Pretty Party Courtesy to Miss Ashby
A summer pre nuptial party hosted by Mrs. R J Diercks at 709 Sycamore Street honored Miss Mo zelle Ashby ahead of her early fall marriage. Guests enjoyed pastel decor, a church display with gifts, court whist prizes, and a guest list of local friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mozelle Ashby
R. J. Diercks
Sycamore Street
Dorothy Korneman
Betty Grensing
Ruth
Betty Rhodes
Edna Honts
Dorothy Kemper
James Figg, Jr
Lyle Hocke
Miriam Diercks
Harry Tiecke, Jr
Stanley Southall
William F. Moore
Fred Korneman
Jack Luellen
Arthur Korneman
Joe Kendig
Clarence Bloom
Agnes Grossklaus
E. E. Goss
Jame Lydy
Minnuet Mannhardat
Miss Ashby
J. H. Fox
Morning Sun
MOTHER AND TWO SONS HONORED AT WILTON
Wilton birthday anniversaries for Mrs. Robert Budelier and her sons Clarence and Herman were celebrated Sunday at Harder’s woods on Mud Creek east of town. Seventy six relatives attended with dinner and supper. out of town guests came from Rock Island Muscatine Davenport and other area towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton Wilton
Robert Budelier
Clarence H. Budelier
Herman Budelier
Harder’s Woods
Mud Creek
Dale
Rock Island
Kate Ruff
Muscatine
Charles Ruff
Leroy Smith
Davenport
Catholic Daughters Hold Summer Picnic at Weed Park
A large gathering of Catholic Daughters enjoyed a picnic supper in the shelter house at Weed Park Monday night. After supper the evening was informal. The next regular meeting of Joan of Arc court is scheduled in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weed Park
Joan of Arc Court
Birthday Noted at J Rickless Party in Wapello Island
A kitchen basket dinner Sunday at John Rickless home on Muscatine Island marked the 90th birthday of Mr. Rickless. Numerous neighbors and friends from Cedar Rapids to Burlington attended, with a long list of family names noted. A separate windstorm caused trees to fall across Wapello, damaging roofs and chimneys, followed by earlier fruit-tree losses and flooded cellars. Local briefs mention visits by Fred Kallenbarger and Charles Kallenbarger, and Ora Dodds’ visit before returning to Mediapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Trible
Helen
Warren Boyer
John Finley
Wapello
Harry Finley
Cyryl van Acker
Orval
Fred Johnson
John Rickless
Richard
Donald
Darlene
J. C. Dodds
George Wilson
J. P. Bickford
Fred Kallenbarger
Durant
Charles Kallenbarger
C. W. Briggs
Warren
St. Paul
Lucy Briggs
Ora Dodds
Oklahoma City
Mediapolis
First Friends Ladies' Aid postpones meeting. other gatherings planned
The First Friends Ladies' Aid society will not meet until the president calls. A JFP society picnic at Weed park is set for 5 p m Wednesday with members to bring covered dishes. The Raintow DeMolay picnic is postponed due to rain. Kemper family reunion is set for Aug 14 at Weed park. Chown family reunion planned for next Sunday at Foster cottage Cedar River. Mrs Arthur Hetzler hosts New Era Ladies' Aid all day at her home with a potluck lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Friends Ladies’ Aid Society
Weed Park
J. FP. Society
Foster
Cedar River
Chown
Arthur Hetzler
New Era Ladies’ Aid Society
Wheeler Second Annual Union At Columbus Junction Park
The second Wheeler reunion was held at Columbus Junction Park on Sunday. Attendees included 87 year old Mrs. M Hull the oldest present and many members and spouses from Columbus Junction Muscatine Letts Winfield Newport Lewistown and Washington along with guests Rosalie Pearl Irene Clara Lucile Betty Mason and Steve Boyd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler
Columbus Junction Park
M. Hull
John Wheeler
Leland
Earl and
Robbie
David Reid
Richard
Dorothy
Everett Cassabaum
Reid
Margaret
J. A. Mulhern
Anna Phillips
Harland and Leonard
Virgil Reid
Virginia
Earlene
Stanley Cuthamp
Basele
Louie
Delores
Darlene
Stanley
Columbus Junction
Albert Wheeler
Helen
Martha
Robert
Rex Wheeler
Wilma Jean
Marlyn Rex
Billy Dean
Wilbur Warren
Philip
Ralph
Evelyn
Lewis Smalley
George
Mary Etta
Clarence McFadden
Marvin
Jerelyn
Muscatine
Cleo Stagner
Donali
Dean
Washington
Philip Wheeler
Orville Reid
Earl Reid
John David
Letts
James Cary
Winfield, Ia
Idabelle Wheeler
Newport, Il
Rosalie
Pearl Johnson
Irene Cassabaum
Clara Whistler
Steve Boyd
Lucile Smith
Betty Jo
Mason Cary
Lewistown
Mrs Peters Hosts Birthday Party at Washington Street Home
