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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1939
Page
3
Wilton hosts a Legion auxiliary meeting as plans form for Memorial Day and the annual poppy sale with Nellie Griffith named poppy committee chair. Members include Rose Grunder Leona Mead Blanche Kretschmar. The session ended with a social hour and potluck lunch.
Paris Missouri residents welcomed relatives and friends visiting from Paris and West Branch. gatherings included a FFA meeting at West Branch, a wiener roast for Lynn Clare Gail Gates and Melvin Owen, and a first annual state Jersey cattle sale at Cedar Rapids with consignments from Ivans Gates herd.
Montpelier and Muscatine area residents attended gatherings honoring Mr. and Mrs. Lee Wainscott on their 35th wedding anniversary and Betty Jane Wainscott on her April 29 birthday. Guests presented an electric floor lamp and a heart shaped cake. Neighborhood families joined events across Davenport Muscatine Blue Grass and nearby towns with meals, cards, and social visits.
The Columbus high school orchestra, 39 members, will perform at 8 a.m. Thursday in the Memorial Union during the state music contest in Iowa City. Five orchestras compete and Columbus is expected to place third. Read includes names of members and several local visitors.
Nichols-Delta Alpha Circle of the Christian church met at Alberta Kelly's home with Dorothy Hillyer assisting. Devotionals were by Mrs Hagee. A May basket shower for bride Mrs Clarence Hillyer followed. Buffet lunch served to members and guests including Netty Schmitt Anna Reynolds Ella Reynolds Helen Grim Verna Reeder Doris Chown Grace Borgstadt Irma Daedlow Lucille Reynolds Mrs Hagee Mary Adams Ida Mae Jones Clare Fridley Gladys Hillyer Hattie Ripley Agnes Hawkins Edna Kirchner and hostesses Alberta Kelly Dorothy Hill yer.
Sunday dinner guests at the Arthur Grim home included Cora Brookhart and family from Rock Island plus Leonard Summerhayes and their children Barbara Jean and Russel. Muscatine visitors James Holiday Wilma Gaylord and James. Iowa City guests Earl Dennison Gerry Gean. The Grim matron Mrs. Cora Brockhart stayed for weeks. Thelma Tufty visited Cedar Rapids. Hazell Smith of Des Moines visited her mother Gertrude Smith. Mayme Foley visited Muscatine. Atalissa visitors Besicks called on L. A. Monroe. H E Windus and Morgan family relaxed at West Liberty.
The Columbus High School girls glee club of 25 members will perform at the Iowa City state music contest Friday at 1 PM in North Hall. Fifteen clubs will sing, with Columbus scheduled thirteenth on the program. Members include Betty Bell Maxine Blankenhorn Leona Delzell Mona Dean Kathryn Dwinell Joyce Gilkey Loris Greene Juanita Hendrickson Lois Hetfield Helen Johnston Jannette Lewis Barbara Lynn Grace Marion Elaine Moody Mary Elizabeth McKee Jean Morgan Marjorie Newell Wanda Osgier Marion Pugh Marie Rees Jean Sands Dorothy Weber Ruth Wiegner Evelyn Woodruff Kathryn Woodruff.
A two course dinner Sunday honored A J Johnson on his birthday with relatives attending from Lone Tree Iowa City Cedar Rapids Rock Island and other areas. Guests included Mr and Mrs George Eden Mr and Mrs Glen Rayner and Miss Jeanette Oberstaller among others. Two large birthday cakes were served.
In 1931 a public economy measure forces the destruction of nearly 50,000,000 young trees by the British Forestry Commission as part of saving resources and balancing budgets.
Mrs Flora Dennis of Gladwin and Muscatine residents were guests at the Clinton Schmitt C C Adams home Sunday. Various locals including J W Borgstadt E McClure and Dorothy Dedrick attended the play Soul of Tarsus at the Muscatine Presbyterian church Monday evening.
The Grandview sophomore pupils and their teachers enjoyed a wiener roast in the school yard and then attended a movie in Wapello Monday evening. Various local residents visited or were visited, including Mrs. Archie Shupe in Burlington after an operation, Mrs. Margaret Guthrie in Richland, and others in Columbus Junction and Dixon.
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