Society notes and weddings in early Jones County
A June roundup of club meetings announcements engagements and weddings. Miss Winifred Rohr wed Charles W. Nelson Jr in Los Angeles while others attend Alpha Delphian League of Women Voters events and Pinochle and Contract clubs. Marriages include Maxine Dearborn and Ralph Porter Velma Purdy and Alfred Gerdes. area families host picnics and showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred Rohr
Charles W. Nelson Jr
Los Angeles
George Sutherland
California
Charles
Maxine Dearborn
G. F. Dearborn
Stone City
Ralph Porter
Frank Porter
Anamosa
Porter
Jones County
State Highway Commission
Black Hills
Velma Purdy
Charles Purdy
Ladies' Golf Day At Country Club
A Ladies' Golf Day and luncheon were held at the Country Club on Tuesday. Morning golf preceded a luncheon for 24 guests at one o'clock. Prizes went to Mrs. William Shaffer for the bogey tournament and Mrs. Ross Baty for the highest score. Bridge and dominoes followed with top scores awarded to Mrs. Imogene Stuhler and Mrs. L. J. Swift respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Thompson
Goudy’s Tea Room
Contract Club
Thompson
George Timmins
Joe Timmins
Tom Hamilton
Country Club
William Shaffer
Ross Baty
Imogene Stuhler
L. J. Swift
L. W. Lovell
A. M. Maurice
Janet Hazard
C. G. Thomas
H. S. Richardson
Charles A. Coxsee
B. B. McLaughlin
W. H. Shaffer
Ben Cotton
Strosahls celebrate twenty fifth wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs John Strosahl marked their twenty fifth anniversary Sunday at their Monticello area home formerly the McVay farm. Relatives from Moline Rock Island attended. They wed June 11 1914 at Eldora. Their son Stanford a Cornell College sophomore and daughter Mrs Walter Tyson of Stanley Wis are listed among family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Nelson
W. Nelson
Marshalltown
Episcopal Church
Nelson
Catalina Island
North Berendo Street
Los Angeles
Monticello
Marshalltown Business College
Kh. W. Brashaw
Iowa
C. F. Shimanek
Des Moines
American Extension School of Law of
Chicago
Arizona State University
Tucson
Iowa State College
Ames
Bechtel, McCane
Parsons Engineering Corporation
John Strosahl
McVay Farm
Moline
Rock Island
Strosahl
Eldora
Stanford
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Walter Tyson
Stanley
Wis
Henry Strosahl
William Eberly
Harold Eberly
J. F. Black
Tryon
North Carolina
W. J. Blanch
Anamosa
Lucile
John J. Smith
G. R. Smith
Miss Blanch
George Smith
Melvin Sands
William Marsh
Smith
William Blanch
Billie Frazier
Rooster Days and Rooster Market Shift
Frank Priebe explains the annual rooster sale tradition known as Rooster Days and notes the market rise for roosters over ten years. He advises separating valuable breeding birds, emphasizes infertile market eggs, and observes that rooster demand for soup makes springtime sales timely.
Seen From Uptown and Town Residents Weigh Local Issues
Don Mouw reports on Uptown concerns including a neighborhood weekly and a church staff fatigue from typing news bits. Roads and paving are noted problems while residents consider a state park at Pictured Rocks and a land exchange involving Andy Florin Vernon Wright and the Dubuque YMCA option. Competition over river bottomland triggers fishing-spot objections as activists urge progress with civic projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stopight
Pictured Rocks
Andy Florin
Vernon Wright
Iowa Electric Co
Dubuque Y.M.C.A
Iowa State Fair Announces Nine Night Program Plan
The 1939 Iowa State Fair will run nine nights and eight days from August 24 to September 1 with an expanded rodeo and new shows. Opening features the rodeo on August 24 to 26 plus fireworks and a light festival, followed by a Sunday musical extravaganza Show of a Century through the final night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Corey
Real estate transfers in Jones county May 19 to 25
