West Branch Home Coming Day Draws 10000 Crowd
West Branch Ia August 8 ninth annual community picnic and homecoming draw about 8 000 to 10 000 with parade led by Elwood Hemingway Cedar County deputy sheriff. Judges raved over Sidwell's Dairy polar scene float and Hoover Four H Canning club won first in club floats. Local towns Muscatine West Liberty joined the celebration with bands and activities across the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Branch
Elwood Hemingway
Cedar County
J. T. Butler
H. C. Brown
Packard
Community Club
W. B. Anderson
Hazel Barnes
Commercial Club
F. E. Corbin
Ross Stratton
Charles Manson
Chamber of Commerce of
Cedar Rapids
D. W. Crum
Chamber of Commerce
Iowa City
H. L. Phelps
Sidwell's Dairy Company
West Branch State Bank
Thelma Moore
Emily Mundy
Brown- Kinsey
Anderson Hardware
East Side Lumber Company
Albin and Son
Hoover Four-H Canning Club
Priscilla Club
B. A. Gill
E. H. Thomas
W. S. Maxson
P. C. Clarke
Centerdale
Fordson
Ger
Charles Stratton
Johnson Couny
Charles Apitz
Tom Siler
Johnson County
Muscatine
Funeral services for Mrs Thompson at Morning Sun
Funeral services for Mrs Sue Thompson were held at Union Church conducted by Rev. Burdine of Wapello with euch lyrics and songs. Burial followed in Elmwood Cemetery. A large group from local towns attended including Thompson relatives from Morning Sun and visitors from Wapello and Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Thompson
Union Church
C. E. Burdine
Wapello
E. W. Browning
O. M. Hensleigh
J. T. Hewitt
J. C. Green
Co. W. Butler
Jesus
Jesus.” the Shearergs Were Paul and
Hollis Thompson
Harry Dunham
William Jamison
Robert Rieson
Ed Dunham
Elmer, Mo
Merrit Deihl
Harry Archibald
Sam Deihl
Guy Jamison
T. J. Callahan
Dale Kremer
Charess Stroup
Betty Lou
Surprise Birthday Party for Mrs. Kirk Grunder in Wilton
A group of friends hosted a birthday surprise at Mrs. Kirk Grunder home in Wilton Aug 8. Roses were given as a token while guests included Mrs. Hucke Mrs. Walters Mrs. Armstrong Mrs. Griffith Miss Shuger Miss Scroeder Miss Beard and Miss Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wacker
Ladies’ Aid Society
Zion Lutheran Church
F. A. Maurer
I. L. Kelley
Yellowstone Park
Martha Evans
Kansas City
McNulty
Benjamin Evans
Michael Flannery
Muscatine
West Branch residents host largest community affair
Miss Mary Dawson as hostess offered a voting place to many and an opportunity for renewal of old acquaintances. An evening program of music vaudeville and circus stunts concluded this biggest event in West Branchs series of community affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Dawson
West Branch
Aged resident dies after sudden heart attack in Wapello
In Wapello Iowa on August 8 Mrs Melissa James died at her Townsend avenue home after a brief illness. Born August 31 1843 in Ohio she came west with her parents to Louisa county. She was married to Civil War veteran Thomas James in 1863 who died eleven years ago. Survived by six children Mrs Mary Smith Iowa City Mrs Clara Schefelbein Sacramento CA Charles James Cairo Walter James and Mrs Ella Knowles Wapello funeral plans pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Melissa James
Townsend Avenue
Wapeello
Mary Smith
Iowa City
Clara Schefelbein
Sacramento
Calif
Charles James
Cairo
Walter James
Ella Knowles
J. C. Dodds
Meliapolis
Buchanan Street
Mite Society
the Presbyterian Church
Otis Hicklin
Melvin Booth
Reading
Kas
Russell Banay
Chicago
Blanche Pantel
Florence Winder
Oscar Hale
Verda Dunker
Lee Vertis Dunker
Hanley
J. H. Dickson
Charles Mills
Providence
R. I
Tilden Crocker
Lucile Mills
Boston
Mass
Richard
