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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1931

Page

7

Reunion and social notices fill Columbus Junction brief

Aug 10 list notes travel plans to Cameron Junction Missouri and Alhambra California as Rev C S Ramsdale and family prepare for visits. Ble ven family reunion set for Weed Park Muscatine Aug 16. Local residents on vacations in Canada Minnesota and Des Moines. Officials schedule petit jurors for September term as community events including a Ladies Social Circle picnic near Columbus chautauqua park.

Columbus Junction Ramsdale Ella Vickers Cameron Junction J. C.amsdale Alhambra Calif Weed Park Muscatine J. W. Hubbard Des Moines A. Summers Mont Bailey H. L. May Columbus City Rimer Shellabarger Ray and Cecil J B. Wilson Hagel Shellabarger Concord Township Calice Alice Esther Jones Farmington J. May Oren Kemp Donald Kemp Darghter Nebraskia J. W. Potter Vileasant W. A. Lotgnecker New Sharon Lloyd Tennant Oskaloosa Holy Land Near East Foundation Cairo Egypt Howard Schabilion Kansas City D. A. Sehabilion Dorothy Penney Los Angeles John Gabriel Columbus Chautauqua Park District Court Louisa County Nevada Achseon Charles Eliason William Hull E. P. Shellabarger Harry Church Charles McWilliams Edgar Rabenold J. Kk. Peters Leo Direks Union Township Fred Fry Iowa Hendrix J. L. McCullough J. R. Wain- Wright Oakland Township

Amana trips and local visits noted in West Chester column

West Chester society notes list the Riet and Niffinegger families visiting Amana Colonies and Iowa City, several locals traveling to Washington and Carroll, and families such as Watson, Reif, Harland and Lindenmeyer sharing weekends. workers with Wilson Construction and Caterpillar move projects ahead as pheasants sighted near Carroll.

West Chester Riet Amana Clarence Niffinegger Iowa City Don Watson Dorothy Ruby Cone Wilson Construction Co Athana Suzanne Reif South Enelish Floyd Banks Wilson Construction Company Carroll New Road Sprake Harry Kleese

Community Notes From Stringtown Area Socials

Local correspondence records numerous gatherings in Stringtown and nearby towns. Attendees celebrate weddings, birthdays, family reunions, and church events while noting visits and housework shifts across several households in Olds Riverside Iowa City and Washington.

Riverside visitors from Iowa arrive for weekend at local homes

Riverside residents report guests from Iowa City and Des Moines visiting family homes this week. Mr. and Mrs. John Colbert and family from Iowa City stopped by the Frank Krummelhart home while Mrs. A. Rice and her daughters Jane and Norma of Des Moines spent time with their mother at a Riverside residence.

Stringtown Helen Rieh Lucille Miller Olds Dorothy Hookum Ora Graber Dave Graber Graber David Allen Ilinois Noah Widmer Clarence So Short Cora Graber Elis Zook Idarity Peter Graber Roselie Widmer Leo Mangold Washington J. L. Meeks Martha Svens Iowa City Lucile Schneider Arthur Schnoebelen Henry Green Victor A. Schoenbelen Edward Wheelan Mildred Stevens Lowa City Ott Alan Frost William Best Muscatine Towa City Park M. A. Stransky Cedar Rapids Riverside Milo Mela Shall Alfred Younkin Ernest Salladay Myron Joseph H. Linsley Carl Craig Ivo Schineebeten William Sims Carrie Iden J. S. Hardy A. Rice John Colbert Frank Krummelhart Jane Norma Des Moines

Lexington social notices and family updates

Mrs W W Matthe 1 es ponden and Mr and Mrs Bees of West Chester visited James Walker's on Thursday. Kleinburg and Milo Steele hauled straw for Warren Matthess on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Fleming and son Donald returned Sunday night from California trip. Mrs John Maple shopped in Lexington.

Lexington Bees West Chester James Walker Ed Kleinburg Milo Steele Warren Matthess Hm. . Fleming Donald California John Maple

Matthess Couple Leaves On Extended Midwest Trip

Washington Saturday notes Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Matthess departed Sunday for a lengthy tour through Illinois and Nebraska. While they are away, Mr. and Mrs. Berkeley Ward manage the farm and household. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Schulty visited the Warren Matthess residence Friday evening.

Washington W. W. Matthess Ilona Nebraska Berkeley Ward Harold Schulty Warren Matthess Nome

Straw baling drives in full swing amid shifting temps

Rural farmers report straw baling in full swing as recent rain alters temperatures. An evangelical Protestant denomination, Mennonite, drew its name from Menno Simons, a leader in the sixteenth century Netherlands sect.

Menno Simons Holland

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