High Prairie Family Hosts Eighteenth New Year's Goose Dinner
Mr and Mrs E E Eicchelberger entertained 25 relatives on New Year’s Day for the goose dinner marking 18 years of the annual event at their country home. Attending were numerous Eichelberger family members along with extended kin from Muscatine Rock Island and surrounding areas in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Eicchelberger
Eichelberger
Frank Eichelberger
Helen of
Muscatine
Earl Eicchelberger
Arlene
Lyle
Dean
Edward
Milton Eichelberger
Wayne
Doris
Levi Eichelberger
Richard
Virgil
Henry Stone
Mary
Elva
Ida
Elmer
R. H. Geertz
Geertz
Herbert Leyda
Orville Birkett
Thomas Birkett
Rock Island, Til
Carl Foster
W. H. Foster
Frank Foster
Clyde Goldsberry
Dale Cecil
Frances
Shirley Foster
Billy
Edward Goldsberry
High Prairie social notes and visits list for week
High Prairie residents and guests frequent Davenport Muscatine Rock Island and Nichols for visits. Notable items include Carl Phillips's early trip to Ames and return, and Mrs. E W Hoopes at a Lake Township Farm Bureau training school in Ames. Ladies Aid of High Prairie Methodist church announces no January meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nichols
Harry Hines
Small Son
Davenport
Hine
Carl Phillips
Rudolph Geertz
Rock Island
Ill
H. Leyda
Leyda
E. E. Eichelberger
Montpelier
van Zandt
Ernest Stender
Mary Mittman
Muscatine
Ladies’ Aid Society
High Prairie Methodist Episcopal Church
Concord area social notes collect New Year visits
Concord News reports Mr. and Mrs. Everette Orris and C A McCormick group visit Chicago relatives. Local gatherings include New Year's dinner hosted by Herve Utter with Estie Shellabarger and families, and multiple calls on friends in Letts Muscatine Grandview and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Everette Orris
C. A. McCormick
Conesville
Chicago
Herve Utter
Charles Estie
M. A. Shellabarger
Letts
R. C. Utter
Harold Griffin
Surprise birthday gathering in West Liberty noted
Mrs. W. W. Carey was surprised on her birthday New Year's night at home on East Third Street by relatives including the Crees and Bullis families, with refreshments served at the end. Edith Mitchner from Cedar Rapids visits relatives. Various social events and missionary society notes follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
W. W. Carey
East Third Street
George Crees
Clarence
Blanch
Herbert Crees
Chet Crees
Ruby Crees
Harry Petersen
Willard Crees
Maynard Bullis
Bennett
Henry Wilson
West Branch
Frank Heick
Tipton
Edith Mitchner
Cedar Rapids
Harry Richards
Adelade Stober
Myra Potter
Jane Hoag
Monmouth
Bevelyn Westfall
J. E. McIntosh
The
Missionary Society
Callhoun Street
W. B. Jayne
China
Margaret Jack
Martin Black
M. A. Campbell
E. C. Buckman
J. E. Kimball
L. A. Whitacre
L. E. Lewis
N. E. Crees
N. E. Bethel
W . Jayne
Walter Light
Jack
George Schaffer
Mary Packer
Crawfordsville
Grace Hunter
Grinnell
Hunter
M. Hunter
Wapello
Schaffer
Settlement News Highlights Social Visits and Local Events
Friends of Mr and Mrs Harry Rexroth celebrated their sixteenth wedding anniversary with baskets Monday evening. A Farm Bureau meeting was attended by Mrs Mark Collier and Mrs Newton Lang in Muscatine on Tuesday. Numerous visits occurred at the John Hetzler home and Newton Lang home Thursday night. North Prairie suspended school duties. New Year activities included Miss Littrell visiting Letts and several families sharing oyster supper and dinners at various homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Fryberger
Muscatine
J. T. Downer
Ray E. Downer
Robert
Joe Lang
Newton Lang
Elmer Burkel
Illinois
Burkel
Ph. Hahn
Leslie Dietrich
Arthur Budelier
Fred Globes
O. Harvey Budelier
Harry Rexroth
Albert Koeppen
Ray Bein
Fred Rinnert
William Schroeder
Pearl
Fred
Edward Schroeder
Marian
Feckla Rinnert
Barney Rinnert
Clarence Ross
Roy Egel
Stockton
Rosalind Maasen
Carl Franklin
Vivian
Ardella Benshoof
Blue Grass
Marian C. Rinnert
Fred Rinnert, Jr
Walter Benshoof
Emil Kretchmer
Pine Mill
Clifford Fix
Marian E. Rinnert
Fred Schroeder
