Aid Meeting and Community Gatherings Report
Wilton society hosts Methodist Ladies Aid with a varied program including piano solos and duets. Granddaughter Feted at a pink and green May breakfast for Mildred and Mary Martin. Various visits and summer departures noted from Wilton residents and relatives in nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Martin
Elizabeth
Mildred
Mary
Gretchen Martin
H. F. Jarr
Helen Shuger
Venetta Barnett
Helen Hink
Odebolt
Feltman
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
E. C. Whitmer
Thelma Ness
Chester
Vernon Clark
Cedar Rapids
Adolph Bausch
Marguerite Nangle
el Paso
Tex
B. J. Nangle
J. W. Gruber
Floyd Gruber
Fairbury
Ill
Clifton
Mort Cockshoot
Loren Gruber
Joe Schneider
Clarence Lawson
George Bannick
Harold Nicolaus
Margaret Lang
Clara Wacker
State University
Jennie Martin
LeClaire
Charles Melwig
Los Angeles
Calif
Wilton Friends
William Nelson
Columbia
Erma Pratt
Burt
Ella MacArthur
Naoma Britton
Ames
Frank Kiser
Cedar County
Blue Grass Flags, Graduates Celebrate Closing Day Picnic
Blue Grass school held closing day activities with a noon picnic dinner. Eighth grade graduates include Jack Moorhead Russell Moorhead Velma Shields Irene Boldt and Irma Bernick. Several students earned perfect attendance in upper and primary rooms. Community notices follow with society meetings and visits from Ottumwa and Des Moines visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Grass
Jack and
Russell Moorhead
Velma Shields
Irene Boldt
Irma Bernick
Raymond Eggers
Robert Brus
Mary Schroder
Ardell Brandt
Delorus’ Brandt
Jean Daurer
Gladys Shields
Raymond Staffy
Dale Arp
Marian Heuer
Lyle Shellabarger
Is Your Boy or Journal Carrier Here
A Muscatine Journal notice explains carrier duties from delivery to collections. It highlights boys aged 12 to 16 learning thrift, selling, and responsibility, with a savings deposit, supervision, and route checks. The piece praises carriers, notes their earnings, and urges support for youths in newspaper work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smiths
Jones
Court House
Fulberry Avenue
Muscatine
THE
Muscatine Journal
Buffalo Prairie Home Bureau appoints yearlong committees
Mrs. Raymond Reed chairs the Buffalo Prairie unit as they announce committee appointments after a Wednesday meeting at Mrs. Oscar Mewes home. Officers include local leaders Mrs. John Eckhardt and Mrs. Boyd Kimball with groups for Four-H, publicity, ways and means, program, recreation, and nominating. A June 1 Elks club meeting features a $5 award for the most members registered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Prairie
Raymond Reed
Home Bureau
Oscar Mewes
Drury
Elbert Holmes
Fern Carl
Merle Robinson
Edgington
Elks’ Club
John Eck
Rufus Elliott
Herbert Taylor
Ira Boney
Sherman Powell
John Eckhardt
Carroll Kistler
Boyd Krimball
Party at Junction Honors Graduates
Central Presbyterian church hosted a Friday evening party in honor of Columbus High School Class of 1936 graduates Wanda Marshall Laurene Dircks Jean Hawkins Maryella Duncan Ward Aldershoff and Sidney Newnam. An engaging program and pleasant evening marked the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Central Presbyterian Church
Columbus High School
Wanda Marshall
Laurene Dircks
Jean Hawkins
Maryella Duncan
Ward Aldershoff
Sidney Newnam
Recital honors Miss Martha Jean Marquis at Broadway church
Miss Martha Jean Marquis daughter of Dr and Mrs Benjamin Marquis was presented in a voice recital by Miss Katherine Roberts of Rock Island at Broadway Presbyterian church Tuesday evening. Marquis was assisted by Eureka Borth pianist Nona Roberts flute Katherine Roberts cello and Glen Halik violin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Jean Marquis
Benjamin Marquis
Katherine Roberts
Rock Island
Broadway Presbyterian Church
Miss Marquis
Eureka Borth
Nona Roberts
Glen Halik
Government wins as Irish Sweepstakes prize taxes continue
The final check up on income tax from Irish Sweepstakes prizes shows the government as the consistent winner. It notes Uncle Sam touching pocketbooks while races are frowned on and hints at voting on the presidential sweepstakes for potential WPA jobs, with Postmaster Farley opposing sweepstakes mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Farley
Lottery Favoritism Sparks Government Pullback
