Young People League to Meet in Pleasant Prairie Church
Members of the Muscatine County Young People’s league plan a meeting at Pleasant Prairie Presbyterian church next Wednesday evening. The program, arranged by the advisory council, features readings by Kenneth Hetzler and Ruth Stortz, a talk by Donald Moorhead, music by a Four-H quartet, and a “Century of Progress” topic discussion. A basket dinner will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Fred Halling
Leonard Stormer
Arthur Kistenmacher
Gon Lester
Emmett Jordan
Gus Kistenmacher
Tipton
Henry Stormer
Ralph Stormer
Fred Pohlman
Russell
Walter Paetz
Lucille
William Pohlman
Florence Fuller
Helen Henning
Oscar Dusenberry
Muscatine
Noah Dusenberry
Kenneth
Louise Dusenberry
New Era
Elmer Burke
Carlesce
Doris Stormer
Community notices and visits in Muscatine area
Local families report visits and hosting across Muscatine and nearby towns. Families include Krueger and Bear households with Chicago trips for the fair, social program at Eliza hall, and multiple gatherings. Chauncey McGinnis drives a new car and August meeting plans are announced.
Socials and visits mark weekend across Wilton area
Wilton families Mr and Mrs R D Ryan and son Richard and Mr and Mrs E F Caffery with daughter Julia Ann visited Peoria Sunday. Ice cream social and card party by St Marys dramatic club postponed by rain will occur this week on the parish lawn with games at 8. Public invited. Guests included Mr and Mrs A J Fuller and granddaughter Lucile Fuller and Mr and Mrs Harold Fuller of Muscatine at G W Heabners. Presbyterian Ladies auxiliary to host ice cream social in Bacon building near Atkinson's grocery. Cafferys and Julia Ann left Omaha after visiting Ryan family. Kirk Grunder and Wayne with H W Lamp visited Ft Madison. D D Cronin and daughter Julia and Miss Dorothy Sweeney of Denver previously stayed with Mrs Cro nin's sister Mrs A C Hucke. they departed Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucile Fuller
Harold Fuller
Muscatine
G. W. Heabner
Presbyterian Ladies’ Auxiliary
Bacon
Atkinson’s Grocery
E. F. Caffery
Julia Ann
Omaha
Man in the Picture Who Is He
Puzzle page asks to identify the man in the photograph. Clues include roles as a former president and a university head, with references to wartime activity and fame in the United States.
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Lontal
Church Group And Family Reunions Highlight Local Socials
Wilton Mrs Minnie Dice and Miss Mae Harris host Martha close of the Methodist church with large attendance and program including harmonica duets and readings. Henderson family holds a park side reunion in Muscatine with multiple relatives attending. Pollyanna class entertained 60 at L C Kiser home with games and tips for newlyweds. Newlyweds honored at dinner party hosted by Mr and Mrs L C Kiser and King Herr residence.
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F. W. Laucamp
Lydia Kaufman
Tallie Derby
Henderson
Weed Park
Muscatine
Charles Henderson
Lauren Henderson
Francis Henderson
Earl Whitmer
Mary Ella
J. J. Hoskins
Betty
H. G. Nicolaus
Harold
Robert
Lyle Whitmer
George Nicolaus
Rolland Abbott
L. C. Kiser
Herbert Herr
Kiser
Catherine King
C. C. Kiser
Frank King
Charles
Ralph
M. G. Thede
Billie
Marcia
Betty Bacon
J. T. Clark
Lela Badger
Gretchen Coden
King Herr
Dubuque
New Boston Notes Show Local Club Events and Parish Work
New Boston churches and residents host painting at St Theresa church and multiple social gatherings. Mrs Ernest Valentine hosts Youlaclu club. Up and Up Bridge club meets at Guy Clarke home. Hi Lo Bridge at Martin Graf home. Kellogg family to Clinton Ia conference with others. Visitors from Chicago Toledo and Muscatine attend Pierson reunion hosted by Cal Pearson with several locals present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Boston
St. Theresa Catholic
Youlaclu Club
Ernest Valentine
Aledo
Harold Clarke