Mrs Bessie Calloway and Mrs Kathryn Peters were honored on their birthdays at a Friday party. Guests played five hundred with prizes to Mrs Gertrude Reid and Mildred Calloway. A four course luncheon followed and gifts were given to the honorees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Calloway
Kathryn Peters
Washington Street
Gertrude Reid
Mildred Calloway
Bessie Gray
Leora Haley
Raymond
Alice Hintermeister
Mary Humblebee
Gertrude Red
Belle Sanders
Emma Chatfield
D. Valett
Peters
Florence Humblebee
Virginia Reid
Cleo
Fern Alderman
Luella Peters
Letts Group Picnics at Barker's Lake Park
A Letts group enjoyed a picnic dinner Sunday at Barker's Lake with numerous relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Emory Curtis and family, Mary Helen and Leo Lieberknecht, Frances Furnas, Cora Letts, and Marie Curtis among others. After camp activities, Evelyn and Marie Curtis and other relatives returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry
Pendleton
Ore
J. B. Garrett
J. Ll Hildebrand
Lela Lintner
Weed Park
Lulu Ridebaugh
Hobart Pollock
Clifford Vincent
Page
N. D
Sunda
Emory A
Vincent
South Dakota
Two PTA Events Highlight This Week in Jefferson-Jackson Grant
The Jefferson Jackson Grant Parent-Teacher Association lists two events this week. An executive meeting is set for 7 30 tonight at Mrs Walter TeStrake’s home 115 Clifford Street. Friday an all day picnic will be held at Bloom's cottage Nichols Road with members and others attending by bringing their own dishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson-Jackson- Grant Parent-Teacher Association
Walter TeStrake
Clifford Street
Bloom's
Nichols Road
Jefferson Field
Mrs Vetter and Mrs Plate Return from Convention
Mrs. Fred Vetter and Mrs. Albina Plate arrived home Monday night after traveling from Chicago where they attended the national convention of the Woman's Benefit association held in Cleveland a week earlier. Other delegates Mrs Lettie Gabble Ella Fuller Lillian Barry and Mrs Cora Richards came home earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vetter
Plate
Fred Vetter
Albina Plate
Chicago
The
Woman's Benefit Association
Cleveland
Lettie Gabble
Ella Fuller
Lillian, Barry
Cora Richards
Fourth Krueger Reunion set for August fourth
The fourth annual Krueger reunion will be held Sunday August 4 at Weed Park. About 200 are expected. If rain dinner moves to log shelter house. Officers include Mrs Lillie Kleist president and August Wagner vice president. An informal program follows the basket dinner. Each family provides own table service and coffee. Contact Mrs Wedekind at phone 1383.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krueger
Weed Park
Lillie Kleist
Drury Township
August Wagner
Joy, Ill
Elsie Lange
Montpelier
Pearl Wedekind
Californians Visit and Local Wheat Harvest Reports
Mrs Birch Buffington and husband near Winfield visit. Wayne Heitmeir of Columbus Junction visits William Estep home. Milton Hunter and family spend Sunday with H H Westbrook. Frances Furnas returns to Muscatine work after vacation with Furnas family. Axtelson of Moline visits Emma Bruce Ellis. Clyde Denham and sons Maurice Rob from Hanford Calif visit relatives here. Wheat threshing is underway with 10 to 30 bushels per acre. Weber and Huston shipped a car of wheat to Chicago. E C Turkington shipped cattle to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birch Buffington
Winfield
Wayne Heitmeir
Columbus Junction
William Estep
Milton Hunter
Gwendolyn
Billy
H. H. Westbrook
Frances Furnas
Muscatine
Harry Furnas
Axtelson
Moline
Emma Hiis
Bruce Ellis
Clyde Denham
Maurice
Rob
Hanford
Calif
Weber and Huston
Chicago
E. C. Turkington
Monay
Stockton Team Shut Out 3 0 on Sunday
The Stockton-The Sunbury kit tenball team defeated the local team by 3 to 1 on the former's diamond Sunday afternoon. Next Sunday the local team will travel to Atalissa for a game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockton
Anniversary Dates Inspire Interesting Party Series
Social notes from Muscatine recount several marriage and wedding anniversaries. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Reesink marked a birthday celebration at 1150 Lucas Street. W H McIlraith and wife, summering in Estes Park, Colorado, will observe their second anniversary next Monday. the Van Zyle family hosts three anniversaries this week including a forty ninth and other dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Ray Reesink
