Twenty One Junior Golfers Qualify for City Championship
Twenty one young golfers completed city junior championship qualifying at Mad Creek municipal course. Two more advanced in qualifying today with final entries due tonight. First round pairings set for 18 holes in two flights. finals in the top flight to be 36 holes. Lawrence Korneman shot 77 to lead medalist race as Junior Lange posted 93 for 18 holes. Other scores include Elmer Mapes 93, Robert Pearson 107, Billy Nordeen 90, Jean Nordeen 91, Dick Schreurs 114.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mad Creek
Lawrence Korneman
Junior Lange
Lange
Elmer Mapes
Robert Pearson
Billy Nordeen
Jean Nordeen
Dick Schreurs
Evansville Drops to Fourth in Three-I League
Evansville, once leaders and defending champions, fall to fourth place after a 12 to 8 loss to seventh place Moline. Cedar Rapids leads after a doubleheader split with Bloomington. pace-setters win 2 to 1 then lose 16 to 11. Springfield and Waterloo were rained out. Clinton split two with Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assen Ss
Evansville
Cedar Rapids
Bloomington
Springfield
Waterloo
Clinton
Decatur
Baseball league leaders and batting crown winners list
National League leaders include Arnovich Philadelphia 352 batting and Werber Cincinnati 74 runs. McCormick Cincinnati 80 RBIs. Brown St. Louis 124 hits. Slaughter St. Louis 32 doubles. Herman Chicago 14 triples. Ott New York 19 home runs. Handley Pittsburgh 15 stolen bases. Walters Cincinnati led pitchers. American League leaders DiMaggio New York 403 hits Foxx Boston 91 runs Williams Boston 86 RBIs McQuinn St. Louis 127 doubles Greenberg Detroit 33 triples Lewis Wright Washington - Foxx Boston 25 HRs. Case Washington 34 steals. Donald New York 12-0.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phia
Werber
Cincinnati
McCormick
Brown
St. Louis
Slaughter
Herman
Chicago
Ott
New York
DiMaggio
Foxx
Boston
Williams
McQuinn
Greenberg
Detroit
Lewis and Wright
Washington
Case
Donald
Major Heroes Hank Greenberg Sets Tigers Up For Victory
Hank Greenberg hit his 20th homer of the season with two aboard in the first inning to spark the Detroit Tigers past the New York Yankees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hank Greenberg
Tigers
Yankees
Bobby Doerr
Red Sox
Boston
Indians
Harry Danning
Giants
Reds
Larry French
Cubs
Dizzy Dean
Phillies
Johnny Mize
Cardinals
Bees
Tony Giuliani
Senators
Washington
Browns
Larry Rosenthal
White Sox
Chicago
Athletics
Dixie Walker
Dodgers
Pirates
Four-H Club Member Mary Lewis Heads to State Fair
Mary Lewis of the Hi-Shooters Four-H Club will attend the state fair following high scores in the health division at the annual achievement day program held at John Deere Junior High School in Moline. All other club members received ribbons for their displays. The event concluded the club’s achievement day proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Prairie
Mary Catherine Lewis
Hi-Shooters
John Deere Junior High
Moline
Threshing Crews Enjoy Community Outings and Gatherings
Stockton residents Mr and Mrs Allen Otto hosted their threshing crew Monday evening with attendance from Harmson family of Elwood. Dage and Ries sen families. Otto, Colberg, Otto, Schuester, Worple and others. Prizes were awarded in games. cake and ice cream served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockton
Allen Otto
Ther
Herbert Harmson
Elwood
Janet
Beverly
Ben Otto
Durant
Nouis Dage
Joan
Paul Riessen
Vernon
Marilyn
Melvin
Harry Bohnsack
Harriette
Shirley
Jeanette
Bobbie
Ernst Colberg
