Rebekahs Elect Pearl Claus Noble Grand at Meeting
Loyal Rebekah Lodge No. 3064 chose Pearl Claus as noble grand and Anna Rolls as vice grand at the Wednesday night meeting on June 3. Floy Stoneking and Jennie Skelley were named secretary and treasurer. Installations will occur in July with appointive officers to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyal Rebekah Lodge
Pearl Claus Noble
Anna Rolls
Floy Stoneking
Jennie Skelley
Claus
Velma Hollar
Stoneking
Caroline Darby
Town City
Bettendorf
Grand Noble
Rebekah
DeShaw Sixth Birthday Party Hosts by Parents
Julie DeShaw celebrated her sixth birthday with a party hosted by Dr Earl DeShaw and wife on Monday afternoon. Twelve guests enjoyed games and refreshments. Wayne township residents Mr and Mrs J H Zimmerman marked 42 years of marriage with a Sunday picnic on their farm attended by six children and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Tuetken
Margaret Ann
Jane DeShaw
Nancy Schneider
Ann Thoeni
Rose Stadtmueller
Joanne Otten
Marilee Matthiessen
Julie DeShaw
Earl DeShaw
J. H. Zimmerman
Wayne Township
And
Pleasant Hour Club and Community Notices
Mrs Rudy Zimmerman hosted the Pleasant Hour club with fourteen members present last Wednesday for sewing and visiting. Guests included Mrs Tom Coates Mrs Carl Zimmerman and Mrs Ralph Zimmerman. Next meeting at Mrs Howard Kirkwood's home. A1 luncheon hosted by Mrs A B Grimes and Mrs Charles Doxsee with WSCS circle members. Country Club dance scheduled for June 18 chaired by Mr and Mrs J F Hollar. Pinochle club met at Mrs George Nordman Sr’s with prizes awarded to Mrs Jean Howie Mrs George Nordman Jr and Mrs Mural Cass. guest Mrs Clara Aitchison. Mr and Mrs Albert Bohlken and daughter Helen and Mrs Ida Fuller and son Cert visited from Springfield NL en route home to Lisbon NC to see G F Tobiason and relatives. They left Sunday morning. Mrs Leslie Talbot and daughter Beverly of Iowa City spent last week with Mrs Bess Dickey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudy Zimmerman
Pleasant Hour Club
Tom Coates
Carl Zimmerman
Ralph Zimmerman
Howard Kirkwood
George Nordman
Jean Howie
George Nordman, Jr
Mural Cass
Clara Aitchison
Albert Bohlken
Helen
Ida Fuller
Cert
Springfield
G. F. Tobiason
Bohlken
G. H. Bohlken
Scotch Grove Township
Lisbon
N. C
Claire Aitchison
James Howie
Dance plans for local families and birthday party noted
The report lists dance plans for Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sondag Mr. and Mrs. Jens Theugen Mr. and Mrs. Roland Goudy and Dr. Indekofer. A hostess hosted 12 children Friday for Ann’s ninth birthday with games and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Sondag
Jens Theugen
Roland Goudy
Indekofer
Milton Thoeni
Ann
Miss Dorothy Stemm to Wed William Reid in June
The wedding of Miss Dorothy Stemm daughter of Mollie Stemm Menlo will be held Saturday June 18 when she becomes the bride of William L Reid son of Hugh and Mrs Reid Caledonia Illinois. Miss Stemm taught at Monticello schools and later at Fort Dodge. Mrs Henry Ohe Sr hosted the 500 club gathering with eight present prizes to Mrs Ike Schneider Mrs Henry Ohe and Mrs Harry Schneider. Lou Spooner attended and next Wednesday the club will meet at Mrs Harry Schneider for the winner loser party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Stemm
Monticello Public School
William Reid
Caledonia, HI
Mollie Stemm
Menlo, Jr
William L. Reid
Hugh Reid
Caledonia
Stemm
Monticello
Fort Dodge
Henry Ohe
500
Ike Schneider
Harry Schneider
Lou Spooner
Congregational and other churches schedule in Homer area
Morning worship and Sunday school times listed for First Congregational Homer and multiple local churches. Activities include Young People's Rally May 31 at Stabler's Acres, various pastor names, mass times, confessions, Luther League meetings, choir rehearsals, baptism, Children's Day programs, and church school sessions across Sacred Heart Saint Joseph Castle Grove and other parishes with June events noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Homer E. Dalrymple
Stabler’s Acres
St. Joseph's Church
Prairieburg
Stephen J. Kucera
Local Churches Prepare for June Activities and Bible School
Worship at St Matthew's and St John's includes 11 am services and 9:30 Sunday School. A Children's Day picnic is planned for June 21 with a 10 am program. Ladies Aid hosts June 17. Young People's meeting this Friday and at Mrs John Steiner's next Wednesday. Daily Vacation Bible School closes with a city park picnic after 15th year, enroll 68, average 62.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Zion Ev
F. H. Kehren
Luther League Committee
Nadine Oltmans
Castle Grove Lutheran Church
Arnold Thalacker
Luther League
Hopkinton Luther League
Teachers’ Institute
Bellevue
Lutheran Brotherhood
