Public Health Event Funds Annual Nursing Work From YWCA Night
About 200 people attended a Public Health Nursing benefit at the YWCA Monday night. The program featured Gypsy music by the Chase Music Studio chorus of 30 and a one act farce Dont Tell a Soul by First Methodist Ladies Aid. The association cleared about $60 to support city public health nursing services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Health Nursing Association
Chase Music Studio
First Methodist Ladies Aid
Kansans Visit with Sweetland Relatives
Kansans visit relatives in Muscatine and nearby towns as several families attend graduations and alumni events. Forrest Bill prepares to join the navy in San Diego after a Davenport gathering. Families from Lawrence and Rock Island join others in Des Moines for travel and social visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweetland
Richard Key
Ella
Lawrence
Kas
Swanson Havemann Wedding Announced
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Bertha Swanson of Nichols to William C. Havemann of Rock Island. The ceremony occurred Saturday at 8 30 p m at Emanuel Lutheran church parsonage with Rev H J C Wetzel officiating. The couple will reside at 905 East Ninth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Swanson
East Ninth Street
John Swanson
Nichols
William C. Havemann
Henry Havemann
Oregon Street
Emanuel Lutheran
W. R. Dickerson
Dickerson
Havemann
Batterson-Wessels Wholesale Company
Muscatine
Lagomarvino,Grape Wholesale Company
Mrs
East Linth Street
Miss Miriam Johnson Bride of Clark Johnston
Miss Miriam Maud Johnson daughter of Hilbert F. Johnson and Bessie Nicholas of Durant wed Clark Wesley Johnston at the South Bethel parsonage in a single ring ceremony officiated by Rev. Otis Moore. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Merle Lenker of Wilton. They plan to live on a farm near Durant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miriam Johnson
C. Johnston Tipton
Otis Moore
South Bethel Church
Miriam Maud Johnson
Hilbert F. Johnson
Bessie Nicholas
Durant
Clark Wesley Johnston
South Bethel
South Bethel Parsonage
Merle Lenker
Wilton
Anniversary party marks first year of music club
Miss Helen Cooley was elected president of the Monday Evening Music Club at a Monday gathering at Miss Flora J. Manlove’s home. New officers include Miss Louise Hedman, Mrs Florence Hopkins, Lyle Imhoff, William Fisher, with a social committee and a 6:30 supper for 16. The program featured solos and a duet as members celebrated the anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Cooley
Flora J. Manlove
Louise Hedman
Florence Hopkins
Lyle Imhoff
William Fisher
Laura Fisher
Fifleen Wickey
Mrs. Hopkins
Miss Cooly
Miss Cooley
Louis Heitz
George Meerdink
William van Ysseldyk
Harry Rininsland
Maryella Dance Studio
Margaret Griffith
Trees
Jacqueline George
Delores Dywiak
Audrey Schuessler
Mardelle Oxborough
Bonnie Jean Gabriel
Betty
Louise Gackle
Cornelia Rhynsburger
Dorothy Simmons
Hazel Richardson
Mildred Heussner
Lorraine Johnston
Willetta Strahan
O’brien
Blythe Bennett
Davenport
Doris Smith
Iowa City
State Federation
Margaret Gill
Marriage License Issued to Clarkston and Johnson in Durant Wilton
Deputy Clerk Peter Berrard issued a marriage license at midnight Saturday for Clark Johnston 21 of Durant and Miriam Johnson 19 of Wilton. The incident occurred at the courthouse during late hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Peter Berrard
Clark Johnston
Durant
Miriam Johnson
Wilton
Birthday Celebrations Honor Petersen Family Guests
Mr and Mrs Alfred Petersen hosted dinner and supper Sunday for birthdays of Mrs Petersens mother Mrs August Unkel and Miss Agnes Fuller. Guests from Muscatine included Mrs Mary Fuller and daughter Agnes and Mrs August Unkel and arrangements with Betty Jenkins Pleasant Prairie Grace Petersen Pleasant Prairie visited. Alma Johanson Rockford is visiting Earl Pace family. Pace Johanson and Elizabeth Bywater dined with Francis White Wiltor Township family. Other guests listed include Ruby Franklin and Coral Willey.
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Catine
Alftred Petersen
Alfred Petersen
Alma Johanson
Rockford
Earl Pace
Pace
Johanson
Elizabeth Bywater
Francis White
Wiltor Township
Ruby Franklin
Coral Willey
Muscatine
Pretty Anniversary Party by Catholic Daughters
Joan of Arc Court Catholic Daughters of America celebrated its fifteenth birthday Monday night at the K. C. club rooms. A large white cake with 15 candles topped the table as White decor festooned the hall. Bridge was the main activity with 14 tables in play. Prizes went to Mrs. Dan Sullivan high, Loretta McSwiggin second, Ann O'Brien low, and Agnes Leu the floating prize.
