Onslow Area News Highlights Local Weddings
Long list of community notices from Onslow and nearby towns. Wedding of Amanda Paulsen to Virtus SaenkSen at Paulsen home near Onslow. couple to reside near Olin after a six week trip. Also reports of local visits, meetings, church activities, school events, and fires.
Agnes Paulsen Weds Marvin Niagen in Zion Lutheran Church
Miss Agnes Paulsen eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter Paulsen Onslow married Marvin Niagen son of Mr and Mrs Henry Nissen Hale at Zion Lutheran Church Wyom ing at 11 oclock Tuesday morning in January 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Paulsen
Peter Paulsen
Onslow
Marvin Niagen
Henry Nissen
Hale
Zion Lutheran Church
Wyoming
Wyoming Woman Dies After Long Life On Farm Near Onslow
Mary Elizabeth Wasson Gridley of Wyoming died Friday afternoon after a long life in Madison and Wyoming townships. She was born in Oswego County New York and married Charles B Gridley in 1885 after he returned from war. The couple lived on a farm near Onslow then moved to Wyoming in 1905. Survived by husband two daughters Leona Elwood Everett Washington and Nettie Wherry Wyoming five grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral at home with Rev Nicholas officiating and burial in Wyoming cemetery. Elizabeth Behnke installed new R N A officers at the lodge meeting with Mrs Laura Curry as oracle and other officers listed. A social hour followed with refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altrumian Club
George French
George Lyon
Arthur Barlow
Minneapolis
Howard Willison
Floyd Chatterton
Thoreau and
Emerson
Harriet Lamey
Longfellow
Walt Whitman
Mina Sears
Leonard Ingwersen
John Langskoy
Joe Wasson
William Oswald
R. W. Chatterton
Charles Gridley
Wyoming
Miss Paulsen
Elsie Holst
Laura Holst
John Clark
Center Junction
Bernice Domer
Onslow
C. A. Neville
Richland
Washington
Winslow
Ps Gource
William Moore
George Bell
North Main Street
Mr. Moore
Will Kokemuller
Onslaw
Kokemuller
George Sears
Iowa City
University Hospital
al Stickley
Colfax
John Garrett
Ladies’ Guild
Harry Koon
John Millsap
Inver Grove
Minnesota
Belle Howard
Clifford
Nettie Albery
Dubuque
Carrie Mackrill
Cora Garnett
James White
Anamosa
Mary Livingstone
Waterton
Emily Reade
Glenn Barnes
Maquakets
Frank Barnes
van Sickle
J. G. Reid
Jesse Tomlinson
Town
Hawthorne Club
William Wilker
Mary Ann Wilker
Jansen
Emma Alden
Nicaragua
Virginia Johnson
White House
Will Wilker
Jerome Bender
Sid Milsap
Bender
Archie Bender
Monticelo
Olive Lauber
Little Rock
Grace Vrooman
John
Kathryn
Kyle Pool
Jones County
Rebekah Lodge
Monticello
Dora Ingwersen
C. M. & St. P. Railway
Progressive Woman's Club
Kate Anderson
Alice Wherry
Esther
Ada Yates
Jephtha
Bahne Yakman
Hartman
Ella
Harry Cook
Hale
Marvin Nissen
Cook
Richard Wherry
Don Wherry
Cedar Rapids
Kokemaker
Fred Bills
Johnson
Elmer Johnson
St. Luke's Hospital
Walter Freeman
Olin
J. W. Morse
L. M. Tasker
de Ridder
Louisiana
Gelters
Tages Byob
Corbitt
Michigan
Mizar
Oxford Junction
Herman Rathje
Richardson
Frank Pealer
J. N. Swordes
Davenport
Fritz Kruse
W. O. Shaffer
Mary Elizabeth Wasson
Weomine
Oswego County
New York
Madison Township
Charles B. Gridley
Gridley
Leona Elwood
Everett
Nettie Wherry
Grent
Nicholas
R. N. A. Lodge
Elizebeth Behnke
Lutie Paul
Oracle
Larua Curry
Alice Leamon
Community society notes from Scotch Grove January 1927
Antrimuary 11 1927 SCOTCH GROVE Trinity Aid society elected officers for 1927 with Mrs Theodore Beh rends as president H Dirks as vice president and Mr John Brokens Jr as secretary treasurer The society plans monthly meetings on the first Wednesday Two new members Mrs Will Brokens and Mrs Arthur Kiester were received The next meeting will be at Mrs Will Brokens Women’s Community club aids next meeting January 14 at Mrs Lewis Wright program includes music roll call kitchen helps and a pattern exchange Refreshments and notes on local families and birthdays follow The Camp Fire Girls meet January 22 at Esther Sinclair home Marie Helgens joined Recent visits mention Anamosa Langworthy and local weddings planned elsewhere in the issue Services note Shuttanka Camp Fire and assorted social items with local celebrations and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Working Band
FP. B
Long
Livingstone
Polk School
Frank Harrington
Schaffer
John Bramer
Wyoming
Center Junction High School
Presbyterian Church
G. O. Long
van Dyke
Esther Moats
Andrews
Maurine Stingley
Velma Pangburn
Leola Watson
Butler
Pauline Burmeister
Dorothy Dretbelbis
Blanche Thompson
Aldrich
Esther McDonald
Jane
Tarkington
Pauling Prahm
