Amana That Was and Is and Other Iowa Book Notes
Iowa book notices highlight Amana That Was and Amana That Is from Bertha M. H. Shambaugh, with reprints from Amana Community history. Other titles include Son of Earth by Howard Erickson and That Hastings Girl by Ethel Hueston. Authors Martin and Weishaar contribute overviews on modern thought, barter systems, and Civilizing Our Selves, while Sidney Howard visits Iowa for a potential new play. The piece cites Des Moines, the Middle West, and several Iowa authors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Middle West
Wayne Weisshaar
Wayne W. Parrish
Weishaar
Des Moines Tribune
New York Herald-Tribune
Parrish
Hawarden
Charles J. Zylatra
Bertha M. H. Shambaugh
State Historical Society of Iowa
The
Amana Society
Everett Dean Martin
Unitarian Church of
Cooper Union Forum
New York City
America
Martin
Howard Erickson
Omaha
Towa
Clay County
State Normal School
Cedar Falls
Morningside College
Sioux City
Dial Press
Ethel Hueston
Hastings
Mrs. Hueston
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mount Pleasant
California
Maine
New York
South Dakota
Cicely Hastings
Smith
Black Hills
Sidney Howard
Farm Bureau meeting in Scotch Grove highlights Speaker Ray Anderson
About one hundred attended the Farm Bureau gathering at the Scotch Grove Presbyterian church last Tuesday. Ray Anderson spoke for nearly an hour on economic issues and farm life, praising Iowa farming, President Roosevelt, and the value of the Farm Bureau, while other speakers and performances reinforced the event with apple growing notes and community reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth County
Roosevelt
Wallace
Anderson
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Farm Bureau
Mr. Nichols
Ames Extension Service
Anamosa
Max Wortman
Thelma Gregory
Jack Fraser
Wyland Bone
Byers
Harms
Rena Hoult
Mayeda Wilken
Langworthy
Helgens
Eloise Kuhns
Alvin Weers
Maynard Kuhns
Stingley
Monticello
Genter Junction
Onslow
George Moats
The
Presbyterian Church
Lewis Wright
A. 8. Peters
Glenfield
George Overback
Pearl Peters
Wesley Hanken
West Union
Warren Porter
Clark
H. A. Loomis
Libraries stretch budgets cut hours as gifts fill gaps
Residents of Independence hear a call to support libraries amid budget shortfalls. Librarians, aided by gifts from individuals and organizations, struggle to meet rising demand for books. towns like Decorah Indianola Brookyn Brooklyn etc report gifts and donations to sustain services. An Eldora unique collection of eighty autographed pictures becomes an indefinite loan to the Town Historical Society. Perry library opens a magazine exchange in its basement for borrowing and exchanging magazines games and puzzles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
McGuffey
Decorah
Maxwell
Indianola
Anamosa
Brooklyn
Calmar
Gladbrook
Pocahontas
Allison
Spirit Lake
Story City
Ottumwa
Waukon Republican Standard
Eldora Library
Town Historical Society
Perry
Book Club Selections for May Highlight Classics
The May selections include As the Earth Turns by Cladya Has Ca and A Watch in the T by Helen Moody, plus Long Road by John Moody. Junior Literary Guild presents One Day With Manu by Armstrong Gep Perry and Fe- as features targeting young readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cladya-Has- Ca Book Club
Helen
John Moody
Junior Literary Guild
Manu
Armstrong Gperry
Wyoming School Honors and Local News Roundup
Wyoming notes include Miss Fern Spelbring elected to teach music and home economics, exams and May commencements, and clasps of church and club events. Memorial day address by Glen McLaughlin, G A R mem ber decline, and community notices on clubs, elections, and local sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fern Spelbring
Miss Spelbring
Herbert Groening
Opera House
Swartz
Muscatine
Iowa
Keith Streeper
Robert Rohwedder
Richard Rohwedder
Maxine Cook
Paul Koch
Lorraine Seehusen
Althea Goodrick
Irvin Sievers
Duane Platner
Ned Pealer
Aneta Garside
Wyoming pupils stage Sally Ann Herself play
In Wyoming the seventh and eighth grades presented the two act play Sally Ann Herself in the school gym. Vera Tompkins directed the cast featuring Betty Dawes Dolly Greer Elizabeth Marshall Milo Koranda John Wherry Joyce Sechusen Jean Anderson Marvin Brunscheen Billy Alden and Luella Pankow. The program accompanied reading and English work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolly Greer
Elizabeth Marshall
