Louisa County Court Opens March 31 With 48 New Dockets
Louisa county district court will convene March 31 with Judge James Smyth presiding. The docket lists 48 new cases including 28 equity and 20 law matters, among them petitions for receivership of Grandview Savings Bank and Oakville Savings Bank. Four new divorces are scheduled.
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Wapello
District Court of
Louisa County
James D. Smyth
L. A. Andrews
State Banking Department
Grandview Savings Bank
Oakville Savings Bank
Social visits and family gatherings in Nichols area
Mrs. Rachel Weiler of Lone Tree and other relatives visited Nichols and nearby towns on Monday. Local residents made weekend trips to Iowa City, Muscatine, West Liberty, and Cedar Rapids. Louis M. Schmitt underwent University hospital surgery. Mrs. Vetter and Miss Edna Hesser were among those visiting or hosting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James O’brien
Nannie O’brien
Arden
J. W. C. Hesser
West Liberty
Felicitas Mackey
Muscatine
John Foley
Ira Pike
Hazel Poole
Doris
Blackerby
Louis Kile
Louis M. Schmitt
Iowa City
University Hospital
Jack Stafford
Anna Stafford
Everett Hesser
Paul Everett
Thomas
Edna Hesser
Vetter
Delbert Ellis
Wilton
Estherville
Frank Hormel
Julius Bartels
Maynard
Bartels
Frank Robinson
Walter Bailey
Phoebe Bingham
Cedar Rapids
L. E. Bingham
C. S. Martin
Davenport
Adelade Stober
Myra Potter
S. W. Koster
S. C. Snider
Mary Wagner
Marguerite Cornwall
Marengo
Irwin Mosher
Eleanora Strong
Mosher
Marry Lewis
Richard Peters
J. C. Nichols
Sidney Smith
East Third Street
Nichols
Edith Lemon
West Fifth Street
Letts Community Notes Reflect Local Visit and Travel
Ila Letts teacher Miss Mil dred Thompson spends spring vacation at her Clear Lake home. Mrs Jessie Letts and daughters Cora Irene visit Muscatine and Iowa City with Katherine Letts. Seventy Six township Farm Bureau to hold school at Mrs Henry Hendrix’s home Friday. Multiple locals visit relatives, attend church events, and conduct business in Letts and nearby towns including Muscatine Davenport and Columbus Junction.
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Letts
Ila
Mildred Thompson
Clear Lake
W. P. Thompson
Jessie Letts
Cora
Irene
Muscatine
Lem Dickerson
Iowa City
Katherine Letts
Francis Letts
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Farm Bureau
Dorothy
Helen Hendrix
L. B. Hendrix
United Brethren Ladies Aid
Mary Shellabarger
Lyle Crosson
Iowa Mllinois Telephone Company
Eddyville
Mac Denham
Methodist Church
Arthur Thompson
Harold Thompson
Moline
Walter Thompson
J. C. Clyman
Bloomfield
Methodist Ladies Aid
Lizzie Curtis
Tom Lee
Trenton
Horace Brown
Twentieth Century club bridge party for Oakville library
On March 31 the Twentieth Century club will host a benefit bridge party at Carter hall to raise funds for the Oakville library. Mrs Albert Hook chairs table reservations. The event supports library expenses for the high school annual to be published soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakville
Twentieth Century Club
Carter Hall
Albert Hook
Elrick Junction
M. and St. L
Newport
Dale Bratton
Galesburg
Josephine Edmonds
Women’s Missionary Society Elects Officers in Wilton
Wilton Iowa March 25 The Grace Reformed church Women’s Home Missionary Society elected officers for next year at a Friday parsonage meeting. Elected president Mrs A J Kleinsohn vice president Mrs Harry Marolf secretary Mrs J M Newgard treasurer Mrs Herman Ketchmar.