Tommy Stearns
Leone Serbousek
Fred Carson
Peter Prahm
J. B. Hanken
Monticello
Shippers’ Association
State Shippers’ Association
John Clark
Bernice Dohmer
Mount Vernon
Ruth
Nelson
Serbousek
Masonic Club
Louis Applequist
Lafayette Indiana
J. N. Smith
Applequist
George C. Long
Steck
Myron Bell
Anamosa
Gloria June
Thomas Bell
Fred Kempf
Albert
Paul Stuart
Dubuque
Kempf
Paul Smith
Jones County Farm Bureau
Des Moines
Farm Bureau
Carl Underwood
Baby
James Mead
Velma Larkey
Irma Stanford
Fred Henak
Chester
Oxford Junction
Hawick
Minnesota
Frank Preston
Percy Dodson
Cedar Rapids
J. A. Melronald
M. BE. Ladies Aid Society
Ray Sanford
Anamosa Hospital
Hans Hoop
Manchester
Guy McDonald
Schladesky
Augusta Norris
Carl Heideman
F. B. Livingstone
Trinity Aid Society
John Hinrichs
Theodore Behrends
H. Dirks
John Brokens, Jr
Will Brokens
Arthur Kiester
Women's Community Club
Lewis Wright
Bert Kiburz
Glenn Ropers
Mr. Rogers
Henry Ahmken
Ahraken
Shutanka
Esther Sinclair
Marie Helgens
Lou Webster
Webster
Wellogg
John Stahlberg
Emma Dirks of
Langworthy
Celena Stahlberg
Surprise Party Honors Will and Gene Stevenson
A surprise party at the Stevenson home last Saturday evening featured a bountiful supper and a radio and card games. Attendees included Henry Welter H E Chaplin Casper Arduser George McDonough C E B Martin Slauson Francis Murray and Lee Kurt with Mrs. Max Stevenson from Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will and
Gene Stevenson
Henry Welter
H. E. Chaplin
Casper Arduser
George
John McDonough C. EB. Martin
Co. c. Slauson
Francis Murray
Lee Kurt
Max Stevenson
Morris
Farm Sale Near Monticello Draws Spirited Bids
Farmers from the area attended Henry Buscher’s farm sale near Monticello last Friday. Over 600 chickens sold at 1.25 each and cows brought 80 to 126. Herman Brockhahn has rented the 290 acre farm and will take possession soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Buscher
Monticello
Herman Brockhahn
Lena Englebart
Herman Englebart
Ben Englebart
Hago Schoon
Sam Witham
Victor Jansen
George Schoon
Burnell
Florence
Leona Anderburg
Towa City
Harold
Towa City Hospital
Henry Siebels
Howard Soper
Anamosa
Onslow
Emil Hammer
Wyoming
Will Werderman
Florence Anderburg
Manchester
Orla Bailey
William Bartels
Delaware
Henry Dirks
Henry Lorenzen
Davenport
Gene Bailey
Farmers Mutual Insurance meeting set for Castle Grove
Castle Grove January 12 1927 all members urged to attend the Farmers Mutual Insurance Association annual meeting at school house No 2 Saturday afternoon Directors and adjusters to be elected and reports heard Also local farm news reports include basketball practice for Kenneth Hosford shipper E F Burr sends hogs to Chicago and cattle TB testing in the township with some losses Henry Johnson horse injury and a Monticello visitor Carroll Podhaski and B C Helken noted in community exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association
Castle Grove
Kenneth Hosford
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
E. F. Burr
Chicago
No. 2
Ruth Gundlach
Thomas Cashman
M. Cashman
T. B
Henry Johnson
B. C. Roberts
B. C. Helken
Anamosa
Carroll Podhaski
Wayne Zions Lutheran Church Plans New Parsonage
The Wayne Zions Lutheran Church held its annual meeting on January 4 and voted to begin preparations for a new parsonage to be erected this summer. George Schoon was elected deacon and J D Poppe trustee. Services in German are planned for next Sunday with Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. Mrs John H Brokens of Langworthy was taken to Iowa City for treatment last Monday. Rev and Mrs Willms visited George Rickels last Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Zion’s Lutheran Church
George Schoon
J.D Poppe
Wayne Zion's Lutheran Church
John H. Brokens
Langworthy
Iowa City
Mrs
Willms
George Rickels
The Winter Woods By Philip B. Strong
A short poem explores the winter woods as bare yet meaningful. The speaker notes how leafless trunks reveal beauty and solitude, offering peace and a calming, reflective mood as friends gather round a fire in midwinter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip B. Strong
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ing
J. P. Willms
Amanda Paulsen
Virtus Saenksen
Elizabeth Crepe
Paulsen
Maquoketa
Leslie Behnke
Wheatland
Parr
Clinton
Slavengen
Creamery Company
G. D. Thompson
Gertrude Arduser
Roscoe Wilson
Buck Creek
F. J. Bohlken
Prairieburg
J. L. Batchelder
H. &. Chaplin
Delhi
C. BE. Martin
John Laban
Scotch Grove
Sanu
Amber
Wayne Township
Ife
Elena Ws Bia
Chamberlain
Chamberlain Medicine Co
Park
Sweet Orr
Oshkosh
Stuhlers
Coats
Stevens