May transfers include Emma J Wink widow selling to Ernest L Wink block 1 Scott & Skinner's add Anamosa for 1 dollar. Norman Brown buys tax deed 12-84-1 for 141.07. Cas Cade State Bank acquires deed 23 24-86-2 no consideration. Albert Mohr acquires lots 6 7 and 25 26 blk 1 Flannigan Moore's add Oxford Junction for 1. Several other deeds list nominal sums, references to court decrees, and property descriptions including Wyoming Onslow Center Junction and Manuketa area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Emma J. Wink
Ernest L. Wink
Scott & Skinner
Don S. Ruhl
Norman Brown
Peter W. Klauer
Cascade State Bank
Dubuque County
Emil Mohr
Irene
Albert Mohr
Flannigan & Moore
Oxford
R. C. Walters
Caroline Mackrill
R. A Naylor
J.J. McGarvie
George H. Paulsen
Phillip W. Snyder
R. Co. Walters
Caraine
Mackrill
W. A. Mackrill
Jet & Blk
Onslow
D. W. Bates
State of Town
American Savines Bank
Manuoketa
L. W. Lovell
W. Clarke
Charlotte
Frank L. Himebaugh
Center Junction
Sacred Heart and other area churches publish services and events
Area churches announce weekly worship schedules including Sacred Heart masses Sundays at 8 and 10, Holy days 6 15 to 9 and confessions Saturday. Presbyterian, St Matthew and Methodist listings note services and guest preachers. Vacation Bible School activities, picnics church family events and notices about communion announcements follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Rev
A. L. Lorenz
Presbyterian Church
Wm. J. Grossheim
Frank Walker
Christian Endeavor
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
H. L. Adix
Wayne Zion Ev. Lutheran Church
F. H. Kehren
Bellevue State Park
Wayne
Zion Luther League
Mary Appleby and Russell Schnittjer wed at Buck Creek parsonage
Miss Mary Appleby and Russell Schnittjer married on Wednesday morning June 7 at Buck Creek Episcopal services led by Rev. H EF Morrow. Attendants were Miss Maxine Appleby and Joe Schnittjer. The couple, from local families, plan a northwest Delhi home after a brief honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Appleby
Russell Schnittjer
Buck Creek Parsonage
H. EF. Morrow
Maxine Appleby
Joe Schnittjer
Lester Ainleby
Delhi Hot School
Loox
State Teachers College
Sen
Dan Sehnittjer
Deshi
Delhi High School
Towa State College
Ames
Yeenge
Hopkinton Notes of Travel Education and Social Visits
Hopkinton residents note fishing trips to northern Minnesota for G D Herington C T Smith Joe Price and G L Cramer with others. A large group attends a funeral in Keosauqua and well wishers visit in Hopkinton. College grads Kin Boots Raymond Wallace and Raymond Morrow are feted. many families attend summer schools and trips across Iowa and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mosa
Hopkinton
G. D. Herington
C. T. Smith
Joe Price
G. L. Cramer
Delhi
Minnesota
Brainard
Mary Zeuch
Trene
Keosauqua
Kriess
Zeuch
Sibley
James
Bee Anne and
Bruce
Keokuk
Marietta
Adelma Wheeless
Detroit
Mich
R. Norris
Edgewood
Frank Wilson
Manchester
W. J. Kirkwood
D. H. Wilson
B. M. Ferguson
Jennie Ferguson
William Ferguson
Iowa City
Baxter
Mabel Binney
Marybelle
Chicago
Oxford
Ohio
Miami University
Cora Emslie
James Leff
San Diego
Calif
Presbyterian Church
de Best
Kathryn Kirkwood
Frances DeBest
Jesus
Jeanette Bacon
Dorothy Steiner
Leona Loop
Betty House
Thomas Dunlap
Eugene Talmadge
Stanley Steiner
Robert Littlefield
Gerald Talmadge
Ethel Elliott
Fairbank
Samuel Hutchinson
Minneapolis
Minn
Hutchinson
Milroy-Montgomery
Reva Milroy
George F. Montgomery
Des Moines
Milroy
Grace Laxson
California
Laxson
Mitchell
S. C
Dale Allen
Phoenix
Arizona
Mr. Allen
Lenox
FE. W. Roberts
Bisbee
Hop
David de Best
Miss de Best
Chacon
New Mexico
Car Model Listings From Historic Range
A catalog style list presents Chevrolet models including a 193 pickup 1928 coupe 1234 business coupe 1934 four door touring sedan 1957 four door touring sedan 1937 two door sedan 1936 two door touring sedan. The collection reads like a vintage automotive inventory with model years and body styles.
