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Newspaper
Moulton Weekly Tribune
Location
Moulton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1939
Page
3
A rummage sale sponsored by the Presbyterian church ladies will be held Saturday starting at 10 oclock in the State Savings Bank building. Committee members include Mrs. Gus Eby Mrs. Alva Bennett Mrs. Craig Carson and Mrs. G L Bovard. Many useful articles will be for sale at reasonable prices.
The Women’s Home Missionary society of the Moulton Church will hold a bake sale Saturday starting at 10 am at the E Wood grocery store. Phone in orders for delivery. Mrs Luther Horn and son Charles are in Iowa City.
Mrs Stobart Alina Florence Burgher born October 31 1843 in Davis County near Stober Springs died at her Moulton home at 1 15 am Wednesday June th aged 73 7 7 was the last of her family lived in Moulton and vicinity married William Franklin Stober September 5 1880 and had seven children surviving are James Bluford Stober Mrs Bessie Hayden Toma Fred Stober Mrs Ruby Henderson and Mrs Florence Underwood Her husband and two children preceded her funeral held Friday June 9 at Hitchcock chapel with Rev Luther Childs burial in Horn cemetery
The children express gratitude to neighbors and friends for kindness during the illness and death of their mother Mrs. W. F. Stober.
Miss Elisabeth Ann Salisbury and Wilbur Jennings of Wheaton Illinois and Mr and Mrs Bert Johnson of Davenport Iowa spent the weekend with Mrs Effie Jennings at her home. When you go shopping try your Moulton merchant first.
An informal column recalls peculiar travelers with fiddles on the road and riffs on newspaper errors. It comments on Hitler and royal visit respite, celebrates cherry pie season, and notes fishing plans, local officials, and a proposed Iowa school bus safety law to protect children.
Lafe C Hetzler a Standard Oil agent from Moulton and family receive invitation to a Des Moines State Fair Grounds picnic on Saturday June 17 to celebrate the companys fiftieth anniversary. More than 1200 attendees from Midwest affiliates expected with contests and a basket lunch at the Varied Industries Building. The event recalls Standards Indiana formation and refinery growth to provide 2000 petroleum products to 28000 Indiana dealers serving 8 million customers in Iowa and 13 states. The Iowa notice also mentions the O F N club meeting and visits by Mrs Abrams and Inez, plus Mrs Carter visiting Kansas City.
Mrs. Bert Davison was taken to University hospital in Iowa City last Friday for treatment and exam. Miss Kathleen Staber of Wichita Falls Texas visits Mrs. Marvin Richardson at the G A Singley home. Mr and Mrs Marvin Richardson of Washington DC visit parental G A Singley and Clete Richardson homes. Quedar Probasco in St Joseph hospital Centerville for appendicitis observation reported much improved. Bridge Club met at Mrs Sam Cole with three tables. high honors to Mrs G L Bovard. Mrs Pleas Grey of Udell visits with Oris Davis party.
Cy and Freckles radio artists from WTAD Quincy will appear at the Moulton Theatre on June 27 and 28. The popular team played Moulton last year and is being returned by popular demand. Watch for further announcement next week.
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