Features Booked for Louisa Fair in Columbus Junction
The Mad dux Stillian show will stage two night programs on Wednesday and Thursday during the Louisa county fair in Columbus Junction August 13 to 16. Each evening features four theatrical plays plus stunts, comedy numbers, and skits by trained artists, with a full program change nightly. Entertainment between races is planned Thursday and Friday afternoons.
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Columbus Junction
Michigan
Lester Orr
Richie
Billy
J. C. Richie
Traverse City
Mich
Orr
Waukon
June Huber
Harriet Simmons
Alma Hammond
Mason City
Irene Kauffman
Bess Davis
Grenythe
Lawrence P. Bock
Chicago Junction
Bertha Davis
John Nash
Cedar Rapids
Hubert Hafner
Robert Hynes
Lone Tree
Guy Masonholder
Elred Wasson
Wyman
David Woodruff
Mt. Pleasant
Jean Woodruff
Raymond Randolph
Silvis
Moline
Reed funeral draws relatives from many Midwest towns
Out of town mourners attended Everett Reed's funeral in Grandview. Relatives came from Peoria Illinois Graettinger Iowa Des Moines Keokuk Ottumwa Letts Wapello East Moline Kentucky and other places. Several local residents were noted among attendees and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview
Everett Reed
Gilbert Reed
el Kemp
Louis Stouffer
Warner
Harve Brown
Leah Pallett
Muscatine
T. J. Arnhood
James
Ottumwa
George Brown
Almeda Buell
John Weber
Harve Johnson
C. L. Reed and Sons
Fritz Yoder
Oscar Hartsock
J. S. Reed
Fruitland
Virgil Fuhlman
Cranston
Will Hidlebaugh
John Hidlebaugh
Letts
J. M. Buster
Charles Nelson
Wapello
Perry McGrew
East Moline
Harlan Hammer
Hershey Hospital
Amy Lehman
Alta Hartsock
Alvin Lee
Ainsworth
Mary Steele
Steele
Oskaloosa
Mary Derby
Paul Derby
Job Keltner
Grandville
Mr. Keltner
Alfred Hubert
Indianapolis
Ind
Helen Young
Gwen Buster
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Mildred Pelton Birthday Party At Fruitland Lawn
William and Flora Pelton hosted a informal lawn party for daughter Mildred on her nineteenth birthday. Luncheon, games, and gifts followed a friendly gathering with relatives and neighbors including Bryant, Bohling, Knouse, Corwin, and the Kemp families among many others. Community groups and demonstrations are also noted with local youths practicing for a fair event.
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Hawn
Inez Bohling
W. H. Slack
Maryanna
Inez Hohling
Anice Brombie
Florence
Dorothy
Virgie Bryant
Deloris Khouse
Helen Thomas
Opal Sharidan
William Pelton
N. D. Morgan
Emerson Moore
Walter
Melvin
Merle
Virgie Foster
Bud Swick
Ralph Martin
Herman Alf
Bud Roland
Danny la Grath
Bob Halliday
Marjorie Corwin
Bob Weber
Kermit Wolff
Bob de Fosse
Atalissa Socials Honor Miss Nelly Oepping
Atalissa hosts Miss Nelly Oepping daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aye in Muscatine. Guests include Rev. and Mrs. Vanderlip and Miss Anna Shugar of Wilton. Refreshments served as part of a family gathering with neighbors in attendance.
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James
Archie James
Georgia McCann
George Swartz
Pauline
Iowa City
George Kirbey
Mary Edith
Artis Kirby
Betty
Marion
West Liberty
Bud Shugar
Wilton
August Aye
Anna
Nelly Depping
Presbyterian Aid Society
Gladys Essex
Muscatine
William Tice
Victor
Martha de Vore
Genevieve McKillip
Social and Family Visits Across Town
Rock Island hosts Milo Camp family and sons Roy and Lee. Myrtle Bruce hosts a Sunday school lawn party. Lyle Doak visits aunt Mrs. Lee Steel in Joy. John Wilson and Kalamazoo guest stay with Fred Stevens. Clyde Irwin family to Portland Oregon for two weeks. James O'Dell in Viola on business. Mrs O'Dell spends day with Read the Classified Ads.
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Rock Island
Milo Camp
Roy and
Lee
Myrtle Bruce
Lyle Doak
Mr. Doak
Lee Steel
Joy
John Wilson
Ents
Sam Speckler
Julia
Portland
Ore
James O’dell
Viola
Pollyanna Class to Hold Annual Picnic
The Pollyanna class of the Presbyterian Sunday school will hold its annual picnic on Tuesday August 6 at Weed Park Muscatine. Dinner starts at 12 o'clock and each member may invite a woman guest. Cars depart the church at 11 o'clock. Committee members include Mrs Nora Duffe Mrs Eather Maurer Mrs Clara Leith and Mrs Cloe Walton. The article also notes social visits and funeral attendance in Cedar Rapids Oakdale and Davenport.
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Cloe Walton
H. P. Mason
Mason
James L. Ady
Cedar Rapids
Oakdale
William Fitzsimmons
Rock Island
Ida Boot
O'Dell and Sheese Reunion Observed
New Boston reports the O'Dell and Sheese reunion held at Milo Camp's home in Aledo. Attendees included numerous O'Dell and Sheese family members from Aledo New Boston Ophiem Millerburg Seaton Joy and Joy area relatives plus Mrs Susie Sheese of Oklahoma City and others.
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New Boston
O'Dell
Sheese
Milo Camp
Aledo
Dan Hampton
Joy
Wilma Jean
Susie Sheese
Oklahoma City
Okla
Earl Hicok
Ophiem
James O'Dell
Winnifred Welch
O. T. Prouty
Jess O'Dell
Millerburg
Elsy
Nola
Orva Bogart
Charlie Prouty
Davis
Earl Crapnell
Doris Jean
Marybelle
Milton
Willard McNeal
Katherine
Fern
Ray, Paul
Jeanie
Pattie Muhlenburg
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Louisa Fair
Adolph Rigert
Eitel Restaurants
Chicago
Mildred Pelton
Atalissa
Miss Oepping
Kalamazoo, Mich
Fred Stevens
Clyde Irwin
Keith
Pollyanna
O’dell
Standard Oil
Underwriters, Inc
Montgomery Wards
America
West Second ST
Biowouts
Montgomery Ward
Riverside
Riversides
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