Wapello Board Names Teachers and Local Happenings
The Wapello board elected Esther Schwartz of Denver Colorado to fill the third grade and Velma Sims of Clarion Iowa to fill the kindergarten. Several community visits and social events are noted including visits to hospitals, church picnics, a homecoming speech, and family movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Esther Schwartz
Denver
Colo
Velma Sims
Clarion
Board of Education
Atalissa Family to Make Extended Trip
Mr and Mrs Verl Miller and family joined a potluck gathering at the G L Hearst home. Many relatives and friends visited with travel plans noted for Searst and others, with guests from Muscatine Wilton Sterling and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald
Joyce
Jackie Garvin
George Morrison
Richard and
Shirley
Bernice Smith
Carl Houdek
John Herlein
Muscatine
F. C. Stortz
Avery Adams
Bobby
Fern
Sterling, Ill
Edward Zimmerman
Adams
Charles Stein
West Liberty
Raymond Fingle
Marie Dee
Walter Beck
Brooklyn
Earl Force
Ruth
Marie
Wilton
Kenneth Lineweaver
Vivian Schmidt
Bevelyn Barkalow
Moscow
Russell Woods
C. J. Mosley
Atalissa
Burlington
Gladys Snell
New London
Carl Schmidt
George Miller
Martha de Vore
W. F. Vanderlip
Dale Ellsworth
Presbyterian Church
Lucile Essex
G. Flater
Cedar Valley
Tipton
William Butsler
Shirley Jean Miller
Dickey Miller
Iowa City
Dickey
Charles Marolf
Trinity
Jack van Horn
Otis Arnold
Fred Depping
Myrtal la Frentz
Walter Duffey
Chicago
Robert Inghram
Detroit
Mich
Friends Visit With Families at Drury
Drury Illinois residents and relatives shared weekend visits. Benj Nussbaum and sister Lydia Munz of Fairbury visited relatives. William Nussbaum accompanied them to Fairbury to see his mother and kin. Several other families from Sugar Grove and Aledo spent Sunday visiting Mrs Workman, Mrs Bowser, and Mr and Mrs Garvin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Beck
Hedrick
Phil Wiederrecht
A. J. Williamson
Helen
Paul
Earl Boyden
Oklahoma City
Mr. Williamson
Oskaloosa Hospital
Delta Alphas
Presbyterian Church
Robert Lewis
L. E. Weber
Iowa City
Anna Marie
Workman
J. B. Bowser
Jas. Welch
Loretta Visted
Welch
Charles Garvin
Fred J. Kleist
Walter
R. Norton Kleist
Wilton Budgets $150 Beer Licenses and Late Hours Rule
Wilton tavern owners must pay $150 annually under a new city ordinance regulating beer sales. Dancing is banned and taverns must close at midnight. The article also notes that the average American transport plane travels about 160100 miles per year, roughly three times the rate from five years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton
New City
Marilyn and James Visit Mrs. Kliest in Muscatine
Marilyn and James of Muscatine visited Sunday at the home of Mrs. Dan Kliest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn and
James
Muscatine
Dan Kliest
Mercer County Plans Quiet Fourth Observances
Mercer County communities Viola and Marston plan Independence Day programs with ball games and entertainment. Searle of Rock Island and Bennett of Monmouth to speak. Rural Youth League plans July meeting at Aledo Legion hall with leaders Fassett Schriver Godard Means and others. A CCC project to aid erosion control to begin locally and terracing planned by North Henderson farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aledo
Mercer County
Viola
Marston
Cinton Searle
Rock Island
Earl Bennett
Monmouth
Rural Youth League
Legion Hall
Harry Allen
Reynolds
Perryton Township
George Fassett
Katherine Schriver
Hal Godard
R. M. Means
New Windsor
W. F. Purnell
J. O. Carlson
Mark Foster
Galesburg
Knox County Farm Bureau
George E. Metzger
Illinois Agricultural Association
North Henderson
CCC
W. S. Sigler
Visitors From Out of State Spend Weekend in Letts
Letts residents recount visits from Pittsburgh and Hartford as Ed Dodder and McGrew households host relatives. The group joins Mrs. Locke and Betty for extended stays after a Denver trip while Burns at a local blacksmith shop injures H. E. Gipple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Gipple
William Hidlebaugh
Lone Tree Society Picnic Planned at Grandview Grounds
