Huff-Schall Reunion Set for July Twenty-Eighth
The thirty third Huff Schall reunion will be at River View the home of Mrs. Alice L Brainworth Hal stead 1101 East Front street. Special guests Prof and Mrs E F Schall of Fairfield Ia hope to meet former students. A Weed park picnic Friday featured many girls including Kathleen Warner from Boone as a houseguest of ill with base ball and other sports.
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Huff- Schall
Weed Park
Kathleen Warner
Boone
Virginia McBride
Marjorie Chamberlain
Patricia Nau
Jean Zybarth
Ruth Fish
Betty
Dorothy Will
Bonnie Waters
Ethelyn Johnson
Margaret Lange
Jane Reindl
Two Plays Postponed by Storm by New Era Society
The New Era Young People's Society could not present two one act plays Green Shadows and At the Stroke of Twelve on Friday due to a storm that cut electricity. They will be staged Tuesday July 18 with casts rehearsing Monday night. The Men's Brotherhood meeting moves to the following week.
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New Era Young People’s Society
Men’s Brotherhood
Johnson County Picnic Plans Third Annual Event
Lone Tree county employees organize the third annual picnic at Kinsingers grove west of Shar on. A planning committee handles dinner and entertainment with a Little German Band and races for children. Captains named for courthouse nine shop crew bridge gang and maintenance squad. donations fund the event.
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Johnson County
Johnon County
Kinsingers’ Grove
Sharon
J. P. Kinsinger
C. W. Lacina
Summel
Vera
J. Kinsinger
Ralph Springmeyer
Roy Mulford
Lucille Bruner
Neilson Mil
Daughters of Union Veterans to Meet Monday Evening
Daughters of Union Veterans hold regular session Monday at 8 p.m. in memorial hall of the courthouse. Lady Eagles No. 4 meet at Mrs. Helen's home at 918 East Seventh Street Monday for business and social time.
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Daughters of Union Veterans
Memorial Hall
Court House
Lawn Social Planned by W F W Auxiliary
The Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary discussed a lawn social for next month at a meeting in city hall club rooms. A letter from Anna Hanrahan of Davenport, the new department president, was read. The auxiliary will meet again on August 11.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
City Hall
Anna Hanrahan
Davenport
Ladies Aid Meeting at Methodist Church Quilting Social
Beard and Mrs. A. T. Nelson hosted the Ladies Aid at the church vestry on Thursday afternoon. Members held a business session and quilting, followed by a pleasing program with recitation by Jean Harper, vocal trio Olivia Darting Hope Harper Arlene Darting, reading by Mrs. Sadie McQuillen, and vocal duet Ruth and Grace Harper. Plans for a forthcoming market day were made, and lunch was served.
Newlyweds Honored at Wapello Parties
Mr and Mrs R E Odle entertained Thursday evening west of the city honoring Mr and Mrs James Hall and Mr and Mrs Paul Havenhill newlyweds. Katheryn Odle and Louise Johnson were prior names. Relatives and friends numbering 102 enjoyed the social evening. The honorees received a miscellaneous shower of useful and beautiful gifts. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Parisa were given a charivari by the Methodist church choir.
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R. E. Odle
James Hall
Paul Havenhill
Hall
Katheryn Odle
Havenhill
Louise Johnson
Lawrence Parisa
Methodist Church
Elinor Stafford and Barrett Colvin Love Plot Deepens
Elinor Stafford, twenty, and Barrett Colvin, thirty-five, face interference from Elinor’s mother and a fortune twist after Miss Ella Sexton’s death leaves Barrett the heir. Barrett secretly contemplates a lasting marriage while Elinor risks her father Bentwell Stafford’s life and endures sudden anxieties as their yearlong arrangement unfolds.
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Elinor Stafford
Barrett Colvin
New York
Barrett
Elinor
Lida Stafford
Ella Sexton
Vance Carter
Bentwell Stafford
Sexton
Tea Hour Twist Delays Elinor and Barrett
Elinor Telfair returns with news of Philip’s illness and Elinor’s late arrival unsettles Barrett. The quiet tea hour is interrupted as Barrett questions Elinor’s delay while Bobby Telfair’s late arrival hints at unseen tension. The scene ends with doubt and suspense unresolved.
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Higgins
Barrett
Bessie
Philip
Barry
Bobby Telfair
Elinor
Musicale at Gunzenhauser Home Delights Local Guests
Katherine Gunzenhauser hosted a Friday musicale at Magnolia Street with Margaret Woods soprano and Dan Woods violinist, joined by Wayne Richards. About fifty guests attended as the program spanned works by Sammartini Elman, Rimsky Korsakow Kreisler, Scarlatti, Dvorak Kreisler, Kreisler Randegger, and Lalo among others.
