Local notes and visits from Brighton and surrounding towns
Brighten area diary records visitors and social events across Brighton Oakville Fairfield and nearby towns. Families attend church events school activities and community gatherings while residents travel to Muscatine Washington and Denver with updates on housing moves and local agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Marjorie Wanerus
Oakville
Randall Green
Fairfield
CCC
Solon
Albright
Iowa City
Nyle Donovan
Des Moines
Mildred Horton
Valley Jct
Harriett Shirley
Geo. Duke
Abingdon
Ill
Frank Courtney
Letts
Mary Courtney
FE. Swank
Frank Hoskins
Nelson Woodford
Muscatine
Will Tiistow
W. W. Jamison
Gwen Follen
J. F. Frain
Adell Stone
Williamsburg
L. Stone
G. G. Vort
Mr. Voet
Kansas City
Will Johnson
Gisit
Charlie R. Johnson
Methodist
Jean Eyestone
Betty Edwards
C. J. Johnson
Washington
EB. S. Rudolph
Margaret Jean
Harris
Richland
Henry Leehner
Buddy
Arthur Brookhart
Raymond Hill
G. ©. Haskins
Roy LeGore
Letha
Clark
Lois
Newton
Prairie Center Social Notes and Local News
Prairie Center correspondent reports visits among neighbors at Koehler and Wolfe homes including Carl Zieslow sky and Ida Koehler. Milburn Underwood hospitalized after appendicitis. Harm Westen farms while flowers say spring. Smokey the cat roars at mice as wind rattles the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Center
Carl Ziesxlowsky
Ida Koehler
Ausustya
Carl Koehler
Don Wylie Ane
W. C. Richards
Carl Schneider
Omer
Schnieders
Bryan Swift
Charles Zieslowsky
Tom Deal
Washington
Tom Wolfe
Plaice
Aledo Finois
C. W. Wolfe
Tom
Ford Company
Aledo
Carl Zieglowsky
Idi Koehler
Augusta
Fred Zieslowsky
Bethel Sunday Attendance and Visit Planned at Bethel Church
Large crowd attends Sunday services and Sunday school at Bethel. Trustees plan repair work with new shingles and announce a social event on Monday at 8:00 PM. Several local families are noted as visiting and socializing in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fast Jackson
Bethel
Mae Davis
Wayne Gideon
Ruth
Davis Brothers and Sisters
Elinora’§ Brinning
Washington
J. Wolfe
Charley Kolesick
Charley Plecker
C. J. Wolfe
Gladys
George Wallace
West Highland Community Notes and Local Visits
West Highland and Bethel sections recount social calls among Coon, Murray Lewis, and Ross families in West Chester and nearby towns. Visits include Cross, Foster, and Murphy households. March events feature farming talk, a 4H meeting, and a new electric refrigerator gift from Washington sisters Maud and Ethel McCreedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Highland
W. M. Murphy
Farle Steele
Murphy
Raymond Cross
Avonne
Adrian
Waterloo
Cross
Lewis Coon
Everette Coon
Murray Lewis
Burke McCreedy
Ervin Raberold
Ruth
Alex McCreedy
Lewis Coon Olive
Eula Wae
Washington
Frank Salladays
Ed Florane
Cross Farm
Jim McGuire
Cotter
Frank Frederick
Marion
J. T. Foster
Floyd Martin
Parental Martin
Keota
James Murphy
Wellman
W. M. Murphy's
Jackson Township Farm Bureau
Grand Prairie School
Chas. Rothitsberger
Bethel Missionary Safety
Dell Walker
EB LL. Stewart
Jackson
Foster Home
Northern Star
Dawson
Lillie Nicholson
H. PP. Wilson
Homer Birney
Accidents, Hotel Stay, and a Secret Observation
Fenna Crozier confronts news of her father Mr. Crozier in a car crash while at Hotel Bellamy. Dr Kastner visits privately as Fowler shifts plans and Maurice watches for clues, sensing Fowler hides troubling injuries and motives amid the family visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fennen
Maurice
Boyce
Dick Crane
Little Me
Lone Wolf
Rusty
Rajah
Lahore
Michael Lanyard
Morrie Boy
Paris
London
Berlin
May
Fenna
Fowler
Weller
Fenno
Guide
Penne
Miss Crozier
Father
Bellamy
Motherlands
Mademoiselle
Penno
Eer
Eighth Avenue
Thirty-fourth Street
Irl
Mr. Fowler
Maury
Hotin Hillary
Havng
Kastner
Dr. Kastner
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rhua Helmick
Dave Irwin
Lundin
Guy
Denver
Charlie Deeds
Ottumwa
Jim Johnson
Dorothy Perester
FE. FE. Swank
Harmony Club
Hal Figgins
Neville
N. O. Woodford
C. R. Johnson
Joe Kessel
Homer Brown
Until
Mrs Kessel
Charley Wolfe
Mr. Wolfe
Alice Brown
Gideon
George Koehler Jr
Thomas Cat
Smokey
Fifth Avenue
Ellen Worth
United Peature Syndicate, Inc
Pashias
Slate
The
Evening Journal
Iowa
East Jackson
the Lone Woles Son
Louis Joseph Vance
M. Lanyard
Délibes Et Cie
Underworld
New York
West Street
Erette Coon
Floyd Martina
George Looster
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