A column argues Jim opposes lotteries while benefiting from favoritism and contrasts government stance with historical figures and racing sweepstakes. The piece references Uncle Sam and Paul Revere to illustrate public sentiment toward gambling schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Uncle Sam
Paul Revere
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Bairds Return From East Trip After Pittsburgh Wedding
Mr and Mrs Cecil Baird come home from a wedding trip to Pittsburgh Pa after visiting Laurel mountains and other east sites He an engineer in Des Moines county stationed at Burlington will soon move to Hammond Indiana to supervise grade separation construction Mrs Baird will join later They reside with Mrs Hanft and her husband after returning home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Missionary Society of
Blue Grass
Pleasant Prairie Presbyterian
B. F. Pickering
Ethel Allbee
Alice Pickering
Rosa Drumm
George Farrier
John Tangen
Henry Boock
Nellie Houvenagle
Mathilda Houvenagle
Omaha
Neb
Lonnie Houvenagle
Webster City
Marie Vanderlip
Montezuma
Ottumwa
Jennie Brus
John H. Brus
Eddie James
Des Moines
Ed James
George Hinshaw
Esther Hinshaw
Fort Dodge
Harold Kuehl
Laurena Cacherell
C. R. Cachezell
George
Don Cave
Fairfield
Columbus Junction
Cecil Baird
Pittsburgh
Laurel Mountains
Baird
Burlington
Hammond
Ind
Halle Hanft
Muscatine High School Announces Senior Week Baccalaureate and Class Day
School releases detailed senior week program with practices at First Baptist church and high school, leading to baccalaureate service at First Baptist, class day at the high school auditorium, and commencement at First Presbyterian. Includes list of performances, readings, awards, and student speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine High School
Fred G. Messenger
First Baptist Church
First Presbyterian Church
Alcohol affects tadpole nerves in skin contact study
Experiments on tadpoles show alcohol causes nerve endings to retract from their touch points on the skin. The finding suggests alcohol impairs sensory contact by altering nerve projection.
Ten thousand twenty seven Muscatine voters eligible Monday
Ten thousand twenty seven persons in Muscatine are eligible to vote in the primary election Monday. City Recorder Floyd D. McKinney said 155 registered and 180 filed changes of address since the registration deadline a week ago. Voter lists will be distributed to polling places including the central fire station No 2 Cherry street Home society Mulberry avenue the old hose house Halstead avenue and Bleeker street hose house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
City Recorder
Floyd D. McKinney
McKinney
Central Fire Station
No. 2
Cherry Street
Home Society
Mulberry Avenue
Halstead Avenue
Bleeker Street
Graduation Program for Grandview Class of 1936
Grandview high school auditorium hosted commencement exercises for the class of 1936. The program included processional, invocation by Rev. O. G. Lewis, solo by Myrtle Hardman, salutatorian Robert Whitely, valedictorian Marlys Kubrick, songs by Ethel Rauschenbarger Evelyn Krahl Dorothy Lehman and Evelyn Gipple, address by Richard McCleery of Washington on What Is Your Name, and benediction by Rev. O. G. Lewis emphasizing cleanliness of character reverence and God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview
O. G. Lewis
Myrtle Hardman
Robert Whitely
Marlys Kubrick
Ethel Rauschenbarger
Evelyn Krahl
Dorothy Lehman
Evelyn Gipple
Richard McCleery
Washington
McCleery
God
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Wilton
Richard Klink
Curtis Deems
Marvin McConnell
James Green
Gordon Powell
Paul DeCamp
Albert Lichtenwald
Elmer Axel
Robert Schreurs
Alfred Seamster
le Roy de Leeuw
Leroy Metcalfe
Robert Ahlf
Richard Haroff
Kenneth Rankins
Fred Klepper
Melvin Foster
John Parks
Kenneth Henderson
Ralph Schaer
Roger Geibel
Webb Douglas
Harvey
Journal Photo and Engraving
Buffalo Prairie Group of Home Bureau
Chester Boruff
Hazel Dell Ladies’ Aid Society
Muscatine’s
ALAST
Junction
Ken
Indianapolis
Bairds
East
Faulkes
Elvey
O Divine Redeemer
Gounod
L. H. Lesher
Barnard
W. B. Milne
Dorothy Greenwald
Stephen Foster
Leo Hart
William Keating
J. A. Chamberlin
Lions’ Club
F. G. Messenger
Key
Ann Stein
Journal
Republican
Iowa
Messier
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