Storms and people fill News Review page items
Storms damaged a windmill, chicken house, and trees on a Weatherman tract with a lightning strike also hitting a tree. J Orval Mecklenberg named to replace George Molir at junior high after teaching at Wheatland. Various local notices include church leadership, a street commissioner appointment, and corn prize increases totaling 128 dollars in prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Orval Mecklenberg
Morning Sun
George Molir
Wheatland
Merrimac Social Notes and Lutheran Aid Supper
Merrimac notes list visitors from Peoria Wea Liberty and local families visiting in the Koster Blick Amrine and Crile homes. The Earl Smith family hosted a Crile reunion at Fairfield. The Ladies Aid of the Lutheran church plans a fried chicken supper Tuesday evening August 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Amrine
Earl Smith
Fairfield
Ladies’ Aid of the
Lutheran Church
Grant Takes Boy Scouts Camping at Lacey Park
Ken neth Grant assistant scoutmaster and sixteen boy scouts camp at Lacey Park near Keosauqua this week. Scoutmaster Roy Forbes from Keosauqua leads the group. Local residents and relatives travel for visits and news includes a boat race victory and a Davenport camping trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhua Helmick
Brighton
Kenneth Grant
Lacey Park
Keosauqua
Billy Horton
Norman Schooley
Hobby
Jack Robertson
Norman Lechner
Roger Arnold
Gil Morgan
Dale Eyestone
Leo Mullikin
Chas. Crandall
Donald Ackley
Billy Stockman
Chas
Carl
Ralph Gowey
Lester Madden
Harold Horner
Roy Forbes
Edgar Rotzingfer
Fairfield
Carolee Ruth
Frank Switger
Forrest Henry
West Chester
A. B. Clark
Colorado
Walter Goodman
Kenneth Goodman
Norma Lee
Yukon
Okla
Jesse Mikseh
Goodman
Mra Miksch
Elmore
E. A. Thurston
Kenneth
Oregon
K. M. Elmore Co
F. Hoover
Rubio Savings Bank
Luithly
Ella Faris
Des Moines
John Abrahamson
H. L. Gordon
Eagle River
Wis
Hubert Horton
U. S. Navy
Richard Arnold
American Institute of Commerce
Davenport
Surprise Birthday Dinner for Rev Bill of Crawfordsville
In Crawfordsville on August 16 relatives from Muscatine visiting Rev. Lester Bill and wife joined the birthday celebration for Rev. Bill. The gathering included a dinner and pleasant afternoon. Also noted are visits by Gloria Coleman of Cedar Rapids and other relatives and travels of the Cheney family and George R. Yeager with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill of
Crawfordsville
Henry Bill
Helen
Orrell
Muscatine
Lester Bill
Bill
Gloria Coleman
Cedar Rapids
William Henuss
Henss
Henry Cheney
Janice
Ohio
Wisconsin
Oelwein
Randalia
Iowa
George R. Yeager
Eva Orris
Denver
Colo
Alice Gormley
Eva
Washington
Clark Gormiley
Patricia
Charles City
Flora Dennis
Asher Dennis
Gladwin
Nancy Hahn
A. H. Raymond
Shoppers Visit from Oregon and Illinois Boost South Hill Ties
In South Hill Aug 17 Vera L Sands notes visits from Cecil Blackley and family of Sprague River Falls Oregon and Harvey Jordan and baby of Scranton Indiana. Local harvest rains revived dry farms, with Crooked Creek rising slightly. Families gathered for dinners and outings, including guests of Mrs. Frank Sands and F. M. Wood in Ainsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera L Sands
South Hill
Harley Rhea
Gwendolyn
Washington
Cecil Blackley
Lula May
Wayne
Sprague River Falls
Oregon
Harvey Jordan
Donna Ruth
Scranton
Frank Sands
Lyle Lowe
Max Anwyl
Illinois
Ernest Clark
Crooked Creek
T. H. Sands
Willard Lee
Baby
F. M. Wood
Ainsworth
Wellman Homes Change Owners in Wellman Iowa
Walter Godlove bought the J. M. Swartzendruber home in Wellman with possession around September first. The Swartzendrubers plan to move to Newton. Lloyd Robert son and family moving from the Swartzendruber home to the Ella Yoder house. The Romines bought land from T. W. Zillmer and are building a garage while awaiting their new home. Several local residents visited and hosted guests in Wellman, with events including a stag party for William Zillmer and wedding plans for William Zillmer and Geneva Brewer in Carbondale, Ti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Swarthendruber
