Deaths and local notices from Hopkinton area
Obituaries report J E Stanger dying February 3 at his son’s Hopkinton home born September 22 1845 in Cook County Illinois married Sarah Shepherd March 10 1879 two children Myrtle Taylor Cedar Rapids Arthur R Stanger Hopkinton and four grandchildren. Other notices recount Lenox college alumni Lenox gatherings double wedding at St Peters Temple Hill and cantata Queen Esther Feb 16 at Lenox junior college chapel with cast and director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Stanger
A. R. Stanger
Mr. Stanger
Christopher
Margaret Stanger
Cook County
Illinois
Iowa
Delaware County
Sarah Shepherd
Myrtle Taylor
Cedar Rapids
Arthur R. Stanger
Hopkinton
Stanger
Gertrude
Ruth Taylor
Rachel
Billy Joe Stanger
Solomon
Sebeka
Minn
A. O. Stanger
Manchester
Kate Dolly
Methodist
A. B. Soule
David de Best
Presbyterian Church
Hopaia
E. C. Grubbs
Lenox College
Grubbs
Los Angeles
Hazel Green
Wis
Frances May Taylor
Ivan
Roy
Inman, Neb
New York Life Insurance Company
Inglewood
Lenox
James F. Winnard
Frank Chalmers McKean
Charles Ensign
Paul Melrose
Hugh McCarroll
Leo Kurt
Raymond A. Becker
Recker
Kurt
Cascade
Lenox Junior College
Queen Esther
Community Choral Club
Esther
Gertrude Reeve
Ahasuerus
Morris Rimmer
Haman
Wayne Thurm
Mordecai
Lyle Thompson
Zeresh Haman
Mary Elizabeth Gearhart
Evelyn Speers
Catherine Rippie
Edna Holt
DeEtta Humphrey
Scribe
Raymond Solon
Hegai
Harold Hawn
Harbonah
Donald Smith
Gladys Pulver
H. M. Reeve
Donna Davidson
Colorado
Davidson
N. L. Landers
Lulu DeShaw
Milton Higgs
Dixon
John and Mary Flanagan
Glenn Thompson
W. 8. Johnson
J. B. Schuster
Bernice Edgar
Earl Brutsman
W. J. Kirkwood
Leo Sullivan
Leonard Gibbs
Robert MacDonald
Thomas Tibbitts
Maquoketa
Maquoketa Junior College
John M. Tibbitts
Bert Dighton
Missionary Societies of
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Ela Brokaw
Colesburg
Colesburg High School Cagers
Hopkinton High
Saunders
Monticello DeMolay Dribblers
Burdick
Aces
Mont
Realio
Monticallo
Harper
Hopkinton Co-operative Creamery Association
Legion Hall
John Beits
Creamery Directors Reelect H Winch and H M Reeve
The year saw 457704 pounds of butter produced and patrons paid an average 29.86 cents per pound for butterfat, with $110521.08 distributed to creamery customers. The operation, near 200 patrons strong, remains well managed and flourishing. Mr and Mrs W B Johnson visited Charles Bates in McPane hospital at Monticello on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Winch
H. M. Reeve
Rouse
W. 8. Johnson
Charles Bates
Mcpanes Hospital
Monticello
Sunay
Wyoming hosts Mrs Melvin Mortensen wedding shower
Wyoming Iowa social notes describe a large gathering honoring Mrs Melvin Mortensen nee Vera Westphal with games and a gift shower. The piece also covers lodge meetings, civic programs, church events, upcoming initiations, and local club activities across Wyoming and nearby towns.
Women’s club meeting discusses life insurance topics
Center Junction notes a Women’s club session led by Mrs. May Himebaugh with talks on life insurance policies and disability provisions. The program featured Miss Irma Sanford and Miss Margaret Wismeier, plus a short one act play by local farm bureau members that placed second in Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Kleineck
May Himebaugh
Irma Sanford
Dale Dodge
E. L. Tomlinson
Ed Duncan
Margaret Wismeier
Monticello
Central
Lyman Thompson
George Dirks
Harry Alyea
Kenneth Serbousek
Dean Mead
Junior Alyea
Louis Dreibelbis
Bob Serbousek
Alva Edwards
Oxford Junction
Center Junction
Oxford Camera
Supt. McCauley
Onslow
Wyoming
Jones County
Olin
Presbyterian Ladies
Neighborhood Band Reports Busy Week and Local Visits
The band met Mrs. E F Klebeck last Thursday with a large turnout. Division A planned a bake sale held Saturday. Attendees visited Cedar Rapids to view one act plays including Neighbors. Various locals traveled, visited relatives, or attended events through the week.
