Wayside and Norton Family News From the Des Moines Fair
Sunday visitors and travel notes from the Des Moines fair and nearby towns include Wayside Lester Smith visiting the fair with Cofmie Lewise and Bonnie Lou Norton who stayed with grandparents Mr and Mrs Norton. Various neighbors and relatives such as Ralph Tuttle family and Norton children are listed visiting or departing after weekend gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cofmie Lewise
Bonnie Lou Norton
Norton
Ralph Tuttle
Clinton
June
Jack
Jerry
Mra
Richard Hickenbsthem
Glen Norton
Daughtera
Ronnie Norton
Geo. Simmons
Edward Pointa
Francis Turner
Des Moines Falt
Cora Smith
Program King Theatre Albis Iowa August 28 29 30 31
The Albis Iowa program lists August 28 and 29 features Robert Young Maureen O'Sullivan and Lewis Stone in Sporting Blood and August 30 31 double bill with Carole Landis Lon Chaney Jr in One Million B C plus Elviry and the Weaver Brothers in In Old Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Young
Maureen O'Sullivan
Lewis Stone
Carole Landis
Lon Chaney, Jr
B. C
Elviry
the Weaver Brothers
Old Missouri
Local Social Roundup in Monday Town Visits
Blue Front and numerous families visited several neighbors Sunday with Ray and Irl Rinehart, Hamiltons, Williamses, Pence, Lavely, Van Zante, and Derby names appearing. Rex Rinehart played a country school program on EMA while Ronald Van Zanter stayed with grandparents as parents toured Des Moines for the State Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Rinehart
Dell Hellyer
John van Zante
Irl Palmer
Iona
Billie
Homer
Rochester
Mich
Hamilton’s
Raymond Williams
Centerville
Ben Williams
Ronald Boyer
Allie Pence
Homer Hamilton
Ben Jones
Chance Lavely
Lazell
Mary Marte
Carl Derby
Rex Rinehart
Creston
Shenandoah
Ema
Albia
Wendell Murdy
Ronald Lee van Zanters
Des Moines
New Hope Club Members Attend Social and Visits
New Hope Club met at the George Turner home last Wednesday as members embroidery and share tea towels. Numerous neighbors and relatives from Centerville Mystic Battle Creek Ottumwa Seminole Okla and Exline visited or hosted, with many family gatherings noted at various homes and a birthday dinner for the Harsh grandmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Turner Heme
Frank Turner
Centerville
Minnie Milburn
Mystic
Lute Hiatt
Clair Neff
Battle Creek
Mich
Bessie Neff
Russell Warner
Ottumwa
Cliff Neff
Orval Burton
Keith Rose
Robert
Richard Neff
W. A. Donavan
Roy Pettihane
Don Pettibone
Junior Donavan
Clifford Tisue
Bob Strunk
Des Moines
Jimmie Carter
Loyd Carter
C. A. Burton
Margaret
John
Charles
Jim Davis
Seminole
Okla
George Howell
Theo Miller
Mra
Frank Chambers
EB. F. Wilson
Edna Dyphon
Cheree
Larry
Patty Bishop
Fern Wright
Dana
Richard Wilson
Helen
Georgie Turner
Frank Swaim
Ivan Harsh
Pearl
Richard
Duard Kerby
Betty
Billie
Cloud Harsh
Exline
Harsh
Frank Hiatt
Birthday and social news from Enon and surrounding area
The note recounts Mrs. Claude Hawk’s birthday party with about eighty neighbors, a Cedar King party with peach desserts, and various Sunday visits and family gatherings. It mentions local residents visiting Ed Robinson and M. E. Boardman for apples, start of school with nine pupils, and family trips to the State Fair with multiple locals listed among attendees. Curtis Tomlin and family joined Burdette Cox for Sunday dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Hawk
Cecil King
King
Fay Leonard
Flora Jones
J. 0. Lockman
J. L. Jones
Nina Griffin
Faber's
Clara Selby
M. E. Boardman
Warren Whisler
Oskaloosa
BE G. Hawk's
John Hawk
David
Davenport
Mt. Ayr
Kenneth Kree
Haver
Iconium
Robb
Loren Thompson
Thompson
Elsie. Runnelling
Howard Whisler
Hilda
Ottumwa
Dean Faber
Don, Troy
Max Lockman
Curtis Tomlin
Burdette Cox
Hen perched on manifold with boiled eggs found nearby
John Knipper of Dyersville investigated a burning odor near his car and found a White Rock hen perched on the engine manifold. Five hard boiled eggs lay split in a row between manifold and engine, with only scorched feathers as evidence of harm. The story mentions the year old son of Mr. and Mrs. [text incomplete].
