Community reunions and weddings fill Keota area notices
A series of local gatherings unfold across Keota Washington and nearby towns. The Sheets family hosts a reunion at Sunset Park with 100 plus relatives and officers elected for next year. Hesseltine reunion draws about 100 relatives at Simset Park. Mrs McCreedy hosts a Path Across the Hill cast party for the Ladies Aid division. A surprised gift-string shower honors Mildred Warren ahead of her marriage to Victor Blattner. Stanley Thompson and Vivian Grove wed in Keota with a small ceremony. Gatherings also include a Keota theater party, Pythian sisters meeting, and plans for future events with listed attendees and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheets
Washington
Sunset Park
Ross Sheets
Otto Sheets
Walter Sheets
Oscar Sheets
Fred Fritcher
Almond Miller
H. Andrews
Alfred Sheets
Frank Andrews
Ollie Park
Ollie
Sigourney
Richland
Haysville
Kansas
West Chester
Keota
Dublin
Valley
Lancaster
Simset Park
Will Heseltine
Mable Guy
Joe McCreedy
McCreedy
A. M. Cordon
Bert Booth
Martha Blick
Iva Davidson
Beatrice Wilson
Arthur Burk
Mildred Warren
Victor Blattner
Sach
Miss Warren
C. O. Harris
Stanley Thompson
Vivian Grove
W. O. Harper
Presbyterian Church
Harris
Robert A. Grove
South English
South English High School
Cedar Falls
Keokuk County
James Thompson
Washington High Schol
Washington Loan and Trust Company
Thompson
South
Marion Avenue
Local residents attend various trips and visits in multiple states
Mr and Mrs Dale Frame and Mrs Richard Stephens of Ainsworth attend Bessie Frame's graduation in Iowa City. Families travel to Colorado Illinois Missouri and Kansas for events and visits while teachers and ministers move between Chicago Herrington and Washington Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Frame
Richard Stephens
Ainsworth
Iowa City
Bessie Frame
Zip” Kloos
Atlantic, Iowa
Washington
Ottumwa
Kloos
Community notices list meetings and events this week
The Garden Club meets with Mrs. Frank Carter on August 24 at 3 30. The Booster Club hosts Mrs. Sam Neill on August 25. A cottage prayer meeting is set at C W Busby’s home Friday at 7 30. Methodist Choir rehearsal Friday at 7 30. A band concert occurs in Central Park tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Garden. Club
Frank Carter
Sam Neill
C. W. Busby
East Washington Street
Sharpe Funeral Services Set for Anthony Sharpe
Funeral services for Anthony Sharpe who died suddenly will be held Friday at 10 in the L A Jones Funeral Home and at the M E church in Rehmond before burial in Richmond Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Sharpe
L. A. Jones
Methodist
Rehmond
Richmond Cemetery
Red Brick Social Notes From Aug. 22
Aug 22 report mentions Homer Kephart aiding Mr Wagner and family in threshing efforts. County Superintendent Mrs Winnie Palmer and others quote as vacation campers at the Mcleery shack. Raymond Kephart had tonsils and adenoids removed at Washington county hospital. Mrs Fred Sayre accompanied him. Dorothy Babb attends chautauqua with Aunt Mrs Durst. Mrs Joe Roth of Noble visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Brick
Homer Kephart
Wagner
Winnie Palmer
Joe McCleland
Wellman
Dawson
Dawenters
Elizabeth
Etha
Fulton
McConaughy
R. L. Coulter
Leery Shack
Raymond Kephart
Washington County Hospital
Fred Sayre
Carl Hering
Dorothy Babb
Chautauqua
Durst
Joe Roth
Noble
Straton Invites Democratic Nominee South for Speech
Dr. John Roach Straton invites the Democratic presidential nominee to defend his record in the South. Straton will speak at a mass meeting in Atlanta on September 4, announced by William D. Upshaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
John Roach Straton
New York
Alfred K. Smith
Straton
William D. Upshaw
Daniels Opposes Smith on Prohibition Phantom Fight
Raleigh August 23 Josephus Daniels former Secretary of the Navy labels Governor Smiths Prohibition push a phantom fight and calls his acceptance speech proposals a futile sidestep of the Volstead act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
Smith
Navy
Josephus Daniels
Mrs Doan expands beauty business to Columbus Junction
Mrs Clara Doan owner of Mi Lady’s Beautie Shoppe in Washington buys a new parlor in Columbus Junction. Three operators will work there and she will split her time equally between both locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Doan
Milady
Washington
Columbus Junction
Railway Officials Here For Inspection Tour
