Watermelon resistances advance at Conesville station
Work since 1926 at the Conesville experimental station led by J. J. Wilson of Iowa State College toward a wilt and anthracnose resistant melon. By 1937 a marketable melon is hoped, with Iowa Dixie and Pride of Muscatine among varieties on 15 acres, aided by D. W. Layton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Wilson
Iowa State College
Conesville
Conesville Station
Wilson
Layton
D. W. Layton
Agricultural Extension Service
Africa
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Oskaloosa
Conesville Experiment Station
Joseph J. Wilson
Vir. Wilson
Luscatine County
North Prairie Social Club Meets at Schooleys Estate
North Prairie residents report a busy week with visits to Iowa City Muscatine Fairfield and West Liberty. Mrs Ed Rind Sr remains seriously ill in Iowa City. The Ever Ready 4-H club hosted by Mrs George Case and various local residents joined weekend social and family gatherings. The North Prairie Social club slated a meeting at Mrs Earl Schooley’s house on Thursday June 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Prairie
Frank Herrod
Iowa City
Everett Vincent
Chester
Muscatine
Ivan Gates
Fairfield
John Anderson
Ed Rind
Julia Enlow
West Branch
Will Enlow
van Gates
Robert Stafford
Jack Troutman
P. H. Hartley
George Case
Norman Rogers
Harry Scooley
Pearle
Nellie Meyer
Ralph Schooley
New Era
Leo Jehle
Harry Schooley
Schooley
Leo Jeble
West Liberty
James Stafford
Frank Herrold
Harold Carrick
Ann
Santa Monica
Calif
Eugenia Propst
Will Propst
Marion Hollingsworth
Hollingsworth
Vernon Dice
Springdale
Dicky
Jerry Owen
Dean Hollingsworth
Deeds Recorded Involving Multiple Area Transfers
Deeds recorded show Mae Blanchard and husband transferring to Equitable Life. Harold and Barbara Duncan to H R Maurer. Belle Goldstein to Fi Rosenberg. H D Waterhouse to Alfred and Vera Dora. Wilson C Kimberly to Clara Brooke. American Savings Bank by receiver to Fred Meyn. Ward W Harvey et al to John W Harvey. Edward A Harvey to John W Harvey. Lucile Bailey and husband to Joan W Harvey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Blanchard
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
United States
Harold Duncan
Barbara Duncan
H. R. Maurer
Wilton
Belle Goldstein
Fi Rosenberg
H. D. Waterhouse
Alfred E. Dora
Vera Dora
Wilson C. Kimberly
Clara J. Brooke
West Liberty
American Savings Bank
Fred Meyn
Ward W. Harvey
John W. Harvey
Edward A. Harvey
John W Harvey
Lucile Bailey
Husband
Joan W. Harvey
Martens Move to Davenport for Ice Company Work
Stockton notes report Mr and Mrs Walter Martens have moved to Davenport where Mr Martens is employed by an ice company. Mr and Mrs H P Bohnsack and family spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Max Thoen sen in Davenport and visited Mrs Carl Borchers at Mercy hospital. Forrest Burmeister transacted business in Davenport Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockton
Walter Martens
Davenport
Martens
H. P. Bohnsack
Max Thoen- Sen
Carl Borchers
Mercy Hospital
Forrest Burmeister
Rebekah Lodge Elects Officers and Initiates Members
Hukill Rebekah lodge No. 594 held a regular meeting in Odd Fellow hall initiating two candidates. Officers elected were Noble grand Miss Emma Peterson vice grand Mrs Eliza Wolford recording secretary Miss Edna Carl and treasurer Mrs Anna Eden. Installations set for July 8. Plans discussed for the district convention at Mechanicsville June 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Tree
Hukill Rebekah Lodge No
Odd Fellow
Noble
Emma Peterson
Eliza Wolford
Edna Carl
Anna Eden
Mechanicsville
Community notes record visits and events around Letts