Laura Moffit
Donald Romine
Romines
T. W. Zillmer
St. Posters
Warren Foster
Charles
Catherine
Clinton
E. N. Foster
Martha Foster
Iowa City
Wayne Foster
Cedar Rapids
Carl Youngdale
Washington
B C. Foster
T. O. Nicholson
J. L. Nicholson
Marion
Jane Laning
Jean McIntosh
Martha Godove
Charlotte Bidwell
Wade Curl
Coralville
Mabel Meer
Robert
Gene
Nellie Spear
Ida Long
C. M. Booth
Tampa
Florida
Wellman
A. L. Braden
Ed Henn
Chicago
Arden
William
East Moline
Geneva Brewer
Carbondale
Methodist Church
Zillmer
George Huston
Mr.Zillmer
Moline
Lowell Dodds
Donald Bidwell
Albert Yoder
Everet Zillmer
Wetman
Harold Trieschmann
Otha Jones
Cleo Yoder
Victor Tress
Charles Capper
Frytown
Charles Semler
Chase Millice
Jimmy
Erb
Iowa City Park
John Kirkpatrick
Vernon
Stelter
Charlotte Cullumber
Summer travel notes and extended funeral report
The text lists multiple families on vacations to Estes Park and Rocky Mountain parks and notes a family celebration in Solon. It then reports funeral services for Elmer K. Orr of Stevensville Mont, detailing his birth, marriage, survivors, and his kin across Iowa and Missouri.
Junction Residents Take Vacation Trip to Colorado Parks
Columbus Junction report lists Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hanft and others on a vacation trip to Colorado. In Colorado, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rodruck of Seattle visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rodruck in Columbus City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. McBurneys
George
Gordon
Jimmy
West
Frank Carter
Dixie
Colorado
Larry Hunter
Iowa City
Lee Stacy
FE. A Horner
Tennessee
Arkansas
Horner En
Junction
Colorado Parks
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Robert Hanft
J. E. Peters
F. A. Lewis
Robert C. Rodruck
Seattle
Wash
J. H. Rodruck
Columbus City
Farm labor sees higher death toll than other industries
The sentence notes that more workers die during farm work than in any other single industry, highlighting occupational hazards and the need for safety improvements. It emphasizes farming as a leading source of work-related fatalities.
Hollywood figures deny Communist links in LA grand jury transcript
Six prominent Hollywood figures named in a Los Angeles grand jury transcript as members and major supporters of the Communist Party deny the charges. They challenge John Leech, a former Communist organizer, to face them in Los Angeles court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Frederic Mirch
Franchot Ton
Hollywood
Grand Jury
Communist Party
John Leech
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S. W. Easter
The
Men of the Baptist Church
Kenneth Bailey
John Bailey
Frances Flasingen
A. E. Palmer
the Evening Journal
Don Radda
Mrs
Roy Mayhew
Baton Rouge, la
Hattie Mayhew
Elizabeth Iewin
C. R. McCutehen
Ft. Collins
Allen McCutehen
Jim Baird
Helen Lewis
Peoria
Beatrice
van Gundy
Baird Farm
Don Wood
Black Hills
California
Merrimac
A. B. Carr
Kodak Films
Grant
LACEY
Tered
Nashville
Claire Conrad
Skunk River
England
Cary
Randolph Scott
Gail Patrick
Mary Manners
Wellman Homes Change Owners
Swartzaen
Druber Property
Frank Wilson
Gwen Glasson
Great Falls
Mont
Minneapolis
A. ©. Kraft
Henry Villhaur
Eveready Pleg, & Heating CO
U. S
Roosevelt
U.S
John Cudahy
White House
Belgium
Peter Jaques
New York
8. S. Scythia
Royce von Luckner
Nola the Gas Mask
A. C. Kraft
Henry Willhaur
Vella Mapplethorpe
Solon
White Sulphur Springs
Virginia
Frank Strickland
Brooklyn
N. Y
M. W. Klotz
RL Orr
Elmer K Orr
Stevensville
Orr
Thomas
Esther Orr
Etta Yocum
George Orr
Minnole Swailes
Mary Swailes
Lone Tree
Margaret Collins
le Belle
Katto
Price St
L. H. Orr Land CO
James Cagney
Ifford Odets
Dvan Mur
Humphrey Boart
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