Social Visits Highlight Weekend in Oxford and Surrounding Areas
Local residents shared weekend visits with relatives across Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Busby spent Sunday in Oxford with Mrs. Busby’s parents the Ayers. Des Moines visitor Mrs. Bernease Smith returned home after staying with Frank Lewis’s family. Ottumwa guests included Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Cummings and family with Beatty and Watkins relatives. The Gillespies traveled from Columbia to see Burke Gillespie at Missouri campus. Waterloo guests viewed Will Crozier in the hospital, with Mrs. Sands planning a longer stay. Mrs. Lawson Crone, Edna Mayo pre marriage, continues work at McAvoy Beauty Salon. Coe College students Sarah Marie and Donald Davis returned to Cedar Rapids after spring vacation with D. D. and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernease Smith
Des Moines
Frank Lewis
Ivan Cummings
Ottumwa
C. E. Beatty
Beatty
Willis Beatty
Harry Watkins
Dorothy
Claire Beatty
J. D. Crozier
H. F. Guyer
Waterloo
C. C. Sands
West Union
Will Crozier
Howard Crozier
Sands
Lawson Crone
Edna Mayo
McAvoy
Sarah Marie
Donald Davis
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
D. D. Davis
Donald
Washington county notes from Easter activities and visits
A newsletter of local travel and visits reports a carload of auxiliary members to Davenport for a school of instruction. Guests include Henry Otteson and Von Lackum, returning to Iowa City after Easter with the Von Lackums in Kansas City. Community residents and visitors from Davenport to Wellman Muscatine Tipton and Havre are listed with family connections. A premature twin birth near Havre is noted with one infant dying. Mrs Weston remains at home. Home grown asparagus and Easter visits in Washington mark the holiday period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Post
Davenport
School of Instruction
Naomi Custer
Henry Otteson
Mr. von Lackum
L. 8. Patterson
University of Iowa
Iowa City
H. H. von Lackum
Kansas City
Mr. Otteson
Harm Westen
Havre
Washington County Hospital
Weston
Easter social visits and hospital notes in Washington area
Sunday callers visited H. C. Finney's home including Mr and Mrs Earl Birney of Cedar Rapids and other families from Wayland Mount Pleasant and Letts. Hospital updates report Mrs Clyde Pratt ill at University hospital Iowa City and Mrs Pratt improving. Winnie Beller's students made Easter favors for Washington county hospital patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Birney
Cedar Rapids
Ezra Wittmer
Mary
Duane
Wayland
H. C. Finney
Clyde Pratt
University Hospital
Iowa City
Winnie Beller
Washington County Hospital
Eggs sell for 15 a dozen at Reister Bros
Mr and Mrs Henry Rees of Des Moines and Cherie Peterson with Jack Rees of Madrid were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs William J Shannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Rees
Des Moines
Cherie Peterson
Jack Rees
Madrid
William J. Shannon
Hospital Birth Report and Tonsillectomy Update
Marilyn Falk had a tonsillectomy this morning. Mr and Mrs Oriel Sankey of Washington are proud parents of a daughter born at 1 o clock weighing six pounds and
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Falk
Oriel Sankey
Washington
Baptist Ministers Attend Convention in Ottumwa
Revs M C Carstensen and I Fredmund traveled to Ottumwa to join a Baptist ministers convention. The First Baptist church hosts sessions with national Baptist leaders and Iowa Nebraska evangelism director Carstensen on the program. Parr of Ft Madison serves as president and Fredmund as vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C. Carstensen
I. Fredmund
Ottumwa
First Baptist Church
National Baptist
Iowa Baptist Convention
Mr. Carstensen
Iowa
Nebraska
The
Baptist Pastors Convantion
John J. Parr
Ft. Madison
Rev
Methodists Plan Last Church Night
The last church family night of the season will be held at the Methodist church on Wednesday evening. A 6:30 p.m. supper features covered dishes sandwiches and table service. Dr Arthur Atack will present an illustrated Lentern service on After Easter What using colored slides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Arthur Atack
Preliminary Plans for Commencement Ceremonies
With the end of the school year hearing preliminary plans have been made for graduation. High school and junior college classes will receive diplomas. Exercises are set for June 3 with Dr Earl Harper president of Simpson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Harper
Simpson
Mrs Lewis Warren Undergoes Appendectomy This Morning
