Memorial Day Observed in Scotch Grove with Civic Tribute
Scotch Grove marked Memorial Day with church services and a cemetery tribute to soldiers. Rev Gronsheim of Monticello spoke on loyalty and patriotism while Miss Dorothy Dreibelbis and pianist Nell Black provided musical interludes. The event drew neighbors from Monticello Anamosa Cedar Rapids and Center Junction.
Obituaries and Weddings in Hopkinton Bloom
Funeral services for Anderson Gearhart 65 were held in Hopkinton M E church with burial in Hopkinton cemetery. Mrs Mary E Morgan nee Getchell died at Hopkinton after long service. Ruth Rawson and William Milo Johnston wed in Jacksonville. Mildred Grapes and Robert Gaddie married in Cedar Rapids. Gaddie welcomed by friends at a shower hosted by Mrs Julien Gerlick.
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Anderson Gearhart
M. E
A. B. Soule
Hopkinton
Worthington
Finley Hospital
Dubuque
Margaret Hiner
William Kern
Galena
Ill
Leo Klaren
Lamont
Laverne
Paul
Farley
George
Effie Small
Omaha
Gearhart
Consolidated Church
Blue Earth
William Morgan
Bloomington
Neb
Morgan
C. H. Getchell
R. E. Getchell
Holton
Kansas
C. E. Vesey
Tacoma
Wash
Nellie Getchell
McMinneville
Oregon
Bessie E. Strong
David de Best
First Presbyterian Church of
Ruth Rawson
William Milo Johnston
Jacksonville
First Congregational Church
Wayne L. Waters
E. G. Rawson
Anamosa
Irene Rawson
Alton
Anamosa High School
Grinnell College
State University of Iowa
Alpha Chi Omega Sorority
Wyoming
Johnston
Alice Johnston
Lenox College
Iowa State College
Ames
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Mildred Grapes
Delhi
Robert Gaddie
Tom Grapes
Greeley
Gaddie
Hop
Alumni Banquet At Finkbohner Hall Draws 38 New Members
Wednesday evening in Finkboh ner hall hosted the annual college alumni banquet with about sixty alumni trustees and friends in attendance Mrs Franc Wescott Wilson served as toastmaster and several alumni delivered toasts including Mrs Martland representing the class of 1883 and Mrs Anderson from 1878 A Memorial day trip to Columbus Junction and a Hopkinton glee club recital were noted along with a Cedar Rapids lecture The Chamber of Horrors and a recent nursing degree ceremony at Iowa City marked local events surrounding the alumni gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finkbohner Hall
Franc Wescott Wilson
H. DeShaw
Opal Hucker
Anna McKean French
Anna Martland
Mary Elizabeth Gearhart
Martland
Anderson
Reeve
Randall Morgan
Columbus Junction
Miller
Marguerite
Cascade
Hopkinton
Mesdames
Gus Dreibelbis
Moses
Alyea
Frank Sutherland
Sam Dreibelbis
Milwaukee
Frank Barnes
Onslow
Frank W. Ward
Sunshine Mission
Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Horrors
Ward
Albert Ament
Anamosa
Lester Ament
Oehler
Clarence Smith
Bert Smith
Des Moines
Pierce
Lois
Iowa City
Dorothy Pierce
University At
Bernice Albany
Archie Payne
Amber area graduates top class at Monticello school
Irene Freese of Amber earned valedictorian honors with a 93.8 average in the eighth grade graduation exercises for 94 students at Monticello public school. Edna Osterkamp of Amber was second with 92.7. The Wayne No. 7 class was taught by Miss Wilma Craig. The Black Oak school led by Miss Lena Bartels held a picnic on the last day of school and will return to Monticello for vacation. Additional social notes mention visits and gatherings from Amber to Monticello, Osage, Anamosa, and Cincinnati with family groups attending.
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Jones County
Monticello
Irene Freese
Edna Osterkamp
Ernest Osterkamp
Amber
Wayne No. 7
Wilma Craig
Lena Bartels
Black Oak School
Miss Bartels
Mary Thuman
Tobiasson
W. E. Spohn
Cedar Falls
John Sindlinger
Lloyd Robertson
Ed Duncan
Sindlinger
Ruth Young
Storm Lake
George Andrews
Grover Preston
Leone
Philip Bailey
Roscoe Lincoln
Carl Hay
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
Cincinnati
Ohio
H. R. Duncan
Osage
John Dirks
Anamosa
Dirks
Bernelt Dress
Reuben Dress
Monticello Park Frolic Friday With Jimmy Rick Band
Onslow invites the public to a June 9 frolic at Monticello Park featuring Jimmy Rick's 10 piece band with cash prizes and novelties. Children’s day program at the church next Sunday evening. all are invited. Various local residents and visitors are listed visiting, traveling, or hosting relatives this week.
Local social notes and upcoming events preview
Cornelius Paulsen attended auto races in Indianapolis last Tuesday and stayed several days. Vacation Bible school is planned to begin next week. Coggan and Guslow are set to perform here next Sunday afternoon. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. George Smith Jr and Miss Laura Smith of Clinton, and John Smith of Chicago, visiting Horace Barber. John Smith has spent the past ten years in Florida and Chicago and this is his first return visit with his sisters. Monday evening a dozen of Mrs. Frank Barnes friends surprised her for her birth anniversary. a lawn picnic supper and croquet followed. Jimmy Rick's 10 piece fun advertised for June 9. Ladies 20 cents, gents 36 cents.
