Wilton Glee Clubs Stage Love Pirates of Hawaii Operetta
Wilton High School Glee clubs present Love Pirates of Hawaii in two acts under Miss Jennie Martin. Sixty five voices perform with accompaniment by Miss Marjorie Latchaw and Miss Vera Newgard. The 22 piece high school orchestra provides special music as seats go on sale at Star drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton
Wilton High School
Clara Wacker
Miss Primer
Stella Brenner
Lebus
Lois Lang
Karniani
Dorothy Richards
Lilinoe
Clara Sessler
Maile Lucile Garvin
Billy Wood
U. S
Tennessee
William Nelson
Charles Lauser
Leary
Kenneth Friederichsen
Wilma Campbell
Grace Darting
Catherine Fowler
Inez Lang
Virginia Freeland
Florence Gruemmer
Bernice Harder
Hilda Wiebel
Doris Jasperson
Elizabeth McCoy
Mary Martin
Wilma Nauman
Mildred Nelson
Marion Owens
Gretchen Schroeder
Charlotte Smith
Pirates Chorus
Kenneth Baker
Melvin Fick
George Globes
Frank Globes
Leo Grunder
Louis Gell
Frank Hanson
Gerald Ochletree
Joseph Schneider
Donald Bernet
Atalissa Thanksgiving Visits Span Weeks
Local families and relatives in Atalissa and nearby towns spent Thanksgiving week visiting kin. The schedule included travels to Des Moines Detroit Moscow and Muscatine with gatherings at the homes of Ireland Worrall Kaufman Federlein Watters and others. Several students and faculty from Iowa State College Brown's Business College and area schools joined in holiday hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie
Fred Kaufman
Moscow
Margaret Watters
Iowa State College
Ames
R. B. Watters
Anna Henderson
Iowa State
Cora Belle Mekemsen
Hamilton
Ill
Elizabeth Foyne
Brown's Business College
Muscatine
Charles Foyne
Ruth Wilcox
Atalissa High School
Ruth Coffin
Oskaloosa
Jesse Vanhorn
Mercy Hospital
Emma Miller
Anna Oxley
West Liberty
Ernest Federlein
Charles Adams
Ed Crees
J. A. Kline
Margaret Federlein
Harriett Federlein
Vira Watters
Fred Dahnk
Owen
Wilton
Raymond Fingle
Rock Island
V. V. Wortman
Betty
Dorothy Chapman
Margaret Sterner
Ernest Fiderlein
W. L. Loan
L. W. Arnold
Will Arnold
John Schiener
Jess Stuffer
Entertains at Supper in Pleasant Prairie
Elmer Burke entertained a company of friends at an oyster supper and stag party Saturday evening. Card games were played. Those present were Ralph Jenkins Alfred Koll Fred Wulf Henry Jenkins Royal Broters Gerald Grimm Walter Grimm Lyall Paul Elmer Burke Franklin Broders Edwin Jenkins Walter Thomsen.
