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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1933
Page
8
The Fruitland Farm Bureau plans a meeting with demonstrations by Four-H Sunshine Workers Girls' club starting at 7 45. The piece notes weekend visits by residents of Atalissa Muscatine and Grinnell and reports plans for the Fowler family reunion now set near Wapello on August 13 due to a sickness in the family.
Dorothy Powell of Muscatine was the honoree at a Conesville party hosted by Betty Hawkins. The gathering featured games won by Ruth Wilson, piano selections by Edith Walford and Ruth Walker, and dance performances by Dorothy Powell and several dancers. Refreshments followed as guests enjoyed the afternoon.
Two of Davenport’s fastest girls teams clash at Cedar Park field near here in a kittenball game Sunday at 1 30 pm. Green Tavern, led by Lefty Lorenzen, boasts a strong battery of Coughlin and Loren men.
Mrs. Laurence Estle entertained at a midweek dinner with guests including Mrs. Margaret Hinderman Mrs. Clyde Tore of Wapello Mrs. Carl Curtis and son Dean Mrs. Ralph Lowe and son Dean Mrs. Harlan Foster Mrs. Francis Lieb erknecht and daughters Mary Beth Eleanor and Jane Mrs. T F Bonnichsen and daughter Faith Mrs. Roy Masonholder and daughter Elaine Mrs. Earnest Lieb erknecht and daughter Barbara Mrs. Earl Dickinson and Edna Sheila Barger. Mrs. Ralph McKean who has been ill is improved. Miss Vera Mae Dodder of Muscatine visited the Shellabarger home and returned home. Faithe Bonnichsen is visiting with relatives.
Wapeilo City Tennessee reports a social afternoon with refreshments hosted by the Huddle and Potter families. The note lists visiting relatives from Unadilla New York and multiple local residents. Upcoming Sunday school conference and a golf club picnic are announced with host families and a six o’clock start.
Funeral services for P. F. Carroll who died Wednesday will be conducted at St. Marys church at 9 30 a m Sunday by the Rev J M Cash Burial will be at St Marys cemetery here There will be a short service at the home at 9 o clock
Mr and Mrs William Nachbour with Mrs Frank Beverage and two grandchildren Junior and Clara Lavine travel to Cedar Falls for the towns 100th anniversary celebration. They will visit the cemetery where 22 Overman relatives are buried and stay with Mr and Mrs Thomas Beverage. Mrs Lillie Dopping DeVore arrives from Sarah Washington to attend the Moscow annual homecoming on August 13 at Besley Lake. A nuptial shower was held at Will Arnolds home honoring their daughter who recently married. Nina Lundy of Cedar Rapids visits sister-in-law Lucinda Lundy Thursday.
Numerous community notices from Columbus Junction and surrounding areas cover concerts in Conesville by the Columbus Junction band, family reunions at Chautauqua park, and club picnics. Also noted are county budget planning, tax league meetings, school superintendent changes, and residents traveling to Chicago for the Century of Progress.
A cryptic crossword style quiz asks about a girl in a picture with clues across and down. It includes references to Olympic context and various object and animal terms, inviting solvers to fill a grid with intersecting words.
A S Lodwig 75 a longtime Keota resident died Wednesday night at his daughter's home after a lengthy illness He is survived by his wife six children from a former marriage and two in Keota Lottie Stewart Davenport Pearl Hitchcock Pekin Lara McCreary Pekin Ellis Ottumwa and Rev Leslie Lodwig Kansas He joined the Keota Christian church and was a member of the I O O F lodge Funeral arrangements awaited word from distant contacts
New York United States Senator Key Pittman of Nevada, chair of the senate foreign relations committee, called the Monroe doctrine an outworn policy after returning from London. He urged a declaration ending any obligation to intervene in Latin American affairs and declined to say if Cuba’s Platt amendment justified intervention.
West Liberty visitors from Mrs. Nichols and Mrs. Hale to Lone Tree while Mrs. Baker stays with relatives at Brighton. Legion Hall hosts Women’s Relief Corps meeting with new member Mrs. Lenz and refreshments provided by local ladies. Johnson county farmers apply for farm mortgage refinancing totaling about one million dollars. Funeral for Harold Attig planned in Lone Tree Reformed Church. LeRoy Halligan moved from home to hospital in Iowa City after illness.
The 220 acre J F Smith property 12 miles south of Kinross sold for 15700 to Paul Gent of northwest Keota with several bidders. Gent to take possession March 1 if court approves. A 114 acre McGraw farm south of Lafayette Center cemetery sold for 11000 to N F Peiffer with possession March 1. Rev Eastwood of Washington to preach at Baptist church Sunday morning. A Cuban question prompt inquiry into his Monroe doctrine stance in Washington.
Johnson County wheat growers form a temporary organizing committee at the Farm Bureau office in Iowa City with 110 members listed. Community meetings will be held in various townships to sign contracts for allotments and plans will be refined at a follow up meeting next Wednesday.
At City Hall meeting the Conesville Melon Day association set September 5 as the celebration date. G. N. Bullis was named president with Harold Neitzel as secretary and C. E. Nicholson as treasurer. Committees were formed to solicit funds with Ernest Wagner and others named.
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