Milo Koranda
John Wherry
Joyce Sechusen
Jean Anderson
Marvin Brunscheen
Billy Alden
Luella Pankow
H. H. Roberts
Kyle Poole
M. E. Miller
C. H. Rogers
E. E. Young
Rebekah
Monticello
George Herzberger
van Horne
Paulsen
Charles Wherry
Des Moines
Sim Wherry
Minneapolis
C. E. Wherry
William Weller
DeWitt
Ernest Weller
Amber Bride Wennekamp Weds White In Iowa City
The marriage of Anna Marie Wennekamp daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Wennekamp to Albert White son of Mr and Mrs Charles White of Ely took place Saturday May 6 in Iowa City with Zion Lutheran church pastor officiating. The groom works on the Otto Danneman farm north of town for three years. Midland school Jackson township closed Friday with a picnic on school grounds two miles south of Amber. Mrs Nellie Straesslin is the teacher. Upper grade pupils at Amber school were treated to a hol-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Husman
August Husman
Orla Loomis
Earlville
Loomis
H. A. Loomis
Township Dty
Anamosa
Monay
Wilma Craig
Amber
Miss Craig
Miss Gregory
Grant Ralston
McDonald
Fagan
Patrick Fagan
Monticello
Burris
Bonnie
Bud
Mary Oltman
Rudy Oltman
Fred Graham
W. S. Eby
Alpha Connelly
Lawrence Goodrick
R. D. Mowry
Opera House
Wyoming
Emma Amburn
Iowa
Philena Koon
Jessie McMaster
F. L. Provan
Nielsen
Onslow
Bay View Club
R. H. White
John T. Wherry
Mary Tompkins
W. E. Briggs
Mary
Minneapolis
Diana Fret Club
Amalia Eichhorn
Ellen Marshall
Beth Marshall
Ruth Rawson
Grace Vrooman
Martello High
Olin Preps
Olin
Felker
Herman Brunscheen
Glen McLaughlin
Jones County
American Legion
F. A. Layton
Mary E. Campbell
Janesville
Wis
Campbell
Hugh Campbell
Glen Westphal
Luther League
Fred Luckstead
Alice Rathje
Wilma Westphal
Oliver Brunscheen
Hilda Huggans
Everready Club
Madison Township
Manuel
Melitha Anderson
Martha Dodge
Clarice Story
Pauline Sieveka
Helen Manuel
Elsie Manuel
Minnie Anderson
Nina Dawes
Florence Stout
Betty Mae Hamilton
Midland Homemakers Club
Levi Mallicoat
Clarence Huston
Elizabeth Wherry
Ada
Justus Bahnsen
Just-a-mere
H. J. Johnson
H. Brainard
M. Garrison
C. Brainard
Mark Bateman
Davenport
Forest Baumback
Donna
Rock Island
J. W. Richards
LeClaire
Coch
David and
Barbara
Anna Marie Wennekamp
Henry Wennekamp
Albert White
Charles White
Ely
Iowa City
Zion Lutheran Church
Otto Danneman
Midland
Jackson Township
Nellie Straesslin
Local events brighten Wayne and Jackson townships
Community activities fill weekends from Rainbow 4-H guest day in Wayne to Wise Owl club in Jackson. Miss Harriet Cunningham speaks on birds and trees at Anamosa, Mothers Day gifts given, church service times shifted for summer, and a family gathering at Will Michels home with guests from Anatosa Morley Wyoming and Fort Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iday
Craig
Anamosa
Reformatory
Otto Danneman
Grace Englehart
Florence Ireland
Rainbow 4-H
Wayne Township
J. W. Streeter
Harriet Cunningham
Annamosa
Arthur Hart
Armstrong
Calvert
Viola
Presbyterian
E. Osterkamp
John Boyson
Center Junction
Wise Owl Club
Jackson Township
Ruth
Doris Mann
W. E. Spohn
John Sidlinger
Cedar Falls
W. A. Stingley
Ed Duncan
Emil Hamer
Wyoming
Bernell
Will Michels
Carl Michels
Carl Barnes
J. Meade
Anatosa
Russell Drumbarger
Morley
Henry Holmes
Henry
Lois Michel
Young Wessels Breaks Arm In Barn Incident
Ten year old George Wessels, son of Mr and Mrs Rhinehart Wessels, was injured Sunday while trying to lead a horse out of a barn. The animal wedged him between the stall and manger, resulting in a broken arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wessels
Rhinehart Wessels
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iowa Book News
For
Library News
Arthur Ransome
Anne M. Peck
Enid Johnson
Jack O'Brien
Literary Guild
Robert Marshall
Religious Book Club
Winifred Garrison
Scientific Book Club
Sefence
J. B. B. Haldane
Mildred Othmer Peterson
Chevrolet Motor Company
General Motore
Fisher
Scotch Grove
Book Club
Erna Holub
Freda Scarcliff
Maryann Wilker
Floreine Herzberger
Verna Hanold
Dora ‘Thomsen
Charlotte Hansen
Margery Bherrill
Abbe Hanold
Irma Groening
May Koch
Circle of Wyoming
Order of the Eastern Star
R. D. Cooley
Mary Fairchild Phelps
John Strong
W. P. Nicholas
New Jersey
Myrtle Maxson
Iva Walston
White Lake
S. D
Clara Dodge
Hardington
Neb
Nina Faurot
Marietta
Fla
Fannie Finch
Millie Strong
Illinois
Farmers Grain Co
Arend Balster
Crystal Whit
Per Can van Camper
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