Visitors, reunions, and church activities fill a Letts Iowa page. Names include Earl Reiggan Herman Tim merman Monona and many area families joining at homes in Letts and Iowa City. A birthday surprise for Mrs. J. Collins and a 50th wedding anniversary at Decorah are noted along with Epworth League and church school activities and local travel to Mt Pleasant and Oskaloosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Reiggan
Herman Timmerman
Monona
Henry Reiggan
Ben Harrison
Ainsworth
Ed Lenz
West Branch
Coyt Westfall
Iowa City
George Westfall
John Mulvinix
Donna
Rudy
Lewis Westfall
J. B. Wolco
Forrest French
Burlington
Atllinois City
Berry
Oxford
Harry Morse
Town City
Brown
Telford
M. R. Griebel
Raymond and
Mararet
Eliason Funeral Rites Conducted From Letts Home
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Eliason were held at 2 30 PM Monday from the Letts home with Rev. W S Moore officiating. Pallbearers included James Reany Harlan Eliason Harry Furnas Allen Eliason Robert Furnas and Lloyd Watson. Roscoe Eliason sang two numbers accompanied by Amy Paine. Burial followed in Letts cemetery with many relatives attending from Mesquite Columbus Junction Morning Sun Genoa Neb and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letts
Sarah Eliason
W. S. Moore
T. L. Eland
Roy Paine
James Reany Harlan Eliason
Harry Furnas Allen Eliason
Robert Furnas
Lloyd Watson
Roscoe Eliason
Amy Paine
R. J. Reany
J. E. Reany
Robert
Charles Eliason
Harlan
L. C. Hill
Marilyn
Herbert Newell
Noel
Donald Morgan
Columbus Junction
Henry Krider
Morning Sun
L. C. Watson
Harold
William Pearson
Elwyn
Fred Morrison
George Siverly
Lone Tree
M. B. Welin
Lewis
Stanley
Betty
Genoa
Neb
Isabel Judd
Elkhart
Ind
Walter Weber
J. H Garrett
Ted Woodward
Sam Morehead
Marian
Elizabeth Furnas
Harry Jarrard
Eldon and
Leland Rider
Muscatine
Mrs. E. H. Arford Elected Head of Mercer Bureau
Mrs. E. H. Arford of Aledo was elected president of the Mercer county Home Bureau at the annual meeting held Tuesday at the United Presbyterian church in Aledo. The program highlighted major and minor projects for 1935 1936 and reported 100 attendees with club activity, awards and new members across Mercer County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aledo
E. H. Arford
Mercer County Home Bureau
United Presbyterian Church
Ashford
Aledo High School
Charles J. Colclasure
I. E. Cameron
Bernice Smith
Gilchrist
Elmer J. Pattison
Suez Township
Glenn Gilmore
Ohio Grove Township
Pearl Barnes
Frank Robison
Joy
Stuart Brown
Harold G. Witt
The
Mary Louise Chase
Ellen Lindstrom
Mercer Club
Phyllis Rathbun
Phyllis Peterson
Dorothy Green
Health and Recreation
Rural Youths’ League
State Association
Barbara Essley
Martha Lou Bedford
University of Illinois
Drury Township News Includes Visits and Church Event
Drury Township reports Mrs. Jerry Keating and daughters visiting relatives in Indiana. Ben Bieri and his wife with a daughter visited the Bieri home. Muscatine residents Analyze Daut Nora Houseman Guy Foster Joe Bowser spent Sunday with local families. Providence Baptist Church hosts Children's Day exercises on Sunday June 6. Lulu Fryberger from Muscatine visited Mary Stewart. H M White shows some improvement after serious illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drury
Jerry Keating
Indiana
Ben Bieri
Edgington
Jake Bieri
Analyze Daut
Nora Houseman
Guy Foster
Joe Bowser
Muscatine
Charles Foster
Arch Foster
Charity Circle to Meet on Thursday
