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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1933
Page
8
Wapello Consolidated School announces opening on August 28 with a teachers meeting the prior Saturday in the superintendent A R Morledge office. Bus drivers named with routes and salaries listed, followed by church and community society events and visits by local residents and families.
Eliza games on the Eliza diamond Tuesday saw Furniture of Aledo win 16 to 6. Mrs Elmer Quandt of Muscatine visited her sister Mrs Fred Garmer, then C E Barlett and Ralph Barlett homes. Clarence Bear and son were in Aledo. Krueger tour across California covered over four thousand miles since July 24. J I Carlson and family spent Tuesday in the Tri Cities. Boyd Thirtyacre sustained hand lacerations Wednesday needing 13 stitches at Hershey hospital before returning home that evening.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Poole and family tour Yellowstone and western sites for two weeks. Tena Dean visited Davenport to see her hospitalised nephew. Cecil Foster and family spent the weekend with Fred and Mrs Hummel. Cora Brookhart of Muscatine visits daughter Mrs Arthur Grimm south of town. Ira Pike and wife drove to Chicago to attend the Century of Progress exposition.
Illinois City Illinois City The Tri Cemetery association held a meeting at Brisbane's filling station Tuesday night to arrange its annual field day. Old officers were re-elected with J G Powell as chairman and treasurer and Elmer Feldman as secretary. All last year's committees were reappointed and asked to meet again Aug 29 at Brisbane's station for further business.
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Mrs Murdock bride of last week hosted a post nuptial party at Pleasant Prairie Church. More than 150 attended as Alma Kretschmar appeared as bride with Alberta Stecher groom and a mock ceremony. Guests from Wilton Blue Grass Muscatine Sunbury Montpelier Muscatine joined gifts presented by Bobby Allbee and Billy Rorick in a decorated wagon.
Cranston and Mrs Garrett, Raymond and Mrs Lechner with daughter visited Arthur Brookhart home. Easterla and Courtney families joined Rev Souter at Sudheimer Mo and relatives at Semler It. Bredlow clan from Garner visited rev Suchow. Bredlow remained two weeks. McMichael from Eldon stayed with Rev Wiley. Easterla hosted Briles family from Davenport. Robins daughter from Aledo with Meeker family. Geraldine Meeker returns from Fairfield summer school. Arms and Harvey families from Fredonia and Virginia trip. Shearer family from Waterloo. Ben Carter of Chicago joined. Truth Seekers Wiener roast at Walt Shellabarger Friday night.
Concord and nearby families hosted and attended dinners and parties at various homes including Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Utter and Mrs. A J Foster. Several groups traveled to Chicago to visit relatives and attend the century of progress exposition.
Letts community clubs held a year end meeting with Letts Group electing Letts-Miss Nellie Lee as president and Mrs Floyd Brown as vice president. Other officers named included Mrs Carl Grimsted as secretary treasurer. The U B S society hosted the gathering with eleven present led by Mrs L E Parsons and out of town visitors. Multiple social events followed including picnics, bridge club evenings, and visits among residents and relatives in Letts and nearby towns.
Stockton couple Mr and Mrs Victor Paarman and son Arnold returned from a weeks visit with Mr and Mrs Peter Thiel in Davenport. Miss Pearl Brown of Princeton Iowa spent a weekend with D B Ormsby. Raymond Paarman is now employed as third man at Stockton Farmers Elevator under the NRA code. Mrs David Laird and son Lawrence of Wichita visited relatives at Ernest Colbergs home. Mollie Lutte entertained relatives at a dinner party with D C Wulf family and others from Laverne Beaver Creek and Durant en route to Ohio. Harry Gipple and Marian hosted Sunday dinner with Letts families and others from Waterloo Letts and Letts.
Frank Stecher Jr carried off top honors with his Percheron horses at the Mississippi Valley fair in Davenport. The black Percheron stallion won first in the 4 to 9 year old stallion class, with Jalap earning second place as a 3 year old. Betty Lou the 2 year old mare and a suckling colt both took second, and Stecher placed third with a trio of colts from the same sire.
Buffalo Prairie residents share family visits with grandparents in Muscatine and relatives from Minnesota while attending the Boney reunion in Rock Island. The Presbyterian Sunday school held its annual picnic at Long View park. A large crowd including Bert Denning and Henry Potter families visited the world’s fair this week. Eugene Mader of Aledo visits Freeman Elliott’s home for several days.
Anna and Fay Gay of Iowa City entertained friends from Conesville at a one o'clock luncheon on Thursday. Millie Cecil of Hedrick also attended. The afternoon featured visiting with a guest list including Eva McKee, Dollie Jones and other Conesville residents. George and Nell Foor visited in Iowa City, and a Wehmeyer reunion was held at Columbus Junction with Ruth Conkling visiting from Muscatine.
Sunday at the Methodist Episcopal church in Columbus Junction featured Rev W A Longnecker. Local residents and guests attended the Century of Progress shows in Chicago and continued visits to relatives in Tipton Cone Lone Tree Muscatine and Sioux City.
Harold Schuett son of Rudolph and Mrs Schuett of Blue Grass area earned 558 of 600 points to win top honor at the Sippi Valley fair and exposition. Judges Prof John S Quist and Morris Anderson cited his record in pig dairy and pheasant clubs and a paper on Feeding. He receives a trip to the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago in December, expenses paid.
Fruitland Gerald Marx of Muscatine was honored at a birth day party at the Battenhagen home Friday. He turned 6 years old. The afternoon featured games and music with luncheon served. Attendees included Char lene Gordy Carol Gordy Gary Gordy Bobby Bartenhagen Mrs C F Bartenhagen and daughters Barbara and Joanne Mr and Mrs Fred Marx Jerald Marx and Emma Bartenhagen.
Spent Friday in Cedar Rapids were Mr. and Mrs. Leo Whicher and other visitors. M. E. Williams of Wyman spent part of last week in Chicago with hog shipments. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Fullerton and family with Mrs. Fullerton’s sister Mrs. George Johnston and family of Eskridge Kansas spent a day last week at Keokuk and other points. C. E. Pierce and James D. Helmick were visitors Saturday at Donnellson.
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