Cedar Valley social notes and visitors list of Cedar Valley
Mrs Minnie Holst and family visited daughter and sister Mrs George Ryland near Nichols Sunday evening. Ryland and her ill daughter noted. Bake sale by Goshen Wapsie Four H club in West Liberty June 8. Several visits, dinners, and departures involving Miss Margaret Chesebro, Miss Marguerite McMahon, Miss Twila Nauman, Miss Ruthabel La Tourette, Miss Eula Shaffer, and local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Valley
Minnie Holst
George Ryland
Near
Nichols
Glenn James
Ina Askam
Everett
Edwin
Mary
Maysville
Herman Holst
Twila Nauman
Cedar Rapids
H. B. Meyers
Margaret
Clifton Meyers
Virgil
Clinton Meyers
Aneta Frater
Alberta Ping
Richard
Glenn Bennett
West Liberty
Bennett
Mabel Smith
Ed Hendriks
Herbert
Harold
Leslie
Ruthabel la Tourette
University of Iowa
Hendriks
la Tourette
Chicago
Margaret Hildebrand
Guy Hildebrand
Frances Rabe
Marguerite McMahon
Eula Shaffer
Marshalltown
Chaddie
James
Mishler
Muscatine
Mrs. Curry
Children’s Day observance at High Prairie church
The High Prairie church will hold its Sunday morning Children’s Day program at 10 o’clock. The program features songs, recitations, an offering speech, guitar selections by Richard Eichelberger, Robert Minder and Edwin Altekruse, and a closing address by Rev. W. H. Slack. A pageant includes many local children led by the Eichelberger and Hoopes families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Prairie
Paul Kemp
Erma Rann
Arlene Eichelberger
Richard Eichelberger
Robert Minder
Edwin Altekruse
W. H. Slack
Wayne
Doris Eichelberger
Norman Phillips
Morris Hoopes
Lyle
Dean
Edward Eichelberger
Edward
Betty Goldsberry
Willard Randles
Opal
Kenneth Miller
Betty
Jean McCulley
Silas Franklin
Evelyn Hoopes
Shirley
Frances Foster
Donna
Virgil
Noll Hoopes
Illinois Farmers Struggle With Rainbound Bay Fieldwork
Bay Island farming lags as heavy rains halt plowing and delay corn planting. Weather keeps irrigation and field tasks slow at New Boston area. Residents and visitors, including Mrs. Delia Kranz and Mrs. Will Jebb, are noted amid community updates and local visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Island
Waer
Delia Kranz
Howard White
Will Jebb
Lower Bay
Arthur Jacobs
Fred Gagne
Chicago
New Boston
Okwake Cemetery
Minnie Alsup
North Henderson
Helen Schrock
Paul Martin
Mabel Kunkel
Cordovia
Marvin Peters
John Johnson
Edwin Peters
William Maucker
Rock Island
The
Bay
Night in Hollywood planned at Grandview for benefit
A school fundraiser unfolds as the King's Daughters class at Grandview arranges a benefit play titled A Night in Hollywood. Local talent will impersonate famous movie stars with a director expected to arrive this week to cast roles. The date will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview
Hollywood
Winifred
Geneva Harrison Wer
W. E. Reed
Dan Snyder
Lurline Asher
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Conesville
Ruth Kemp
Marion Godanour
Patricia Imeson
Virginia Owens
Margaret Owens
Amy Lehman
Lela Schneider
Sevnth
Bernice Krahl
O. G. Lewis
Reed
Drs. Warner
Dean Buster
McRoberts
D. E. Zimmerman
Muscatine
Henrickson
L. A. Quinn
Meta Keffer
Rock Island
Davenport
Miss Peters Weds Walter Schwob in Wapello
Miss Catherine Peters, kindergarten teacher in Wapello, married Walter Schwob Monday in Davenport Lutheran manse with Rev. Miller officiating. Roger Christie of Wapello witnessed. The bride wore a pale yellow ensemble, groom in oxford gray. They will live in Wapello where he runs a filling station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Catherine Peters
Walter Schwob
Davenport
Miller
Roger Christie
E. J. Peters
Denison
Downey Residents Attend Various Social Visits
A stream of local visits and social calls fills the week in Downey and nearby towns. Mr. and Mrs. Gates attended an employee dinner in Mt. Vernon while J. Edwin Gray plans Cornell attendance. Others traveled to Cedar Falls, Grinnell, Williamsburg, Tipton and Des Moines for visits, teaching duties, or family gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg
H. H. Oyler
John Horn
J. C. Kirkpatrick
Tipton
Guy Secrest
F. J. Flynn
Hugh Flynn
Washington and
Haskins
L. A. Fiegle
Raymond Fingle
Henry Bayne
Four H Club Meets at Deihl Home for Study and Business
Wapello A C B Four H club members gathered at the Deihl residence south of town Saturday afternoon. Eight members and leader Miss Flossie Maddux attended with special guest Edith Havenhill. President Eileen Dotson opened the session as minutes were read by Faye Deihl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
H. Club
Faye
Francis Deihl
Town
Flossie Maddux
Edith Havenhill
Eileen Dotson
Faye Deihl
Miss Maddux
Viola Walker
Ida Blanche Bruner
Anna Grace Bruner
Miss Beryl Schiele Returns From Char Den to North Prairie Summer Visit
North Prairie notes list local residents with visits and events. Miss Beryl Schiele returns from Char den to spend the summer with her parents, Rudolph and a list of social calls and gatherings follows, including a Linn Grove luncheon and homecoming activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Prairie
