Birds and trees featured in Muscatine gathering
Mrs. Arthur Terry started the organization in 1932 and 150 volunteers work yearly. Mrs. Irving Hurlbut arranged the month and hosted a talk on bird flight. Mrs. Cliff Worst discussed attracting birds while Mrs. Charles Gauler and Mayme Koetling spoke on the aspen tree and seed. A short board meeting preceded the next session in April.
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Muscatine, In
Arthur Terry
Irving Hurlbut
Cliff Worst
Charles Gauler
Mayme Koetling
Muscatine Garden Club Plans May Flower Show
The Muscatine Garden Club met at the YWCA with President Mrs. Florence Goxma naming Marshalltown as the site for a May 22 and 23 flower show. Mrs. Peety read the federated newsletter. An auction was postponed to April 8. Mr. C. L. Halligan and Mrs. Clarence Cornthwaite showed slides of the rose parade and local gardens at the county home. Mrs. Opel read a letter from Eyes for the Needy noting 14,599 glasses furnished in two years and 136 artificial eyes provided, with over 60,000 items shipped overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine Garden Club
YWCA
Florence Goxma
Marshalltown
C. L. Halligan
Clarence Cornthwaite
Charles Ope
Golden Anniversary for Ernest Meeker and Letts-Mr and Mrs W Meeker
The Letts and West Liberty area couple observed their golden wedding with an open house on Sunday March 10 from 1 30 to 5 pm. About 160 guests attended from Rock Island Aledo Illinois City Iowa City WI and many other local towns. The home featured floral decorations and well wishers sent cards and flowers. A call from a cousin in Alberta Canada was received during the afternoon. The couple’s daughter Mrs Donald Nichols of West Liberty made the wedding cake and presiding at the serving table were Mrs Glen Robbins Mrs John Lee Mrs Robert Maurais and Mrs Chester Corder. A daughter Mrs F Maw Schomberg of Letts and a son Joseph W Meeker resided at home with granddaughters Nancy Schomberg and Carol Tyn Nichols. The note mentions an AAUW art study meeting at 1311 Mulberry on March 13 at 1 15 pm conducted by Mrs Arthur Johnson with discussion of composition as expression through works by Rembrandt Peale Degas Poussin and El Greco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letis
W. Ernest Meeker
Alberta
Canada
Donald Nichols
West Liberty
Glen Robbins
John Lee
Robert Maurais
Rock Island
Chester Corder
Muscatine
F. Maw Schomberg
Letts
Joseph W. Meek
AAUW
Arthur Johnson
Mulberry
Marvin Laursen
Rembrandt
Peale
Degas
Poussin
el Greco
Engagement of Theresa Beeney and Robert Tomlinson Announced
Minors City Mr and Mrs Earl Dungan announce the engagement of their daughter Theresa Beeney to Robert Tomlinson son of Mr and Mrs Robert Tomlinson of Sherrard Til No date for the wedding has been set Miss Beeney is a Rockridge High and American Institute of Commerce graduate and works at Electrolux Davenport Mr Tomlinson a Sherrard High graduate works at International Harvester Farmall Works Rock Island
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Earl Dungan
Theresa Beeney
Robert Tomlinson
Sherrard, Til
Miss Beeney
Rockridge High
American Institute of Commerce
Electrolux Corporation
Davenport
Mr. Tomlinson
Sherrard High
International Harvester Co
Farmall, Works
Rock Island
Whitlow and Scull Exchange Wedding Vows at Joy Church
Mr and Mrs Wilbur Lane Scull wed Saturday March 9 at 4 pm in Joy Methodist Church New Boston where the couple will reside in their new home Rev officiated the ceremony and Jo Ann Whitlow was present as a guest
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vonda Whitlow
Wilbur Scull
Joy Church
New Boston
Wilbur Lane Scull
Pam
Joy Methodist Church
Blanchards Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary in March
Winds City couple Mr. and Mrs. Marsh Blanchard will mark their fiftieth wedding date on March 18. Local social notes mention extended visits, guests, and family events across Milan, Aledo, Orion, Dav enport, and New Boston, including weddings, dinners, and kinship gatherings. The bride wore a green and white lace ensemble. best wishes from relatives abound.
Community clubs list meetings and events for February and March
Multiple civic and religious groups announce meetings and activities across February and March. quilting sessions and officer elections at the Woman's Society. Elixa Community Club film show. Mona Council Decree of Pocahontas gathering. Pleasant Prairie Unity Club family meeting with potluck. Grace Lutheran Group L church gathering. Pearl City Navy Mothers election of officers at VFW hall. Industrial Society delay. Lutheran Homes Sewaife Circle hosting. Hadassah donor dinner at Lois Kolpack home. Geneva Golf and Country Club Women bridge luncheon. cooking tip on shredded coconut add zest to frosting for cupcakes.
