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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1933
Page
8
Efforts aim to make Primary Road No 2 the main trans continental route from Chicago to Denver with meetings across counties and a large Osceola gathering July 10 to 12. Local officials and engineers discussed organizing changes and officer selection at the Osceola event.
Wapello residents and relatives visit and host Friday gatherings. Edna Shipman hosts a quilting event at her home. Miss Lela Schneider visits family in Grand View. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Gunnells of Chicago visit relatives in the Schneider and Bettler circles. Margaret Heins is a patient in a Burlington hospital with family visiting. Josephine Schmeiser enrolls at Iowa State College for summer session. Virgie Peters and son Rufus return to Paris Missouri after visiting W J Woodruff family. Blanche Bigger teaches Ottumwa schools and is spending vacation locally. Blanche Pantel also visiting.
Keota items report M J Fitzgerald of the Keota service station on enforced vacation after a dislocated shoulder from a past fall when a jack failed while painting a D P Martin house. A baby boy was born to Floyd and Lenore Banks at the Harry Willis home. mother former Lenore Willis. Mrs S J Sherman returns from Ames to spend the summer. she is Sigma Chi matron at State College. Christian church Sunday night services feature Esther Trier Catherine Russell and Junior Fagen. Edward Fitzgerald seeks hospital care for long standing spinal trouble. Mrs Roy Schreckengast returns from Iowa City with sister Nellie Adams to visit in Chenoa Ti. Dr J L Doyle and wife welcome a son Terry. mother and baby at Mercy Hospital Iowa City. Edward Fitzgerald to University Hospital for examination following years of spinal trouble.
Funeral services were held for Lucile Marie Podaris at 10 oclock with burial in Salem cemetery. She was born January 1 1932 and died Thursday at the state university hospital Iowa City after treatment begun last Sunday. Survived by parents and a half sister.
A mixed word puzzle list presents horizontal and vertical clues with varied definitions. Entries range from zodiacally themed phrases to furniture and geological terms, ending with a sequence of cryptic lines about layers, protection, and relics in a stylized, crossword-like format.
A car driven by a Geller collided with the Frank Chapman auto at the E C Mitchell corner on primary road 38 near Tipton, injuring Mrs. Chapman with a fractured right leg. The intersection is noted for limited visibility from east and south approaches.
Atalissa and surrounding area residents host and visit relatives from Letts Muscatine Downey Portland Ore Chicago and Wilton. Notables include E J McFadden Lysle McFadden Bobbie Edward James Lawrence and Betty Walters with Worrall Stucker families and Layngs. A political line asks for vote Couzons.
The Legion auxiliary schedules a park picnic for all wives and children of ex soldiers on the afternoon of June 19. Each guest is asked to bring a sandwich a picnic dish and table service for personal use. Also noted is the marriage of Beulah Forbes to William Weber in Washington Iowa on June 14.
Concord residents gathered Thursday evening at L. M. Dallmeyer and wife to celebrate their twenty six year marriage. Many relatives and friends from Grandview Cranston Muscatine and near Wapello attended dinner and the weekend visit plans were announced for Miss Margery McGill.
The Bay Island News reports extreme dryness stunting corn growth with leaves rolling while roads remain good for hauling. Frank Rennison, Jesse Stratton and Frank Mills shell and nip corn for shipment to Chicago. An ice cream social was held at the event.
Louisa county rural mail carriers and families met in the courthouse park for a picnic supper with most carriers present. Delegates to the state convention in Fairfield in July 2022 were listed as R. E. Griffith and Mrs. H. H. Winder with W. S. Brown as second delegate and H. H. Winder as alternate. An auxiliary alternate was Mrs. R. E. Griffith Morning Sun. Enjory reunion notes and several local gatherings are mentioned, including Four-H delegates at Ames and a church class hosted by Mrs. J C Hutchison.
