Orono Township Spelling Winners Named at Conesville
Orono township held a spelling contest at the Conesville school. Dolores Puckett won first place, with Orval Smith second. Contestants included Brockway Ruby and Lawrence Yocum, Norman Hawkins, Gwendolyn Hawkins, Reuben McCormick, and George Westaway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conesville
Orono Township
Dolores Puckett
Conesville School
Orval Smith
Port Allen
Crawford
Brockway
Ruby
Lawrence Yocum
Norman Hawkins
Gwendolyn Hawkins
Reuben McCormick
George Westaway
Roberta Brockway
Orval
Virgil Smith
Mark Brockway
Muscatine
John Parks
Columbus Junction
Park
Mary Maxwell
Henry Shafer
Letts
Siarie Cox
Cedar Rapids
Cox
Oakdale Sanitarium
Last Church Luncheon Series Ends at Morning Sun
The Inter-Church association wrapped its year with 150 attendees at the Presbyterian church in Morning Sun on Tuesday. J K Latta led the program as high school glee club members led by Miss Minnie C Woodroffe performed. Mrs F G Nelson spoke on Problems of 1930 before prep services for the Sunday communion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Sun
Inter-Church Association
Presbyterian Church
United Presbyterian Congregation
J. K. Latta
Glee Club
Eulalie Springsteen
Evelyn Thompson
Edith Patterson
Frances Wright
Donna Peterson
Hellen Willson
Marion Honeyman
Cathlene Walsh
Lucret
W. J. Giffin
Howard Baird
Garland
E. Logan
Burlington
Harry
F. T. Bentley
Waterloo
W. S. Brown
Ethel Caldwell
EB. EF. Caldwell
Consolidated School
Mediapolis
Nichols Board Covers Vacancies as School Year Nears
The Nichols Independent school board met at the school house to review applications to fill teaching vacancies for next year. Local residents and visitors attended events in Muscatine and Davenport, while others noted hospital recoveries and social visits. The post office will open at 7 30 a m on April 1 and residents traveled between Iowa City Davenport and Muscatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nichols
Nichols Independent School Board
Matilda Steele
Morning Sun
H. M. Fox
E. A. Cowell
Clinton
Arnold Kaalberg
James A. O. O'Neil
Parnell
Emma Cullins
Sherman Thompson
Marion
Albert Pike
Charles Fox
Muscatine
Rock Island
George Brown
Wilmer Halleck
Florence Heizer
John Hillyer
University Hospital
Iowa City
Harry Cullins
Walter Cullins
West Union
FE. A. Cowell
Davenport
L. K. Stemen
Riverside
C. E. Mills
Cecil Cover
Bobby
Danville
J. W. Kaalberge
Albert Rathjen
Charles Elder
Letis
A. W. Stonebraker
Alter Cullins
B. F. Nichols
Community notices from Lone Tree Iowa March meeting items
At Lone Tree Savings Bank directors elected W N Shellabarger assistant cashier replacing G B Kirchner who resigned after purchasing the Iowa Motor company. Lodges and social clubs report delegate elections planning visits and entertainments for April and April 30 with guest Mrs Sarah Bachman of Waubon will be hosted by Fern Leaf chapter OES.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Tree
Lone Tree Savings Bank
W. N. Shellabarger
Farmers Savings Bank of
Walford
G. B. Kirchner
Iowa Motor Company
Hakill Rebekah Lodge
Mary Petry
Noble Grand
Edna Carl
Marion
Anna Wiese
Legion Hall
L. O. Adams
Gus Herring
H. C. Buell
H. V. Baker
McMillan
Howard Huskins
Frank Soukup
Evan Carl
Hilda Werbach
Sam Herring
Helen McCracken
Thornburg
Werbach
Sarah Bachman
Waukon
Order of Eastern Star of
Iowa
Fern Leaf Chapter
Cedar Township 4 H Girls Meet to Study Birds
The Cedar township 4 H Girls club met with 14 members at Opal Hougham’s home. Discussion included Birds I Have Seen This Year and a bird study on Bluebird and Meadowlark. Special guests Mrs. Naylor and Mrs. Ernest Meeker attended. next meeting set for April 19 at Esther and Lucille Harvey’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naylor
Muscatine
Ernest Meeker
Miss Stevens
Esther
Lucille Harvey
Farm Bureau Plans Poultry School in Conesville
C A McCormick announces a poultry school to be held Monday at 2 PM at Midwest Hatchery with an extension department representative from Iowa State College in charge. Attendance urged for anyone interested in poultry raising and care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conesville
C. A. McCormick
Orono Township
A. W. Jones
Muscatine
C. M. Estle
Adam Beckey
Freida
R. A. Robinson
Clark Carney
Davenport
Esther McCormick
Everett Orris
Columbus Junction
Henry Shafer
W. W. Legier
Letts
John Baker
Emma Lee
Reuben Nash
Verda
C. A
Cedar Rapids
Eldred Maxwell
William Criss
Pearl Preston
Noah Wagener
Edgington
Poultry Meeting Set In Cranston April Two
Mrs R C Fry returns from Mason City and Davenport trip. Poultry specialists from Ames will lead a Farm Bureau meeting at Cranston schoolhouse on April 2 to help with poultry problems. County Agent Carl Rylander arranged the event as one of limited county sessions. The Rev and Mrs Zerry Hougham plan to attend the United Brethren mid year conference in Marshalltown on April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranston
