Federal Aid Sought for Three Road Projects
Louisa county supervisors request federal aid under the public works act to fund three secondary road projects totaling 40000 dollars. Projects include six miles grading and surfacing with crushed rock from Columbus City to the Wapello Winfield road, six miles surfacing on Bluff Road to Morning Sun, and three miles grading with six miles surfacing on the Marsh to Wapello Winfield road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa County Board of Supervisors
Columbus City
Wapello-Winfield
Morning Sun
Marsh
Wapello-Winfield Road
Durant hosts first Durant band concert and family visits
Regular Roy al Neighbor camp meeting in Stockton draws small attendance. Belter family guests honor daughter Lorna Mae's third birthday. Durant band, directed by George Harling, gives first of six concerts at Pythian park. Visitors from Muscatine Davenport Santa Marie and California attend gatherings and dinners in Durant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockton
Royal Neighbor Camp
Stockton Hall
Fritz Belter
Lorna Mae
J. H. Schlapkohl
Alma
Durant
Walter Downs
Edith
Davenport
William Schlapkohl
Florence Bernicé
Erma
Robert
Pythian Park
George Harling
Durant News
Ed Grimm
Floyd Irwin
Muscatine
al Ferrier
New Era
Mississippi Valley Fair Grounds
J. O. Garris
Santa Marie
Calif
Gus Stark
R. L. Byrnes
Los Angeles
W. W. Byrnes
Anna Hartz
California
Eliza Hartz
Henry Rahif
Betty Rahlf
Long Beach
Keota Social Notes Highlight Local Visitors
Emma Boffinger of Los Angeles arrives in Keota with Walter Field joining Mrs Dayton and Miss Emma Truby as neighbors on a nearby farm. David Mason calls from Mason City for a short Keota visit. H E Seydel and Paul return from Green Castle Indiana to Keota. Mrs Giddings, formerly Lanore Seydel, visits with G W Wallace Washington IA and daughter Mrs Robert Baker Detroit Michigan. Ramseys and Crosses travel to Chicago Century of Progress for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Emma Boffinger
Los Angeles
Calif
Sanny Senne
Dayton
Walter Field
Emma Truby
David Mason
Mason City
H. E. Seydel
Paul
Green Castle
Ind
Glen Giddings
Giddings
Lanore Seydel
G. W. Wallace
Washington
Robert Baker
Detroit
Michvillo
Lone Tree residents attend county officials convention
County officials J W Carey sheriff Don McComas and Paul Lenz traveled to Des Moines for the state convention. Other attendees included Treasurer W E Smith Deputy Verne Miller Auditor Ed Sulek and Supervisor Charles Lacina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Tree
J. W. Carey
Don McComas
Paul Lenz
Des Moines
W. E. Smith
Verne Miller
Ed Sulek
Charles Lacina
Mildred
Leila Wolford
Bridge
Merle Ramer
California
Arthur A. Varner
Long Beach
Calif
Mertice Varner
Coronado
Martha Morgan
Century of Progress
Chicago
Seattle
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Can
Riverside
Washington
Kalona
West Commercial Street
Durant Visitors Share Family Moments
Robert Sorgenfrey of Van Nuys California is visiting his grandmother Mrs Anna Reimers and other relatives and friends in Durant during the past several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durant
Robert Sorgenfrey
van Nuys
Calif
Anna Reimers
Farmer Exercises Right Under New Foreclosure Law
The defendants do not reside on the property but have leased it. Rent notes from the lease are to be turned over to the court clerk who will pay taxes and rents under the statute.
