Picnic tales mingle at many county social gatherings
A Sunday picnic honoring George Helgens’ fiftieth birthday drew relatives from Amber Monticello Anamosa Manchester North English and Scotch Grove among others with numerous extended family visits to Iowa towns and Wisconsin Dickeyville excursion and Seehusen picnic noted. The round of visits included trips to Faribault Ne braska and Illinois for fairs and a Century of Progress appearance with local families hosting and attending events and medical news from Mercy hospital Anamosa Cedar Rapids and Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Helgens
Ben Englebart
Rex Reuter
George Schoon
F. H. Otten
Scotch Grove
E. E. Willis
John Hagen
Galen
John Wolfe
Edward Wolfe
Mary Harms
Henry Hagen
Dickeyville
Wis
Ed Harms
Nebraska
Amber
Davenport
Harm Helgens
Louie Helgens
Fred Helgens
Harvey Helgens
Marietta
Marietta Helgens, Edwin and Harvey Helgens, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Helgens
Henry
Monticello
Herman Che
Dundee
Ill
F. H. Tebo
C. D. Smith
Faribault
Minn
Herman Danneman
Ed Gerrets
Orange
Calif
Anamosa
Orlando Bailey
Marion
N. J
Cof Elkader
Doris Wilson
Maquoketa
Eugene Bailey
Ethel Jean
Willis Zimmerman
Lloyd Robertson
Ed Meister
Iowa City
Julia Toenjes
Cedar Rapids
H. A. Toenjes
John
Ruth
Owen Kofoed
Hans Kofoed
Mercy Hospital
Helen Johnson
Edicgard Ringstmeyer
Chicago
George Forward
Gon Bobby
al Forward
Tampico
Bernell
Fred Lorenzen
Ben Englehart
Scotch Grove Social and Farm Bureau Notes
A Friday night ice cream social in Scotch Grove attracted many attendees with a short program featuring Monticello guests Miss Louise Kreeb Bud Reynolds Charles Kreeb Miss Peggy Courtright Yvonne Lange and Herbert Carson. Local Presbyterian aid society oversaw the event under Mrs L J Schlemme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove
Louise Kreeb
Bud Reynolds
Charles Kreeb
Peggy Courtright
Monticello
Yvonne Lange
Herbert Carson
Presbyterian Aid Society
L. J. Schlemme
C. A. Coxsee
Mar Olin
L. B. Callahan
R. Inver Moats
Hopkinton
L. E. Moats
Kitty Callahan
Ernest Wright
A. B. Nichols
Cedar Rapids
Emil Husman
Mary Ellen
Edna Ahraken
Holly Jones
John Lange Jr
Wyandotte
Oklahoma
Richard Eby
C. B. Carson
Paul Paulsen
Center Junction
May Himebaugh
H. E. Stingley
Holyce
Ethel Courtney
Evelyn
Miriam
Farm Bureau
Stingley
Leslie Himebaugh
Leroy Schakel
Prairie City
Schakel
Olive Warner
Tapken Family Visit With Grandparents
East Cass Township Mr and Mrs Herman Tapken and their three children spent Sunday with the latter s parents Mr and Mrs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Cass Township
Herman Tapken
Prairieburg Bearer of Sudden River Tragedy Drowns
Harold Anthony, elder son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Anthony, drowned in the Buffalo river at Richesford. The water stood fourteen feet deep and he was pulled under by an undercurrent about halfway across. His brother fetched help, and the body was recovered after about two hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Anthony
Ralph Anthony
Buffalo River
Richesford
Inez Whitney
Roger Smith
Cedar Rapids
Mildred
Edith Burnside
McGregor
W. Franshurst
Cedar Falls
Charles Woodward
Mart Woodward
Floyd Mitchell
Slivia Wolmott
Waubeek
Roy Wolmott
P. A. Dickinson
Central City
Prairieburg
Coggon
Merry Makers Club
Marie McEvoy
Viola Zumback
Theresa Minehart
Vera Richards
Doris Riley
Blanche Mangold
Anna Morrissey
Margaret LeClerc
Mane McEvoy
Glen Babbs
W. Curtis
George van Bessen
Ernest Amos
Waterloo
Wesley Amos
Hannah Henderson
Frank McLaughlin
W. Plamadore
Pearl Festschele
Dubuque
Dorothy Bader
Monticello
George Knott
James Morrissey
John Walker
Thomas McNamara
Mercy Hospital
Frankie Eiler
Donald Schlimmer
Louis Collman
Gilbert, Eldon
Everett Knott
Joe J. Holub
Wilma
Donald
Center Junction
Olle Kula
Donald Dolan
Anamosa
Elsie
Shorty Seehusen
Seehusen
Jake Yossi
Springville
Shomont
Families honor twins B A Woodworth and M J McNeilly
A Center Junction gathering at the Woodworth home near Marion celebrated the seventy eighth birthday of twins Mrs B A Woodworth of Wyoming and Mrs M J McNeilly of Center Junction. Relatives from multiple towns attended a noon picnic as part of the daylong reunion activities.
Second division L A aid to serve supper on Clark lawn
The Presbyterian Ladies Working Band will hold a Saturday Sept 1 cafeteria supper on Clark's lawn with doughnuts for sale. Abenefit event for the church group and families, featuring community fellowship and food on the lawn.
