Legion Sponsors Special Rites at Blue Grass Memorial
Memorial day services sponsored by the American Legion Walcott post were held at Blue Grass cemetery with the K of P band. A long list of honored dead from multiple wars was read by John H. Brus. An evening chicken supper followed, served by the Presbyterian Ladies Auxiliary.
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Blue Grass
American Legion
Walcott Post
Blue Grass Cemetery
K. of P. Band of Walcott
John H. Brus
August Gunther
John Stouffer
Charles Whiatees
Charles Robinson
Thomas Krochan
Rufus Catline
Joe van Allen
Joseph Mounts
Homer H. Holts
J. M. Chatterton
Fritz Berger
Henry Hogan
William Speer
Richard Craig
Franklin J. Cumming
Miles P. Benton
Second Infantry
Lovelier W. Kelley
William S. Kelley
Thomas Kelley
R. Campbell
Samuel Try
Thomas Anderson
Frank Preston
William H. Myers
Jesse P. Holts
Frank T. Logan
William
B. F. Pickering
Blue Grass Bible School
Pleasant Prairie
Hattie Healy
Vera Fridley
Marguerite Shellabarger
Otie Schroder
Florence Illian
Evelyn Schroder
Earl Cacherell
Anna Box
Vera Murdock
Helen Coates
Davenport
Rockingham Boulevard
Augustana College
Rock Island
Fred Illian
Ben Schroder
C. C. Five Hundred Card Club
Ethel Allbee
Amanda Johnson
Hilda Brumm
John Stramp
Triangular Lodge of Letts Anniversary Event
Letts-Triangular lodge No 245 A F and A M celebrates its 65th anniversary with a dinner at the U B church and toast program Then a program at the Masonic hall speaker C C Clark Burlington past grand master and board custodian Several local visits and social notes follow including Epworth League play plans and Children's Day invitation at the M E church
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Ottumwa
George
W. G. Bailey
Ida Littrel
Ernest Littrel
Ray Doublebower
Ray, Jr
Chicago
Tillie Lee
Winnifred Lee
Russell Lee
J. H. Richley
Harold Richley
Harold Hetzier
Vida Crumley
Muscatine
J. W. Hendrickson
Richland
Art Crumley
J. B. Gingery
Willodine
H. J. Austin
Beulah Hunt
Jimmy
Huntsville
H. A. Lieberknecht
L. A
Mt. Pleasant
M. E. Church
Funeral Rites for Mrs Milton Boyle Held in West Liberty
Funeral services for Mrs Milton Boyle age 55 were conducted at the First Presbyterian Church West Liberty with Rev C E Burdine delivering the sermon. The body lay in state at Snider funeral parlor until burial in Timberlake Cemetery with music by Aneta Flater and Louis Geertz. Pallbearers listed included Granville Flater Floyd McIntire E J Hawker Roy Tipton Chester Perry and Charles Addleman.
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Milton Boyle
West Liberty
First Presbyterian Church
C. E. Burdine
To the Frozen North A Polar Expedition Word Puzzle
Puzzle lists across and down clues about explorers and polar terms. It mixes names, places, and items such as sun god Inert gas and frost bite. The diagram prompts matching abbreviations and vocabulary for a newspaper feature.
Connor Funeral Held at Wapello
Funeral services for O. G. Connor age 75 who died Tuesday after a long illness were held Thursday in his late home conducted by Rev. Father Moore of Nichols. The casket bearers included Frank and Louis Foor Clyde Eubanks Roy Hunsicker Ernest Clayton and Henry Hank. Nearby notes mention Philathae class May social and 4 H club meeting with demonstrations and lessons. Return from Nebraska covers Homer Winder and relatives visiting up to Friday.
