
Paulsen
van Horne
G. H. Herzberger
E. L. Koch
Garland Coates
Nashua
Mary Koch
Rock Island
L. M. Koch
Helen Levien
John Spoelstra
Ellen Marshall
Oskaloosa
Winifred Wherry
Mountain Iron
Mr. Koch
Mayo Clinic
Zella Biglow
Emma
Harriet Alden
Meinhardt Thomsen
Belleville
Mm. A. W. McDonald
Orlando
Mary Martha de Best
N. M
Agnes Gearhart
R. Tesar
G. G. Brown
Virginia
Sawyer
David de Best
Gearhart
Lois Himebaugh
Marvin Rhine
Grundy Center
K. K
Verna Kruger
Tom Brodersen
Charles Saxon
Norman Johnson
Elmer Schrader
Holyce
Castle Grove
Besterd
Express
Monticello Express
Chester A. Condit
Pittsburgh
Tiler
Pittsbugh
MacNeill’s Hardware
Monticello, Iowa
Mrs Poele
Florhide
Shane
Jones County Produce Co
Itc
America
Portland Cement Association
Hubbell Bidg
Lows
Marvelou
Iowa Electric Company
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