Roof Fire Damages M. M. Sinclair Home at Scotch Grove
A chimney fire on Monday night damaged the M M Sinclair residence roof in Scotch Grove with a hole burned through the center. Neighbors spotted the blaze about ten o'clock and the fire was extinguished, aided by no wind and prompt discovery. Water leakage caused some floor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Sinclair
John Stahibere
Sinclairs
Lewis Wright
Presbyterian Sunday School
W. B. Clark
W. S. Eby
W. E. Carson
H. A. Loomis
L. B. Callahan
L. J. Hughes
Loomis
G. J. Hughes
D. L. Meyer
Ohio
Presbyterian Church
D. O. Sinclair
Esther Sinclair
Marrion
Cedar Rapids
Women's Community Club
Fritz Ladehoff
Sunbeam Mission Band
Geneva Loomis
Scotch Grove Sunshine Girls’ Club
Verna Loomis
Dorothy Otten
Presbyterian Aid Society
F. D. Sinclair
Buton Fair
Trausch Baking Company
Dubuque
Clifton P. Abbott
Great Falls
Montana
Center Junction
Scotch Grove
Abbott
Miriam Rice
Charles Henricks
McDonald Hospital
G. J. Huces
Carl Himebaugh
Otto Rittmer
R. A. Naylor
Leslie Balster
Jime Henrichs
Max Schrader
Wayne Ladehoff
Harold Eby
H. H. Carson
U. J. Schlemme
Elmer Schrader
Fritz Schlemme
Hans Henrichson
Lic
Anamosa
Hayes
Nichols
Playround Commission
Rhiny Heigens
Burlster
W. FE. Carson
F. FB. Craig
Chicago
Mr. Lewis
Geneva
Miss Houston
Lois Kuhns
Marcella Otten
Roberta Clark
Celena Otten
Jo Rowden
Alfreda Husmann
Carol Naylor
Constance Naylor
Geraldine Wright
Center Junction Community Hears Bible Talk and Hosts Local Events
Center Junction residents gathered at Mrs. Ethel Courtney’s home for a Bible themed meeting led by Catharine Robbie with fifteen members present. The club discussed The Bible and Music of the Bible, featuring Lucille Albaugh, Ethel Courtney, and Magdalene Vander Stoep, ending with the hymn My Faith Looks Up to Thee. Separately, Center Junction high school defeated Monmouth 23 to 4 in girls basketball, while the boys lost 22 to 12 as Harley Bulerin and R. T. Moore acknowledged local ties and officiating. Additional notes cover a large birthday dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Kleineck, a car collision involving J. B. Seehusen and Guy McDonald, and various out‑of‑town visits, church events, and community notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Courtney
Catherine Robbie
Robbie
Lucille Albaugh
Magdalene Vander Stoep
Center Junction High School
Monmouth Five
Vera Moats
Monmouth
Harley Bulerin
Center Junction
R. T. Moore
Cedar Rapids
EF. F. Kleineck
Chris Kleineck
Leonard
Lloyd Snyder
Robert Beckman
Lloyd Beckman
Mount Vernon
Frank Krob
Ely
Frank Shimanek
John Kleineck
Roy Kleineck
Oxford Junction
Art Glick
Olin
J. A. McDonald
Andrew McDonald
Audra Lee
Scott McDonald
Don
J. B. Seehusen
Center Junction Shipping Association
Guy McDonald
McNeilly’s Corners
Sechusen
McDonald
Scotch Grove
Prahm
Presbyterian Sechurch
H. B. Stincley
J. M. Moses
R. S. Robbie
Peter Prahm
S. W. Clark Foeturner
Edgewood
Harry Chase
N.C. Holst
Colonel Holst
Chicago
J. H. Perrine
Monticello
Paul Smith
Amber area social notes and farm sale events highlight week
Community hosts include birthday anniversaries for Reuben and Wilfred Dress with twenty five guests. An oyster stew gathering honors Otto Otten's birthday. Antioch church bazaar netted over $100. Numerous visits, moves, and funeral attendance tie Alabama township life to Amber. A large closing out farm sale featured Shorthorn cows calves hogs corn and pullets. Leslie Dunn purchasing a 160 acre Marion area farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernell Dress
Reuben Dress
Wilfred
Monticello
Will Werderman
Anamosa
Wilflamer
Wyoming
Lillian Fitzsimmon
Bartels
George Schoon
Paul Black
W. P. Morrissey
Amber
Ployd Switzer
Leslie Dunn
Wayne Township
Marion
P. B. Daly
Harold Gray
West Branch
Gray
John Barrack
Arthur Lincoln
Frank Byerly
Onslow
Clayton Hartman
Clyde Turner
John Croadman
Harry Witham
T. Platner
Alex Robertson
John Bailey
Ervin
Earl Snyder
Chicazo
Fred Gray
Community notices from Center Junction brief items