Concord residents report the Concord Charity circle will convene with Mrs H S Turkington Thursday afternoon. Numerous local families visited, including Mr and Mrs H Tomfeld and son at the Marshall Mink home in Burlington and others at the Egebert Shellabarger and C W Collins residences. Margery Newell of Columbus Junction is visiting her father H R Newell in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letts
Dale Frame
Floyd Lieberknecht
E. S. Rabe
John Eliason
T. L. Eland
Roy Paine
Delia Shellabarger
M. A. Shellabarger
L. A. Gipple
Christy Turkington
Lucretia Turkington
R. J. Elliott
H. H. Westbrook
Ralph Griffin
J. H. Collins
H. E. Gipple
Marian
George Crist
Harry Eddie
J. M. Hildebrand
Concord
Concord Charity Circle
H.S. Turkington
H. Tomfeld and Son
Marshall Mink
Burlington
Fern Mink
Elmer Shellabbarger
Cecil and
Ray
Donald Hains
Lyle Lucas
Egebert Shellabarger
Harold Shellabarger
Lamoine
C. W. Collins
Herbert Newell
Noel
H. R. Newell
Russell
Martha Axtel
Cedar Rapids
W. S. McConahay
Will van Horn
Russell Wykert
Louisa Center
Margery Newell
Columbus Junction
Red Cross Sends Flood Relief Funds From County Chapters
Tipton Cedar County American Red Cross sent 315 to national HQ in St. Louis for flood relief with 100 from Tipton and dolar and Stanwood branches contributing sal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Cedar Count
American Red Cross
St. Louis
Stanwood
Pythian Bureau Plans District Picnic In Iowa
The Sixth Pythian District Speaker's bureau of Iowa will hold a monthly meeting at 8 p m to plan district picnic events set for July 14 at Rockle's park in Maysville Iowa. Pythians and Pythian Sisters from eastern Iowa and western Illinois will attend with a Wyoming lodge delegation planning to present a traveling shield to Corinth lodge in Iowa City. Transportation helpers are asked to meet at the K P hall on Iowa avenue Thursday at 7 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythian District
Domain of
Iowa
Rockle’s Park
Maysville
Pythians
Pythian Sisters
Illinois
Wyoming Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Grand Lodge
Tax Collections Reach 219 305 in May Report
May tax collections totaling 219 305.58 were reported by Arthur J. Nicholson the county treasurer. The breakdown includes old age pensions 211 capital sale 201326.00 auto licenses 6146.00 district schools 1933.46 and miscellaneous 3097.15. John Hancock signature note adds historic context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Nicholson
Muscatine
Local Fund Grants Listed by Towns and Amounts
A list of payments distributed across towns including Clarence fifty to seventy five dollars, Bennett forty, Mechanicsville twenty five, West Branch twenty five, Lowden twenty five, Durant five and other small sums up to seventy five dollars in total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence
Bennett
Mechanicsville
West Branch
Lowden
Durant
Also Mentioned on This Page
Muscatine Island
Rebekah Lodge
Noble Grand
Lone Tree Organization
Frank Jarrard
Roy Shellady
What Cheer
Sherman Fox
Vernon
Riverside
Roy Jarrard
Billy
River Junction
Cleo Jarrard
Carol Jean
Carrie Allbrecht
Addie Shepard
Edith Stober
Marvin Walker
John Mullinnix
Jim Mullinnix
Marjorie
Leo Jarrard
Cletus Davis
Floyd Mullinnix
Robert Poland
Orrie Long
Jim Sherburne
Eva Kober
W. J. Houseal
Edwin
Jack Sherburne
R. S. Hobbs
Hobb
Christina Broadway
Letts C. F. S
Frame
Collins
China
Wauk
Mr. Griebel
Decorah
Ramona Haight
Nadine
Edna Boyd
Washington
Verna Dempsey
Marlene
Hollis Horrell
Dorrigen Doerres
Louise Schmidt
MR Smith
Smith
Mercer Bureau
Charlotte
George VII
Sweden
Germany
Drury Township
Charity Circle
Red Cross
Pythian Bureau
John Hancock
F.co.b. Detroit
Atures
Ford
ORD
Universal Credit Company
Ford Finance Plan
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