Community Notes Highlight Center Junction Activities
Center Junction events include Presbyterian Ladies' Auxiliary meetings, Camp Fire plans, and a major farm bureau picnic at the mill with speakers Rev. Paul Gutknecht and County Agent Max Wortman. Numerous visits, picnics, and regional travel are noted among residents and guests from Anamosa Monticello Cedar Rapids Des Moines and Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Paul Gutknecht
Max Wortman
M. M. Sinclair
Grant Ralston
Tressie
Nettie Stottlemeyer
Des Moines
Stottlemeyers
S. J. Rice Farm
R. W. Brady
Charles Stott
Stottlemeyer
Edie Topping
Monticello
Fritz Ladehoff
B. W. Eby
Cedar Rapids
Henry Renk
W. S. Eby
Goldie Renk
Mrs. Renk
Henry Gosden
Clifford Gosden
James Gosden
Myrtle Aitchison
Merna
Cascade
F. E. Craig
Everett Stickley
Paul Paulsen
Center Junction
Oscar Miller
Anamosa
Hand Rebreaks Compound in Scotch Grove News
L J Schlemme rebroken the same bone in his hand during a Friday mishap while cranking a car after already healing from a six week prior fracture. X rays revealed the injuries and the bones must heal again as he learns to milk with his left hand. The note also covers local visits, travel plans for the Clark family, 4-H club events, pool safety cautions, and a farm bureau picnic set for Tuesday the 11th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Schlemme
Louie
Otto Powlishta
the Lakes
W. B. Clark
Ruth
Alice
Ruth Schneider
Monticello
H. H. Carson
Francis Reid
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
H. A. Loomis
James Gregory
Clear Lake
Minn
Mill Dam
Scotch Grove
Sunshine Girls
Hutton’s Mill
Dorothy Otten
Carol Naylor
Geneva Loomis
Farm Bureau
Funeral Held for William M Huggins of Buck Creek
Funeral services for William Melvin Huggins 57 of Buck Creek were held at Buck Creek church with Rev. Roscoe Sires officiating. He died July 25 1931 and is survived by his wife Ethel Lucile Talmadge and eight children, including Arthur of Aurora Jess of Hopkinton George of Cedar Rapids Frank of Decorah Eugene and May at home, plus fifteen grandchildren and four sisters. Interment was in Hopkinton cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Melvin Huggins
Buck Creek
Josiah Huggins
Hopkinton
Ethel Lucile Talmadge
Arthur
Aurora
Jess
George
Cedar Rapids
Frank
Decorah
Eugene
May
William Stark
William Wilson
Delhi
Julia Appleby
Joe Appleby
Missouri
Huggins
Roscoe Sires
Buck Creek Methodist Church
S. B. Lattner
Dubuque
N. A. Gearhart
Finley Hospital
Lattner
N. A
David Gearhart
Worthington
Worthington Savings Bank
TI. FE
Larkins
Miss Finney
Mercy Hospital
Josephine M. Sloan
Brown
Wis
M. D. Wright
Fayette
Community Notes From Whitestown and Surrounding Areas
Residents and visitors are reported in Whitestown and nearby towns. Notable items include Mrs Ava Main and Mr Myron Porter’s family ties, age milestones for Mrs Porter, travel and hospital news, nurses’ work plans in Iowa City, and several local visits to families in Hopkins Monticello Cedar Falls Cedar Rapids Muscatine Wessington Springs Philippsburg Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitestown
Ind
Myron
Hopkinton
Ava Main
Monticello
Porter
William Greer
Will Roff
Marion
Maggie Davis
Donald Hucker
Myrtle Snodgrass
Hopkins
W. F. Garvin
Harriet Livingstone
Iowa City
Chicago
Agnes Gearhart
Gladys Pulver
Opal Wilson
Alfred Larkens
Roy Patterson
Rev. Dalrymple
Bradke
Portia Main
Erma Bradke
Cedar Falls
George Robertson
Cedar Rapids
Berkley Smith
Alva Edwards
Lenox
Paul Johnston
Ralph Lubback
Robert Wallace
Harry Reeve
Kansas
Randall Morgan
Raymond Wallace
Laura Wheeless
Muscatine
Dr. Statler
Miss Wheeless
Mary Zeuch
Wessington Springs
S. C
Dorothy Reeve
C. E. Reeve
Philippsburg
Terssa Aiken
The
State University
Baltimore, Md
Bridge plan to span Mississippi at Sabula 1800 feet long
Wyoming investors Grady and Erkman sell shares in the Savanna Sabula bridge project designed by George A Maney of Northwestern University. The 1800 foot structure would have a 500 foot main span and a deck 55 feet above high water, linking primary road No 117 to a quicker Cedar Rapids Chicago route, with completion slated for early 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Grady
Savanna-Sabula Bridge Company
D. D. Erkman
Wyoming
Savanna-Sabula
George A. Maney
Northwestern University
Mississippi
Sabula
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Hetty Franks
Louise Levsen
Franks
Levsen
John Perrine
Monticello
John Rhodes
Baldwin
Henrietta Franks
Don Malin
Don
John
Paul Smith
Jackie
Barbara
Center Junction
