Clarence Conner to Direct Moulton Band This Summer
Clarence Conner of Kirksville Missouri will direct the Moulton high school band through the summer after a school directors meeting. He will conduct weekly Wednesday concerts and teach band students Monday through Wednesday with private lessons available. The plan maintains summer training though a regular term instructor is still being sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Clarence Conner
Kirksville
Conner
Kirksville State Teachers College
Pre Nuptial Shower Held For Miss Post
A cleverly arranged party and shower was held Thursday night at the home of Mrs. Harold Hitchcock with Miss Opal Post, whose marriage to Edmund Willis will take place Monday, as honoree. Guests joined a last day of school program and met teacher Mrs. Herman Tiffany. prizes were awarded to several guests and Miss Post found gifts around the house amid refreshments and paper corsage favors. Assistants included Mrs. Tiffany, Miss Maryetta Wood, and Miss Lavonna Marshall of Bloomfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Hitchcock
Opal Post
Edmund Willis
Herman Tiffany
Miss Post
Oris Davis
Oral Carr
Edna Powell
Craig Carson
Jessie Lou Byrd
Rolla Morrow
Tiffany
Maryetta Wood
Lavonna Marshall
Bloomfield
Margaret Henke Weds Richard McKenzie in Centerville
Miss Margaret Ann Henke and Richard F. McKenzie were married Sunday at 2 30 PM in the Methodist church parlors with a single ring ceremony. The bride wore a sand colored dress and red rosebud corsage. bridesmaid Ruth Henke wore blue. Best man was Jimmy McKenzie. The couple, graduates of Centerville and Moulton high schools, both work at Hercules Manufacturing in Centerville. A reception followed at the bride’s home and they reside at Fuller Apartments in Centerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Ann Henke
K. C. Henke
Centerville
Richard F. McKenzie
James McKenzie
Moulton
Iowa
Paul Hicks
Ruth
Jimmy McKenzie
Centerville High School
Hercules Manufacturing Company
McKenzie
Leo Mote Elected Head of Odd Fellow Lodge
Leo Mote was elected Noble Grand of the Odd Fellow lodge for the remainder of the year at the semi annual election held Monday night. Vice Grand will be elected at a later date. Members of the Rebekah lodge will hold their mid year election tonight. Mrs Marvin Richardson visited at the home of her parents G A Singley with other relatives and friends a few days the past week en route from Los Angeles to Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Mote
Odd Fellow Lodge
Rebekah Lodge
Marvin Richardson
G. A. Singley
Los Angeles
Cali
Washington, D. C
Guilty Pleas Entered By Young Men in Farm Theft Case
Five young men Lowell Baker Don Harsch Chim Shupback Kenneth Probasco and Frank Noland pled guilty to stealing crops from the A. L. Ransom farm home. Judge Harold Levis sentenced each to a year in the county jail, suspended to four months with good behavior. Paul Spencer elected to stand trial. Nineteen witnesses testified to good character before the May 18 theft of soy beans corn and timothy seed worth over 400 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Baker
Don Harsch
Chim Shupback
Kenneth Probasco
Frank Noland
A. L. Ransom
Harold Levis
Appanoose County District Court
Levis
George Milani
Paul Spencer
Bloomfield
Abe Ransom
Moulton
New Potatoes At Mackenzie Home
Mrs. G. A. Mackenzie again holds the first new potato record for the year. Her large spuds reached the table in eight weeks from planting, a quick harvest she remarks as going to town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mackenzie
G. A. Mackenzie
Family Gathering Sunday At Sneed Home
Mr and Mrs Cam Sneed hosted a large Sunday dinner with relatives from Crown Point Indiana Los Angeles California Windsor Missouri Kansas City Missouri Monroe Iowa Mystic Iowa Udell Exline and Kansas City Kansas. Afternoon callers included Mr and Mrs John Henshaw and Harold Henshaw and Mrs Ed Cline with daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cam Sneed
J. A. Henderson
Clifford Henderson
Clarence Wood
Crown Point
Ind
J. W. Boyer
Los Angeles
Calif
Kenneth Botts
Windsor
Donald Sneed
G. M. Sneed
George
Margaret Esther Sneed
Iva Howard
Kansas City
Glen
John Henshaw
Harold Henshaw
Udell
Ed. Cline
Exline
Former Resident Lucy Haven Dies in California
Mrs. Court Frakes learned last Saturday that her niece Mrs. Lucy Thorp Haven died in Los Angeles after a lingering illness. Haven was formerly a resident of Moulton.