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Joan of Arc Court
Catholic Daughters of America
K. C
Dan Sullivan
Loretta McSwiggin
Ann O’brien
Agnes Leu
Friends of
Catholic Daughters
Atalissa Social Roundup Sunday Visitors
Atalissa area residents hosted and visited relatives and friends across several towns. Rochester guests Robert Yerrington and Mrs. Yerrington returned home with Opal Stewart after a two week visit. Several ensembles attended dinners and gathering at Muscatine Letts Cranston Wiltom Atalissa and nearby homes.
Engagement Revealed For Van derbilt Heiress And Parsons Heir
New York, George Van derbilt heir to a $30,000,000 estate and noted big game hunter, 20, becomes engaged to Miss Lucille M Parsons of West Orange New Jersey. The romance, long rumored, was announced Monday night by Miss Parsons parents Mr and Mrs J Lester Parsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George Vanderbilt
Lucille M. Parsons
West Orange
N. J
Parson
J. Lester Parsons
Club social calendar lists events at Geneva Golf Club
A women’s golf luncheon at 12 30 followed by golf and bridge is planned for Thursday with reservations due by Wednesday night. A men’s stag dinner at 6 30 is set for Wednesday night with reservations due by Wednesday noon.
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Geneva Golf and Country Club
Garden Club hears of out-of-town groups
Muscatine Garden club at 117 Lord avenue hears reports on Iowa City flower show Tri Cities garden tours Ringwood iris and peony gardens Clinton highway beautification Iris and peony identifications planned June 28 progress party May June show dates noted. Katharine Sample earns Wheaton B S in mathematics education with family attending. Male emu egg gathering noted in closing line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
H. Fay Hawkins
Lord Avenue
Iowa City
Tri- Cities
Clinton
Iowa
Martha Heller
Frank Ellman
Sunday Visiting Roundup Includes Zimm erman and Van Horns
Sunday afternoon callers included Mr and Mrs Edward Zimmerman and Mary and Chester Zimmer man Jr and Marjorie Smith Mrs William Hohnke with her mother Mrs James Lowenberg visited Davenport Other stops featured Thomas Stewart Milan Til and Herman Stewart Wilton at the Wal ter Smith home west of West Liberty J C Mosley and children visited Russell Wood in West Liberty Jess Van Horn and Carl Van Horn traveled to Lone Tree then visited C Morri son home On return they visited Charles Mills Atalissa kittenball team lost 6 to 2 to Sunbury Willard Watters of West Liberty visited his mother Mrs Dehlia Vauble
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Russell Wood
West Liberty
Jess van Horn
Carl van Horn
Lone Tree
C.morrison
Charles Mills
Atalissa
Sunbury
Williard Watters
Dehlia Vauble
Marriage of Miriam Otto to Claude J Tompkins
Mr and Mrs William F Otto of 517 Woodlawn avenue announce the marriage of their daughter Miriam to Claude J Tompkins of Spencer New York The ceremony took place April 7 at Shavertown Pennsylvania at the home of Rev and Mrs Fred M Sellars The couple will reside in Spencer where Tompkins works as cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank Miriam has been in Ithaca New York six years with the Associated Gas and Electric system The couple is spending two weeks in Muscatine with the bride’s family and friends
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Otto
Woodlawn Avenue
Miriam
Claude J. Tompkins
Spencer
N. Y
Shavertown
Fred M. Sellars
Mr. Sellars
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Ithaca
Associated Gas and Electric System
Tompkins
Flora Tompkins
John Tompkins
Muscatine
Mrs Florence Lange Heads Women Moose Group
Mrs Florence Lange was chosen senior regent of the Women Moose as officers were elected Monday night. Others named include Mrs Phyllis Toyne past regent Mrs Laura Oetzel junior regent and Mrs Edna Toyne chaplain. Lange named as delegate to Mason City convention August 3 and 4. Installation June 24 with lunch by Mrs Clara Lord and Mrs Mable Wainscott. Drill team practices Friday at 7 30.
