Family Reunions Held At Columbus Junction
The Oats Hamil and McBride families held their Columbus Junction reunion at the chautauqua park with 38 attending. Officers re elected: A McBride president Grace Lease vice president Pearl Hamil secretary treasurer. A Radolph Crossley Harris reunion followed with 50 to 60 attendees and new officers Desmond Kulp president Alex Randolph vice president Bolen Ping secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Oats
Hamil
McBride
Columbus Chautauquin Park
A. McBride
Grace Lease
Pearl Hamil
Ada Vanderwall
Des Moines
Zelle John Hamil
Marie
R. E. Huber
Joan
Franklin
J. S. Blair
W. G. Lewis
Radolph
Crossley
Harris
Columbus Chautauqua Park
Desmond Kulp
Alex Randolph
Bolen
Shire
Kingston
Carl Paetz
Ira DeLieuw
W. 5S
Randolph
Muscatine
William Crossley
Letts
Orlo Crooks
Blakesburg
Raymond Randolph
Howard Kulp
Columbus City
Local Visits and Weekend Roundup in Concord Area
Concord Columbus Junction residents welcome visitors from Boston Mount Vernon and Washington. Mr and Mrs Babbitt and two sons stay with Rudolph Schlichting and relatives. Nadine Pine visits the Crull home as farmers work hay grain and corn. Shelbargers call on Egebbert Shelbarger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Herb Crull
Charles Shellabarger
Conesville
Egebert Shellabarger
Funeral Attendees in West Liberty Area Community
A list of residents attending the late Mrs. George Adams funeral in West Liberty includes Chas Adams and son George, Frank Cromer family, Harold Cromer family, Frank Baker, Clarence Jarr, Rich Witmer, Leroy Witmer, John and Gus Kuehl, Emma Heabner, Clint Lincoln family, George Marolf and Elizabeth Marolf, Vera Ketelson, John Maurer, Albert Walton and others. Separate notes mention Virginila families visiting, illness updates, and local travel to Chicago for the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
George Adams
West Liberty
Chas. Adams
George
Frank Cromer
Harold Cromer
Frank Baker
Clarence Jarr
John Witmer
Rich Witmer
Leroy Witmer
John
Gus Kuehl
Emma Heab
Edna May Myers
Elizabeth Marolf
Betty Marolf
Charles McCoy
Tipton
Augusta Bandagel
Tena
Fred Edson
Moline
Verl Jr
Vern Dale Miller
George Frederic
Wilbert Stewart
Charles Long
Roy Miller
Fred Miller
Muscatine
Morning Sun Church Reunion Draws Large Oakland Group
A large crowd attended the Oakland and Morning Sun churches annual reunion at the Church of God in Cairo. A union Sunday school, sermon by Rev. Everitt Naftzinger, basket dinner, and an afternoon of music and talks followed. Guests came from Wapello Muscatine Mediapolis and Morning Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Sun
Oakland
Springtun Church of God
Evangelical Church of
Chester Hoverson
Mercedes
Tex
Charley Gregory
Almina Wilson
Kenneth
Harold E. Wilson
SHE'S A QUEEN HORIZONTAL A QUIZ OF WORD CLUES AND NAMES
A puzzle page fragment presents numbered clues across horizontal and vertical entries. It includes references to people like William E and a Republican senator from Idaho, various animal and object terms, and language about anatomy and geography, forming a word puzzle with interlocking answers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
William E
Anwyl Funeral Held In Columbus Junction
Funeral services for E. G. Anwyl were conducted Monday at the Methodist Episcopal church by Rev. W. A. Lamp with pallbearers J. H. Wykert B. H. Shearer Milo Arthur L. C. Hill H. B. Thomas and P. F. Benson and burial in Columbus City cemetery. Distances attended from Chicago Washington Crawfordsville Wilton Junction Letts and other towns. Also notes a near fatal burn of 3-year-old twin Jane Mullen and other local updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
E. G. Anwyl
Methodist Episcopal Church
W. A. Lamp
J. H. Wykert
B. H. Shearer
Milo Arthur
L. C. Hill
H. B. Thomas
P. F. Benson
Columbus City Cemetery
Ralph Baker
May Thomas
Chicago
William Duncan
Emma Jones
David Anwyl
Thomas Dodd
Charles Dodd
Washington
Alice
Jean Hanft
Burlington
Fred Anwyl
Isabelle
Robert Davis
Marietta McCoy
Crawfordsville
Charlies Murray
Wilton Junction
Alex Barnes
W. E. McDaniel