Charles Walker
Loyd Dipple
Forest Snell
Marie
George Fuller
Carl Spring
Walter
Oscar
Irma Bohnsack
Roy
Ethel Jakeman
Vera Schroeder
Lawrence Braun
Edwin Dipple
Beryl Lobdell
Will Lehms
Francis Rinnert
Adam Dipple
Hugo Lehms
Durant
Montpelier Girls
Buffalo High School
William Fisher
Davenport
Montpelier Ladies’ Aid Society
Farm Bureau
William Wunderlich
Harland
Normal Training Association of Muscatine High School
R. W. Merifield
E. D. Bradley
Sarah Huftalen
Merrifield
First Congregational Church
Carson Kemp
Marion Meeker
Harriett Baker
Alice Harbaugh
Jd. A. Bostedo
Charles Albert
Chicago
Harry E. Clark
Smalley Avenue
S. W. Carothers
H. L. Doty
Dallas City
George Dixson
A. A. Berk
L. E. Downer
Irene Letts
Ernest Lieberknecht
Earl Dickerson
Arthur Lieberknecht
Floyd Lieberknecht
John Jenkins
Columbus Junction
Virginia Owens
Roy Lieberknecht
Beloit
Wis
David Reddick
Harold McCormac
Mary Dixson
Burlington
Fred Paine
Dave Holst
Robert Elliott
Frank Berk
L. E
Harry Birkhofer
Taylor Phillips
Lela
Ray Carter
Fred Ice
Verla Garett
Schroeder
John Lancamp
Wilton
Frederick Marolf
Ralph Wilhelme
George Smith
Charles McCoy
Augusta Wiese
John Teufel
Mearl Wood
Woodman Hall
Emil Schwartz
New Cedar County Deputy Clerk Injured in Fall
Tipton Tipton-George W. Montz newly appointed deputy clerk of the district court began duties Thursday morning. He fell from a radiator in the courtroom while hanging a calendar, striking his head on an iron railing and receiving six stitches. Dr Hoffmann ordered rest. Montz is stabilizing and expected to resume duties in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
George W. Montz
District Court
Montz
P. M. Hoffman
Mr. Montz
New Year Dance at Opera House Dances to McWilliams Orchestra
Oakville reports a largely attended New Year’s dance at the opera house with the McWilliams orchestra of Columbus Junction providing the music. Kenneth Johnson, on furlough from Illinois camp duties, plans several days with his mother Mrs. Claud Venard and sister Mrs. Loyal Mellinger. Mrs. Roy Matthews hosts the Lady Slipper club next session while Mrs. Alice Otto entertains the Good Will club at her home next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakville
Opera House
McWilliams Orchestra
Columbus Junction
Kenneth Johnson
Illinois
Claud Venard
Loyal Mellinger
Roy Matthews
Lady Slipper Club
Alice Otto
Good Will Club
Week of Prayer Observed in Wilton Union Services
Wilton Union churches begin their week of prayer at the Methodist church with Rev P Hahn delivering the opening sermon. The schedule lists nightly services in rotating churches and pastors including Rev M E Lumbar Rev J M Newgard Rev W S Moore and Rev P Hahn through Friday and Rev Lumbar and Rev Moore on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Wilton
Grace Reformed Church
M. E. Lumbar
W. S.S. Moore
Retiring Louisa County Officials Honored at Farewell
At an informal Louisa county gathering in the court room Friday morning J Carson Duncan retiring supervisor received a Schafer life time desk set and D N Johnson retiring county attorney got a meerschaum smoking set. C L McClurkin spoke as Duncan and Johnson thanked attendees. Also, Mildred Knarr and Ben Ament wed Jan 1 with C H McGinnis officiating. The couple will live at the Louisa county farm after Mr Ament’s years of service there. An auto crash on highway 76 involved Mr and Mrs Gerd Bromley and Jack Lids as Lids’ car struck theirs, overturning into a ditch. no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Louisa County
J. Carson Duncan
Schafer
D. N. Johnson
C. L. McClurkin
Duncan
Johnson
Knarr Ament
Mildred Knarr
Bromleys
West Branch Socials Include New Year Party and Illness Updates
West Branch hosts a New Year party at Mrs. F L Pearson home with a five member committee and novel contests. Young peoples societies hold a watch night in Methodist church parlors. Mrs A W Schukar and Dorothy Mae Brown return from Cleveland. Illnesses include Mrs J B Clark with flu complications and Ed E Colip in Cedar Rapids. Eva Michener in Washington shows slow recovery after prior hospital illness. Holiday visitors come from Ames Chicago Muscatine and Florida plans. I J Wilson moves to town. trip to Florida planned with Harold Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Branch