Guy Clarke
Hi-Lo
Martin Graf
Charles Welch
Lyle
Aletha Brown
William Kellogg
Clinton
Kellogg
Helen
Grace Imber
Chicago
Marjorie
Jane Scudder
Toledo
Richard Poffembarger
Pierson
Cal Pearson
Joe Pearson
Mary Mathews
Ella Rose
Phyllis Diehl
Cal Pierson
John
Louis Gritton
Muscatine
Joseph Gritton
Eliza
Grace Sommers
C. N
Lone Tree Business Men Form Community Club
About 30 Lone Tree business men met at McGuire's cafe to form a community organization. Officers elected include President George Brossma and Vice President G B Kirchner. The group will draft a constitution and by laws and select a name at an upcoming meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Tree
McGuire’s Cafe
R. L. Brown
H. C. Buell
George Brossma
G. B. Kirchner
E. C. Green
A. E. Baumer
J. E. Ashton
Frank Ullrich
Lettsville Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
The letss picture shows on main street grow more popular weekly with a fourth showing on Tuesday and another planned for next Tuesday. Lettsville Rebekah lodge met Tuesday evening. Various residents and visitors are noted including Harper moves to New London and work at a cream station there beginning Wednesday. Threshing occurred on local farms, dinners hosted for visiting relatives, and several families shared visits across neighboring towns.
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Letts
Lettsville Rebekah Lodge
Jack Harper
Telephone Exchange
New London
Harper
Ralph McCleary
Guy Fisher
Emma Tillard
Pauline
Roy McCleary
Joliet
Will Furnas
Kenneth Butler
Irene Barnes
Cora Letts
Evalyn
Geraldine
Marjorie Diehl
Wapello
Dave Holst
Leo
Conesville Chief to Speak in Park Sunday Afternoon
Conesville Chief Yellow Harm mer will speak in the park here Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Isaac Abbott Jr and son Harold Lee have returned from Des Moines where they visited Mrs. Abbott's sister Mrs J M Erickson and other relatives. Donald Abbott stayed in Des Moines to visit until school begins. Miss Virginia Stauffer of Cedar Rapids, Lorena Maxwell, Daisy Ada and Fay Kemp and Glen Kennedy returned from Chicago where they attended the century of progress exposition. Several from here attended the funeral rites for Mrs McBride held Tuesday afternoon at the home west of town. The Rev E Jasmann was in charge of the service and Mrs Clyde Wolford and Mrs Roy Jean sang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conesville
Yellow Harmmer
Isaac Abbott, Jr
Harold Lee
Des Moines
McBride
E. Jasmann
Clyde Wolford
Roy Jean Sang
Local visitors head Cedar Rapids trip from Aledo and Preemption
Brown and son Robert of Aledo along with Mrs Lula Belle Spence and family and Mr and Mrs Louis Littwiler and family of Preemption visited Cedar Rapids Monday. Miss Winifred Welch and Jeanne Poffembarger of New Boston also visited Cedar Rapids Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Robert
Aledo
Lula Belle Spence
Louis Litwiler
Winifred Welch
Jeanne Poffembarger
New Boston
Cedar Rapids
Willford fights nine foot channel plan for Upper Mississippi
Rep. A. C. Willford of Iowa returns to Washington and seeks to block the nine foot channel project in the Upper Mississippi public works program. He warns it is a pork barrel costing about 100 million dollars, with 28 dams to trap silt from five states and no good place for it. He says engineers would not understand the issue and claims no railroad gratuities influence his stance.
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Washington
A. C. Willford
Iowa
Mississippi River
Army
Willford
Local families host picnics and visits across Lone Tree area
A group from Lone Tree Nichols and Iowa City held a Sunday picnic in Towa City Park with many attendees including Lucy Tony and Charles Morgan Bernadine Halligan Ula and Donald Heink and others. Visitors from Delphi Ind and Toronto Can traveled for family visits and a potluck at the Muser home in Lone Tree.
