East Cass Notes on Local Visitors and Church Activities
Local visitors include Mrs. Jake Wilson and child Elizabeth and James from Cedar Rapids and Mrs. and Jamil Will Lubben with Mrs. Edward Darrow children Bernadine and Mavis. The group of eleven enjoyed a picnic at Stats Park Anamosa and a movie at Niles theater. Multiple families and neighbors trace visits across Morley Cast Daytons Center Junction and Monticello with church, sewing, and festival events noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Wilson
Elizabeth
James
Cedar Rapee Maeste Vine
Jamil Will
Dick Eggers
Rigby
Idaho
Diedrich Dirks
Marietta Eggers
Langworthy
W. J. Oltman
Ladies Aid Society
Peniel Church
Castle Grove Township
Grace
Benedict
Monticello
Castle Grove
Cass
Edward Darrow
Duane
James Darrow
Russell
Morley
Wisconsin
Bernadine
Mavis Darrow
Edwin Taylor
Dean
Wilma Mae
Bettendorf
Henry Uhr
Lyle Uh
Henry Tjaden
Carl Tjaden
Wyoming
Gerd Tjaden
Amber
Ronald Hoover
Mt. Carroll, Jr
Elmer Hoover
Antioch
Irvin Kemp
Martha
Betty
Marion
Herman Tjaden
Tjaden
Heniy Tynden
Nadine
Harm Dirks
Wayne Church
Lizzie Zimmerman
Toledo
Ohio
Adolph Dirks
Julius Spohler
Spohler
Dirks
Thomas Stimson
John
Clinton
Stimson
Joe McCulloch
Lulu
New York City
McCulloch
Ida Fairbanks
Fairbanks Farm
Donald Fairbanks
Lester Fairbanks
Laura Prull
Lizzie Dirks
Eilert Prull
Emi
Prull
Harry
Robert Dirks
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Yellowstone Park
Boulder Dam
Painted Desert
Herbert McCullough
St. Louis
Ella Watt
Grace Benedict
W. K. Black
Herman Dirks
Earl Benedict
Lou Ehrisman
Ruth
Baldwin
E. V. Schaler
Joyce
Marian
Lois
Indiana Harbor
Ind
Will First
Ellen Mae
Lucille Bort
Hopkinton
Lee Hannan
D. P. Young
Les
Amber Presbyterian Sunday School picnic at State Park Anamosa
Amber Presbyterian church held a Tuesday evening picnic with a weiner roast at Anamosa State Park. Members and guests include the Holmes, Emmert, Martin, Andrew, Bailey, Robertson, and Deeny families among many others. Several relatives visited, traveled, or attended various gatherings in Monticello, Scotch Grove, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amber Presbyterian Church
State Park
Anamosa
Henry Holmes
Ralph Holmes
Lois
Ernest Emmert
William Martin
Geo. Andrew
Howard
Eugene Bailey
Ethel Jean
Ernest Anderson
Lloyd Robertson
Galen
Philip Bailey
Alice, Deeny
Myles Deeny
Cedar Rapids
Cletus Boland
Martinsburg
Davis
Herman Ricklefs
Scotch Grove
Will Ricklefs
Will Hildegard
Celena
South Amana
Maquoketa
Bailey
Wilson
George Zimmerman
Farm Bureau
Herman Thompson
Waterloo
Ben Otten
John Buscher
Donald Wood
Springville
Jim Gray
Joan Deeny
Waucoma
Mary Shuffin
Gerald Lavey
Omaha
Nebr
Michael Martin
Bernice Klepack
John Folkers
George Bodiker
Otto Otten
Katie Gerdes
John Andrew
Herman Engelbart
Irene
Clare Bodiker
Clarence Herren
Louie Hagen
Gerdes
Monticello Park
Paul Pearson
Marden
Marysville
Kas
Otto Danneman
Jack Seehusen
Geo. Seehusen
Clifford Jansen
Will Jansen
Mercy
Rhiney Wessel
Center Junction
Albert Harris
Will Michel
Harry Otten
Scotch Grove Community Groups Plan Events
First division Ladies Aid schedules an ice cream social at Scotch Grove park on Thursday August 20. The Women’s Community club meets August 19 with Mrs Henry Hedden as host. assistants are Mrs Franc Kiburz and Mrs Tena Weers. Roll call responses are current events with music by Caroline Kiburz Constance Naylor Ruth Alice Clark and June Henrichs followed by a vocal selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid
Scotch Grove Park
Henry Hedden
Franc Kiburz
Tena Weers
Caroline Kiburz
Constance Naylor
Ruth
Alice Clark
June Henrichs
Wyoming Council Debates Street Surfacing Plan
Objections were raised at a Wyoming town council meeting over surfacing Washington and Green streets with mixed asphalt and rock 28 and 25 feet wide. Property owners slated for assessment voiced opinions as the council plans a future session to decide the proposition. Marriage notices announce Miss Hazel Johnson Pipestone Minn to John T Benbow Seattle Rev Earl W Benbow July 10 at First Presbyterian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Green
Wyoming
Hazel Johnson
Pipestone
Minn
John T. Benbow
Earl W. Benbow
Seattle
Wash
First Presbyterian
Social and community notes from Wyoming Iowa region
The column lists local social events and visits including Mrs. Benbow and Mr. Benbow's educational paths, summers at the Thompsen home, and various club entertainments. It records gatherings hosted by the Social card club and Dinny Fret club, a 17th birthday surprise for Richard Rohwedder, and August M E Aid society plans. It mentions visitors from Des Moines to Rapid City, a L J Dickinson speech in Wyoming, and travels to Kirksville and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Benbow