Lucas Street
S. G. Stein
West Second Street
Helen Davis
MclItrath
Muscatine High School
William van Zyle
Fred van Zyl
Newell Avenue
Charles Turner
Bridgman Street
Fred R. Moomey
Culver Street
Moomey
Victoria Eddington
Lake View
Birthdays Noted Highlight Local Celebrations This Weekend
Henry Frewyermuth marks his eighty ninth birthday quietly at home with family. Next Saturday brings Mrs. William Spieth and Mrs. John Holliday’s birthdays, while Shirley Holliday turns three. a Muscatine Island gathering included the Holliday and Spieth families plus friends. An upcoming birthday event honors Miss Marvel Grimm and Miss Dorothy Sauer with a New Era young people's society gathering at the Grimm home featuring a lawn party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Frewyermuth
William Spieth
John Holliday
Shirley Holliday
Muscatine Island
New Era Young People’s Society
George Grimm
Miss Sauer
Former Lone Tree Resident Suffers Paralytic Stroke
Sunday word reached Lone Tree relatives that Mrs. Henry Miller of Iowa City, formerly Miss Effe Sims, is in serious condition after a paralysis stroke. Nearby visitors and relatives include Kalona’s William Reece and others from Clinton, Chicago, Elk River, and Oxford as well as locals visiting siblings and old teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Tree
Henry Miller
Iowa City
Kalona
William Reece
Katona
Hazel Kranz
Clinton
Tom Estle
Herman Lover
Chicago
Enid Schmidt
Denver
Love
May Halligan
Evelyn Owens
West Liberty
George Parizek
Walter Sorenson
Relatives Visit Residents In Ons low Kalona and Aitkin
Notes record visits by Dr R P Smith in Ons low Indiana and by the Adams Burr and Linsley families to Kalona and Riverside. Clayton Owens returns from visits to Aitkin Minneapolis and Cat Creek with a Montana drive for his aunt Della Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
L. O. Adams
Lowell
Adams
Vernon Burr
J. P. Burr
Joe Linsley
Riverside
Minneapolis
Minn
Cat Creek
Mont
Clayton
Montana
Della Wilson
Aitkin
Henry Adolphi
Mrs Schoemaker Honoree at Bridge Party
Mrs Allen Poage hosted a bridge club gathering for Mrs Russell Schoemaker at the C W Brown home 502 West Eighth Street. High score went to Mrs Schoemaker with second to Mrs Grant Graham and Miss Margaret Fagan won the floating prize. Pink and white luncheon attended with matched cloths and flowers. meetings to resume in September at Mrs George Thayer's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Schoemaker
Wilma Danner
Allen Poage
Bridge Club
C. W. Brown
West Eighth Street
Bridge
Shoemaker
Grant Graham
Margaret Fagan
George Thayer
Monday Evening Music Club Hosts Supper and Program
An outdoor banquet at Musser Park followed by a meeting at Mrs. Laura Fisher’s home featured a music program. Performers included Helen Cooley, Florence Hopkins, Dorothy Redman, Sophia Cooley, Marilyn Fisher, Esther Weiss, and others with piano solos by Esther Weiss and Iris Eger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musser Park
Laura Fisher
Florence Hopkins
Helen Cooley
Maria Garage
Gladys Fetterhoff
England
Esther Weiss
May
Eileen Wickey
Palestrina
Lyle Imhoff
Laurence Cooley
Iris Eger
Dorothy Redman
Garden Club Hears Believe It or Not Talk on Plant Life
The Muscatine Garden club heard Miss Kate Funck recount odd phases of plant life including New Zealand trees and Africa lilies. Mrs G B Samuels discussed corsages and wedding bouquets as roses predominated. An outdoor meet at Mrs Louis Kautz’s lawn is planned for Aug 5. also news of newlywed Carl Schomberg and Harriet Mason enjoying a west honeymoon with visits to Yellowstone Salt Lake City and Denver area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine Garden Club
Kate Funck
Clifford Worst
East Eleventh Street
New Zealand
Africa
Alaska
Hart Yard
Cedar Street
G. B. Samuels
Zella Small
Davenport
Louis Kautz
Lord Avenue
Mississippi
Carl
Grace Lutheran Church Picnic Set for August Sixth
Grace Lutheran church plans a picnic on Tuesday August 6 at Weed Park hosted by the Sunday school. Carl Liebbe leads the event with Rev. and Mrs Leland H Lesher and family returning from a Wisconsin summer camp to join the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Lutheran Church
