Wyoming Farm Tragedy Claims Mrs Kostichek After Fire
Mrs Kostichek died after an attempted kerosene flare in a Hale community stove caused an explosion and clothing fire. She escaped 100 feet to a watering tank, returned bleeding and burned and died Friday morning at Anamosa hospital. Funeral services were held at the Wyoming home with Rev Felter officiating. Survived by husband daughter Viola Benhart and extended family.
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Here
Hale
Andrew Kostiwick
Anamosa Hospital
Felter of
Olin
Oxford Junction
Viola Benhart
Vince Pegerick
John Holub
Paul Levien
August Thomson
Diana Fret Club
Bridge
Ellen Marshall
H. C. McConaughy
Howard Day
Peter Jansen
Henry Petersen
Anna Carstensen
Mary Sieveka
Madge Millsap
E. L. Millsap
Gladys Sleichter
M. E. Aid Society
S. V. Williams
Linn County
Prairie Chapel
Klaud Dick
W. H. Alden
Clinton
Chris Anderson
C. ST. Rogers
Otto Newell
Louis Sampson
Henry Siler
Roy Bender
J. S. Parr
Cedar Rapids
Stella Mae Lindsey
Vaughn Lindsey
Wyoming School
State Park
Anamosa
Henry Griswold
St. Luke's Hospital
Ray Graff
Chicago
Maggie Close
Graff
Iceda Close
L. A. Dennison
Kearney
Neb
George Miller
Raymond Harrington
What Cheer
L. M. Koch
Paul
Lenox College
Hopkinton
American Legion Auxiliary of
Wyoming
Circle of Wyoming
Order of the Eastern Star
R. D. Cooley
A. W. Peck
Marguerite
Gilton
Seville
Atlanta
Marvin Nissen
Everett Vromman
John von Sprecken
Lyle Marshall
Charles Marshall
Gordon Marshall
Ernest Rettz
Wilma Westphal
Luther League
Elberta Reimer
Everett Brunscheen
Luella Pankow
Don Gerdes
Lorraine Seehusen
Roy Overly
Wyoming High School
G. Zeilinger
Wyoming Lutheran Church
Opera House
Imogene Jurgensen
Christal Marie Stoffel
Mildred Usher
Robert Rohwedder
Paul Koch
Hazel Levsen
Maxine Cook
Arthur Holub
Genevieve Carson
Vertus Rohwedder
Donna Waggy
Marietta Story
Ronald Holtz
Hobby
Richard Rohwedder
Desire
Carl Broderson
Crystal Demoss
Margaret Luke
Hilda Friedericksen
Castle Grove community activities and 4-H notes
Castle Grove 4-H and Farm Bureau events are reported with meetings at Harken home and schoolhouse No. 2. Twenty-two ladies attend a cooking lesson and meal. 4-H Kittenball league plans form in Anamosa. Local visits span Ryan, Monticello, Hopkinton, and Des Moines events.
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Castle Grove Farm Bureau
Harken
Castle Grove
Will Rickels
August Monk
Wyoming
Clarence Hosford
Anamosa
Harry Came
Prairieburg
National
Arthur Himebaugh
Hopkinton
Scotch Grove
Clarence Eberhart
Hamilton
A. Ray Fairbanks
Arthur Fairbanks
Ray
John Fehr
Linn County
Monticello
O. A. Hall
Olin Howie Jr
Dick Naylor
Fred Heiken
Iowa
John Hiller
Carl Smith
Hopkinton to Graduate 27 at Lenox Junior College
On Friday May 22 at 10 o'clock Finkbohner hall Lenox junior college will graduate a class of 27. President Dale Welch of the University of Dubuque will give the address. Graduates include George Akin Del hi Elsie Arnold Hopkinton and others. A music recital follows with four graduates performing. Hopkinton high school will graduate a class of fourteen this year.
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Finkbohner
Lenox Junior College
Dale Welch
University of
Monticello
Maxine Schnitter
Delhi
Edwin Schreiber
Milwaukee
Herbert Squier
Manchester
Holyce Stingley
Center Junction
Robert Stock
Hopkinton
Charles Sweitzer
Avalon
Joseph L. Ribble
Earlville
Pearl M. Reeve
Lenox Gymnasium
Dorthea Bixby
Holace Stingley
Elsie Arnold
Maxine Schnittjer
Robert M. Corbit
Oxford Mich
F. E. Allen
Glenwood
Minn
Frank Seniise
Oelwein
J. B. Schuster
H. M. Reeve
Hila Beth
Maurice McNeilly
Evanston
Northwestern University
Gertrude Reeve
Everett Wright
Cunningham
Kenneth Boots
Oxford
Boots
Tragic Death Shocks East Cass Community
The community mourns the death of William T. Rieken last Thursday forenoon. Funeral services were at Wayne Lutheran church with pallbearers named. Friends extend sympathy to the Rieken family as others visit and local improvements are noted in Cass and Castle Grove townships.