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Scotch Grove
Wm. J. Grossheim
Monticello
Dorothy Dreibelbis
Gronsheim
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Martello
Onslow
Center Junction
Wesley Hanken
McDonald Hospital
U.S. S
California
Long Beach
Walter Leggett
W. E. Leggett
Denver
Colo
Emma Hughes
South Shore Hospital
Chicago
Ruth Brink
Luella Oltman
Hughes
Ernest Wright
Kitty Callahan
R. A. Naylor
Rhodes
Naylor
Nolen Anway
C. A. Sutherland
Perry Sutherland
Mechanicsville
D. O. Sinclair
Fred Graham
Rock Island
Graham
Grace Greig
Harold
Paul Darting
Wilton Junction
May Himebaugh
Loomis
Paul Paulsen
C. B. Carson
Himebaugh
Leane Himebaugh
Peosia
Eileen Loomis
W. B. Clark
Jennie Shoemaker
Los Angeles
G. J. Hughes
Des Moines
Beacon City
Coxsee
Bliett
Jones, Jackson
Delaware
Skott
Wrship
Lyle
Rena Hoult
Hoult
Smith
William Henrichs
Kathieen Hughes
Esther Sinclair
Pauline Stickley
Pauline Oltman
Maxine Lange
Leslie Balster
Dick Naylor
William Minney
Yvonne Lange
Lois Naylor
Ruth Lange
Laurel Naylor
Richard Eby
Geraldine Wright
Virginia Wright
June Wright
John Wright
Ittle
Alice Joan
Walter Eby
Presbyterian Church
M. M. Sinclair
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Laura Sinclair
L. J. Schlemme
Merle Hutton
Cornelius Paulsen
Indianapolis
Coggan
Guslow
George Smith, Jr
Laura Smith
Clinton
John Smith
Horace Barber
Florida
Frank Barnes
Monticello Park
Jimmy Rick
Madison Township
Jones County
J. M. French
Wyoming
Betty Fishwild
Aneta Garside
Floreine Herzberger
Genevieve Carson
Pauline
Gladys Demoss
Jean Roush
Elizabeth Marshall
Elizabeth
Willene French
John Bender
Bender
Bender Farm
French
G. H. Goodrick
Methodist Episcopal
Dubuque
Earl Baker
Davenport
R. D. Mowry
W. G. Wherry
Steward
Julian Day
Routh Mallicoat
Fred Conmey
C. H. Hanold
Lyle Tompkins
Emma Alden
C. H. Rogers
W. B. Brown
Elizabeth Alden
C. B. Shaffer
H. Hi. Smith
Paul Levsen
W. S. Roush
Earl Mallicoat
Elmer Johnson
Mable Morse
Ira Harrington
Nona Terhune
Marjory Sherrill
Dorothy Marshall
Dora Thomson
Ruby Roush
Hazel Reltz
State Park
Gladys Coleman
Bridge
Helen von Sprecken
Beth Marshall
R. H. White
Happy Hour
Fishwild Woods
Herbert Groening
Lutheran Church
Mary Sieveka
Kaffee Club
J. F. Cohoon
Bradgate
Paul Leysen
Freda Cohoon Henderson
Paul van Auken
Frank Henderson
Plattenberger, Jr
Nellie Plattenberger
Lydia Arnold
Lisbon
Retta Patterson
Calif
Anna Woitishek
H. J. Achter
Nellie Fuhrmeister
Clyde MacLain
Erna Holub
Maye Rose
Gladys Marshall
C. E H. Wherry
Luther League
Eleanor Close
Glen Westphal
Anne Shelly
The
Colege
Dolly Greer
Lora Vargissen
Wyoming Community Notes Mark First Furrow Anniversary
The twentieth annual picnic in Madison township Jones county celebrated the first furrow plowed by John Bender in 1852 on the J. M. French farm near Wyoming. A long list of local events followed including church appointments, club meetings, lectures, and a bridge party, with residents and visitors from nearby towns.
Local Families Share Holiday Weekend Visits and Outings
Marion residents Mr and Mrs Fred Bohlken and children visited the sick John Bohlken at the Batchelder home. Cascade worker Ann Clement spent Sunday with her mother Mrs Sophia Clement. Several families traveled to Dubuque Farley and Chicago for visits and Decoration day trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Bohlken
Iona Mae
Earl
Marion
Dick Bohlken
Henrietta
Amber
J. L. Batchelder
John Bohlken
Ann Clement
Cascade
Sophia Clement
Charles Stevenson
Eldon
Dubuque
Stanley Bright
Farley
Bert Walters
George Bright
Spring Valley
William Conley
Mary Clement
Dyersville
Stankey Bright
Nora Wilson
Leo Smith
Lawrence Jaeger
Worthington Bay
George Heims
George Turnis
Art Trum
Chicago
Century of Progress
Fred Leese
Margaret Mary Welter
Kingsley
Me detector’s origin and Congress print question pondered
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes the first Me detector was made from a man’s rib and cites no improvements since. The Philadelphia Inquirer asks how long Congress would talk if the Congressional Record printing stopped and reporters left the capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Hill
Cincinnati Enquirer
Philadelphia Inquirer
Congressional Record
Capitol
Congress
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Janet Reade
Maxwell
Bessie Dusanck
Olin
Hetty Franks
Sac City
Horace Smith
Story City
Stella Parr
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
West Indies
Clara Stephenson
Minnie Bender
H. P. J. Westphal
Wyoming High School
Florence
Iceda Close
Presbyterian Hospital
Maggie Close
Ray Grant
Jean Broderson
Jean
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Iowa State University
John Rohwedder
Ariel Swordes
School of Commerce
Arend Balster
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