Local Social Notes and Community Events Across Cass County
East Cass residents visited Cedar Rapids and Marion, with many guests at homes of Poppe Dirks Benedict and Hannan. Churches plan Christmas entertainments and a chicken supper on December 16, while a Homemakers club organized in Clay township. Onslow earned two basketball wins over Center Junction and Monticello, and nearby gatherings included a Wyoming auxiliary party and postmasters meeting in Maquoketa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Tjader
Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Little
Irvin Kemp
Marion
Emil Poppe
Henry
Olin
Henry Poppe
Gerd Dirks
Harm Dirks
Herman Tapken
Dirks
Dale McConaughy
Morley
Mary Louise Yount
Monticello
Earl Benedict
Ladies’ Aid Society
Cass Church
Frank Post
Ralph Zimmerman
Ernest Glass
Eva Glass
Lee Hannan
Lynn Tjaden
Elmer Hoover
Antioch
Will Hiller
Castle Grove
Ivan
Herman Dirks
W. K. Black
Benedict
Lester Fairbanks
Will First
Ellen Mae
Ray Appleberry
Helen
Thomas Stimpson
Des Moines
Mabel Franklin
Cass No. 6
Hickory Grove
Bertha Burlingham
Cass Township
Castle Grove No. 5
Peter Schmalfeldt
Fred Martens
R. C. Walters
Mount Vernon
Onslow
Clay Township
Alva Streeper
Lynne Chatterton
Mildred Harms
Violet Wherry
Elma Streeper
Ed Paulsen
Neal
Larry
Legion Hall
Wyoming
O. Lightfoot
Maquoketa
Onslow Community News Highlights
The Presbyterian Guild met at Mrs. C. R. Smith's home with 25 members, repairs funded for the parsonage, and planned future improvements. W A Hicks hosted the Larkin club for a Christmas party with a 500-totals game and prizes for Mary Ann Cress and Thelma Gil, plus gift exchanges. William Fletcher, 81, died, with services at the Presbyterian church. he was an Irish-born elder and Mason. Santa Claus visits planned for Dec 23, with local amenities and committee chairs named for Christmas events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Guild
C. R. Smith
Roxie Bullock
Edwin Wilcox
W. A. Hicks
Larkin Club
Mary Ann Cress
Thelma Gil
Ralph Orr
Fraternity Lodge
A. F and A. M
Shelby Orris
L. M. Smith
Marvin Holst
N. C. Holst
William Fletcher
Margaret Lozier
Gilman Lozier
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Fletcher
County Anther
Ireland
America
Agnes Gault
John Dennison
Dennison
Oklahoma
Onslow
Fletcher
Presbyterian Church
Masonic Lodge
Grand Lodge
Clay
J. R. Ramey
East Ridge
Henry Heeren
Mary Werden
Huldah Allen
O. O. Watson
Center Junction
George Sears
Clinton
Santa Claus Dee
Santa Claus
Lulu McCune
Council Bluffs
Esther McCune
Keith Lemon
Jerry
Estelle McCune
Mount Vernon
Harold Hall
Deloris Hanna
Henry Koon
Helen Warren
Elizabeth Orr
Christmas club gatherings brighten three Wyoming homes
Mrs Jessie Kooh reports festive decor at three Wyoming country homes including Pleasant Ridge club and Everready club events. December meetings feature luncheons carols readings and gift exchanges with new officers announced for Madonna lodge Rebekahs Royal Neighbor lodge and other groups. Births and social activities noted among local clubs and fire department fundraiser planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Peter Eichhorn
Pleasant Ridge Club
Arthur Manwiller
Kyle Poole
George Fishwild
Lyla Tompkins
J. W. Morse
Joe Kouba
Carl Tjaden
Sunshine
Frank Henderson
John Kieceman
Co. W. Mallicoat
Ernest Sieveka
Everready Club
Elmer Storm
Charles Huggans
Don Wherry
Fred Lazare
Midland Homemakers Club
Lumir Holub
Howard Demoss
Noble Grand
Madonna Lodge
Rebekahs
Joe Willman
C. H. Rogers
Roy Bender
Noble Grand Circle
Charles Marshall
Laura Curry
Oracle
The
Royal Neighbor Lodge
Austin First
Joe Holub
Elizabeth Alden
Emma Siler
W. E. Demoss
Chris Anderson
Louis Dusanek
Outer Sentinel
H. H. Roberts
Inner Sentinel
Pauline Demoss
Jennie Schaefer
American Legion
Memorial Hall
Santa Claus
Marilyn Herzberger
Joann Thomsen
Norma Petersen
Neal Petersen
Melvin Petersen
Geraldine Mader
Wanda Petersen
Mary Jane Alden
Donald von Sprecken
George
Larita Kay
Irvin Adams
Clinton
Cascade Widow Mrs. Barrett Dies After Stroke