Dallas Texas family ties travel through Cedar Rapids as Mr. Brown of Oil Insurance moves to a new post. Reverend Patterson and Miss Moore rest en route from Winona Lake to Cedar Rapids. Giffins and companions attend a Young People's convention in Stanwood Iowa June 15 16 with Bible reading contest entries by Helen Browning and Martha Caldwell.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Harrison hosted a birthday party for their son Dean Harrison who turned seven on Wednesday. The Swan Lake M. E. church Thursday evening netted $15 for church benefi t. Darlene Poland of Joy was elected to teach Lone Elm school. Des Moines visitors Mr. and Mrs. Martin Mills with sons Richard Harold and Stanley spent a week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mills. Mr. and Mrs. Preston Peters were in Aledo Monday on business. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mills and Mrs. Isa Faulkner and son Walter visited Mechanicsville at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller.
Peter Beardsley, formerly of Drury, died at his home near Alberta, Canada where he had lived for 25 years on a farm. The body was to return to Muscatine for burial in Reynolds cemetery, with services expected in Drury township. Beardsley was the son of Samuel and Mrs Beardsley and married Nellie Pullen of Manion.
In Lone Tree a dry spell has browned the grass along the former Baptist church foundation on DeVoe street. The visible rectangle shows the baptismal font area, marking the building’s former footprint since its removal years ago. Nearby residents and visitors gathered for a wedding celebration at River Junction hall, with details of guests and relatives across several towns.
West Branch businessmen led by Fred Al bin hosted an open air street concert Wednesday night featuring an old fiddlers contest. Participants included James Liska 81 Joe Bailey 83 William McCune 80 and George Stagg 80. Judges were William McCaleb Larry Dean and Ed Kemp. The event also showcased George and Raymond Dvorskey with guitar and Krotz and Williams on accordion and banjo.
Nichols family attends the funeral of Will Miller in Cedar Rapids. W J Kirkpatrick and son Lowry head to Cedar Rapids where Lowry enlists in the army and is sent to Des Moines for final exam. Mrs Fred Schneden and daughter Betty stay at the Nichols home. Gwendolyn Rummellis attends Epworth league institute in Mt Pleasant. Dwight Duncan and Roy Bing ham visit from Mt Vernon, Washington. The two week auto trip includes Illinois and Oklahoma and Century of Progress in Chicago. T B and Ben Nichols go to Des Moines for Shrine ceremony. Mrs Anna Stafford moves to G A Metheny property. Mr and Mrs Robert Chown to occupy Stafford home.
Wilton Progressive club held its annual outing and children’s picnic at Mrs. Margaret Angerer’s home with a noon basket dinner. Miss Leota Herr and Mrs. Blanche Marchant led entertainment. Wilton Lions Club held a dinner and meeting at Hotel Thede. Various residents and visitors from Long Beach Minneapolis Muscatine Boulder and other locales were noted as guests or travelers in contemporary social notes.
Pleasant Prairie and families attend a piano recital by Mrs Ida Appel Springborn at First Methodist Episcopal Church in Muscatine. Calf club tours visit members near Letts Muscatine Cranston Nichols and West Liberty. Pleasant Prairie Booster kittenball team to play Davenport A.C. on Booster diamond in Pauls Grove Sunday and also to play a local Muscatine kittenball team.
Mrs Charles Connor hosted the Woman's Bible class gathering with a business meeting renewing officers led by President Fern Cocklin and officers for year term. Guests included Helen Dallmeyer Opan Bonnichsen and Wilma and Marjorie McGill. Sigma Kappa and families enjoyed an ice cream and strawberry social at Harley McCulley home. Mrs Hazel Shew Inez Weile Lucile Gipple visited Harry Walker. Walker ill but improved.
Stockton R N A members met at the town hall with strong attendance. Meetings will move to Knoops hall in summer afternoons and cards will be omitted during warm weather. Honors went to Mesdames Emma Broders Alice Stahl and Ora Colberg. Next social set for Thursday July 6 at Nellie Franks.
Walter Paulsen, a farmer near West Branch, reports his hired man Harry Larson absconded Thursday night with $260 after being sheltered and fed by the family. Larson, a Dane with a broken arm, had claimed an auto accident near Marengo and later sought care in Kalona before reaching West Branch. Sheriff in Tipton alerted as search continues. Ask for Vot Coupo
The Walsh Construction Company of Davenport received the largest contract to bore about nine miles of tunnels for the Colorado River Aqueduct project. The deal totals 4 357 780 dollars and covers the Colorado River copper basin and Whipple fountain tunnels as part of the extended 11 miles of tunneling.
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