Center Junction Social Roundup At North Madison Cemetery Meet
The North Madison Pioneer Cemetery association held its annual meeting in Center Junction with officers re elected. O J Felton Cedar Rapids attended and helped with cemetery improvements. The issue also features a long list of social visits, bridge club results, and local hosting of family and school events across Center Junction and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Madison
John Hinrichs
George Plueger
Scotch Grove
Elmer Schrader
August Schrader
Hans Hinrichsen
Center Junction
Women’s Bridge Club
C. H. Nelson
Leone Seehusen
Mary Dawes
George McDonald
Peter Prahm Lon
Paul Smith
T. 5.Stanton
E. L. Tomlinson
Scott McDonald
E. F. Kleineck
Peter Prahm
G. Vander Stoep
Paul Paulsen, Jr
O. O. Watson
F. L. Himebaugh
Wilma Wilcox
Gladys Wilcox
Riverside
Cal
William Wilcox
Wilcox
Sherman Institute
Miss Wilcox
Wyoming High School
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Presbyterian Church
Glenn Watson
Bonnie
Waterloo
Arthur Young
Wilkinson
Monticello
Helen Himebaugh
Cedar Rapids
Peter. Jakel N
Max Wortman
Death and marriage notices in Hopkinton area
Funeral services for Alfred Marolf 72 were held at the Presbyterian church in Hopkinton with burial in Hopkinton cemetery. Florence era weddings include Gladys Marclf and Fr A Johnston at the same church with a full ceremony and reception. The issue also lists local residents visiting, traveling, or returning home from Iowa cities and states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Marolf
Presbyterian Church
David de Best
Hopkinton
G. Keith
F. B. Willamson
Willis P. Lord
A. C. Martin
Mia
J. R. Kirkwood
C. W. Rouse
L. C. Ellington
H. M. Reeve
Bert Dighton
Arthur Stanger
Russell Guthrie
Benjamin
Anna Barbara Marolf
Walpersweil
Canton Berne
Switzerland
America
Wilton Junction
Iowa
Mary Ellen Valet
West Liberty
Marolf
Fred Stock
Marion
Roy
Lee
Harry
Glenwood
George
Mason City
Ruth
Cedar Rapids
Forrest Johnston
Coggon
Bertha Conklin
Gladys Marclf
A. Johnston
de Best
Howard Swindell
Gertrude Reeve
Steel bridge replaces wooden trestle near Big Bear Creek
A Milwaukee railroad crew built and installed a 54 foot steel bridge over Big Bear Creek south of here last week. The structure was assembled on the ground then placed on flat cars with derricks Thursday, avoiding any train re routing. Local business activity includes E S Pealer completing hog house foundations for John Phillips and planning a barn for Charles Woodard, along with several porch additions. Community groups like the Presbyterian Industrial Society and Lutheran Ladies Aid held meetings, while residents and visitors from Detroit Sioux City and Monmouth arrived for visits or trips, with a May through July sequence of social and religious events noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee Railroad Company
Big Bear Creek
E. S. Penler
John Phillips
Hving
Monmouth
Charles Woodard
Hale
Pealer
Industrial Society of the Presbyterian Church
Memorial Hall
R. H. White
Henry Siler
Clyde Onstott
Dora Thomson
Otto Newell
H. D. Campbell
Sioux City
Campbell
Europe
Morningside College
Ida Fishwild Nickless
Detroit
Mich
Martin Petersen
Henry Petersen
Peter Sievers
Henry Nissen
Diana Fret Club
Leota Wherry
Louise Herzberger
Edna Hoegen
Sistr
Visitors from Delhi and Hopkinton Highlight Local Notes
Paul and Mrs. Thomas Ochler of Delhi visited Mrs. Catherine Smith and Mrs. Thomas Ochler on Sunday. The Presbyterian church Bible school held an engaging program last Sunday evening. Hopkinton creamery association paid 18 cents per pound for butter fat in May, down from 21 cents in April.
Vacation Bible School Opens at Local Church
Onslow hosts a summer Bible school starting Tuesday inviting all children aged four to fourteen. Local families visited or hosted relatives over the weekend with several attendees traveling to Cedar Rapids and Clin for family gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Stingley
Olin
Kleineck
Social News Briefs From Local Families and Events
A roundup of community happenings includes visits among families in Dubuque Davenport and Marion. Joan Paulsen celebrates her second birthday with relatives present. Picnics, ball games, and firecrackers mark July 4. injuries include Harold Fadley’s broken wrist. Several residents undergo medical care and church group meetings occur, with celebrations and travel noted.