Jane
Clare Mullen
Near Wyman
Lena Lowe
Dwight Marshall
Dean
Arian Lowe
Muscatine
Cecil Lowe
Hill McGuire
J. H. Benson
Anna Mulhern
Pioneer Attorney Dies at Tipton
Isaac Landt a Tipton pioneer attorney and abstractor died at his home in Tipton Saturday evening at age 89. Born February 24 1844 in New York state he came to Tipton early with his mother and was once regarded as a leading legal advisor though inactive in years. He lived alone since his wife’s 1923 death and left no near relatives. Funeral services were held at Wilson funeral parlors Monday at 2 30 pm with Rev W E Van Buren officiating burial in Tipton Masonic cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Isaac Landt
New York State
Wilson Funeral
W. E. van Buren
Tipton Masonic Cemetery
Bay Island News Finds Rain Needed for Crops
The Bay Island News reports continued drought with gardens and crops needing rain. Corn curls from dry weather. wheat ripens and may be ready for cutting late in the week. Calvin Walker, once Bay Island resident, shows little recovery from a paralytic stroke and has impaired speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Boston
Calvin Walker
Bay Island
Walker
James Thirtyacre
Floyd Downey
Chicago
Earl Williams
Cedar Rapids
Frank Mills
James Weir
West Liberty
Paul Martin
Louis Elliot
Francis and
Albert
Edgington
Jean Jones
Sherman Peters
Hershey Hospital
Guy Clark
Orm
New Boston Fox Tribe Plans 8th Annual Camping Trip
The New Boston Fox Tribe announces an eighth annual camping tour from Iowa through the Black Hills to Yellowstone National Park with a 15 day itinerary. The group travels by auto with an all camp gear setup and meals prepared by paired teams. Members include H. D. Harris Chief Black Hawk and others with Indian names, plus a Willing Workers class hosting a park cake and ice cream supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hills
South Dakota
Yellowstone National Park
Oquawka
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Old Nauvoo
Keokuk
Old Starved Rock
Illinois River
Devil's Lake Camp
Wisconsin State Park
Bamboo
Dells
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Springfield
Yellowstone
Colorado Springs
Pike’s Peak
H. D. Harris
Black Hawk
Thomas Louck
Lyle Welch
Channing Ziegler
Little Fox
Junior Garrett
Troy Histed
Little Wildcat
Earl Montgomery
Buffalo
John Prell
Eugene Eckert
Swift Falcon
James Stevenson
Great Bear
Frank McDonald
Maurer Funeral Rites Held in Wilton Presbyterian Church
Funeral services for Fred A. Maurer prominent Wilton resident were held at 2 15 PM Monday at the Presbyterian church. Rev C W Pfeiffer led the rites with a male quartet and piano accompaniment, burial followed in Oakdale cemetery with Masonic burial rites at the grave. Floral tributes were numerous and Wilton lodge 167 A F and A M attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton
Fred A. Maurer
Presbyterian Church
C. W. Pfeiffer
B. L. Norton
Griff Norton
F. A. Martin
Carl Wise
George Holzhauer
Jesus
Wilton Lodge No
A. M
Oakdale Cemetery
William J. Jasperson
Henry Hell
H. W. Lamp
D. A. Burrows
L. C. Kiser
H. R. Ma
Jewell
Rudolph Sebelien
Charles Wright
Norma
Baldwin Park
Calif
Fred Walters
Mary Ayres
Kate Daut
E. F. Jordan
Kenneth Jordan
Paul Wacker
Mervin
Violet Sebelien
Davenport
O. P. Baumann
Bennie
Los Angeles
Cailif
Cedar Falls
Rolland Abbott
Harry Powell
Floyd McCloskey
Paton, Ja
Katherine Raynor
Elmer Dittmer
LeClaire
F. S. Abbott
Birth of Wallace Edwin for Keota family
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Newman announce the birth of a son Wallace Edwin in Keota. N G McNurlen, president of the Keota free chautauqua guarantors, says the program has been abandoned due to current banking conditions. Mrs. H D Williams learns of her brother George Daiber’s death in Cheyenne. he was a Keota native and survived by wife, three children, three sisters Anna Littler, Margaret Hulse Waukegan, Nora Williams, and brother William Daiber. Prouty covers mail route during absence. Schulyer Huston, once ill from mushroom poisoning, is treated at Fa Reagent 28 Aliée teat weer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Charles Newman