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Mies
Katherine Gunzenhauser
Magnolia Street
Margaret Woods
Dan Woods
Wayne Richards
Miss Gunzenhauser
Gunzenhauser
Miss Woods
Mr. Woods
State Center
Grinnell College
Woods
Grinnell
Chicago
Richards
Martha Class Picnic Held at Church After Park Plans
The Martha class picnic scheduled for Friday at Weed Park was moved to the church. Friends and families attended a brief business meeting led by president Mrs. Jacob Lancers, with plans made to hold another picnic in August.
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Weed Park
Jacob Lancers
Wedding Breakfast Dish and Club News Summary
The piece describes a bridal breakfast dish breast of chicken eugenic with ham mushrooms and a creamy wine sauce. It also covers Wilton Busy Bees Four H club activities led by Leota Herr including outdoor etiquette a picture framing demonstration and a July 25 meeting notice.
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Louis Sherry’s
Virginia
Newburg
Wilton
Leota Herr
Busy Bees
Florence Norton
Marion Hetzler
June Collier
Doris Paul
Ames Conventiosa
Evelyn Einfeldt
Poem Booklet by Helen Welshimer
A booklet of Helen Welshimer poems compiled in The Muscatine Journal from Muscatine Iowa. Read excerpts previewing verse by this local author.
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Helen Welshimer
Cupid substitutes at fair match making scene
The article notes a century of progress exposition as a stand in for Cupid. About 150 marriages per month are credited to the world fair through the marriage license bureau. Louis C. Pelliser from Cape Town and Jeanne Alziero from France are among the couples. The first book printed in America titled Escala Espiritual de San Juan Climaco is reportedly extinct with no known copies.
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Marcia
Barrett
Blinker
Chicago
Cupid
Louis C. Pelliser
Cape Town
Africa
Jeanne Alziero
France
America
Escala Espiritual de
San Juan
Wedding Favors and Table Treats for Celebrations
The piece highlights bride and groom dolls placed at respective partners venues, numerous wedding candies and nut dishes, and beribboned favors in designs suited to weddings to dress up the table.
High Prairie Ladies Plan August Picnic at Lake Township
High Prairie members of the C I C gathered Friday at Gwendolyn and Carl Phillips home in Lake township to plan an August picnic. Committees were formed for entertainment and refreshments with a next meeting set at Lysle and Erma Rann. Miss Eva Lake of Garden Grove and Mrs. W C Knight of Muscatine were visitors, and Miss Lake will tour Canada after a stop at Century of Progress in Chicago.
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High Prairie
High Prairie Methodist Church
Gwendolyn
Carl Phillips
Lake Township
Vernon Luedtke
Clifford Harbaugh
Fern Hitchcock
Alice Harpaugh
Edna Pagel
Lysie Rann
Nellie Mooney
Muscatine
Delmar Carter
Lysle
Erma Rann
Stewart Hitchcock
Gwendolyn Phillips
Eva Lake
Garden Grove
Calif
W. C. Knight
C. W. Harbaugh
Miss Lake
Chicago
Canada
Lone Tree class surprises Carpenter on thirteenth birthday
Members of a Sunday school class and teacher Mrs. M. R. Griebel surprised Arren Carpenter at his Lone Tree home on July 18. Guests and classmates gathered for lawn games and refreshments hosted by Mrs. Carpenter and Geraldine after singing, featuring numerous friends and relatives.
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Arren Carpenter
Lone Tree
Warren Carpenter
M. R. Griebel
Carpenter
Harold Brinkmeyer
John Crawford
Marion Carpenter
Robert Domine
Robert Eden
Livelyn Green
Arthur Horrell
Willis Horrell
Carl Johanson
National Tri T officers hosted by Wapello chapter
Tri T national officers visited Wapello for a 1 pm luncheon at Mrs. M D Thomas home. Attendees included national president Mrs Helen Warner and other officers from Des Moines Fairfield Burlington Chicago and more. The group discussed organization work and the October national convention in Chicago. Mrs Oscar Davis of Faribault Minn attended.
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Tri-T
Wapello Wapello
M. D. Thomas
Helen Warner
Des Moines
Ruth Oatman
Pleasant
Edna Eland
Wapello
Rebecca Herman
Chicago
Helen Rogers
Phyllis Johnson
Kathleen Wilson
Rosalie Davison
Oscar Davis
Faribault
Minn
Lois Bowser Named to Jefferson School Staff
Miss Lois Bowser daughter of Mr and Mrs A E Bowser 221 West Fulham avenue was elected to a second grade teaching position at Jefferson school for the first semester only with a 450 salary. A graduate of Iowa Wesleyan college Mt Pleasant Ia she earned honor roll and has half a year of Muscatine school experience plus substitute teaching duties.
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Lois Bowser
A. E. Bowser
West
Fulham Avenue
Jefferson School
Board of Education
Miss Bowser
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Muscatine
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Lida
Brooklyn
Bessie Thrope
Dick Radnor
Astraight
Goodby
NEA Service, Inc
Sammartini- Elman
Doggy
Busy Bees Club
Boots
Ozzy
Wes
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