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Newspaper
Moulton Weekly Tribune
Location
Moulton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1939
Page
4
Appanoose County Ministerial Association plans a two week county preaching program in June from Monday June 19 to Friday June 30. Moulton hosts the first week June 19 to 23 with services likely at the park band stand aided by local business men’s public address system. Last year Moulton topped county attendance.
Moulton men form a four‑section league with captains Northwest Dick Bogle Southeast Perry Davis Southwest Ed Parris and W Northwest Leo Mote Games set for Monday to Friday evenings with lighting costs estimated at 110 dollars to light the diamond Poles will be donated and wiring costs depend on line work A Northeasters beat Northwest 10 to 9 in opening action Ed Parris Southwest defeated Perry Davis Southeast 9 to 8 Harold Wright and Dutch Maring noted as winners and losers Club standings show Northeast leading Southwest Northwest and Southeast all at 1 0 0 0 or 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Blondie meets the Boss leads a Saturday Sunday program at Moulton Theatre with Perry Singleton Arthur Lake and Baby Dumpling in Blondie and Dagwood. Cast includes Dorothy Moore Robert Sterling Ray Hirsch Patty Lacey Spooks the dog plus Holtwood comedy Soul of a Heel and a John Wayne western Sage Brush Trail. Additional attractions next week include Million Dollar Haul and The Miracle Rider chapters.
The Bragdon Cafe added a new Frigidaire unit to its equipment. The update completes its kitchen setup and enhances food preparation capacity.
Local notes cover visits and travels across Keokuk Kirksville Moulton Ottumwa Davenport and Des Moines. Highlights include births, hospital news, college enrollments, church events, and social gatherings with families Tipton Post Daniels and McGriff among those named.
Olive Marie Childs daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Childs wed Karl Robert Schultz at Mirror Lake Christian church in a Sunday ceremony officiated by Rev. Emmett A. McNabb. Virginia Schultz was maid of honor, Charles Hardy best man, with reception at the Schultz home. The couple will reside at 1326 Second Avenue.
The 70th anniversary events of Moulton Methodist Church in Lucknow India bishop John Robinson spoke at morning worship linking the milestone to future religious opportunities and mission work in India. A basket dinner, greetings from neighboring churches, past pastor letters, and an anniversary banquet with music and a history talk rounded out the celebrations along with a commemorative church history booklet for every family and guest.
Garland Cornett James Davis Leon Horn and Ted McNutt of Moutton are among over 4000 Iowa boys invited to the tenth annual Des Moines Register and Tribune carrier sales convention in Des Moines on Monday June 12. The day includes a business meeting, a Barnes-Carruthers Circus show in the Coliseum, and a personal appearance by Hopalong Cassidy star Bill Boyd with his white Arabian horse Topper. A group photo for the photogravure section will follow, with delegates and families wearing special badges.
Claude Brinegar 42 a well liked farmer from this community died Tuesday morning at St Joseph hospital Centerville after an appendicitis operation led to peritonitis He was born June 27 1896 near Moulton and lived here all his life Married to Wilma Carr in 1913 they had five children Felecia Earl Robert Freda Neil Surviving relatives include father John Brinegar Ottumwa seven brothers Charley Ben Ira Harry Bill Chet Cam two sisters Mae Ruth and many others Funeral services were set for Thursday at 2 06 pm at Fairview church northwest of Moulton with Rev Orlando Ogden officiating Burial followed in the nearby cemetery
The Moulton Independent baseball team defeated the Morrell Packers of Ottumwa 19 to 11 in a seven inning affair. Two pitchers, Jim Carr and Wayne Barber, split duties for Moulton while Ottumwa used two hurlers in an attempt to stem the scoring. The win sets up a Sunday trip to Corydon for another league clash expected to be hot.
The New Hope 4-H Club met at Ilene McCullough's home with Christine Davison joining. June meetings planned Rally Day rehearsals at Marietta Stevenson's and Doris White's homes. Rally Day is set for Bloomfield High School auditorium today with next meeting on June 22 led by Miss Marietta Stevenson.
At a Queen Esther girls meeting at Miss Rilla Lee Heintze home officers were chosen including President Dorothy Fitzhugh Vice President Rilla Lee Heintze Treasurer Blendena Cowell Recording Secretary Darlene Guinn and Corresponding Secretary Josephine Saner.
Mr and Mrs Jas Tipton and their son Junior of Town City spent Sunday at the Orak Carr home according to a local social note.
Shirley Dye nine year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Marvin Dye fractured her left arm when she tripped on concrete steps at the Methodist church while a group of children played nearby. This is her second arm fracture, the earlier break occurring above the elbow several years ago.
Wm. Umpferman, new agent at the Burlington station, has purchased the W F Guile home on East Broadway. The Guile family moved into their new home last week. W F Guile, who has been living there, has purchased the Roy Henderson property on North Main where he now resides.
Outbreaks of sleeping sickness in 1939 have killed an estimated 30,000 horses. The American Foundation for Animal Health urges rapid immunization using a chick embryo vaccine and strict handling and supervision to reduce losses this summer. Farmers should protect horses from flies and mosquitoes, believed to spread the disease, as outbreaks likely continue through summer until cold nights kill the insects.
The First Lutheran church of Centerville plans a patriotic program for Flag Day on Wednesday June 14. Rev Elmer F Ladegren leads the Men's Brotherhood which sponsors the event. Rev Guy will deliver an illustrated lecture titled Seeing Washington, D C with colored stereopticon views. The speaker will discuss first hand Washington scenes. The meeting is open to the general public.
Farmers worry as May rainfall fell well below average and June offered only scattered showers. Last month’s weather resembled a dry year with temperatures reaching up to 95 degrees, heightening concerns over crop maturation.
Mrs W F Stober longtime Monterey resident died at home on West 4th street after more than four years illness. She was 73, born November 31 1865 in Davis county Iowa, married 1880 to W F Stober, leaving seven children James Bluford Bessie Hayden Ruby Henderson Florence Underwood and Fred Stober plus husband and two deceased. Funeral Friday 2 PM Hitchcock Funeral Home Centerville Rev Luther Childs. burial Hormce cemetery.
Local cigarette and beer permits expiring July 1 were renewed by the city fathers on Monday evening as part of routine business. Beer permits went to Bragdon Cafe and Slack's Place. cigarette licenses to those two plus Parris Pharmacy. The Moulton Cafe cigarette permit remains valid until 1941. Annual beer and cigarette license fees in Moulton total $400.00.
George Ocker suffers repeated mishaps including a broken left foot and a knee injury while guiding a tractor in a watermelon patch. He plans a Des Moines veterans hospital visit for examination and treatment.
Sarah Catherine Spalter Spurgeon born October 8 1850 in Malta Ohio came to Iowa as a child. She married John David Sayres and lived in Cincinnati Iowa until his death in 1895. Survived by four children James William Daisy Jennings John Ernest and Edith Tipton. Funeral May 31 at her grandson Joe B Sayres home Centerville conducted by Dr. Mott R Sawyers. Interment in Cincinnati.
The C C Club met June 1 at Mrs Etta Hetzler’s home with 23 members and 3 visitors. A cooperative dinner followed. Mrs Faye Wright led the business session. Roll call offered canning hints and recipes. A birthday shower honored several members and Miss Agnes O Leary, County nurse, presented a health film and led venereal disease discussion. Next meeting set for July 13 with Mrs Garnett Young. O Leary to lead further health talk.
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