Californians Feted at Letts Park Picnic and Local Visits
A large Letts area gathering honored Floyd Gast of Burbank California visiting relatives in Muscatine County. Families including Gage, Thompson, and Blankenhorn hosted dinners and picnics at Weed park and Washington Sunset Park. attendees from Letts, Grandview, Rock Island, Burlington, and Webster City joined in reunions and neighborly meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Gast
Howerd Cocklin
Margaret
Dale
Marcalee
Shirley
Guy Hardman
Bernice
Myrtle May
Grandview
Dan Gast
Rock Island
Ray Buster
Ralph
Donald
Richard
Will Harder
Bernie
Ruth
Muscatine
C. W. Blake
Vincent
Blake
Frank Blake
Loren Worley
Edward Vincent
Neva Vincent
Burlington
Wild Cat den Park
Weed Park
Jessie Letts
Grandview Area Families Hold Dual Reunions At Local Parks
The Dickerson and Shellabarger families held separate reunions in Grandview and Columbus Junction Chautauqua park. Attendees included W. H. Dickerson and Glen Berk with Faith McGill as secretary, plus numerous relatives from Muscatine Wapello Letts and Cedar Rapids. The gatherings featured a noon basket dinner and afternoon socializing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview
Dickerson
Grandview Park
Glen Berk
Faith McGill
W. H. Dickerson
Myrtle Dickerson
Josie Walker
Genevieve Dumphy
Marie
Betty Jo
Jack Bieri
Ite
Carroll McGill
Bernedine
Lonnie
Karen
Sandra
W. A. McGill
Muscatine
Walter Hendrix
Merle Krahl
Mary Massey
Howard Crow
Wapello
H. H. Snyder
J. D. McGill
Duane
Jerry
Columbus Junction
Graniview
W. B. Shellabarger
W. L. Shellabarger
Verlee
Vernon
Mark and
Lynn
Letts
Jesse Newell
Charlene Werner
Jessie Shellabarger
Clifford Harbaugh
Cedar Repids
Harlan Shellabarger
Concord and Wyman Visitors Attend 25th Anniversary
A Concord and Wyman group visited Memphis Missouri to celebrate the 25th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Ralph McKean at his home. A noon potluck featured an angel food cake and flowers as the centerpiece. Guests included Ed Winn Frances Bonnichsen McKean Jakie Donald and Josephine Johnston of Muscatine among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Pearl Bitting
Wayne
Wyman
Gebert Shellabarger
Evelyn
Floyd Johnston
Ralph Morris
Jo Ann
Memphis
Ralph McKean
McKean
Ed Winn
Frances Bonnichsen
Jakie
Donald
Josephine Johnston
Muscatine
Marshall Webb
St. Louis
Roy George
Des Moines
Betty Johnston
Mary Darlene Blankenhorn
Washington Independent School
Monnday
Gladys Ball
Harry Kaufman
Jesse Conover
Illinois
Arthur. Thornburg
Max Thornburg
George Walton
Jerry
Charles Brown
Langs
Joe Lang
Albert Koeppen
Marie
Marvin
L. C. Harris
Katheryn
W. J. Miler
Will Lang
Fred Globes
Will Reesink
Fred Rost
John Hetzler
Gladys
Harriett
Emmet Otto
Angeline Rock
Erman Martin
George Henry Globes
Clarence
Clayton Rost
Walter Reesink
A. B
Anna Hann
Newton Lang
Lois Lang
Marie Koeppen
Harriett Hetzler
Margaret
Beulah Lang
Beulah Knopf
Marvin Koeppen
Rickless
Darlene
Richard
Galesburg Guests Visit Mrs Shellabarger and H R Newell
Galesburg residents were dinner guests of Mrs Sadie Shellabarger and also visited the home of H R Newell, extending social calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesburg
Sadie Shellabarger
H. R. Newell
Sywassinks Dinner Honors Daughter on Seventeenth Birthday
Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Sywassink host a Sunday dinner in Seventy-Six Township for their daughter Elizabeth on her seventeenth birthday. The event also serves as a farewell for Miss Margaret Lang, who departs for Van Meter to teach music at the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Cox
Leland Cox
Adel
T. L. Eland
Max McCormick
Eland
Crapo Park
Burlington
Albert McGill
Alberta
Dorothy
Guy N. Brown
Des Moines
Ernest Lieberknecht
Elna Bailey
Yvonne Toland
Genevieve Melroy
Ilene Sells
Fairport
Miss Sells
Genevieve
McElroy
Washington
M. L. Blankenhorn
Clara Feldman
Wallace
Fred
Sunset Park
Mary Viola Herr
Ollie Essley
Wellman
Betty Herr
Columbus Junction
Stronghurst
L. E. Downer
Eula
Cloyce Downer
Doyle
George Dixon
Mary
Ill
Dixon
Columbia University
Benton Harbor
Mich
Harlan Foster
Clifford Allen
Janice
Wayne
Weed Park
Muscatine
Argene Allbee
Argene
Cedar Rapids
Wayne Allen
Allbee
Charles Spates
Stanley Poole
Fairfield
Lloyd Littrell
Henry Cowles
Betty
Doris
Warren
Wapello
Harry Hahn
Anna Hahn
Wilton
Joe Lang
Margaret
Beulah
B. J. Sywassink
Elizabeth
Margaret Lang
van Meter
Radio Schedule Highlights for Wednesday Night
A dense list of late era radio programming with orchestras, comedies, talk shows, and dramas. Notable entries include The Green Hornet and Mr District Attorney at prime hours, then Amos n Andy and Benny Goodman’s Orchestra later, with multiple networks and stations cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Hornet
MBS
WMT
Heidelberg Orchestra
WGN
Eugene Conley
NBC
WLW
WHO
WLS
Artie Shaw
Don Orlando
WHBF
Alec Templeton
WMAQ
CBS
WBBM
Kaltenborn
Europe
Uncle Walter
Fred Waring
Amos ‘'N’ Andy
Dick Jurgen
Milt Herth
Jan Savitt
Fats Waller
Mal Hallett
Benny Goodman
NBC -Who
Morning Melodies
Hilltop House
Mary Marlin
Hollywood
Widder Brown
Don Pedro
Myrt
Marge
Happy Gang
Judy and
Jane
Melody Mart
WSUT
Road of Life
Bob
Freddy Nagel
Orchestra
John Agnew
Mississippi Valley News
Nbc—Who
Salzburg
WHEBF
Kitty Keene
Jane Anderson
Institute of Human Relations
Little Jack Little
Sam
Frank Gagen
Hobby Lobby
Tommy Dorsey
Red Nichols
Kay Kyser
Amos ‘N’ Andy
Ben Bernie
Paul Whiteman
KMOX
KOA
KFI
Paul Pendarvis
Joe Reichman
Henry King
Phil Levant
Shetler Family Reunion Held at Muscatine Park
The Shetler family held its 20th reunion at Weed's Park in Muscatine with 35 attendees including Leonard Dungan Lyda Dungan Clyde Shetler Elizabeth Crabtree and others. Officers were re elected with Ray Shetler as president Clyde Shetler as vice president Clella Kline as secretary and Hattie Mewes as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois City
Shetler
Weed’s Park
Muscatine
Leonard Dungan
Lyda Dungan
Clyde Shetler
Elizabeth Crabtree
Leo Retherford
Carroll Krueger
Florence Cannam
Ruth
Anna Mewes
Ancie Diehl
Ernest
Virgil
Verna June Diehl
Miss Zimmerman
Ray Shetler
Clella Kline
Hattie Mewes
Geraldine White
Mary Shetler
Ruth Cannam
Glen Bandle
Canton
Ralph
Lois Mayhew
Seaton
Ill
Raymond Reed
Eliza, Jr
Lynwood Brayton
Joy
Everett Holmes
Charlie Becker
Junction Church Holds Conference and Group Meetings
The Columbus Junction area reports a quarterly Methodist conference at the Junction Church with Dr. Fancher delivering the sermon. Delegates were chosen for the annual conference in Burlington on Sept 12. Ladies' Aid and Whatsoever society announce upcoming meetings. Central Presbyterian trustees discuss furnace purchase. elders to meet with Rev. M. A. Robeson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Methodist
Fancher
Burlington