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Florence Lange
MOOSE
Phyllis Toyne
Laura Oetzel
Edna Toyne
Pleasant Prairie hosts a family gathering at Schmelzer home
The Paul Schmelzer residence in Pleasant Prairie hosted a Sunday party with guests including Martin Danfeldt and family from Durant, Edna and William Daufeldt from Muscatine, Nellie Rann of Iowa City, Lawrence Beaver of Atalissa, and others, sharing a social afternoon with relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Schmelzer
Pleasant Prairie
Martin Danfeldt
Dorothy
Eva
Katherine
Harvey
Elvin
Durant
S. J. Moomey
Edna
William and
Elmus
Louise Atandro
Muscatine
Charles Daufeldt
Mary Stecker
Glenn Hermann
Mildred Hermann
Nellie Rann
Iowa City
Laurence Beaver
Atalissa
Walter Daufeldt
High Prairie
Memorial Service by Woman's Benefit Association Held
The annual memorial service took place Monday night in Maccabee hall. Tribute was paid to Mrs. Gertrude Hine a charter member since 1896 who died in the past year. Captain Anna Hank led floor work with pages Robert Lewis Neal Powell as candle bearers and Helen June West Allen Hathaway as flower bearers. Two candidates were initiated and others balloted at the business meeting with a preceding potluck supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Benefit Association
Maccabee Hall
Gertrude Hine
Anna Hank
Robert Lewis
Neal Powell
Helen June West
Allen Hathaway
Wilton Rosary Group to Resume Weekly Card Parties
Wilton St. Marys Rosary society will resume its summer series of weekly public card parties in the parish hall. Games of 500 euchre and banco will be called at 2 PM with lunch served by the social committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton
St. Mary’s Rosary Society
Euchre
Banco
Eightieth-Year-Old “Baby” Leads GAR Encampment in Waterloo
Forty-seven Civil War veterans attended the sixty-first Iowa department encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic with a luncheon by the Woman’s Relief Corps at First Methodist church. D B Sisk, 80, Marshalltown, named the camp’s “Baby,” recounting enlistment at 18 in 1864 and marching from Dalton to Savannah as drummer boy. The oldest veteran is John G Wright, 97, Nashua. A campfire address and a banquet for the G A R and a reception for Department Commander L J Leech were held at nearby venues. Five veterans were guests of honor at the Daughters of Union Veterans event honoring its twenty-first anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Iowa Department
Grand Army of the Republic
Woman's Relief Corps
First Methodist Church
Harriette G. McCollough
Relief Corps
D. B. Sisk
Marshalltown
Sisk
Sherman
Dalton
Savannah
John G. Wright
Nashua
Russell-Lamson
L. J. Leech
West Branch
W. H. Toms
Nevada
William
Daughters of Union Veterans
Knights of Pythias Hall
Mrs. Lawson Named Head of Women’s Club Federation
Mrs Roberta Campbell Lawson of Tulsa Oklahoma elected president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs at the triennial convention defeating Dr Josephine L Peirce of Lima Ohio by 846 to 538 Grace Morrison Poole of Brockton Massachusetts she succeeds Poole Lawson becomes head as Sadie Orr Dunbar of Portland Oregon named first vice president without opposition.
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Detroit
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Roberta Campbell Lawson
Tulsa
Okla
Grace Morrison Poole
Brockton
Mass
Lawson
Josephine L. Peirce
Lima, O
Sadie Orr Dunbar
Portland
Ore
Pocahontas Card Party Winners Named at Redman Hall
Mrs Velma Niebling and Mrs F E Ballow won high prizes for women at the Pocahontas drill team card party Monday night at Redman hall. In men s games Richard Hartung and Warren Dodge were winners. Six tables were organized for five hundred. Another party is planned next.
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Pocahontas Card Party
Velma Niebling
F. E. Ballow
Pocahontas Drill Team
Redman Hall
Richard Hartung
Warren Dodge
Proficiency Tests at O. E. S. Meeting
Five members took proficiency tests at Electa chapter No. 32 of the Order of the Eastern Star in the Masonic temple Monday night. Initiation also occurred. Plans are under way for a social time after the next meeting in two weeks.
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Electa Chapter
No. 32
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Mississippi River Twilight Brings Muscatine BPW Meeting
The Muscatine Business and Professional Women's club held its final meeting of the year at the Innisfail cottage beside the Mississippi River. 90 members and guests enjoyed Indian melodies by the Berean quartet, a tepee display, and a river twilight backdrop.
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Innisfail
C. P. Hanley
Mississippi
Muscatine Business and Professional Women’s Club
Berean
Mrs
Lady Eagles Convo Opens at YWCA Wednesday Morning
About 50 attendees from Rocksland and Silvis are expected for a Lady Eagles convention hosted by the Muscatine group at the Y W C A. Sessions begin 10 30 a m with a banquest at six and evening card games and dancing planned.
