Diamond Jubilee of Sugar Creek Church Observed
Sugar Creek Presbyterian Church near Wilton Iowa celebrated its diamond anniversary with an all day program. About 275 attendees joined a Sunday school session, morning worship led by Rev A E Kiser, a basket dinner, reminiscence services, and a pageant The High Road to Happiness staged by youth with Davenport talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton
Sugar Creek
Fred J. Hinkhouse
Parsons College
Fairfield
Davenport
Community Notices From Moscow and Nearby Areas
The Moscow Neighbors hold a party at Woodmen hall honoring Mrs. Roberts and Mrs. Bearns as they prepare to move to Muscatine and Atalissa. Various visits and family gatherings are noted, including birthdays, travels to Yellowstone, trips to Iowa City and Davenport, and visits from Muscatine, Conesville, DeWitt, and Wilton residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Woodmen Hall
Robert Roberts
Charles Bearns
Lodge
Roberts
Muscatine
Atalissa
Charles Lincoln
Bernice
Walter Owens
Davenport
William Coon
Conesville
Blanche Yerington
Robert Owens
Lester Keller
Betty
Doris
Evelyn
Richard
Pete DeMean
DeWitt
Mearl Wood
Erwin Kelley
Yellowstone Park
J. T. Noll
Grinnell
Grace Smith
Colorado
Mary Wilhelm
Elmer Hain
Verl Miller
Iowa City
Allen Miller
Lawrence Coffey
Ray Carter
Wanda Lee
Harold Durst
Washington
Barrows
Goodwin
Wilma
William
Volga
Frank Marolf
Ayersville
Earl Wood
George Marolf
Wilton
Elizabeth Marolf
Local visits and farewells dot Iowa and Wisconsin towns
Letis Letts and family visit Beloit Wisconsin relatives while other residents make weekend trips and bid farewell to Cedar Rapids bound Walter Syphrit. Reunions and gatherings mark Sunday visits in Columbus Junction Fremont and Milton South Dakota as Circulations report community ties across Appanoose County. Nine coal firms merge to form the Iowa and Missouri Coal Mining company under one banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview
T. J. Manning
C. O. Winters
Walter Syphrit
Cedar Rapids
Business College
Joe Harmon
Ward Lee
Muscatine
Emma
Irene Barnes
C. O. Vincent
Columbus Junction
Milton, S. D
Mr. Vincent
TRY YEW METHOD TO STOP ACCIDENTS
A double center line is being painted on the Lincoln highway between Boone and Ames by state highway workers. Two eight inch black stripes flank the center to guide drivers and reduce wrong side driving. The lines are three and a half inches wide and applied by a truck with a rubber wheel and oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
Lincoln Highway
Ames
State Highway Commission
Lindle Family Reunion Draws Sixty-Two Relatives
Wilton Iowa August 26 1931 the Lindle family held its annual reunion at the Ed Lindle cottage on Lindle lake in Lake township sixty two relatives gathered for a noon dinner and afternoon social games for children.
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Lake Township
George Lindle Jr
John Lindle
Ed Lindle
Richard Bloomer
Josephine
Koehler Price
Chris Voekel
George Koehler
Emma Price Althaus
Muscatine
Weed Park
Rininsland
Virgil
Des Moines
Ella Daut
Davenport
Peter Daut
Lindle
R. C. Birchard
Kellogg
H. T. Birchard
Henry Sell
Tilton
Wis
Richard Winkler
Barth
Oshkosh
Sell
Henry Hell
Ed Patton
George Whitmer
Harold Duncan
Toledo
Ella Schafnit
Thomas Hunter
Akron
H. W. Lamp
Harold Templeman
Charles Port
Clinton
Theodore Port
Sugar Creek
Corn crop braces for frost risk as dry weather lingers
Bay Island New Boston Aug. 26 The corn crop develops rapidly and early fields should escape frost by Sept. 1. Dry conditions hinder pasture growth and fall plowing. Roads are rough and capped in places. Mr and Mrs Frank Mills and daughters Ruth and Stella visited Andalusia with Mr and Mrs Gil Hobart. Mrs Ora Thirtyacre hosted a birthday dinner party for daughter Helen. Miss Ruth Mills left Sunday for ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Boston
Frank Mills
Ruth
Stella
Andalusia
Gil Hobart
Ora Thirtyacre
Helen
Ruth Mills
Two Sentences by Judge Hale in Wapello Court
Charles Alloway pled guilty to operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent and received six months in the county jail. Judge Hale also revoked the parole of Robert Trout who had pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and was returned to jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Charles Alloway
Louisa County
Hale
Alloway
Pine Brothers
Columbus Junction
Robert
Letts Schools Reopen With Four New Teachers