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Pearl City Navy Mothers
VFW
Oyster Supper To Honor Orano F B Members
A community oyster supper will honor new and old Oran Township Farm Bureau members on March 21 at 7:20 p m at the home of Mr and Mrs Irving Everett. Attendees should bring dessert and their own table service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elixa Community Club
Raymond Parkingon
Russia
Canasville
Oran Township
How to Cook Husbands Featured by Arizona Graphic
Phoenix weekly Arizona Graphic quotes a lighthearted kitchen column on husband care. It humorously warns against overcooking and lists tips like brushing pie tops with milk and using cream sauce with fish fillets. The piece critiques mismanagement in cooking while offering playful domestic wisdom.
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Phoenix
Ariz
N —A
Weekly
Arizona Graphic
Conesville Visits Return Home After Weekend
Mr and Mrs Isaac Abbott returned home after visiting the Schick Benninger and Holiday families of Davenport. Sunday supper guests at Pearl Kennedy’s included C Swails Rex Swails Dennis and Loren ail of Coralville and Mac McCullough, with Shollabarger and Satterthwaite visiting George Walter at Lone Tree. Alden Maxwell spent Sunday with Richards Baker in Cornville Me. Baker family later moved to California to run a motel. Nettie Coffin and Rolla McKean are patients at Muscatine General Hospital for examination.
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Jeffrey Becker
Moline
Til
Jason Wolford
Wolford
Wost Eisle
Ainsworth
Larry Becker
George F.westaway
Canesville
Robert Armstrong
Davenport
Lone Tree
Mary
Len Jarrard
Jarrard
Mary Yedlik
Melvin Crist
Joy Yedlik
Burlington
John Harrison
Harry Brenne
Jean
Ronald
Raymond
Debbie
Charley Westlake
Fern
Roy
Myrel Westlake
William Gray
Columbus Junction
Lyle Martin
Columbus’ Junction
Conesvile
Isaac Abbott
Raymond Schick
Dorothy Benninger
Gaylord
Pearl Kennedy
C. Swails
Rex Swails
Raymond Satterthwaite
George Walter
Alden Maxwell
Richard Baker
Cornlyville
Baker
California
Nettie Coffin
Muscatine General Hospital
Rolla McKean
Meeker Golden Wedding Anniversary Open House
Cone folks attend open house for Ernest and wife Meeker at their Let's home Sunday. Guests include Barnhart, Rausch family, Wagoner family, and others from Muscatine, Columbus Junction, Lone Tree, Davenport, Town City, and Mercy Hospital. Weekend visitors and extended family join the Diveneys and local residents for meals and celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conesville
Frank Barnhart
Ernest Meeker
Let's
Douglas Rausch
Timmy
Joy
Edgington
Lyman Wagoner
Debbie
Dennis
Raymond Lutz
Fred Criss
Ricky
Randy
Little Lady Apples of Sonora and Tuolumne County
Tuolumne County yields about 9 percent of California's lady apple crop. Mr. and Mrs. Austin Abbott Jy. are the largest growers, with a ranch producing the apples for 105 years. Lady apples grow in clusters on long limbs and are mainly used for decoration, being very small and bright red.
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Sonora
Calif
Tuolumne County
California
Austin Abbott
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Garden Club
Miller & Son's
Ernest Meekers
We Music
CROW
Blanchards
Winds City
Marsh Blanchard
Anete Seth
Don McGinnis
Iinto
Pape
Raymond Dutfield
Sandra Foley
Chicago
Clarence Freyermuth
Francis Vroman
Lloyd Terrill
Larry Te
Musca‘ine
Danny Terrill
Milan
Frank Terrill
Walter
Hames
Fede
Dean Tomlin
Omer Tomlin
U. of Michois
Omer Tori
Art Hahn
Nichols, Towa
Malcolm Keller
Hugo Johnson
Orion, Minis
Larry Mier
Elwin Mier
Tom Bonynge
Harry Johnson
Aledo
Karen Marquis
Princeton
Bob Tomlinson
Sherrard
Bat
Dungan
Pearl Dungan
Lillie Keller
Bryars Watson
Lewis Fowler
Margaret Powell
Allen
Maynard Marlin
Bernard Martin
Ethyl Taylor
Herbert Taylor
Don Olson
Maquoketa
Wendell Foster
Kenneth Goodell
Scull
Vonda Lay Whitlow
George Whitlow
Mr. Scull
Margaret Scull
Benjamin Scull
Wanda Ray Whitlow
Benjamin Munson
Westmer High
American Tratitute of Commerce
New Boston High
Cannon Bronze Co
Keithsburg
Acu Cae
Central State
State Bank
Woman's ‘Society of Chriian Service
The
Island Metodist Church
Charles C. Wilson
Clinton Zachringer
Mona Council
Decree of Parahontas
Legion Hal
Margie Sorels
Florence Tibbetts
Lulu Breedipye
Drt
Pleasant Prairie Unity Club
Crabapple
Grace Lutheran Church
Anna Hank
Industrial Society of the First United Presbyterian Church
Sewaif Circle
Mary Dituman
Minnie McDaniel
Hadassah
Mars
Lois Kolpack
Magnolia
Oratz
Geneva Golf and Country Club
Orano F. B
Meeker
Motor Trend
Vertizia
Fowar
Star Rambler
Hes Por Gallen
Motor Trend Magazine
Rambler
U.S
Krieger
Mississippi Drive
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