Plan Homecoming at High Prairie
Plan for a Homecoming event at High Prairie set for September 3 at the church. Committee members include dining room coordinators Mrs. Alte kruse and Mrs. Roy Baker and invitation chairs Mrs. C. T. McCabe and Mrs. Harry Boiler. Other news covers community visits, trips to Chicago, and local social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Altekruse
Roy Baker
C. T. McCabe
Harry Boiler
Fred Rann
C. J. Phillips
Clifford Storm
Frank Minder
Muscatine
Clyde Minder
Chicago
Carl, Jr
Arlene Lejichelberger
Juanita Cochran
Ruth Green
Grandview
Fern Hitchcock
Erma Rann
Robert Minder
John Minder
Erma
Lyle Rann
Nellie Mooney
Ruth Hitchcock
Edward Pagel
Mary
Bellamy
Nina Quimby
Nichols
H. A. Borgstadt
Harriet Herrick
Letts
Louia Lake
Garden Grove
Calif
W. C. Knight
Fred Kinzle, Jr
C. W
Fowler Reunion Celebrates Seventh Annual Gathering
The seventh annual Fowler family reunion was held Sunday at the George Grasham home near Wapello. Attendees included numerous Fowlers and related families from Davenport Grandview Muscatine Washington and other towns. After a hearty basket dinner a program and games followed with prizes awarded for the oldest present and another for Larry Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fowler
Grandview
George Grasham
Wapello
W. H. Blanck
V. L. Blanck
Viola
Beulan
New London
Max Grasham
Frankie
Loreta
Henry Wagg
Clarence Sissel
Louis Johnson
Marian
Raymond
Frank Fowler
Evelyn
Davenport
Carl Fowler
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Anton Finke
Hershel
Norma
Ronald
Morris Grasham
Columbus Junction
Elmer Fowler
John Fowler
Frank Bishop
Rey Family
Oelwein
G. F. Godfrey
Naomi Godfrey
Ivan Lockerwood
de Wayne
Ronnie
Nellie Hogan
Ralph Williams
Gladys
Gerald
Gene Lanfier
Mavis
Earl Lutz
Howard Fowler
Pearl Coulter
Charles
Genevieve Hucke
Muscatine
E. B. Thompson
Marjorie
Don
Anabelle
Lone Tree
Wy man couple wed in Kirksville ceremony
Letha Willis and Kenneth Rees were married at the bride’s home in Kirksville Missouri in a ceremony conducted by Rev. Garrett. The bride, a Kirksville Teachers College graduate, taught in Licking and Wyman. The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. J R Rees near Wyman, attended Iowa State College. A reception for about 60 guests followed in Columbus Junction. The couple will live on a farm near Wyman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal News Service
Columbus
Junction
Wyman
James Willis
Garrett
Methodist Episcopal Church
Teachers’ College
Kirksville
Licking
J. R. Rees
Near Wyman
Iowa State College
Ames
Rees
Columbus Junction
Chicago
Elmer Hakanson
Manchester
Hakanson
Juanita Rees
Columbus Chautauqua
Codd
Earl Owens
Davenport
Florence Owens
Omaha
John Benson
Moline
George Wasson
Samuel Owens
Fruitland Farm Bureau Meeting and Local Notices
A Fruitland township Farm Bureau meeting was held at Island M E Church with talks on the girls camp, farm bureau lessons, and a wallpaper uses demonstration. Posters shown will go to the state fair at Des Moines. Guests and social items follow, including visits from Muscatine and Conesville residents and an all day Ladies' Aid meeting planned at Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fruitland
Farm Bureau
Fruitland Township
Island M. E
Mildred Pelton
Rotary Hut
Inez Cross
William Pelton
West Liberty Fair
Florence Bryant
Mary Anna Bohling
Mittman
Vance Fletcher
Elizabeth Armstrong
Des Moines
William Butcher
Otto Bale
Marjorie
Carol
Muscatine
Ladies’ Aid Society
Equal Pay Principle in Codes Urged by Roosevelt Aide
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson told Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt that codes must include the equal pay principle and prohibit wage discrimination by sex. The push covers ten NRA changes, aiming to raise women to par with men in all jobs and to end lower female wages in unions and industrywide agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh S. Johnson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Gen. Johnson
National Woman's Party