Wyoming and Maquoketa Families Exchange Businesses and Homes
George Barclay of Wyoming and Earl Ott of Maquoketa swapped bases with Ott opening a Wyoming garage selling new and used cars. The Ott family moved into Levi Mallhcoat residence in Wyoming while the Barclays relocated to Maquoketa. The Barclays and Barclay family have roots in Monticello and church activities with youth groups noted. A separate note covers a 1934 home management class in Wyoming with Ruth Cessna guiding lessons on poultry and kitchen organization attended by twenty, with future sessions planned on cheese making soups and meat serving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Holub
Henry Wolfe
Midland Homemakers Club
Ed Harms
Allison
Sue Myers
Clinton and
Sterling
Myers
Eugene Countryman
Olin
Wyoming
Anamosa
Henry Bramer
Ivetia
Thomas Eichhorn
Lamont
Central City
Mystic
Wapsie
Alice
Chicago
W. B. Scarcliff
Brown
Scarcliffs
Iowa City
Davis City
F. A. Layton
Robert
Davenport
Helen Freeman
E. O. Johnson
John von Sprecken
Fred Latare
Robert Fisher
Arnold Latare
Fisher
Roy Bender
Elsie
Edna Peck
Sarah Bills
Viola
F. R. Goodrick
New York City
G. H. Goodrick
Parke Ogden
Robert Alden
Ogden
Ruth Alden
Grinnell College
Levien
Lakehurst
Westphal
Arthur Manwiller
Northwest
O Olin
Broderson
George Barclay
Earl Ott
Maquoketa
Ott
Levi MallHcoat
Barclays
M. E. Church
Madison
Oxford
George Fishwild
Ruth Cessna
Ames Extension
Business Visitors Nelson Brownell and Lon Draper in Omaha
Nelson Brownell and Lon Draper were business visitors in Omaha at the start of the week, meeting local contacts and reviewing upcoming partnerships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Brownell
Lon Draper
Omaha
Australian Mushroom Emits Readable Night Light
A mushroom discovered in Australia glows so bright it enables reading by its light at night. This natural luminescence could illuminate areas without artificial lighting and attracts scientific interest for bioluminescence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Arthur Fairbanks
Bradley Davis
Clark
Earl Benedict
Gay McConaughy
Dale
Kenneth
Mary Louise Yount
Morley
Grace Benedict
Gladys
Ernest
Kenneth McConaughy
Vincent Stalken
Charles Tuttle
Tuttle
Lizzie Dirks
Leonard Bradley
Cass
Monticello Fair Grounds
Willis
Donald Fairbanks
Charles Guilford
Frank Burlingham
Ed Head
W. R. Darrow
W. W. Mayberry
Darrow Farrow
Anita
Lee Hannan
James Darrow
C. B. Darrow
Fred Weers
Amamosa
Sherman Harford
Herman Spooner
Iane Reed
Earl Keith
Port
Wilma Holub
Marie Kula
Fred Ammeter
Verner Conklin
Chauncey
L. M. McLaughlin
Stone City
Raymond Powers
Roy Truesdell
West Prairie
Kenneth Sanders
Jake Kazina
Center Point
Frank B. Holub
Joe B. Holub
van Bessen
Gilbert Knott
Bud Camne
van Besien
Mary Cyrilla
Mary Arlene
James Woodworth
B. A. Woodworth
M. J. McNeilly
Mattle
Mary Livingstone
Margaret Livingstone
Livingstone
McNeilly
J. R. McNeilly
Maurice
Jean
John Newton
E. F. Burr
Pauline
Carol
Eildon
Castle Grove
J. F. Livingstone
Home Project
Wayne
Ames
Frank Dawes
Lou Ahraken
C. H. Nelson
Irving Eiler
F. D. Sutherland
George McDonald
Willis Martin
Lyman
George Moats
Jones County
The
Presbyterian Church
Farm Bureau ‘Business Association
J. N. and
Paul Smith
M. E. Ladies
Paulsen Lawn
Presbyterian Ladies’ Working Band
Clark's
William Magee
Magee
Fred Carson
Andrew Serbousch
Dwight Mathes
Wisconsin
Mathes
J. W. Livingstone
W. S. Pangburn
Fred Henak
James
Iowa
Henak
Hazel Pangburn
William Marshall
Nina Bulgren
McCammant
Ray Bohler
J. N. Smith
James Douglas
W. H. Chamberlain
Cleveland
Ohio
McLaughlin
Peter Prahm
M. L. Coyle
Frances
Fred Preas
Mayme
Carrie
Don
Evelyn Courtney
Ruth Winch
J. E. Duncan
J. B. Seehusen
T. E. Stanton
Frank Preas
Louise
Dixon, Ill
A. Nichols
Ricka Hyde
Earlville
Herbert Cox
Ellen McDonald
Park Chamberlain
Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society
Routh Mallicoat
Kilmer Andrews
Carrie Preas
Frances Coyle
Holgee
Jack
Leroy Dirks
Will Helgens
Baby
J. L. Serbousek
R. W. Brady
Martelle
Harry Chase
Elmer Schrader
Mary Ellen McDonald
J.B. Hanken
Ahraken
State Park
Antamosa
Fred Hanken
Langworthy
J. B. Hanken
Robert Livingstone
South Dakota
Clara Mackey
Stuart
Stanwood
Fred Biere
Ernest Goldsmith
Earl DeShaw
Henry Biere
Fred Bierce
Emma and
Harriet Alden
Rose Day
Meta Wolfe
Jessie Koch
Dora Thomson
Freda Rohwedder
Denison
Holstein
Vaughn Lindsay
Stella May
Blanche Larry
J.S. Parr
Wyoming Schools
Ruth Broderson
Elsa Peck
Erma Lincoln
Grace Vrooman
Ernest Weller
John McDonald Hospital
Weller
Francois
Leota Wherry
D. A. Wherry
W. G. Krause
Irene Brownell
Mary Brownell
Lutheran Ladies’ Aid Society
Methodist
Presbyterian
Camp Blackhawk
Worlds Fair
Grant Park
Buddy Rogers
His
California
Hotel Sherman
Standard Oil
Atlas Tires
Ewa
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