Liberty Alumni Program Draws About 200 Attendees
West Liberty alumni gathered at the high school Tuesday evening with about 200 present. Officers elected for the coming year include Adam Roth Jr. as president, John Carey vice president, Bernice James secretary, and Joe Howard treasurer. The group planned a holiday vacation alumni gathering as a permanent event and six of 13 women in the 1905 graduating class attended.
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West Liberty
Alumni Association
Adam Roth, Jr
John Carey
Bernice James
Joe Howard
Chester Beach
George Nichols
Amy Purvis Isaacs
Boseman
Mont
Myrtle Crees
Mechanicsville
Wilmina Raver Hessell
Rock Island
Bertha Hall Jack
Edna Nichols Fogg
Lucy Pickering Nichols
Fern Robinson
Helen Brandt
Warren Luse
Annette Schafer
Juanita Jack
Dorothy Klinert
Susanna Birkett
Ethel Sick
Betty Nauman
Jenniie Jack
Dusty Keaton
James Birkett
Rites Held for Mrs Mountain Former West Liberty Resident
Funeral rites for Mrs. Ross Mountain 82 former West Liberty resident were held Tuesday at a Valley Junction Christian church. Burial followed in Des Moines. She married Ross Mountain in 1873 and lived on Cedar county farms before moving to Des Moines in 1924. Survived by sons Charles of Valley Junction and Elmer of Des Moines, with nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Clark Mountain died in 1932.
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West Liberty
Christian Church
Ross Mountain
Valley Junction
Des Moines
Dora Warren
Walter Bailey
Bailey
Leota
Mountain
Celena Arvesta Whitacre
Martin
Sarah Whitacre
Columbia County
Iowa
Cedar County
Charles Mountain
Elmer Mountain
Clark
Mr. Mountain
Alethea Paul Hosts Fulton Club Saturday Online
Alethea Paul will entertain Fulton Royal Workers Four H club members Saturday afternoon at her Pleasant Prairie home. Frances Jenkins, Norma Egel, Elaine Erwin, and Marian Rinnert will present talks on Health Hints, The Wren, How to Picnic With Leisure, and Arrange Dresser Drawers. Myldred Hermann leads an outdoor game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Prairie
Alethea Paul
Fulton Royal Workers’ Four-H Club
Here
Frances Jenkins
Norma Egel
Wren
Elaine Erwin
Marian Rinnert
Myldred Hermann
Wapello Post Office Nominee Sent to Senate by FDR
President Roosevelt sent the nomination of Bernice Herrick for the Wapello postmaster appointment to the Senate. An Associated Press dispatch today informed readers of the action and noted the name Andrew J. Walton.
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Wapello
Senate
FDR
Roosevelt
Bernice Herrick
Associated Press
Andrew J. Walton
Burlington Couples Visit in Fairport Gatherings
Burlington and surrounding residents frequent visits and social calls. Mr and Mrs C W Blott hosted in Burlington while friends and kin visited in Fairport Cedar Rapids Blue Grass Muscatine Stockton Muscatine and Moscow townships. Logs were hauled from Green Island for the Burlington Island and Timber Co. F Culler of La Crosse Wisconsin toured the U S fisheries station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy
Moscow Township
Forrest Hand
Ed Gray
Fred Hand
Green Island
Burlington Lsand and Timber Company
Co. F. Culler
U. S. Fisheries
la Cross
Wisconsin
U. S. Fisheries Station
L. H. Bennett
Robert McMillan
Rock Island
Albert Meeke
Letts Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits and Commencement
Guests visited Letts residents over a weekend period including Wayne McCormac of Chicago and Paul McCormac's graduation from the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Other gatherings featured Mr and Mrs Henry Mason Holder in Muscatine, kin visits with Charles Garber en route from Kansas City to Columbus, and extended stays by Arthur McDaniel and family from Shelbyville.
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Charles Garber
Garber
Nora Armentrout
Olive Henderson
Standard Oil Co
West Indies
Kansas City
Columbus
Chicago
Arthur McDaniel
Richard
Janice
Shelbyville
Ind
Walter McDaniel
W. Ik. Zimmerman
Allerton
Wesley Coe
Zimmerman
Letts
Urbena
Ill
Passaic
N. J
Coe
U.S
Des Moines Officer Wins Harvard Traffic Research Fellowship
Des Moines Iowa highway patrolman J Fisher, age 28, was awarded a 1200 dollar fellowship for study at Harvard University's Bureau for Traffic Research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridg, Mass
Russell J. Fisher
Des Moines
Iowa
Harvard University
Bureau For Traffic Research
Postmasterhip Named in Iowa Appointments List
Elden postmastership was included in the list of Iowa appointments submitted. The item confirms an official posting within the governor’s slate and signals ongoing personnel decisions for the state offices.
