Beenblossom Tragedy in Pleasant Hill Wound From Accident
In Pleasant Hill on a Saturday trimming a small tree led to Slie Beenblossom slashing both veins in his wrist. He is under doctor care as Mrs. Pat Swift and Mrs. Ezra Christner assisted at a party, with neighbors visiting and attending services or meals across a list of local families and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl _Kephart
Pleasant Hill
Slie Beenblossom
Uite
Pat Swift
Ezra ‘Christner
Pleasant Ridge School
Will Miller
Community Loses Thomas Neece In Sudden Heart Attack
RICHLAND April 17 Thomas Neece, 66, respected local man, died suddenly of a heart attack after an illness not reported. He leaves a wife, a married son and daughter, and a son at home. Funeral arrangements are not yet complete. Fay Fuller and Gertrude Hill, Keota schools teachers, visited local relatives. Several local residents attended events and visits, including a weekend in Chicago. A fathers and Daughters banquet is planned at the M E church basement Friday evening. The operetta The Magic Bean Stalk was staged by first six grades with praise for teachers. Born to Bernice Baker north of town a daughter April 14. Elliot Wayman is seriously ill at home. ]
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
Thomas Neece
Fay Fuller
Gertrude Hill
Keota
Wilma Wilcox
Ft. Madison
E. J. White
Roy Hinson
Fairfield
M. E
Adda Harken
Nelle Bray
Chicago
R. H. McCarty
Washington
Bernice Baker
Elliot Wayman
Arminta Cook
Herbert Jones
Rochester, Minn
Elza Fitch and
Tones
East Highland Community Notes April 19
East Highland residents share weekend visits with friends and relatives. Mr and Mrs Frank Prymek and son Homer visited J J Florang and Frank Dvorak homes. The Miners and children visited Frankie Mineer. Swailes aided Prymek with a corn crib. Murdocks called on Swailes. Cole and George transacted business in Washington. Anna Burich stayed with brother Victor’s family. Esther Bolton and Corson School pupils were sightseeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Mincer
East Highland
Frank Prymek
Homer
J. J. Florang
Frank Dvorak
Joseph
Hester
Leona Anne
Frankie J. Mineer
James Swailes
Henry Prymek
Gail Murdock
Frances Cole
George
Opal Hayes
Washington
Anna Burich
Victor
Esther Bolton
Corson School
Rubio Local Notes and Community Visits
Charley Leppert was called to Washington for his ill brother Will Leppert. The Soil Conservation banquet was held Friday at the Y M C A in Washington with Jay Baxter O W Schmitter and Fred Thompson in attendance. Mrs Carl Coffman stays with daughter Mrs Stanley Brown who has been ill. Bernice Derby helps at home while her mother recovers from a shoulder injury. Elliot Wayman is not well. Omar Long bought a new A C tractor on rubber. Various calls and visits involving Mrs Nantie Dickinson Mrs Chas Derby Louise McClintie Mrs Earl Morgan Mrs Eugene Morgan Mattie Barnes and others are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rubio
Charley Leppert
Washington
Will Leppert
Jay Baxter
O. W. Schmitter
Fred Thompson
Carl Coffman
Stanley Brown
Bernice Derby
Elliot Wayman
Omar Long
A. C
Nantie Dickinson
Chas
Derby
Louise McClintie
Lena Barnes
Mrs W O Loughlin to Lead Riverside Cancer Drive
Riverside April 19 Mrs William O Loughlin is again in charge of the annual Women’s Field Army drive for cancer control in Riverside. Enlistment costs one dollar for women with men as contributing members. Seventy percent of funds stay in the state with the rest going to the National headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
William O'Loughlin
Women's Field Army
American Society For the Control of Cancer
John Thomas
Baby
Laucona
Katherine Thomann
George Jarrard
Conesville
West Chester High Presents Mamma's Baby Boy By Eighth Grade
West Chester High School will stage Mamma's Baby Boy by the eighth grade on Friday April 21 at 8 pm. The cast includes Mrs Shephard McLean Helen Janecek Shep hard McLean Ronald Hotle Luther Long Juliet Long and others with Max Moore as a real estate agent and Minnie a maid. On Honor Roll list highlights seniors juniors sophomores and freshmen with multiple students named. The PTA meeting will elect officers next year and room exhibits will be shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
West Chester High School
Mamma
Shephard McLean
Helen Janecek
Ronald Hotle
Luther Long
Wayne Palmer
Juliet Long
Nedra Dusenbery
Matilda Blackburn
Marion McDowell
Jean Luers
Lucille Robertson
Robert Scranton
Doris Sherman
Shirley Statler
Florence Stout
Ferne Carr
Betty Leet
Robert Pearson
Wanda Smith
Ruth Stout
Hannah Ahmling
Charles Johnson
Walter Johnson
Mary Wells
Kenneth Cuddeback
Roberta Luers
Columbus Ships Santa Maria Pinta and Nina Details
The Santa Maria was the largest ship in Columbus's fleet with a deck length of 86 feet 3 inches and tonnage 252. The Pinta measured 82 feet 8 inches on deck with tonnage 161, while the Nina had a deck length of 79 feet and tonnage 171. Tonnage figures reflect modern weight.