Engine 475 of the Burlington railroad arrived in Washington yesterday for an inspection tour led by W. A. Card general superintendent C. J. Connett superintendent Charles Landstrom superintendent of bridges and buildings and Roadmasters J. Y. Corcorn and M. M. Shehan conducted the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington Railroad
Washington
W. A. Card
C. J. Connett
Charles Landstrom
J. Y. Corcorn
M. M. Shehan
Iowa Boys Receive Honors at Culver Graduation
Iowa youths honored at Culver military academy exercises include David R. Fider of Washington who earned a seamanship medal, Jack Sever Jr of Des Moines runnerup in junior tennis, George Montgomery of Boone for best discipline, and Minor H. Palmer of Oakland for boxing. Diplomomas went to John Cameron William L. Howell John F. Joyce Keokuk David R. Elder Robert P. Munger Sioux City and George E B Montgomery Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culver
Ind
Iowa
Culver -Ummer
David R. Fider
Washington
Oval
Jack Sever
Capitol Avenue
Des Moines
George ¥. Montgome
Boone
Minor H. Palmer
Oakland
John Cameron
William L. Howell
John F. Joyce
Keokuk
David R. Elder
Robert PP. Munger
Sioux City
George EB. Montgomery, Jr
Threshers and Chautauqua Attendances Noted
With her sister Mrs John Wagner Mrs I E Babb helped Mrs Sam Sigafoose cook for threshers Monday afternoon Mrs Ernest Rouse and Mrs Frank Rowse attended chautauqua Wednesday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wagner
I. E. Babb
Sam Sigafoose
Ernest Rouse
Frank Rowse
Al Smith Urges Modification to Prohibition Policy
In Albany Al Smith argues the President must enforce the Constitution while backing changes to the Eighteenth Amendment. He favors state level control on alcohol content, a national referendum, and a system allowing each state to regulate imports and sales within its borders without restoring the saloon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Smith
United States
Prohibition
Congress
James (. Carter
Jefferson
Woodrow Wilson
Democratic Party
Jackson
Cleveland
Wilson
Enrollment Registration for Next School Year
College juniors and junior college students are asked to register either Friday or Saturday at the high school. Dean Trail and Mead want enrollment completed as early as possible. The course is expected to attract a number of boys and girls this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Trail
Martin Beats City Champion in Oskaloosa Golf Match
Fred J. Martin of Washington defeated Sandy McGregor, six year city champion of Oskaloosa, 181 to 184 in an eighteen hole championship. Martin, now among a half dozen contenders for the city title, is a left handed golfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceckaloosa Herald
Fred J. Martin
Washington
Sandy” McGregor
Oskaloosa
Martin
Hardscrabble Reunion II Announces Picnic Event
Hardscrabble Reunion II announces the annual picnic to be held at the Hardscrabble school house in Dutch Creek township on Saturday, August 25. The program features the play A Hoodoood Coon by the Hardscrabble young people and invites all residents to attend with a note about friendly golf with iron clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dutch Creek Township
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Methodist Church
Jesse Milley
Gladys Williams
C. H. Davis
Out of Wwe
Guess
I. E. Coffey
Knipe
Dorothy
New Albany
Indiana
Christine Schlatter
Wayland
Leslie Ficher
Roger and
Mildred Jane
Colorado
J. F. Simpson
Everett
Earnest Simpson
West Branch
Ives McKay
FE. A. Bergquist
John Henry
Port Huron
Michigan
Mr. Bergquist
John Bergquist
George Hartz
John. Robert
la Claire
Oscar Jugenheimer
H. F. Masson
Rochester
Minnesota
Howard Richardson
Rockford
Illinois
Helen Cunningham
Herrington
Charles
Chicago
University of Chicago
Danville
Ilinois
PD. C. Fulton
Jane
David
Philadelphia
United Presbyterian
Howard Baker
Havre
Goldie Miler
Russell and
Eirnest Reed
Viiting
Norway
Sherman Gingerich
Monticello
A. A. Spies
E. Mulhollen
Spies
Herman Ginkinger
Willamette, Winois
J. H. Ginkinger
Dan Gascho
Nellie Schiebel
Missouri Valley
C. N. Hildebrand
Belmond, Iowa
George W. Brown
Faye Weeghman
Marie
Omaha
Amélia Weehman
Max Weehman
Farnest Marshall
Des Moinés
E. M. Bridges & Co. Millinery & Art Gifts South Side
Central Park
Charles Miller
William Sloat
Manitou
Colorado Springs
Grand Canyon
A.D. Stiles
G*ald
Trenton
Missouri
Marguerite Herring
Daniels
Price
Woodbury’s Soap
Menen
Kotex
Ene
Everning
Albany
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