Younkin Godlove Families Hold Riverside Reunion
The Younkin and Godlove families gathered at East End Park Riverside on Sunday August 7 with 117 attendees. Officers were elected including President Margaret Cress Cedar Rapids and Treasurer Josie Snyder Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Younkin
Godlove
East End Park
Margaret Cress
Cedar Rapids
Bertha Teher
Josie Snyder
Iowa City
Walter Albright
Richard
Omer Cress
Samuel K. Younkin
Elia McLaughlin
Maud Cary
Leo Farrington
Jean and
Donald
Chicago
Logan Myers
Lieyt
North Liberty
Alice Ott
Coralville
Roy Snyder
Allen
Clinton Sims
Ferndale
Hattie Carr
Joseph Snyder
Mary Carr
May Flynn
John H. Younkin
John Tener
Joseph Linsley
Carl
LeRoy Hardy
William Tener
William Sills
Carrie Iden
Fannie Meeks
Dorothy
John R. Veggy
A. H. Yourkin
Omer
Mildred Stevens
Geo W. Godlove
Esther Hard
George W. Younkin
Critz
Joseph and
Magdalen Critz
Helen Critz
New Jersey
San Diego
California
Family picnics and reunions mark Wayland social notices
Wayland notices list several gatherings as courtesy farewells for departing families. Dr and Mrs B P Roberts prepare to move to Qualesbore Illinois. Reunions include Goldsmith August 23 Conrad August 18 Widmer-Wittmer August 24 and Daneon August 21 at Sunset Park in Washington. Class party honors Helen Roberts and plans a August 14 outing for Ole Bunch at a couple’s silver wedding anniversary event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
Wayland Park
Huffman
Ole Bunch
Elan
Hasking
Kar Frey
Honor Bride Elect at Cootie Party in Columbus Junction
Pauline Peters hosted a cootie shower for Freeda Jones at the John P. Jones home with Mildred Williams and Mrs. Harry Boyd winning cootie prizes. Mrs. Martin Walker held a kitchen shower for Miss Jones. The Marshall Reunion at Columbus Chautauqua Park drew 65 attendees as descendants of Joshua Willis Marshall planned the 1939 event with Emmer Enke named chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Pauline Peters
Freeda Jones
E W. Boynton
John P. Jones
Mildred Williams
Harry Boyd
Martin Walker
Muscatine
Miss Jones
Tom Carris Injured By Mower Accident In Hardscrabble
Local report details Tom Carris with a badly swollen face and a forehead gash after a mower lever snagged on a low tree branch. A drainage tube was required and daily medical care anticipated. other notes cover visits, fishing trip, and storm damage in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wehr
Tom Carris
Harley Brock
George Wilson
Jesse Page
Ivan Little
Cleo Trier
Charley Meyer
Keith Augustine
Cone Lake
J. M. Pulver
Miller Home
Elmer Miller
Howard
Wellman
Glen Miller
Fritchen Bros
Lester Macon
Doc Engle
Harry Macon
Burlington
Ralph Jones
Lennox
Matt Wehr
Jake Schmitt
Bud Wehr
Leonard Marle
Charley Grisham
Clarence Lynn
Marjorie
Roberta
Carrie Wilson
Edith Godfrey
Arkansas City
Kansas
Nashua
Garden Club
Des Moines
Charlie Mayer Shipped Carload of Cattle to Chicago
Charlie Mayer sent a carload of cattle to Chicago on Tuesday and accompanied the shipment. Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Robertson were business visitors in Iowa City. Many local residents attended reunions and visited friends across the area including the Denison event and Morning Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Mangold
Dublin
Charlie Mayer
Chicago
Roscoe Robertson
Iowa City
John Mangold, Jr
Denison
Welltran
Everette Denison
North English
Cora Carkufft
Clarence Randall
Cleo Trier
Jake Seethout
Carl Corpman
Victor Mayer
Floyd Banks
Keota
Twila Mangold
Alice Vincent
Meaning of the name Anna and its origins
The name Anna is commonly used for girls. It has Turkish and Latin roots and is said to mean of the eagle’s breeze or like the eagle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Anna
Electrical storm damages lines and a sheep is lost
An August Friday evening electrical storm knocked out lights and damaged lines in Xenia. A tree struck the Herman Wagenknecht home, knocking Henry Wagenknecht down. Wayne Norman reports a sheep lost to lightning during the storm. Several local residents left for visits and trips to Michigan in the following days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra. R. L. Stephens
Xenia
Herman Wagenknecht
Henry Wagenenknecht
Wayne Norman
Letha Schmitter Heads to Europe on Bremer Voyage