Weed Park
Carl Liebbe
Leland H. Lesher
Wisconsin
Orphans Home Band Concert at Cone August 18
The Reformed church orphans home boys band from Fort Wayne Ind will perform a concert at Cone Aug 18 followed by a potluck supper at Grace Reformed church. Also notes move of the Cerney family to St Louis and various weekend visits across towns including Cedar Rapids LaSalle and Iowa City. Cannibalism history mentioned with current regional practice in New Guinea Africa and Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans Home Band
Cone
Conesville
Reformed Church
Fort Wayne
Ind
Grace Reformed Church
St. Louis
James Cerney
Cerney
New Guinea
Africa
Australia
Dr Hawley’s Broad Career Marks Farewell in Muscatine
Dr. Hawley and Mrs Hawley were honored at a noon farewell in Muscatine with 12 guests. They plan to move to Des Moines at 3130 Kingman Boulevard where new duties await under his four year tenure as superintendent of the Iowa conference of United Brethren churches. He serves as York college trustee and Old People’s Otterbein Home trustee. earned a 1932 York College Doctor of Divinity. led Muscatine United Brethren Church since 1920s with growth from 233 Sunday school to 765 attenders in 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira B. Hawley
John Gertenbach
East Seventh Street
Ethel Fairall
Leo Hart
Gertenbach
Hawley
Des Moines
Kingman Boulevard
Iowa
Mooseheart Graduate Delivers Talk to Women of Moose
Miss Delores Knouse a Muscatine girl and Mooseheart graduate spoke to the Women of the Moose at Mooseheart hall on Monday night. The next meeting is scheduled for August 12 with refreshments provided by Mrs. Tillie Sharar and Mrs. Clara Lord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delores Knouse
Muscatine
Mooseheart School
Mooseheart, Ill
Women of the Moose
Moose Hall
Tillie Sharar
Clara Lord
Social Event and Local Holiday Briefs in Buffalo Prairie
Social event at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Reason in Buffalo Prairie Illinois on Friday. Guests included the Kistlers Monson Boney Carroll Welch Vanatta and others. Charles Kistler underwent an emergency operation at Hershey hospital Muscatine Friday night. Ivan Kistler visited Hamlet's George Taylor who is homebound with a knee fracture from a hayload accident Saturday. Mrs. John Boruff returned to Aledo after visiting Chester Boruff. Thomas Mumey of Rock Island and Freeman Elliott visited Rock Island relatives. Mrs. Truman Childs visited relatives in Galesburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Prairie
Lawrence Reason
Ivan Kistler
Clair Monson
Elliott Boney
Carroll Kistler
Wilma Welch
Marjorie Vanatta
Charles Kistler
Hershey Hospital
Muscatine
George Taylor
Hamlet
Taylor
John Boruff
Aledo
Chester Boruff
Thomas Mumey
Rock Island
William Eadle
Freeman Elliott
Truman Childs
Galesburg
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. Rickless
Annia Kemper
LAN
Mrs. Peters
Barker’s Lake
Jessie Letts
Gilbert Broders
Sunbury
Diamond
Atalissa
Fort Riley
Kas
George Broders
Pontiac
Mrc
Elaine Dahms
Lois Lavien
Dixon
Charles Bockwoldt
Roger
Charles Dahms
Sidney Wheeler
CCC
Cedar Rapids
W. Wheeler
Arthur Ormsby
Bettendorf
G. J. Ormsby
Dorinda
Earl
Patricia
Bohnsack
Ashland
Wis
Dorothy Miller
Glenside
Can
Lillian Paustian
Henry Nitz
Mason City
Charles City
Cherokee
London
John Bull
Ministry of Labor
Nancy Lyons
Louise DeForrest
Nils Granlund
New York
Clyde Gray
Arthur Beeney
Robert Hammond
Elmer Caglemeyer, Ll
Wade Finnie
Newton
Charles Pelinovsky
Fred Battenhagen
Fruitland
Elk River
Yellowstone Park
Sorenson
George Petry
Frank Lloyd
River Junction
Lloyd
Virginia Estabrook
Oxford
Bert Glaspey
Carrie Allbrecht
Earl Fraunholtz
Harry Fountain
Charlie Morgan
Rosa Poland
Walter Kober
Indianola
Kenneth Youcum
Albert Lea
C. M. Cantrell
R. P. Smith
Onslow, In
Mrs. Schoemaker
Garden Club
Kelley McKee
Mary Elizabeth
Barbara Ann
LaSalle
Ill
Eva McKee
Eleanor Wehr
Harold Riggs
George Williams
Clarence Hollenbeck
Fay
Fern Lauderdale
Allen Lauderdale
Kellogg’s
Kellogg Company
Dr. Hawley
Mooseheart
MOOSE
Yellowstone
Gallatin Gateway
Dude Ranch Country
Yellowstone Falls
Canyon
Old Faithful Geyser
Mammoth Terrace
Seattle Tacoma
Mt. Rainier
Mt. Baker
Olympic Peninsula
Tri Mus
Seattle
Tacoma
Portland
E. Perguson
Milwaukee Roar
Rockies
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