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Pleasant Prairie
Elmer Burke
Ralph Jenkins
Alfred Koll
Fred Wulf
Henry Jenkins
Royal Broters
Gerald Grimm
Walter Grimm
Lyall Paul
Franklin Broders
Edwin Jenkins
Walter Thomsen
Wedded Ten Years Celebrate at Blue Grass
Harry Ehrecke and his wife hosted a tenth wedding anniversary for 40 friends and relatives. Five hundred dollars in prizes were distributed to Mrs. Raymond Broders, Mrs. Carmen Buchmeier, Mrs. Louis Spridgen, Ben Brus, Ray Egel, and Herman Brus. The hosts received many gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Ehrecke
Raymond Broders
Carmen Buchmeier
Louis Spridgen
Ben Brus
Ray Egel
Herman Brus
Rites Held For A M Gay in Conesville Community
Albert M. Gay born October 23, 1878 spent life in Conesville area. He married Madge Hankins October 1, 1905 and leaves daughter Oral Fay Foor, grandson Jack Foor, and siblings Anna, Fay, Millie, Charles, Richard, and Frank. Attendees included relatives from Waterloo Minneapolis Iowa City Des Moines and other towns. Funeral attendance drew many distant kin and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conesville
A. M. Gayuesday
Charles Gay
Waterloo
Walter Foot
Jackie
Cambridge
Walter Morris
B. L. Metcalf
Nichols
Alex McCullough
Henrietta Cecil
Alma Cecil
Flora Tipton
Mattie Jean
Dolly Jones
Ransom McKee
W. S. McKee
Muscatine
Anna Gay
Minneapolis
A. M. Gay
Fay Gay
Iowa City
T. R. Hawkins
Des Moines
Mike Torpy
Letts
Charles Ce¢til
Hedrick
Glen Epperly
Cranston
Albert M. Gay
John
Hannah Gay
Madge L. Hankins
Oral Fay Foor
Jack Foor
Millie Cecil
Richard Gay
Washington, D. C
Frank Gay
California
Local Social Notes From Mt Pleasant and Nearby
Col Junction and Mt Pleasant hosts attendances at the World Mission of Christianity event. Local families welcome travelers from St Louis Washington New York state and Des Moines with visits and inquiries. The Riley home quarantined for scarlet fever. son John mildly ill. The home missionary society meets Friday afternoon.
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Columbus Junction
W. A. Lamp
B. H. Shearer
Frank Duncan
W. R. Luckey
O. W. McGrew
World Mission of Christianity
Burlington
Methodist Episcopal Conference of
Iowa
Mt. Pleasant
W. J. Rice
Rice
Chicago
Reuben Oats
Jean
Jack
St. Louis
R. E. Huber
J. W. Bidwell
John
Edward
Washington
Bowman
Kate
John Riley
Elizabeth Gentzler
Des Moines
E. C. Gentzler
Jay Felger
Muscatine
Lewis Hanft
Catherine
Margaret
Tom
New York State
Portia Karr
Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
E. H. Wiegner
Marchant Couple Welcome Baby Son in Montpelier
Montpelier informants report Mr. and Mrs. Roy Marchant welcomed a son. Other local items note Mrs. Edward Kemper moving to a new Pine Creek residence, Miss Rosella Sheets visiting parents, Miss Edith Brookhart weekend with her parents in Letts, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Baer at a Pleasant Prairie hall 50 card party where Baer won a prize, and Clarence Ross spending Thanksgiving with relatives in Muscatine.
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Montpelier
Roy Marchant
Edward Kemper
Pine Creek
Rosella Sheets
Edith M. Brookhart
Letts
Fred Baer
Pleasant Prairie Hall
Mr. Baer
Clarence Ross
Muscatine
Bell Funeral Held Tuesday in Wapello
Funeral services for Almond T. Ball were held Tuesday afternoon at the Presbyterian church in Wapello with Rev. C. E. Burdine and others officiating. Singers included Mrs. E. R. Winter and Dr. H. E. Hoover. pallbearers were Dale Kremer, James Torbert, Burr Harris, E. M. Stewart, PD. A. McAfee and Harry Limbecker. Out-of-town relatives attended from Conesville and Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Stewart
PD. A. McAfee
Harry Limbecker
Elbert Snyder
Charles Heater
Conesville
Relvie Storey
Iowa City
Local Social and Visit Highlights Across Lone Tree Area
Community notes detail visits and gatherings in Lone Tree and nearby towns. People travel between Becker Muscatine Vinton Cedar Rapids Burlington Washington Solon and Iowa City for family reunions church meetings and meals with relatives and friends. The diphtheria quarantine at the Scott Walker home has been lifted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Tree
Bernadine Schaapveld
Becker
Minn
Walter Horrell
Ray Smeltzer
Muscatine
Henry Hough
Ben Keeler
Rhodes
F. W. Shoquist
Mary Jayne