S. G. Franks
W. W. Bronson
Frances Franks
C. B. Shaffer
Frank Layton
James Inglis
Peter Eichhorn
Alex Adams
Claude Sears
B. G. Milner
Industrial Society of the Presbyterian Church
Adams
Alice Ketelsen
Lutheran Ladies’ Aid Society
Wyoming Lutheran Church
C. H. Westphal
Ida Becker
Carrie Westphal
Fred Westphal
Jolly Circle
C. J. Ingwersen
S. W. Clark
Maquoketa
Edna Wessels
Amber
Marshall Kimball
Las Vegas
Nevada
Kimball Farm
Everett Vrooman
J. A. Hoegen
Estes Park
C. G. Thomas
Beng
Hoegen
Miss Virginia
Clark
C. W. Bramer
Leona
Anna Brammelo
Preston
Kitty Heasty
Anamosa
Parks
Merton Miller
Kansas City
Miller
Wyoming Telephone Company
Harold Marshall
Forest Grimes
Seattle
Old Chattanooga School Homecoming Highlights 1886 Beginnings
A 1886 classroom in Jackson county near Maquoketa started with 14 pupils taught by Mary Metheny. The oak timber school site, later painted white, became a lasting monument to local education. A homecoming on August first is planned each year on the school lawn for former pupils and teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KE. L. Millsap
Grimes
Dinner Recognitions Mark School Reunion Attendance
A dinner honored 93 attendees before the program opened with America. Gertrude Morin of Baldwin read, Rev. E. G. Hunt of Maquoketa gave an address, and a letter from Wi Hood in Los Angeles was read. Mrs. Brown, the first teacher, spoke on the school’s beginnings. John Welch of Independence, Missouri, held the record for the longest journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nic
America
Gertrude Morin
Baldwin
E. G. Hunt
Maquoketa
Wi! Hood
Los Angeles
Brown
John Welch
Independence
Palmer's Popular Pharmacy Promotes New Eczema Remedy
Palmer's Popular Pharmacy touts a new eczema remedy by Dr. Erickson with a positive guarantee, emphasizing effectiveness and customer assurance.
Organization Formed With Mra Hoop as President
A new association was created with Mrs. Hans Hoop of Maquoketa as president Ellsworth Welch of Clinton serves as secretary treasurer and the executive committee includes other local leaders. The group aims to coordinate community efforts and support regional initiatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Hans Hoop
Maquoketa
Ellsworth Welch
Clinton
Maquoketa Baldwin and Wyoming women form committee
A civic committee is formed by Mrs. Tom Miller and Mrs. B Henry of Maquoketa along with Mrs. Gertie Morin and Mrs. Mabel Current of Baldwin and Mrs. W B Brown of Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tive
Tom Miller
B. Henry
Maquoketa
Gertie Morin
Mabel Current
Baldwin
W. B. Brown
Wyoming
Also Mentioned on This Page
Presbyterian Ladies’ Working Band
Ljamr
Schwab
Madison
Ciris
Paul Straith
Whispering Hope
Joyce Preston
Percy Dodson
W. A. Stingrey
M. E. Ladies’ Aid Society
Lynn Bulgren
L. A. Dreibetbis
George Courtney
Joses Luce
Ellington
N. Y
Ivan Luce
Norma Jean
Falconer
Selma Prahm
Camp Huaga
Pauline Prahm
Harold Alexander
Bertha Saxon
Bobbie Saxon
J. F. Livingstone
Mr. Alexander
Springville
John Alexander
West
Frank Himebaneh
Helen
Mildred Riepe
Sperry
Iowa
Prahm
Burr
A. Alven
Eby's Mill
Ellen McDonald
Cleveland
Ohio
Will Chamberlain
Paul Paulsen, Jr
May Himebaugh
Cc. B. Carson
A. P. Himebaugh
Lorna Livingstone
J. W. Livingstone
L. A. Downing
J. A. McDonald
Ralph Berkley
Scott McDonald
Lee
Wilton Junction
Paul Darting
Lucile Himebaugh
S. G. Thompson
Marie Serbousek
Catherine Thompson
Ethel Courtney
Beals
Evelyn
Miriam
Pauline Burmeister
C. A. Burmeister
Pauline Holm
Genevieve
Jean Carson
John Carson
Henry Heeren
Near Monmouth
O. O. Watson
C. A. Little
Glen
Red Oak Grove
A. Alyea
Presbyterian Sunday School
Robbie
Dale Dodge
M. E. Dodge
Harley Breed
Mabel Perryman
Fort Worth
Texas
Ida McDonald
Dorothy
P . Bangs
S W .Clark
Cai Chase
Farly Mro
Q. M. Miller
Taree
John Breed
Anamasa
C A Burmeister
Peter Pralin
Ayi
George Qoartney
New York
Ogoarines
Daught Frew
Anamasa Park
Sat- Wan Wee
C. Holst
Elsie
Laura
Tosiaves
Chinon
C. C. Livingstone
Roberta
Wanda
Andrew McDonald
Forest Hutton
Florence Hutton
J.B. Hanken
Henry
Clarence
Edgewood
Eileen
Imogene
Hollyce Chase
Dudley Dean
Doris
Central City
Ed Bethurum
Henry Hanken
J. B. Hanken
Harry French
Montana
C. E. French
George McDonald
E. F. Kleineck
Pine Grove
Esther Sinclar
Scotch Grove 4-H Club
Harold Eby
R. P.clark
Ishe
W. H. Null
Des‘ Moines
Ncsca Fae
Esults
Indianapols Speedway
A. A. A. Bleo-Vie Motor 68
Tor
Mowleo
Standard Oil Company
Indiens
State Finance Company
Roshek
Ric
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