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William T. Rieken
Bill
John Rieken
Cass
Wayne Township
Wayne Lutheran Church
Herman
Vincent Stulken
Ebert Dirks
George
Clarence
Lawrence Prull Jr
Rieken
Lou Ehrisman
Ruth
James
Maquoketa
Gerd Prull
Dorothy
Wilma Prull
Langworthy
Eilert Prull
Wilma
Henry Pr
Berdena Prull
Gerhard Kray
Robert
Dorothy Gerdes
Nadine Oltman
Gertrude Guilford
Alvina
Wilma Johnson
Louis Ortgies
Rudolph
Castle Grove
Emil Folkers
Bertha Burlingham
Onslow Club Activities Highlight Week of Socializing
The Presbyterian Guild hosted 25 members and guest Mrs. C. A. Neville in Onslow. Larkin club held 500 games with prizes to Mrs. E. K. Peters and Velma Nielsen. Numerous visits, baptisms, graduations, and civic events fill the town with gatherings, travel, and community planning for a cemetery chapel and senior activities at the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Guild
Howard Willison
C. A. Neville
Richland
George Sears
Willson
W. K. Kennedy
C. M. Holst
John Jansen
Larkin Club
E. K. Peters
Velma Nielsen
Nielsen
Dillon Stickley
Local families host gatherings in Richland Center area
Richland Center reports social visits as Ulrich Schilt and family of Castle Grove join the Yossi home event. Monticello Presbyterian Sunday school officers and teachers were hosted by Forest Ely with refreshments. Other notes include Scotch Grove visitors Stickley and Hong at Ben Eilers’ home and Will Balsiger’s Dubuque trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulrich Schilt
Castle Grove
John Yossi
Forest Ely
Presbyterian Sunday School
Monticello
Stickley
Scotch Grove
Harry A. Hong
Ruth Ann
Ben Eilers
Will Balsiger
Dubuque
Len Hein
Richland
Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid Society
Dubuque Cello Chorus Performs Elijah Event
At a business meeting refreshments were provided by the committee. Mrs. John Hein Jr Mrs. Louise Fitzsimmons and Mrs. Len Hein attended. Miss Margaret Wismeier and O B Crane members of the Monti Cello Choral Society were in Dubuque last Tuesday to hear Mendelssohn Elijah performed by the Dubuque society. On Wednesday Miss Wismeijer joined the Manchester chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hein Jr
Louise Fitzsimmons
Len Hein
Margaret Wismeier
O. B. Crane
Monticello Choral Society
Dubuque
Elijah
Mendelssohn
No Tears Shed Over Party Switch in Oelwein
Henry A. Wallace and his wife have moved from Republican to Democratic, sending their party change to Des Moines. The change causes no reported uproar among Republicans, and the paper notes Brookhart might follow suit to aid the party.
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Oelwein Register
Henry A. Wallace
Des Moines
Amd Hatton
Brookhart
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Jessie Koch
Alice Hansen
Key
John Wherry
E. B. Lyons
Bayless Business College
Hazel Levien
American Legion
Viola Cornell
Kenneth Dunlap
Paul Ferguson
Erma Gillian
Rachel Glanz
Charles Glanz
Arthur Kelly
Wendell Kirkwood
Foster McNeill
Vera Pierce
Hilabeth Reeve
Russell Saunders
Lester Stock
Lloyd Wilson
Frank Beadle
Ryan
Carson
William Bradle
A. H. Larkins
Jessie Keith
A. H
H. J. Dunlap
Mary Zeuch
Minnie
Wessington Springs
S. D
Louis Diendorfer
Zeuch
Martin Steen
Charles Davis
Union Star
Raymond Sires
Iowa City
Sires
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Presbyterian Church
F. E. Brutsman
I. T. Wilson
Howard House
Marion Marclf
B. W. Humphrey
Ruth Garvin
R. N
Lafayette
Ind
Margaret Garvin
Dick Whitehill
Whitehill
Earl Whitehill
Washington
William Johnston
Dawn
Waukesha
Wis
James Johnston
Bertha
Jessie Kohl
Mount Vernon
K. C. Hall
Ruth Topping
Thomas Stimpson
John Sweeney
Sweeney
East Cass Gladys Benedict
R. W. Chatterton
Frank Philips
Marie Philips
Roy Overley
St. Luke’s Hospital
A. A. Garnett
James White
Fort Dodge
Walter Streeper
Edwin Wilcox
Paulie Wilcox
Maynard
Charles Metcalf
R. J. Bone
Onslow
Bone
C. R. Smith
George Paulsen
D. J. Wasson
Delmar
Alva Edwards
S. G. Hutton
Co. R. Smith
Independence
Claire Westphal
Carol Bickford
Dwila
Mineral
Etta Tracy
John Hoult
M. P. Paulsen
Harry Paulsen
Eddie Holub
Arthur
Frederika Holub
Emil Jansen
Edward
Louisa Levsen
Ed Paulsen
Roy Logan
Monmouth
Ritenour Cafe
F. L. Provan
Wanda Bullock
Louise Uchtorff
Tage
Onslow Opera House
Minty
Dorothy Overholt
Fannie
Dorothy Orr
Grace
Ruth Beck
Peter
Dale Nielsen
Miss Tillington
Lois Bullock
Kent
Dale Mayberry
Mrs. Dean
Lois Bramer
Bob Francis
Tax Inc
Richland Center
McNeill Hardware
Towa
LeRoy G. Dirks
Jones County
L.F. Balster
Patton
Pittsburgh
Proving Grounds
Herman Helgens
Sears Foods
Edourt
Roper
Min
Che
Leytze Maytag Co
Roder
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