NAMES NEW OFFICERS MORNING SUN ROYAL NEIGHBORS
Mrs Susie Wright was elected oracle of the Morning Sun camp Royal Neighbors of America at the annual meeting Monday evening. Officers named for the coming year include Vice Oracle Nora Smith past Oracle Nora Cunningham Recorder Jennie Gregory Receiver Belle Walker Chancellor Mary Kerr Marshal Veda Maxson Inner Sentinel Mary Kerr Outer Sentinel Lulu Congreve and Mae Jarvis as manager for three years. A public installation is planned for January 5. Plans for a Christmas party were set with committees named.
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Morning Sun
Susie Wright
Royal Neighbors of America
Nora Smith
Nora Cunningham
Jennie Gregory
Beile Walker
Mary H. Kerr
Veda Maxson
Inner Sentinel
Mary E. Kerr
Outer Sentinel
Lulu Congreve
Wilton Thanksgiving Gatherings and Local Social Notes
Wilton relatives drive to Muscatine for Thanksgiving dinner at Clarence Walton’s home with extended family of Port Walton and related households. A separate Duffe family dinner featured baskets from visitors including Denkhoff Jesse and Duffe groups. Card prize results at St Mary’s social were listed with winners. Visitors and returning travelers from Muscatine Ottumwa and Davenport share updates, while agricultural and educational notes close the column with statewide statistics on farmer owned co operatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie
West Liberty
F. L. Duffe
Theodore Denkhoff
Teddy
Iowa City
Lloyd Jesse
Muscatine
Ava Will
John Umlandt
Lucile Garvin
Raymond Duffe
Sue Lenker
St. Mary’s
Old Masonic Hall
C. H. Budelier
Jens Hanson
Thomas McSwiggin
Edna Hanson
Euchre
Will McSwiggen
Geneseo
James Dwyer
Chicago
D. F. Dwyer
John Schiele
Pelia
Death Takes Mrs. Benshoof in Nebraska
Mrs Belle Bohnsack learns of the death of her aunt Mrs Louisa Benshoof at Winside Nebraska after an operation. Born December 17 1848 in Blue Grass she married William Benshoof in 1865 and lived in Muscatine county Durant Red Oak Wayne Nebraska California before returning to Winside. She left four living children 18 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren with one son Fred deceased. Funeral conducted at Winside Methodist church with grandsons as pallbearers.
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Stockton
Belle Bohnsack
Louisa Benshoof
Winside
Neb
Wayne County
Nebraska
Wayne
Benshoof
Perry Benshoof
van Tassel
Wyo
Curtis E. Benshoof
Edwin Lindsay
Wayne, Neb
Arthur Auker
Fred
W. A. Cooper
Davenport
Emma Mallicoat
Omaha
Katherine Winemann
Church Activities Guide for Thursday and Friday
The New Era notes a Thursday choir rehearsal at 8 pm under Mrs. E J Sywassink with a Christmas cantata in preparation. The 7 30 pm sermon at Fairport Lutheran by Rev Ernest A Lack on A Man After God s Own Heart. Friday features a missionary rally at the Community building with Rev Leland H Lesher as speaker and a separate Women s Aid meeting led by Mrs George Brei. Confirmation class meets at 7 30 pm in the building library. Y P S play rehearsals halted until after the holidays.
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E. J. Sywassink
Fairport
Board of Administration
Leland H. Lesher
Grace Lutheran Church
Muscatine
George Brei
Ladies’ Aid Society
Riverside Social Roundup Notes Local Visits and Wins
Riverside residents share in club gatherings and travel. High honors go to Mrs. E. F. Wheelan and Clair Flynn at the Five Hundred party. Edna Flynn visits Iron Mountain, Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Applegate visit daughter Edna.
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Riverside
Norval C. Flynn
Five Hundred Club
E. F. Wheelan
Clair Flynn
Eli Applegate
Edna
Iron Mountain
Mich
W. H. Cress
Shirley
Sumner
Carl Simon
Woodland
Cailif
Amiel Simon
Robert
Margaret Griffin
State University
William Griffin
Bernard Dautremont
Leo Schmaigert
Grace Dautremont
Claud Dautremont
Edward Schubert
Iowa City
John Dautremont
R. H. Heitzman
C. V. Dautremont
Ernest Salladay
G. H. Norgang
Ross Elben
Muncie
Ind
William Scott
Ladies Aid to Hold All Day Meeting at Conesville Church
The Conesville Methodist Ladies' Aid plans an all day gathering at the church with a noon potluck and quilting activities. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Chapman, Leila Wolford, Margaret Estle, and Robert Brown among others. Christmas programs are being planned at local churches.