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Lady Eagles
Y.W.C
Rocksland and
Silvis
Muscatine Group
C Cs Plan All Day Picnic For June 23
The S C G organization of St Marys church met at Miss Gladys Pauly s home to plan an all day picnic on Sunday June 23 at the John Umiandt farm north of Muscatine. Families and friends will attend. Prizes for card games went to Miss Lillian Carter and William Neff. Lunch ended the meeting. next gathering is July 1 at Robert Rauch s home.
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C.c’s
St. Mary’s Church
Gladys Pauly
New Hampshire Street
John Umiandt
Muscatine
Lillian Carter
William Neff
Robert Rauch
Park Avenue
Lady Elks Plan Thursday Meeting and Card Party
The Lady Elks will hold a business meeting and card party Thursday afternoon at the Elks home. Bridge and five hundred will be played starting at 2 30. Hostess committee includes Mrs Ed Vanatta and Mrs George Jehring as co chairs with several other members.
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Lady Elks
Elks
Ed Vanatta
George Jehring
Fred Nesper
Oscar Grossheim
Fred Kranz
Raymond Randleman
Jess Stevens
Harry Tiecke
Nature's New Medicine Indo-Vin Relieves Sour Stomach
Local reports claim Indo-Vin, a natural formula from Nature's ingredients, relieves severe stomach trouble in ten minutes. G. H. Mosby promotes Indo-Vin at Grimm Drug Store, 130 East Second Street, Muscatine, describing its effect on fermentation, gas, and indigestion.
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Grimm Drug Store
East Second Street
Indo-Vin natural remedy claims to purify stomach and body
Indo-Vin, a liquid blend from 22 medicinal plants, is promoted as a stomach cleaner that dissolves old fermented substances and impurities. It allegedly stops acid rise, belching, and bloat within 10 minutes and aids the kidneys liver and bowels, offered at a few cents a day at Grimm Drug Store in Muscatine and other local druggists.
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Muscatine
Grimm Drug Store
E. Second St
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Amalia Schmidt Gobble
Helen Howe
Margella Studios
Marie Dressler
Polly Moran
Louise Fazenda
Angeline Anson
F. H. Little
Matilda
August Blaesing
Luella Lockhart
John Herwig
Prudence Pinchbit
John Potter
Clara Claypool
R. E. Scholten
Susianna Cutterman
Eda Cruz
Granada
Venice
Louis Crull
Leonard Plessy
Mrs. Crull
Stearns Howe
Augustina Bisesi
Thelma Henderson
Leo Hart
Gale McClean
George
Marian
Bonnie Martin
Roger Drumm
Des Moines
Ames
Edward Doerfer
Richard
Normaine
August Gettert
Clarence Shoemaker
Gladys Bills
Judith Drumm
Mt. Pleasant
Epworth League Institute
Henry Fitchner Newra
John Downer
James Shepard
Howard
Rock Island
Perry
Verna Taylor
Esther Carr
Lone Ber
Moline
Verna
Lloyd Ateree
Luthe
Ray Holtz
Revs
Holtz
John Bieber
Impus
Kodak Film
Janesville
Marvella Dance Studio
Jefferson Auditorium
Thomas Hocke
Lyle J. Hocke
West Eleventh Street
Fairbanks
A. C. Springborn
Ruth Springborn
American Institute of Child Psychology
Dilley
Girl Knights
The
United Brethren Church
Fern Dilley
Orange Street
First Friends Ladies’ Aid Society
Harry Holzhauer
Anton Schlipf
Mulford Ladies’ Aida Society
Gleaners
First Presbyterian Industrial Society
Weed Park
J. B. Society
Mary Wollett
East Eleventh Street
Hervey Negus
Pasadena
Calif
North Star
Rochester
Samuel Stewart
Robert Yerrington
Yerrington
Opal Stewart
Archie Staley
Fern
Robert
Edward Ehrich
Elsie
William van Gent
Lucile Essex
Ralph Essex
Letts
Francis Carlisle
Wiltom
George Chapman
Gladys
Junior
Cranston
Frank Courtney
Luella Federlein
Clella and
Lewis
Troth
Lucille Parsons
Garden Club
Katharine Sample
Wheaton
Grant Sample
West Fifth Street
Wheaton College
Miss Sample
A. L. Wilson
Lydia E. Pinkham
Barbara Spears
Akron
Ohio
Miriam Otto
Wilton Rosary Group
G. A. R. Meeting
Mrs. Lawson
Women’s Club Federation
Truhu
Estelle Heezen
Grigith
Geneva McDonald
Jessie Althaus
Nellie McCaw
G. H. Mosby
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