Louisa County Fair Set for August at Columbus Junction
Louisa county fair is planned for Columbus Junction from August 13 to 16 with Lawrence Ostle as president and W. H. Hull as vice president. Harry Fletcher will marshal the event and David Hull supervise races. Directors include Lawrence Esile John Jenkins CC E Pierce and others. Visitors from Colege Springs and Chicago appeared in the week’s social notes.
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Columbus Junction
Lawrence Ostle
W. H. Hull
E. H. Wiegner
J. E. Henson
David Hull
Harry Fletcher
Lawrence Esile
John Jenkins
CC. E. Pierce
G. W. Weber
W. T. Duncan
R. G. Lowe
B. H. Shearer
F. C. Johnston
Harold Mitchell
Colege Springs
Mitchell
William Boyd
Gladwin
Edna Shellabarger
Ruth Griffin
Washington
William J. Williams
William
Halsey
Stamwood
Manchester
Central Presbyterian Church
Winfield
Wapello
Crawfordsville
Mt. Pleasant
Amateur Four-H Camp Opens in Johnson County
An amateur program will highlight the opening night of the Johnson county Four-H club show under the Junior Farm Bureau committee. Johnson county residents may enter by Aug. 1. Farm Bureau members Emil Meyer John Nash and Phillip Ketelsen organize the horse show for the Iowa City event on Aug. 14 15 and 16.
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Lone Tree
Johnson County
Junior Farm Bureau Committee
Bertie Shellady
Iowa City
Lizzie Shellady
Belleflower
Calif
Mary H. Shellady
Glenn Fairall
Judd
Des Moines
River Junction
Fairall
Frank Poland
Robert
Missouri
J. Franklin
Mr. Poland
Emil Meyer
John Nash
Phillip Ketelsen
Farm Bureau
Child Poisoning Incident Reported in Bay Island Family
Mrs Ella Faulkner rushed to Keo sauqua Sunday as her three year old granddaughter Fern Louise Hull was seriously poisoned after drinking paint water from a pail containing paint. The child's mother Juanita Faulkner formerly resided in Bay Island.
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Bay Island
Ella Faulkner
Keosauqua
Fern Louise Hull
Juanita Faulkner
West Liberty Club Activities Highlight Social Week
West Liberty residents attended birthday celebrations for Jimmy Morrison with desert luncheon and theater party. Local women hosted golf and bridge with Tipton guests and planned a Geneva Country Club luncheon in Muscatine.
Wapello Class of 1915 Holds Five-Year Reunion
Wapello High School's class of 1915 met Tuesday evening at Miss Florence Potter's home. Twelve of the 32 graduates attended, with messages from several members alive in other cities. The group recalled school days, viewed a class scrapbook, sang the class song by Edith Welden, and enjoyed refreshments.
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Wapello
Wapello High School
Floorence Potter
Florence Potter
Marie Baldridge
Edith Welden
Nellie
Carey Swanson
Morning Sun
Rey Murphy
Burlington
Mary Foster Wiederrecht
Lucille Graham Parsons
Bertha Torode McCulley
Dessa Shearor Ricketts
Inez Eversmeyer
Mike Herrick
Frank Deihl
John Otto
Charles Reutinger
June Hawkins Barrett
Waterloo
Gladys Guthrie Tingers
Nebraska City
Neb
Mildred Menefee Bailey
Des Moines
B. F. Schwartz
Muscatine
Colorado
Brighton
Miss Potter
Miss Eversmeyer
Picnic Supper Hosts and Group Return from Trip
Absent several weeks, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Birkett and other families enjoyed a picnic supper Tuesday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Brugman in South Prairie. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. McDermott returned from a motor trip to New York City with their son Douglass, while Mrs. Ned Knowles plans to leave Pasadena after visiting relatives in Iowa City.
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L. L. Birkett
G. P. Nichols
Cecil Crawley
R. A. Atkins
John Brugman
South Prairie
C. H. McDermott
New York City
Fulton 4-H Club Meets at Stockton Home
Members of the Fulton Industrial Four-H club gather at Bernice Riessen’s home in Stockton for a regular meeting. Six members attend with roll call answered by canned vegetables. Valeria Riessen presents a health talk on hair care. Dorothy Riessen discusses planning and serving a good dinner with canned goods. Eunice Berodt demonstrates a dish made from canned vegetables or fruit. The delegate submits a report on the meeting topics.
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Stockton
Fulton Industrial Four-H Club
Bernice Riessen
Valeria Riessen
Dorothy Riessen
Eunice Berodt
Ames Convention Attendee Luncheon and Birth Announcements
The Ames convention ended with a luncheon at Visit Ormsbys. Families visited Davenport and Pleasant Prairie relatives including Mrs J R Brown and Ralph Brown. Announced births include a daughter to Mr and Mrs Otto Schmidt of Gladbrook Iowa. A chimney was struck by lightning at Mrs Mollie Luetjes home.
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W. C. L. Dage
W. J. Emanel
Billy
Iowa City
Walter Egel
Pleasant Prairie
Otto Schmidt
Gladbrook
Schmidt
Caroline Hering
Stockton
Davenport
Marian Frick
West Branch Alumni Plan Sunday Picnics Clash
West Branch schools hold a reunion for the class of 1906 through 1909 at Iowa City park on Sunday while an all alumni event is listed for the campus at West Branch. The Friendly Circle met at Walter and Sara Stanley’s home near Scat tergood with a program by the men and a Townsend plan talk by Floyd Stanley.
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West Branch
Iowa City Park
Walter
Sara Stanley
Scattergood
Lawrence Heald
Floyd Fawcett
Metor
Floyd Stanley
Townsend
Lillian Johnson
D. E. Edwards
Alice Anderson
Kings Heralds
Alice
Helen Jensen
Shirley Pettersen
Inamae Miller
Evelyn Jensen
Barbara Mae Rummells
Betty Shipley
Vivian Shipley
Alice Erlander
Dorothy Edwards
Billy Bowles Fourth Birthday Party in Nashville
Mrs F J Snider hosted a small son’s fourth birthday party with guests including Billy Bowles, his grandmother Anna Snider, aunts Ida Snider Eva Snider and Elsie Miller. Mrs Miller gave a pink and white cake with four candles. Billy, a collector of whatnots and dogs, received rare old what-nots and 30 dogs.
West Branch Coach Leaves for Cedar Falls School
West Branch E L Fisher, coach for ten years, resigns and accepts a job at Cedar Falls high school. He will relocate with his family. Miss Margaret Petersen also resigns after three and a half years to teach mathematics at New Sharon. Two new teachers will fill openings as Smith Hughes vocational program expands.
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West Branch
E. L. Fisher
Board of Education
Cedar Falls High School
Margaret Petersen
Britt
New Sharon
Smith-Hughes
Iowa Briefs and Local News Items
Iowa brief notes report the death of Dr Walter James Donovan a retired Fort Dodge resident and World War II army medical corps veteran. A Sioux City incident identifies a victim as C H Curd of Sioux Falls killed by a Great Northern train north of town. England plans to raise vehicle taxes on Diesel powered engines to match gasoline rates effective August 1.
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San Diego
Walter James Donovan
Ft. Dodge
Army Medical Corps
Sioux City
C. H. Curd
Sioux Falls
S. D
Great Northern
Here
Willmar
Minn
England
West Branch completes filter bed renewal at sewage plant
The West Branch city council finished renewing the plant's filter bed and hauled 60 tons of sand for distribution. Additional town work included placing crushed rock on alleys and drives and repairing uneven sidewalks with new cement walks in the business district.
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West Branch
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