Wilton Auxiliary Reports Sale of Many Poppies
The Wilton and Moscow communities sold 1,000 poppies raising $105.61 for the American Legion auxiliary. Mrs. Harry Griffith led the drive with help from Mrs. Earl Atkinson and others, and plans were announced for Children’s Day observances and a Presbyterian Sunday school program in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton
Moscow
Harry Griffith
American Legion Auxiliary
Griffith
Earl Atkinson
H. W. Kretschmar
H. E. Henderson
Kirk Grunder
Presbyterian Sunday School Board
Walter Kaufmann
Paul Kemp
Vera Maurer
Leona Mae Abbott
Dorothy Sheetz
Hilbert Gradert
Pleasant Prairie Presbyterian Ladies Aid social notes
Mrs. Dorothy Hermann hosted the Pleasant Prairie Presbyterian Ladies Aid at the church parlors with sewing and refreshments. Attendees included Etta Plett, Anna Jenkins, Jane Egel, Kathryn Grimm, many others. The H and W Sunday school class met at Walter Grimm’s home. Memorial Day visitors and Davenport residents are listed among guests and family gatherings surrounding Paul and Grimm families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Prairie
Dorothy Hermann
Pleasant Prairie Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid Society
Etta Plett
Anna Jenkins
Muscatine
Janice Egel
Bloomington Township
Kathryn Grimm
Danny
Alice Paul
Norma Grimm
Betty Sloan
Jimmy
Sandra
Frances Fix
Maud Martz
Pickering
Emma Thomsen
Anna Mae Hermann
Ella Eis
Mary Paul
Ella Jenkins
Rosa Egel
H and W
The
Presbyterian Church
Walter Grimm
B. F. Pickering
Walter Egel
Nancy
Leo Fix
Ralph Jenkins
Laurence Sloan
Gerald Grimm
Paul
Grimm
Ray Nagel
Mary Ellen
Sammy
Stockton
Walter Benshoof
Gary
Anne Benshoof
Joe Melberg
Davenport
Benshoof
Merrill Paul
Elmer Paul
David Condermann
David
Iowa City
Ed Paul
Evers
Eloise Pierce
George Grimm
Musca
Wayne Wetzel
Henry Mr
Henry Paul
Delta Alphas of Nichols Social Meeting at Home
The Nichols Christian church Delta Alpha circle met at Helen Rice's home Monday evening with Emma Shafer Velma Shafer and Rev. F J Kohler guiding devotional and lesson. Attending were Mr and Mrs F J Kohler Blanch Hines Elsie Poole Verna Reeder Gladys Hillyer Blanch Carter Irene Graham Anna Reynolds Emma Shafer Helen Rice and Velma Shafer. Guests included Mr and Mrs John Garnes Barbara Carol and Junior Mrs George Beirman and Dorothy. Also noted, birth of Lon Lee to Mr and Mrs Robert Harbit at Mercy hospital Iowa City May 21. Edna Kirchner left Monday for a two week vacation with her mother in Oskaloosa. Horace Ireland and daughter Betty were visiting final details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velma Shafer
John Garnes
Barbara
Carol
Junior
George Beirman
Dorothy
Mervin Shafer
Robert Harbit
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Lon Lee
Edna Kirchner
Peterson
Oskaloosa
Horace Ireland
Betty
Bebb Recovers From Light Stroke and Local Greetings
Conesville resident Robert Bebb is recovering from a light paralytic stroke at home Tuesday. The item also notes multiple social visits and a high school graduation in Iowa City with relatives attending.