Letts Iowa announces opening September 1 with four new teachers. High school hires include Wilma Hanna English and music and Opal Waterman home economics and history. New grade teachers are Charlie Moore third grade and Mary Simpson fourth grade. Mary OToole named high school principal. Marvin Johansen to coach and teach mathematics. Existing staff retained include Nelle Parsons, Marion Meeker, Elnore Duncan, Floy Eliason, and Vivian Ross. Superintendent H Doyle Frame returns for a second year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letts
Wilma Hanna
Opal Waterman
Charlie Moore
Mary Simpson
H. Doyle Frame
Mary O'Toole
Marvin Johansen
Nelle Parsons
Marion Meeker
Elnore Duncan
Floy Eliason
Vivian Ross
Frame
Cedar county fair opens with record exhibits and prizes
Tipton Iowa August 26 Cedar county fair opens admission free entry day with judging to begin tomorrow at 9. C S Miller enters year as fair secretary for seventh time predicting a banner fair with record exhibits. Nine junior clubs offer cash prizes totaling 689 dollars. Lions club sponsorship adds 29 dollars for pure bred ewe lambs and hosts a lamb dinner after the event. Poultry building expanded for third straight year. Prize trips to Ames short courses offered by Cedar County Farm Bureau to top all around club boy and girl exhibitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Cedar County
C. S. Miller
Tipton Lions Club
Floral Hall
R. M. Willer
Cedar County Farm Bureau
Ames
Cedar County Fair
Wilton Labor Day Celebration Attracts Big Crowd
St Marys parish Wilton prepares for Labor day fete aiming to serve 300 at once with 300 chickens for dinner and an expected 2,000 meals. Organizers anticipate 4,000 to 5,000 attendees from Wilton and distant communities with games prizes and nursing facilities for mothers and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton
St. Mary’s Parish
Grandview News from Aug 26 highlights visitors and events
Grandview notes show Mr. and Mrs. Howard Cocklin and Miss Mae Gast visiting from other towns to the state fair. Several families spend weekends with relatives, a large Sunday school picnic is reported, and local residents travel to Des Moines and Morning Sun. A hospital stay and medical updates appear among community items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview
Howard Cocklin
Mae Gast
Howard Snyder
John Hulgren
Mediapolis
Hulgren
Mary Schweitzer
Frank Bishop
Magnolia
Melvin Jackson
Harry Latta
Claude Latta
Anamosa
Nellie Jackson
Harley McCulley
Clint Cocklin
Margaret Cocklin
Clarence Peck
Winfield
Grandview Park
Muscatine
King
Will Huff
Savannah
Sharel Weile
Charles Schweitzer
Loleta
Bert Schweitzer
Oakville
Elmer Young
Nadine
Milo Weile
Ernest Downs
Dorothy
Mary Lou
Katherine Howell
Des Moines
Bert Thompson
Della Ingraham
Letts
Howard Curtis
Fruitland
Kenneth Buster
Elda Werner
Belle Becky
Etla Curtis
Columbus Junction
Florence Curtis
Redding
Terre Haute
Ind
George McDill
Wayne Werner
Beaver
Okla
Laura Rexroth
Adam Becky
Conesville
Gail McElhinney
Bruce Delzell
John Nichols
Clen Caldwell
Glen Westfall
Cane Rutt
Dean Kerr
J. E. Kilpatrick
Meritt Deihl
Margaret Allen
Wapello
William Jamison
Mary
Ellen
Greencastle
Lizzie Deibl
Annetta Wilson
Chicago
Morning Sun
Funeral service for Mrs Ida Wright held in Morning Sun
Funeral services for Mrs Ida Wright were conducted in Union church with pastor Rev W J Giffin officiating. A quartet and piano provided music. Burial followed at Elmwood cemetery. Dozens from surrounding towns attended including Rev Frank Wright and Mrs Gladys Esmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Sun Union
Elmwood
Morning Sun
Ida Wright
Union Church
W. J. Giffin
E. W. Browning
O. M. Hensleigh
W. W. Caldwell
C. E. Cummings
C. W. Butler
John,Tracy
Howard Hill
John Baas
James Wright
Frank Wright
Tulsa
Okla
Gladys Esmond
Miami, Fla
Lucile Blair
Muscatine
Nellie Smith
Glen Lewis
Ernest
Ursa, Ill
Estella Staples
Winfield
Howard Stewart
Helen
Ainsworth
Burlington
Elmwood Cemetery
Young Women's Missionary Societies of
Sharon
Reformed Presbyterian
L. M. Samson
Alice
Edith Patterson
Marian Honeyman
Wylie Dougherty
Lake Winnona
Talmadge McHaffy
Sharon Society
C. H. Smith
Nebraska
Colorado
Elsie Caldwell
Huron School
Des Moines
Milton Delzell
Chariton
Charles Duty
Georgeé
Udell
William Duty
Millie
Dempsville
Madison
Hiram Cary
James Kerr
Mary
Cedar Rapids
John Kerr
Long Beach
Calif
Frank Kerr
Gay Wright
Monroe City
A. Miller
de Able
Oakville Teachers Institute Dated by County School Chief
