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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1921

Page

7

Rural Route 4 News Notes Highlights Local Visits

Community members from Washington Iowa share visits with the Kephart Simmering families and West Chester guests. Carload cattle from Kansas City, a baby girl born last Friday, Campfire group to Okoboji, and cooperative society talks illustrate rural life and local events.

Keota Campfire Girls Depart for Lake Okoboji Outing

Keota Iowa Campfire girls, guardian Lola Gilbert, depart by auto at five am for a two week trip to Lake Okoboji costing about five to six hundred dollars. Return planned via Des Moines with a two day stay at the state fair. Names include Hazel Irelan Harriet Pike Mildred Ochs Marjorie Ochs Mary Levien and others.

Keota Keota Keota Lake Okoboji Lola Gilbert Des Moines Hazel Irelan Harriett Pike Mildred Ochs Marjorie Ochs Mary Levien Helen Helscher Ruth Ramous Marion Morris Dorothy White Elizabeth White Margaret Loyd Janet Stewart Lucile Johnson Pardon Seymour Martin John Shafer Hattie Pardon Orson Clarion W. A. Stephen Stephen Rowan Henry Azeltine Maggie Nevitt Amanda Johnson Baptist Sunday School Seventysix Township Skunk River Keola J. W. Helscher FE. C. Smith Winfield Canada John Snyder West Chester Gale Williams Ardmore Okla H. D. Williams Ladies Aid Methodist Church Herbert Hulse Howard Helscher Dwight Mound Sheldon Morris E. C. Gilbert L. P. Long Minnesota Carrie Palmer Washington Bert Dill Alice Charles Stewart Davenport Ludwig Chas Trumbauer Luellen Strawsburg Colo N. P. Allender George Seaton Charles Shockley Will Shuman Grover Wales Little Falls Minn

Local notes from Havre area visits and health

Mr and Mrs Will Staf ford visit relatives near Marshalltown this week. Everett Pratt son of Glen and Mrs Pratt has been ill the past week. Several from the neighborhood attended the Columbus Junction fair on Thursday. Mr and Mrs Will Miller visited the Ballard home near Pleasant Plain Sunday. Mrs Don Darbyshire is on the sick list. Home Lumber Co received a car load of lumber and coal this week.

Wales Frank Pringle William Nelson Nelson Ranous Rath Chicago Ramous Ruth Okoboji Methodist Home Missionary Society Amelia Hannah W.S. Helscher Hulse Des Moines Martha Ella Shadow Baptist Isaac Marr Fairfield Albert Horn Harriett Marie W. T. Palmer Havre Will Stafford Marshalltown Everett Pratt Glen Pratt Columbus Junction Will Miller Ballard Pleasant Plain Don Darbyshire The Home Lumber Co Emil Kesl Cuba Kansas J. J. Chihak W. J. Bulger Misa Ethel Bulger Davenport John Bulger Magdalene Droll Chariton Cyril Croll Miller Paul Shebanek Walter Waltman Herndon Knox County Missouri

Illness update and social notes from Columbus Junction

Mrs. John McCune remains ill with typhoid fever but shows slow improvement under nurse care. Re. E. Nichols visited the Columbus Junction fair last week. Miss Pauline Beal and Lori Busby of Washington. Floyd Winthrop of Missouri. Joe McConnell of Ainsworth were among the visitors mentioned.

Coppock John McCune RE. E. Nichols Columbus Junction Fair Pauline Beal Lori Busby Washington Floyd Winthrop Missouri Joe McConnell Ainsworth

Riverside and nearby families share events and visits

A long list of births, visits, travel, and family news from Riverside and nearby towns recounts a baby boy named William George born to Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Conrad and a ten pound boy named Ward Leroy. The community notes include trips to Burlington, Washington, Fairfield, Cedar Rapids, Muscatine, and Denver, along with many relatives visiting one another and children attending summer school.

Pleasant Hill residents attend fair and family events

Several from Pleasant Hill attended the Columbus Junction fair last week. Mr and Mrs Roy Kephart and children visited Cal Been blossom s. Mr and Mrs Bryan Swift and baby visited WI Caldwell s. Mr and Mrs Earl Kephart and children joined a family reunion picnic at Sunset Park. Miss Mable Carr spent Sunday with her sister Mrs Homer Kephart. Local residents also attend the Washington chau tauqua.

Pleasant Hill Columbus Roy Kephart Cal Beenblossom's Bryan Swift Baby WI Caldwell's Earl Kephart Sunset Park Washington

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