The Lone Tree Aid society and their families will hold their annual picnic in Grandview park next Sunday, July 7. Community notes list visits and gatherings including the Wahle family reunion in Burlington and several local residents visiting kin in Muscatine Davenport Letts and Rock Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview
Lone Tree Aid Society
Grandview Park
Fred Weile
Lester
Cecil
Virgil
Milo
Wahle
Burlington
Jolly Twenty Club
Paul Kemp
Emma Kemp
West Liberty
Ellen Bick
Letts
Edna Paullins
Muscatine
Vinnie Cross
Glen Latta
Helen Hendricks
Ottumwa
Casper Rowe
George Cocklin
Charles Collins
Lincoln Hughes
Richard
Fruitland
Clara Connor
Clarence Bridges
Howard Cocklin
Shellabargers Host Birthday Group at Home
The Shellabargers entertained the birthday club Sunday evening with sixteen guests. A picnic plan was made for two weeks. Five hundred dollars was played with prizes to Mrs. Ruby Schroeder Otto Koll Erwin Zinger and Mrs. Ralph Knoles. Attending were numerous couples and guests from Grundy Center Davenport Muscatine Holstein and Davenport, with visits from several families and a next meeting of the Happy-Go-Lucky club planned at Russell Shellabarger’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Grass
Russell Shelabarger
Ruby Schroeder
Otto Koll
Erwin Zinger
Ralph Knoles
John Tangen
T. J. Brus
H. D. Schroeder
Elmer Marticke
Holstein
Florence Bussey
Martha
Santa Satalina Islands
Etta Gabbert
Jennie Barnes
Davenport
Monroe McGarvey
J. P. Cooper
Cleo
Muscatine
Ralph Crawford
Nell Foor
George Metheny
George Richter
Nichols
Muscatine Park
WOC
Lennox Buser
Erian Williams
Cotter
Eva McKee
Austin Bebb
Harry Chapman
Wilbur Chapman
Clyde Wolford
Sterling
Fae Maher
Wilma Jean
Bert Sterling
Edward Garrett
Chicago
Oscar Brehme
Fred Knauss
Washington
Ruby Wagner
Epworth Meeting Report Highlights Cedar Valley League Event
A Cedar Valley Mt. M. E. church Epworth league meeting featured Vera Ehrick and Margaret Rexroth reporting on the Mt. Pleasant conference. Nearby social entries note birthdays, family gatherings, and visits among area residents, with several outings to Birmingham and Muscatine and a Mercy Iowa City hospital recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Valley
Epworth League
M. E
Vera Ehrick
Margaret Rexroth
Mt. Pleasant
Ed Hendriks
Herbert
Harold
Leslie
Nellie Brand
Robert
Guy Hildebrand
Harry Gipple
Marion
Letts
Gipple
Leslie Grigg
West Liberty
Lillian Barnstorph
Marengo
J. L Hildebrand
George Crist
Harry Eddie
L. M. Hildebrand
John
J. M. Hildebrand
L. A. Gipple
Roy Tipton
Loretta
Lee
Jess Foster
South Prairie
Elmer McIntire
Bert Jarrett
Loren
Virgil
Kathleen
John Hendriks
Louis Geertz
Shirley
Kenneth
Birmingham
Harry Druse
Leonard Hendricks
Vera
Pauline
Clarence Hendricks
Nichols
J. Russel Wlater
Abe McIntire
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Chester Passmore
Leighton
Donna Fae
Cedar Rapids
Dewey Timberlake
Muscatine
H. B. Meyers
Mercer County Land Improvements Show $60,000 Drop
Land improvements in Mercer County total $1,604,390 for the year, down $59,200 from last year’s $1,663,590. County clerk O H Lee released the 1934 valuations showing real estate and personal property totals. Duncan Township is the only area with an increase, up $130, while the average improvement value per acre falls to $4.63 from $4.80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aledon
Mercer County
O. H. Lee
Lee
Duncan Township
Conesville Families Plan Move to St Louis Home
Conesville family Mr and Mrs James Cerney and daughters will move soon to St Louis where Mr Cerney has a CCC camp position. The Cerneys had previously planned a move to California. Community notes record picnics and visits across Muscatine Davenport Letts Sterling and surrounding towns with multiple residents mentioned and local social activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conesville
St. Louis
James Cerney
Cersney
CCC
Cerney
California
Diamonds yield electricity under red infrared light
Certain diamond types generate electrical current when exposed to red or infrared light, indicating a photodetection or photovoltaic behavior in response to near light wavelengths.