Klatter Klub
F. L. Pearson
Guy Endsley
Louis Endsley
W. B. Gerrits
B. A. Gill
E. L. Gregg
P. C. Clarke
Young Peoples Societies
Methodist and Friends
A. W. Schukar
Dorothy Mae
Cleveland
H. C. Brown
J. B. Clark
Cedar Street
Ed E. Colip
Cedar Rapids
Washington, D. C
Eva Michener
Capitol City
Little Friends Meeting House
Hoover
Michener
Arnold Olsen
Tom Petersen
Myrtle Pedersen
Ames
Sara Pedersen
Chicago
Harry Hyde
Muscatine
I. J. Wilson
Community Notes From Montpelier Pine Mill Area
Montpelier residents hosted visitors from Muscatine New Era Blue Grass and Davenport events included New Year’s Eve gatherings goose dinners and basketball games. Pine Mill school kids achieved December perfect attendance while a nutrition lesson is planned for January 7.
Appoint Counsel to Defend Kile at Murder Trial
Tipton judge John T. Moffit appoints Arthur Lund of Canton to defend Wain S. Kile in the murder trial of Robert G. Sproat. Lund seeks Emil Kaufmann as a character witness. Former County Attorney Marion C. Hamiel is assisting the prosecution alongside William M. Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
John T. Moffit
Arthur Lund
Wain S. Kile
Canton
Robert G. Sproat
Lund
Emil Kaufmann
Marion C. Hamiel
William M. Dallas
Hamiel
Sproat
Local Social Roundup Reflects New Year Visits and Travels
Wapello residents share New Year hospitality with relatives and friends as Mrs Effie Miller and daughter travel from Maryville to return home. Mrs Melvin Booth and son Richard Otto depart Reading, Kansas after visiting L H Otto family. Florence Potter returns from Des Moines after a National Commercial Teachers session. Davenport and Muscatine visitors join Homer Winder for New Year’s Day, Kappa Tau Betas host husbands at Woodman hall with an oyster supper and bridge. R P Bandy Shirley Jean and Max McDaniel visit home folks. John Bandy and William plan Chicago return, with extended plans for the Bandys and McDaniels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Effie Miller
Maryville
Melvin Booth
Richard Otto
L. H. Otto
Reading
Kas
Florence Potter
Des Moines
National Commercial Teachers Federation
Clare Allen
Carroll
Davenport
George Rehbehn
Muscatine
Homer Winder
Kappa Tau Betas
Woodman Hall
R. P. Bandy
Shirley Jean
Max McDaniel
John Bandy
William
Chicago
Bandy
McDaniel
H. P. Bohnsack
Marguerite
Arline
Harriett
Jeanette
Claus Feddersen
Bennett
Walter Stark
Minnie Hamann
Laurine Frick
Stockton
Amanedda
Stahl
Ferdinand Stahl
Durant
Arthur Kistenmacher
B. M. Kruse
Forrest Burmeister
Plainview
J. P. Burmeister
Ernest Broders
Elizabeth
Ernest, Jr
Robert
G. F. Broders
W. C. Reese
Daniel Grimm
New Era
C. H. Anderson
Alice
Amanda Stahl
Henry Buck
G. F. Broders and Sons
Gilbert and Winslow
Huxley Miller
Edwin Schlapkohl
Isabelle Mills
Surprise farewell for Stockton couple after 41 years
Stockton residents J H Schlapkohl and wife were surprised by 100 relatives and friends Tuesday evening as they left the farm near Stockton for a Durant home. Seven tables of 500 produced honors for Malinda Paulsen, Elmer Riessen, Doris Belter, Henry Schlapkohl, William Schleuter, Ora Colberg and Henry Lamp. Ella Paustian won the all cut prize. Their son Edward and wife have taken possession of the home farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockton
J. H. Schlapkohl
Durant
Malinda Paulsen
Elmer Riessen
Doris Belter
Henry Schlapkohl
William Schleuter
Ora Colberg
Henry Lamp
Ella Paustian
Edward Schlapkohl
Local City Notes Highlight Health, Finance and Social Events
Muscatine city brief covers health updates on residents including John R. Hanley and F. E. Elliott, bank news showing 164830.77 in semi annual interest, plus multiple social and civic notices. Community events include church meetings, nursing courses, family visits, and a pending January court docket with juror reports.