Amber Mary Thuman and Hattie celebrate birth anniversaries
Amber Mrs Mary Thuman and daughter Hattie host a large family gathering at the Stebels bowery west of town on Tuesday for a birth anniversary. The evening features dancing and a social time with a basket supper for about a hundred guests. Elmer Rathbun, once of Amber and now near Anamosa, slowly recovers from tularemia contracted while dressing a rabbit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Thuman
Hattie
Stebels Bowery
Elmer Rathbun
Amber
Anamosa
John Gerdes
Otto Otten
Jack Husman
Orla Bailey
Elkader
Eugene Bailey
Lucy Bailey
Delco Yount
Henry Harms
F. L. Provan
Ed Herren
New London
Pete Robertson
Bernell
Joe Wilson
Maquoketa
Antioch
Carl Hay
Will Hay
Fred Hults
George Andrews
Howard
Elmer Andrews
Center Junction
Philip Bailey
Cedar Rapids
Harriet Rohn
Hindman
Black Oak School
J. W. , Zimmerman
Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid Society
Carl Husman
Helen Husman
Phil Bailey, Jr
Luncheon Follows Bridge Games at Local Club
Four tables hosted bridge play with a luncheon served afterward. Guests included Mr and Mrs Grover Preston and daughter Leone, Mr and Mrs George Andrews and son Howard, Mr and Mrs Roscoe Lincoln and family, Mr and Mrs Eugene Bailey and daughter Ethel Gene, Mr and Mrs Carl Husman, Mrs Ethel Wear, Philip Bailey, and Henry Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Preston
Leone
George Andrews
Howard
Roscoe Lincoln
Eugene Bailey
Ethel Gene
Carl Husman
Ethel Wear
Philip Bailey
Henry Bailey
February Presbyterian Aid meeting at Mrs Sinclair home
A strong turnout greeted the February Presbyterian Aid Society gathering at Mrs D O Sinclair home with a missionary program on China led by Mrs Everett Stickley and Mrs W B Clark. Business sessions planned a social later in the month and influenza kept Rev A Alyea and family from church services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Aid Society
D. O. Sinclair
Everett Stickley
W. B. Clark
China
A. Alyea
Presbyterian Church
Maquoketa
Watters
Donald Klapp
Monticello
Tressa Corum
Florence Ralston
Grant Ralston
Dorothy Wright
Charles Still
Gertrude Rickels
Lois Kuhns
Constance Naylor
Dwayne Stickley
Raymond Plueger
Hazel Eby
Selena Otten
Edwin Craig
Reece Moats
George Eby
Hazel Craig
H. A. Loomis
Lestus Kuhns
Wilma
Jones County Farm Bureau
Wayne Township
Cedar Rapids
Tom Reamer
Marion
Scotch Grove
Carson's Hall
Center Junction
John Ahraken
Anamosa
Women's Community Club
Fle Saps
Farmers Mutual Creamery annual meeting reports production and officers
Langworthy The Farmers Mutual Creamery held its annual meeting on January 30 with 409 391 pounds of cream delivered at an average test of 32 02 percent. It manufactured 163 472 pounds of butter shipped to a New York firm. Elected officers include President John D Poppe vice president Gerd Harms treasurer Paul T Schuetz and secretary George Poppe. Directors elected are William J Oltman Jr Henry Alferts George Schafer Henry J Ricklefs William F Poppe Fred Ortgies and Carl Gerdes. Rudolph Zimmerman marked his 16th birthday with a party at home attended by numerous relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company
New York
John D. Poppe
Gerd Harms
Paul T. Schuetz
George Poppe
William J. Oltman, Jr
Henry Alferts
George Schafer
Henry J. Ricklefs
William F. Poppe
Fred Ortgies
Carl Gerdes
Rudolph Zimmerman
Ralph Zimmerman
John Zimmerman
Emil Prull
Monticello
John Stahlberg
Edna
Elsie
Esther Reuter
Lawrence Herren
Scotch Grove
Leo
Harry Dirks
Lizzie Zimmerman
Emma, Dirks
Wayne Township
Ed Prult
Wilma
Henry
Bill
Frieda Monk
Herman Dirks
Siebert Harms
Ed Stiffler
Alfred Ommen
Ed Prull
Des Moines
George Ireland
Wyoming
Louis Ireland
Clarence Heyen
Clifford Arduser
Arlene Ann
Onslow Ladies' Guild to Meet at Church this Wednesday
Onslow The Ladies' Guild will meet Wednesday of this week at the church. Lucille Orr spent last week with Doris Doland in Maquoketa. Miss Doland returned with her and spent the week end. Miss Lucille Starry, a student in Maquoketa junior college, spent the week end and Monday at her home north of town. Lucille was a graduate of this school last year. Mr. Newhouse of Cedar Rapids, a
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Guild
Lucille Orr
Doris Doland
Maquoketa
Doland
Lucille Starry
Lucille
Mr. Newhouse
Cedar Rapids
Community Notes from Coe College and Nearby Towns
A student at Coe College preached Sunday morning with the simmer choir led by Mrs. Macauley at piano and Mrs. Walter Koon directing. Local residents visited Anamosa, Mercy Hospital, Monticello, and Cedar Rapids events. bake sale planned by the fourth division at Koon's hardware on Feb. 25, with Ina Jansen as chair. Several families and guests traveled to Chicago, Clinton, and Iowa City. a Friday dance drew fair attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe College
Simmer
Macauley
Walter Koon
G. Hutton
Jessie McMaster
Estelle McCune
Anamosa
Hutton
McMaster
Miss McCune
Belle Johnson
Mercy Hospital
Frank Rowe
Monticello
Vernon Rynerson
Pierce Norris
Florida
Horace Barber
Eevening
George Lyons
Harriet Lamey
R.D. Cooley
Koon
Ina Jansen
Margaret Lozler
Gillman
Cedar Rapids
Wyoming
Kenneth Kennedy
Local Social News from Monticello and Surrounding Towns
Sand Spring and Monticello residents share events from a Ladies Aid gathering, card parties, birthdays and visits. Highlights include prizes won at gatherings hosted by Mrs. Behrends and Mrs. Welter, with guests from Cedar Rapids Delhi Earlville Dyersville Marion and more.
