Through East to Washington and the Shenandoah Journey
The author retraces a 2620 mile spring trip from east of the Capitol through Battle Creek Alma and Lansing to Washington and Roanoke Shenandoah via Skyline Drive and Lookout Mountain then to Chattanooga Nashville and back, noting weather, roads, venues from Arlington National Cemetery to Mt Vernon and Parthenon replica. The voyage covers 11 states with family notes on Rev Bee and Velma Shelly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boots
Morita Horne
Bew
Ain Seo
Studert
Battle Creek
Alma
G. C. Brenneman
St. Johns
Brenneman
Earle
East Liverpool
Pittsboro
Pittsburgh
Irwin
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Breezewood
Middlesex
Harrisburg
Frederick
Barbara Fritchie
Whittier
West Patrick St
Fritchie
Mt. Olivet
Francis Scott Key
Frederick County
Washington
Velma Shelly
Velma
16 St
N. W
Treasury Building
Rock Creek Zoological Park
Oldsters
Washington National Monument
Parthenon
Athens
Carthage
Napoleon
Lincoln Memorial
Senate
Bee
Wisconsin
House of Representatives
Congressional Library
Meton
National Gallery of Art
Botanical Gardens
White House
Arlington Memorial Bridge
Potomac
Arlington National Cemetery
Bull Run
Wilderness
Rappahannock
Arlington
Lee-Custis
Lafayette
Arlington Memorial Amphitheatre
Mt. Vernon
Lee Highway
Sperryville
Blue Ridge
Shenandoah National Park
Shenandoah Valley
Alleghenies
Virginia
Cedar Creek
Roanoke
Collegedale
Rev. Bee
Berrien Springs
Chattanooga
Signal
Lookout Mountain
Rev
Lookout
Elmo
Rock City
City of Rocks
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
North
South Carolina
Kentucky
Tennessee River
Rock City Gardens
Garden Clubs of America
Chicamauga Park
Marison
Nashville
Rev Bee
Tsi
Acropolis
Daniel Boone
Morton
Miss Wheeler
Father
John Howard Payne
Grade News Highlights From Primary Classrooms
Second graders study Indians with picture projects and story readings. First graders earn stars in math facts. Esther Bielema has four stars. A new pupil, Yvonne North from Wisconsin, joins first grade. Third and fourth graders note Miss Hamilton ill. fourth grade earns A plus in English. Eighth grade starts equations. geography club reports on government studies and president duties. A Mother's Day Snow White and Rose Red play is planned. Report cards arrive Friday. Maud Muller movie shown. baseball teams get new balls and bats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Bielema
Yvonne North
Wisconsin
Ruth Strubb
Lucille Larson
Kenneth Bielema
Dean Robinson
Morrison Morion area social notes list many visits
Numerous visits and dinners across Morrison Clinton Savanna and surrounding towns. Families including Cobb Wilt Golding Sullivan Doden Williams Eaton Dresbach Holland Renner and Gaar are shown hosting and visiting relatives with trips to Iowa City Rock Falls Chicago and Enid Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Cobb
Morricon
Bundsy
Paul Wilt
Clint Wilt
Wand
Mevin Torney
Wealey Golding
Newark
N Lj
Morrison
Golding
Florence Smith
Maurice Sullivan
Cordova
Larrie Sullivan
Ida Fredderick
Mareorge Clas
Mee
Kathryn Clay
Savanna
Fad Doden
Irve Martindale
Chase Brown
Carroll
Glenn Kauffman
James
Town City
Enid
Okla
Fred Doden
Merle Doden
Ken Williams
Bernice
Donald Williams
Elgin
Orrie Eaton
Clyde Smith
Charles Jenking
Ralph Olds
Clinton
Iowa City
Carol Olds
Iowa City Hospital
Harriet Olda
Wheaton College
Wheaton
Ill
George Hicks
Hanover
Riverview
Lucille Dresbach
Wallace Dresbach
Hobart Holland
Bertha Holland
Davenport
W. J. Laycock
William Griswold
Everett Eslinger
Gerald Gaar
W. Hower St
Freeport
Gilbert Holland
Paul
Milledgeville
Arnold Alm
Ansel Alm
Princeton
Malden
Alm
Arnold
K. B
John Carpenter
Frank Moore
Belle Carpenter
Harry Diehl
Diana
Arthur Weidman
Wayne Ashby
Ashby
Lyle Ashby
Hal Ashby
Estella Griswold
Harold Witt
L. I. Gaar
Frank Smith
Local residents visit and weekend guests listed
A string of Sunday and weekend visits are noted across Chadwick and nearby towns. Mrs. Cecil George and daughter from Morrison called on Mrs. Anna George. Elwood Gipe family from Milledgeville dined with Joe Grim. Clarence Straub from Manchester Indiana visits Clifford Straub’s family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil George
Morrison
Anna George
Elwood Gipe
