Junction Lodge Officers Installed in Columbus Junction
Columbus Junction I O O F lodge No 265 installed officers for six months with Alden Maxwell as installing officer. Lines note guild meetings, church socials, family visits, and local pickups, including kittenball results West Side 6 Cet ter 5 Louisa Center 14 Pitchin 5.
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Columbus Junction
I. O. O. F. Lodge
No. 265
Alden Maxwell
E. F. Walker
N. G
E. F. Davis
V. G
C. E. Billings
Paul Johnston
John Sharp
Bert Wolfe
Rufus Bullis
Cotter Church
Frank Aringdale
Arthur Bell
Carl Duncan
Buffalo
J. E. Bell
Wapello
J. C. Bell
I. A. Endsley
Emma Bunn
Muscatine
Blaine Bliven
Fredonia
Ernest Ross
Eugene Lewis
Mildred England
Martha Duncan
J. E. Reaney
Marjorie
Louise Reaney
Reaney
L. A. Canfield
Des Moines
Donald
Dorothy
Warren Peterson
Olds
Wild Cat den State Park
Priscilla Club
Chautauqua Park
Guy Shaner
Long Beach
Calif
John Snyder
C. C. Snyder
H. E. Jones
Miss Blanch
Clyde Foster
Conesville
Lone Tree
Margaret Crim
West Side
Cetter
Louisa Center
Pitchin
Miss Grimm Birthday Party at Pleasant Prairie Park
A surprise birthday party at the Grimm home in Pleasant Prairie honored Miss Marvel Grimm with lawn games, dancing, and a piano solo by Miss Dorothy Hein. Attendees included Delmar Carter John Leedy Raymond Erwin Walter Erwin Odetta Grimm Ferdinand Andersen and several Grimm relations.
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George Grimm
Miss Marvel
Dorothy Hein
Delmar Carter
John Leedy
Muscatine
Raymond Erwin
Walter Erwin
Odetta Grimm
Ferdinand Andersen
Cecil Berry
William
Arlene Grimm
Dorothy Erwin
O. E. Bentley
Ira Benshoof
Miss Grimm
Dorothy Sauer
Grimm
New Era Young People's Society
Threshing Underway Around Montpelier
Threshing begins at Fred Baer home as Montpelier residents report visits births and gatherings. Local families including Bohnsacks Hetzlers Teels Swedenskys and Kemper network through summer chores social events and club meetings with ice cream treats and party hospitality noted in Montpelier and nearby Buffalo Melpine Sunbury and Davenport.
4-H Girls Name Representatives in Lone Tree
The Clover Blossom Four-H club met to elect officers for upcoming events. Mildred Stych was chosen as club representative for the style show at the county club show in August. Vinsta Frus and Wilma Lee Hudson were elected clothing judging team. The group also planned a club demonstration by Alice Byrne and Helen Mueller for the club show. Burlington visitors and local residents were noted at various calls and social visits. Instructor Hired: Alice Hahn will teach English and speech at Lone Tree high school to fill the vacancy created by Delma Reynolds leaving Willow Lake.
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Lone Tree
Alice Buline
Mildred Stych
Vinsta Frus
Wilma Lee Hudson
Alice Byrne
Helen Mueller
Burlington
J. 38. Smith
Dallis Lewis
Willow Lake
S. D
Wilbur Carl and
Columbus
Sam Platt
Archie
Strongfield
Saskatchewan
Canada
Fritz Tagge
Platts
States
Juniors of Atalissa Plan for Convention
Royal Neighbor Juniors and captain Mrs Rowena Barkalow discuss the annal convention to be held in Muscatine in August at Woodman hall. Attendees include Bevelyn Barkalow, Billie Barkalow, Leota Wathan, Marjorie Depping, Donna Cooney, Gladys Chapman, Gennevieve McKillip, Fern Staley, and other relatives and visitors.
