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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1935
Page
3
Letts residents W H Baker and wife celebrated their twelfth wedding anniversary with a potluck dinner and supper. Relatives from Rock Island joined the event, gifting many presents as Leroy and Betty Jane Selhost extended their stay.
Local society notes list numerous gatherings: Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Wilson and families with the Erbs, visits to Iowa City and West Branch, and birthday celebrations for Mr. Herrold, S. A. Rehwoldt, and Ella Miller. Julia Enlow returns home. social club plans a July 11 meeting. Linn Grove school board re-elects officers. A scientist reports measuring time to one six hundred millionth of a second.
The Sywassink birthday event honored Mr. B. J. Sywassink with a noon basket dinner. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lang and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hahn and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hahn, plus the Sywassink family. Various relatives and friends visited and shared meals across the weekend at Newton Lang and Wilton homes.
Cedar Valley residents attended a reception at J. L. Peters home Saturday honoring Ernest Peters and his wife on their recent marriage. The item lists several local visitors and social calls including Buck, Rabe, Newton, and Miller families, plus upcoming teaching appointment for Miss Marguerite McMahon and other social visits across nearby towns.
The RNA Juveniles will hold a meeting at the old school building Saturday to prepare for the juvenile convention in Muscatine. Local attendees who went to Iowa City on the Fourth of July include Roy Jean family Maurice Jones family Winifred Anna Owen Hilda Owen Catherine Mannley Emma Vaughn Catherine McCormick Ira Owen and Thomas Gpple. Catherine Mannley of Columbus Junction visited the H H Owen home Wednesday evening and Bernice Adams returned home with them for a visit.
Beiks surprised Sunday when a group of old neighbors visited with baskets to spend the day before Mr and Mrs Hilt Beik plan to move to Washington state. Attendees included Vinnie Graham of Denver and several Muscatine Washington and Wapello residents. Local visits and family trips frame this snapshot of community ties.
Mrs Harold Wacker hosted a Friday afternoon birthday gathering at her Wilton home for Billie Wacker turning one. Luncheon was served with many guests including Mrs Will Wacker, Forest and Delores, and numerous extended family members.
Aledo J E Berg and Albert McCreight will be nominated for commander of the Faller ang Post of the American Legion at tonight’s meeting in Aledo Legion hall. The nominating committee also proposed Harold G Witt E B French Harold Stephens L B Barton Harold A Melburg Fred Jobusch Rev H D Harmeyer Lester Colclasure Roy Ewing for other posts with floor nominations possible. Election is set for August 14 and installation for September 11.
Miss Fannie M. Brooks spoke at two Mercer county meetings on Health Before and After 40. She addressed women at the Aledo library and at Viola high school as part of the Mercer county Home Bureau health project.
Wilton Camp Fire Girls held a council fire at Mrs. Joyce Swanson home and honored Anita Wacker as a wood gatherer. They planned a Weed Park picnic in Muscatine and future camping with transportation committee members named. July 17 is the next meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. S. McConahay entertain at dinner with several relatives visiting from Louisa Center and Chicago. Roy Masonholder and Hugh Newell ship cattle and hogs to Chicago respectively. Edna Shellabarger and Opal Bonnichsen visit. Mrs. Russell Wykert returns home after a weekend visit.
One hundred twenty five relatives and friends attended a graduation dinner in honor of Miss Verna Ann Hering at the Mrs Hugo Dietz home on Stockton rural route. Miss Hering recently graduated from Mercy hospital nursing school Davenport in June. The day included a program by cousins, gifts, Bingo and outdoor games followed by a late luncheon. Uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Henry Miller of Winfred S D attended. Miss Hering and Miss Eleanor King are vacationing at Mammoth Cave Kentucky.
Clare Hoffman, recent Cornell graduate active in dramatics, left Fairfield after a training week at Universal Players studios and moved Sunday to Sullivan Indiana to begin booking for Indiana territory. Mrs A R Moore of Iowa City visiting West Branch. Moore family traveled to Garrison for a day with Ira Gongwer. Matilda Spencer visiting Earlham and West Branch. Mrs Lloyd White and children visited Rochester. New York directory project promises about 100000 unemployed work days.
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