Camp Fire Girls Enjoying Outing at Rotary Hut
Atalissa Iowa August 8 Misses Betty Chapman Dorothy Chapman Margaret Sterner Margaret Watters Martha Watters Elinor Hargrave Wilma Hargrave Clelia Federlin Martha Depping Alma Depping and Miss Dorothy Endsly spend the week at the Rotary lodge near Staley slough with Miss Norma Lee Vanhorn as guest Visitors and local families are mentioned with several brief social notices including trips to Chicago Des Moines and Muscatine and a Masonic picnic at West Liberty Try a Want Ad for results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atalissa
Betty
Dorothy Chapman
Margaret Sterner
Margaret
Martha Watters
Elinor
Wilma Hargrave
Clelia Federlin
Marjorie Kline
Ethel Collison
Jessie Arnold
Naomi Federlin
Alma Depping
Dorothy Endsly
Rotary Lodge
Staley's Slough
Norma Lee Vanhorn
Iowa City
J. A. Kline
Chicago
Cyrus Kline
Elizabeth Toyne
Lloyd Esmail
Muscatine
L. M. Agnew
Clem Morrison
Clarence Morrison
Charles Behrens
Nellie Depping
Ray Depping
Will Stiles
Ionic Lodge
No. 122
A. F
A. M
West Liberty
Floyd Madden
Des Moines
Ed Kephart
Wilton
Charles Toyne
Ogden
Elsie
Glenn
George Worrall
Hilbert Stucker
Funeral attendance noted across towns in Aug Grandview area
Grandview and nearby communities gathered for the funeral of Dan Rhinely of Fruitland with relatives and friends from Washington Ainsworth Gladwin Muscatine Davenport Keokuk and Peoria among others. Various visits and gatherings followed including family and evangelistic meetings in the park and visits to relatives in Muscatine Burlington and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview
James Weir
Mary Young
Dan Rhinely
Fruitland
Young
Rhinely
Ellen Baxter
Washington
Merritt Hawkins
Ainsworth
William Boyd
Gladwin
Daniels
St. Clare
Oran Argo
Harry Rowe
Davenport
Ed Rowe
McDermott
West Liberty
Clyde Yount
Wapello
Pratt
Harley Krahl
Near Muscatine
Harold Krahl
Burl Reed
Bertha Snyder
Vera Nelson
Merle Krahl
J. J. Berk
May Jones
Chicago
William Walker
Frank
Cedar Rapids
Frank Riggs
Josephine Stineman
Muscatine
Mary Cocklin
Art Dulgar
Gilbert Reed
Peoria
Sayre
Roanoke III
Tom Gipple
Spring Run
Charles
Bert Zimmerman
Wood
Elaine Clark
Eston Williams
Keokuk
The
Park
Schirmer
Evelyn Krahl
Dwight Evans
Burlington
Laura Thompson
Charles McGrew
Mary Chatfield
Charles Connor
Farm Women Plan Exhibits for West Liberty Fair
Conesville Iowa August notes a Farm Bureau meeting at Mrs. James McKee home to prepare exhibits and posters for the West Liberty fair. Various local cooperators join, with many residents traveling to events and visiting relatives across Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conesville
Farm Bureau
James McKee
C. M. Estle
C. A. McCormick
Roy Jean
Wayne Singleton
Lota Hathaway
McKee
Grace Reformed Church
Tracy Miller
Baby
West Branch
J. F. Coffin
Leander McKee
Iowa City
Anna Gay
J. C. Gay
Waterloo
Conelake
John Tite
Muscatine
Calvin Singleton
Tomah
Wis
John Singleton
Rock Island
Otto Luttrell
Winslow
Ind
S. E. Todd
Ruth
Roy
Robert
Stacy Todd
Everette Orris
Evelyn
Leroy
Columbus Junction
C. A
R. A. Robinson
Arthur Ingraham
St. Clair
Haney Forbes
Lone Tree
Armilda Emerson
Burlington
Tri-State Fair
L. D. Miller
Oregon
Yellowstone Park
Guy Forbes
Burton
Elizabeth Edgar
Will
Ray Yocum
Lawrence
Ruby
F. H. van Horn
Mer
Family gathering at Chihak home in Ainsworth
Ainsworth Iowa reports a Sunday reunion as all Chihak children return: William and Mary Chihak with Virginia Ann of Chicago join Nate Burris and Arline of Cincinnati, E R Rhodes family, Pauline McConnell with Mary and Marvin of Muscatine. Laird Simpson moves into Mary Baxter house. Superintendent Butterworth occupies L R Frezona’s former home. Social club meets at Esther White’s country home with Irene Blankenhorn and several Mrs. and Mr. attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Frank Chihak
