Miss Velma Hicks Weds Frederick M. Carpenter in Port Byron
In Port Byron on June 18 at 10 o clock Miss Velma Hicks and Frederick Merle Carpenter of Reynolds were married at Rev. W H Parker s manse. The bride wore peach mousseline de soie and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs William Hicks. The groom is the son of Mrs Lois Carpenter and a Reynolds High School graduate. The couple will reside with the bride s parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Prairie
Velma Hicks
Frederick Merle Carpenter
Reynolds
W. H. Parker
Port Byron
Parker
Baptist Church
Marston
Carpenter
Grandview Groom Alfred Gaskell Weds Mary Eichorn
Mary Eichorn and Alfred Gaskell were married at the bride’s Shellbark Iowa home in a noon ceremony conducted by Rev. Zimmerman. Attendants were Miss Marie Gaskell and James Eishhorn. The couple hosted a 25 guest reception and plan to reside in Waterloo after Mr. Gaskell, a John Deere employee, completes his education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview
Alfred Gaskell
Mary Eichorn
Shellbark
Zimmerman
Marie Gaskell
James Eishhorn
W. H. Gaskell
Mr. Gaskell
Hig
Ames
John Deere Company
Waterloo
Johnson Services Held at Junction
Columbus Junction funeral services for George Johnson were conducted Monday at the Richie funeral home with Rev. W A Bloomquist delivering the sermon. Pallbearers named were J K Helmick Frank Prior J R Peters John Zion Walter Marsden and E H Heilmeier. Burial followed in Columbus City cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
George Johnson
Stockton
Calif
Richie Funeral Home
W. A. Bloomquist
J. K. Helmick
Frank Prior
J. R. Peters
John Zion
Walter Marsden
E. H. Heilmeier
Columbus City Cemetery
Mrs Nelson Rites Planned Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Charles O Nelson age 37 who died Monday morning at her home in Wapello will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o clock at the Presbyterian church with Dr J R Fraser officiating Burial will be in Grandview cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapelo
Charles O. Nelson
Wapello
Presbyterian Church
J. R. Raser
Grandview Cemetery
Sweetland Picnic Planned July 4 by Residents
Sweetland residents announce a community picnic on July 4 with details to be announced. The organizing committee includes Charles Drumm Albert Hetzler and Mrs Pearl Martin. The event at Weed Park Muscatine will close the year and reveal the mystery mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweetland
Sweeland
Charles Drumm
Albert Hetzler
Pearl Martin
Sweetland King’s Heralds
Weed Park
Muscatine
Mae Bill
Dottie SyWassink
Society
Larsen
Mary Leverich
G. P. Freeland
Horace McClean
Rock Island
P. W. Martin
John Miller
Mr. Miller
Cedar Rapids
McClean
August Getlert
Edward Doerfer
William Marolf
West Liberty
Alfred Petersen
Celestia
Earl
Richard
George Doran
Wilton Township
Sweetland Sunday School
Marjorie Longstreth
Robert McClean
Ruby Martz
Velma Connor
Lorraine Raub
Edward Johnson
Los Angeles
Calif
Johnson
Flossie Connor
August Unkel
W. E. Fuller
W. J. Byrne
Byrne
James O'Toole
Presbyterial Meeting Attendees At Crawfordsville
The Young People's Presbyterial of Keokuk Presbytery United Presbyterian church meets in Crawfordsville on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Rev Finneley Brown of Chicago will speak. He stays with Rev and Mrs Ramsdale in Columbus City. Delegates attend from Columbus City church.