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Elden
Iowa
Quilt Finished at Meeting of Ladies Aid in Montpelier
Seventeen women attended the Montpelier Ladies Aid gathering at Mrs. Emma Schroeder's home. They completed a quilt started earlier that day and enjoyed fancy work and luncheon. Hostess for the next meeting will be Mrs. Forrest Snell. Overall notes include long lists of visitors and local travel for relatives and neighbors.
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Quilt
Ladies Aid
Montpelier
Fred Rinnert, Jr
Clyde Nettleton
Evelyn
R. E. Lobdell
Delbert Lobdell
Audrey
Tillie Bohnsack
Teckla Rinnert
Fred Schroeder
Anita
Emma Schroeder
Pearle
Forrest Snell
Illinois
Richard
Gerald
Charles Walker
Buffalo
Linden
Anton Pelzer
Joe Rose
Chicago
Andrew Jakeman
O. A. Bohnsack
Pearl
Sunbury
Fred
Bernhardt Kemper
Dubuque
Fred Rinnert
Marian
Wayne Wetzel
Harold Wells
Muscatine High School
First Baptist Church
Beavers
Charles Beaver
Ray Slater
Jess Bledsoe
Charles Bledsoe
Eva Thorn
Will Rieter
Moline
Ed Hamilton
Beaver
Loyd Ridgway
S. Harris
Harold Bohnsack
Paul
Davenport
William Bohnsack
Adam Dipple
Anna Kemper
Mary Hebbern
Carl Jones
Jerry Hamm
Beulah Russell
Waterville
Harmon Hamm
Loyd Dipple
New Era
Clarence Pulse
Hartford
S. J. Pulse
Donna Lee Allchin
Hattie Danz
Muscatine
Edwin Dipple
Dorea
Clinton
Jake Sanders
Jake, Jr
Kelley Phillips
George Lewis Named Muscatine Lions Scholarship Winner
George F. Lewis of 706 East Eighth Street received the Muscatine Lions Club annual scholarship. The $100 award to be used at any Iowa state college supports a student with strong academic record and college goals. Lewis plans to enroll at Iowa State College in Ames to study poultry husbandry. Last year Maurice Young earned the scholarship and is attending Muscatine Junior College.
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George F. Lewis
East Eighth Street
Muscatine Lions Club
Fred G. Messenger
Iowa
Lewis
Iowa State College
Ames
Maurice Young
Muscatine Junior College
Y's Men Plan Camp Trip and Welcome Committee
Y's Men’s Club will finance five Muscatine boys' three day trip to the YMCA camp at Rotary Lodge on the Cedar River with all expenses paid. Five boys to attend starting June 29, selected by Charles Kern and B. L. Gallaher, with other clubs invited to participate. A welcome-to-Muscatine committee to greet new arrivals was also approved, and Weldon McDaniel spoke on drug standardization via animal testing. The activity committee reported $76 receipts from a club amateur contest series.
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Muscatine
Rotary Lodge
Cedar River
Y’s
Charles Kern
B. L. Gallaher
Weldon McDaniel
Aid Group Plans Davenport Event
Pleasant Prairie Ladies Aid society schedules their annual picnic at Feteruary park in Davenport on June 24. The next society meeting will be June 9 in the Pleasant Prairie Presbyterial church parlors with Mrs. G R Cole as hostess.
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Pleasant Prairie
Pleasant Prairie Ladies’ Aid Society
Feteruary Park
Davenport
Pleasant Prairie Presbyterial Church
G. R Cole
Mrs Cole Hosts Vanishing Tea in Pleasant Prairie
Mrs Lara Cole hosted another vanishing tea at her Pleasant Prairie home on Monday afternoon. The event featured sewing and a tea towel hemming contest won by Miss Ida Mae Hetzler. Refreshments followed, with guests in attendance.
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Pleasant Prairie
Lara Cole
Ida Mae Hetzler
Louisa County Ag Committee to Mail Signer Letters
Louisa county agricultural conservation program committee will send letters to farmers about preliminary soil depleting bases. Farmers may appeal any inequity with proof. bases may be adjusted up or down. State committee finalizes bases later. notification if a change exceeds 1 percent.