Wyman Farmers Threshing Club Hold Annual Picnic
North of Wyman threshing season residents and families gathered Wednesday at Columbus Chautauqua park for the annual picnic. The event drew a large crowd with several social notes and family announcements throughout the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyman Farmers In Threshing Club
Columbus Junction
Wyman
Columbus Chautauqua Park
Achievement Day Plans Complete
Mercer County four H clubs plan their annual achievement day at Aledo high school on Friday. Twelve clubs compete for county champion, with winners advancing to the district contest in Galesburg on Aug 4. Each club shows four outfits and may enter health, judging or demonstration teams.
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Aledo
Mercer County
Mercer County Home Bureau
Aledo High School
Galesburg
Moone's Emerald Oil Promise At Grimm and Henderson Drug Cos
An ad sells Moone's Emerald Oil with a money back guarantee, claiming it ends foot pain and corns. It promises quick relief and wider freedom of movement, saying thousands have benefited and noting Grimm Drug Co and Henderson Drug Co as sellers.
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Moone
Grimm Drug Co
Henderson Drug Co
Local residents visit relatives and attend events in Iowa and Illinois
Buffalo Prairie and nearby families travel to Davenport and Washington IA while others visit Moline Chicago and East Moline. A birthday party celebrated at a home in the area and a hay stack burned by lightning highlight community notes of gatherings hospital visits and travel.
Pleasant Prairie and County Social Notes At Local Gatherings
Pleasant Prairie residents visit at the Koeppen home near Wilton. Blue Grass hosts Ardella Benshoof's injury follow up. Fulton Royal 4-H club health contest yields top score Gladys Wathan 99.6. Funeral of Mrs. Henry Meyhaus held at Runge funeral home. Vinton visitors Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fletcher. Birthday party for Marvel Grimm with 65 youths dancing at Pauls Grove. Announce party for Vera Fisher near Davenport. Demonstration team aids Fulton 4-H girls led by Mary Stecher and Dorothy Thoeming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sissel
Leonard Johannsen
Ed Wathan
Arthur Sissel
Wayne and
Lyle
Lavona
Kathryn Olson
Clarence Sissel
Warren
Anne
Rudolph Stormer
Lillian
Floyd Nicewanmer
Naomi
Gerald
Walter Petersen
Edward Scherer
Edward
Tom Jenkins
Griff Jenkins
Henry Jenkins
Gladys
Cecil
Evelyn Schroder
Anna Jenkins
Betty
Frances
Kathryn
John Jenkins
Alice
Myrtle Jenkins
E. G. Plett
Marie
Charles Hermann
Doris
Harry Thoeming
Alethea Paul
Mildred Hermann
Dorothy Thoeming
Dorothy Jenkins
Frances Jenkins
Mary Stecher
Howe
Muscatine
Fulton Royal Worker’s
Gladys Wathan
Miss Wathan
Henry Meyhaus
Sioux City
G. R. Cole
D. A. Cole
Andrew Grimm
Wm. Wunderlich
Robert Bennett
Lizzie Stormer
Runge Funeral Home
Charles Fletcher
Vinton
Elizabeth Armstrong
Fulton Royal Worker's Four- H Club
New Officers Installed at Local Lodges
Mrs. George Adams will serve six months as noble grand of the Silver Leaf Rebekah lodge with officers named including Nellie Littrel Creta Knauss Merle Schabilion Ethel Gabriel Ora Simons Blanch Masonholder Myrtle Jennings. Alden Maxwell to lead the encampment as chief patriarch with Guy Lewis high priest Ralph Griffin senior warden and F B Hopkins installing officer. Reunion planned for Hoosier bendh school with an all day picnic Thursday at Sunset Park Washington.
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Columbus Junction
George Adams
Silver Leaf Rebekah Lodge
Nellie Littrel
Igrand
Creta Knauss
Merle Schabilion
Ethel Gabriel
Ora Simons
Blanch Masonholder
Myrtle Jennings
Alden Maxwell
Guy Lewis
Ralph Griffin
F. B. Hopkins
Hoosier Bendh School
Sunset Park
Washington
Local social visits noted in Concord area
Concord Concord Columbus Junction residents Mr and Mrs C B Clark visited relatives in Washington on Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs T H Will and grandson Carl Stearns of Ainsworth spent Wednesday with the Lou Bonnichsen family. Mr and Mrs Russell McConahay and family of Morning Sun visited the W S McConahay home Wednesday. Bobbie and Charolotte stayed with grandparents. Junior Adams visited Lewis and Carl Dallmeyer Sunday afternoon.