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Wilton
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
The
Grace Reformed Church
Sadie Henley
John Doran
A. J. Kleinsohn
Harry Marolf
J. M. Newgard
Herman Ketchmar
Gus Bartles
South Wilton
George Nolte
F. A. Duffe
George Sauer
Lou Grady
Muscatine
Methodist Church
F. A. Martin
Gretchen
Elizabeth Martin
Fairfield
Henry Bouland
Billy
Chester Hill
State University
George B. Harr
Rockford
Rebecca Hutchins
West Liberty social notes and visits span week
Kenneth Wagner returns from Ames to West Liberty after a college visit. Mrs. Phoebe McAninch and son Roy attend A. H. Floyd funeral in town then plan to visit Kellogg en route home. Frances Hinkhouse recovers from elbow fracture after hospital treatment. Rex Smith visits convalescent sister Bevelyn Plumley recovering from leg amputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Kenneth Wagner
Iowa State College
Ames
Ernest Wagner
Phoebe McAninch
Roy
Tonkawa
Okla
A. H. Floyd
Kellogg
McAnh
Finch
Floyd
Co. E. Buckman
Frances Hinkhouse
George Hinkhouse
Mercy Hospital
Rex Smith
Moline
Bevelyn Plumley
H. C. McKerg
Davenport
Madeline Hormel
Weekend visits mark small town ties in Conesville
Mrs Nell Foor returned from Cambridge where she spent the winter at the Walter Foor home. Numerous local families visited kin in Letts Muscatine Cedar Rapids Burlington and West Chester over the weekend with a steady stream of calls and hosting across Conway area.
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Conesville
Nell Foor
Cambridge
Walter Foor
Francis Boyle
Burlington
W. O. Jarrard
A. W. Douglass
Anita
Ruthetta
Web
Dee
Letts
Sherman Fox and Sons
Robert, Burton, Vernon and
Donald
Nichols
George Jarrard
George Foor
West Chester
Otto Wendling
Lockridge
Emma Lee
Seward Hathaway
Muscatine
William Hathaway
Guy Hants
Farrel Dean
Elbert Snyder
Virginia Stauffer
Cedar Rapids
F. C. Johnson
Seymour
Lineville
John Keeler
Lone Tree
Archie Beaukemp
Columbus Junction
Jimmie Stratton
Fred Stratton
E. A. Wymer
Cedar county court opens term in Tipton with grand jurors chosen
The Cedar county district court met in Tipton with Judge Atherton B. Clark presiding. Grand jurors sworn in include Curtis Barnhart West Branch R W Crist Stanwood E G Dresselhaus Bennett Rueben DeForest West Liberty Chris Hamdorf Massillon Peter Kruse Sunbury Archie Safley Tipton with Mr Safley named foreman. Spain's cork forests are estimated to cover about 637500 acres.
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Tipton
Cedar County District Court
Atherton B. Clark
Cedar Rapids
Curtis Barnhart
West Branch
R. W. Crist
Stanwood
E. G. Dresselhaus
Bennett
Rueben DeForest
West Liberty
Chris Hamdorf
Massillon
Funeral Rites Held at Methodist Church in West Liberty
William Worthington aged 83 died Thursday at 6 am. Funeral held Saturday at 2 pm conducted by Rev. W. A. Smith from the Methodist church with burial in Oak Ridge cemetery. Music by church mixed quartets. Out of town attendees included Mr. and Mrs. John Burriss Des Moines, Mrs. Blanche Phelps and sons Ralph and Carroll Iowa City, J. W. Eves Os
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West Liberty
William Worthington
Methodist Church
W. A. Smith
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Ray Whitacre
L. E. Lewis
E. C. Kerr
Marion Kirby
Oscar Morris
Ed Webb
John Burriss
Des Moines
Blanche Phelps
Ralph and Carroll
Iowa City
J. W. Eves
Oskaloosa
Worthington
Friends Church
Coal Creek
Louisa Worthington
Chesterhill
Maria W. Eves
Ella W. Egerton
Fred Worthington
Florida
Spencer Street
Nellie Nichols
Elijah
Messiah
W. L. Watters
Community Church Hosts Visitors and Local Events
Grandview notes include Rev. W A Weyrand preaching with Mrs E Mick and Marguerite Susanelle plus Roland Nicholson visiting. Local activities cover basketball, a St Patrick party, auctions, family visits, birthday celebrations, and a Civil War veteran’s passing. Several residents travel between Muscatine, Wapello, Fairfield, and Marengo.
