Daughter of Traer Banker Remembers Home Heritage
The reminiscence by Mrs. W. A. Goldworthy recalls Traer’s First National Bank era, family ties to the Moore and Stoakes households, and a childhood steeped in music, neighborly bonds, and civic memory. She recalls siblings, local clubs, church life, the opera house, and the enduring rapture of community service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traer
W. A. Goldworthy
Nadine Moore
Airs
Ralph H. Moore
First National Bank
First Community Bank & Trust
Kenneth P. Moore
R. H. Moore
Nadine
Rae
Traer Opera House
Mr. Goldworthy
New York City
California
Ed Boettcher
Ralph Rice
Gray Brothers
Garfield Powell
Carrol Parsons
Alec Carpenter
Estey
Johnnie’ Campbell
Chris Wetzel
Andrew Law
J. B. Dennis
Asa Fay
Ralph Dennis
Traer Hose
Father
Des Moines
Kenneth
Former Teachers Plan Visit Here
Margaret Hartshorn Marshall recalls early life in Traer and Tract community. She details family roots, teaching career in Iowa and Los Angeles, marriage to Sam Marshall, and plans to visit for centennial events in July along with Wilson clan reunion notes. She notes two sisters, multiple nieces and cousins, and five decades of teaching including Traer junior high and work with partially sighted children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Marshall
J. H. Hartshorn
Margaret
Sam Marshall
Tracer School
Margaret Hartshorn Marshall
Bassett St
van Nuys
Cal
Traer
Harper
Christine Hartshorn
Rawlin Stoakes
Northwestern University
Evanston
Ill
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Bob Cole
Rock Island
Fred Wood
Wolf Creek
Owens School
Minnie Wirth
Traer Junior High
Emma Sherrett
Gordon
Eleanor
Los Angeles
Elizabeth Keith
Harriet Congdon
Library circulation peak in 1933 reaches twenty thousand
In the library's first 25 years the peak patronage occurred in 1933 with a total circulation of 20,641 books and magazines. The year marked the high point of community use during the period.
Reading Boom Amid Public Library Popularity in 1973
The article notes a nationwide dip in the economy around July 10 1973 and reports that in response people turned to reading. It states free public libraries set circulation records during that period and have not matched that peak since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
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W. A. Goldsworthy
Constance St
Santa Barbara
Calif
Morisons
Codys
Drapers
Campbells
Gravatts
Mr. Gravatt
Christie Hartshorn
Elizabeth
Agness
Harriet
Hartshorn
Westina Whanmel
Fawdin Stuakes
Les
Evelyn
Ruth
Jean
Carl Wilson
Thomas
Smiths
Florence
Marguerite
Kennett
Tama
Harriet Brooks
Quincy Hartshorn
Prairies
Ohio
Buckingham
Majorette
Waterloo
Jones
England
Brooks
Ralph Roy
Edna
Mother
Ern Franklin
Congregational
Alice Barbour
J. A. Pinkerton
W. E. Bovey
Masonic Lodge
John Fleming
New York
Moews
Moews Seed Companies
Funinemines
James Dostal Clutier
Iowa
Desart
Murray Armstrong , D.S.M
Wilson
Vrner
Tama County
First Street
Mervin Sealock
Clutter
George Simpson
Clifford and
Alma Fall
Gladys Childs
Garnette Childs
LuAnn Hall
Hilda Drinovsky
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!