Picnic Echoes From Scotch Grove Farm Bureau Day
A Saturday visit by Maquoketa’s L B Callahan and a week of hospital stays mark local activity. The Monticello area hosted a large farm bureau picnic with speeches by Harry Newman and County Agent Wortman, plus races, booths, and a large crowd.
Twins Celebrate 75th Birthday In Iowa Family Gathering
Center Junction and Wyominge residents M. J. McNeilly and B. A. Woodworth marked their seventy fifth birthdays with a Sunday family gathering at Castle Grove township hosted by E. F. Burr. The Livingstone family, of Scottish origin, arrived in Jones county in 1855. The twins, born May 16 1856 near Center Junction, were the sixth and seventh of nine children. An early encounter with Indians at the Livingstone home is recounted in the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. McNeilly
Center Junction
B. A. Woodworth
Wyominge
Livingstone
Central City and Wyoming Echos Honor Local Families
Aug 16 1856 births mark milestone twins Martha and Mary Livingstone amid family gathering at Castle Grove township. Distinct generations celebrated with cakes and guests from Center Junction Wyoming and surrounding towns. E W Hernon remembered for music and service. Wyoming band leader known as stone mason and musician. A Ladies Aid cap party raised funds with head-measure pennies, program featured vocal and piano performances, and Wyoming school band traveled to Davenport for concerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha
Mary
John F. Livingstone
Center Junction
B. A. Woodworth
Wyoming
J. M. McNeilly
Elmer Burr
Castle Grove Township
Woodworth
McNeilly
Marguerite Burr
William Smola
Mildred Smola
Charles Larkey
Central City
James Livingstone
Hoerner
Jessie Dodson
Estes Park
Colo
Mary Bergener
Winifred Corbett
Loveland
Althea Goodrick
Helen Levsen
Jean Roush
Betty Jane Levsen
Erma Rohwedder
G. H. Goodrick
George Herzberger
Robert Platner
Prairieburg Social News and Regional Updates
Prairieburg residents share visits with Cedar Rapids friends including Mrs. O A DeLancey Mrs Julia Randall and Ruth from Oakdale and Will from Cedar Rapids John Lauser and family visited Cedar Rapids Mrs Bertha Benton celebrated a birth anniversary with relatives Mart Woodward hosted family and Iowa City guests Bake sale at Sanders egg station raised a little over eight dollars George Holub moved to Walker Joan Dolan from Anamosa visited H G Came home Utah Oregon Ohio Maryland and California ban poll taxes Hitchhiking laws adopted in several states and DC to curb lifts Commemorative postage stamps for 1932 centennial ready for sale early next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
Earl Rummel
Robert
Buchanan
Cedar Rapids
C. A. Sutherland
Anamosa
Callahan
Sinclair
Eloise Kuhns
Wilma Kuhns
Monticello
Alberta Hasban
T. Streets
Havel Perkins
Cecil
Zwingele
Janet McNeill
Dorohhy Johnson
Laura Sinclair
Scotch Grove
Loj Schlemme
Amamobie
Hubert Ireland
Allan Serpmusek
John Otten
Mal
Clark Cottage
WB. Henrichs
June
Arend Balster
Alva Zimmerman
L B Callahan
Monticello Fair
Fair Association
Harry Atkins
Davenport
Atkins
B. W. Eby
W. S. Eby
Harvey Townsend
Harvey
Henry
Gertrude
Lakehurst
Galen
Arlo
Rex Brady
Martello
Selena Otten
Chicago
L. E. Hutton
Merle
Reed Clark
Eby's Mill
Thelma Gregory
Iowa City
John Stahlberg
Henry Schrader
Dickeyville
Paulsen
Ray Wright
W. S. Ebv
Otto Powlishta
Henrichs
John Husman
Amber
Albert Schrader
Max
Rex
Herman Folberts
Roy
Deliie
W. B. Henrichs
Lestus Kuhns
Charles Henrichs
Delbert Hutton
Minneapolis
Lee Hutton
Lieutenant
Lester Hutton
Bert
Paul Hutton
Sabuia
Tlinois
Luaura Sinclair
Willie Black
Roebert Sehoon
Forrest Craig
Craig
Minnesota
O. A. DeLancey