Hazel
Ernst Otto
Jean
Leota
Walter
Malinda Schuester
George Worple
Rudy Reimers
Bob Stack
Don Quigley
Elden Mauk
Buster Bohnsack
Elna Fis
Emil Johansen
Geraldine Lambman
Doris Belter
Dora Otto
Evelyn Dage
Nitz and Riessen Threshing
Weed Park
Muscatine
Buster Bohrsack
Elmer Krebs
Lakefield
Minn
Ray Stoltenberg
Joyce
Davenport
Forrest Burmeister
Old Clifton Club Annual Picnic Set for Aug 10
The Columbus Junction community invites residents and former locals to the Old Clifton club picnic at Columbus Chautauqua park on Thursday Aug 10 with a noon basket dinner and afternoon social. The notice also lists local social updates and hospital visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Old Clifton Club
Columbus Chautauqua Park
Missionary Society of the United Presbyterian Church
W. W. Caldwell
Grinnel
Helen Orr
Florence Snyder
Cotter
Clark Shellabarger
Mary Alice
W. H. Reddick
Letts
Lyle Duncan
M. Michelson
Buchholz
Minot
MY. Dak
New York
Paul McBride
Ila Jean
Albia
M. J. Forsythe
Garry Stapp
Ira Jones
Belleue Hospital
Muscatine
George Burns
H. W. Sargeant
Herbert Mishler
Oskaloosa
E. W. Walker
Mary Sue
Jeanine
Burlington
Sargeant
L. E. Maurer
Lyle
Ivan
Davenport
M. Wrgit
Kansas City
Albert
Ed McKean
Rollo McKean
Wanda
Conesville
Albert McKean
Miss Reaney
Robert Reaney
Washington
Morning Sun
Robert Hynes
Girls projects to be graded September twenty ninth
At the set date of September twenty ninth, projects books and records kept by the girls will be graded.
Automobile Caravans to Advertise Liberty Fair
West Liberty and surrounding towns will be reminded of the West Liberty fair as booster automobile caravans tour Aug 10 and 11. Routes include Atalissa Muscatine Letts Grandview Wapello Columbus Junction Nichols Lone Tree Riverside Hills Iowa City Downey West Branch Oasis Morse Solon Mt. Vernon Lisbon Mechanicsville Stamwood Tipton Bennet New Liberty Stockton Durant Wilton Stanwood Clarence Lowdon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing West Liberty
West Liberty
Clare Brooke
Irwin Mosher
Atalissa
Muscatine
Letts
Grandview
Wapello
Columbus Junction
Nichols
Lone Tree
Riverside
Hills
Iowa City
Downey
West Branch
Oasis
Morse
Solon
Mt. Vernon
Lisbon
Mechanicsville
Stamwood
Tipton
Bennett
New Liberty
Stockton
Durant
Wilton
Stanwood
Clarence
Lowdon
Oskaloosa Woman Is Guest for Dinner at Brother's Home
Oskaloosa and Colum bus Junction residents visited in the Kemp and Jarrard households and with relatives in Letts Davenport and Muscatine were listed as guests. Threshing is nearly finished in the area and weekly outdoor movies draw large crowds at the Conesville park each Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conesville
W. H. Sargent
Oskaloosa
George Burns
Elaine
Columbus Junction
J. O. Kemp
Mary Kemp
Doris Cozad
Muscatine
Lester Kemp
W. B. Newsom
New London
Dennis Christianson
Ed Crist
Walter Hobart
Letts
Howard Adams
Marion Wall
Max Heither
St. Thomas
N. Dak
Lyle Shaeffer
Madeline
Phyllis
Moline
Ill
Hiram Jarrard
Jarrard
Davenport
E. L. McClure
Nichols
Tvs
Flower Show Display by Spring Run Flower Club
The Flower Club of the Spring Run neighborhood held a flower show at the Spring Run Evangelical church basement. Members hosted a noon lunch for guests before a large afternoon crowd viewed the blooms judged by officials from Washington. Columbus Junction attendees included Mrs. H. M. Jordan Mrs. J. R. Johnston and daughter Mrs. W. A. Norris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Flower Club
Spring Run
Spring Run Evangelical Church
Washington
H. M. Jordan
J. R. Johnston