Sackett Family Visit Spends Sunday Near Anamosa
Richland Center residents Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sackett with Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Sackett and family of Hopkinton visited Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rickels near Anamosa last Sunday. John Yossi spent last Friday at Ryan at the John Enabnit home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Sackett
M. D. Sackett
Hopkinton
Fred Rickels
Anamosa
John Yossi
Ryan
John Enabnit
Local Social Roundup From Cedar Rapids and Area
Mrs John Schweitzer and son Sidney visited Cedar Rapids last Saturday. Frederick Buol and Mrs Paul Buol of Dubuque visited relatives last week. Mr and Mrs Leonard Heinen hosted many relatives and friends last Wednesday evening with cards and dancing. Mrs Leonard Buel and family visited DuBuque Saturday. The Richland Rustic Rustlers met Lucile Yossi last Saturday with officer elections led by Wanda Ely Luella Balsiger Mary Ellen Wismeter Lorraine Hein. Home furnishing is this year project with illustrations shown and refreshments by Mrs John Yoast. Leona Behrends weekend visit with Luella Balsiger. Will Balsiger attended farewell dance for Mr and Mrs August Schatz at Monticello last Monday. Schatzs plan to move to a farm near Hopkinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. L. Harrington
Hugh Beshfeton
Williamsurge
E. L. Millsap
Cedar Rapids
Newton Crawford
Davenport
W. H. Alden
Walter Dunn
Rock Island
Hattie Dieckman
Welton
Midland
Joe Holub
Wyoming Fire Company
Wyoming
Norman Paul
8. H. Brainard
Marty Ann Wilker
William Wilker
Charlene Benson
Thelma Benson
St. Luke's Hospital
Frank Pealer
Ward Kent
Olin
Kent's
Peter Sleveka
Mr. Kent
Kent
Cc. W. James
Fred Storm
Erna Holub
Hawthorne Club
Althea Goodrick
Emma Alden
Washington
George
Martha
Hanold
Hanson
Goodrick
Sherrill
Valentine
Don Hansen
Merton Miller
Wyoming Telephone Company
Kansas City
Miller
Strong
Will Strong
Vernon Carson
Buchholtz
Thomson Farm
Charles Eggers
Ernest Goldsmith
Center Junction
John Petersen
Oxford Junction
Goldsmith Place
Robert Barker
R. H. White
Henry Eichhorn
Peter Broderson
Sand Spring
Monticello
M. R. Terhune
E. F. Klebeck
Hoseteas
R. D. Sanford
J. M. Moses
H. E. Stingley
T. E. Stanton
Ed Duncan
A. Alyea
Alyea
H. J. Burgsthaler
Cornell College
Methodist Episcopal Church
A. G. Smith
Des Moines
Ann Doran
D. W. Smith
Frank McNeilly
Springville
J. F. Livingstone
M. J
J. R. McNeilly
John Alexander
Will Alexander
Viola Hunt
Earlville
Peter Prahm
Cora Garth
Fred Preas
Clinton
Louise Preas
W. Clark
Cal Chase
Maxine
Byrd Porter
Anamoss
Selma
Pauline Prahm
Henry Heeren
Monmouth
O. O. Watson
S. G. Thompson
Catherine
May Himebaugh
Hopkinton
C. B. Carson
Pierce Norris
Phil Norris
Bellé
Florida
John
Peter Letze
Stanton
Frank Husman
Thelma
Walter Norris
University Boanital
Shaw
H. J. Dirks
Scott McDonald and
F. D. Sutherland
John V. Carson
John Carson
W. H. Behrends
Presbyterian Bar
Wednesay
Fred Welter
Lou King
Welter
C. K. Greer
R. E. Chaplin
Cap Arduser
Jennie Ferguson
Ernest Brondel
Clara Grapes
Delhi
Edward Cox
Mildred Hyde
John Batchelder
Stanley Bright
Mr. Bright
George Bright
Will
Pleasant Valley
George O'Brien
Nadine
Lamont
Bert Walter
Shirley
Donald
Farley
Leo Smith
Dyersville
James Haverly
Anamosa
Leslie Bright
Joyce
Paul Dean
Helen Bright
Marion
Pat
Sheboygan
Wis
Walter
Doris Bright
Ann Clement
Mary Clement
Thompson's
Miss Clement
William Conley
Matt Clement
Cascade
Sophia Clement
John Schweitzer
Sidney
Cedar Rapds