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Louisa County
Wapello
Louisa County Agricultural Conservation Program Committee
Local Dinner Guests Share News with Area Families
A long list of guests from Muscatine Montpelier and Nichols visited Mr. and Mrs. Adam Paul for a Sunday dinner. Attendees included Mrs C W Fletcher Miss Elizabeth Fletcher Charlotte Cole and many Schroeder Hetzler and Henke family members plus Kenneth Berry and the Paul daughters Dolores and Kathleen.
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Charles Hermann
Milwaukee
Moorhead
Marian Hetzler
Hetzler
Cedar Falls
State Teachers College
Chevy! Paul
Donna Jeanne Cole
Maryella
Muscatine
Jefferson School
Lena Nielsen
Minnie Schnoor
Stockton Camry R. N. A
Nielsen
Gordon Moorhead
Ralph Jenkins
Beverly Moorhead
Bernard Moorhead
Lyall Paul
Alma Kretschmar
Kenneth Petersen
Evelyn Schroder
Earl Cachezel
Alethea Paul
Wilbur Day
Cincinnati
M. E. Moorhead
C. W. Fletcher
Elizabeth Fletcher
Charlotte Cole
Retha Schroeder
Myron
Avita
Pearl Schroeder
Emma Schroeder
Doris Kemper
Montpelier
Mamie Hetzler
Frieda Hetzler
Corrine Hetzler
Ida Mae Hetzler
Millie Fix
Nellie Wunderlich
Zylpha Grimm
Kate Grimm
Augusta Henke
Anna Henke
George Brei
Doreen and Clair Henke
Audrey
Anna Marie Hetzler
Kenneth Berry
Frank J. Kaalberg
Dolores and
Kathleen
Nichols
Adam Paul
Honeyman Wins Iowa 1936 Brain Derby Title
Morning Sun senior Donald Honeyman topped 1,062 contestants from 270 schools to claim the brain derby title with first in economics English literature and American government and sixth in physics. Lois Mayhew of Red Oak repeated as runner up with wins in second year Latin and English correctness. The record notes a separate Muscatine post office receipts drop in May compared to May 1935.
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Muscatine
Albert S. Barry
Barry
Iowa City
Donald Honeyman
Morning Sun
Iowa
Honeyman
Lois Mayhew
Red Oak
Naomi Nechtel
Waverly
Donald Hongeman
United States
Irvin Merrill
Ames
Henry F. Hauth
Hawkeye
Elmer Heinmiller
New Hampton
Arthur Wulsberg
Decorah
Levernon Backer
Marion
Lavon Gerdes
Wesley
Robert Wahl
Monticello
Amy Clampitt
New Providence
Ruth Roberts
Elizabeth Charlton
Manchester
Virginia Colmage
Buffalo Center
Jeane Dunn
Fairfield
Dean Testifies in Legion Probe
Dean Testifies in Detroit court about the Black Legion murder case. He admits firing the shots that killed Charles A. Poole, describes a pre arranged one way ride for Poole, and recounts statements by Harvey Davis about punishment. He testifies amid defense objections during a multi defendant murder examination.
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Detroit
Dayton Dean
Charles A. Poole
WPA
Black Legion
Poole
Dean
Harvey Davis
Black Hooded
Duncan C. McCrea
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Adam Roth Jr
Mrs. Mountain
Fulton Club
Red Paint Store
Burlington
Fairport
Henry Stickrod
Edward Wells
Willard
Durant
Augusta Spring
Ella
Henry Spring
James Nugent
Myrtle Nugent
Ruby
Richard Nugent
Gustaf Mansen
New Era Ladies’ Aide Society
Glee Cole
Franklin Better
Ella Franklin
St. Luke's Hospital
Harry Jakeman
Maynard
Wilton
A. T. Jakeman
Merrill Thomas
William Heutmann
Bennett House
Art Mundt
Ed Allchin
Alvin Brown
Eileen Wickey
Walter Philpott
George Lewis
Lions’ Club Award
Journal Engraving
Y’s Men’s Club
FBI
Irene Dunner
Alan Jones
Ela
LE Libie
Holida Sizer
Jack Oakie
Sally Eilers
Kent Taylor
Au Es
Dra Bette Vavis
Golden Arrow
George
Brent Carol Huganse DE
Robert Taylor
Rome
Enterprise For
Zasu Pitts
Leo Carrillo
Nat Pendleton
Sam Hardy
Metro. Goldwyn-Mayer
Jack Conway
Pleasant Prairie Society
Mrs. Cole
Pear
New York
Gene Raymond
Wendy Barrie
Helen Broderick
Pictorial News
Louisa
Earl D. Peterson
Harvill
Legion
PWA
Triggerman
Newspapers
America
the Muscatine Journal
International Circulation Managers Assn
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