Installation of officers highlights Wilton WRC meeting
The Henry Seibert W R C No 212 held a regular meeting at Odd Fellows hall with no prior gathering. Mrs Mary Schroeder installed new officers led by Laura Duncan junior vice president and Caroline Maurer treasurer. A social hour and potluck followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Holzhauer
Bessie Nangle
Effie Jarr
Ida Boot
Nora Hucke
Mae Sterne
Burdette Lang
W&i
Clarence Fulton
Wilton
H. Gregg Smith
Iowa State University
Leo Paul
Paul
Iowa City
Charles Grimes
Hammond
Ind
Local health updates and visitors across towns
Ainsworth Pressly recovers from pneumonia while Mrs. Ella Crawford and daughter Mrs. Mabel Crawford remain ill. Nettie Griggs and son Cleo visited Ida Simpson. Bess Arthaud returns to Vinton school after a visit with brother Lee Arthaud. Marietta Workman visits her father J A Marsh. Mina West on sick list. Florence Baird on vacation from Waterloo. Wanda Spessard back to Milton school. Infant Frank Wood ill for several days. Fred Orris family spent week with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town City
J. A. Marsh
Mina West
Florence Baird
Waterloo
Wanda Spessard
Milton
Frank Wood
Earl Wood
Fred Orris
Social and family notices from Wilton Iowa area
Mr and Mrs Ed ward FriedJi hosted a three course New Year dinner at their farm with guests from Cedar Rapids Wilton and the surrounding area. Mr and Mrs Arthur Budelier hosted a party for Mr and Mrs Fred Te Bockhorst and Orville as they prepare to move. Local residents include Mearl Wood returning to school duties in Hudson and Delbert Evans enrolling in Chillicothe Business College. The Royal Neighbor lodge held a sewing day with a potluck. Child births and visits noted among Dinsmore Fullerton and Rose Thoma households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Edward FriedJi
Walter Bishop
Mary Anger
Cedar Rapids
Henry Roman
Elizabeth Farrell
Wilton
Arthur Budelier
Fred Te Bockhorst
Orville
Harvey Budelier
Gertrude
Robert Budelier
George
Frank Globes
Harris Brown
Newton Lang
Ray McCabe
Marengo
William Grunder
Matt Comstock
Mearl Wood
Hudson
Elizabeth Marclf
Albert Grunder
Lena Crissinger
Anna Beatty
Royal Neighbor Lodge Club
Charles McCoy
Ona Whitaker
Raymond Britting
Grinnell
Crawfordsville
Margaret Acheson
Chilicothe
Delbert Evans
Wilton Notes On Illness Visits And Student Departures
Wilton residents report changes as Mrs. Lou McCroskey is summoned to Tipton by her brother John McQuillen illness. College students depart Monday for studies including Harriet Mason Robert Mason Lauren Moriarity Lyle Whitmer Kenneth Baker Leo Paul and others from State University of Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls Central College Pella Iowa State College Ames St Ambrose Davenport Junior College Muscatine. Visitors from Davenport extend Monday visits as Mrs Katherine Looney and Margaret Looney call on Wilton friends and Mr and Mrs Charles Ruff call on Robert Budelier. Mrs C H Budelier and Darline show improvement after a week of serious illness.
Famous Russian Exile and War Ending Clues Quiz
A cryptic puzzle asks which Russian Communist leader is an exile from Russia. It lists clues across horizontal and vertical entries, including terms like war cessation, legal terms, zodiac, and historic figures, with various wordplay hints and cross references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Hilton Briggs Wins New Honor in 4-H Elect
Hilton Briggs of Louisa county is elected and initiated into Alpha Zeta the national agriculture fraternity for scholarship leadership and character. He attends Iowa State College Ames and was high man in lamb meat at the Royal and International contests with top finishes in meat judging. Other news covers local visits illness and New Year gatherings across Muscatine Columbus City and Central City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa County
Alpha Zeta
Hilton
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa State
Griffith
Moline
Columbus Junction
B. H. Johnston
Central City
Harold Williams
William Newnam
West Liberty
G. S. Newnar
Commercial Hotel
Lloyd Roundy
Logan
B. O. Roundy
Grandview School Reopens As Teachers Return
Grandview News notes the local school reopening Monday with teachers back in place. Several staff members resume duties to various nearby towns including Muscatine Morning Sun West Liberty Bloomfield Independence Aricle. A watch party occurred Saturday night at Cross hall and students begin classes after holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview — School
Cross’ Hall
Elsie Walter
Columbus
Kas
Kansas City
Mildred Walter
Muscatine
Lila Kemp
Morning Sun
Marian Wibber
Bloomfield
Mildred Thompson