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Gennevieve McKillip
Fern
Robert Staley
Lyle Peck
Eileen
Edwin White
Charles
Alma
Lewis
Staley
Bernice Fingle
Mildred McKillip
Evelyn Coss
William Butsler
Chester Osborn
Tipton
Clemmy Morrison
Harold, James and
Jean
Letts
N. Morrison
Downey
Jess van Horn
Jack Turner
Mary McCormick
Joan
Chicago
Louisa Lamb
John van Horn
Iowa City
Island Ladies Aid Hostess Plans Social Afternoon
Mrs W Butcher hosted a Fruitland Island Ladies Aid gathering with a devotional by Mrs Johanna Shoultz and a program including vocal solos and instrumental selections by local members. A luncheon followed. Guests included Mrs Frank Kemp Mrs J F Spring Mrs Bertha Kreiger and many others.
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Fruitland
William Butcher
Island Ladies’ Aid
Johanna Shoultz
Dorothy Folck
Harold Butcher
Lorraine Butcher
Jack Butcher
Butcher
Jack
Dick Forte
Frank Kemp
J. F. Spring
Bertha Kreiger
Anna
Warren Spright
Herman Harder
Carl
Asa Shepard
Dorothy Hoos
George Greiner
Dorothy
E. W. Cross
Frances
Inez
Fred Bartenhagen
Lorraine
Keith
Former Cedar County Resident Suffers Hip Injury
Tipton Mrs Martin Rigby aged 91 of Mount Union and formerly from Cedar County suffered a fractured right hip at home this week. Her condition is listed as serious.
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Cedar County
Tipton
Martin Rigby
Mount eVnion
Social Notes From Local Households This Week
Mrs. W. R. Brewster attended a luncheon on Tuesday. Dr. and Mrs. Louis Pelzer and their sons Parker and Henry from Iowa City visited the Otto Joens home Wednesday. Mrs. Tom Estle of Oak Harbor Washington stayed with the John Jensen family after arriving Wednesday. Mrs. Estle has been ill at Mercy hospital in Iowa City. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Ashton Lavon and Jimmy departed Thursday for a 10 day vacation to visit relatives and friends in Woodbine.
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Peggy Ann
Dave Russell
Robert Brown
Iowa
O. A. Bohnsack
Pearl
Sunbury
A. T. Jakeman
Walter Kemper
Buffalo
Anna Kemper
Elmer Swedensky
Ed Scheetz
Montpelier Pep Gals
Marian Rinnert
Montpelier Ladies’ Aid Society
Harold Moore
S. J. Pulse
Victor Rostenback
Richard Nugent
Ralph Nugent
Ruby Jean
Gustaf Mansen
Rosalind
Thomas Noble
New Era Ladies’ Aid Society
Arthur Hetzler
Melpine
Minneapolis
Minn
Clifford Noble
W. R. Brewster
Louis Pelzer and
Parker and Henry
Iowa City
Otto Joens
Tom Estle
Oak Harbor
Wash
John Jensen
Estle
Jacob Estle
Mercy Hospital
W. P. Ashton
Lavon
Jimmy
Woodbine
Meeting of Wapello Auxiliary Planned
The July meeting of the American Legion auxiliary will be held Monday evening in the Legion home. Groups Entertained. Mrs. George Mellinger hosted the Ladies Aid of Fairview with 19 present.
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Wapello
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
George Mellinger
Ladies’ Aid
Fairview
Harlan Timmons
Earl DeVore
Ralph Hutchcroft
Harry Dotson
Frank Hamilton
Ruth Beauchamp
W. J. Stroup
Kensington Club
Mena Wilton
Helen Thompson
Myrtle Marshall
Iowa
West
Emma Murray
Robert
Oakville
California
Andrene Brown
Winfield
Oscar Savis
Summers
Fay Stroup
Charles Stroup
Chris Stroup
Archie
Burlington
Faye
Elmira
Postnuptial Party Honors Lone Tree Bride
Lone Tree newly wed Mrs. Lawrence Kral was guest of honor at a postnuptial shower at Y hall on Wednesday evening. Attendees included a long list of relatives and friends from Lone Tree Clinton Nebraska and nearby Iowa City with Mrs. Musgrove of Omaha and Mrs. Kranz of Clinton among others.
