Letts Community News Notes Annual family gathering and local events
Letts notes describe Memorial Day family gathering at Marvin Furnas home with numerous relatives from Cornish St. Paul Des Moines Rock Island and Moline. Attendees included the Runyons Petersons Fry and Jungbluth families as well as others. Also mention Washington DC trip Luther Hildebrand and Battery C reunion in Muscatine. Weddings commencements and local visits are summarized with several names and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Dunsworth
Kelly
Tim
Rock Island
Louie Williams
Lortrude McWilliams
Moline
Opal Fry
Howard Fry
Mike Fry
Josephine van Tyke
Muscatine
Gertrude Vincent
Wayne Fry
J. W. Johnson
Clifford Epperly
Robert Harmon
East Moline
Amy Predmove
Mascaline
McKeever
Wapello
Jimmy
Susan
Jill Johnson
Letts
L. M.hoppy
Hildebrand
Washington D.C
New York City
Earl Dickerson
Harry Fur
Dennis Paine
Dubuque
Richard Paine
Harve Johnson
Gertrude
James Coder
Clifford Wellon
Mike Gerdts
Des Moines
Navy
Lelia Lintner
Hazel ‘Thompson
Columbus Junction
Francis Odendahl
Calona
Ill
Warren Jennings
Jennings
Winfield
Dave Windland
Ernst Cochran
Harry Crist
Harold Lessman
Lombard, Ir
Floyd Lessman
Edith Reddick
Ella Lessman
Reddick
Martin Lang
Kelly Jo Blake
Justin Blake
Muscatine Court Clerk Reports April Fund Totals
In April the Muscatine district court clerk’s office handled funds totaling 21,569.69 with 16,218.31 in various funds and 2,230.11 in miscellaneous trust funds. Probate fees reached 1,352.78. other funds included fines 700, copies 74.21, marriage licenses 45, and small amounts for transcripts, sheriff, reporter, and jury fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Justice of the Peace
Florence Hetzler
Kings of the Road antique car pageant set for Old Settlers Reunion
Midwest Old Settlers and Threshers Reunion in Mount Pleasant Iowa runs September 1 5 featuring a Southeast Town Antique Car Club display long a favorite. The pageant of about a hundred cars will be directed by David Giese with Ross Waters as general chairman and will play Sunday evening. The show highlights a 1902 Olds on a dirt track and includes an authentic narrow gauge railroad, new buildings for agricultural exhibits and Corliss engines, plus antiques for sale and display across the Midwest Village and related activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Pleasant
Iowa
David Giese
Ross Waters
Midwest
Iti
Corliss
Cigarette Tax Near $2 Million in May
Des Moines AP reports Towa’s cigarette tax nearly reached 2 million dollars in May with a total of 1,926,120, up 739,768 from May last year. Beer tax also fell to 269,065, down 6,877, as household crafts feature in a family friendly Midwest Old Settlers and Threshers fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Towa
Towa Tax Commission
Midwest Old Settlers and Threshers
Edith In the Future Parade Theme for Wilton Days
Wilton Days parade theme is Edith In the Future Faith In the Future announced by American Legion Post 564 parade runs Friday and Saturday June 17 18 with a 630 p m parade entry prizes set for three categories religious business and organization plus a Sweepstakes prize cash awards list entries urged from area residents parade applications obtainable from the Wilton newspaper or legion members also features a farm equipment show Saturday night prize drawing Port City rides and carnival widespread prize distribution for children's and adult novelty entries noted This item includes details on prizes and entry process with broader festival features
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton
American Legion Post 564
Howard Maurer
Wilton Legionnaires
American Legion
Port City
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Jimmie Haile
Wulrn
Emory Blake
Robert Zivolanek
van Crawford
Blake
Aledo
Ivan Crawford
Ruby O'Toole
Cornish, Coly
O'Toole
Carl Carlson
Greenfield
Judith Schomberg
Ames
Max Schomberg
Harl Wilson
Kenneth H. Jungbluth
Peter Jungbluth
Linda Jungbluth
Moren Olson
Kai Hamilton
Hamilton
Monmouth
Miss Jungbluth
Robert Frost
Chicago
Kenneth Jungbluth
St. Louis
Earl Wilson
Mercy
Tom Clague
Quatomana
Minn
Hazel Thompson
Allen Eliason
West Liberty
Clague
Mrs. Eliason
Mediapolis
Farmington
Bob Sharp
Battle Creek
Mich
John Pad
David Shoultz
Tama
Tom Robertson
Max Robertson
Stanton
Calif
Jon Robertson
Columbus Community School
Orville Gipple
Harry Gipple
Old Settlers
Edith In the
St. Peter's
Rome
Wolverine
Wolverine Shoe and Tanning Corporation
Wolverine World Wide
Topeka
Tokyo
Wted
Eeare
Wverl
Michigan
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