University of Minnesota
School of Nursing
St. Barnabas Hospital
Minneapolis
University of Washington
Northwestern University
Sigma Nu Fraternity
John Thompsen
Meinhardt
August Thompsen
Otto Rohwedder
Richard
Wyoming High School
M. E. Aid Society
Reitz
Ernest Reitz
L. M. Sherrill
Lyle Marshall
Kate Meade
G. W. James
C. B. Shaffer
McCann
Mildred Bates
John Womochka
W. G. Behnke
Masonville
Mary James
Rapid City
S. D
Cecil James
Miss James
Wyoming
Smith James
L. J. Dickinson
L. M. Koch
Paul
Bellitt
Winthrop
Elizabeth Force
Pomona
Calif
Harriet Miner
Emil Redmer
Kirksville
Marion Lamb
Patricia
Joyce
W. A. Batzenderfer
Boone
Joyce Lamb
Shirley Betzenderfer
Sherrill
Eunice Brownell
Nelson Brownell
Mr. Lamb
Ives Burmahl
Verdus Rohwedder
Lost Nation
W. Sears
Youngstown
Ohio
Dickinsons host visitors as community plans two day event
A local roster lists Dr. Sears and wife with Claude Sears family visiting from Youngstown. Numerous relatives and friends from Davenport, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Dubuque join Wyoming households in social calls. The Pleasant Ridge Home-coming association selects officers and schedules August events with talks on the Townsend plan and a Democratic address, plus a two day sports and dance program featuring boxing bouts and a Royal Cadets performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer
F. H. Koch
Claude Sears
Sears
New York City
Harold Eggleston
Farbault, Minn
Wyoming Friends
Eggleston
Martin J. Akrs
Wyoming High School
Presbyterian Missionary Society
A. G
Robert Alden
Will Coffey
Chicago
Fred Hagedorn
Maquoketa
Davenport
Shaffer
J. Beckman
Albion
Neb
G. J. Zeilinger
Beckman
Alvin Brunscheen
Harry Brunscheen
Cedar Rapids
Co. F. Saxon
Pleasant Ridge
Ials
Raymond Dennison
Geo. Fishwild
Ridge School House
Buell
Lone Trea
E. N. Stoffel
Roy Luke
George Luke
U. S. Navy
San Diego
Calif
Marines
George Herzberger
A. P. Honzelka
Milwaukee
Lester Bruenig
Wayne Hildreth
Rhodes
W. O. Shaffer
Jack Sistrunk
Fred Keenan
G. Franks
August Steckman
Peoria
C. H. Westphal
Banner Howard
Townsend
John J. Dennison Jr
Des Moines
Wapsie Junior Legion
Marvin Wilson
Wyoming
Wilson Dages
Roy Driscoll
Royal Cadets
Wyoming High
School band to perform at Thursday horse show
A school band will give a half hour concert each evening during twelve classes with three premiums in each class at the Thursday morning horse show on the lots west of the depot.
Farm blaze at Justus Larson farm injures helper
A fire at the Justus Larson farm near Schaller in Sac county destroyed the barn and outbuildings while the house survived. S Jacobson unhitched his tractor to plow a firebreak but was run over, injuring his leg, as his assistant’s hand was caught in a pulley during the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justus Larson
Schaller
Sac County
S. Jacobson
Jacobson
Tragedy Over A Tractor Leaves Three Fingers Amputated
A farm accident involving a tractor resulted in severe injuries to three workers whose fingers were badly mangled and had to be amputated. The incident underscores ongoing risks on rural worksites.
Fisherman hooks 22 pound lake lake fish at Blue Lake
John Cummings custodian of Lewis and Clark state park near Onawa Monona county spied a 22 pound large fish just under the Blue Lake dock. He grabbed the fish and hauled it onto the dock, skipping formal fishing niceties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cummings
Lewis and Clark State Park
Onawa
Monona County
Blue Lake
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Ernest Carpenter
Helen
Beverly Hubbard
Fairbanks
Louis Stoddard
Fred Weers
Pearl Harford
W. J. Oltman Jr
Gerdes-Oltman
Nadine Oltman
Dorothy Gerdes
Iowa State Fair
Iowa
Roland Kumzak
Milford
Kumzak
W. J. Zimmer
Wilma Kuhns
Rosemary Zirkelbach
Mabel Otten
Joyce Otten
Georgia Moats
McDonald Hospital
M. R. Himebaugh
Charles Reynolds
Iowa City University Hospital
Adolph Sather
Pete Norris
Harry Chase
Ahraken
D. O. Sinclair
H. J. Wilcox
Aletha
Leona
Gordon
Tressa
Wilcox
Victoria Fowler
Palisades
E. D. Sutherland
Eloise
R. P. Clark
Wilma and
Roberts
Chas. Nelson
W. B. Clark
Alice
Harrison Loomis
Geneva
Verna
Eileen
A. B. Norris
Josephine Sucheesang
Sam Driebel
L. R. Himebaugh
L. J
May Himebaugh
Paul Darting
Wilton Junction
W. B. Henrichs
June
August Schrader
Audry
Donald
Lestus Kuhns
G. J. Hughes
Kathleen
E. J. Federer
Nora Streets
Castee
Iamé
Jean Fenton
Stanwood
Fred Brokens
Wilma Craig
Clarence Taylor
D. O. Sinelals
Jeasie Koch
Arend Baltler
Nash
Salmon
Dickinson
Perrine’s
L.C. Fowler
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