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Americas
Salem Locals Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Roy Carter and sons Raymond and Bobbie visited Elmer Guenther in Washington on Saturday evening and attended Erwin Koenig’s home near Riverside on Sunday. Phyllis Guenther spent Saturday afternoon with her cousins Raymond and Bobbie Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Weeks
Saliom
Roy Carter
Raymond and
Bobbie
Elmer Guenther
Washington
Erwin Koenig
Riverside
Phyllis Guenther
Bobbie Carter
Clove Tree Described as Evergreen With Crimson Flowers
The clove tree grows 20 to 40 feet tall in the myrtle family and bears large oval leaves and clusters of crimson flowers. Dried unexpanded flower buds form the cloves used in commerce.
Tomato Plants as Seventeenth Century Love Tokens
Gallant young men delivered growing tomato plants to wives and sweethearts as tokens of affection during the seventeenth century, reflecting a custom that linked horticulture with courtship and romance.
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Lie Beenblossom
Ed Floyd Dickinson
Homer Kephart
Lawrence
Mildred
Earl Kephart
Bertha
A. E. Kephart
Everett Lewis
Elwin Lewis
Harold and
Myria Stephens
Tommy Randall
Clyde Lambert
W. D. Stafford
Sherman
Staffords
John Pratt
Karl Kephart
Miles Stout
Wanda
Roger
S. L. Sigafoose
Lewis Anderson
Anne Lambert
Silas Caldwell
New York
Grand Circle Ours
San Francisco
Burlington
F. Anderson
Agt
C. A. Neville
R. G. Swinney
F. BR. Peters
H. Stark
O. E. S. School
Batavia
Ing
Iowa City
Albert Kron
Donald Kron
Joe Lear
Anna Lear
Shantung
Grahams Department Stores
Wilma Kurer
United States
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Mister ~ Vous
Midwest
Capron
Okla
Texas
Arkansas
Louis
Iana
Oklahoma
Levi van Dyke
Earl Morgan
Eugene Morgan
Woolson Church
Mattie Barnes
Keith Barnes
W. O’loughlin
West Chester School News
Corrine Nicola
Seymore
Iowa
Hal Hotle
Jerry Cherry
Isaac Sprague
Gayle Reif
Patty
Lloyd Bauer
Japan
Sherman Fox
Ann Walter
Lowe City
A. W. Siders
L. F. Pruess
Kenneth
Kalona
Earl Walton
Gale Reif
Dennis Harass
Jeananne Cherry
Ellen Cochran
Harold Nicola
Florence Greiner
Leonard Holcomb
Esther Bauer
Junior Rigenhagen
Jeanann Cherry
Phyllis Cochran
Jerry Forinash
Estehr McDowell
Donna Reis
Mary Jane Stephens
Harold
John
Graham
Department Stores
Salem
WNLS
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Charlie McCarthy
Klein Klothing KO. “Good Clothes
MEN & Boys
Southeast Corner Square
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