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Wapello
O. G. Connor
Father Moore
Nichols
Charles Stroup
Clintha Sanders
Jesus
Frank and
Louis Foor
Clyde Eubanks
Roy Hunsicker
Ernest Clayton
Henry Hank
Philatheas
Methodist Sunday School
A. W. Heins
H. B. Davison
H. L. Davison
Warren Stroup
Mary Jane Dotson
Flossie Maddux
O. L. Willson
Phyllis Willson
Eileen Dotson
Faye Deihl
Maddux
Anna Lea Meyerholz
Nebraska
Homer Winder
Sterling
Omaha
Lincoln
Neb
Winder
Addie Nisley
Charles Dollarhide
Oskaloosa
Henry Connor
Dayton
Mae Nevens
Davenport
Elmer Carter
Grandview
Kenneth Hunter
Havelock
M. Hunter
Francis Vandevort
Tipton
James Chittum
Columbia, University
J. H. Chittum
Riddell Jones
Barge Sinks in Mississippi Near Camp Edwards
A barge loaded with one million bushels of shelled corn ran aground on a rock in the Mississippi River near Camp Edwards and is sinking with most of its cargo unlikely to be salvaged. Lawrence Wagoner takes over Welch's Fish Market after Fred Welch left following a shooting incident in Jacobs Beer Parlors. Western Illinois Telephone workers plan a picnic at Crapo Park Burlington on June 2 with company exchanges in Aledo New Boston Seaton and Little York.
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New Boston
Mississippi
Camp Edwards
Lawrence Wagoner
Welch's
Fred Welch
Jacobs
Wagoner
Shell Oil
Western Illinois Telephone Company
Illinois-Iowa Telephone Companies
Crapo Park
Burlington
Aledo
Seaton
Little York
Dallmeyer Host Decoration Day Dinner for Relatives
Concord Columbus Junction hosts an extensive dinner for relatives including Ray Dobblebower of Downers Grove and many Reichley, Lange and Chelf family members from Chicago Richland Muscatine Letts and Letts. Auto maker employment and production schedules for March reached the highest level since September 1929.
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Carl Winning
Kenneth Holiday
Chloriene
Herman Lange
Chester Chelf
Billie
Jack
Mary Mapes
Everett Lange
Harold Reichley
Muscatine
J. W. Lowe
Ardis
Pauline
Jean
Letts
L. M. Dallmeyer
Helen
Kenneth
Bruce
Carl
Lewis
Frank Orr
Picnic at Williams Place Brings Annual Cedar River Gathering
A Wednesday picnic at the John Williams pasture in Cedar River bottom featured a noon basket dinner and an afternoon program. Della Summers read a poem by F. E. Williams of Healdsburg California, and John and Mrs. Williams shared a travel talk. A resolution made the event an annual gathering at the same site with John Williams named president and Mrs. C. P. Uhr secretary and treasurer. Many relatives and neighbors from East Moline Bloomington Taylorville Moline Cedar Rapids Huntsville Columbus Junction Letts and Muscatine attended.
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John Williams
C. P. Uhr
B. Hawkins
Jerry and
Bobbie
East Moline
Joe Hawkins
Vivian
Bloomington
Ill
Earl Hawkins
Alec and
Lindy
Taylorville
Illinois
George Hawkins
Emma _ Sinclair
Donald
Jeanette
Arthur
Letts
Harley Williams
Russell
Harold
I. J. Williams
Roland
Florence
Gordon
North of Cranston
Muscatine
Mr. Rockafellow
Mr. Robbins
John Zimmerman
Mr. Fitzgerald
Mr. Huff
Harvey Rauschenbarger
Jerry Ryan
Charles Benn
Joseph Frazee
William Moffett
John Schafer
John Lindley
Mathew McGrew
Simon Buster
Mr. Cook
Mr. Jennison
William Guthrie
Moses Guthrie
S. R. Guthrie
William Thompson
Philip Hahn
Jeptha Kent
J. J. Williams
James Stitt
Benton Christie
John Stingle
Peter Stineman
William Walker
Mr. Preston
Asaiah Gipple
Herman Gast
Will Fetters
Joseph Dodder
Francis Bierman
John Hunter
Milton Hardman
Charles Hahn
Theodore Hohenadel
Miss Mae Gast
Iowa State College
Kenneth Kemp
Grandview High School
Elmer Carter
Wapello
Ora Connor
Helen Neal
Chicago
J. &. Jackson
Helen Dallmeyer
Lurline Asher
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Betty McCulley
Hershey Hospital
George Schafer
West Liberty
Rex Kemp
Pliny Benson
Columbus Junction
Charles Shellabarger
Conesville
Raymond Satterthwaite
Summitt
Ella Walters
Ed Rowe
Arthur Miller
Davenport
Ray Bieri
Marie Ruthenberg
Ida Herwig
Nellie Herwig
Bobby
Elmus Dierck
Joe Walker
Andalusia
Patricia Imeson
Helen Young
Chace
H. P. Gray
Mechanicsville
Irene Tucker
Des Moines Woman Dies at West Branch
Mrs. C. R. Fisher, 57, of Des Moines, died at her son Herbert’s home in West Branch after a long illness. She leaves husband C. R. Fisher and five sons Ray, Russell, Darrell, and others in Iowa City and Pittsburgh. Ray and Russell Fisher are noted as S. U. S. football stars.