Rock Quarry Opened Near Montpelier
Petersen Construction of Minneapolis opened a stone quarry on Edward Schroeder farm half a mile west of Montpelier to supply rock for repairing dams on the river between Keokuk and Rock Island. About 45 men expected to be employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Carl Myer
Petersen Construction Company
Minneapolis
Edward Schroeder
Keokuk
Rock Island
Bay Island New Boston Threshing Continues Strong
Frank Rennison started a high machine Monday and the crew threshes wheat first then oats. Troy Hallowell and Leslie Peters of Mahaska Kansas visit relatives while en route to Chicago for the World's Fair. Fred Terri recovers from a severe appendicitis attack Thursday. Mr and Mrs Ivan Hutchinson and Mr and Mrs Sam Stewart of Good Hope Illinois spent the weekend with the Rennison family. Mrs Fannie Stewart visits for weeks with her daughter. Mrs Minnie Peters helped with housework and cooking for threshers Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Frank Rennison
Troy Hallowell
Leslie Peters
Mahaska
Kas
Chicago
St. Joe
William Peters
Fred Terri
Ivan Hutchinson
Sam Stewart
Good Hope
Fannie Stewart
Mrs. Rennison
Minnie Peters
Paul Martin
Grandview Social Notes Include Visits and Showers
Grandview residents report a Wednesday visit by Dr and Mrs Lilly and daughter Faith to Toolesboro for a potluck with Mrs Hattie Crow Then calls were made on Mrs Amanda Paris and Mrs Cilly Old friends Mr and Mrs Paul Connor hosted Mrs Shoultz and her Fruitland spouse Sunday Miss Ruth Kemp returned from Chicago trip to the century of progress Mrs Ralph Small and Beverly Jane returned to Atalissa after a month with the James Valett home A post nuptial shower for Mrs Mary Graham was hosted by Mrs Carl Beik with guests including Mrs Allie Stineman Mrs Anna Weir Nola Pine and Nadine Goodlander
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview
Lilly
Faith
Toolesboro
Hattie Crow
Amanda Paris
Cilley
Paul Connor
Shoultz
Fruitland
Ruth Kemp
Chicago
Century of Progress
Ralph Smal
Beverly Jane
Atalissa
James Valett
Allie Stineman
Anna Weir
Nola Pine
Columbus Junction
Nadine Goodlander
Washington
Mary Graham
Carl Beik
Community greetings and club notes mixed with travel
A social evening honored a birthday with a large family gathering and filled baskets. Lions club held a Weed park family picnic in Muscatine with forty attendees. Attys Martin attended Judge Ely’s funeral in Maquoketa. Detlefses plan a two week trip visiting Knoxville Tennessee and the Chicago world fair en route home. Mrs Davis returns home to Hurley South Carolina after visiting aunt Mrs Raynor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niversary
Earl Budelier
Harry Finch
Evna Smith
Leland
Kirk Grunder
Bert Snider
L. R. Friederichsen
Howard Wagner
Lions Club
Weed Park
Muscatine
F. A. Martin
C. L. Ely
Maquoketa
Edwin Detlefs
Detlefs
Henry Witham
Knoxville
Tenn
Chicago
Thomas Davis
Hurley
S. C
Katherine Raynor
Local Social Roundup in Wapello and Nearby Towns
Wapello reports social events including the Easy Mixers class gathering with a radio program, group departments, and refreshments. Kappa Tau Betas host a picnic at Mrs. Nevada Cover’s home with a bridge session and guest Celia McClurkin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Heater
Omer Steen
Mr. Pleasant
Claude Steen
Burlington
G. E. Heater
Letts
Harry Heater
Genevieve Heater
Steen
Louisa Center
Missionary Society meets at Methodist church program themes Joy and Jesus the Guest
The Woman's Home Missionary society of the Methodist church met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. W F Gardner and assistant hostess Mrs Edkins. Eva Clegg led devotional on Joy of Recreation and George Lord led a program on Jesus the Guest The Bringer of Joy. A barrel of fruit was voted to be sent to Esther Hall in Des Moines. Hostesses served a one course luncheon. Clyde Keiper Orville Thoma and Harry Hazelett attended the State Rural Letter Carriers Association convention at Fairfield Thursday.