W. A. Norris
Bloomington 4 H Demonstration Team Plans Materials
The Bloomington Best 4 H club demonstra tion team and leaders met Tuesday afternoon at the home of Margaret Oostendorp with local hosts. Several members, including Jack and Joyce Garvin, planned the materials needed for the demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Margaret Oostendorp
Charles TeStrake
Lillie Garvin
Lyle Frack
Joe
Jack
Joyce Garvin
Chicago
Grant McConaha
John
William McConnaha
Virgil Irwin
Minnesota
R. S&s. Paetz
Bellevue Hospital
Harry Reed
Irene Brown to Attend Firestone Banquet at World's Fair
Irene Brown of Aledo former owner of Mercer grand champion steer at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago will be guest of honor at a Firestone banquet at the New York World's Fair on Tuesday evening August 8. 108 champion farmers will be recognized. Brown's father David A. Brown of Aledo will also attend. Mercer the grand champion calf will be shown at Firestone's exhibit building during the fair week after a mid western and southern tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aledo
Irene Brown
Fomer
Mercer
Chicago
Firestone
Miss Brown
David A. Brown
Mid-West
Military Aircraft Production Jumps 95 Percent in 1938
Production of military aircraft rose sharply in 1938, climbing about ninety five percent from 1937 levels. The gain reflects expanded output and greater defense spending during the year.
Youlaclu Club Meeting and Weekend Social Notes
Youlaclu club members met at Mrs. Glen Greer’s home with a social hour and short business session Five hundred was played Prizes went to Mrs R L Poffenbarger Mrs Harley Bear and Mrs Gerald Patterson Lunch followed Later notes mention Betty Fuller’s eighth birthday party Margarie and Mildred Brashears hosted a weekend house party aboard the Winkle and a river boat trip A pot luck dinner gathered local families and visitors including the Odells Bland Willits and Gliddens Return from trips lists several returning travelers and visits by Mannon Livingston Reynolds Bruce and others Fullerton Schuler and Tieman hosted a Sunday gathering and several local residents were noted visiting ill relatives and traveling guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Boston
Youlaclu
Glen Greer
R. L. Poffenbarger
Harley Bear
Gerald Patterson
Betty Fuller
Marjorie
Mildred Brashears
West
Mark Mannon
David
Earl Livingston
Rock Island
R. C. Chinery
Carl A. Reynolds
Long Beach
Calif
F. C. Dixon
John Bruce
Whiting
Ind
F. E. Bruce
Canada
States
Richard
Lane
Fullertons
C. H. Schuler
Emily
Sperry
Warren Tieman
Mediapolis
Ed Fullerton
Schuler
Harold Fausett
Ernest Garrett
Galesburg
Frank Weber
Michael Garber Fetes 77th Birthday On Buffalo Prairie Farm
A Buffalo Prairie observance marked the 77th birthday of Michael Garber at his Marston home. Born July 29, 1862 in Rock Island, he has lived on the same 300 acre family farm since age fourteen with no indebtedness. He married Anna Eckhardt in 1887 and a family of six survives, including Elaine Marston, Margaret Thomas, Mildred, Ruth Bowen, and Leonard Garber who runs the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Prairie
Michael Garber
Marston
Garber
Rock Island
Lenhardt
Margaret Garber
Anna Eckhardt
Elaine Marston
Margaret Thomas
Mildred
Ruth Bowen
Orion
Leonard
Revenue passengers rise 52 percent in May 1938
An increase of 52 percent in revenue passengers was recorded for May 1938 compared with May 1937, signaling a strong month for air or rail travel and reflecting growing demand in the transport sector.
