Junction Group Attends Louisa League Session
Columbus Junction and area residents attended the Louisa County Epworth League rally at Morning Sun on Monday evening. Attendees included Rev W A Bloomquist George Maurer and Misses Margaret Wykert Loris Greene Dorothy Weber and Evelyn Bloomquist. Maurer sang and Wykert played piano. The group also attended a Bloomquist family reunion in Freeport Illinois and visited relatives in Milwaukee and Moline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
W. A. Bloomquist
George Maurer
Margaret Wykert
Loris Greene
Dorothy Weber
Evelyn Bloomquist
Richard Lee Morehart
Hillsdale
Ill
Bloomquist
Freeport
Bloomaquist
John Poulter
Milwaukee
James’ Bryant
G. S. Newnam
F. J. Pine
American Legion Auxiliary Convention
Burlington
J. E. Henson
Lewis Pugh
F. M. Duncan
Laurence Jamison
Frank
Joan Enyart
Fox
Weed Park
Muscatine
Glenn Humiston
Lyle
Cora Humiston
Mildred
Walter Hamiston
Minnesota
Davenport
LeRoy Bloomquist
Tomahawk
Wis
Rev
C. A. Bloomquist
Betty Moore of Sigourney Visits Fruitland Home
Miss Betty Moore of Sigourney is spending several weeks visiting at the Emerson area home in Fruitland. Aarjorie and Wila Jean Shoultz have returned home from a visit.
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Betty Moore
Sigourney
Fruitland
Emerson Are
Aarjorie
Wila Jean Shoultz
Poles and Power Plant Damaged in Columbus Junction Storm
Columbus Junction reports a Sunday night storm damaging the water works power plant roof about half burned and destroying roofing. Eight electric light poles were struck, with three needing resets. Fire crews extinguished roof blaze and a separate incident near George Adams home.
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Columbus Junction
Tudor Arthur
West Hill
George Adams
Cotter
Hanft Families Reunite in Columbus Junction Park
The twelfth annual Hanft family reunion gathered 42 guests at Chautauqua park on Sunday. A business meeting elected Emma Heindel president Hale Hanft vice president Dorothy Hanft secretary treasurer. A letter from War saw Indiana relatives was read and a short program followed.
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Columbus Junction
Hanft
Chautauqua Park
Emma Heinds
Hale Hanft
Dorothy Hanft
Warsaw
Indiana
C. E. Jianft
Margaret
L. C. James
Hill Hanft
Lelia
Corrinne
Lester
Halle Hanft
Buddy
W. F. Edmondson
Emma Heindel
John H. Hanft
Pauline
Roger
Barbara
Kathleen
Frank Stone
H. L. J McRoberts
Jocelyn
Woodwow
Island visitors and local social notes in Fruitland Muscatine
In Fruitland and surrounding areas residents report visitors from Chicago and Terre Haute. Walter More returns to Hannibal Missouri after recovery leave. The Island Ladies Aid to elect officers and embroider on the name quilt with hostesses Mrs Kreiger and Mrs Parmalee. Frances Cross and her mother visit Grinnell Iowa relatives.
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W. H. Truitt
Muscaine
Frank Strouse
Arthur Harker
Chicago
Muscatine Island
Walter More
Fruitland
Hanniball
Charles Kerch
Terre Haut
Ind
Deloris Knouse
S. E. Knouse
Island Ladies’ Aid
Bertha Kreiger
Clara Parmalee
E. W. Cross
Frances
Grinnell
Mid-Way Circle Members Enjoy Outing at Park
Mid-Way circle held its annual picnic Sunday at Chautauqua park in Columbus Junction with a kettledrum dinner. Attendees included many local families such as Jamison Humphrey Beard Crammond Cram mond Baird Meyerholz McKinney Herrick Wischmeier and others. Relatives gathered for birthdays and visits with neighbors from Elrick near Wapello and Burlington plus plans noted for a trip to New York World's Fair.
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Mid-Way
Chautauqua Park
Columbus Junction
Guy Jamison
James Humphrey
Myron Beard
James Crammond
Velma
Harry Crammond
Oscar Baird
Henry Meyerholz
Raymond McKinney
C. M. Herrick
Fred Wischmeier
Elrick
George Heckenberg
Burlington
George Hermley
Pearl Maxson
Leone Windle
Harold Lofgren
Muscatine
Lelia
Inez Eversmeyer
Ruth Eversmeyer
Davenport
Unity club annual picnic planned for Thursday
The Unity club outing will be at Longview Park in Rock Island this Thursday. Mrs. Helen Plett and Mrs. Gertrude Bermer lead the entertainment while Mrs. George Grimm and Mrs. Fern Sissel handle refreshments. The Fulton Royal Workers 4-H club will also meet at the home of an unspecified host.
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Fulton Royal Workers 4-H
Sunday Socials and Visits Round the Quad Cities Area
Families from Davenport and surrounding towns visited relatives in Crystal caves at Dubuque Credit Island and Crawfordsville Indiana over the weekend. Guests included the Kretschs the Lawlors the Grims the Benshoofs the Stigers the Pauls and the Riemckes among others.
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Coryne Eis
Arnold Kretschmar
Alice Ann
Ben Schroder
Crystal Caves
Dubuque
August Hansen
Davenport
John Lawlor
Dan Grimm
Arline
Gerald Grimm
Walter Grimm
Kay
Soltau
Credit Island
Ira Benshoof
Walter Benshoof
Vaughn McElroy
Yvonne
Roy Stiger
Indiana
G. R. Cole
Donna Jean
Richard
Merrill Paul
Adam Paul
Crawfordsville
Ind
Donald Paul
Ada Riemcke
Muscatine
Anna Jenkins
Lawrence Sloan
Rural Teachers Institute Set for Aledo High School
Mercer county will hold a special rural teachers institute at Aledo high school on Friday August 25 announced by Fred Close county superintendent of schools. The event aims to improve rural teaching practices and professional development.
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Aledo
Ill
Mercer County
Aledo High School
Fred Close
County Institute Calls Rural Teachers to One Day Session
Mercer county officials require all rural teachers to attend a one day institute as stated by the county superintendent. The session is open to other teachers and interested residents. The report notes annual English Channel air travel surpassing 50,000,000 passengers, tracing the route used by Louis Biennot in the first crossing about 28 years ago.
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Mercer County
English Channel
Louis Biennot
Air Cleaner Fault Lowers Mileage and Causes Misfire
A dirty air cleaner in an automobile reduces gasoline mileage and causes the motor to miss at high speeds due to insufficient air entering the carburetor.
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Indtianapolis
C.I.T
Welch Brothers
Iowa Avenue
Mus ‘Atine, Iowa
HomeQilCo
Leo C. Grosjean
West Front Street
Tide Water Associated Ojl Company
Wapello
Myrtle Caparoon Dutro
Susie Holcroft
Russell Reece
Harlan Reece
Nettie Benish
Cedar Rapids
Carpenter
Waterloo
Lester Gerst
Robertson
Clarence Young
Gail McElhinney
Greenville
Joe Hayes
Jerry Austin
Unity Club
Children’s Oxfords
Windsor
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