Wallace Edwin
N. G. McNurlen
H. D. Williams
George Daiber
Cheyenne
Michael Daiber
West
Anna Littler
Des Moines
Margaret Hulse Waukegan
Nora Williams
Keoita
William Daiber
Los Angeles
Prouty
Schulyer Huston
Fae
Local residents host and visit across Davenport area
Stockton Junction are dinner guests at the Jost home. Allan Jost trips to Detroit with Rollo Makoben for business. Arlene Bohnsack helps at her aunt Mrs. Max Thoensen’s Davenport home. Nelda Mae Chambliss funeral in Davenport attended by Mrs. Ed Grimm and Mrs. Le Roy Broders. Phylora Burmeister and Belle Bohnsack visit Blue Grass. Arthur Voss family from Davenport visit C. H. Anderson. Joe Bowers of Long Grove visits brother R. E. Bowers. H. P. Bohnsack family honored Mr. Feddersen’s birthday. George Paustian Jr. stays with uncle William Dage in Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview
Bernice Krahl
Century of Progress
Verlee Shellabarger
Jean Shellabarger
Munscatine
Mildred Thompson
Davenport
Story City
Chicago
Les Hendricks
Letts
Casper Rowe
Don Parsons
Donna
W. A
Lyndal
Charles Graham
Lee Werner
Eugene
Raymond Schneider
George Schneider
Henry Walsinger
Walter
John
Columbus Junction
Ernest Walsinger
Lysle Stanley
Wapello
William Walsinger
Eliza McGill
Reuben
Roy
George Miller
Roy McGill
Conesville
Ohio
Roy Johnson
Redlands
Calif
Charles Robinson
Mucsatine
Orlan Kemp
Ed Kemp
Muscatine
Paul Kemp
Paul Stineman
Jimmie
Paul
Jesse McGill
Duane
Hal
Marian
Harry Stineman
Charlotte
Warren
Frank Stineman
Delno
Bobby
Max
Loren
Lucille
Elmer Car Iter
Richard
Phyllis
Kenneth
Glen Berk
Marie
Kenneth Buster
Miriam
Baby
Cecil Weile
Ieconard
Des Stineman
Kemp
Rupert Chambliss
Phylora Burmeister
Belle Bohnsack
J. P. Cooper
Blue Grass
Arthur Voss
Burdette
C. H. Anderson
Joe Bowers
Long Grove
R. E. Bowers
H. P. Bohnsack
Vernon
Marguerite
Harriette
Shirley-Jean
Jeanette
Claus Feddersen
Feddersen
George Paustian Jr
Picnic Planned at High Prairie
An invitation extends to locals and former residents for the annual July 4 picnic in the church basement. A noon basket dinner will be served with kittenball, horseshoes, and other games planned for the afternoon.
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High Prairie
16 Sparklers Plan Lawn Party at Letts
The Letts Four-H club the 76 Sparklers will host a lawn party Wednesday evening at the John Elias on home a mile and a half north of Letts. Events include moving pictures Four-H songs a piano duet by Margaret and Mary Helen Cashman a playlet titled What the Rag Bag Looks Like After the Four-H Girls Are Through With It and a dialog by Dorothy and Eugenia McBride plus a playlet The Club Spirit by five girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letts
76 Sparklers
Four-H
John Eliason
Margaret
Mary Helen Cashman
Dorothy
Eugenia McBride
Local residents plan World Fair trip and homecomings
Mrs Oscar Mavis and Miss Dorothy Mavis alongside Mr and Mrs Clarence Hines and Mr and Mrs Claude Dickey of Atalissa will return home Wednesday with Miss Fern Hitchcock and Ruth Hitchcock. They plan to attend the World fair. Mrs John Hoopes returns from California to visit her sons Wendell Hoopes and Ernest Hoopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Mavis
Dorothy Mavis
Clarence Hines
Claude Dickey
Atalissa
Bian Barter
Glen Ellyn
Ill
B. H. Hitchcock
Fern
Ruth Hitchcock
John Hoopes
California
Wendell Hoopes
Ernest Hoopes
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Concord
Aitch
Hitler
Anwyl
Bay Island News
Boston “Fox Tribe
Grandview News
Maurer
James Haroff
Ray Schafer
William Wabnitz
Harry Young
D. L. Woodruff
Ard Woodruff
Mediapolis
Leonard Woodruff
Charles Moody
Sam
Penouboy
Setey
Thassa
Usta
Mi'll
Broadway
Bad
Ricardo Cortez
Ginger Rogers
Bienne Ames
Joan Blondell
Helen Hayes
Ramon Novarro
Lydia E. Pinkham
Stockton
Robert Minder
Eva Smith
J. W. Hoopes
Ernest Vetter
Roy Quandt
New Era
Fred Rann
C. J. Philips
Alden Vanatta and Son
Illinois
Pay Gene Raymond
Dewey Toland
Yvonne
Mr. Toland
Fay Collins
Iowa City
Frances Letts
M. E
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