Ruth
Patty
Vinton
W. H. Younkin
Emma Underwood
Eva Crow
Robert
H. S. Hamilton
Howard
Florence
Frank Johno
Cedar Rapids
Earl Shibley
J. B. Smith
Burlington
D. W. Morgan
Lucy Stonebarger
Martha Morgan
Jessie Phillips
Washington
George Reiland
Chicago
Marie Wolters
Iowa City
Harry Musser
Edith Allhhorn
Hazel Ostrander
Frank Aubrecht
Laurence Burgess
Marion Faires
J. M. Sims
M. W. Hilton
Miles Atkins
Leora
Verda Allbrecht
W. J. Houseal
Fritz Fields
Dick Fields
Ross Rayner
Richard Adams
Solon
Scott Walker
Eat All You Can Club Braves Storm Social
Members of the Eat All You Can club gathered at the Elmer Fowler home despite the weekend storm. The group socialized at the 500 following an evening hosted by Lois and Peter Young and others from Muscatine and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview
Elmer Fowler
A and
Lois
Peter Young
Will Walnitz
J. P. Haroff
Earl
Richard
Frank Tice
John Fowler
Letts News Note Of Local Visits And Events
Emma Linn Letts returned Monday night after visiting the McCormicks in Waterloo. Neffs attended a Wayland reunion over Thanksgiving. Pearl Hartman resumed school in Jewell after Thanksgiving with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Hartman. Mrs. Del Fry and Mrs. Alfred Daft of Muscatine visited the Hartmanns. Kirby Hill of Quincy attended Maria Thompson’s funeral. Mrs. W. S. Hunter hosted a quilting with J. H. Collins, Charley Gipple, Tillie Letts, Delia Shellabarger, Albert Storm and Mary and Minnie Storm visiting Letts area. Mrs. Willets is recovering from illness. Harlan Plowman family announce birth of a son. Thomas Thompson is ill south of Letts.
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Letts
Willets
Wilmont Hendrix
Harlan Plowman
Thomas Thompson
Hacke to leave Lone Tree for Sac City
Charles A Hacke, longtime owner and editor of the Lone Tree Reporter, sold his business to Hazel Atkin who will take possession January 1 and join as linotype operator. Earl J Lewis will become business manager as Hacke moves to affiliated Sac City Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Tree
Charles A. Hacke
Lone Tree Reporter
Leona Neal
S. and C. Club
Lone Tree Fire Company
City Hall
Harry Seivers
Homer Flaker
Tom Halligan
William Cerny
George Hudachek
Charles Forbes
Zelda
Opal
Elmer Forbes
Roy Forbes
Ellen Dvorak
Frank Skala
Riverside
Ray Forbes
Wilbur
Leroy
Conesville
Albert Bell
Margaret
Williamsburg
Art Enfield
Wellman
Merle Enfield
Ralph Adams
Barnyard social at Cranston church basement Friday
The Cranston church Christian Endeavor will host a pay social in the church basement Friday evening inviting all to join. A newly organized Junior church meets there during services led by Mrs. Decker with officers elected last Sunday: Dorothy Legier president Richard Taylor vice president Martha Jean Meeker secretary. Cedar Township Farm Bureau will present their 3 act play Back to the Farm at Bloomington Grange next Monday evening with a rehearsal planned amid weather-related delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranston
Decker
Dorothy Legier
Richard Taylor
Martha Jean Meeker
Cedar Township Farm Bureau
Bloomington Grange
Tex remedy promise by Henderson’s drug store
An ad offers tex pronounced Siss-tex under an Iron-Died Guarantee claiming quick relief for backache leg pain. It urges readers not to give up and to try the remedy at Henderson’s drug store.
Officers Named for Next Year at Henry Seibert Corps
Mary Schroeder was re elected president of Henry Seibert Woman's Relief corps No 212 at the regular meeting in the I O O F hall. Other officers chosen include Laura Duncan senior vice president Caroline Maurer junior vice president Frank Fulton treasurer Nellie Brumbaugh chaplain Tracy Owens conductor Julia McCartney guard and delegates to state convention Caroline Maurer and Tracy Owens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Maurer
Tracy Owens
Clara Leith
Bernice Daut
The
Presbyterian Church
Siam
Dorothy Ploehn
Bunco
Mary Martin
Clara Wacker
Ida May Darting
Rural Social Notes From Moscow and Nearby Towns
Local column lists residents traveling to Canada and Davenport for visits and winter housing, plus numerous family and social gatherings. Several households moved, relatives hosted in Wilton Muscatine and Davenport, and community groups schedule a church parlor meeting with a potluck noon meal.
