Missionary Tea and Community Notices From Scotch Grove
The Scotch Grove column reports a missionary tea at Center Junction led by Mrs. Weld of Cedar Rapids and notes postponement of the Sunbeam mission meeting to Nov 10 due to bad weather. It covers visits, corn husking contests, school events, Halloween at Himebaughs, upcoming Nov 15 program at Scotch Grove school, and various local social happenings.
Missionary Tea Engages About Fifty Women at Center Junction
The Presbyterian society hosted the annual missionary tea at the Center Junction church last Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. R. S. Robbie in charge and Mrs. S. W. Clark leading devotionals. Guest speaker Mrs. Leroy Weld of Cedar Rapids spoke on world travels including Japan and India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Michaels
Wilma Menald
Shelby Orris
Monmouth
Presbyterian Missionary Society
R. W. Chatterton
Harriet Lamey
India
Alaska
The
Presbyterian Society
R. S. Robbie
S. W. Clark
Leroy Weld
Cedar Rapids
Japan
Korea
Manila
Persia
Paul Smith
Alan Serbousek
Willis Martin
J. R. McNeilly
T. E. Stanton
Smith
Stanton
H. E. Stingley
John Shover
Monticello
Dwaine Moses
Tom Shover
Leroy Dirks
Kermit
Anamosa
J. M. Moses
Max
John Joe
Sally
Catherine Thompson
Pine Grove
Maxine Moats
Ora Andrews
Dolores Eileen
University Hospital
Iowa City
W. K. Moats
Paul Ernest
Ralph
Kathleen Paulsen
Paul Paulsen Jr
Ittie
Local community notices and gatherings across Onslow county
Community supper in Onslow hall serves 150 people with 87.50 dollars cleared. Guild divisions thank supporters. Schoolmasters club to meet in Community hall Wednesday. supper by missionary society. D A R meeting in Monticello. several locals visiting Maquoketa and Davenport events. Onslow attendees join Blazing Star Circle in Monticello. junior class hosts seniors. Funeral for Tully S. McCune noted. Estelle McCune called to Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guild
Jones County Schoolmasters' Club
The
Missionary Society
S. G. Hutton
L. F. Balster
Monticello
H. W. Koon
Maquoketa
Bernard Cass
Cass
Wyoming Township Farm Bureau
Frank Tasker
F. L. Provan
Evers
Mill Rock
A. L. Ames
F. O. Conley
Leonard Ingwersen
Alvena
John Paulsen
Delbert Mayberry
Davenport
Merle Hicks
Iowa City
Onslow
Blazing Star Circle
Estelle McCune
Tully S. McCune
McCune
Fred Provan
Miss McCune
Dave Corbitt
Cedar Rap
Local social notes from Monticello and surrounding towns
Ten days in McDonald hospital end as Sand Spring Henry Welter returns home. Numerous visits and Sunday calls spread across Marble Rock Hopkinton Anamosa Colesburg Cascade Monticello Dyersville Center Junction Scotch Grove and nearby families including the Cox Bright Blaker Lang and Clement households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Welter
McDonald Hospital
Donald Johnson
Donna Lee
Marble Rock
E. H. Cox
Roy Talmadge
Rowena
Hopkinton
John Blaker
George Bright
Will
Anamosa
Stanley Bright
Charles Stevenson
Leo Kane
Monticello
Joe McDonald
Lorraine
Dale
Manchester
Clarence
Leon Wilson
Lester Lang
Moline
Lynn Howie
Jean Marie
Joan
Maxine Nordman
Stevenson
Dorothy Blaker
Maud Blaker
Dorothy Tompkins
Colesburg
Bertha Baxter
Hopkinton Friends Share News of Weddings Birthdays and Visits
A Hopkins ton community notes multiple events including the anniversary of Mr and Mrs John Glanz in October with guests from Monticello Center Junction and Hopkinton. Josephine Lewis Phinissey, daughter of Mr and Mrs H E Lewis, wed Rex Plinissey in Battle Creek Michigan on October 15. Additional items mention a birthday party for Hilabeth Reeve and various local visits and travels by residents and families.