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Columbus Junction
Young People’s Presbyterial
Keokuk
United Presbyterian Church
Crawfordsville
Finneley Brown
Chicago
C. S. Ramsdale
Columbus City
Chicago Minister to Lead Services
The Rev. Charles Porter of Moody Memorial church in Chicago will conduct services here Wednesday and Thursday nights as a guest of the Rev. O. G. Lewis and family. The Woman's Bible class will meet at the church tonight with Mrs. Fern Cocklin, Mrs. Vera Baker and Mrs. Mary Kemp in charge and officers to be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview
Charles Porter
Moody Memorial Church
Chicago
Porter
O. G. Lewis
Fern Cocklin
Vera Baker
Mary Kemp
Georgiana Murphy
Donna
Wapello
Gerd Bromley
Lee Werner
A. D. Morain
Menlo
Everett Reed
Notable Names in Local Society Listing
Rev. Mr. Ramsdale and Misses Margaret Johnston Dorothy Hanft Helen Oak and Ruth Moran appear in a local society note detailing attendees and honorees at a community event. The brief mentions their participation and roles in the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Ramsdale
Margaret Johnston
Dorothy Hanft
Helen Oak
Ruth Moran
Supper Party at D Frame Home Before New York Trip
A large buffet supper at D Frame home featured guests including Mr. and Mrs. Dale Frame and relatives from Stronghurst Table Grove Muscatine Ottumwa and Los Angeles. Eight attendees planned a motor trip to New York with some to attend Columbia University summer school. Additional visits included the Wilson and Rabe households and friends from Davenport Waterloo and Muscatine. The column closes with notes on tides and the expansive area of human lungs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Calif
East
Eula Downer
Mary Dixon
Stronghurst
Ill
Vesta Keach
Table Grove
Helen Heidel
Muscatine
New York
Downer
Dixon
Keach
Columbia University
Kate Schweitzer
L. E. Downer
Winnifred Henry
Soldiers’ Orphan’s Home
Davenport
Miss Crawford and Ernest Peters Wed at Savanna
Announcement reports the marriage of Miss Ida Crawford to Ernest E. Peters on June 22 in Savanna Ti. Mrs. Crawford of Waterloo is mother and Ida taught at West Liberty junior high. Peters is son of J L Peters of West Liberty and co-owner of Peters bakery in Maquoketa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Ida Crawford
Ernest E. Peters
Savanna
Sarah Jane Crawford
Waterloo
Coe College At
Cedar Rapids
United States Army
el Paso
Tex
Maquoketa
Peters
Terrill Youth Is Hurt by Garden Rake Prongs
A ten year old boy, son of Mr and Mrs George Terrill, was injured at home when he jumped on a garden rake. Four prongs penetrated his foot and one tine went through it. He was taken to Muscatine for treatment and is resting as comfortably as possible. Neighbors and relatives gathered for Abner Kunkel’s 66th birthday surprise party Sunday. Emery Peters reports from Washington that his son Myron arrived there last week after leaving June 16 for a westward trip. Mr and Mrs Charles Malone and children Dean and Jean of Green Island visited their daughter Mrs Lillian Wherry Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Island
George Terrill
Muscatine
Abner Kunkel
Kunkel
Anna Smith
Eva Reynolds
Emery Peters
Myron
Washington
Peters
Simon Peters
Caldwell
Idaho
Charles Malone
Dean and
Jean
Green Island
Lillian Wherry
Program at Wapello Draws Large Crowd
Large audience attends a college club program at the Methodist church in Wapello on Sunday. The drama Whom Jesus Loved was directed by Cecile Rukgaber with cast members Alice Schmeiser Marian Cover Josephine Cover Robert Kendrick and Fred Gerth. Ardythe Van Vlack performed vibro harp pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
College Club
Jesus
Cecile Rukgaber
Alice Schmeiser
Marian
Josephine Cover
Robert Kendrick
Fred Gerth
Ardythe van Vlack
Harriet Schmitt
Maynard
Valley City
N. C
Towie Torbert
Burlington Hospital
Laura Westerman
Frank Briggs
Le‘ts
Harlan Allen
Price Davis
Louisa County
University Hospital
Vinnie Keller
Des Moines
Margaret Keller
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Miss Hicks
F. M. Carpenter
Port Byron, Ill
Orvi
A. Anderson
Junction
Mrs. Nelson
Teachers College
N. Y
Muscatine Journal
PATTM
RN Department
Fifth Ave
Woman's Bible Class
Will Baker
Laura
Belle Becky
Betty de Vries
Will de Vries
Betty
Dorothy
Bert Zimmerman
Lawrence Fisher
Riverside
Ruth Green
Cedar Falls
Kenneth Kemp
Clara Dodder
Virgil Weile
W. A. McGill
Eliza McGill
Reuben
Roy McGill
George Miller
J. D. McGill
Jerry
Ralph Frye
Harley McGill
Helen Neal
J. S. Jackson
Charles Nelson
Presbyterian
Jolly Twerty Club
Paul Kemp
John Walter
Carl Sylvester
Kansas City
Ann. Morris Thompson
J. R. Schafer
Arthur McClean
Taylor Ridge
Elmer Rauschenbarger
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Theodore Maconi
Fred Benson
Walter Dednan
New York City
D. Frame
Henry Hendrix
D. A. Peterson
Dale Frame
Ainsworth
Wilson
E. W. Wilson
Moline
Mildred Baum
Harold Wilson
Ottumwa
L. R. Wilson
Alec McCullough
Glen McCullough
Aletha
Lyle
Maxine
Andrew Schultz
E. S. Rabe
Chet Grigg
Arthur Reddick
Albert Lea
Minn
W. H. Reddick
Arlene
Myron Schultz
Earl Wilson
Panama
Bay of Fundy
Ernest Peters
Terrill
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