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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1935
Page
6
Letts residents welcomed visitors from Muscatine Rock Island Northwood and West Liberty for a weekend of dinners visits and cottage gatherings along the river. Families including the Griffins Bedwells Coreys and Hildebrands joined in meals picnics and a Weed Park reunion amid social exchanges and travel from nearby towns.
The seventeenth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Ernest Winters and the twenty seventh of Mr and Mrs Ed Weisman were observed with a picnic at Wild Cat Den state park. A large group of relatives and friends from Buffalo Davenport Muscatine Strawberry Point and nearby towns attended. Other notes mention dances, visits, and farm work in the area.
The official board of Grandview Church will hold their regular meeting Thursday night. Miss Ruby Lieberknecht of Concord visited Mrs. Myrl Lieberknecht and Dr Williams. Mr and Mrs Oral Courtney and children stayed with relatives in Oakville. Rev Philip Hahn of Wilton called on Mrs I F Gipple. Paul and Mark Schweitzer of Mt Vernon and Independence visited at the Williams home. The Solomon Islands were lost after their first discovery and not found for 200 years. A stove used to cook each dish in parts of the Philippines uses clay bowls holding the charcoal fire under the pots.
A large audience attended the annual Thank Offering program by the Alice McBlain Auxiliary of the Methodist church in Wilton. Rev. Ogleton of the A M E church in Muscatine spoke, with a colored chorus performing solos and duets. An offering supported missions. Various Wilton residents and guests visited or returned from trips, including Collier relatives and the Brugmans and Weatherly families. A crane-fly heart note, and a WWI leaders’ age remark conclude the item.
Atalissa and Illinois City households hosted guests from Memphis, Rock Island, West Liberty, Muscatine, and Tipton. Dinners, anniversaries, and family reunions filled weekend visits, with several relatives and friends sharing meals and birthdays at multiple homes.
funeral rites for William Everett Reed were conducted at Community church with Rev. O G Lewis in charge. pallbearers named and flower attendants listed. Reed born Grandview November 20 1879 died July 27 1935 aged 55 years 8 months survived by wife six children 13 grandchildren mother and sister.
A Nash LaFayette dealer advertises the 1936 model as a six passenger car with essential engineering features found in high priced models while remaining economical. The ad promotes an X Ray System showing hidden differences between cars at the same price and asserts LaFayette offers six to eight features typically omitted in lower priced cars. Nash Motors Company Kenosha Wisconsin.
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