Des Moines Visitors Spend Summer at Turner Home
Mr and Mrs Marvin Orth and their two children visited the Chet Turner home in a Sunday outing from Des Moines. Miss Betty Etter accompanied them back to Des Moines where she will spend the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Orth
Des Moines
Chet Turner
Betty Etter
Local Happenings in Moulton Area Share Trips and Visits
Local residents report visits from friends and relatives across Iowa Illinois and Kansas. The Weekending events include service club dinners church class gatherings and bridge play. Rev Strubhar and Mr Marshall depart for a Texas training trip while others visit Des Moines Cedar Rapids and La Harpe Kansas.
Merchants to Start Programs This Week in Moulton
A series of summer concerts and a "Profitable Entertainment" program begin in Moulton. The high school band under Clarence Conner from Kirksville will perform at Pulliam Park each Wednesday night. The Main Street event starts at 3 00 PM Saturdays and continues through summer to attract visitors and boost business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Conner
Kirksville
Pulliam Park
Board of Education
Merchants of
Moulton
Traveling Star entertains Unionville Moulton guests
A Traveling Star program was held Tuesday evening at the Eastern Star hall in Unionville Iowa. Attendees from Moulton included Harold Hitchcock Mrs George Carson Herman Tiffany Craig Carson Chas Floyd and family Dick Eby and daughter Frank Austin and daughter Hugh Wood and two sons Maryetta Wood E J Jennings daughters Georgia and Blanche Jas West Marguerite Berry Wm Heintze and daughter Billa Lee Pyle Oris Davis and Mrs Harold Neifert plus other local attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Unionville
Iowa
Harold Hitchcock
George Carson
Herman Tiffany
Craig Carson
Chas. Floyd
Dick Eby
Frank Austin
Hugh Wood
Maryetta Wood
E. J. Jennings
Georgia
Blanche
Jas. West
Marguerite Berry
Wm. Heintze
Billa Lee
P. E. Pyle
Oris Davis
Harold Neifert
Marriage Announced in Lancaster as Kerwin Marries Davis
Mrs. LaRue Davis and J. M. Kerwin were united in marriage on Monday May 26 at noon in Lancaster Missouri. Justice of the peace Thomas E. Hale officiated. Mrs Kerwin has long resided in Moulton and Mr. Kerwin works as an engineer on the Wabash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaRue Davis
J. M. Kerwin
Lancaster
Thomas E. Hale
Former Resident Hurt in Canton Car Crash
Dorothy Cooley, daughter of Mrs. H. C. Brokhart of Moulton and former Canton resident, was badly injured in a car crash last Thursday night. Her condition is not serious but she suffers bruises and lacerations. Mr and Mrs Ira Powell of Omaha and Miss Mildred Nightwonger of Des Moines visited over Decoration Day with Moulton relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Cooley
H. C. Brokhart
Moulton
Canton
Ira Powell
Omaha, Nebr
Mildred Nightwonger
Des. Moines
Fitting Program At Oakland Decoration Day Observed
Burl McClure Post held Decoration Day services at Oakland cemetery with Rev. J. C. Behrens stressing national unity through wars for democracy and religious freedom. Eight World War I crosses marked a wreath ceremony as Rev. Lester Strubhar read short poems. M. H. S. band under Lowell Horn helped. Commander Earl McCall led the program before a large crowd including visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. CC. Behrens
Burl McClure
Oakland Cemetery
Behrens
Lester Strubhar
M. H. S. Band
Lowell Horn
Main Street
Earl McCall
Post
Ed Kornegoor Injured In Moberly Accident
Wabash engineer Ed Kornegoor is hospitalized in Moberly Missouri after a Saturday collision with a car carrying five Black occupants. He suffered leg and chest bruises and an arm artery was severed but is listed as in satisfactory condition. Three occupants in the other car died and two were badly injured.
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Kornegoor
Wabash Hospital
Moberly
Missouri
Kornegoor Alto
Local social notes from Moulton and area seen this week
Cedar Falls reverend visits at Isaac Lawin home. Decoration Day gatherings span Ot tumwa to Moulton with multiple visitors from Des Moines Burling ton and beyond. Churches host meetings as families travel from Missouri and Illinois to see relatives and friends.