Letts Study Club Meets Friday Afternoon
The Letts Study club met at the home of Mrs. T. L Eland with twenty members and one visitor present. Members read quotations and gave papers on Cowboy Ballads No Man's Child The Perch of the Devil and Ruth Suckow novels. The February meeting will be at Mrs. Wilmot Hendrix's. Water pump trouble caused early dismissal of school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Turkington
Wilmot Hendrix
New Year's Day Visits and Illnesses Across Wilton and Nearby
Social rounds show Mr and Mrs J J Hoskins hosting a New Year dinner with guests Leone Hoskins and Donald Foley from Davenport. Dinners at homes of the Knouse and Wise families include relatives from Rock Island Muscatine Cedar Rapids and West Liberty as well as Des Moines and Pierre South Dakota. Mrs Vernon C Walton remains seriously ill with pneumonia but slightly improved. Maurice Moriarity and family host New Year guests from Des Moines Muscatine and Pierre before departing. Read the Journal Want Ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Wiley Utley
West Liberty
Amanda Wise
Vernon C. Walton
Clarence Moriarity
Des Moines
Maurice Moriarity
Evelyn Hornung
Iowa City
E. C. Whitmer
Mary
Alice Anson
M. W. Stapleton
Elizabeth
Mary Mapes
Muscatine
Kat
Mary McNulty
Maurice Moriarity, Jr
Gertrude Moriarity
Pierre, S. D
Lauren Moriari
Carlisle Denies Cruelty Alleged in Wife's Suit
Norman W. Carlisle denies cruelty claims by Edith Carlisle in a divorce answer filed through attorney J. E. McIntosh. The couple, living in Wapsinonoc township since their 1913 Osage marriage, have no children and she alleges threats and false accusations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman W. Carlisle
Edith Carlisle
J. E. McIntosh
Weat Liberty
Wapsinonoc Township
Woman Held as Officer's Slayer in Tampa
Mrs Hat tie L Steward, 48, widow and former head of Steward Mellon Tile, is jailed on murder charges after her companion, city detective John E. Jones, 52, was shot to death in a parked car. Authorities say an outside assailant in men's clothes fired on the vehicle. Steward allegedly wounded earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
Hattie L. Steward
John E. Jones
Steward- Mellon Tile Company
Austrian President to Address U.S. Sunday Night
Wilhelm Miklas, president of the Austrian Republic, will broadcast a message to the American people over the Columbia system Sunday January 11 at 1130 PM CST. He will be introduced by a host yet to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Wilhelm Miklas
Austrian Republic
Columbia System
C. Ss. T
Local residents mark New Year visits and travel
Moscow families and friends visit relatives in Gladwin Iowa City and Muscatine over New Year. Travelers include Mr. and Mrs. H P Owens Mr. and Mrs. Walter Owens and others with trips to Sheboygan Blue Grass Wilton Muscatine and Atalis sa as well as local stops at the Woodman hall and Muscatine business trips.
Beg Your Pardon Birth Omission Noted in Journal List
A son born to Mr. and Mrs. Maynard C. Eckhardt on Sept. 5 was omitted from the Journal's annual edition published Dec. 31. The notice acknowledges the missing birth announcement in the year end publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard C. Eckhardt
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Marion
Ind
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Climer Street
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Oak Park, Ill
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Bloomington Township
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Lodi
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Ottumwa
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Minn
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West Third Street
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Marshalltown
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Carlisle
Talk To America
Moscow
H. P. Owens
Walter Owens
Gladwin
Robert Owens
Emma Heabner
Elwood
Edna Myers
Elizabeth Marolf
Harold Duncan
Wisconsin
Henry Owens
Sheboygan
Alvin Miller
Vera Miller
Charles Marolf
Allen Miller
Hilda Marolf
Vera
Herman Wiese
Atalissa
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