A hospital report notes Mrs Lewis Warren had an appendectomy this morning. George Taylor was admitted yesterday for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Warren
George Taylor
Two Hanged on Double Gallows at Fort Madison
Fort Madison witnessed the execution of a man who killed Catherine Leahy’s relative, as three close Ottumwa relatives, including her father and brother, watched the hanging. The article reviews Iowa’s death penalty history and notes prior capital cases and a 1918 Camp Dodge atrocity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ings
Patrick O’ Connor
Dubuque
George O'Keaf
Chester Bellows
Charles City
Henry Schmidt
West Union
Catherine
Red Cross Fieldman Visits Washington to Boost Iowa Chapter
Ralph Bain of St Louis a Red Cross fieldman for southern Iowa traveled to Washington this week to meet county leaders. He plans regular visits to keep Red Cross activity high throughout the year and will be helped by local officers and committees with plans and speaker noted as Indianola college attendee itt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Cardinals
Chicago Cubs
Dizzy Dean
Ralph Bain
St. Louis
Red Cross
Iowa
Washington
Persian Rug Making Craft Described in Detail
A description of Persian rug making notes hand looms, wool cross threads, and tiny knots forming the nap. The text highlights the craft as passed down through generations and mentions that the finest carpets have up to 1,000 knots per square inch.
Art Exhibit Opens at School With Reproductions Display
The high school gym hosts 150 prints from old and modern masters through Friday. Doors open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Daily with onhand guides to discuss works. A ten cent admission supports buying more pictures. school classes will visit by grade. Anita Novy and Lauren Geringer wed Easter Sunday, announced by Rev. Fred Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Pribyl
Omer Green
Wellman
Mary
Anna Kupka
Mary Horak
Roscoe Kolosick
Dorothy
Melac Marek
James Chalupa
Winnie
James Fisher
Milt Novy
Carl Peterson
Carolyn
Joe Hoover
Edna
Leota
Joe Vodicka
van Vodicka
Rudolph Whitmire
Betty Lee
Melo Kolosick
Lauren Geringer
Anita Novy
Katona
Brooklyn
Fred Miller
Vera Pribyl Featured At Pre-Nuptial Shower
Mrs. Joe V Horak and Mrs Jank Stransky hosted a miscellaneous shower in the former’s home for Vera Pribyl the niece of hosts who will wed John Kiene of Olpe Kansas later this month Guest enjoyed friendship quilt blocks embroidered with each name wrote advice recipes and music selections A two course pink and white luncheon followed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe V. Horak
Jank Stransky
Vera Pribyl
John Kiene
Olpe
Kans
Carl D. Anderson
Marion Stransky
Temperature changes through life stages in humans
In infancy the body is warmest, rises during adolescence, falls to middle age, then climbs again after middle age until by eighty it matches early infancy levels. The pattern shows a U shaped change with age.
Luncheon Talk on Forty Five Years of Federation
The Presbyterian church hosts a county club luncheon and meeting Thursday with rare old glass on display. Speaker Mrs. William Larrabee Jr of Iowa City will wear an antique dress and discuss Forty Five Years of Federation. Mrs Ray Evans of North English attends. Kalona sent twenty four luncheon reservations. Sessions start 10 am. luncheon at 12 30 pm. afternoon session 2 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
William Larrabee, Jr
Iowa City
Ray Evans
North English
Kalona
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Sir Henry Thompson, M. B
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William Eitemiller
H. G. Behr
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Josephine
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Iowa Cay
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Ernest Simpson
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M. H. Conger
Herman Wallace
R. L. Pattison
Wilbur Elchey
R. O. Wilson
Keota
Leo Stoutner
Frank Havenstein
Columbus Junction
Joe H. Johnston
Claire Holmes
Crawfordsville
Matilda Letts
O. BE. Turkington
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Eggs Retail
Doz
Reister Bros
Presbyterian — Church
Washi
Herbert Lockyer
Liverpool
England
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
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Kivery
Eiverybody
Fort Madison
Collge
Indianola
Story & Clark
Everett Orthington
Lordens
Music Shop
State Theater
John E. Whelan
J. Reynolds Tob
Winston-Salem, N. C
Prince Albert
P.S
Sasee
Cinderella
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
20Th Century-Fox
SER
Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs
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