Seven Honored at Picnic Here
A Weed park Sunday picnic honored seven couples and individuals with birthday and anniversary celebrations. Out of town guests included families from Illinois City Marston and Rochester plus Muscatine and Washington visitors. Local residents Miss Venita Vetter and Galia Vetter were noted among other social updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Prairie
C. J. Phillips
LeRoy Vanatta
Illinois City
Robert Holcomb
Claude Dickey
Eldon Vanatta
Weed Park
Charles Struble
Claire and
Wayne
Marston, Ill
Walter Kiesey
Lorene
Donakd
Fred Bey
Harriet and
James
Washington
Oscar Mavis
Dorothy
Frances Mavis
Doris
Junior Potter
Lester Dickey
L. C. Hain
Harold Conley
Rochester
J. E. Elliott
Muscatine
Clarence Hines
Erna
Louise Rann
Venita Vetter
Conesville
J. W. Hoopes
Galia Vetter
Wayne Eichelberger
Frank Foster
Clyde Howell
Levi Eichelberger
Alice Harbaugh
Chicago
Milton Eichelberger
Preemption Girl Takes Third in State Four-H Health Contest
Miss Phyllis Rathbun of Preemption daughter of Mr and Mrs R W Rathbun won third place in the Illinois state fair Four-H health contest at Springfield. She claimed Mercer county and Galesburg district wins to reach the state finals as 10 district winners competed Saturday afternoon. Other Mercer county and district Four-H winners contended in clothing demonstration judging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aledo
Phyllis Rathbun
R. W. Rathbun
Springfield
Rathbun
Mercer County
Galesburg
Local residents enjoy family visits and Chicago trip
Buffalo Prairie residents Della Ripley of Aledo visited with her parents Mr and Mrs George Beeding over the weekend. Nora Harp attended a birthday dinner for Mr Carver at the Thomas Carver home near Aledo marking Mr Carver's 87th birth. Lon Gordon and sons visited Wilmar Gordon in East Moline on Sunday. Glenn Boruff and Lytle Nelsons went to Chicago Monday to attend the World's Fair. Clyde Gaunt and others accompanied them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Prairie
Della Ripley
Aledo
Geo. Beeding
Nora Harp
Thomas Carver
Mr. Carver
Lon Gordon
Wilmar
East Moline
Glenn Boruff
Lytle Nelson
Chicago
Clyde Gaunt
Floyd McGill
Don McGill
Miss Irwin
Sherrill Weile
Mollie Hardman
Belle Graham
A. L. Holiday
G. G. Lewis
Eve Bayless Finishes Double Life After Marriage
Eve Bayless frets at work as she and her fiancé Barnes marry. At the Lake City office her colleagues greet the news with mixed reactions while Mona Allen eyes Eve’s job. A teased future hangs on Eve’s ability to balance marriage with her advertising career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eve
Lake City
Barnes
Marya
Mona Allen
Arlene Smith
Mrs. Rader
Miss Bayless
Mr. Barnes
Arlene
Miss Allen
Woodruff Family Reunion At Grandview Home
Descendants of Levi and Sarah Woodruff gathered at Eva Vibber’s Grandview home for their annual reunion. An extensive list of attendees from Grandview, West Liberty, Muscatine, Oakville, and other nearby towns attended along with the late Edgar Woodruff’s absence due to Florida residence. The next reunion is planned for August 1934 at Weed Park in Muscatine. Local notices include travel, illnesses, and church events with community figures mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview
Levi
Sarah Gibney Woodruff
Eva Vibber
Woodruff
W. B. Huff
David Woodruff
H. O. Martin
M. Hunter
Wapello
Clarence King
Oakville
Walter Hammer
Rosalie Evelyn Harlan
Marian
Harry Young
Wanda
Lois
Levi Huff
Irene
Alice
Edgar Woodruff
Lake Worth
Florida
Levi Woodruff
Connecticut
Sarah Margaret Gibney
Pennsylvania
Louisa County
Helen Hayes Quits Hollywood To Return To Theater
Helen Hayes reveals she is quitting Hollywood temporarily to return to Broadway. She urges other theater trained stars to repay the theater with regular stage work and taxes, citing the theater as the nation’s school. Hayes forgoes four weeks salary bonus to echo the tax idea and hopes movie fame will draw audiences back to the stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Helen Hayes
Hollywood
Miss Hayes
United States
Broadway
Mme
Lewis to Speak at Muscatine Button Workers Meeting
J. C. Lewis of Des Moines, president of the state federation of labor, is set to address an open meeting Friday night hosted by the Muscatine Button Workers Union No. 18,337. The gathering will take place at Moose Hall on West Second Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Lewis
Des Moines
State Federation of Labor
Muscatine
Local Social and Family Notices Reach Outward
The text lists visits and travels of several individuals including Mesers Osterhouse and Finley. Florence May and Marian McDill visiting the century of progress and Dr. Skiles. Dallas Zimmerman family from Muscatine and Berk and Reed families from Grandview to Des Moines to see relatives. Margaret Rhyner from Davenport visiting Ed Rowe. Janet Jacobs Ronald Gast and Don Runkle from St Louis at the R F Gast home. The Dickerson reunion set for Grandview Park on Sunday August 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesers
Osterhouse
Finley
Florence
May
Marian McDill
Century of Progress
Skiles
Dallas Zimmerman
Muscatine
Charles Berk
Everett Reed
Grandview
Des Moines
George Zimmerman
Morain
Margaret Rhyner
Davenport
Barbers in Louisa County Set Uniform Prices and Hours
Louisa County barbers organize to fix uniform prices in 15 shops across the county. Each town adopts its own closing hours with local hours 8 am to 8 pm daily except Monday and Thursday 6 pm. shops stay open until 10 30 pm Saturdays.
