Grange stage plays and parish notes from High Prairie
High Prairie hosts a village meeting with the one act play Not Quite Such a Goose presented by Hiland Grange. Miss Roberta Roberts from Grinnell performs a tap dance. Plans include a Foster Cottage picnic on Aug 30. New member Eugene Coder joins. Various social visits, birthdays, and family gatherings are noted, with community ties to Manchester and Davenport. A science aside notes polar ice could raise sea level by about 150 feet.
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High Prairie
Hiland Grange
Star School
Roberta Roberts
Grinnell
Harvey McFate
Fosters Cottage
Eugene Coder
Henderson
Detroit
James McCoy
Frank Foster
Ronald Boshart
Lawrence Boshart
A. C. Springborn
Raymond Ziedler
Warren Baker
Ruth Ann
Alice
Clarence Lester
Rock Island
Myrtle Greer
Howard Greer
Joy, NL
Erick Pagel
Opal
Kenneth
Fruitland
Ernest Hoopes
Noel
David
John Hoopes
Here
Iowa City
Richard Sterbeck
Spirit Lake
University Hospital
B. H. Hitchcock
Max Schomberg
Judith
Letts
Harold van Zandt
Ruth and
Burdette Hitchcock
S. E. Hitchcock
Manchester
M. R. Watts
Leyi Eichelberger
Donna
Marlin
Watts
Will Addleman
High Prairie Bible School
Weed Park
Bloomington
Edward
Billy Goldsberry
Clyde Goldsberry
Davenport
Clark Schabilion
The Scythians Built Ox Drawn House Trailers
A fragment notes the Scythians, a nomadic tribe north of ancient Greece, lived in ox drawn house trailers before 200 B C. This line presents a curious architectural image tied to ancient mobility and material culture.
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Ancient
Greece
Get Together Club Holds Picnic at Weed Park Muscatine
The Get Together club held its annual picnic at Weed Park Muscatine on Sunday a basket dinner was served at noon Attendees included Donald Brauer Clinton Bertha and Marjorie King George King and many Atalissa and Muscatine residents plus visitors Mr and Mrs George Gradert Davenport and Rev Huefner of Muscatine also noted were Miss Audrey Phillips and Marjorie Smith among others with social calls at G P Spilger home and later at Emma Getzke home
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Atalissa
Weed Park
Muscatine
Donald Brauer
Clinton
Bertha
Marjorie King
George King
Bert Scha’nit
Ronald
Jensen
Hilbert
Harold Hinkhouse
Eugene
Juanita
Guy
Leo Weiskarn
Richard
Betty
Kary Katheleen
Lou Schmidt
Carl Phillips
Ruth
Audrey
Dalton
Delbert
Donna Jean
George Morrison
Shirley
Doris
Janice
Walter White
Geraldine
Wayne
Eileen
Edwin
Cunningham
Johnson
Nola
Herman Kettlesen
Cooper
Arch Staley
Floyd
Robert
Alvin Roberts
Airlene
Nevin
Ivan Wolf
Dorothy
Marilyn
Carol Ann
Ardyce Ellsworth
G. P. Spilger
George Gradert
Davenport
Fret Passmore
Cal Phillips
Emma
Gatzke
Pauline Werth
Paul Gatzke
Clifford
Lauren
Dale Freyermuth
Clifton Satterthwaite
Ernest Geertz
West Liberty
Huefner
Helene
Alfred Huefner
Waverly
William Wert
Emma Gétzke
George Weiss
Fred Schafnit
Audrey Phillips
Iowa City
Marietta Stiles
Ver! Barkalow
Jess Foster
Corinne
Geneva
Illinois
Missouri
St. Louis
Springfield
Lincoln
Marjorie Smith
Iowa State Teachers College
Alan
Schooleys Host Dinner Guests and Local Farm News
North Prairie Mr and Mrs Paul Pownall and family and Mr and Mrs Earl Schooley and daughter were Sunday dinner guests with Mr and Mrs Harry Schooley and visited at the Earl Schooley home. Rudolph Schiele and son shipped cattle to the Chicago market. Ivan Gates hosted a Farm Bureau picnic with thirty five in attendance. John Offringa led the program. Lysle Schiele joined the shipment. The Schooley party later toured Tipton to see Ralph Schooley and Will Enlow families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Prairie
Paul Pownall
Earl Schooley
Harry Schooley
Rudolph Schiele and Son
Chicago
Ivan Gates
Farm Bureau
John Offringa
Lysle Schiele
Carol Dee
S. A. Rehwoldt
Clifford Schooley
Tipton
Ralph Schooley
Will Enlow
Rites Held for Mathias Infant in Tipton
Brief funeral rites were conducted at the McCormick Funeral Home in Tipton for the infant daughters of Mr and Mrs Jerry Mathias Jr born Sunday Burial took place at Cedar Valley cemetery The parents a sister Shirley May and both sets of grandparents survive
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Wilton
McCormick Funeral Home
Tipton
Jerry Mathias, Jr
Cedar Valley Cemetery
Shirley May
Fred Baker
Jerry Mathias
Picnic supper brings Rock club members to Iowa City park
Mr and Mrs Frank Herrold attended a Rock club picnic at Iowa City park Sunday evening. Wilber Bechtolts visit from Oklahoma included buying six Jersey cows from Mr and Mrs Ivan Gates. Lynn Grove school board built a new barn repairs the well and other needed improvements at the school house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Herrold
Rock Club
Iowa City Park
Wilber Bechtolt
Oklahoma
Ivan Gates
Lynn Grove School
Budget Hearing at Wapello Sets Aug 7 Date
Wapello Louisa county budget hearing scheduled for August 7. Estimated budget for next year stands at 288 100, up 27 895 from the prior period due to a three mill poor fund increase and two new items 2000 for Bangs disease eradication in cattle and 800 for the Louisa county fair. The article also notes community club events and upcoming reunions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa County
Community Club
The
Presbyterian Church
Bertha Hicklin
Charles Stroup
W. J. Stroup
Burlington Junior Chamber of Commerce
DeWayne Mallie Injured in Fall at Illinois Home
Two and a half year old DeWayne Mallie suffered a fractured bone between the shoulder and neck and a neck vertebra injury in a bed fall Wednesday. He is under physician care at Mt. Vernonia and listed in satisfactory condition.