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Lone Tree
Lawrence Kral
Y. Hall
Johanis Joens
W. E Shoquist
Mabel Kral
C. P. Carlson
Joe Kral
Harold Kral
Frank Kral
Fred Lenz
Clarence Lenz
Joe Hiebing
Gertrude Ann Hiebing
Tillie Sievers
Donald Crawford
Bessie Barritt
Ethyl McCullough
L. E. Brinkmeyer
L. G. Kilbourne
Emma Underwood
E. C. Wolford
Carol, Ruth
Jean Alice Shoquist
Eliza Eden
C. F. Werbach
Frank Sherburne
Ross Rayner
Will Jehle, Jr
Jack Burns
John Krall
Raymond Westfall
S. G. Herring
Geneva Boyd
C. N. Kranz
Clinton, Sr
Musgrove
Omaha, Neb
Ralph Edward
Leo Musgrove
Iowa City
Cedar County Farm Group Holds Monthly Meeting
The Center township Farm Bureau met at the Wingert home with a lawn picnic. Ray Anderson spoke on the 10 points from the national Farm Bureau federation. The Center township picnic is planned for August 11 at Daniels Park in Cedar Rapids.
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Tipton
Center Township Farm Bureau
Peter Wingert
Ray Anderson
Farm Bureau Federation
Center Township
Daniels Park
Cedar Rapids
Miss Berry Fends Off Buck Sheep at Farm Orchard
Miss Bethal Berry was knocked to the ground by a buck sheep while picking apples at Preston Dickey farm. She sustained bruises as Mrs. Dickey rushed to help with a club and rescued Berry. Berry was later taken home for care.
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Moscow
Milne Families Prep Vacation Trips and Club News
Community notes show Milne family members planning vacations and visits with relatives. Presbyterian groups meet with devotions, fundraising, and quilt projects for Tuc son Indian training school. local card clubs award prizes and plan future meetings.
Durant Stark Family Reunion in West Side Park Durant
The Stark family reunion was held in West Side park Durant with a picnic lunch and afternoon games. Attendees included multiple Stark family members and spouses from Stockton Durant Davenport Davenport and Durant.
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Stockton
Stark
West Side Park
Durant
Ernest Stark
Raymond Stark
Fred Dahl
Edith
Orval
Fred, Jr
Walter Stark
Gus Stark
Chris Voss
Fritz Waltmann
Virgil
Adolph Peters
Lorraine
Harry Horn
Harrison
Herbert Johannsen
Milton Binder
Howard Waltmann
Davenport
Prescott Resident Visits Relatives in New Boston
Prescott Iowa resident New Boston visit recounted with uncles Fred and Courtney Willits. Births reported include a son born July 4 to Freeman and wife, a son July 17 to Norman Willits, and a son July 18 to Arnold Green at Hershey hospital Muscatine. Also notes a marriage of Dorothy Andre to C T Smothers and upcoming Pearson reunion in New Boston.
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New Boston
Britt Willits
Prescott
Fred and
Courtney Willits
Freeman Howard
Norman Willits
Arnold Green
Hershey Hospital
Muscatine
Lenard Dean
Fred Terrill
Marjorie Search
John Search
Gerald Lane
Ben Munson
Keithburg
Justice of Peace
W. D. Emerson
Aledo
Miss Schultz
California
Rosa L. Tieman
Hi Lo
West Liberty Travelers Return. Local News Highlights
West Liberty residents report visitors and departures from Milwaukee and Minnesota. Miss Frances Jack, a recent graduate, will work at the YWCA in Milwaukee starting Sept 1. Chon Ponce had an appendectomy in Iowa City Mercy Hospital. Dr. C A Reeves becomes father to a son born at his parents home in Muscatine.