William Chihak
Virginia Ann
Chicago
Nate Burris
Arline
Cincinnati
E. R. Rhodes
Evelyn
Beatrice
Jean
Billy
Pauline McConnell
Mary
Marvin
Muscatine
Laird Simpson
Mary Baxter
Butter
Stockton R N A Entertained at Anderson Home
Mrs. Laura Anderson and Mrs. Ella Broders hosted Stockton R N A members at their Davenport home with six tables of five hundred. Winners included Mrs. Evelyn Diege Mrs. Malinda Paulsen Mrs. Hertha Paustian and Mrs. B Bohnsack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockton
Laura Anderson
Ella Broders
Evelyn Diege
Malinda Paulsen
Hertha Paustian
B. Bohnsack
Emma Dittmer
Clarence Broders
Leonard Arp
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
Harry Siebke
Iowa
Arlie Hintze
H. P. Bohnsack
J. L. Wolfe
Morris
Emil Paarmer
George Ormaddy
Earl
Darinda
Sunbury Visitors and Local Visits Mentioned
Sunbury were visitors at the D. B. Ormsby home Wednesday evening. Lane, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Kruse, is ill with chicken pox. Lloyd Lee, Miss Julia Manning, and Paul Bloom of Davenport spent Wednesday evening at the Anderson home. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Levethye and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Schultze motored to Keokuk and Ft. Madison Monday. Mrs. Belle Bohnsack, Forrest Burmeister, Buster Bohnsack and Mrs. H. J. Hintze and Miss Audrey Abbott of Davenport left Thursday for a brief visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Protsmann at Bowling Green, Mo. Mr. Protsman was a former principal of the local school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunbury
D. B.ormsby
Lane
B. M. Kruse
Lloyd Lee
Julia Manning
Paul Bloom
Davenport
Anderson Home
Leonard Levethye
Leonard Schultze
Keokuk
Ft. Madison
Belle Bohnsack
Forrest Burmeister
Buster Bohnsack
H. J. Hintze
Audrey Abbott
W. S. Protzmann
Bowling Green
Protsman
Paris War Touches Pittsburgh Mother on A Mission
Mrs. Annie Schmitt of Pittsburgh, a gold star mother, was admitted to an American hospital with an infected leg. She arrived Tuesday with unit N bound for battlefield cemeteries as unit O sails into Cherbourg aboard the steamship Americ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Annie Schmitt
Pittsburgh
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Philco
Storage Battery Co
Frost
Mrs. Thompson
Owens
Locust Grove Park
Leroy Wilson
Stelle
N. D
C. B. Elliot
Nellie P. Curran
W. D. Curran
Virginia
Dorothy
Denver
Colo
William Frazee
Summerfield
Lincoln Little
Clarinda
M. S. Hutcheson
Maxine Lowe
Crawfordsville
Pearl Cornie
Marsh
John Crawford
Winton Metsger
Margery Greenley
Rochester
Minn
Wanda Mason
Mt. Union
George Croson
A. M. Kilpatrick
Garland
Columbus Junction Chautauqua Park
Burr Harris
Jolly Workers Club
George Gordon
Marsh Vicinity
Chautauqua Park
H. E. .Cummings
Monte Vista
S. H. Lowes
Ella E. Powers
Troy
Idaho
Red Paint Store
Iowa Ave
Melissa
James
Cherry Carnival Company
Lawrence Jack
Lawrence Laird
Ruth Gillett
Maynard Heins
Ed Heins
Olivia, Minn
J. F. Heins
Emma Wright
Raymond Wright
Rotary Hut
Henry Watters
Fred Watters
Richard Watters
Besse Wilkinson
Willard Watters
Will Scheinaman
Bloomington
Neb
Watters
Warner Fabian
Flaming Youth
LYON
Pauline Starne
Fox Palace
King OF
Jazz
Fat Funny
Paul Whiteman & Band
Grandview News
Rill
Norman Stingley
World
Batterson Store
Stockton R. N. A
Eklee
Iowa Electric
Kellogg Company
John . Mulligan
Cicero Avenue
Ill
Kellogg
Battle Creek
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