Leaders Attend Farm School Lesson On Home Furnishings
Thirty Four-H club leaders and committee workers gathered Tuesday at the courthouse for the first lesson of the second year home furnishing project led by Miss Florence Forbes. The session covered fundamentals of room planning through color and design for walls and color schemes. The training will be shared with individual clubs later this month and the next session is set for February 28 at a county school.
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Muscatine County
Forbes
Russell Bill Elected President of Sweetland Epworth League
Russell Bill is chosen as president of the Epworth League at the Sweetland Methodist Episcopal Church for the coming year. Lester Bill and Albert Hetzler serve as vice presidents with Helen Bill Harriet Baker and Edgar Hetzler in key roles. Regular Sunday meetings begin at 7 30 p m with services led by Gladys Bill and Marian Hetzler next Sunday. A parish social is planned for 8 p m Wednesday January 18 in the church parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Bill
Epworth League
Sweetland Methodist Episcopal Church
Lester Bill
Albert Hetzler
Helen Bill
Harriet Baker
Edgar Hetzler
James Shepard
Rita Day
Gladys Bill
Marian Hetzler
Birthday Party Celebrates Timmeen’s Birthday in Stockton
Pleasant event as Mr. Eduard Timmsen honors his birthday with a Sunday evening party. Five hundred played, luncheon served, and honors awarded to Mrs. Arthur Timmsen Mrs. Louis Timmsen Mrs. Henry Fromme and Mrs. Herbert Hintze. Numerous Timmsen and Hintze family members attend.
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Walter Timmsen
Arthur Timmsen
Henry Fromme
Bell Petersen
Elaine
DeLaine
Henry Arp
Herman Petersen
Ralph Meyer
Stockton Camp
Laura Anderson
Dorothy Otto
Alice Anderson
Davenport
Arthur Voss
Linford Parrish
Betty Jean
W. J. Emanuel
Iowa City
C. H. Frank
Bessie Irwin
Nolo
Walter Henke
Walter Louis
Durant
Local Round Table Discusses Business and Conditions
Dr H A Knott chaired a Rotary lunch round table on Business and Business Conditions with Harold Ridenour as a guest. A 90 member crowd attended the January Parent-Teacher Association supper at 6:36 p.m. and a film program followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
H. A. Knott
Rotary
Harold Ridenour
Insurance Firm Raises Bid to Save Foreclosed Farm
The Union Central Life Insurance bid 3000 dollars above the mortgage was increased after 25 Cedar County farmers under the Holiday Defense stopped the sheriff sale. The new bid covers the full mortgage plus taxes and costs, with the sale set again for Thursday.
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Tipton
J. A. Hayslett
West Bench
Cedar County
Ainsworth Eastern Star Installs Officers
At the regular meeting of the Eastern Star Miss Effie McCreedy installed new officers. Worthy matron Edith Richards and Worthy patron Latimer Davis headed the slate with associate officers and committee members named for the year.
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Mabel Thompson
Sentinel
Orrie O'Conner
Marshal
Nora Spessard
Educational
Kate Annas
Ella Marsh
Q. K. Beal
Mae Spessard
Mary Lord
Orville Thoma
Proficiency
Nellie Richards
Myrtle Thoma
Eva Blankenhorn
Louise Boilen
Della Adams
N. J. Lease
Ruth Norris
Eva Stewart
Effie McCreedy
Mabel Keiper
Mae Quinn
Marie Hazelett
Esther Crawford
Mary O'Conner
Montpelier Farm Bureau Sets Up Future Meetings
Twenty five members attended a Montpelier township Farm Bureau gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Baer. County Agent Carl E. Rylander screened a comedy film and Mrs. Forrest Snell presented the project study. The program committee outlined plans for the year and February's meeting was set for the Bancks home with a white elephant exchange as the feature.
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Montpelier Township
Alleged Hog Thieves Arrested at Tipton
Tipton deputies seized Tipton Virgil and Theodore Plunkett brothers and Russell Beck all near Tipton on suspicion of killing and butchering three ninety pound hogs on the Newell S Huber farm southwest of Tipton. They will face Justice E C Gillam in Tipton for a hearing.