The bulletin reports a called congregational meeting for all members and notes the fire company receiving a siren placed at EB L. Tom Nnson's garage on a thirty day trial. It mentions M. J. McNeilly at home improving, Mrs. M. E. Dodge in charge as nurse, and a pause in Presbyterian Working Band meetings until January. Russell Preston of Central College visited with classmate A. P. Moats the past two weeks. Arthur Eldred funeral attended by Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Watson in Marteelle, and holiday shopping urged at home merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
Pella
Frank Preston
A. P. Moats
Daugher
Mac Himebnauch
O. O. Watson
Marteelle
Arthur Eldred
Bridge Honors Won By Turnis And Bisenius
Cascade Mrs. Lester Kevelin hosted the bridge club at her home Wednesday evening. First honors went to Miss Lorraine Turnis and Miss Laura Bisenius, with second place awarded. Dainty refreshments were served on three small tables. Mrs. Gene Hamil, 79, is suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Kevelin
Lorraine Turnis
Laura Bisenius
Gene Hamil
Family accident and weddings color Cascade notes
Mrs Hamil fractured shoulder after tripping on a rug. her son James was in Chicago. Dorothey Becker to George MacDonald wed in Detroit at the Church of the Little Flower. Cascade and Whitewater farm bureau hosted a large 4 H gathering with multiple demonstrations and a calf club. A plan to create a 4 000 to 5 000 acre game reserve near Cascade was discussed after rabbit and bird poaching concerns. A theft of 60 bushels of oats from Thomas Fagan's granary remains unsolved. Funeral services were held for Mrs David Welch of Iron Hill following her death in Fillmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade
George MacDonald
George Mac- Donald
Fort Williams
Canada
Detroit
Church of the Little Flower
Franklin Hay
Mac- Donald
Monticello
Cadillac Hotel
Cascade and Whitewater Farm Bureau
Durkin's
Farm Bureau
A. Fletcher Aitchison
Dubuque
Whitewater Townships
Cascade Township
Theresa Lauser
Virginia Mundell
Mildred Beard
F. H. Baum
Helen Robertson
N. J. Kremer
Hillside
England
Angeline Wolf
Germany
Emily Berger
France
Rachael Schoelmoeller
Scandinavia
Emily Wolf
America
Florence Berger
Fletcher Aitchison
Robert Hawkins
Gerald Baum
Frank Kerrigan
J. F. Leytem
Whitewater Township
Cascade Gun Club
Durkin
Thomas Fagan
Mr. Fagan
Fillmore
Highway 161
Fagan
David Welch
Jackson County
John W. Saide
A. P. Gehl
Joseph Drew
John Clancy
William Swanton
Jerry McCabe
Christmas Seals Fight Tuberculosis And Costs
Castle Grove asks residents to buy Christmas seals to support tuberculosis prevention. It notes 140000 children die before age one annually, with 85 percent preventable, and claims the health costs burden Iowa farm families at about 84 dollars per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Local Notes From Jones County News Roundup
Community updates list residents traveling to Chicago for cattle and fat stock, farm bureau meetings in Anamosa, new farm occupancy near Pratrieburg, and visits to ill relatives. Also recorded are church society meetings, a caretaker’s illness improvement, and a funeral return to school duties in Durango.
Rattlesnake Kill Report From November Field
R. P. Strauch of Elgin Fayette county reports on November 14 Fred Pinney killed a female rattlesnake with five young near one foot long. He killed the mother and four young. the fifth escaped. Pinney received a $2.560 bounty for the five snakes. The old snake carried nine rattles and a button, nearly ten years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Strauch
Elgin
Fayette County
Fred Pinney
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Percy Dodson
Davenport
Irma Sanford
C. R. Abbott
Cireal Falls
Eva Beals
Mroo
Maquoketa
John Alexander
Dean
Springville
J. F. Livingstone
D. L. Myers
Mr. Myers
Board of
Castle Grove
Barney Fitzsimons
W. H. Null
Sand Springs
Poland
H. P
Henry Moorman
J. C. Herard
Leo Skahill
E. F. Burr
M. J. McNeilly
Harry Fairbanks
Cass Township
S. M. Hosford
Jones County Farm Bureau
Owen Leonard
London Farm
G. J. Elben
Pratrieburg
Thomas W. Hogan
L. F. Balster
Henry Gerrets
Ladies' Aid Society
The
Lutheran Church
John H. Husman
Luther Lemee
Arthur Steiner
Strawberry Point
Florence Black
Durango
P. E. Black
F. W. Baxter
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