Picnics and social visits honor travelers in Muscatine area
Social page notes picnics at Musser and Weed parks in Muscatine with visits from Ed McCormick of Waterloo and Laura Garrett Butler of Omaha. Attendees from Letts Buffalo and Columbus City enjoy teas and showers. a new corn pit is built at Weber and Huston elevator as local families share gatherings and sightseeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tertained Knecht
Beloit
Barbara
Jeannette Lieberknecht
Musser Park
Muscatine
Roy Hildebrand
J. B. Garrett
Emma Linn
T. L. Eland
Thomas
Letts
J. Armentrout
Norman Armentrout
Buffalo
Weed Park
Ed McCormick
Waterloo
Laura Garrett Butler
Omaha
L. E. Parsons
Irene Barnes
United Brethren Church
O. L. Foster
Martha Winters
Velma Teel
Columbus City
Ella Burnell
Pauline McCleary
Marian Morehead
C. O. Winters
Merle Dodder
Lola Ann
Ed Dodder
Lock
Baby
Weber and Huston
J. T. Paullins
Vinnie Higginbotham
Oakville
Roy Waterhouse
Ivy Paullins
Mae
Evalyn Curtis
Edwin Crumley
H. D. Frames
Bridge Club
Oscar Ross
Ulric Lintner
English
Lilah
Effingham, Kas
H. J. Austin
Community Notes from Muscatine County
Local brief highlights include the death of an infant at University hospital Iowa City and multiple social visits. Nurse in training Margaret Stirner spent time with family. Hilbert Stucker and Fran Oepping attended a convention in Fairfield. Cedar Rapids visitor Nina Lundy joined Lucinda Lundy and Ed Baker's family. A Montezuma wedding brought Vanderlip and Moorehead to town, with Masonic and Legion events noted. Muscatine County plans a veterans hospital visit and a boys party with cake and ice cream are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atalissa
Margaret Stirner
University Hospital
Iowa City
James Morgan
Hilbert Stucker
Ed Kephart
Viola Shoemaker
Bennett
Fran Oepping
Hibert Stucker
Fairfield
Nina Lundy
Cedar Rapids
Lucinda Lundy
Ed Baker
Vanderlip
Moorehead
Montezuma
George King
Rockwell
Harry Bowlby
Three Rivers
Mich
The
Legion Auxiliary
Veterans Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Muscatine County
Fred Oepping
Elma
Chicago
Death Summons Pioneer Resident Tipton William Tevis 88
Tipton Iowa obituary notices longtime pioneer resident William Tevis 88 died at his home Friday morning born March 1845 he had been in ill health several years Survived by two sons Jake Montana and John near Tipton and a daughter Della at home Funeral arrangements pending
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
William Tevis
Jake
Montana
John
Della
Kimel 4H County Champions Lead Mercer Contests
Kimel 4H Club of Aledo won Mercer county honors with 961 points led by Frank Brown 335 Raul Brown 314 and Warwick 312 as the top scorers. Preemption team took 828 and both teams advance to the state contest August 7 at Urbana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Parkman
Aledo
Everett
Warwick
Frank Brown
Raul Brown
Mercer County
Urbana
Kimel
William Thompson
D. &. Brown
Martin Johnson
Wayne Gilbert
Stark County
North Park
Kimel—Everett Warwick
Roul Brown
Fred Lipton
Earl Robbins
Stuart Nesbitt
East Aledo
Walter Bates
Andrew Lemon
Edmund Morris
West Aledo
Robert Gilliland
William Longley
Merle Johnson
Perryton
George Bassett
Hal Godard
Eugene Bassett
Sunbeam
Laurence Cofell
Robert Hamilton
Brain
Montpelier Notes Share Visits and Farm Updates
Montpelier and nearby residents gathered for family celebrations and a Rotary lodge rally day. Farm activity includes oats cutting nearly finished, wheat yielding about 30 bushels per acre, and a poor potato crop. Ed Schroeder bought a hay baler arm during a business trip to Atalissa. Floyd Brown returned from Champaign after attending a funeral for a brother killed in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Brown
Champaign
Ill
California
Local Social Notes From Concord and Surrounding Areas
Miss Opal Bonnichsen spent Thursday afternoon with Miss Helen Dallmeyer. Mr and Mrs Noah Shellabarger were Iowa City visitors Friday. Mrs Rudolph Schlichting and Mrs N A Utter assisted Miss Elizabeth Hascharcook for threshers Friday at the H R Newell farm. Mrs Belle Beckey of Grandview is helping with housework at the Noah Shellabarger home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Opal Bonnichsen
Helen Dallmeyer
Noah Shellabarger
Iowa City
Rudolph Schlichting
N. A. Utter
Elizabeth Hascharcook
H. R. Newell
Belle Beckey
Grandview
West Liberty Social News Highlights Weekend Travel
West Liberty residents and visitors plan trips to Chicago and Davenport for fairs and events. Muscatine relatives visit, while local clubs host bridge and golf gatherings and attend a train wreck view in Gladwin.