Eggs and Chickens Press Question of Farm Aid Plan
The farm administration weighs a national approach to curb excess eggs and poultry supply. Cold storage stocks are 40 to 50 percent higher than last year while chickens and eggs generate near a billion dollars annually but are not covered by the farm adjustment act. Officials cite 379 million chickens and 2 billion eggs laid each year as factors in the debate.
Iowa Briefs Roundup of Local Incidents
The Associated Press notes Rev. Edward Davidson of Ingram Presbyterian Church, a Stanwood native, died yesterday in Iowa. In Atlantic, 12 year old Mariana Eggers foiled a jewelry store robbery by a youth bandit. Bert Duncan, injured during a church robbery attempt, faces breaking and entering charges with a $500 bond. Des Moines District Judge Herrick will rule on a mandamus case involving State Insurance Commissioner Clark and Comptroller Murtagh about a $166.66 salary for the first half of August. In Stanley, officials seek relatives of William McCray, 38, a transient killed when grain doors fell in a freight car. his home is believed to be Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Edward Davidson
Ingram Presbyterian Church
Stanwood
Iowa
Atlantic
Bert Duncan
O— Stanley
N. C
William McCray
Sioux City
Lone Tree exhibitors shine at Johnson County Four-H show
Winners from Lone Tree at the Johnson County Four-H exhibition in Iowa City include Alvin Meyer grand champion pure bred beef heifer and Hereford and Shorthorn placements for Maynard Peckman Duane Stock Florence Burr Leland Stock Loren Burr Wayne Burr and Victor Mueller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Tree
Johnson County
Iowa City
Alvin Meyer
Leland Stock
Maynard Peckman
Victor Mueller
Dale Burr
Wayne Burr
Duane Stock
Florence Burr
Loren Burr
Uptown Theater Launches $1000 Prize Campaign
The Uptown theater announces a season campaign with prizes totaling $1000 on September 18. Top rewards include a 1933 Ford V8, $500 cash, a Hollywood trip or $200, plus $60 and $40 cash. Eight other prizes offer three month passes. Entry costs nothing and credits come from theater admissions or selling ticket books. Both men and women may enter. no entry publicity or beauty required. The campaign manager, in the theater lobby, will handle entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uptown
Hollywood
Calif
Uptown Theater
Tipton-Wheat farmers form county wheat program group
Cedar county growers from nine townships met at the Hotel Tipton to hear County Agent Emmett C. Gardner explain the wheat allotment plan and to discuss forming a county organization to work with the federal government. A temporary committee was named with Fred Bachman of Clarence as chair and Vernon Dice of West Liberty and Gus Schiele of Durant as members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Cedar County
Emmett C. Gardner
Fred Bachman
Clarence
Vernon Dice
West Liberty
Gus Schiele
Durant
Territorial Contestant Names Sought for Theater Inquiry
The notice invites residents to send their names as contestants to a theater related inquiry. It states that information will be provided upon request and that any person in the territory may participate by submitting their name.
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Ed Smith
Elliott Boney
Lloyd Sheese and Sons
John
Florence Baldwin
Geneseo
Be 'ccAs
West Second ST
Elmer Corwin
Fruitland
White House
Bologna
Zoc
Lewis
Wong DD
Ket
P&g
Hershey
Muskmelons
Santos
Idaho
SugarCorn
Tall Boy
van Camp
Wheaties
del Marz
Wood’s Delivery Service
E. H. Elbrecht
Rock Island
Ill
Dubuque
Frank Smith
Pat
Lloyd Smith
Kenneth
Barbara
Ada
Belle Smith
Rice Schilling
Credit Island
Alma Schilling
Barbara Smith
Minnie Wilhelmi
R. V. Winter
Maquoketa
Henry Deppy
Carrie Winter
Henry Winter
Billie
Lt. Shipman
Mt. Vernon
Lee Sellers
The
Conservation Corps
Genevieve Heater
Burlington
Gilbert Nelson
Nelson
Ida Heater
Albright
Ernest Nelson
State Highway Commission
Clark Altekruse
Laferree
Roswell Stephens
Earl D. Peterson
Kieth Hiller
Delbert Eversmeyer
Romalee of
Dixon
Nellie Eversmeyer
Walter Mincher
University Hospital
Farm Adjustment Administration
Iowa Briefs
Mariana Eggers
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