Story City
Mabel Jarvis
Independence
Bernice Krahl
Iva Schafer
West Liberty
Ruth Kemp
Arryle
Ralph Cross
Iowa Farmers Eye Higher Corn Prices in 1932 Outlook
Iowa farmers plan modest selling and feeding of corn while holding most for higher prices. The Agriculture Department’s annual rural conditions report says 1932 Iowa corn output was about 35 percent above 1931 and over 17 percent above the 1927-1931 average. It notes widespread retrenchment in farm families and business amid economic stress and a shift toward subsistence farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.C
Iowa
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
de Ent
Bureau
Letts Social Roundup Includes Visits and Dinners
Letts residents entertained guests from Muscatine and Burlington at multiple dinners and gatherings. Emma Austin visited at Dr. H J Austins and returned home Monday. Matie Perkins of Letts is seriously ill with meningitis in Oskaloosa. The Christmas seal drive raised over $10 locally, not counting rural school sales. The Zimmerman family traveled to Mt Pleasant and Wapello for errands and college duties. Grandson Richard returned from Lafayette Ind to visit Letts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Pollack
Muscatine
Charles Gipple
W. E. Zimmerman
Hazel Zimmerman
Harry Gipple
Marian Gipple
Delia Shellabarger
Matie Perkins
Fred McDaniel
Letts
Letts Community News Highlights Local Visits and Health
Letts residents host guests and handle household duties as Mrs. Frame rests in hospital. Miss Johnson from Muscatine visits Miss Willits, Stella Tillard fills in for ill Miss Littrell. Floyd Lieberknecht and spouse drive to Columbus Junction to escort Mr. and Mrs. Getts home after a week’s visit. health by Getts couple is poor. Supper hosts include Della Blake and family with several Gage and Blake relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della Blake
D. L. Gage
Flossie
Clyde Gage
John Gabriel
David
F. H. Blake
Emmett Blake
Wintering Horses: Add Legume Hay to Stalk Diet
A. B. Caine of Iowa State College recommends supplementing stalk winter feeding with alfalfa, clover, sweet clover, or soybean hay to keep horses in good condition. While stalks save labor and provide exercise, they are generally insufficient without a quality hay mix for spring readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Caine
Animal Husbandry Department
Iowa State College
Filipino to Speak at Rural Church in Tipton
Rev. Otis Moore of the M. E. churches at Bennett South Bethel and Rochester announces an 11 o'clock Sunday service at South Bethel church with Perputean a native Filipino and Iowa State graduate to speak. He will also address Rochester at 10. A noon dinner will unite Springdale and South Bethel youths, followed by a mission service by Springdale's Standard Bearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bethel
Springdale M. E
J. M. Blazek
Cedar County
Railroads Pay Taxes Through R F C Loans
Railroads paid 223601 in Iowa taxes due to Reconstruction Finance Corporation loans. The RF C reports 19606946 total railroad loans for tax payments with 17941276.40 disbursed. Iowa ranked 16th among 28 states plus DC in RF C tax funds. Iowa received 87800 for relief loans in Blackhawk Webster Sioux Clay Des Moines counties. Iowa leads in number of borrowers with 454 institutions, mostly banks, followed by Illinois and Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal Washington Bureau
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Iowa
District of Columbia
The
Finance Corporation
Blackhawk
Webster
Sioux
Clay
Des Moines
Illinois
Wisconsin
Sixty Entered in Baby Beef Club in Mercer County
Mercer county youths enter 124 calves for the 1933 Four-H Baby Beef club work led by J E Harris. Calves will be weighed locally and projects tracked as they aim for the Mercer fair next fall with showings at Illinois State fair Mississippi Valley Davenport Roseville and more including Chicago International Exposition and St. Louis Livestock show. A full list of entrants and breeds includes Anguss Herefords Shorthorns and combos by Richards Ash Glenn Bates Walter Bates Harold Brown Frank Brown Roul Brown Shirley Colclasure Vinton Colclasure Donovan Dodson Wayne Dodson LeRoy Epperly Agnes Fassett Anna Fassett George Fassett Eugene Fassett John Giffin John Harbour Wendell Morgan Edmund Morris Lois Morrow Mildred Morrow Marvin McWhorter Morton McWhorter Betty Parkman Louise Parkman Emery Pitman John Rathtun Phyllis Rathbun Carl Robbins Margaret Robbins George Sheats Stuart Harbour Arthur Hardin Floyd Hofer Meredith Johnson Rollin Johnson Otis Lee William Lee Fred Lipton Margaret Lipton Olive May McLaughlin Glenn Moffit Lee Ward Moffit Lawrence Morgan Lee Morgan Neal Streeter Alyce Thompson John Thompson Edwin Thornton Ernest Willman Ivan Nelson Lois Nelson Macy Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aledo