Auction Sale Features Roy Wessels Purebred Shorthorns
An auction offers 35 head of Roy Wessels purebred Shorthorn cattle including ten cows with calves by side and young heifers from a single farm. The sale also lists a sorrel mare bay mare black gelding Holstein cattle and breeding ewes among consignments. Bring items for sale as yards expect buyers and sellers to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Wessels
Friends Travel Through Hopkinton to Virginia Traced
Mrs Warye and family journeying via Hopkinton and Cedar Rapids toward Virginia. Mrs Warye formerly Janaan Chapel, left Hopkinton to visit her mother before continuing, with Mr Warye a Marine lieutenant stationed in California. Clio club held final meeting at Mrs Livingstone’s home with talks by Dr Adams and Mrs Lord and a tulip festival film. Officers elected: Merriam president, Johnson vice president, Greer secretary, Milroy treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Alfred Johnson
MaComb
Til
James Johnson
Johnson
University of Southern California
Los Angeles
Anna Johnson
Ilo Boots
Lenox
Prairieburg
Cedar Falls
Mesdames Johnson
Talmadge
Herington
Donald Johnson
State University of Iowa
Kenneth Boots
Russell Warye
Hopkinton
Virginia
Clio Club
H. Livingstone
Adams
Lord
Holland, Mich
Merriam
Esther Johnson
Greer
Milroy
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Club
C. J. Northrop
Walter Brainerd
Virginia Schneider
Henry Helms
Alpha Delphian Club
Alva Henrichs
Charles Butler
Goudy’s
John Yossi
Butler
League of Women Voters
Lee Elgerly
A. F. Walker
T. E. Hamilton
X. Ray Childress
Winifred Blake
Omaha
Edith Schneider
Shower
Agnes S. Gearhart
Ted Drexler
Miss Schneider
Willard Yeoman
Orlando Null
Mrs. Null
A. Matthias
Lutheran Church
Thelma Purdy
Ernest Goldsmith
Gertrude Chipman
St. Paul
Clara
Fred W.shilts
Algona
Shilts
City Park
Glenn Schodde
Stephen
Harold Schodde
Denver
Colo
C. A. Clark
Charles Clark
Lorraine
Craig
A. D. Schodde
Robert Clark
Alberta Schuknecht
Cedar Rapids
Mary Brown
Augusta Bliss
George Schodde
Clara Koop
Mrs. Strosahl
Frank Priebes
Weekly Letter
Poultryraisers
By Don Mouw
Ray Hearn
Rev. Gutensohn
Storm Lake
Sioux City
Maquoketa
Sabula
Methodist Church
George Woodall
Epworth League
Harold Hewitt
Castle Grove Lutheran Church
Arnold Thalacker
Ladies’ Aid
Ladies Aid Society
Carl Opfer
Congregational Church
Samuel G. Gutensohn
Reformed Church
Armin H. Tendick
Roland Buol
Jessie B. Darrow
Gladys I. Benedict
Earl D. Benedict
Alice E. Benedict
Winifred A. Colton
George B. Hus
Etta M. Schoon
W. G. Schoon
A. W. McDonald
Ray
Mond Wallace
Coe College
Raymond Morrow
A. T. Wheeless
Frank E. Allen
T. J. Joseph
Beaver Falls
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Joseph
George Coleman
Sam Stirm
Alburnett
D. Q. Stirm
Margaret Griffith
Caramel
Indiana
Ruth Holaday
Agnes Gearhart
F. R. Tesar
Berkley Smith
Mr. Smith
BUICK
Chevrolet
Chrysler
FORD
Hupmobile
Oldsmobile
Fontiac
Dyersville
Dyersville, Iowa
O. J. Hess
Edward Tobin
George O'Brien
Arizona Legion
Barlon McLane
Beverly Roberts
Strang Beauty Salon
Jones County Bank Bldg
Catherine and
Margaret Strang
McCollough and Sons
Farmers Implement Company
E. F. Hofer
Sunkis
Rae
Pascal Celery
Jersey
M.J.B. Coffee
Long’s Specials
Ge Oe A Bates
Puurg
Loney’s Dept
McLaughlin
Buick Company
Pontiac
Stooges
Lionel Berrymoore
Lew Asres
MR. Kildare
Uttar
Melson Eddy and
Virginea Bruce
Lionel Barrsiiere
Phidssard Arnold
Victor McLagien
Chas
Buttersworth
Melson Eddy
Trish
Home Sweet Home
Ene
Skelley’s Grocery
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