R. C. Fry
Mrs. Johnson
Mason City
Waterloo
Fry
Ross Shaffer
Davenport
T. Riley
Burlington
A. C. Hunter
Mrs. Hines
Dubuque
Ames
Carl Rylander
Zerry Hougham
United Brethren Church
Marshalltown
Hawkeye Educators Convene at Cedar Falls Teachers College
Cedar Falls Iowa State Teachers College hosts over 350 Hawkeye educators for the annual conference on problems of elementary education occurring Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers College
Towanda mill worker credits Vegetable Compound for recovery
A Towanda Pennsylvania mill worker says she weighed 89 pounds and was rundown from silk mill work. After taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for two years she gained 37 pounds and had a healthy second son, praising the remedy highly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towanda
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mars
C. B. Johnson
Webb Street
R. D
Pennsylvania
Iowa to name all state musical directing team
An eastern authority and a midwestern expert will lead the all state high school music groups next summer at the University of Iowa. Thomas Stone, conductor of three Boston choral groups, will direct the chorus of about 40 Iowa pupils while Charles B. Righter, Lincoln Nebraska coach of the national interscholastic championship orchestra, will direct both the band and orchestra. Qualified finalists from the May Iowa festival may join the all state organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Iowa
Thomas Stone
Boston
Iowa
Charles B. Righter
Lincoln
Neb
Stone
Boston Handel and Hayden Society
Righter
Nebraska
Woman's Club Meets in Wilton Indiana
The Woman's club held a March meeting at Mrs. Hattie Mason's home with 29 members. They shared Literary Digest topics and heard a program on Gypsies from The Story of the Gypsy by Bercovici, plus vocal and piano numbers. A social hour followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelle Sooney
Ruth Maurer
Schubert
Grieg
Olive Burrows
Elizabeth Hunker
Irma Wildasin
Hattie Mason
Founders Day Observed in West Liberty
Miss Ela Manning spoke to Missionary societies at the West Liberty Methodist church on the China situation during the sixty first Founders Day celebration. Tea followed dais with Mrs. George Schaffer pouring. Several local residents left on weekend trips and many returned from visits as groups planned future events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Ela Manning
China
Methodist Church
Missionary Societies
W. P. Nichols
Foreign Missionary Society
Gretchen Schaffer
L. A. Royal
Miss Manning
Spencer
George Schaffer
P. N. Gibson
Walter Mosher
Lilla McFadden
Mildred
West Branch
Fred Endsley
Iowa Falls
Floriculture Society
K. of P
R. H. Volland
Iowa City
D. B. Brooke and Son
Lisbon
Ida Brooke
Mt. Vernon
Brooke
Lewis Millett
Arlene
Ames
Play at Oak Grove by Mrs Springborn Orchestra
March 27 Oak Grove Christian church hosts The Dumb Waiter presented by Mrs A C Springborn and her orchestra under the Oak Grove Ladies Aid. Free will offering shared by entertainers and Ladies Aid, with no admission charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society
Will Walters
Chicago
Donald Epperly
Son Junior
Pulaski
Glenn Epperly
Zerry Hougham
Adel
Vera Joakum
Walter Seochenner
Davenport
W. Hunter
Glenn Smith
Hunter
Lafayette
Ind
625 Chicks Die In Fire At Virginia Brooder House
Conesville Virginia March 27 Mr and Mrs Paul McGill lost 625 young chickens when their brooder house burned. The building was heated by an oil heater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conesville
Paul McGill
Grimm and Herman families host 23 for 500 games
Pleasant Prairie Ia March 27 Mr and Mrs George Grimm entertained 23 friends with three tables of 500. High scores went to Mrs William Hermann and Charles Hermann. Attendees included Mr and Mrs FE G Plett and children Marie and Henry Mr and Mrs Chas Hermann and family Mr and Mrs William Hermann and children Lauren and Ruth Mr and Mrs Arnold Petersen and children Grace Eunice and Floyd Howard Steffen and Griff Jenkins. The following Sunday evening Mr and Mrs Merrill Paul hosted guests including Mr and Mrs Ira Benshoof Mr and Mrs Roy Egel and family Miss Ina Paul Mrs Ada Riemcke and Fred Kretschmar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Prairie
George Grimm
William Hermann
Charles Hermann
FE. G. Plett
Marie
Henry
Chas. Hermann
Lauren
Ruth
Arnold Petersen
Grace
Eunice
Floyd
Howard Steffen
Griff Jenkins
Merrill Paul
Ira Benshoof
Roy Egel
Ina Paul
Ada Riemcke
Fred Kretschmar
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Orono
Dolores Pucket
Shep
John Rattigan
Council Bluffs
Rattigan
Cedar Townshi Club
Farm Bureau Plans School
Woman's Club
Wilton Organization
Grace Reformed Church
Anna Fliss
H. W. Mark
Mark
J. B. Mark
Erty
Iowa State College
A. H. Ditmars
Muscatine Implement Co
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