Stated Communication of Triune Lodge 641 A F and A M
The article notes a Stated Communication on Thursday August 3 with attendance at the home of Carl Spring near Davenport. It also lists visitors and travels including Mrs Hannah Hess and Pete Sieh to Chicago, and social visits by the Bohnsacks, Egel, Rinnert, Mundt, Russell, and Wetzel families. A boxing result reports Milwaukee George Burnett beating Irish Jimmy Jones in a bout from Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Spring
Davenport
Billy
Marvin Brown
Lester Bohnsack
Roy Egel
Stockton
Fred Rinnert
Hannah Hess
Pete Si
Dinner Guests Gather for Pulses Home Social
Montpelier visitors filled the Pulse household Sunday with extended family and friends. Names include Roy Pulse Holliday's Cove W Va Clarence Pulse and sons Ainsworth George Pulse and sons Davenport Oscar Bohn sack Floyd Brown Lee McCleary and Clark Davenport Ida Allchin Isla Ruth Sieh Clyde Gibelstein Augusta Spring Ella Schroeder Alice Walker Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee McCleary
Clark
Davenport
Floyd Brown
Henry Spring
Fred Rinnert
Caroline Schroeder
Rinnert
Edward Schroeder
Wayne Weizel
Lester Bohnsack
Oscar Bohnsack
Stockton
Delores
Donna Lee
Marlin
Darrell Allchin
Ida Allchin
Isla Ruth Sieh
Clyde Gibelstein
Charles Walker
Alice
Buffalo
Fred A. Schroeder
Augusta Spring
Ella
Probate Notice Adelia Parvin Will in Muscatine
State of Iowa Muscatine County opens and reads the last will of Mrs. Adelia Parvin. Hearing for probate set for August 28 1939 at the June Term of the District Court. Interested parties may appear to show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate. B. B. Tipton Clerk. A Wayne Eckhardt Attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Muscatine County
District Court
Said County
Adelia Parvin
Muscatine
B. B. Tipton
A. Wayne Eckhardt
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Journal’s
Arnovich
Philadel
Handley
Pittsburgh
Walters
Mary Lewis
Noah Shellebarger
Rochest Minn
Shellabarge
Mayo Bros.’ Hospital
Marvin Brockway
Rudolph Bennicsen
Miss Opal
Roy
Shellabarryer
Liberty Fair
Brother
Flower Club of
Youlaclu Club
Greer
Muscatine Buick Co
DE Soto Sedan
East 3Rd St
Uptown Theater
Muscatine Music House
Earl Duncan
East 8Th
Milo Smith
Mulberry Ave
Broad’s
Olsen's
Montpelier
Lucy Rabe
Cedar River
Call
Maisie
Detthof Hardware Co
23Rd St
Illinois
Walnut
Leo Opelt Station
Philco Conservador
Schreurs Radio
Hopkins Law Shop
Chestnut
C. C. Hakes & CO
Eve
Schmelzer
Muscatine Island
le Ib
L'Ee Lb
Schmelzer’s
McKenzie Cleaners
E. 4Th St
Manjovne
Iowa Ave
Figg Tire
Pine St
West 6Th
West Front
Sycamore
Mississippi Valley Canning Co
Hershey and Green
Writer Journal
Mme. de Camp
Central Beauty Shop
Grand Hotel
Hampshire
Ray Schafer
Lodge
Triune Lodge
A. F.l
A. M
P. m. al
W. M
Grahams
Our
Miller and Sons
Milwaukee
George Burnett
Jimmy Jones
Baltimore
Harmony Hall
Wenzlick
Henderson
Oldsmobile
Chrysler
O. K
T. Third St
Mulberry
Alfred E Olson
Journal
Kath
Northern Gravel Company
Fairall Paint Store
U. K
M. & F. Bisesi
East Front
St. Mathias Church
Barry Althaus Howe
Lawnmowers
Ideal Lawnmower Shop
East 4Th St
Graham
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