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Columbus Junction
C. B. Clark
Washington
T. H. Will
Carl Stearns
Ainsworth
Lou Bonnichsen
Russell McConahay
Morning Sun
W. S. McConahay
Bobbie and
Charolette
Junior Adams
Lewis
Carl Dallmeyer
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Young People’s League
Pleasant Prairie
Fulton Royal Workers’ Four-H Club
William Denton
Emmett Brooks
San Francisco
Calif
Richard Nugent
Montpelier
Gertrude Fisher
Arthur Krueger
Sterling Ambrosius
John Warnock
John, Jr
Clarence Bear Home
Cleon Mason
Fairbury, Ill
C. F. Krueger
Harold Wagoner
Ralph Peterson
Martha McGinnis
Logan DeBord
Jennie Klein
John Boruff
Florence
Chester Boruff
Boruff
Glenn Boruff
Max Krueger
Eliza Hall
Vivian Gritten
Clara Wagoner
George Hesser
Ronald
Rock Island
Ora Thirtyacre
Clarence Bear
Madrew Bear
Orville Andress
Chauncey McGinnis
Frank Armstrong
O. E. Thirtyacre
J. O. Carlson
Bob McFarland
Harold Coulter
Mike Gerber
Aly
Ture
Jas
Ota
Ial
Matt
Iciioin
Isunday
Lone Tree Business
Sam
Lee Ty
Hou
J. F. Shallenberger
M.daia Tei
Tikes
M. D
Sekwood Bontevare Boise
Illinois
Menagerie
Briyah
Main
Eentrance
Park Barrel
Nichols
Iowa City
Towa City Park
Lucy
Tony
Charles Morgan
Bernadine Halligan
Ula
Donald Heink
Blanche
Alice Hotz
Elisie Fountain
Edith Prybil
Irma Schomberg
Leona Wissink
Marion Crawford
Frank Bekker
Raymond Hartsock
Ralph Prybil
Joe Wissink
Freeman Fi3stle
Harry
Louis Hotz
Alice Wiese
Vera Jean Laren
Betty Jane Petsel
Doris Jehle
Jacqueline Spangler
Margaret Griebe
Dorothy Stock
Geraldine Holdeman
Dorrigen Doerres
Carol
Laura Brown
Arlene Walker
Frank Poland
Lizzie Higgins
J. A. Stober
Grant
Edith
Martha
River Junction
H. L. Fountain
Elsie
June
Jack Sherburne
Fay Musser
Billy
Joan
Edgar E. Fountain
Delphi
Ind
John D. Muser
Vincenza Cirivello
Rhoda Walsinger
Bard
Richard Hersom
Emmettsburg
Justice M. Hunter
Carl Casten
Columbus City
Lloyd Roundy
Harold Boyd
J. W. Boyd
Gladwin
Henry Shellig
Richmond
Boyd
Harry Boyd
Donnie
Ermald Weir
Grandview
Rollo McKean
Frank Wall
Jamison
Mary Eden
J. B. McBride
J. C. Richie
Kenneth Long
Klotz and Stapp
E. S. Barbee
George Stapp
Cotter
Davenport
Persona Finance Co
Towa
Helen Morling
Warren County
Buffalo Prairie
Thompson Boney
Joe
Marston
Elmo Hessman
Benjamin Marquis
Albert J. Whitney
George Kistler
Josephine Kelley
Edgington
Edith Clare Monson
Eugene Platt
Keithsburg
Lyman Elliott
George Platt
Roy Reynolds
Lloyd Sheese
Homer Brown
Lon Gordon
Laurence
East Moline
Maggie Boruff
George Schmidt
William McKay
Gibson
Silver Leaf Rebekah Lodge of
Columbus City Tabernacle Sunday School
J. J. McDaniels
Levi Wolfe
Vinnie Lowe
Fredonia
William Kramer
Winfield
L. Votroubek
Alvin
Bill Ohlson
Lawrence Cornie
William Rock
Concord
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