Community Members Gather For Celebration
Those present included Dorthea and James Bixby Vic tor Stead Lois Himebaugh Joe Weber Catherine Kirkwood Robert Livingstone George Irschmer Mary Belle Briney and Pat Dreibelbis Mrs Anna Kirkwood entertained her Sunday school class at home last week I T Wilson returned from Canada and will winter here Mr and Mrs Louis Lang of Monticello visited the F B Tibbitts home Mr and Mrs William Guthrie and three sons of Troy Mills stayed with A K Cramer over the weekend Guthrie attended the state teachers meeting in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stahlberg
John Wright
Carl Zimmerman
F. E. Craig
C. B. Carson
Roy Snell
W. B. Clark
Lewis Wright
Davenport
Farm Bureau
DeMoss Sisters
Wyoming
Reading
Imogene Moats
Miller Brothers
L. A. Iverson
Mexico
Smyker Twins
Anamosa
Carl Smith
Harm Dirks
L. R. Himebaugh
Elkader
Lanelle Gearhart
L. J. Schlemme
Janesville
Wis
Schlemme
Norma
Josephine Rickels
John
Alvena Paulsen
Ruth Craig
Amber School
Presbyterian Church
S. G. Thompson
Katherine and
Center Junction
Himebaugh
Otto Powlishta
Herman Lange
Anita Marie Schultz
Carl Schultz
Milan
Theodore Stock
Peter. Stock
Bannesdorf
Germany
Evangelical Church of Peace
Rock Island
Illinois
Emma G. Behnken
Carl Christian Schultz
Darrell Blaiser
Sidney Blaiser
Rock Island, Til
Martha
Gertrude Gundlach
Rudolph Gundlach
Helen Rolf
Ich Liebe
Frederick J. Rolf
Joe Lang
John Glant Sr
Kate Lang
James Littlefield
Marguerite
Ruth
James Jr
Robert
Mose Lamont
Lillian
Forrest
Victor
John Glant Jr
Hopkinton
H. E. Lewis
Josephine
Rex M. Plinissey
Battle Creek
Mich
Manchester
Phinissey
Lewis
Hopkinton High School
Iowa City
Robert Smith
Donald
William Marsh
Robert Livingstone
Richard Sprenkel
Clair Wilson
Dean E. V. Laughlin
Des Moines
Louise Carter
Donald W. McDonald
Hubbard
John Somers
Perry
Ill
E. V. Laughlin
David de Best
Rochester
Minn
de Best
Myra Bottom
Dubuque
J. R. Kirkwood
Hilabeth Reeve
Dorthea
James Bixby
Victor Stead
Lois Himebaugh
Joe Weber
Catherine Kirkwood
George Irschmer
Mary Belle Briney
Pat Dreibelbis
Anna Kirkwood
I. T. Wilson
Canada
Will
Louis Lang
Monticello
F. B
Husking Contest and Community Notes From Castle Grove Area
Local events include a husking contest near Martelle with hints of neighbors Castle Grove and Martelle residents. Drought hits nearby Wayne Nebraska with only about half a corn crop. Rev G Wolf delivers farewell sermon and will move to Palmer. David Baker preaches at Peniel chapel. A C Martin visits Hopkinton. Clarence Hosford wins a Wheaties top prize. Stutt moves to Delay farm then to Kehoe farm near Monticello. W L Aldrich to sell Pat Leonard farm and move to Monticello. Lightning strikes district No 6 schoolhouse. Immaculate Conception ladies host annual dinner. Monticello junior class play cast entertained at McLaughlin home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Hintz
I. R. Hintz
S. M. Hosford
Fred Caspers
Linn Howle
Martelle
Will Hiller
Wayne
Nebraska
G. Wolf
Palmer
David Baker
Cedar Rapids
Peniel Chapel
A. C. Martin
Hopkinton
A. J. Beranek
Prairieburg
Castle Grove
Clarence Hosford
Stuhlers’ Grocery
Wheaties
Clarence Stutt
Alsponse Soppe
Mr. Soppe
D. E. Kehoe
Monticello
W. L. Aldrich
Pat Leonard
Aldrich
W. D. McLaughlin
Mary Esther McLaughlin
Richland Center Halloween Party Noted At Schweitzer Home
