Valley News Briefs From Valley Iowa March Reports
Valley notices report rainy spring weather with robins and frogs, local visits and social calls. The piece notes road work, church services planned for April including Easter events, and a Clay Two Red Cross semi annual meeting at Blackhawk school on April 6 with officer elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. V. Frank
Myrtle
Andy Sheets
C. L. Wallace
Jim Deal
Geo. Frank
the Valley Church
Rufus Alter
Arkansas
G. W. Myers
Cedar
Iowa
P. J. Harken
Fairfield
Frances Meacham
Burlington
Royal Montgomery
Grinnell
Farmers Union meeting and school reception notes
At Clay on March 30 the Farmers Union met at the school house with Wilson and Kincaid of I H C explaining machinery. A student reception for parents followed on March 30 with a program and refreshments. County Superintendent Kathryn Montgomery attended. A.J. Morgan remains ill at home as chairman of the board of supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Clay
Farmers’ Union
Wilson & Kincaid
Kathryn Montgomery
Washington
Dave Miller
Wayland
A. J. Morgan
Board of Supervision
Mrs Lyle Oldfield dies of pneumonia in Wellman
Wellman March 30 Mrs Lyle Oldfield dies at her parents home after a three week illness from pneumonia. Survived by husband, young son, parents and sister Mrs June Williams. Community offers sympathy. Also notes arrivals and local business venture talk from John Boileau Fred Brock Washington opening storage battery station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Lyle Oldfield
Henry Wishards
June Williams
Elmer T. Cassel
Madison
Floyd Weidline
Burlington
George Weidline
Lizzie Dickle
Kalona
John Boileau
Fred Brock
Washington
J. S. Smith
Iowa City
Jim Turnipseed
Fairfield
Mort Messenger
Kid Romine
T. J. Allen
Glenn Allen
Johnson
Keota
Iowa Gas and Electric Co
Chas, Laren
Lone Tree
H. L. Karr
Dan Haller
Oklahoma
James
Chas. Haller
Dan
Harold Dutton
Harold Ashby
Ames
Ruth Austin
Mrs. Austin
H. G. Moore
Kansas City
Nichols
Otto
Hhew Men
Roy Maple
Herbert Ash
Cedar Rapids
Miss Whiteford
Williamsburg
George Bishop
John Maney
Local residents travel for visits and events
Crawfordsville Ralph and Loren Moorhead on spring vacation from Grinnell. Mr and Mrs Frank McCoy and children of Martinsburg visit the Moorhead home. W G Robertson and several women attend a Burlington teachers convention. Nelle Stevenson visits en route to Keota. Doris and Twila McNeill travel to Colchester, Illinois for grandmother Mrs Welch's illness. Mrs Robert Wells and others visit Washington. Veda Twinam returns from Evanston Illinois. Velma Orria comes home from Iowa City after hospital stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph
Loren Moorhead
Grinnell
Frank McCoy
Martinsburg
J. A. Moorhead
W. G. Robertson
Oakley
Pemberton
Hays, Jacoby, Wooley
Joe Hughes
Burlington
Nelle Stevenson
Washington
Keota
Doris
Twila McNeill
Colchester
Welch
Robert Wells
Maud Murphy
Frank Hamilton
Robert McCall
Margaret Davidson
Veda Twinam
Evanston, Jr
Visits and Gatherings Around Kephart and Hopping Homes
Route Number Four notes a sequence of social visits: Mr and Mrs George Hopping and others visiting the Fred Kephart and Roy Kephart homes. Additional calls include Washington meetings with Mrs Witting and multiple visits to the Sam Baker and Bryan Swift households. The entries list various households in Has kin and Washington hosting neighbors and relatives across Friday to Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hopping
Fred Kephart
Cloyce Benson
Virginia
Haskins
Elmer Kephart
Washington
Roy Kephart
Carl Behnetder
Sam Baker
Bryan Swift
Harry Bishop
Edna
Helen
Charlie Kephart
Bessie
Howard Baker
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Indiana
C. Augustine's
Dorotha
Lilly Pfeifer
Opal Wallace
Myrtle Frank
Erwin Henry
W. Pfeifer
Arthur Conrad
Emma Suit
Guy Black
Baby
Bert Givens
Ethel Maye
Peter Redlinger
Bute
Norwalk
Chas. Hebner
Lexington
Chas Shaffer
Tielen Neil
Wichita
Kansas
Chicago
Wim. Peningroth
Chas. Salling
Mr. Salling
George Strube
Hardley Fell, Jr
Fay White
Wes Phillips
Jack Cassel
Carl Anderson
Pilotshburg
Crawfordsville
Ed Simmering
Carl Schneider
Howard Witting
Buick
Cadillac
F. E. B. Washington
Samson
Iron Horse
F. O. B. Washington
Mason Transfer & Storage Co
Washington, Iowa
U. S
Property Owners Federation, Inc
Edwards
Ohio
Eatonic
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