4-H Club Girls Hold Meeting in Grandview
Pollyanna Four-H club members led by president Hilda Hardman held a Thursday afternoon meeting at Miss Ruth Green’s home. Members shared favorite music, heard talks on interior decorating pillow covers and table scarfs, then enjoyed refreshments. Next meeting set for Aug 4 at Guy Hardman’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview
Hilda Hardman
Ruth Green
Marlys Kubrick
Myrtle Hardman
Bernice Hardman
Guy Hardman
Aledo Union Service Opens Convention Schedule
The event will begin with 2 pm registration and include reports from old officers and committee heads. Rev. 8S. W. Woodburn of Aledo United Presbyterian Church will deliver the evening sermon as part of union services. Rev. Telford of Monmouth will give the afternoon convention address. Music is provided by the Aledo Baptist Church. Retiring officers are President Willard Roth Seaton Vice President Robert Bonynge Aledo and Secretary Treasurer Mrs Arch Sharer Burgess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Woodburn
Aledo United Presbyterian Church
Telford
Monmouth
Baptist Church of
Aledo
Willard Roth
Seaton
Robert Bonynge
Arch Sharer of
Burgess
Poultry Judging Contest Planned in Tipton
A poultry judging contest for Four H club boys and Future Farmers of America members will be held next Tuesday forenoon at Cedar County fair grounds. Winners will form a poultry judging team. Birds to judge include Rhode Island Reds Barred Rocks White Wyandottes White Leghorns and Buff Orpingtons. C W Vernon ISU Ames will assist Prof M A Crary Tipton agriculture instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Future Farmers of America Organization
Cedar County Fair Grounds
Rhode Island
C. W. Vernon
Iowa State College
Ames
M. A. Crary
Local Social Notes From Fairport and Nearby Towns
Fairport residents Mrs George Davis and Ida Belle returned from a week with relatives in Davenport. Mrs Howard Baker of Muscatine visited her sister Mrs Roy Reeves. O A Klinge and G Carlston of Clinton called at the U S biological station. L H Bennett George Davis Ian Dusenberry and Roy Reeves went to Linden to fish for forage food. David Buchele Harold McCulley and Orville Reeves attended Miss Marie Snell eighteenth birthday party at Montpelier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Reeves
Montpelier
Marie Snell
Pickle Season Opens Near Columbus Junction
Local notes report Heinz personnel arriving from Muscatine to receive pickles on Primary Road 76 in the north part of town. Residents move, jobs change hands at Roundy store Pleasant View dairy and area farms. A pre nuptial shower honors Marine Shearer as visits and travels continue through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Heinz Company
Muscatine
William Delzell
Morning Sun
Delzell
William Denham
John Hanft
Margaret James
Marine Shearer
John P. Gabriel
Davenport
Priscilla Gabriel
Columbus City
Century of Progress
Helen Crosby
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Tipton
Dean Blair
Merle Blair
Iowa City
J. M. Delzell
Amarillo
Tex
Chicago
T. H. Jones
Also Mentioned on This Page
Board of Supervisors of County
U the Presbyterian Church
Missionary Society
Wapeilo
Gladwin
Nellie Eversmeyer
Marian
Alice Stuart
Wapello
C. P. Stanley
Ed Fisher
Virgie Peters
America
Peiser
Fred Schroeder
Tom
Richard
Jerry
Arthur Hess
Erie
Janet Earline
Bay Island
Grandview News
Robert Budelier
Wilton
Ainsworth
Sam
Reau
Slumberland
Samen
Concord
West Liberty News
West Liberty
Alfred Schuessier
Audrey
Mary Wagner
Ray Hazlett
Fannie Leabhart
J. O. Burnett
Elma Richards
Lotus Chapter
No. 320
Co. E. S
Eastern Star
Rainbow Girls
J. C. Carey
Margaret
Leslie Mosher
Baltimore
George Kirby
S. N. Geal
Evanston
H. H. Hawker
George Hise
Women’s Golf Club
Pollyanna Club
Marilyn Buster
J. P. Kemp
Fred Shew
Darlyne Buster
Messrs. Osterhouse
Finley
Fishermen's Club
O. G. Lewis
Virgilia Williams
Mt. Vernon
Ralph Lieberknecht
Mercer County Council of Education
Fairport
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