Olive Tablets Claim Safe bowel Cleansing Remedy
Ad promotes Dr Olive Tablets as a harmless effective prescription replacing calomel for 20 years to relieve tiredness from clogged bowels. Claims they act gently on bowels, purify the system, and tone the liver with olive color tablets sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards
Bureau Women to Receive Lesson on Preschool Nutrition
The 76 Township Farm Bureau women will attend the second Nutri tion lesson titled Diet for the Pre-School Child at Mrs. Emma Downer home on Friday. Miss Grayce Stephens will teach and members should bring the food assigned at the first session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letts
76 Township Farm Bureau
Emma Downer
Grayce Stephens
Plan Program and Box Social at Cranston School House
Cranston school presents its first program of the year in two rooms with teachers Mr and Mrs Cecil Schlichting. A box and pie social will follow the program inviting all. The program lists recitations dialogs songs and readings by students from Primary and Grammar rooms including names like Harold Gene Souter Lois Townsley Edith Weller Lloyd Dean Ward Townsley Joseph Meeker Windorf Sooter and Martha Jean Meeker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranston
Cecil Schlichting
Harold Gene Souter
Lois Townsley
Henry
Grammar Room
Casey At
Windorf Sooter
Casey
Melvin Coder
Juanita
Harold Courtney
Martha Jean Meeker
Verla Hartsock
Uncle Rodger
Charles Sooter
the Forgetter
Margaret Allen
Seven Boys
Virginia Harvey
Dorothy Hafner
Angel Child
Leonard Townsley
James Holladay
Plain Bob
Earl Weller
Closed Church Finds New Life in Centerdale Near West Branch
A rural church near West Branch revived as a Sunday school in Centerdale led by Paul Pownall and teachers C. C. Erb Mrs. Herbert Wilson and Miss Lucille Thomas. More than 30 attendances gathered for programs from Mothers Day to a summer picnic with a 75-strong group sharing a harvest dinner. The revival featured recitations music and a talk by Rev H D Green on friendships.
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West Branch
Centerdale
Paul Pownall
C. C. Erb
Herbert Wilson
Lucille Thomassen
John T. Frederic
Little House of God
H. D. Green
West Branch Methodist Church
Paul First in Corn Contest at Muscatine Show
Paul was announced winner of the corn growers contest held with the Muscatine community corn show for Smith Hughes farm crops students at Muscatine high school. Clarence Nussbaum placed second and Edgar Timm third. Ten boys entered, each caring for 10 acres of corn and recording management, cost of production, yield, and disposal. A committee led by E A Sparling, Carl Rylander, and Vernon Shepard judged the entries, emphasizing management over production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lsyle Paul
Muscatine Community
Smith Hughes
Muscatine High School
Clarence Nussbaum
Edgar Timm
E. A. Sparling
Carl Rylander
Vernon Shepard
Services for Albert Martin in New Boston
The funeral for Albert Martin longtime Mercer county resident and father of Mrs. Fred Bauer and Mrs. Courtney Willits was held at Mrs. Willits home Sunday at 2 pm Burial followed in New Boston cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Boston
Albert Martin
Mercer County
Fred Bauer
Courtney Willits
Graff
Monmouth
Aledo
Monson
Michigan
June Bond
Richard
Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan City
Mrs. Bond
Seaton
Matherville
Minnie Garret
Muriel
Kenneth
Harvey
Tri-Cities
Modern Woodmen Rates Continued by High Court