Beryl Schiele
Charden
Rudolph Schiele
Mabel Smith
Linn Grove
Robert Stafford
Iowa City
E. R. Smith
West Liberty
Clifford Schooley
Ed McDermott
Davenport
John Schriner
C. M. Ross
Edgar Burden
Iowa Falls
Will Enlow
John Anderson
Ed Rinda
Town City
Rinda
Donald Schooley
Leroy Schooley
Norton family attends Memorial Day events and visits
Sunday afternoon gatherings were called off due to bad roads. Frank Norton and son Russell, with Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Norton and Verna Mae, drove to Ft. Madison for Memorial day exercises and to see Clyde Tweed's family. Lyman Elliott and Elmo, with Mrs. Josephine Kelley, went to Newberg Ind. where Kelley stays with her sister Sade Murdock. Frank Vanatta of Wisconsin, a former resident, visited relatives and friends recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Norton
Russell
Vernon Norton
Verna Mae
Ft. Madison
Clyde Tweed
Lyman Elliott
Elmo
Josephine Kelley
Newberg
Wisconsin
Ainsworth Community News Highlights and Local Visits
Local residents share visits with Iowa City and Fairfield families. Doyle Bassler graduates from Iowa University in mechanical engineering with a position in Elmhurst Illinois. Ainsworth defeats West Liberty 4 to 3 on Mode Harbison farm. Delegates travel to Mt Pleasant to hear Bishop Hughes and Admiral Byrd visit plans noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmhurst, Ill
E. W. Spessard
O. M. Spessard
Kenneth Ornduff
Irene Blankenhorn
The
University
Town City
Bushart
Muscatine
G. W. Bean
Dora
Bob
J. E. Turner
John Montgomery
Fairfield
C. M. Spessard
West Liberty
Ainsworth
Harbison
Mt. Pleasant
Admiral Byrd
Mr. Shook
T. C. Davis
Florence Marr
Junior McCaleb
Walter Raeney
E. R Butterworth
Hippo Skin Secret Misleads About Blood Sweat
Historical note clarifies a myth that hippos sweat blood. It explains the creature excretes a carmine pigment from its skin, not blood, and that this coloration led to the erroneous belief.
Moscow Community News and Family Visits Highlight Weekend
A roundup from Moscow notes visits by Elmer Wiese and relatives from Chicago and Muscatine, Ed Ehrich clan, and others spending Sunday with Herman Wiese. A three course dinner occurred at noon as families visited Martelle and Cedar County relatives. The piece also lists illness, camping plans, local shopping, and the first Children's Day practice at Moscow Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Elmer Wiese
Chicago
William van Gent
Muscatine
Ed Ehrich
Near Atalissa
Mear Wiese
Roy Lincoln
George Wiese
Edwarolf
Cedar County
Herman Wiese
Millard Johnson
Martelle
George Hurt
Augusta Bandagel
Alice Britton
Davenport
Lee Smith
Nora Bailey
West Liberty
Mary Wilhelm
Eighth Graders to Receive Diplomas in Rural Commencement
Cedar county superintendent Jane McCormick will hold rural eighth grade commencement in the high school auditorium next Tuesday afternoon June 11. Diplomas will be presented to 126 students with a program of music athletic stunts dances and drills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Jane McCormick
Cedar County
Mrs Bembenek Hosts Ladies' Aid and Missionary Society
Mrs John Bembenek will entertain the Ladies Aid and Missionary Society at her Buffalo Prairie home Thursday afternoon with Mrs Fred Rexinger and Mrs Ralph Vanatta assisting. The program centers on stewardship. Children’s Day will be observed at the Presbyterian church Sunday morning June 9 at 9 30. Memorial Day exercises were scheduled but incomplete in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Prairie
John Bembenek
Ladies’ Aid and Missionary Society
Fred Rexinger
Ralph Vanatta
Presbyterian Church
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Illinois
Journal
Lowe Wesleyann Geners
Iowa Daily Press
James E. Coons
Iowa Wesleyan University
Richard E. Burd
Mount Pleasant
Bible School
Israel
Harold Liebke
Marjorie
Irene Walker
Harry Walker
Roy Jones
Jess Foster
Charles Anthony
Lewis
Ernie
Donnie
Carl
Near Cranston
Mildred Schneider
Wapeillo
Lee McChesney
Mollie Hardman
Lewis Downer
Letts
Owen Wehr
Near Hasinks
Clara Connor
Rhea
Ferrie Gast
Mae Gast
Marlys Kubrick
Miss Peters
Downey
Floye Holloway
Melvin Lodge
Sueppel
Owen Rogers
Morgan Lodge
John Cochran
Oxford
Bolen Berry
George Gallaher
Larilda Harrington
Ethel Orr
Walter Coxon
A. M. Spencer
Hollis Jennings
Della Wells
Molly Johnson
Des Moines
J. E. Elliott
Charles Metcalf
Albion
Allie Sissel
Abe Cochran
Walter Hogan
Ed Hogan
Epworth
Four-H
Deihl
Everett Vincent
Herbert Albin
West Branch
Melvin
Ed Anderson
Springdale
Ed Rind, Jr
Oasis
EF. R. Smith
Ivan Gates
Frank Herrold
Hallie Gates
Girl On Flying Trapeze
Amelia Earhart
Prospertown
N. J
Accent On Safety
MR. Sarazen
Ford
ORD
F.C
Universal Credit Company
Ford Finance Plan
Ford Symphony Orchestra
Fred WA
Colums
1BIA Network
Gune Sarazen
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