Miss Janann Schweitzer hosted a Halloween party at her Richland Center home last Thursday evening with games and refreshments. Invited guests included Ruth and Olga Schweiter Delores Yossi and Janann Schweitzer Mrs Arnold Marugg and son William Stewart recently returned from John McDonald hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janann Schweitzer
Ruth
Paul
Olga Schweiter
Delores Yossi
Arnold Marugg
William Stewart
John McDonald Hospital
John Yossi
John Schweitzer
Dubuque
Local Visits Reported Across Iowa Communities
East Cass Township residents Henry Stulken and family visited the Coleman Connolly home in Dubuque with Marie Stulken returning after ten days there. Grace Benedict and Ernest called on C B Darrow in Anamosa. Darrow has been ill but improving. John Rieken and sons visited Anamosa. visiting Clarence Prull and the Stulkens at Gerhard Brockhohn’s Cedar Rapids home. Emma Kray family and Henry Poppe with son Carl spent Monday evening near Langworthy. Advertiser note on consistency of merchant advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Stulken
George
Vincent
Coleman Connolly
Dubuque
Marie Stulken
Connolly
Grace Benedict
Ernest
C. B. Darrow
Anamosa
Darrow
John Rieken
Milton
Rodney
Ana
The Middle West Spirit Endures Through Adversity
A reflective piece praises Midwestern resilience amid droughts dust storms and floods over the past year. It extols pioneer heritage and stubborn endurance as families faced calamities without complaint, framing hardship as part of a hardy identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellicott City
Middle West
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Sunbeam Mission
R. H. Richardson
Washington, D. C
Bert Kiburz
Thomas Richardson
Wayne Township
John Otten
F. D. Sutherland
Weld
Ethel
Clarence Taylor
Olin
Helen Himebaugh
Henry Heeren
R. E. Beall
Guy McDonald
Dale Dodge
Harley Bulgren
Scott McDonald
Rbulgren
Vera Moats
Scotch Grove Township
Women’s Missionary Society
John Livingstone
Stam
Wills Martin
Southern Mountaineer
Russell Preston
Frank Preston
Herbert Cox
Earlville
Peter Prahm
N. C. Holm
Beulah
J. L. Serbousek
Jo Ann
Merle Pangburn
Robert Serbousek
Marvin Blohm
Lloyd Moats
Mauriee McNeilly
Lucile Livingstone
Audra Serbousek
Luella Sechusen
Evelyn Courtney
Jean McNeilly
Ella Strong
T. B. Stanton
Ricka Rohwedder
Harry Levsen
B. D. Heiken
Ardis
Treva
O. O. Watson
Ernest Decious
Ray Bohler
Glen Watson
Waterloo
Henry Seehusen Jr
Jones County Schoolmasters’ Club
Elsie Callahan
R. N
Lou Barnes
Oxford Junction
B. L. Wherry
George Mgr
Chicago
Astruman Club
E. F. Paulsen
Runkle
Red Cross
James Macaulay
Mount Vernon
Max Hamilton
James Jewett
Grand Junction
Corwin Anderson
Rock Island, Jr
C. J. Wendel
Lavern Jamison
Lowell
Gene Anderson
Bert Dean
LeRoy Deare
Hale
Richland Center
East
Cass Township
Emerson
Ex-Q-In Chemical CO
Grand Ave
Grand Avenue
Iowa
Orange Street
John Schone
W.H. Null
Better Homes & GA
Christian Nerale Flower Grower
Household Magazinccall's Magazine
Midwest Golfer Movie Classic Needlecraft
Pathfinder
Weck Parents' Magazin Pictorial Review
Woman's World
Capper’s Farmer the Farm Journal
the Country Home
Radio News
Elke A
ORL Tor
Clay
Monee Medha
Better Homes & Gas
Christian Herald
Household Magazinccall’s
Porento
True Confessions
the Farm Journal
Junior Home
Amiapaknes
Capper's Farmer
Everybody's Poultry Mag
Gentlewoman Magazine
Good Stories
Home Circle Home Friend
Household Magazine
Illustrated Mechanics
Mother's Home Life Needlecraft
Poultry Tribune
Successful Farming Woman's World
Stor R.F.D
T.B
Guernsey
Hereford
W. H. Null
John Deere
Concord
Monticello State Bank
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