Milledgeville
Joe Grim
Clarence Straub
Manchester
Clifford Straub
Orval
Kenneth Haag
Sterling
Carl Haag
George Mohrman
Carrie Hoffman
Clinton
Walter Hoffman
Mt. Carroll
John Mohrman
Fulton
Adam Heinze
Arthur
Rock Falls
Elizabeth Heinze
Glen Rouse
Plainfield
Lloyd Schreiner
W. F. Schreiner
Charles Freeman
Carroll
Ivan Carroll
Leonard Stage
Thomson
Lyle Deets
Rockford
Arthur Deets
Kenneth Whitney
Stephen Switzer
Paul Beck
Hilda Helm
Walter Farthing
John Craig
Forrest Geldsinger
Arnold Farthing
Marshall Farthing
Laymen Move to Translate Christian Conviction to Action
New York business leaders form a Laymen's Movement for a Christian Work at 156 Fifth Avenue to encourage personal faith in public life. Ralph W. Gwinn chairs the executive committee with C Alexander Capron, Wallace C Spears, and Weyman C Huckabee among others from Buffalo Philadelphia Baltimore Elmira Rochester Newark and New Haven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Ralph W. Gwinn
Gwinn and Pell
C. Alexander Capron
Mitchell, Taylor, Capron and March
Wallace C. Spears
James McCutcheon and Co
Weyman C. Huckabee
Japan
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Elmira
Rochester
Newark
New Haven
Christian Action
Local social rounds feature Dixon and surrounding towns
Chadwick briefs report visits by Mr and Mrs Allen Wade of Dixon to the Fred Miller home. Sterling guests include Mr and Mrs Wilbur Knoll at the Queckboernet home. Sunday supper hosts Mr and Mrs Harvey Schreiner receive Maurice Mest Carmen of Silvis and Frank Hawkins of Rock Falls. Other movements include Sunday callers, a Dixon Community House forum, and visits from Milledgeville, Mill edgeville, Champaign, and Champaign weekend stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Wade
Dixon
Fred Miller
Wilbur Knoll
Sterling
Albert Queckboernet
Harvey Schreiner
Maurice Mest
Carmen
Silvis
Frank Hawkins
Rock Falls
Ernest Remmers
Clyde Scott
Morrison
Charles Way
W. J Schreiner
Jess Schreiner
R. Stover
Milledgeville
Orval Shuman
Edward Eden
Russell Miller
Champaign
Ernest Miller
Sunday Dinner Guests Gather Across Morrison Area
Sunday guests filled homes across Morrison and nearby towns. Families including Hoffmans, Holm, Winelaughs, Stickens, Miller, Travant, Keath, and Heide hosted relatives and friends for dinners and visits while others joined in social calls at the homes of Ole son, Isenberger, and Kloepping.
Also Mentioned on This Page
East
National Capitol
Capitol
Washington Monument
Thomson Briefs
Chadwick News
Wuall
W.W. Reid
Ralph A. Ward
Shanghai
Wuhu
China) General Hospital
Nanking
Sungkiang
Bishop Ward
Hyla Watters
White Plains
N. Y
Harriett Whitmer
Burr Oak
Mich
Jessie L. Wolcott
Spirit Lake
Iowa
Lillian Stephens
Farner
Tenn
Bessie A. Hollows
Menthuen
Mass
Francis C. Gale
Oaklang
Calif
John C. Hawk
Blountville
Albert A. Steward
Omak
Wash
Pearl McCain
de Valles Bluff
Ark
L. ¢. Morgan
America
California
Interdenominational Joint Committee of Aliens and
Pris
I R. Sunshine
New England
George Washington
Doctor Sunshine
Henry W. DuBois
William Paton
London
England
World Council of Churches
United States
Robert D. Potter
American Weekly
Chicago Herald-American
Margaret Heusinkveld Insurance Automobile—Fire—Liability
Thomson T
L. B. Hussey, M. D
Greison Bldg
Main St
Telephone Black 415
Chadwick Briefs
McCormick - Deering
John E
John Deere
Fulton, Il
Hulting
Illinois
G. E. Hasting & Son
Geneseo, III
Joe Feldman
Albany Shipping Association
Vernon Reiling
Port Byron
Matt Smith
Prophetstown
Rock River Lumber & Grain
Lyndon
Pittsburgh Paints
Wallhide Flat
Florhide
Albert Faber
Fulton, Ili
Arthur Hoffman
Paul Nore
Steele
Willat Holm
Gunete
Radolph Holm
Clineton
Roy Winelaugh
Fred Stick
Son of
Lanark
Merlyn
Miller
Kotinny City
J. Jd. Travant
Stacey Keath
Karen
Rock Pally
San Shilling
William Ime
Joseph Oleson
Robert Isenberger
Richard
Robert Roger
Shannon
William Janssen
Charles J. Miller
William Heide
Lota
Wm. Heide, Jr
Army
Rufus Kahler
John Kahler
John Doty
Mra
Roy Queckboerner
Lois
Clayton Kaul
Eldon
Harold Sehleanive
Ernest Kloepping
Kenneth Wood
George Knovss
Lawrence Lego
Cleo
Flave Lego
Mr. and
Mes
Jess Baker
James Galesburg
Edward Loechel
Martin Morris Co
Clinton, IA
J. M. Fay & Son
Fulton, Ill
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