The Supreme Court tentatively kept in effect rate provisions for the Modern Woodmen of America after denying a motion to set aside a writ of prohibition. The writ, believed to be the first issued by the court, barred the Washington county cinema court from interfering with rate changes by the Rock Island head camp pending a full hearing. Chief Justice Dunn issued the writ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Woodmen of America
Supreme Court
Washington County
Washington
Rock Island
Dunn
Morrow Sworn in as U.S. Senator from New Jersey
Dwight W. Morrow took the oath as U.S. senator for New Jersey with Vice President Curtis administering. He was escorted to the rostrum by Senator Kean as Mrs. Morrow and their daughter Elizabeth watched. Lindberghs were absent. The Senate party breakdown stood Republicans 53 Democrats 42 Farmer-Labor 1, marking a Democratic gain to 46 seats in the next session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dwight W. Morrow
New Jersey
Morrow
Senate
Curtis
Kean
Elizabeth
Charles A. Lindbergh
Democrats
Farmer-Labor
Mingo Bank Robbery Suspects Sentenced to Life
Loren Painter and Kenneth Therman, both 21, of Galesburg Illinois, were sentenced to life in Fort Madison for the November 22 Mingo Trust and Savings Bank robbery. The pair, arrested in Galesburg, admitted taking part after fleeing with about $1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton, Ia
Loren Painter
Kenneth Thurman
Mingo Trust and Savings Bank
Fort Madison
Iowa
Newton
Kenneth Therman
Galesburg
Painter
Arthur Painter
Ray Scott
Harry Agnew
Therman
H. A. M. Miller
Scott
Agnew
Doak Nomination Sent to Senate in Hoover List
President Hoover sent to the Senate more than 200 nominations including William N. Doak of Virginia for secretary of labor. J Reuben Clark of Utah becomes ambassador to Mexico. Hoffman Philip of New York awaits appointment to Norway. Nicholas Roosevelt of New York named minister to Hungary. J Butler Wright of Wyoming named minister to Uruguay. D J Lomen named district judge for the District of Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William N. Doak
Virginia
Hoover
Senate
J. Reuben Clark
Utah
Mexico
Hoffman Philip
New York
United States
Norway
Nicholas Roosevelt
Hungary
J. Butler Wright
Wyoming
Uruguay
D. J. Lomen
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Wilton High School Glee Clubs
Atalissa
Adolph Ehlerts
Davenport
Henry Sarker
Henry Kruse
A. E. Schroeder
Dale
Alice Jacobs
Keystone
E. N. Hall
Keokuk
T. J. Hall
Earl Moody
Auburn
Neb
Allen Hanna
New Mexico
Fred Gerth
Otto Koll
Hattie Healy
Mary Linn
Rochester
Col. Junction
Wapello Presbyterian Church
C. E. Burdine
Lloyd Neiswanger
David
Herman Otto
J. H. Dickson
Paul Peters
Detroit
George and
James
Raymond Mohlie
Doris Mohlie
Glen Ball
Hilton Briggs
Harold Jones
Helen
Phyllis Heins
Pearl Gardner
Ed Miller
Kahoka
Henry Rauscher
Dean Deihl
Frank Deihl
Fred Hesse
H. E. Hoover
Mary Catherine Minor
Brave Storm
C. A. Hacke
Sac City
Henderson's Drug Store
Mary Schroeder
Wilton W. R. C
Nic Jacobs
Maquoketa
Bernice Anderson
Clinton
First Congregational
Leonard A. Spooner
Jacobs
Grace Reformed Church
J. W. Leaker
Lena Potter
Kiswick
Harvey, III
William Hillman
Canada
George Wilson
Harvey Leech
Elmer Hain
Frederick Marolf
Charles McCoy
John Woode
Tipton
Millard Smith
John Artz
George Frederick McCoy
Earl Wood
Harold Shaw
Leo Shaw
Verl Miller
Millard Johnson
Fred Birkhofer
Ladies’ Aid Society
Harlan Marolf
Elizabeth Marolf
Andrew Ernst
Lester Lamb
Barney Kill
Ardell
Arbutes
Isabella Smith
Alice Britton
Charles Long
John Roberts
Rolland
Hardy Petty
John Sheetz
Arthur
Bureau
Father John
Paul
Smith Hughes Division Corn Growers
Goodyear
Mingo Bank
Doak
Ernie
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