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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1933
Page
8
Nichols Nichols public schools announce an August 28 opening with a reduced staff. G G Bellamy will be superintendent and teach bookkeeping physics American history and general science. Several teachers listed include Genevieve Proll Mayme Foley Harriette James Lorraine Balzar.
The Cedar county Farm Bureau program at Tipton high school drew more than 500 attendees. A 72 piece band directed by F A McCoy performed for the crowd. Fairfield township players presented Balanced Diet and Four-H girls club teams showcased Hosiery selection and protection, both to be shown at the state fair.
Sunday guests included Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Pahl and family from Dixon Iowa, Edward Spickerman and family from Bennet, Edna and Eleanor Rathgin from Walcott, Russell Granatt of Davenport, Elizabeth Harder of Muscatine, Walter Reich of Dixon. Supper guests were Veity, Bell Granatt family, Norma Ruth and Russell Granatt, John Granatt family, Don Vernett, Betty Mae of Davenport, and Herman Harder family from Letts.
Mosco w residents and visitors from New Boston Cedar Rapids and Tipton attended events in Muscatine and nearby towns. Families including Cromer Phillips Stoker Bandagel McCoy Hinkhouse and Marolf visited relatives and joined church activities while others shared meals and attended funerals.
Walter S Boyer 63 of West Chester died recently. Former pastor and stock buyer, survived by widow Abbie English Boyer and an adopted daughter Lyle Smith, plus sisters M S Warfel and E V Kerr and brothers Howard C Boyer Harry L and Ray C Boyer. Burial at Elm Grove Cemetery with Knight Templar escort and Masonic grave service.
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Tipton county fair runs Tuesday through Friday with entry day Tuesday and free tickets for Cedar county school children on Friday. Daily events include band concerts, horse and cattle parades, various races and acrobatic acts, with gate fees for non-ticket holders.
Mrs. Estella Ranch of Bowen announces the marriage of her daughter Rose to Theodore Herr, son of Mrs. Viola Herr of Ainsworth. The Aug. 16 ceremony in Bowen was officiated by Rev. Carol V. Lanius. Rose, a Palmyra Moore high school and Iowa State University nursing graduate, and Theodore, raised in Ainsworth, will reside southeast of town.
A Junction couple marked fifty years of marriage with a Golden Anniversary. The event featured musical tributes, including Mrs. Fred Graham with George Dwinell on clarinet and William Dwinell with a solo on orchestra bells. Referred speeches included Edgar Guest's Takes and Livin and remarks by Rev. E J Shook. The couple, W. E. Stump and Miss Ida Stiles, were married August 22, 1883, in Washington. They raised a family in Iowa and have lived in the Washington area their entire married life. Their children include George Stump in Jefferson Barracks and Mrs. S A Dwinell and Mrs. Fred Graham in Barnes City and Columbus Junction respectively.
The John A. Davis association met at Weed Park Muscatine with Dr D D Davis of Washington elected president. The group plans to meet again in Crapo Park Burlington in August 1934. The roster lists members and spouses from Keota Washington Wellman Muscatine Wilton Columbus Junction Crawfordsville Goodlander and other towns. There is a late note about tobacco growers and dealers in England and Scotland.
The fifth annual Wykert Trader family reunion drew 154 attendees at Weed Park Muscatine. Dinner was cafeteria style at 1 pm and a kittenball game followed with music by the Wylie band Burling ton. Officers elected for the year include President Mrs Lewis Coggeshell Vice President Mrs Sam Wilson and Secretary Treasurer Mrs Blanche Wylie. Local news mentions Four H Club meeting in Wapello and an upcoming Wapello bakery opening by Mrs Jennie Joy with baker Fred Rhyner.
Mrs Parmelia Fix funeral services were attended by Mrs Ed Grimm and relatives in Stockton at the New Era church.
Island Methodist Episcopal church prepares a day of events for its homecoming. The program includes a morning Sunday school with Merle Foster report and singing, 11 o clock worship with solos and a sermon by a former pastor, a noon basket dinner with a melon feast on the church lawn, and a 2 pm program featuring songs, readings, solos by Jacky Romann and others, and visiting ministers remarks.
About 60 members of the John and Susan Bell families gathered for a Sunday picnic at Lone Tree park joined by out of state guests from Claxton Georgia and several Iowa towns including Lone Tree Nichols Conesville Riverside and West Liberty. The Schaapveld Jehle Sievers gathering from Hum-boldt Kansas Davenport and West Liberty plus other local relatives shared meals and stories across two days.
Mrs Phylora Burmeister Mrs Belle Bohnsack and Forrest Burmeister spent Monday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs J P Cooper in Blue Grass. Mr and Mrs William Hein of New Liberty and Mr and Mrs Walter Krebs have returned from the Dells in Wisconsin and other points. Mr and Mrs C H Anderson and daughter Alice and Mrs Victor Paarman and son Arnold visited relatives at Davenport Tuesday. Miss Molly Stoltenberg of Davenport was a visitor at the loss home Sunday.
Thirteenth annual Michael Schneider reunion held at Grandview Park with a basket dinner, program and business session electing officers. Attendees include Arch Crow, Nora Benz, Roy Jones, Claude Hammer and many families from Muscatine, Morning Sun, West Liberty, Letts and Burlington. Local notes report visits to Chicago for the Century of Progress and school transportation bids discussed at a Monday board meeting.
A Wilton Kelley family reunion was hosted Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Earl Atkinson. A picnic dinner for 30 followed gatherings of extended family including Arth ur Kelley Patricia La Point C H Bestman Durant Carl Schroeder Mary Schroeder Louis Schroeder Hulda Gretchen Kelley and numerous other relatives from Burlington Muscatine and Durant with Frances Kelley Lena Potter and the Atkinson children among attendees.
Atalissa Atalisse J G Grigg and D W Arnold completed a daily shelling tour started July 5 and logged a total of 76 000 bushels. Local social notes mention Wilma Hargrave hosting Elsie King and others, plus visits among residents from Hudson to Ames and Davenport. Several trips to Clinton Des Moines and Mystic Indiana are noted along with family visits and hospitalities.
Nichols Nichols-Jim Bellamy returns from a week at J. J. McMichael home near West Liberty. George Metheny and Peck of Conesville visit friends here Saturday night. Walter Kopp stays at Leonard Hendricks home in West Liberty. Duane Duncan of Mt. Vernon Walsh visiting Al Bottomly. Daniel Boone buried in Frankfort Kentucky.
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