Mercer County Lands Area Report Cites 346754 Acres
A county land assessment states Mercer County comprises 346754 acres of land spanning multiple townships. The document outlines parcel counts and usage categories across the jurisdiction.
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Philathea
Bernice Witte
Monica Robinson
Josephine Cover
Leona Plumb
Robinson
Cover
Plumb
Iowa State Teachers College
J. F. Heins
Fred Weiderrecht
Shirley Davis
Oscar Davis
A. W. Heins
Lawrence Parish
J. H. Weber
Burlington Hospital
E. C. Castle
Mediapolis
Castle
Hutchison, Kas
J. S. Roberts
Pauline Hanft
Ed Eversmeyer
Hugh Brower
Fairfield
J. R. Fraser
Kossuth
Forest Maddux
Fort Ripley
Minn
Paul Cagley
Columbus Junction
Leslie Lowe
Chickasaw
Nevada McCullough
McWilliams
Marian Bates
Ewing Isett
Collinsville, Ill
Sidney Isett
Wilma
Gene
South Dakota
Jim McLaughins
Max Hart
Mary
Mae Archibald
Marie Creswell
Iowa
West Bend
Omaha
Neb
Minnesota
Harlan Todd
Glen Woodruff
Marjorie
Beverly Joan
Dr. Woodruff
Mr. Woodruff
Drury
Geo. Kranz & Son
East Second St
Playboy
Charming
Colieette Francis
Tommy Manville
Manville
London
Marcelle Edwards
Lone Tree Society
Grandview Grounds
J. C. Broad
West Second St
S.G
Westinghouse
Detthof Hdwe CO
Pease
Pittsburgh
NBA
East Third St
Packard
GENERAL @ELECTRIC
Elfers Electric Store
Louis G. Elfer
Prop
East 2Nd St
Epworth
Ehrick
Rexroth
Clifton Meyers
Lester Ping
Clinton Meyers
Aneta Flater
Junior Flater
Buddy Maxson
Margaret Meyers
Kenneth Vanatta
P. C. Lehman
Frederick
Fred Lehman
Percy
Florence
West Liberty Fair Grounds
Wisconsin
Clarence Hollenbeck
Norma
Alberta
Delores
Junior
Alvin Jarvis
American Legion
Lara Baxter
Whitacre
Dewey Baker
Illinois
Ella Thomas
Ina Askam
Morrow
New Boston
Fred Dunker
George Ryland
Minnie Holst
W. A. Brown
Stort
Beverly
Ellis Thomas
Dunker
Ernest Dunker
Sylvia Dunker
Howard van Horn
F. H. van Horn
Barnadean Holladay
Edson McNamer
Ray Yocum and Sons
Ruby Yocum
Royal Neighbors
R. C. Orr
Betty
Judie
Muscatine Municipal
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