Heavy Rains Soak This Section After Dry Forecasts
Weather experts predicted heat and drought for the Midwest but recent storms drenched the area. Heavy rains from Monday night into Tuesday morning brought four inches, swelling Chariton Creek near Dean and flooding lowlands, undoing prior drought warnings. Farmers report increased weeds in corn and say they’ve had enough rain for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Middle West
J. Pluvius
Dean
Moulton Couple Married At Kirksville
Paul Howell and Mary Etta Hetzler of Moulton Iowa were married at 4 30 p m at the Christian Church Kirksville Missouri Rev L V Freeman officiating They were attended by Mr and Mrs Orvil Lawson Center ville Iowa The bride wore a powder blue gown with matching accessories and a corsage of sweet peas and roses
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Howell
Mary Etta Hetzler
Moulton
The
Christian Church
L. V. Freeman
Orvil Lawson
Centerville
Kirksville
Express
Women’s Society of Christian Service meets in Centerville
About 25 members from the Moulton branch of the Women’s Society of Christian Service a Methodist church department attended the district meeting in Centerville yesterday. Morning and afternoon programs were carried out smoothly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Women’s Society of Christian Service
The
Methodist Church
Centerville
Local Boys Attend Des Moines Carrier Sales Convention
Nearly 5 000 carrier salesmen of the Des Moines Register and Tribune are invited to the twelfth annual Carrier Salesman Convention and Frolic in Des Moines on Monday June 9. The morning program opens with a business meeting in the Coliseum where attendees meet Register and Tribune officials and guest Gene Autry. A Barnes-Carruthers Circus showing with Autry follows the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. T. Ewing
Eugene Horn
Bill Longe
Gerald Ryan
Orris Umpferman
Moulton
Des Moines Register and
Tribune
Des Moines
Coliseum
Register and Tribune
Gene Autry
Barnes-Carruthers Circus
Slight Plane Mishap At Moulton Sunday
Francis Kappler of Des Moines owned plane that suffered a minor incident when starting the engine. He grabbed the wing to avert harm and swung the aircraft into a fence. the propeller broke but was replaced the same day and the plane resumed hedge hopping over Moulton that afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Kappler
Des Moines
Frank Kappler
Moulton
Kappler
Decoration Day Visit From Des Moines Family
Mrs. Ellen Hawke and her son Earl and Mrs. Pearl Swarm with daughter Margaret from Des Moines spent Decoration Day at the home of their uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Fred Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Hawke
Earl
Pearl Swarm
Margaret
Des Moines
Fred .Post
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Margaret Henke
Richard McKenzie
Sneed
California
Okmulgee
Okla
J. G. West
W. E. Casady
Mason City
Franklyn Benson
Danville
Kermit Hokel
Hampton
F. C. Benson
Orleans
Gayland Replogle
Roger Blosser
Rockford
Ill
R. B.C
Presbyterian Church
Frank Pitts
Philothea
Dean McCullough
John McGuire
Coatsville
W. H. Daniels
Silvis
Lettie Daniels
Joe Daniels
Bobbie
Edwards, Mo
Daniels
Lewis Flippin
Byron Strohmier
Detroit
Mich
J. B. Strohmier
R. R. Eby
Ralph Spurgeon
Chris Lindsey
Dick Bogle
Max Spurgeon
Carl
Archie Martin
Verne Wood
Cedar Rapids
Arthur Wood
L. G. Garrison
Wm. Garrison
Trenton Rucker
Martin Danta
Batavia
Dixie Lee Mote
Rucker
L. D. Strubhar
Richard
Lowell Marshall
Mrs. Strubhar
W. Ira Hammer
la Harpe
Kans
Rev. Strubhar
Marshall
Dallas
Texas
Stamps- Baxter Music Co
Oakland
Bert Ney
Cedar Falls
Isaac Lawin
Carl Hurd
Ottumwa
Luther Horn
Vic Abrams
Will Rohl
Moravia
Nena Katt
Anna Louise
Ethel Allen
Chas. Swinney
Ft. Dodge
C. E. Swinney
Carl Main
Bert Moore
Burlington
John Carter
Jane
Moberry
Max McGriff
Michael
San Francisco
R. A. McGriff
J. R. Tisdale
Jeanette
Clemons
Paul Hamilton
Linda
Rock Rapids
Stella Hamilton
Missionary Society of the Christian Church
W. L. Downing
Dulin Daniel
Mamie Whittlesey
Boone
Glen Jones
Near
Cantril
Decoration Day
Ronald Edwards
Miss Jackson
Jefferson City
Otis Edwards
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Gale Huddleston
Frank Singley
Harve Tiffany
Roadhouse
Russell
Peoria
Chas, Powers
Mexico
Chet
Turner
Chas
S. Powers
W.S. of C.S
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