Letha Schmitter daughter of Mr and Mrs W Schmitter sails from New York on the Bremer with her brother Lyle Schmitter of Washington DC. They plan to visit France and join wife and son before returning to America in late September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Pearson
West
James Clegg
Alma Johnston
St. Louis
Michigan
Herman Wagenknecht
Jimmy
Rudolph Wagenknecht
Burdette
Ruth
Flint
Mich
Fred Wagenknecht
Levi van Dyke
Rubio
Letha Schmitter
W. Schmitter
New York City
Bremer
Lyle Schmitter
Washington,d. C
Europe
France
America
Omar Long
Virginia
Violet
Margaret Morgan
Kirksville
Moe
Maynard Kallous
Washington
A. K
Mourer
Charley Dickinson
Three Family Health Scare With Four Days of Operations
Shiloh August 11 notes a family scare as three operations occur within four days. Donovan improves after bowel surgery in Iowa City. Robert has an appendectomy at Hershey. Mrs Helen Hinkhouse undergoes an appendicitis operation at Hershey. Nearby visits include Showalter families at Brighton and other relatives sharing worry and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Schoonover
Shiloh
Ed Showalters
Moscow
Donovan
Iowa City Hospital
Robert
Hershey Hospital
Helen Hinkhouse
Roland Armstrong
Floyd Wagner
H. J. Sehoonover
Mary Kaalberg
Louis Fetes
William Rkawn
Sal Marsh
James
Marsh and
O'Loughlin
Sunset Park
Orville Caldwell
Billy
Roy Davison
Vern Keecher
Edna Gardner
L. F
Howard
Local families gather for Kephart reunion and visits
Sunday evening visits centered on the Fred Kephart home with Jean, Jean were callers at the Sam Marsh home, and the Kep hart reunion held at Sunset Park. Other guests included the Miller and McKay families, Elmer Batterson, Herman Marion household, and the Neffs at Marion Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean
Sam Marsh
Fred Kephart
Kephart
Sunset Park
Golia Miller
Charles McKay
Elmer Batterson
Herman Marion
Marion
Walter Neff
Coats
Washington
Cyyrus Birka
Martha
Schoonover
Dave Schantz
Seunion
Wayland
Wayland Park
Pauline Schantz
Fanny Christner
John Whiting
Dale
Russel Charisse
New Bedford
Willard Leet
Bertha
Josephine Lowash
Loss van Nostrand
Myra van Nostrand
Parsons College
Greiner Buys 200 Acre Farm in South 76
Bob Greiner purchased a 200 acre farm where the Gillies brothers live, trading his farm south of Keota with possession set for March 1, 19. Oats on the Art Hamilton and nearby farms totaled 156 acres this season. Threshing ends for the South 76 community as the Industrious club hosts an ice cream supper on Frank W. Greiner's lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South 76
Bob Greiner
Gillies Brothers
Keota
Warren Davis
Art Hamilton
Mr. Davis
Arlene Aller
Mertyn Aller
Frank W. Greiner
Am boy social notes reflect local visits and kin
Am boy is a hub of social calls with Mr and Mrs John Tucker T R Been blossom from Washington visiting Glen Been blossom family. A series of visits includes George Hopping of Brighton Will Saville from Washington with Wil bur Beenblossom. Further gatherings involve Everette Stewart family Dany Griffiths Claresiie Work Emmet Frame and Marjorie Prame Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl White
Amboy
John Tucker
T. R. Beenblossom
Washington
Glen Beenblossom
George Hopping
Brighton
Will Saville
Wilbur Beenblossom
Everette Stewart
Glen Beenbles Boi
W. P. Roberts
Hugh of
Cotter
Dany Griffith
P. W. Griffiths
W. C. White
Carl White
Earl White
Carl
Connie
Bessie Frame
Emmet Frame
Marjorie Prame
Iowa City
Hail and windstorm damage hit Fairview gardens
Aug 10 report notes wind and hail stripping tomato and cucumber vines and uprooting corn across fields of Yaro Sojka Melo Horak Rotenberger Brothers and Vince Tellin with worse damage west near John Horak's farm. Social notes mention weddings trips and local visits amid scattered rural activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanice Tellin
Fairview
Yaro Sojka
Melo Horak
Rotenberger Brothers
Vince Tellin
John Horak
Will Tellin
Wellman
George Shalla
Iowa
Bohumil Kos
Hiland Palace
Charlie Marek
Washington
Charlie's Place
Arthur Horn
Kanneman
Enar Riverside
Chicago
Will Lukavysky
Joe Havel
Wes Sojka
Lloyd
Mae Sojka
Darlene
Norman Sojka
Richard Yansky
Riverside
Will Lukasky
Charlie Sojka
Betty
Luella
Sojka
Knotek
Claude Havel
Claude
Leona Havel
James Havel
Iowa City
Joe Knotek
Arlene
Charlie Spike
Vernita
Dorothy Tellin
J. A. Simpson
Sylvester Zelinski
Otto Novy
Oakland Mills
Lawrence
Evelyn
Viola Marek
Mary Bulger
Edwin Horn
Donald
Harry Wollrab
Harold
Dorothy