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West Liberty
John Klinert
Dorothy
Milwaukee
Wis
Otie Jack
Harland Jack
Robert Jack
Jack
Frances Jack
Walter Floyd
George
Eva Buckman
Lodi
Calif
Minnesota
Chon Ponce
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
J. C. Carey
American Legion Auxiliary
H. F. Lewis
Lucy
Esther Rock
Mt. Pleasant
Margaret Carey
Susanne Birkett
L. L. Birkett
C. A. Reeves
Mr. Reeve
H. L. Reeves
Muscatine
Dr. Reeves
West Liberty State Bank
Forty Montpelier Children Attend All Day Camp Event
About 40 Montpelier children joined an all day camping and outing day at Camp Wildwood on Thursday. Fred Puttman led the event with assistance from Mrs. Hulda Walker Mrs. Anna Kemper Mrs. Alice Schroeder Mrs. Ernest Winters Marie Snell and Helen Richter. Dinner dessert and ice cream were served and a fish fry for parents followed in the evening with many local residents in attendance.
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Montpelier
Camp Wildwood
Fred Puttman
Hulda Walker
Anna Kemper
Alice Schroeder
Ernest Winters
Marie Snell
Helen Richter
Puttman
Marvin Spaulding
Erie
Charles Walker
Lulu Rose
Charles
John
Buffalo
Anna Marie Hetzler
Melpine
Wayne
Weldon Ampress
Carl Schroeder
Harold
Gene
Morris
Peggy
Helen Ellison
Tom
Jerry Schroeder
Delores
Donna Lee
Marlyn Allchin
Rose Mary Powell
Elmer Love
Carl
Dorothy Lange
Rolland
Alvin Lobdell
Bollinger
Davenport
Dan Lange
William Richter
Laura
Maxine
Fred Schroeder
Evelyn Nettleton
Lester Bohnsack
Floyd Lobdell
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Junction Lodge
Westminster Guild
Pleasant Prairie
C. L. Fletcher
Doris
Vinton
C. W. Fletcher
Vance and
Adam Paul
Fletcher
D. P. Kelley
C W. Fletcher
Musaline
G. R. Cole
Alice Harker
Moline
Charlies Hermann
Mildred
Hermann
Milford Guthrie
James
Richard Guthrie
Hattie Dusenberry
Fulter Royal Worker’s Four- H Club
Pleasant Prairie Presbyterian Church
Gladys Wathan
Alethea Paul
Atalissa
Vivian Schmidt
Betty Duffy
Aletha Lair
America Lair
William Baker, Sr
Wilton
Mildred Wathan
Kenneth Lineweaver
Betty
Beulah
Earl Force
Ruth
Marie
Brooklyn
Velma Hudson
Lineweaver
Force
Geneveave Cromer
Laure! St. Clair
Janetta
Dwight
Mrs. W. Butcher
Miss Wilson
Dorothy Wilson
Thelma Davis
Mildred Miller
Mary Anna Bohling
Mrs. Hardman
Deloris Knouse
Mooseheart
Ill
V. Knouse
Walter Hoyt
Frank Reed
University Hospital
Marian Bates
Berkley
Californa
Murphy Brothers
Cedar County Farm Group
Milne
Blue Grass
H. G. Schroder
Missionary Society of the
Pleasant Prairie Presbyterian
J. C. Egel
Alma Robinson
Velma Bossen
Olie Schroder
White Cross
Tucson
Son
Louise Kautz
B. F. Pickering
Washington
Harold Frazer
LaFayette
Fred Parkhill
Virginia Lee
Roscoe
Hrold Kuehl
Frazer
Kuehl
Etta Plett
D. C
Lily Kell
Lenora Schroeder
Lila Bernick
Ella Schroeder
Gladys Chambliss
Elwood Chambliss
The
Presbyterian Church
June Worley
Laurena Cawhezell
Starks
Beach Lumber & Supply Co
Hershey Ave
Miss Andre
Dorothy Marie Andre
Carl Andre
C. T. Smothers
Dainsville
Smothers
Guy Clark
Galva
Adda Clark
Harold Fausett
Ernest Garrett
West Liberty News
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