Bohnsacks Birthday Party Highlights Local Gatherings
Stockton residents recount a birthday party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bohnsack with games and awards to Mrs. Lillian Dietz Mrs. Geraldine Bohnsack Mrs. Alice Arp and Mrs. Georgia Bangert. Quigley, overseas in the Philippines, marks 38 months abroad after service in Luzon and earlier campaigns. Grasshoppers’ mating sounds noted alongside insect behavior observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockton
Harry Bohnsack
Bohnsack
Lillian Dietz
Geraldine Bohnsack
Alice Arp
Georgia Bangert
PFC
Arlan Moeller
Carl Borchers
John Hagen
Davenport
Miles Views Evidence of Nazi Cruelty
The dispatch from Nurnberg reports bodies of gestapo men in ruined headquarters and nauseating evidence of torture tools and propaganda. It notes underground passages, looted Allied gear, and 10 360 Allied planes and 45 000 airmen brought down. The article quotes a factory director on air power and misjudged German wartime planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Numberg
Germany
IDPA
Gestapo
Christ
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Nurnberg
Bavaria
Pooh
America
Polio Cases Show 30 Percent National Increase
Polio figures rise about 50 percent over 1944 by mid May with 642 new cases versus 424 last year. New England and Middle Atlantic areas report sharp increases while Pacific coast shows a drop. The National Foundation vows swift public health aid and distributes guidance bulletins for parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Don W. Gudakunst
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis, Inc
New England
Middle Atlantic States
South Atlantic
East South Central States
Pacific Coast
West South Central
Gudakunst
National Foundation
The
Union Meet to Feature Rev Hansen Message
The Columbus Junction Methodist church hosts an 8 p.m. Union service with Rev Wendell Hansen delivering the message. Also listed are multiple area churches with services, Bible schools, and events during the day including Rev Hansen preaching at 8 p.m. and a variety of Sunday school and worship times in the surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. Hansen
Columbus Junction
Wendell Hansen
Columbus City
A. m
Trinity Evangelical and Reformed
Louisa Center
Larson
Grandview
Youth For Christ
Evangelical
L. B. Deedrick
Cairo
the Son of God
Spring Run
Dixie Free Methodist
Darrel D. Hart
E. R. Fortner
eLster H. Bill
Fredonia
Junction
WSCS
Wesleyan Service Guild
Wendell Morgan
Central Presbyterian
E. R. Mitchell
Church Bible School
Haskins
Independent Bible
W. L. Sanford
A. G Annette
Peter Varanoff
Neighbors Help Jones Family Plant Corn and Beans
Nichols-Neighbors and friends of Mr and Mrs Van Jones helped finish planting corn and beans at the Jones home while Mr Jones convalesces from an appendectomy. Mrs Lucille Reynolds aided in serving the noon meal to Russel Reynolds and Fred Swan among the helpers.
Miss Thompson Named to Letts Scout Committee
Miss Hazel Thompson was appointed to the Girl Scout troop committee at a Letts Study club meeting in the school auditorium to fill the vacancy from Mrs. Charles Herrick's resignation. The club voted to skip summer meetings and showed Heinz Co. films. Nearby, Mrs. Addie Hardin arrives to start as local telephone exchange agent, while Mrs. L. G. Bell resigns after a decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letts
Hazel Thompson
Charles Herrick
H. J. Heinz Co
Muscatine
Addie Hardin
Fairmont
Minn
Mae Cook
Roy
Ralph McCleary
Bellevue Hospital
Emma Furlong
Hebron
Ill
W. C. Hendrix
Joe Harmon
Darline Alberts
Hallie
Nellie Lee
Paul Ferguson
Stillwater
Okla
Ferguson
Mrs Linville Home After Texas Visit
Mrs. Lewis Linville returns from Austin Texas with her sister and daughter. Sgt. Lewis Linville serves in the South Pacific. Other locals visit relatives and recover from a fall while several residents travel or work in nearby towns and schools.
