Community Notes From Cedar Rapids to Monticello
Local residents visit relatives and attend events across Iowa. News covers 4-H tours with Ray Sorensen and Fred Kromminga, funeral attendance for Dr. Kremer, family picnics at Hopkinton and Cedar Falls, and reports of weather related losses and farm happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Button
Des Moines
I. Rigby
W. A. Montgomery
Cedar Rapids
O. R. Howle
Marion
Soil Conservation
Iowa
P. Eberhart
Clarence Eberhart
Garvin
Hopkinton
E. W. Kohl
Ray Sorensen
Fred L. Kromminga
Steve McDowell
J. E. Ahlrichs
Alice Howie
Paul Warner
Monticello
Lyle Hosford
W. F. Hintz
C. A. McLaughlin
H. A. Deischer
Will Hiller
W. D. McLaughlin
Bertha Harken
Harry Kremer
Kremer
Pennechurch
J. A. Deischer
Harlan Harper
Vinton
Castle Grove
Ames
Budge
H. F. Zimmerman
Birthday Gatherings Highlight Rural Family Visits
W J Zimmer and many neighbors attended a birthday party at Henry Harms home for Louie Harms. Guests included the Mortensens and Dirks families, Englehart and Folkers households, Rickels and Helgens, plus Ben Englehart and daughters. The event marked Mrs Englebart s birthday with numerous family groups visiting throughout Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mortensen
Albert Harms
H. &. Harms
Herman Harms
John Dirks
Will D. Dirks
Henry A. Harms
Louie
Ben Englehart
Vivian
D. John Dirks
Herman Folkers
George Rickels
Henry Folkers
Herman Rickels
Michael Martin
Adolph Eggers
Cletus Boland
Otto Danneman
Henry Schafer
Herman Helgens
Ed Helgens
Loule Helgens
Englebart
Joy Himebaugh
Ida Himebaugh
Manchester
Carl
Rick Himebaugh
John Helmrichs
Ryan
Henry Scheer
Marion
Jake Leesekamp
Paul Darting
Wilton
E. L. Himebaugh
Scotch Grove Farm Bureau June Meeting Highlights and 4 H Club Honors
The Scotch Grove Farm Bureau held its June meeting in the church with a smaller crowd. L B Callahan spoke about his work connected to Moline airport. The Scotch Grove Sunshine Girls 4 H club earned honors at county rally, and Eloise Kuhns Lorraine Jacobs and Ruth Clark received awards. The first band concert of the summer drew a large crowd with a nine piece band performing classical and modern selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove Farm Bureau
L. B. Callahan
Moline
Ill
William Carson
James Hughes
Scotch Grove
Sunshine Girls
Monticello
Castle Grove
Ruth Clark
Eloise Kuhns
Lorraine Jacobs
Ames
Wilma Kuhns
Lois Naylor
Mildred Pede
Women's Community Club
Naylor Lawn
Onslow
Frank Elwood
McDonald
A. B. Nichols
Center Junction
Clifton Abbott
Jo Royden
Eloise Sutherland
W. B. Clark
Ruth
Alice
Presbyterian League
Irving Eilers
Marion
Monay
W. S. Leggett
A. Leek
Ilinois
Daily Vacation Bible School
Alice Clark
Janet Sinclair
Joyce Otten
Mary Ann Tiers
Ruth Ann
Bobby Zirkel
Storytelling in Summer Photography Tips by John van Guilder
A guide encourages capturing action and interaction rather than posed smiles. It suggests pairing people, showing affection or effort, such as feeding cake or helping over a fence, to create vivid, narrative summer pictures. Take multiple shots to tell a story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Janet Smith
Janet
Behrends and neighbors visit friends across towns
A string of social visits and reunions is recorded. Families including Behrends Struckman Freese Gestel Heeren and Stevenson attend gatherings at Monticello Prairieburg Cascade Rock Falls Richland and other locales with church luncheons and Bible school noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Behrends
Dorothy
Betty
G. Freese
Henry Struckman
Marlin
Oelwein
Behrends
Struckman
Freese
F. J. Gestel
Minnie Heeren
Elmer
Lillian
Rock Falls
C. J
A. Sandhagen
Manchester
Heeren
Dorothy Behrends
Phyllis
Donna Jeanne Cox
Monticello
John Albany
Cascade
William Conley
Dyersville
Clement
F. Conley
Perry DeShaw
Herbert Balsiger
Richland
Sunset Over a Little Town Poem by Isabelle Bryans Longfellow
A reflective poem describes a sunset over a sparse little town as the speaker realizes how the sun’s glow touches homes, land, and sky. The speaker notes how city patterns fade beside open fields and distant horizons, and how the town changes the meaning of the setting sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabelle Bryans Longfellow
New York Times
Vacation Bible School Underway At Methodist Church
A daily vacation Bible school is in progress at the Methodist church starting Monday and running through June 24. Four classes are organized by Pre-school led by Martha Jane Dick, primary and junior up to sixth grade led by Della Holstin, and intermediate group up to the next level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Darrow
Jerry Robert
Gene Edward
Cedar Falls
Paul Burch
John Stutt
Fort Des Moines
Island
Helen Newlin
Pete Secrist