J. D. Helmick
Columbus City
Oscar Hartsock
the Methodist Church
Central Presbyterian Church
M. A. Robeson
Hines Honored at Dinner by Verl Barkalow Atalissa
Atalissa hosts a Sunday dinner honoring Mr. and Mrs. William Hines who plan to move to their new home. Attendees include Maude Overman Detroit Jim Overman Muscatine Rudy Warner West Liberty Marietta Stiles Bevelyn Barkalow and other local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atalissa
Verl Barkalow
William Hines
Maude Overman
Jimmy Overman
Detroit
Rudy Warner
West Liberty
Marietta Stiles
Bevelyn Barkalow
Muscatine
Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood Aboard the Lurline
Jimmie Fidler shares sea trials with a portable typewriter aboard the S S Lurline near Cape Horn. He likens the writer’s struggle to a producer’s voyage amid rough seas, praising resilience and noting Hollywood chatter about Raft Lombard Henie and upcoming projects. The column name checks Gracie Allen and a California flower show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S. Lurline
Helen Mack
Madame Marie Ouspenskaya
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Cape Horn
Pacific
DeMille
Fate
Parnell
Boss
Ouspenskaya
Seyffertitz
George Raft
New York
Connie Bennett
Filmville
Carole Lombard
Hilda Johnson
Columbia
RKO
Metro
Flannagan
Boystown
Father Flannagan
Sonja Henie
Lee Powell
Lone Ranger
Jean Humberstone
Carmen
Bill Powell
Edward H. Griffith
Laguna
Pulpit Candidates to be Considered Thursday Evening
The Rev and Mrs John Haefner and daughter of Muscatine visited the Giffey home in Columbus City and the Lewis home in Columbus Junction on Saturday afternoon as candidates for the pulpit are considered Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Haefner
Muscatine
Charles Giffey
Columbus City
Ray Lewis
Columbus Junction
Hay Fever Relief Sold at McDaniel Drug Store
A local ad promotes PO-TAS-A-FRAS as fast hay fever symptom relief. It claims rapid breathing return, eye and nasal drying, and better sleep, urging readers to buy from McDaniel Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDaniel Drug Store
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kathryn
Cora
L. J. Dickerson
J. Karl Dickerson
Dav d Holst
Marion
Catherine
Beverly
David, Jr
Princeton
Jack Russell
Davenport
Erminnie Lieberknecht
L. M. Hildebrand
John
Eastern Iowa Light and Power Co
United Brethren Ladies Aid Society
Grandview Area
Memphis, Mo
Grace Hart
Eleanor Schilbisther
Lang Hart Beauty Service
Leo Hart
Sywassinks
Hubbard
Kenneth
E. J. Knopf
Hetzler
Hetzlers
Eave
Rth
Raed
Paren Bes
Lee Ted
Muscatine Park
Junction Church
Staple
Weis - Lupton
Judy Garland
Frank Morgan
Ray Bolger
Ber Lahr
Jack Haley Gillie
Charley Burke
Grapewin Au Om Picture
FOX News
Tonite
Hines
Verl Barkalows
Coiners Entertain
Perry Coiner
Harold Coiner
Earl Coiner
Alvin Coiner
Rochester
Delaine Switzer
Tipton
Arthur LaRue
Cedar Valley
Farm Bureau
Drotny Wolf
Elaine
Eddy White
Genevieve McKillip
Marylin Foster
Robert Staley
Fred Evans
Verlee Arnold
Fern Staley
Ivan Wolf
Archie Staley
Louie Staley
Ted Terry
Leota Staley
Glenn Albro
Monson
Dewey Baker
Patty Ann
Council Bluffs
Carl Schacht
Sally Lou
Durant
Ed Baker
Theodore Arp
Moline
Robert Althaus
John Schnier
Della Newton
Lawrence
Laura Blair
Vernon Walters
Chicago
Bert Smith
Phyllis
Herbert Smith
Mina McDonald
Jimmie Fidler
SA. Ave
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