Mercer County
J. E. Harris
Mercer County Farm Bureau
Mercer Fair
Davenport
Roseville Show
Chicago
St. Louis
Richard Ash
Glenn Bates
Walter Bates
Harold Brown
Frank Brown
Roul Brown
Shirley Colclasure
Vinton Colclasure
Donovan Dodson
Wayne Dodson
Leroy Epperly
Agnes Marie Fassett
Anna Fassett
Angus
George Fassett
Eugene Fassett
Hereford
John Giffin
John Harbour
Wendell Morgan
Edmund Morris
Lois Morrow
Mildred Morrow
Marvin McWhorter
Morton McWhorter
Betty Parkman
Louise Parkman
Emery Pitman
John Rathtun
Phyllis Rathbun
Carl Robbins
Margaret Robbins
George Sheats
Stuart Harbour
Arthur Hardin
Floyd Hofer
Meredith Johnson
Rollin Johnson
Otis Lee
William Lee
Fred Lipton
Margaret Lipton
Olive May McLaughlin
Glenn Moffit
Lee Ward Moffit
Lawrence Morgan
Lee Morgan
Neal Streeter
Alyce Thompson
John Thompson
Edwin Thornton
Ernest Willman
Ivan Nelson
Floyd Nelson
Lois Nelson
Macy Nelson
Conesville Man Hit By Hot Metal In Accident
J Brookhart of Cedar township was injured Saturday afternoon while pouring hot metal into a ladle. A fragment flew into his eye and sealed the eye shut. Dr. English removed the metal from his eyelashes. Kenneth Bullis, a Cedar Falls ISU student, Waterloo Symphony member, and Mediapolis high school graduate, is noted. Mr. and Mrs Charles Shellabarger spent New Year’s at Mrs Ella Walter’s home near Grandview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conesville
J. Brookhart
Cedar Township
English
Kenneth Bullis
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Waterloo Symphony Orchestra
Mediapolis High School
Charles Shellabarger
Ella Walter
Grandview
Olive Tablets Offer Youthful Feeling and Quick Toning
Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets claim to cleanse the system and tonify the liver to improve appearance and energy. Advertised as a safe substitute for calomel, the product promises gentle bowel action and refreshed health with nightly use, priced at 15c 30c and 60c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Edwards
Fruitland Community Notes and Social Gatherings
The Fruitland meeting postponed from January 11 at the Frank Strouse home. New Year dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Ray Corwin with nine guests including Jerald Hoyt and George Corwin. anderen social visits at C C Cooper and Hyink homes. Marjorie Corwin to Iowa State College in Ames rooming at Clara Barton hall. Ladies Aid of Island M E church to hold all day meeting with potluck Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma
C. C. Cooper
Harold Butcher
Lorraine
Jack
William Hyink
E. P. Corwin
Marjorie
Ames
Iowa State College
Miss Corwin
New Year Greetings From Stockton Area Families
Stockton residents and relatives gathered for New Year’s dinners. Attendees included Mrs. Earl Kenyon and family, Mrs. Walter Anderson’s Milwaukee visit return, and several Ormsby and Sunbury households. Hospital updates noted Herman Paustian’s critical condition after Mercy Davenport care. Prairie unit Farmers Union guests and funeral attendance also mentioned along with post operative recovery of Billy Martens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockton
A. J. Jost
Earl Kenyon
Zeda-Mae
of Ormsby
Durant
Mildred
Toronto
Joe Welty
Maysville
Walter Anderson
Milwaukee
Madison
Wis
Paul Jesse
Wilton
Frank Ormsby
G. J. Or
C. H. Anderson
C. H. Frank
Addie Parr
Pleasant Prairie
R. P. Broders
Billy Martens
Mercy Hospital
Riley Martens
Davenport
D.B. Ormsby
Adolph Dage
Minnie Becker
Jerry
Ed _Klahn
Victor Ormsby
Sunbury
25 Women Sew for Needy Families
Twenty five women answered the call to sew for the needy at the Letts school house. The Red Cross provided white and dark blue outing flannel and three print patterns. Twenty six new garments were finished and eight more taken home to complete. Old garments were mended and underwear socks and overalls for men jersey bloomers for girls and underwear for children were distributed to applicants. Birthday Celebrated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Ernst Lieberknecht
H. D. Frame
Mr. Frame
George Egan
Millie Frame
George Dixson
Mary
Stronghurst
Ill
Dixsons
Iowa City
Medical
Louisa County Ministerial Association
Letts M. E
Martha
Stewart Bergama
Ethiopia
Bergama
Ramsdale
Columbus Junction
H. G. Patterson
S. F. Wenger
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Wilton Corps
Ainsworth
Utah
Samuel
Hilton Briggs
Grandview News
Fay Foster
Sam
Miss Take
Pensil
Caine
Hahn Paint & Varnish Co
Baby Beef Club
Fruitland
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