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Tipton
Virgil and
Theodore Plunkett
Russell Beck
W. W. Christian
Newell S. Huber
Huber
E. C. Gillam
Iowa News in Brief bits from across the state
A collection of short items reports Johnny Vavra losing to Art Lynch in a Miami Biltmore amateur golf tourney and two other arraignments in Jesup. A Des Moines raid targets a state wide slot machine scheme. John Daily is arrested for possible false pretenses. Foreclosures prompt Bascomb Huddleston farm auction with little bidding and small sale proceeds. Nearby farming notes cover a Webster City sale and a Wallingford update on Ole Johnson found dead.
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Associated Press
Coral Gables
Filia
Johnny Vavra
Cedar Rapids
Art Lynch
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Lynch
John Wagner
Chicago
Des Moines
Long
Farmer slain by bull on Colorado farm
A farmer was killed by a bull on his northern Colorado farm late Tuesday. His body was found by a daughter. seven children survived. The man had been missing since noon. Dr. James Farquarson of Colorado State University advised the Iowa Veterinary Association that horses are in demand and horse breeding is resurging in the region.
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Des Moines
James Farquarson
Colorado Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Colo
Colorado
Iowa Veterinary Association
Training School Held for Farm Bureau Women
The fifth and last training school for Grandview and Concord Farm Bureau women met at Mrs. Earl Dickerson’s home. Twelve leaders attended a potluck lunch. Miss MelItrath of Ames led a lesson on The Print Dress. Concord reported 31 pairs of mittens sewn for needy children. Grandview planned posters for Achievement Day in February.
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Letts
Farm Bureau
Grandview
Concord Townships
Earl Dickerson
MelItrath
Ames
Concord Group
Letts School
Grandview Group of
Moscow Farmer Rushed to Hospital for Operation
Lewis Hahn, a farmer one mile south of Moscow, fell suddenly ill Sunday evening and was taken to Hershey hospital in Muscatine Monday where an operation was performed. The article notes a critically ill child and local church quilting events with potluck meals.
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Moscow
Lewis Hahn
Hershey Hospital
Muscatine
George Morrison
Moscow Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society
Millard Johnson
Herman Wiese
Charles McCoy
Davenport
Augusta Wiese
Royal Neighbor Club
Maxine Bailey
William van Gent
Anna May
Weeklong Chicago visit and local travels noted
Mr and Mrs Millard Smith and daughter Inez visited relatives in Chicago. They spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs John Artz in Wilton. William Lear left for Atlantic to work with the Rock Island. George Healy traveled to Chicago with two carloads of hogs Tuesday.
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George McVey
Conesville
West Liberty
Wesleyan Bible Class
Methodist Church
Frank Elder
Glenn Barnes
Earl Wigging
John Phillips
Oak Ridge
Phillips
Cedar Rapids
Solomon
Martha Phillips
Harold Phillips
Denver
Jess Phillips
Kansas City
Helen
Waterloo
Alice
Olive
Chicago
Millard Smith
Inez
John Artz
Wilton
William Lear
Atlantic
Rock Island
George Healy
Deeds Recorded in Muscatine and Wil
Deeds recorded transferring property in Muscatine and Wilton with names Ottus Montgomery George Wittman and Hayes Montgomery tied to lot 49 Island View addition Muscatine and A J Nicholson treasurer to H M Bartlett tax sale deed lot 1 block 46 Butterfield addition Wilton and related figures noted in the brief notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottus C. Montgomery
Mantie Hayes Montgomery
George Wittman
Island View
Muscatine
A. J. Nicholson
H. M. Bartlett
Butterfield
Wilton
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Farm School
League of Sweetland Church
West Liberty News
Parent-Teacher Association
George Quire
L. E. Lewis
Elmer Merridith
M. H. Merridith
Central College
East Walnut
Howard Heathering
Carl Templeman
William Merridith
Insurance Company
Ainsworth
E. S
Montpelier Farm Bureau
Iowa News
THE
Jesup
Dave Wilson
Gene Ferguson
Ralph King
Fort Dodge
Independence
B. R. Swearingen
W. R. Stoudt
F. C. Howe
Beloit
Wis
Iowa
Webster City
Bascomb Huddleston
Wallingford
Ole Johnson
Gor
Nile
Ss Weg
Chesterfield
Licceri & Mizas Tosacco Co
Business
Willy Willy
Laddie
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