Wayne Homemakers Club
Cedar Rapids
Thomas Park
Peter Pan Bakery
Killian’s
The
Methodist Church
Martha Jane Dick
Della Holst
A Wyoming Community Notes Events and Honors
School activities include eighth grade plans and interdenominational books. Doris Brown's pre nuptial shower. bridge prizes to Mrs Levsen and others. LegionAuxiliary June meeting with songs and slides. Stephens College grad Christal Stoffel and Rock Island High School graduate William Alden noted. Various clubs host gatherings and visits. Rev Graening to Cleveland Lutheran church. Masons in Waterloo. many local families hosting and traveling for events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Reade
W. M. Bissell
H. W. Farnham
Diana Fret Club
Doris Brown
John Holub
Paul Levsen
Leota Wherry
August Hansen
Brown
Steamboat Rock
W. B. Brown
Legion and Auxiliary
Legion
Memorial Hall
Auxiliary
L. M. Sherrill
June Thomsen
Alice Kettlesen
R. J. Tidman
Paris
J. A. Hoegen
Europe
F. L. Harrington
C. B
Stephens Junior College
Columbia
Stoffel
Rock Island
Lester French
Charles Marshall
Henry Broderson
G. H. Herzberger
Dillon Story
Herbert Graening
Cleveland
Ohio
Graening
Wyoming Lutheran Church
Mobile
Ala
Ralph Orth
Groening
Wyoming
Henry Bramer
Waterloo
Bramer
Grand Lodge of Masons
C. W. McMahon
Harry Englehart
Herman Rohlfs
Doris Ingwersen
August Ingwersen
Anna Mollie Gutzeit
Bliedorn
Wayne West
Phal
Priscilla Club
E. R. Marshall
C. W. Eye
Marguerite Temple
Fulton
Emma
Harriet Alden
Cedar Rapids
Mount Pleasant
L. M
Mr. Bellitt
Monticello
Romance of the Limberlost Comes to Local Screens
Sunday through the Limberlost country adaptation features Gene Stratton Porter's heroine with Hollis Jewell and Eric Linden in a drama of love and discord. The program includes Battle of Broadway with Victor McLaglen and Brian Donlevy, Joe Penner in Go Chase Yourself, Jack Holt in Making the Headlines, The Three Mesquiteers in Riders of the Black Hills, and Test Pilot with Gable, Loy, and Tracy plus Lionel Barrymore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limberlost
Gene Stratton Porter
Eric Linden
Jack Holt
Gable
Tracy
Spencer Tracy
Myrna Loy
Lionel Barrymore
Loy
Denman Thompson Revered Actor of The Old Homestead
Biographical sketch honors Denman Thompson famed for Uncle John in The Old Homestead. The Yankee star’s warmth and New England humor won him nationwide popularity across audiences who praised his work. One farmer’s trip to Boston to see the play sparked a famous quip about paying to see it at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Monitor
Denman Thompson
New England
John
Old Homestead
New Hampshire
Boston
Graduation Advice Amid Job Shortage In Council Bluffs
As graduates face a dim job market, the Council Bluffs Nonpareil notes the season brings plentiful guidance but limited employment offers. Mentors urge practical steps, while students seek real opportunities despite economic constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Also Mentioned on This Page
Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
Aitchison Brothers
Louie Hanken
James Kehoe
Union Township
Frank Walker
Prairieburg
Chas. McAreavy
Coggan
Eby
Loretta Specht
Iowa State College
George Specht
Detroit
Mich
Ben Eiben
Harvey Heiken
Eiben
Heiken
John Eiben
Alice Howle
Herman Egger
Sand Spring
Harvey Helken
O. R. Howie
Olin
Paul Maire
State College
Grant Eller
Anamosa
Louie Helgen
Louie Burrack
John Burrack
Henry Freese
Lucy Bailey
Maquoketa
Eugene Bailey
Ethel Jean
Grace Wilson
Amber Presbyterian Church
Henry Husman
Lucille Dempsey
Mahlon Seehusen
K. C. Hall
Gerd Moenck
Herman Zimmerman
Warner Hetken
Will Jansen
Louise Bramer
Dale Danneman
Elmer Osterkamp
Clarence
Richard Dirks
Ruth Dirks
Floyd Gilmore
Ruth Bennen
Louis Bohlken
Howard
Dean
Jack
Rosemary Zirkelbach
Edwin Theodore
George Freese
Rudy Tjaden
John Wacker
Springville
Home Project
Jones County Farm Bureau
Amber
County Home Project
Margaret Ann Klepack
Agnes Zubrod
John Folkers
Will Dirks
Herman Tjaden
Shirley Siebels
John Seehusen
Henry Harms
Willis Harms
W. J. Zimmer
Mire
D. C. Stnelaie
John van Guilder
Presbyterian Church
Mrs. Clark
Mary Ann Otten
Alyea
Charles Eby
II Baci
Teddy
Pop Goes the
Indiana
Jay Cauby
Charley Fricke
Henry Fricke
Mount Union
R. A
Delhi
Lula Rathlisberger
Emil
Hazel
Helen
Elgin
May Himebaugh
Moats
Donald Clark
Rathlisberger
Josie Keck
Lola Lane
Paul Kelly
Torchy Blane
Panama
Torchy
Col
Tim McCoy
Princess Theater
Northwest Mounted Police
Ken Murray
Oswald
Tate
Vitaphone
Victor McLaglen
Brian Donlevy
Louise Hovick
Joe Penner
Legion Pavilion
Emil Flindt
His
Gents
Goodyear
Goodyear Speedway
Janesville
Wis
Dr. Scholl
Stuhler’s Shoe Department
Pee Et Eee Ntt
Uae
Clark Bros. Tire and Battery Shop
Hone 7
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!