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Grandview
W. A. Weyrand
Des Moines
E. Mick
Rock Island
Marguerite Susanelle
Roland Nicholson
Davenport
Leland Robertson
C. P. Wagner
H. P
A. W. McGill
Fred Weile
William Mohlie
Eliza McGill
Reuben
Virgil Weile
N. E. McGill
Little Lindal Weile
Everett Connor
Mt. Vernon
Lilly
Ida McGill
Muscatine
Orval Jackson
Parsons College
Fairfield
J. H. Schweitzer
John Hulgren
Mediapolis
Frank Bishop
Fannie Fisher
Wapello
William Kendrick
Iowa City
Hutchins Rites Held At Wilton
Funeral services for Mrs. Rebecca Hutchins of Excelsior Springs Mo were held at the Bailey home in Wilton Ia with Elmer S Backer reading from the Christian Science church Davenport. Burial followed at Oakdale cemetery. She was 62 and survived by eight brothers and sisters named in the obituary.
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Bailey
Henry Harr
Excelsior Springs
Harry Krider
Rockford
Susie Evans
Midland
S. D
Lucinda Cleminger
McConnellsville
Margaret Harmon
Emerson Falls
Idaho
William Harr
Butte
Mon
George B. Harr
Rockford, Ill
John Harr
Chicago
Two New Tickets Placed in Field by Letts
Letts Iowa March 25 two new tickets enter city race for March 31 election. Peoples ticket names E. R. King mayor J. C. Clayman treasurer Ulric Garrett assessor and councilmen John Fry J. C. Hildebaugh M. C. Ross Floyd Brown. Independent ticket lists L. E. Parsons mayor and councilmen George Dixon Floyd Lieberknecht L. H. Gage Walter McDaniel W. Fay Collins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Lieberknecht
L. H. Gage
Walter McDaniel
W. Fay Collins
Wreck Cleared Away near Tipton Indiana
Northwestern Railway crane worked overnight to lift a gas electric motor and later repositioned the passenger coach onto the rails north of Tipton. The two car train derailed Saturday morning after striking a broken rail as it departed Tipton for Stanwood. No injuries were reported.
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Tipton
Northwestern Railway Company
Stanwood
Birthday Party Honors Three in Conesville
Mrs. Elared Maxwell hosted a Sunday birthday gathering for her sister Mrs. Charles Stafford her father William Criss and her husband whose birthdays fall March 23 24 and 25 Dozens of relatives and friends from Muscatine Davenport Cambridge Morning Sun Wellman and other nearby towns attended and shared greetings and light refreshments while visiting and socializing across the day.
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Conesville
Elared Maxwell
Charles Stafford
William Criss
Walter Stafford
Gail
Jack
Moline
Harry Osborne
Betty
Billy
Bobby
Davenport
Archie Willard
Muscatine
Virginia
Edith
Patty Lou
Fred
Goldie
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Oakville Banks
Dan Cupid
Blanche Pantel
Otis Hicklin
Bridge
Mayme Davison
Cr. W. Warren
Burlington Hospital
M. D. Thomas
George Oakes
D. C. Thomas
Dean Thomas
W. T. Oates
Ed Fisher
Ponca City
Oklo
Loren E. Pecaut
Presbyterian Church
John Ellis
Norma Ellis
George Richter
Walter Cullins
F. P. Welch
E. W. Adams
Ruth Seaman
W. Cullins
Nichols Shipping Association
Louis Lemke
Carol Hanson
C. W. Elder
Clarence Metcalf
Auto
Springfield
Mass
Wm. Wagner
B. F. Nichols
Raymond Borgstadt
W. O. Muench
Ben Nichols
Jack Krancus
School OF Dancing
Register
Hotel Grand
Cedar St
Woman's Home Missionary Society of Grace Reformed Church
Spain
Cork
L. F. Woodruff
Susie Lewis
M. H. Merridith
R. P. Evans
Grandview News
Paton
Joel Shaw
Hutchins
Missouri
Mrs
J. L. Bailey
A. M. Gay
Jack Duane
Cass Hawkins
Stanford Miller
Morning Sun
L. D. Miller
Arthur McCullough
Darleen
Harold McCullough
Gaylord
Ella McCullough
Kalona
Harry Ramer
Lucille
John Ramer
Paul Johnson
Brown's Business College
James Orr
Raymond
Harley Orr
George Orr
Blain Hawkins
Jean
George Brown
Donald Watson
Wellman
Robert Long
Frank Warnstaff
Janet Graebner
Rae English
Bert Roach
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