Have Steak Fry At Sunset Park
Franklin August 7 report on local gatherings. Families from Wellman, Davenport, Middletown, and California visited Sunset Park for steak fry and social events. The Brenneman reunion is set for September 11 with other neighbors and relatives attending various dinners and picnics in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunset Park
Franklin
Lloyd Rensberger
Wellman
H. J. Brenneman
Deborah
Homer Brinning
Silver Lake
Arminda Brenneman
Brenneman
W. B. McGraw
Raymond
Kentucky
Robert McGraw
Middletown
Ohio
J. L. McGraw
Carol Ann Luers
Peboral Brenneman
Harry Kleese
Washington
Robert Kleese
Mr. Kleese
Kleese
Mae Gordon
M. L. McCreedy
Harold Morris
Bert Booth
Raymond Lewis
Columbus Junction
Mr. Lewis
Miss Schebellion
Davenport
Walter Neff
Jerry
Davison
Geo. Bartholomew
Walter Weston
Earl Smith
Orva Scott
Community Active With Summer Work
Aug 6 report from North Oregon notes fall near as farmers harvest and women cook and can. Neighborhood bustles with tree blasting and road work causing loud disturbances as workers Geo Lords Manford Rabensolds Sam Beards move trees to widen the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Lord
North
Oregon
Geo. Lords
Manford Rabenolds
Sam Beards
Weather Outlook: Mostly Cloudy With Scattered Showers
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures remain mild and winds light, with some regions receiving brief showers.
Iowa State Fair Marks Big Womens Exposition
Advance entries show a large rise for the state women s exposition at the 90th Iowa State Fair from Aug 27 to Sept 0. Women statewide will exhibit culinary needlework gardens orchards and club projects for over 10000 in prizes. Features include culinary and needlework events Rural Family Living horticultural show baby health contest homemaking demonstrations and musical dramatic programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ards
Graveled road project reshapes farm area near Bryce Lord home
The note describes a gravel road improving a rural area with old trees and hedge, mentions George Lord remodeling his home and the Lords temporarily homeless, and notes visitors from Creston Iowa and Johnsons Creek Wisconsin. It also reports Manford Rab enold’s improving condition and a plane dusting beans near Jesse Pearson place with farmers watching the activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lord’s
Wisconsin
Mr. Mundt
Manford Rabenold
Manford
Jesse Pearson
Sunday Guests at Dr N Lease Home
Sunday guests attended two households in Crawfordsville. At Dr N J Lease home Mr and Mrs Robert Dings Jill of Moline and Mr and Mrs John Dings of Reynolds with Mrs Miller visiting Mrs Anna Howsare. Also Mr and Mrs Cleo Welty and sons from Wichita joined Mrs Rathmel family. John Atkinson of Iowa City vacationing with C C Moorhead. Frank Fletcher home welcomed Clarence Fletcher and daughters from Moline and Delbert Lowe family plus Del Farrier Patty Mike Vernon Fletcher and sons. Virgil Fletcher may have attended.
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Ed Rich
Sunset Park
Henry Sheets
Roberta
Dunbar
Dale Dunbars
Roberta Sheets
Glen Durst
B. B. Bordwell
Clyde Dawson
Howard Hoyle
Gerald
John Waters
Tommy
Moline
Guy Hoyle
Nancy
Johnette
John
Michael
Richard Durst
W. V. Durst
Norman Tucker
James Griffin
Clay Walton
R. H. Fulton
Minnesota
William Stewart
California
Fred L. Stewart
Helen
H. J. Brenneman
Frank Kleese
J. A. Raymond
Crawfordsville
Aug
A. D. Rathmel
Welty
Mr. Reim
Rathmel
John Atkinson
Iowa City
C. C. Moorhead
Frank Fletcher
Clarence Fletcher
Delbert Lowe
Billy
Janet Fletcher
Brighton
del Farrier
Patty
Mike
Vernon Fletcher
Garry
Steven
Garden Tractor Gadget Wins First At Anamosa Field Day
In Anamosa Iowa the debut garden tractor gadget contest at the national farm field day drew 16 000 to 40 000 attendees. Melvin Wilsler Wyoming Iowa won first for his home made motor driven garden tractor among 50 entries. Merlin and Cedric Ballou Tipton placed second with a feed and roughage mill. Joe Ptab Bernard took third with a self unloading farm wagon. Howard Fountain Iowa City earned the farm safety gadget award for a floating grill to prevent drowning in stock watering tanks.
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Anamosa
Iowa
Melvin Wilsler
Wyoming
Here
WMT
Cedar Rapids
Merlin
Cedric Ballou
Tipton
Joe Ptab
Bernard
Howard Fountain
Iowa City
Buttered pan trick for melting chocolate
To keep chocolate from sticking use a light rub of margarine on the utensil before placing the chocolate in the pan. The method ensures smooth melting and easy removal of the chocolate.
National Guard Patrols Polk County After Election Violence
Armed Guardsmen patrolled Benton Tennessee to prevent a repeat of election bloodshed after two were killed and five wounded. Gov. Jim McCord ordered troops as factions threatened a gun battle over ballot counting. Guardsmen searched cars, confiscated guns and brass knuckles, and dispersed a 900 person crowd around the courthouse. A jeep with a loud speaker urged calm and to go home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton
Tenn
Polk County
East Tennessee
Jim McCord
National Guard
Ebelsheiser Bound Over To Grand Jury In Murder Case
Walter Ebelsheiser refused bond and bound over to the Wapello county grand jury on a murder charge in the slaying of Earl Robertson Hedrick farmer. His brother Ed and sister Mary Roop also face murder charges from the same case. Robertson was beaten and shot after an argument with the Ebelsheiser trio ten days earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Walter Ebelsheiser
Wapello County
Earl Robertson
Hedrick Farmer
Robertson
Justice of the Peace
Mary Roop
Ebelsheiser Brothers
Ayrshire Breeders Picnic At Cedar Rapids Aug 16
Iowa Ayrshire breeders from across the state will meet at Hawk Eye Downs Cedar Rapids August 16 for a state picnic held with the Ayrshire Show. Bach family brings a picnic basket while the Iowa Ayrshire Breeders Association provides ice cream and drinks. Judging begins 9:00 a m in the All Iowa Fairgrounds show building featuring top Ayrshires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Iowa
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Bach Family
All Iowa Fairgrounds
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