C. L. Jenkins
John Lauser
Julia Randall
Ruth
Oakdale
Will
Will Crosby
Nebraska
Bertha Benton
Mart Woodward
Sanders’ Egg Station
George Holub
Walker
Joan Dolan
H. G
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L. B. Callahan
Maquoketa
William Winans
McDonald Hospital
R. A. Naylor
Rhodes
Emma Hughes
Edna Siebels
Reinbeck
Kay Frye
Farm Bureau
Harry Newman
Martelle
Newman
Wortman
R P Clark
R. W. Brady
Herson Fadley
Onslow
A. G. Hanken
R. P. Clark
C. B Carson
Hopkinton
Leslie Himebaueh
C. E. Bates
Ernest Wright
James Wright
Correctionville
Fritz Ladehoff
Wayne
Genevieve Horton
Ernest Horton
O. Sinclair Ame Danehrer Fether
Cedar Rauids
H. H Carson
Ruth Schneider
C. B. Carson
Forest Craig
Milaca
Minn
Grant Ralston
Albert Sinkey
Wyomine
Lee Potter
Ralph Potter
Letha Potter
John Sinkey
Gladys
Mary Jane
Lewis Ralston
Barbara
H. A. Loomis
Joe Ebv
Ida Mae Boner
Crrant Ralston
Rey
Harvey Young
Arthur
Galesburg
Ill
Ross Young
Sterling
Prahm Cottage
James Young
L. A. Dreibelbis
Evanston
Thayne Eby
A. Alyea
Francis Woodworth
Glen
Louise
Vera
James Woodworth
Earl Mallicoat
Dean
J. F
Living Stone
J. R. McNeilly
Maurice
Jean
John
Mildred
Charles
Elmer Hoerner
Lime Springs
E. F. Burr
Pauline
Carol
Eldon
Women’s Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Paul Smith
G. O. Long
Dell Rapids
S. D
Hollyce Stingley
Eloise Sutherland
Scott McDonald
Madison
Mary Dawes
Joyce Preston
Joyce
Anamosa Fair
R. S. Robbie
The
Missionary Society
Roberta Livingstone
S. W. Clark
Stuart Smith
Ames
Loyals
Presbyterian Church
J. N. Smith
Pauline Holm
Ethel Dreibelbis
Goldie Wilkens
Irma Pangburn Lazare
Centerville
Bernice Lewis Tompkins
Lulu Grimm Robertson
Sarah Platner Hanken
Clarence
Margaret McDonald Downing
Ann Aiken Smith
Esther Platner
Don Hanson
Mildred Riepe
Sperry
Selma
Pauline Prahm
Dick Griffith
E. H. DeShaw
Hearst Duncan
Washington, D. C
Pauline Wilcox
Don Markham
Boulder
Peter Prahm
Leonard Duckett
V. FW
Litchfield
Alyea
Glen Watson
Waverloo
Bonnie Angeline
Ellen McDonald
Cleveland
Ohio
Bill Chamberlain
J. F. Livingstone
Miss Riepe
Baxter
Dubuque
Julien Hotel
Charles Nelson
Arthur McMaster
Mount Vernon
Holm
Beulah
Maqueeta
I. W. Knight
Lorna Livingstone
J. W Livingstone
Charles Alyea
Clear Lake
Red Oak Grove
Frank Preas
Clinton
Fred Preas
Omaha
O. O. Watson
John Ketelsen
Morley
Harry Chase
Edgewood
Cal Chase
Eileen
Imogene
Hollyce
Ben Harris
Robert Livingstone
Lois
Doris
J. W. Livingstone
Lucille
A. R. Connelly
Olin
W. S. Pangburn
James
Iowa
Fred Henak
Lois Himebaugh
Helen May Himebaugh
H. J. Dirks
N. C. Holst
Lake Okoboji
Joe Wintz
Gibson
Delano Sanford
Irma
Sanfords
Monticello Park
Bill Ketelsen
Springville
Arthur Wilcox
Wilma Wilcox
Mary Leech
Pueblo
Colorado
Wilma
California
Yellowstone Park
Winifred Robbie
John Himebaugh
T. E. Stanton
Marble Rock
Rudd
Stanton
John Renken
Langworthy
E. N. Stoffel
Frank Layton
Evelyn McIliraith
E. F. Rohwedder
McTiraith
Irene Brownell
Mary Brownell
Maye
H. P. J. Westphal
Raymond Holtz
Indianapolis
Ind
Walter
Helen Whitten
Des Moines
Gladys Marshall
Zach Erickson
Mabel. Minn
Helen Erickson
Erickson
Madison Township
Inez Countryman
Will Robinson
Mechanicsville
Jessie Ilsley
Fort Madison
Friends
Robinson
Miss Iisley
Wyoming Presbyterian Church
W. H. Isley
Timber City
Don Newcomb
Donnelson
Robert Hansen
Don
R. E. Newcomb
Mr. Newcomb
Findley Brown
Brown
W. J. Beckwith
Paul Koch
Louis Koch
L. F. Kukkuck
Preston
W. A. Deemer
George Deemer
Brandon
Farmers’ Grain Co
Royal
Peas
Wisconsin
Prairieburg
Utah
Oregon
Maryland
District of Columbia
Washington
Campbell's Soup
Golden Dawn
Weiners—Bologna
Carter
Jones County Fair
Arend Balster Stores
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