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Knipper
Dyersville
Shall We Join the Ladies Parade at Fall Festival
A doll parade will feature in the Fall Festival that evening with prizes for all entrants. Dress dolls as comic characters or international girls in bright gowns and decorate doll buggies flaunting style. Info on participation available from Mia, Fred Blumenstock, or Mrs Finley McGrew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia
Fred Blumenstock
Finley McGrew
Local snippets recount fires and accidents across towns
George Seidel burned his feet stepping on a hot metal disc in a yard a fire on a train track incident sent two men escaping through barb wire fences a contractor starts work early and a theater plan is revived in Grundy Center a Des Moines owner decides on a new building. A Worthington man survives a lightning strike on his wrist watch while a 31 year old horse persists in Anamosa. A transport truck rolled toward a home after a stalled brakes miscue and the Nevin home porch scare ends without injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy Center
Frank Rubel
Des Moines
Accidents Near Decorah Cause Multiple Brief Incidents
Six separate accidents occurred over 72 hours near Decorah with varying causes. No serious injuries were reported, and responders investigated each incident to determine contributing factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
National Defense Advisory Commission aims to secure supplies
The National Defense Advisory Commission outlines its role to identify army and navy needs, coordinate raw materials, and ensure delivery. It details divisions for raw materials, production, transport, labor, agriculture, price stabilization, and consumer protection, led by Edward R. Stettinius Jr and William S. Knudsen, with broader civilian leadership assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Defense Advisory Commission
Army
Navy
Commission
United State Steel Corporation
Stettinius
Tennessee Valley Authority
William S. Knudsen
General Motors
Knudsen
Ralph Budd
Chicag, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Planta
Division of Transportation
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
A. F. of L
Leon Henderson
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division OF Consumer Protection
Explosion Hurls Tank Through Floor at Laurel School
An explosion in the engine room of Laurel Consolidated School near Baxter sent a steel water tank through the floor into the domestic science room. The blast, likely from a gas leak from a deep well feeding the tanks, injured one person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel Consolidated School
Baxter
Terrier Saved Rider as Rat Triggered Unlikely Rescue
A small wire hair terrier named Jiggs belonging to Hugh Eckels of Seymour killed a rat that ran into its nose. Two Sioux City police officers saved Gordon Issenhuth of Akron by noticing smoke from his car and waking him as upholstery near the steering wheel smouldered. The man suffered no injuries and the car sustained only minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Mitchell
Everett Eddy
Spirit Lake
Jiggs
Hugh Eckels
Seymour
Sioux City
Gordon Issenhuth
Akron
Issenhuth
Tissenhuth
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Lester Smith
Pearl McCrory
Della Mae
Dora Fae Norton
Fullers School
Noan Harsh
Matt Watts
King Theatre
Albis
Iowa
E. N. Catterlin
Optometrist
Centerville, Iowa
Centerville Junior College
Paas
Enon
Mr. and
C. T. Slavin
Cincinnati
Chicago
Ill
Willie Bob Smith
Hurt Bros
Wilt Kids
Rosemary Shawn
Midwest
Pedro
Louie
Rawa Lee
Moravia
Knoxville
George Seidel
George
Frank Alben
Cumberland
Elben
Pomeroy
Henry Voas
Janice
Joyce Walderbach
Dolly
Pberville Digsener
Nevin Lee
W. W
Vernon
Polk City
Nevin
Lee
The
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Nat'l Defense Advisory Comm
Congress
President
Transportation Division
LABOR
Chester Davis
Federal Reserve Board
Gati
Harriet Elliott
University of North Carolina
William H. Reynolds
United States
Turner
Ambulance Service
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