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Conesville
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Methodist Church
Wilbur Chapman
Muscatine
Verice Chapman
Helen
Edna McManus
Des Moines
Robert Brown
Rufus Bullis
Lyle Goldsberry
Iowa State Teachers College
Lei
Postmaster Urges Public Help for Holiday Mail
W. S. McKee the postmaster urges careful holiday mail handling to cut losses and misdelivered items. He advises printing addresses in ink on one side of parcels with a return card in the upper left, avoiding tags, keeping seals off the address side, and placing regular postage on the envelope outside the package.
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W. S. McKee
Funeral services held for Taylor L. Bailey at Oakville
Funeral services for the late Taylor L. Bailey were conducted at the Presbyterian church in Oakville with Rev. E. C. Burdine presiding. The body arrived from Berkley, California and burial followed at Creighton cemetery after a stay at his brother John’s home. The week included a Lady Slipper club gathering hosted by Mrs. Lova Helm and several weekend visitors from Burlington, Ft. Madison, Peoria, Macomb, and more City residents.
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Oakville
Taylor L. Bailey
Presbyterian Church
E. C. Burdine
Wapello
Berkley
Calif
John
Creighton Cemetery
Lova Helm
Lady Slipper Club
Loren Williams
Burlington
Lolita Schweitzer
Alta Siverley
Ft. Madison
Catherine Siverley
Peoria
Marcella Gates
Macomb
Henry Schweitzer
California
Jacob
Floyd
West
Illinois City Community News Highlights Weekend Visits
Illinois City residents report for Sunday visits and family events. Ray Martin and wife traveled to Davenport to visit a seriously ill sister in hospital. Joe Watson spent Sunday with Sherman Powell. Odetta Thomas returned to Macomb for school. Leota Krueger of Buffalo Prairie visited Agnes Vetter. Gid Reed celebrated a birthday with daughter Mrs Oscar Mewes. Elmer Dunker and family joined Ellis Thomas. Reed and Muscatine native George Rausch attended the funeral in Audubon for Prue Hayes. Henry Morehead and wife joined John Morehead at his home. Elmer Mewes relatives hosted an oyster supper Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois City
Ray Martin
Davenport
Ellis Thomas
Gid Reed
George Rausch
Muscatine
Audubon, In
Nichols Family Vacation and Local Business Notes
Mr and Mrs Townie Brown and family spent Thanksgiving in Ashland Nebraska with Mr and Mrs Fred Teppe and family returning home Sunday. The Nichols Shipping association shipped two cars of hogs to Chicago Monday. Mrs A W Emerson of Conesville was a business caller here. Miss Mildred Gottbrecht of Muscatine was here on business. Relatives here have received news from Harry M Fox Jr who
Submarine Division Ships Ordered From Pearl Harbor
Navy dispatch from Pearl Harbor announces all Hawaii submarines, R-1 through R-20 divisions 9 to 14, must sail to the Atlantic coast leaving Honolulu December 10. The group carries 70 officers and 580 enlisted men.
Miss Kirkpatrick To Iowa Wesleyan In Mt. Pleasant
Miss Helen Kirkpatrick will attend Iowa Wesleyan College in Mt. Pleasant. Miss Bernice Hillyer is bound for St Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids. Mr and Mrs Fred Hummel visited Sunday afternoon in Muscatine.
Tipton Couple Granted Marriage License
A marriage license was issued yesterday afternoon to Floyd Gruwell and Ruthanna Crew, both of West Branch. The notice also notes a marine fact that oyster females spawn from ten to sixty million eggs with only a small percentage surviving.
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Tipton
Floyd Gruwell
Ruthanna Crew
West Branch
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Tri-County
Older Boys
Marie Jones
A. E. Jones
A. F E. Jones
J. M. Hickenbottom
Pauline
Charles Hickenbottom
Clarence Frame
Lockridge
J. W. Hannah
Belle Walker
M. J. Hickenbottom
Lizzie Deih
Mina Douglas
M. E. Ross
Etta Ross
J. L
Winfield
Bertha Heckenberg
University Hospital
The
Presbyterian Missionary Society
H. H. Beck
A. H. Swickey
H. A. Hendricks
Cairo
Mark Peters
Mt. Ayr
Missionary Society of the United Presbyterian Church
Elizabeth Robertson
Dave McElhinney
E. J. Pollock
H. M. Griffin
Dante
Florence
William Dwyer
Washington
Harriet Mason
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Minnesota
Consolidation Coal Company, Inc
Fuel Service CO
Pathfinder Coal
Muscatine, Ia
Death
Mrs. Benshoof
Muscatine County
Aladdin
Thompson’s Hardware Store
Nichols
2Nd St
Naval Base
Pearl Harbor
T. H
14Th Naval District
Hawaii
Atlantic
Honolulu
Fred Lang
Richard
Hills Bros
Ren Te Hills Reali
Hayes
Willaega
Ings
Cacuo
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