Frederick Buol
Paul Buol
Dubuque
Leonard Hein
Leonard Buel
Ben
Claire Aitchison
Dubuaque
Richland Rustic Rustlers
Lucile Yossi
Wanda Ely
Luella Balsiger
Mary Ellen Wismeter
Lorraine Hein
John Yoast
Leona Behrends
Will Balsiger
August Schatz
Schatz
Stock shipments and meetings noted in regional items
Castle Grove Steve McDowell drove to Chicago Monday with two carloads of stock including cattle and hogs. Mrs. George Specht attended a Cedar Rapids farm bureau district meeting. The Ladies Aid of the Lutheran church met with Mrs. E F Eiben last Friday. W F Hintz and son shipped cattle to Chicago Monday, with Hintz accompanying the shipment. Mr. Mitchell of Marton is a candidate for the county position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve McDowell
Chicago
George Specht
Farm Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Ladies’ Aid Society
the Lutheran Church
E. F. Eiben
W. F. Hintz and Son
W. F. Hints
Mitchell
Marton
Agent to succeed Wortman touched in Monday call
The flu is prevalent in this vicinity. Mike Donovan’s home near Ryan burned recently, destroying household goods valued at about 1100 dollars. He held 800 of insurance according to the inventory filed with the insurance association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Wortman
Mike Donovan
Ryan
Insurance Association
Delaware County Trick Targets Manchester Hog Buyers
W A Jarvis, a Hopkinton leader and former hog buyer, operated in Manchester for years and is sought by victims after a scheme that offered 10 cents more per hundred to lure farmers. He paid with checks drawn on a Dyersville bank, which bounced, with losses reportedly reaching thousands, possibly seven thousand dollars. Jarvis has diversified into several lines, including gas service stations tied to the Pennsylvania Oil company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
W. A. Jarvis
Manchester
Jarvis
Dyersville
Pennsylvania Ol Company
First use of chlorine gas in World War I
On April 22, 1915, Germany released chlorine gas against French and British lines in the northeastern upper Ypres salient, marking the first large scale gas attack of the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ypres
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry Westphal
Melvin Mortensen
Vera Westphal
Howard Gee
Dorothy Hubbard
Alta Ahrendsen
Order of the Eastern Star
Elna Rohwedder
Harry Cook
E. N. Stoffel
F. A. Layton
Henry Bramer
Nellie Atherton
Lavica Adams
Pearl Rogers
O. E
Jennie Allen
George Washington
Wyoming American Legion
Wyoming Public Schools
Laurence Goodrick
Katherine Bronson
Bay View Club
Janet. Waite
Elizabeth Wherry
Maude Stoffel
Ruth Rawson
Midland Homemakers Club
Clara Nowachek
Holub
Lillian Roberts
Noble Grand Circle of Madonna Lodge
Rebekah of
Presbyterian Missionary Society
Memorial Hall
E. L. Arhelger
Wyoming Lutheran Church
G. H. Goodrick
Wyoming M. E. Church
Burgsthaler
of Christ
M. E. Church
G. W. James
Hazel Reitz
Bernice Tompkins
Helen von Sprecken
Beth Marshall
Clara Jenkins
Laura Curry
Wyoming Boy Scouts
Eagle
Star
Billy Reade
Eagle Patrol
Wayne Thomas
Star Patrol
Reynold Fishwild
C. F. Saxon
Rochester
Fishwild
Mayo Clinic
Johnson
Garside
Pelkey
Felker
Hara
Goldsmith
Barker
Howard Johnson
Mount Vernon
C. T. T. Club
Kensington
Janet Robertson
Nashville
Tenn
C. W. Eye
Mrs. Edwards
Richland Center
Castle Grove
Parkers
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
United States Bureau of Labor
IOWAI
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company