Mrs Thoma Honored At Birthday Dinner In Haskins
Mrs Sue Thomas celebrated her birthday with a Friday dinner at home in Haskins. Relatives gathered as a surprise visit including Mr and Mrs Harry Showalter and other Coon family members. The event featured cake and ice cream and ended with a second serving of cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Godlove
Haskins
Amy Foster
Sue Thomas
Harry Showalter
M. T. Coon
Earnest Raymond
Raymond Coon
Janet
Hilton Coon
Mary Lou
Jimmy
Linda Mac
Foster
Godlove
Linda Jean
Wayland
Audrey Gault
California
Ebners
PD HH. Peters
A E. Sands
Ainsworth
Gault
Wrssington
Leonard Strohm
la Porte City
Clarence Hesseltine
Lois Ann
Robert
Nelda Jean
Alaska
Hawaii
Washington State
Connecticut
India
Paris
France
Michigan
Nebraska
W. H. Booth
Scotts Bluff
Neb
Earl Ferguson
Chapman, Neb
Lester Bill
Bill
Sheffield
Muscatine
Everette Mitchell
Waterloo
J. C. Mitchell
West Sunset Health Update and Local Visits
Cleo McCoy returned to Town City Hospital for an appendectomy performed Thursday. He is reported to be progressing well and hopes are it will clear up his health issues before school starts. The article also notes multiple Sunday visits among local families including the Smith, Kiene, Spangler, and Baker households with various relatives from Ods Rock Island and Peoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Baker
West Sunset
Cleo McCoy
Town City
Cleo
Karl Sooth
Myral Smith
Kiene
Henry Miller
Mercedes
Social calls noted at local homes this week
Sunday evening visitors stopped by Jake Shrader's house. Monday guests included M. M. Hedgecock of Center ville at J. C. Atkin son's home. Rob Ferguson and Sam Wittriz dropped by Will Mitchells on Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Shrader
M. M. Hedgecock
Centerville
J. C. Atkinson
Rob Ferguson
Sam Wittriz
Will Mitchells
Wind storm fixes and community notices in Glendale
threshing machine overturned in last week’s wind storm requires repairs. families attended a buffet in honor of Joan Gerdes’ 18th birthday. visits to relatives in Wisconsin Kansas City and Vernon, Colo. Glenn home undergoes floor and ceiling updates. Mildred Meyers to teach Glendale school this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Gerdes
Glendale
Ivan Jarvis
Bennie Schantz
Pat Johnson
Helen Givens
Harold Anderson
Myrtle Meier
Kansas City
Harry Bishop
Joan
Alse
Ethel Koehler
Tena
Harry Gerdes
Glenn
Lela Glenn
Gregory Smith
Stanley Bergs
Ottumwa
Leslie Miller
Waukesha
Wis
Mrs Leo Thomas Honored At Columbus Shower
Mrs Harlin Eliason and Mrs Curtis Wells hosted a post nuptial shower for Mrs Wanda Marshall Thomas of Columbia Missouri at Eliason's home. Mrs Thomas, a University hospital nurse, is visiting her mother and brother in Columbus Junction Iowa. Officers elected at Columbus Chautauqua park for the John Hanft descendants reunion included B H Shearer president H Hanft vice president Mantford Rabenold secretary treasurer Marion Kulp historian. The 1942 reunion was planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Harlin Eliason
Curtis Wells
Leo Thomas
Columbia
Wanda Marshall
This Place
Eliason
Thomas
University Hospital
Edith Marshall
Max Marshall
John Hanft
Columbus Chautauqua Park
B. H. Shearer
H. Hanft
Mantford Rabenold
Marion Kulp
Henry Villhaur
Bertha Vogel
Iowa City
Park Rapids
Minn
Delbert Godlove
Chicago
Milan Godlove
Ottwa
Kan
Thei
L. L. Godlove
Walter
Robert
Martha
William Baker
Donald
St. Paul
Sophia Longwell
Charlotte Bidwell
Fred Forsyth
Greely
Colo
Vera Bernice Alleman Marries Richard McWilliams
Announcement from Eldon and Fairfield indicates Vera Bernice Alleman daughter of Mrs Ruth Alleman Eldon and Richard McWilliams son of Mr and Mrs Wendell E McWilliams Fairfield wed at Kaheka Missouri on July 30. They will reside in Eldon where McWilliams works for the state highway commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Alleman
Vera Bernice Alleman
Ruth Alleman
Eldon
Richard McWilliams
Wendell E. McWilliams
Fairfield
Kaheka
McWilliams
State Highway Commission
Duwa Family Reunion at Riverside
Riverside August 9 the Duwa family reunion gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs Albert Duwa southwest of Riverside. Dinner and supper were served with many relatives in attendance from Jessup Newton Waterloo Independence Fayette Iowa City and other nearby towns. The Woman's Society for Christian Service of Riverside Trinity Methodist Church also met there planning an ice cream social for Aug 9 and a social hour followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Duwa
Albert Duwa
Joseph Duwa
Paul Duwa
Calvin
Jessup
Frank Koksma
Newton
Mary Evelyn Parker
Des Moines
Thuman Hood
Marilyn
Vernon
Neela
Norma
Vanita Hood
Waterloo
Robert Beecher
Jimmie
Janice
Julia O'Brien
Lawrence Berner
Independence
Arlo Dean
Margaret Ann
Celing May
Fayette
Tony Morgan
de- Inves
Nichols
James McMahon
Carolyn
Mary Perdin
Olin Gingerich
Iowa City
Albert Duwn
Robert
Leroy, Lamont
Edward Duwn
Gertrude Cross
Lone Beach
Calif
Hubert E. Doud
Stuart Peterson
Kalona
Wiliam KE. Scott
Donald Hartzzell