County superintendent Miss Ada Smith announced the annual teacher's institute for September 18 and 19, with county schools to dismiss on those days. Albert Meek sustained a lacerated right hand in a single vehicle accident near Vinton as occupants were ejected after the car left the road. Mrs. R. R. Hunt travels northward with Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Gillispie of Indiana on an overland trip via Canada and northern points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola May Stratton
Leo Wagner
Columbus Junction
Florence Hurley
Stella Anderson
Chicago
Aaron Hurley
Wisconsin
Raymond Stohlie
Eugene
Waterloo
Chautauqua Park
Earl Main
Oakville
Clarence Berkhoff
Cedar Rapids
A. W. Berkhoff
Madelyn Drake
Arnolds Park
Wapello High School
F. H. Hesse
Francis Vandevort
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers College
W. F. Wahl
Warrington
St. Louis
Ada Smith
Vinton
Albert Meek
Canada
J. W. Gillispie
Indiana
Swain Family Holds Reunion at West Branch Ia
West Branch Iowa August 26 A Swain family reunion gathered at Mr and Mrs James Vincents home with 30 attendees. A noon picnic, short program and a long circulated letter 35 years in ten states were shared. Relics included a tuning fork from singing schools and a cradle made by Great Grandfather Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Branch
Swain
James Vincent
Fred Ohl
Austin
Tex
Doris
Dorothy Metz
Thompson
Muscatine
Annie Gallow
Owensmouth
Calif
Emmett
Nellie Salisbury
Minneapolis
Ella Thompson
Tryon
Okla
Charles Sailor
Grace Metz
Ruby Metz
Harlan Vincent
Cedar Bluff
Charles Orr
Downey
Charles Ohl
Arlene
John Ohl
Anamosa
Alfred Ohl
Iowa City
Community Notes From Nichols and Muscatine Area
Social rounds include Mrs Charles Weber and family with Vada Schmelzer and Edward Rosemund from Muscatine at the D W Kopp home. Muscatine visitors at Henry Kirchner and Elks picnic attendance. Edna Rummells returns from a Denver vacation. Peter Schnitt descendants plan annual reunion at Weed Park with about 250 expected. Niggels Independents beat Hills Independents 4 to 3 in 14 innings.
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Denver
Colorado
Ida O. Nash
Des Moines
Walter Kopp
Elks
Rotary Hut
Walter Morris
Verna Reeder
James
Fannie Brown
West Branch
Dean Brothers
Chicago
James Dean
H. M. Fox
Cedar Rapids
Peter Schnitt
Germany
Weed Park
Muscatine
Cecil Foster
Marion
Fred Hummel
FE. J. Brown
Herman Huesson
Niggels Independents
Hills Independents
Nichols Diamond
J. A. Wildman
Isabelle Metheny
William Oostendorp
Chariton Bank Failure Leaves Doors Closed
The Peoples State Bank of Lacona failed to open its doors yesterday with D. W. Ermtz of the state banking department in temporary charge. In Iowa City ashes of Anna Diller Starbuck were scattered from an airplane over the city and campus. she died in 1929 and was cremated as she wished. Sioux City police continued efforts to trace attackers of a man whose body was found in the Missouri river, linked to a blood stained coat found nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chariton
Peoples State Bank of
Lacona
D. W. Ermtz
State Banking de T
Iowa City
Anna Diller Starbuck
Iowa University
Edwin D. Starbuck
Sioux City
Missouri River
Here
Gly-Cas Proclaimed Main Remedy for Digestive Ailments
Vinland Kansas resident J H Hallmark credits Gly-Cas with curing years of indigestion nervousness and rheumatism after trying many remedies. He reports improved sleep appetite and relief from pain and urges others to try the new Gly-Cas sold at J J Havercamp's drug store in Muscatine and nearby towns.
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J. H. Hallmark
Vinland
Kansas
Lawrence
J. J. Havercamp
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Sugar Creek Presbyterian Church
Letis
Centerville
Appanoose County
Iowa and Missouri
Lake
Bay Island
Trout
Fort Dodge
William Deveny
Mason City
Emma _ Benarden
Phoenix
Ariz
Martin Mills
Springfield
J. A. Kessler
Margaret Kessler
Jerry Marshall
Mary Ferguson
Conton
S. D
Ferguson
Ida _ Ivadell Fuller
Earl Lovck
Harold Eugene
Rock Island
Loveck
Mahala Lovck
Eliza
Charles Holman
John Frieden
John Markley
Bessie Shires
Ned Erwin
Phyllis Coulter
Frank Donald
Mahala Louck
Nellie Loosier
Wilton Fete
Grandview News
Mrs. Wright
L. R. Heitz & Son
East Third Street
L. A. Wiese
Liberty
Near West Branch
Joe E. Brown
Bernice Claire
Con You Power Boat Club
Cupid
Sunny Jim
Graham McNamee
Alace
Nichols
Iowa Briefs
Gly-Cas
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