Manchester
Presbyterian Church
Wm. J. Grossheim
Methodist Church
Glenn W. McMichael
E. A. Schlaman
Baptist Church
Anamosa
First Congregational Church
Homer E. Dalrymple
Betty Jo Guyan
The
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Armin H. Tendick
Woman's Guild
John Steiner
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
H. L. Adix
Anna Mardoff
Ladies Aid
Vaation Bible School
Cloverleaf Club Hosts Mrs Dora Ohe and Welcomes New Member
Mrs. Dora Ohe hosted the Cloverleaf club Friday afternoon for a luncheon and social sewing session. Twelve members attended, with guests Mrs. William Balsiger and Mrs. Minnie Butler. Balsiger was admitted as a new member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Ohe
Cloverleaf Club
William Balsiger
Minnie Butler
Club guests and prize winners noted at Des Moines luncheon
Bridge players at eight tables and a dominoes group at the country club held a 1 pm Tuesday luncheon. Prizes went to Mrs. Tom Hamilton and Mrs. A. J. Stuhler for high contract scores and Mrs. E. G. Hicks for dominoes. Out of town guests included Mrs. L. G. Stuhler Rochester Minn Mrs. C. M. Holst Onslow and Mrs. George Guyan Chicago. Bur ton McLaughlin chaired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Baty
R. J. Bone
Cecil Goettsch
Siegfried Guyan
George Timmins
Walter Brainard
Guyan
Timmins
Tom Hamilton
A. J. Stuhler
E. G. Hicks
L. G. Stuhler
Rochester
Minn
C. M. Holst
Onslow
George Guyan
Chicago
Burton McLaughlin
First American Play The Prince of Parthia Produced
The Prince of Parthia a five act blank verse tragedy by Thomas Godfrey Jr written in Wilmington North Carolina in 1759 became the first play written and produced professionally by an American in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parthia
Thomas Godfrey, Jr
Wilmington
N. C
Mrs. Jake Etten Celebrates 88th Birthday Picnic
Swiss immigrant Madelene Beyeler Etten marked her 88th birthday on Friday June 5. She resides with daughter Mrs. Andrew Ambuehl at 423 West First Street. A birthday picnic at the park drew nine children including Mrs. John Moore and John Etten from Fox Home Minnesota, plus other offspring and Dubuque relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Etten
Switzerland
Madelene Beyeler
Andrew Ambuehl
West First Street
Etten
John
Army Seeks Glider Pilot Trainees 18 to 35
Government call targets men aged 18 to 35 for glider pilot training. Apply at army recruiting stations. Requirements include good physical condition, flight physical class 2, 20/40 vision (20/20 corrected), completion of elementary flying courses. Six weeks training leads to staff sergeant with flight status and $108 monthly pay after graduation.
Mary Ricklefs Graduates From Clarke College
Miss Mary Lucile Ricklefs daughter of Mrs August J Ricklefs graduated Tuesday morning June 2 from Clarke college Dubuque with a bachelor of arts degree She has been chosen to teach public school music in the Edgewood schools for the coming year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lucile Ricklefs
August J. Ricklefs
Clarke College
Dubuque
Edgewood
Former Oxford Jet Coach Missing in Philippine Area
Capt. E. F. McClenahan, former Oxford Junction athletic coach and Hampton high school principal, is reported missing in the Philippine area after serving since May 1941 as a reserve officer. He has been on the island for six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. McClenahan
Oxford Junction
Island
Hampton High School
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Rebekahs
Pearl Claus
Noble
Margaret Ann Tuetken
L. J. Swift
Mary Coxsee
Trene
Caroline Heiken
Nella Hoffman
Saraphine Schweitzer
Theodosia Pulver
Raymond Hoag
C. Steck
L. Allamand
A. B. Grimes
Miss Stemm
Boyd Shannon
John Rieken
East
Cass
Dean McDonald
Center Junction
Emil Zimmerman
Lester Zimmerman
Herman Zimmerman
Ladies’ Aid Society of Reformed Church Meets
A. H. Tendick
Tendick
Marcus Maire
Raymond Buol
Mrs. Grimes
Mrs. Doxsee
Charles Doxsee
Coxsee
WSCS
J. F. Hollar
George Nordman, Sr
Leslie Talbot
Beverly
Iowa City
Bess Dickey
Dale Adams
Mrs. Adams
Mrs
Press
Marybelle Mason
Lloyd Clark
Society
Miss Mason
Cornell College
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
A. L. Lorenz
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Paul T. Gutknecht
Trinity
Country Club
E. H. Huibregtse
Lucile
Gail
Des Moines
Deischer
Alice Howie
John Morris
Muscatine
Janet Howie
Blanche Deischer
Los Angeles
Harlan Harper
Vinton
Mharold Deischer
Forrest Deischer
David Locher
Mary
Bertha Locher
America
Shomont Dairy
Army
Express
Oxford Jet
JUST
Preston
Rickless’ Dry Goods Store
Panogy
Galiformia Arrots
Fort Dearborn
Grahams
Lic
Breakfast of Champions” Wheaties
California
Bottie
Co Food Stores
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