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West Branch
C. R. Fisher
Des Moines
Herbert
Fairport Crowd Honors Margaret Junge's 74th Birthday
Fairport residents gathered Sunday to honor Mrs. Margaret Junge on her 74th birthday with family and friends from Davenport and surrounding towns. Memorial day activities included visits to Buffalo cemetery, Credit Island picnic, and hospital updates on local residents.
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Fairport
Otto Fitchner
Margaret Junge
Albert Junge
Walter Gerdes
Hugo Goettsch
Sophia Goettsch
William Lucht
Alann Roggenkamp
Margaret Lucht
Harvey Lothmann
Davenport
Henry Fitchner
Clifford
Eugene
Funeral services for West Branch residents scheduled
Eugene L. and Herbert Fisher of West Branch will have funeral services at ten o'clock Saturday morning with burial at West Branch.
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Eugene L. and
Herbert Fisher
West Branch
Louisa County Churches Highlights and Schedules
Letts Methodist led by Rev W S Moore with services at 11 00 am and 8 00 pm Epworth League devotionals in the evening Sunday school 10 30 am W H M meets Wednesday Prayer at 8 00 pm Men s Wesleyan class Thursday Letts United Brethren led by Rev C O Winters with Sunday school 10 00 am Christian Endeavor 7 15 pm Official board Monday Ladies Aid Thursday Columbus City A B led by Rev Harry Buss Sunday school 10 00 am service 11 00 am Prayer Thursday evening
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Letts Methodist
W. S. Moore
Epworth League
W. H. M. Society
Christian Endeavor
Ladies’ Aid Society
Columbus City
A. B
Harry Buss
Local residents' updates and visits across towns
Eliza and Floyd Harter of Los Angeles visit Mrs. Kent Harter. Boyd Thirtyacre spends Sunday with friends in Macomb. Loyd Hampton ill at home. Hilda Kane recovering after appendicitis surgery at Mercy hospital Davenport. John Withrow and Ora Thirtyacre visit Rock Island.
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Eliza
Floyd Harter
Los Angeles
Calif
Kent Harter
Boyd Thirtyacre
Macomb
Loyd Hampton
Hilda Kane
Frank Kane
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
John Withrow
Ora Thirtyacre
Rock Island
Crowds Visit Grandview Graves Decoration Day
Crowds gathered at Grandview's cemetery to honor Civil War and World War II soldiers with wreaths. The list notes many local names, relatives, and community figures while reporting ongoing Memorial Day activities and gatherings across town.
West Liberty People Travel and Local Election News
West Liberty residents motor to New London Montezuma and Chicago for visits and work. Decorations day trips and relatives are noted along with primary election polling details and local election officials.
Osborne Candidate for Cedar County Sheriff
To the Republican voters of Cedar County urges Guy Osborne as eligible and capable for sheriff. 44 years old, married, lifelong Cedar County resident, known as a wrestler former champion, with peace officer experience at West Side Park and broad respect from law enforcement and the public. He pledges fair and impartial conduct if elected.
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Guy Osborne
Cedar County
Wrester
West Side Park
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