Labor Advisory Board
the Recovery Administration
Rose Schneiderman
NRA
Annu erican Legion Picnic Near West Liberty
Ann American Legion auxiliary plans picnic for ex servicemen children and mothers at the pool if bad weather the Legion hall will host. Cradle roll lists 120 children with over 50 expected. Mrs. Ray Heath leads the arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
Annuerican Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Ray Heath
Sam Hormel
William
John
Caroline
Downey
Edith Hormel
Mae Schultz
Donald
Laura Ansel
Bernice
Marian Ansel Taylor
A. J. Borts
S. H. Borts
Betty
Myrtle Borts
Edna Borts
Carrie Winex
Laura Wineke
Minnie Horton
Iowa City
Henry Hormel
Emma
Charles Dutton
Rose Hormel
Andrew Anderson
Ed Hormel
Nettie
Millie
Will
Lewis Hormel
Robert
Ethel
Hazel Grigg
Micale
Raymond
West Liberty
H. D. Borts
Marjorie
Evelyn
Tipton
Bevelyn Webb
Rochester
Marian Saathoff
Jamestown
N. C
Jane Kerr
Dorothy McGowan
Jenniie Jack
H. C. Carr
Beatrice Nichols
Two Honored at Party on Sunday
High Prairie residents Mrs Rudolph Geertz and Wayne Leichlberger were feted at a birthday dinner at the Foster cottage. A basket noon meal and social afternoon followed with extended Muscatine guests and local families noted. Foster invited Dale Foster for a Parsons College trip to New York City with stops at Niagara Falls before visiting Anita Brickett in Pittsburgh and a Chicago visit on return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Eicchelberger
Frank Foster
High Prairie
Foster
Professor Brower
Parsons College At
Fairfield
Dale Foster
New York City
Brower
Niagara Falls
Mr. Foster
Anita Brickett
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Here
Parsons College
Rites Held for P F Carroll at St Mary's Wilton
Large crowd attended the funeral Mass for Patrick F. Carroll southeast of Wilton. Rev J M Cash led the service with music by St Marys choir and organ. burial followed in St Marys cemetery. Pallbearers were George Nicolaus C D Connell Joseph Jacobs George Delaney William Slater and John Slater. Relatives from multiple towns joined neighbors in paying final respects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton
St. Mary’s Church
Patrick F. Carroll
J. M. Cash
St. Mary’s
Rosemary Roederer
Ava Maria
Rosewig
Catherine O’brien
Rosemary Foederer
Mary Jo Dwyer
St. Mary’s Cemetery
George J. Nicolaus
C. D. Connell
Joseph Jacobs
George Delaney
William Slater
John Slater
Thomas Carroll
Portland
Ore
Robert Steele
Margaret
Gladys
Albia
James P. Carroll
Minneapolis
John Gray
Linn Gray
Philip Edgington
Avery
William Donovan
Clifford
Belle Plaine
George Kane
Joy
Ill
J. J. Kane
Sedie Marrow
Jack
Davenport
James Compton
Nelle
Michael Compton
Rock
Death of Ralph Willits at New Boston Home
Ralph Willits 58 longtime area resident died at his New Boston home Saturday at 10 am after a three year invalid period. He was born to Frank and Rebeteg Willits of Marion Illinois and is survived by his wife two children Frank and Mabel and one sister Mrs Ruth Hendricks of Letts. Services were held at the residence Monday at 2 30 pm with burial in New Boston cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Boston
Ralph Willits
Frank
Rebeteg Willits
Marion
Ill
Mabel
Ruth Hendricks
Letts
New Boston Cemetery
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Letha Willis
Kenneth Rees
Kirksville, Mo
Fruitland Bureau
Slack
Leimkheuler
Moscow
George Shoultz
McKinley Buser
Conesville
Donald Buser
Shoultz
Charlene
Carrol Gordy
Jerry Marx
Tb sTara Tera Beer
West Front Street
West Liberty News
Indiana
Century of Progress
Ralph Smith
Neb
Raymond Atkins
G. P. Nichols
Ruth Faires
Henry Baynes
Charles Lamb
W. A. Thomasen
Centerdale
Mr.Thomasen
Highway 38
P. F. Carroll
Cedar Rapids
George Angerer
Kenneth
Ed Ryan
Joseph
Ed Bujewski
Fairport
Clyde Slocum
Wein
Mississippi Valley Fair and Exposition
Gertrude Avery
Illinois Farmer Boys
Iowa Farmer Boys
Ean
Uae
KGG
Essentials
Standard
Eeean
Standard Oil
Atlas Tires Sci
Cinioucs
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