Mrs. Thomas J. Lane and Mrs. Timothy C. Barrett, prominent Cascade resident Maria Catherine Williams Barrett born in Garry Owen Sept 4 1854 died at home in East Cascade after a paralytic stroke a week earlier Her husband died three months ago She leaves two sons and four daughters 19 grandchildren and two great grandchildren Funeral held at St Martin s church with a solemn requiem mass Burial in St Martin s Cemetery Several relatives from out of town attended the service including Barrett Morrison Fall Renier and Grace families from Dubuque and Bernard Illinois and Chicago relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy C. Barrett
East Cascade
Maria Catherine Williams
Barrett
Garry Owen
Jackson County
Matthew
Mary A. Brennen Williams
Timothy Barrett
St. Patrick's Church
James Kelly
Cascade
St. Martin’s Church
The
Rosary Society
E. J. Williams
Thomas Rooney
St. Martin's Church
Francis Cassidy
St. Martin's
Father Williams
St. Viator's College
Kankakee
Til
St. Martin's Cemetery
EB. J. Williams
James Phelan
Philip Devine
Leo Dolphin
William Tallman
Leo Skahill
W. B. Fagan
J. J. Ramm
Harold Curoe
L. F. Barrett
Thomas J. Lane
A. L. Morrison
M. E. Barrett
Oxford Junction
G. E. Fall
Dubuque
A. H. Renier
Milwaukee
Bernard
J. P. Grace
Cedar Rapids
Franz Nachtivey
Lensing
M. J. Grace
Joseph Burke
Andrew Morrison
A. M. Hess
Iowa City
Delores Barrett
R. N
Chicago
T. V. Williams
E. J. Willams
Emmett
Gertarde
Marion Williams
Local notes and land transfers wrap Jones county week
The page lists numerous social visits in Jones county including Batchelders in Springville and Creston guests at Monticello area homes. It also records land transfers in Anamosa and Center Junction with modest sums and dates, and ends with a remark that Arctic exploration yields low pay for leaders.
Opera House Seats Sell Out for High School Show
Four stitches were needed after Paul Cooper slashed his right index finger with a drawknife Friday evening. Irvin Adams, son of Mr and Mrs Alex Adams, moved from Wyoming two years ago. The Messiah was presented at Cornell College Mount Vernon with Rev and Mrs Farnham among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin
Alex Adams
Wyoming
Paul Cooper
Opera House
J. A. Hoegen
Otto Dohwedder
E. Stoffel
Henry Eichhorn
Rene Dubois
Colville
Wash
R. Fishwild
Dubois
W. W. Fordham
Road renumbering links Cedar Rapids to Chicago as Highway 64
Anamosa Eureka reports Iowa and Illinois highway commissions select uniform route number 64 for the Cedar Rapids to Chicago corridor known as the Bline road. In Martelle ongoing culvert work and abutment construction for the new overpass on the gravel highway from Fairview to Mount Vernon continues. north abutment done, south nearly finished, with winter pouring of the overpass bridge expected if weather permits. Jones county officials left for Des Moines to arrange 1937 relief setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Mayberry
N. C. Holst
Board of Supervisors
William J. Bailey
Herman Helgens
Joe Fegan
C. A. Spaethe
Vadena Finney
Mary Adrienne Brady
Des Moines
Jones County
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Iowa
Illinois State Highway Commissions
Martelle
Fairview
Mount Vernon
Iowa City
Fairview Corner
Also Mentioned on This Page
East Cass
Gladys Benedict
W. A Hicks
Jessie Kooh
J. L. Batchelder
Harrison Batchelder
Springville
Joseph Hosch
Kenneth
Fred Welter
Bertha Baxter
Howard Traves
Ryan
Frank Kennedy
Worthington
James Rowan
William Conley
Dyersville
Clement
John Albany
Genevieve
Manchester
Dave Wilson
John Blaker
Hopkinton
Perry DeShaw
Marlene
Donald
Louis Smith
E. H. Cox
Phyllis
Donna Jeanne
Herbert Cox
Ray Chaplin
George Nordman
Charles Stevenson
W. H. Behrends
Presbyterian Church Partors
Neya Wilson
Bernard Murray
Lester Lang
Genevieve Albany
England
Effie L. Reyner
S. W
Allen Reyner
Rachel Reyner
Varvel
Angle Street
Farmers Mutual Creamery Company
Ellen Morrissey
Claude Latta
Mertie Latta
Scott & Skinner's
Anamosa
Albert Osborne
Martha
Waldo Hart
U. 5
S. A
Thomas Dowdy
William Joshua Barney
William M. Goarcke
Emma
Robert W. Neff
H. Elwood Kirkpatrick Jr
Elna Kirkpatrick
Marion Hovey
Frank Hovey
Lucy Kirkpatrick
E. Kirkpatrick
Wilhelmina Grimm
Louie Guhl
Amelia Guhl
Hiram Brady
A. J. Byerly
E. C. Gotch
Flo Ellison
A. H. Newman
Warian
Loretta S. Potvin
E. A. Husband
Merris Latta
Scott Skinner
Lot
Scott & Skinner
W. Streeper
Mabel Streeper
Mildred Streener
Mabel Flockhart Tuetkon
W. E
A. D. Flockhart
W. S. Pangburn
Hattie Mae
First Farm Land Company
H. M. Carpenter Jr
Chis
M. Luett
Norman Martens
Anamosa Eureka
Kayser Bayon Underwear
Mark
Warner
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