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DeWayne Mallie
Illinois City
Schroder Family Holds First Reunion and Picnic
Pleasant Prairie reports the Schroder descendants held their first reunion at Ben Schroder's home to celebrate Mrs. Ben Schroder's birthday. A basket dinner and birthday supper preceded games and a treasure hunt. 96 attended, with plans to meet next August at the old Schroder homestead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Prairie
Charles F
Catharine Schroder
Ben Schroder
H. C. Schroder
Charles F. Schroder
Roy Egel
Thomas Simmonson
Davenport
Roda Marie Schroder
Orville Schroder
Blue Grass
Caroline Willroth
Harry Birkhofer
Lyle
Wilton
Chris Willroth
Rea
Eugene
Irene
Buffalo
John Egel
Clarence Egel
Henry Schroder
George Schultz
Millicent
Everett Huun
Tipton
William Hinkeldey
Alta
Lester Rolfe
Paul
Durant
Reginald Meyers
Melvin
Marion
Virginia
Albert
Alleyne
Muscatine
O. E. Schroder
Barnst
Harold
Otie
Norman
Maryl
Walcott
Beatrice Berger
Louis Buchmeyer
Arnold
Everett
Hazel Moore
Ruth Ferguson
Charley Oldson
Katharine
Alvin Waetke
Gay
Henry Strohbehn
Walter
Louis
Dorothy
Lester
Warren
Viola
C. E. Schroder
Olga
Herbert Schroder
Rollo Schroder
Albert Hein
Harvey Schroder
Clifford
Roda Marie
Wisconsin Guests Visit Illinois City
Wisconsin visitors include Mrs Grace Milton and son Dale and wife of Madi Wis. Mrs Sadderis returns to Osceola Indiana after visiting Harold and Mrs Earl Price. Mr and Mrs James Bayne with children Bill and Janis stay with Rev H D Simmons. Serena Duffield and William Duffield with Roy Duffield and Rolland Duffield visit R E Duffield. Earl Price drives Mrs Sadderis home. Price to stay a week.
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Illinois
Grace Milton
Dale
Madison, Wis
Sadderis
Osceola
Harold
Earl Price
James Bayne
Bill
Janis
Dayton
Bayne
H. D. Simmons
Serena Duffield
William Duffield
Aledo
Roy Duffield
Houston
Tex
Rolland
Galesburg
R. E. Duffield
Price
Rev. R J Arms Former Wapello Minister Dies
Death reported for Rev. R J Arms of Rippey Iowa after heart attack at home following an operation. Funeral services were held in Rippey and at University Park Oskaloosa. He served as pastor of the First Methodist church in Wapello for three years and left the city five years ago. Survived by his wife and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
R. J. Arms
Rippey
University Park
Oskaloosa
First Methodist Church
Birthday Surprise Honors Mrs. Wacker at Country Home
Mrs. C. C. Wacker was surprised by relatives at her Wilton country home on her birthday. Dinner followed by gifts and a three tier cake made by her daughter Dr Esther Lieske. Attendees included many Wacker relatives and friends from Taylorsville Lakefield Davenport Victor Blairstown Rock Island Ames and Indianapolis with children pursuing studies and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton
C. C. Wacker
Esther L. Lieske
Henry Machirus
Sacramento
Calif
H. A. Wacker
Taylorsville
Ill
T. A. Wacker
Lakefield
Minn
L. F. Lieske
Esther Lieske
Blairstown
G. F. Hinrichs
Gerhard
Edmund
Bertrand
Elizabeth Henrichs
Victor, Ta
Harold Moeller
Shirley Margaret
Rock Island
Paul Wacker
Mervyn
Davenport
Henry Moeller
Elma Moeller
Raymond Moeller
Robert Beer
Kenneth
Elmer Moeller
Elaine
Otto Wacker
P. J. Wacker
Will Wacker
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Holland
Mississippi Valley
Aldershot
England
Get Together
Ocracoke Island
N. C
Schooleys
Mathias
VE Vo Merchant
OSS
TEE i C. Bruemmer
Ralph Stroup
Cedar Falls
Hubbard
Wapello High School
Wild Cat den
Allen Winder
Jean Rouch
Richard Clapp
Helen McKinney
Herbert Korn
Bennie Moore
Bob Schafer
Dean McConahay
Duane McGill
Murray Sc
Arthur Hank
Anna Hank
Edgington
Verlee
Keith McKillip
Carl Kleist
William Kreuger
Hazel Dell
Bonnie Maxwell
M. G. Stewart
Schroder
Doncas
Wisconsin
Mrs. Wacker
Helen
Monroe
Wallace
Pearson
Indianapolis
Ind
Iowa State College
Ames
Franks
East Second St
Silk
Bemberg
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