Wilton Band Opens Outdoor Season With First Concert
The Wilton concert band plans its first open air show of the season this Saturday evening at the corner of Fourth and Cedar streets directed by Fred Mannhardt of Muscatine. Mrs Kathryn Claussen hosted a Tuesday bridge gathering at her West Fifth street home with Mrs Kirk Grunder and Mrs Ed Duffe taking high scores. luncheon followed. Royal Neighbors Social club hosts a courtesy shower for Mrs Norma Chambliss Tuesday at city hall with hostesses Irene Atkinson Flora Ovesen Grace Dawson Kate Maurer Lottie Smith. Patricia Kelley niece of Mr and Mrs Arthur Kelley attended Burlington high school graduation with her class. Mr and Mrs Ray Dunsmore of Rock Island visited Memorial day at Miss Kate Creitz. Honey should be stored in a dry place at room temperature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Duffe
T. F. Denkhoff
Bettendorf
Merle Sterner
New Boston
C. D. Sterner
T. D. Mitchell
Maurice Neidig
Frank
Pearl Gettert
Muscatine
Sterner
J. R. Kerlin
Davenport
Lowrey Johnson
Bertha Schiele
Durant
Clara Schiele
John Schiele
Russell Hillman
Stockton
Harry Peterson
Mary Martin
Marshalltown
Ella Nicolaus
Frank Johnson
John S. Smith
Camp Bradford
Norfolk
Laurence Gatzke
Cherry Point
N. C
Albert Kelley
Wilton
Fourth
Cedar Streets
Fred Mannhardt
Kathryn Claussen
West Fifth Street
Kirk Grunder
Ed Duffe
Paul Darting
Royal Neighbors Social Club
Norma Chambliss
City Hall
Irene Atkinson
Flora Ovesen
Grace Dawson
Kate Maurer
Lottie Smith
Mary Schroeder
Burlington High School
Patricia Kelley
Arthur Kelley
Ray Dunsmore
Rock Island
Kate Creitz
St Mary Parish Wilton Plans Summer School
St Marys parish Wilton will offer a two week religious vacation school starting next Monday afternoon June 4. Sisters of Charity B V M of St Mathias assist in running the program for area youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary
Wilton
St. Mary's
Sisters of Charity B. V. M
St. Mathias
Morris to Attend West Point Graduation Program
Hugh Morris plans travel from Columbus Junction to Chicago and New York City to attend the West Point graduation on Tuesday June 5. His nephew James David Morris, a West Point graduate in the largest class of 863, will receive his wings with air corps training. Other relatives from Washington DC and Cotter community near Columbus Junction attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Hugh Morris
Chicago
New York City
West Point
James David Morris
David Morris
David A. Morris
Jean Morris
Clayton B. Corliss
Washington, D. C
Air Corps
James Morris
Col
D. A Morris
Pacific
Japan
Morris
Cotter
Ralph A. Morris
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Wilton Auxiliary
Carrie Williams
Frances de Quasie
Ruby Shuger
Nevin Hinkhouse
Stephen
West Liberty
Lonnie Walton
Vernon
Ellsworth Cole
Lonnie
Charon
Carolyn
L. J. Kiser
A. E. Kiser
Creston
R. M
South Wilton
Harold Duncan
Duffees
Delta Alphas of
Nichols
Bebb
Conesville
Robert Bebb
Pearl Kennedy
Katherine
Ruth Kennedy
Wendell Winders
Radcliffe
Charels Forbes
Guy Swailes
Morning Sun
Mary Swailes
Haney Forbes
Cedar Rapids
Paul Fischer
Keith
Marcia Wagner
Charles Skipton
Catherine Shortridge
Burlington
Harry Noble
Barbara Anne McKee
J. Kelley McKee
Cottey Junior College For Women
Nevada
Jay Wall
Bohnsacks
Cornell College
Miles
Frank Miles
Iowa Daily Press
Clarence Horn
John Baker
Hale Hanft
Albert Pike
Paul Brennaman
John Johnson
Orville Smith
Lloyd Hummel
Bob Elder
Tom Dean
Pete Jameson
Joe Miles
Luther Rauer
Jones Fields
Thompson
Scout
Lewis Linville
Austin
Charles Bright
Terry Kay
Linville
Sgt
South Pacific
Howard Brickley
Robert Smith
Morrison, IL
H. E. Dawson
Roy C. Smith
Lawrence Richards
Nashville
Delbert Smith
Bud Tisor
Bud Pine
Ray Greene
Beverly Alglen
Mt. Vernon
Rexall Drug Store
Nettie Lewis
O. W. McGrew
Carlton
Albuquerque
N. M
E. A. McGrew
Beaver
Oklo
Barbara McGrew
Charles Billings
Cecil Billings
Charles
Chester Devore
Linda Bell
Barbara Lee
Carl Felton
Edward J. O’hair
Pian
Blondie
Chic Young
Henry
BY Carl Anderson
Joe Palooka
Madison Square Garden
Gleason
Ham Fisher
Merchant Marine
Freckles
MR. Tenny
BY Merrill Blosser
Magazine
Yen
BY Leslie Turner
Rita
Boots
By Edgar Martin
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