Lorene
Marie Sojka
Lorene Sojka
Two Iowans to Receive Seeing-eye Dogs
Naomi Drake 26 of Oskaloosa and Paul Trow 25 a Drake University student were accepted by the Seeing Eye Foundation Morristown New Jersey. They will go there for one month of training and then return to Iowa with the foundation's first seeing-eye dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Naomi Drake
Oskaloosa
Paul Trow
Drake University
Seeing-Bbys Foundation
Morristown
N. J
Trow
Drake College of Fine Arts
Iowa
Visitors and relatives drop by local homes
Day at the Emmet Frame house featured Mr and Mrs Doyle Frame and children from Columbus Junction visiting. Frerette Stewart hosted. Jim Clegg and Harold visited from Iowa City on Tuesday. Mrs Dick Willis and girls from Des Moines stayed with sister Mrs Clark Wood and family. Guests at Clark Wood home included Ralph Swank of Muscatine Dan Wood of Washington Carl White and Mr and Mrs Kari Marr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet Frame
Doyle Frame
Columbus Junction
Jim Clegg
Harold
Iowa City
Dick Willis
Des Moines
Clark Wood
Ralph Swank
Muscatine
Dan Wood
Washington
Carl White
Kari Marr
Quieting Suit Seeks Fee Title To Iowa Farmland
In Washington County District Court an action by Yaro Sojka seeks to quiet title to the West Half of the Southwest Quarter and related parcels in Section One and Twelve Township 76 North Range Seven West. The petition claims Sojka is the fee simple owner and asks to bar all claims by numerous defendants and unknown claimants. A default will be entered if defendants do not appear before the Sept 12, 1938 deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Iowa
Yaro Sojka
George C. Stone
Joseph A. Green
J. A. Green
Cyrena Green
Samuel F. Hersey
Muscatine
The
State Bank of Iowa
Howard M. Holden
Dennis Brannin
Edward Truman
Dennis Brannon
William Nesbush
Charles Ohngemach
Edward D. Truman
Nestor A. Young
Patrick Brannin
Patrick Branin
Bridget Branin
Dennis Branin
M. P D. Yard
William Rownd
Irena A. Yard
W. C. Ba
Clerk
District Court of
Trict Court
Court House
Washington
Band Concert Highlights at Ainsworth With Local Performers
The Ainsworth band concert Tuesday evening featured a varied program. Duets by Arvid Baker and Edward Brown and by Ard Barber and Dorothy Parsee, accordion selections by Jane Yousling and Jane Patterson, and songs including Down by the Old Creek were performed. Martha Wood from Iowa and several locals were noted among attendees and vacationers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Norris
Ainsworth
Arvid Baker
Edward Brown
AK Pines
Jane Yousling
Donna Rabenold
Joyce Butterworth
Ard Barber
Dorothy Parsee
Harbor Lights
Perfume Counter
Debonair
Washington
Accordian Solo
Jane Patterson
Accordian
Virginia Miles
Marion Stephens
Mildred Caleb
Connie Edmondson
J&louise Gardner
Betty Collors
Ruth Powers
Mr. Barnes
Winkeet
Martha Wood
Iowa
Mrs
Frees Wood
Erma Pressly
Burlingse
Charlie Huliet
John Hulick
William Hulick
Missouri
Hickory
Oldest Permanent Settlement Panama City
Panama City traces its status as the oldest permanent European settlement on the mainland of the American continent, established in 1519 and growing as a key colonial outpost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama City
Local hospital reports two patients recovering from surgeries
Frances Witting of near Som is recovering well after an appendectomy at Henry County Hospital Monday afternoon, while Henry County hospital announces another patient, eer she submitted to an apot tomy, is recovering from a separate procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry County Hospital
Frances Witting
Teese
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Fuler
Clho Jarrard
South
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Ilinois
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Warl Edmondson
Sycamore
New York
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Bobby
Booth Tarkington
Penrod
the Fox
Ken Maynard
B. Greiner
Gerts
Parm
Brothers
Hall
Dixie Dugan
Ky Striebel
Mevoy
Ken Tuffs
Ken
Ezra Wittmer
James Magdeltrau
Junior
Magdelrau
Green Bay
Wis
Anna Taylor
Jennie Farmer
Alice Duncan
Allerton
Mary Witting
Cletus Eschieman
Stryker
Ohio
Gerald Bosnart
John Sanders
Goldsmith
Richard McBeth
Mt. Pleasant
Matte Roth
Woodward
Margaret Wenger
Homer Stephen
West Ride
Concer SY
P. L. Etter
Harry
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