Glen Bonquet
Chas, Rath
Minnie Holtz
Ella Cu
Wellman Names Two New Teachers for Next Year
Wellman school board selected Doro thea Gunther of Davenport as English teacher at Wellman High and ois Smith of Waterloo as kindergarten teacher. Also notes on Obituaries and local travel, with staff updates including students and trips to Lincoln and Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothea Gunther
Lois Smith
Frank Wilson
Wellman
Davenport
Iowa State University
Wellman School Board
Wellman High School
Ois Smith
Waterloo
State Teachers College
Des Moines
Mrs. J. Lease Sells Property to Hamil At Crawfordsville
Property in Crawfordsville changes hands as Mrs. J. R. Lease sells to J. D. Hamil who plans to move mid September. Community notes report deaths, visits, and travel among local residents including Essa Daugherty Catlett's Los Angeles passing and various family trips and renovations across town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Manners
Crawfordsville
J. R. Lease
J. D. Hamil
Catlett
Essa Daugherty Catlett
Los Angeles
Calif
Maude
Irma
United Presbyterian Church
Jones
Youd Anna Walter Walton and Karel Family Named
Anna Youd and Earl Walton appear in a notice alongside Mrs C J Karel in a local family matters column referencing a forthcoming event.
O'Daniel Takes Senate Oath in Texas Appointment
Former Texas governor W Lee O'Daniel takes the oath as U S senator with Senator Kenneth McKellar administering. Texas senior Senator Tom Connally stands center as O'Daniel adopts the biscuit slogan fame during the ceremony in the Senate chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
W. Lee O’daniel
U. S
O’daniel
Kenneth McKellar
Tennessee
Senate
Tom Connally
Dr. Cleveland R. Duncan of Seattle Dies
Relatives in Columbus Junction report the death of 56-year-old Dr. Cleveland R. Duncan, a former resident who attended local high school and Iowa University medical school, with European graduate work. His parents were the late J. J. and Ida Stapp Duncan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Cleveland R. Duncan
Seattle
Wash
University of Iowa
Europe
Fred
Marilyn
Bell
St. Paris
P. ON. G. Circle
Ethel Gabriel
Nellie Littrel
Myrtle Jennings
P. N. G. Circle of
Silver Leaf
Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Dining Hall
Geraldine Boulton
Harrisburg
Floyd Boulton
Clair Norton
Washington
G. N. Duncan
Ralph Pine
Hoover
Nellie Walker
Thomas Sheridan
Wryo
John Hoover
Willis Howell
Donald
W. E. Toms
Ida Howell
Flint
Mich
Dorothy Moore
Orlo Crooks
George L. Boulton
Boulton
Bang-up originally meant splendid in 1850s fashion circles
The term bang-up derives from a costly greatcoat worn by gentlemen of elegance in the 1850s. The coat earned the nickname bang-up and extended to describe anything admirable, superlative, or of the highest order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Vere
Remove Shoes Before Eating In the Fifteenth Century
In the fifteenth century Dutch gentlemen removed their own and their wives shoes before sitting to table to aid digestion per tradition.
Sailors Learn Metalworking in Navy Trade Schools
Enlisted men in the U. S. Navy can study more than fifty trades at no cost while receiving regular pay. Metalworking is a popular option with instruction in blacksmithing oxy acetylene welding welding and cutting coppersmithing sheetmetalwork general metalsmithing and boilermaking. Enlistment in the Two Ocean Navy offers access to these Navy trade schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Navy
Navy
Fied Navy
Uncle Sam
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Ethel
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Kiff Davis
Frank Bailey
I. I. N. Radiophoto
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Red Army
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Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Soundphois
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Kearny
N. J
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Wisconsin
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Waukesha, Wis
Nettie
Milton Sanchez
Peoria
Ill
Colorado
Rocky Mountain National Park
I. S. N. Radiophoto
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Burana
C. I. O's Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
Wilma Stricker
William Stricker
G. L. Heiserman
Robert McNeil
Basslake
Winnebago
Janette Schwab
Kinsinger
Russell Kinsinger
Eli Hochstetler
Earl Hochstetler
Ed Brendeman
Ortis Miller
Grace
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Robert Bidwell
Lloyd Polson
Lincoln
Lincoln Aeronautical Institution
Robert Marner
Windsor
Canada
Toronto
Royal Canadian Air Force
George Heiserman
U.S.S. Chau ‘Mont
South Seas
Mark Schafer
Virginia
Juanita
T. O Nicholson
Marilyn and
Waldo Smith
Mechanolis
Walden Smith
Mary Jones
Elon Christner
Monte Brown
James Green
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
O'Daniel
Senators McKellar, Connally and
C. R. Duncan
Washington Doctor
Junction High School
Martha Butler
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