Local Republican Meeting and Community News at Anamosa
Castle Grove Henry Che Willie Behrends Mr and Mrs Will Hiller and Mr and Mrs S M Hosford attended the republican county convention in Anamosa Saturday. Mr and Mrs Ben Greene of Des Moines arrived Saturday evening to spend the double holiday at the F C Cramer home then returned Monday afternoon. A number from this township were called to Ryan last week by the death and funeral of their old neighbor Dennis Delay. S B King is slowly recovering from an injury after falling from a step ladder several days ago breaking a rib and injuring a lung. Leslie A Dunn of Marion was a
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
8. G. Thompson
Peter Letze
Cedar Rapids
T. E. Stanton
Mae Himebaugh
Paul Darting
Wilton Junction
Don Markham
Iowa Falls
C. A. Burmeister
Pauline
Harold and
Dean Alexander
John Alexander
Springville
Center Junction
Chicago
J. F. Livingstone
William Alexander
Pearl Alexander
Wynong Kleineck
Maquoketa
Pauline Holm
I. W. Knight
O. M. Miller
Mr. Breed
Loraine Kehoe
George McDonald
Peter Prahm
E. H. DeShaw
Monticello
Troxie
Des Moines
Frank Preas
Dixon, I
George Hinton
Wyoming
Fred Preas
Mayme
Carrie
Presbyterian Ladies
Pangburn
Paul Paulsers, Jr
William Bohler
Linn Bulgren
Ray Bohler
Decious
Scott McDonald
Ted Bulgren
Preston
Irma Sanford
Elmer Sanford
N. C. Holst
Emma Jansen
C. A. Buchner
Phyllis Marclf
Ada Malvey
Davenport
Coggan
Harriet Livingstone
Iowa City
W. E. Adams
Adams
H. Livingstone
Catherine Smith
Montana
Fred
Farmington
George Harper
C. E. Voss
Howard Reeder
J. D. MacAllister
Donald MacAllister
Stuart Brokaw
Madison
Wis
Ella Brokaw
Louis Herrington
Burdette Easter
Washington, D. C
Herrington
George Washington Law School
Lorena Martin
Ames
Iowa State College
Thomas Edgar
Fayette
Ruth Dunlap
Winifred Wallace
R. A. Wallace
H. M. Reeve
Dorothy
Kathryn
Phillipsburg
Harry Main
Emory Cole
George Paulsen
Joan
E. L. Anderson
Pete Paulsen
Clare Westphal
Westphal
Paulsen
Wesley Humpke
Carrie Collings
Dubu
George Miller
Marion
N. J. Paul
Ed Paulsen
Lakehurst
Martelle
Lee Hansen
Leonard McKinstry
Mary Ellen
Kromminga
Castle Grove
Harold Fadley
Ladies’ Missionary Society
Jessie McMaster
Henry Che
Willie Behrends
Will Hiller
S. M. Hosford
Ben Greene
F. C. Cramer
Ryan
Dennis Delay
S. B. King
Leslie A. Dunn
Local Notes From Anamosa And Surrounding Areas
Community members from Castle Grove to Delhi and Anamosa appear in a roundup of weekend activities. Attendees include Fred Krommings and A M Hoa ford at Jones county farm bureau. A A Kromminga and son in Tipton. families visiting Anamosa for the Democratic county convention. and 4-H conventiongoers Loretta Specht in Ames. School board votes to cut teachers wages by 12 percent. Cramer reelected secretary and Hogan treasurer. Weekend gatherings at J H Specht's grave and other local homes feature pastor J F Delay and families from Cascade and Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
Fred Krommings
8. M. Hoaford
Jones County Farm Bureau
Anamosa
A. A. Kromminga
Fred
Tipton
Russel R. Hatch
Central City
Will Hiller
Hartwick
C. E. Moulton
Buck Creek
Gladys Hosford
Claude Mason
Lyle
Clarence Hosford
Delhi
Ferman Hoffman
Monticello
Fred Helken
Loretta Specht
Ames
Fred Cramer
Thomas Hogan
J. H. Specht
Brotherhood of the Lutheran Church
Ernest Taylor
June
Ernest
Billy
Minneapolis
Frank Miller
M. J. Hogan
Steve McDonald
Marcus Kehoe
J. F. Delay
Cascade
James F. Lahey
Joseph
William
Old Fallacy About Railroads and Returns
The Fairmount Sentinel notes the fallacy that railroads are guaranteed six percent by the government. The Transportation act allows up to five percent return if possible, with recapture of excess earnings for weak roads and no guarantee if earnings fall short. Waterways receive subsidies, and railroads pay taxes supporting deficits elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
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Emma Buchner
Gus Gradert
Blanche
Laura Magnussen
Lyons
Jim Alexander
Stuart Smith
Mary Stuart
Jimmie
J. N. Smith
Prahm
Adv
Debbie Morgan
Inver Moats
Nicols
E. A. Kirkwood
Roy Weiss
Rosalie Cummings
Janaan Chapel
Ella McKown
Pipestone
Minn
Jean Souther
Catherine Nicholas Lauder
Monmouth, Tl
W. P. Nicholas
Curran Nicholas
Erma Babcock Pringle
Betty
Lincoln, Neb
Mther
E. M. Babcock
A. F. Pape
Everett
Templeton
E. L. Millsap
Orlyn Shaffer
C. B. Shaffer
Miriam Inglis
Gresham
Ore
John Inglis
Jane Inglis
Dorothy Conley Wood
W. N. Morse
Hazel Reitz
Card Club
Arthur Hunt
Harriet Shaffer
Kozy Klub
Agnes Nissen
Baldwin
Beth Marshall
Marjorie Sherrill
Gladys Marshall
Clara Jenkins
Dorothy Marshall
Grace Vrooman
Viola Mader
Camp Blackhawk
Eloise Inglis
R. N
Maude Beckwith Grimm
Tarkio
Helena Ingwersen
Wyanet
Til
Helen von Sprecken
Alta Ahrendsen
Farnum Ellis
Lincoln
Neb
Ada Stewart
Edna Conmey
Elsie Stevens
Merrill
Stillwater
Conmey
Noble Circle
Pearl Dawes
T. H. McGowan
C. E. Wherry
Hetty Franks
Kansas City
Louise Levien
Artists’ Colony
Stone City
al McQuown
S. G. Hutton
Vera Paul
Kenneth Kennedy
Eleanor
Stev
Pepperell
Rag Russ Cc
Rag Ruse
Madras
Rickless’ Dry Goods Store
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