Wellston News Notes From Local Correspondents
Mr and Mrs Charley McCully and Leo called in Washington on Thursday. Residents visit and attend social events across Wellston and nearby towns with gatherings at Washington Davenport Des Moines and Kalona. Rural schools set to reopen August 31 with students eager to return amid community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellston
Charley McCully
Leo
Washington
Hazel Griggs
Betty
West
Lucille Robertson
Carl Corpman
Eleanor Brinning
John Bell
Wellman
Willard Bell
Betty Joice
Woodford
Sunset Park
John Flading
Dorothy
Bertha
Oldfield
Near Wellman
Edd Stoutners
Edd Stoutner
Lyall
Ottumwa
Charley Corpman
Davenport
George Lemley
Junior
Walter Wilsons
Betty Joyce
Des Moines
Kolosick
Greiner
Shiloh Social News Highlights Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Roy Randall and children Charles Tommy and Mary Ellen called at the Beenblossom home Thursday evening. Mr and Mrs Bert Donaldson hosted dinner for Mrs Burdell Donaldson and children Sunday. Little Bobbie and Marie Darbyshire visited from Friday to Sunday at the Darbyshire grandparents. The Darbyshire nephew from Ottumwa spent days with them. The Randalls and Wagner families reported pleasant trips and visits. Cloone traveled to Cedar Falls to bring Cathryne home from summer school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack Beenblossom
Harold Beenblossom
Paul
Iowa City
Chas. Caldwell
Myra van Nostrand
West Chester
Walter Leet
Will Caldwell
Cathryne
Cleone
Bryan Swift
Washington
Ira
Orville Caldwell
Swift
Claire Darbyshire
Kalona
Howard Sigafoose
Will Darbyshire
Ross van Nostrand
John Waener
John Gamble
James van Nottrand
Earnest Wagner
Fred Benger
Shiloh
Roy Randall
Charles
Tommy
Mary Ellen
Mack
Burdell Donaldson
Bert Donaldson
O. F. Boller
Little Bobbie
Marie Darbyshire
Crawfordsville
WI Darbyshire
Mrs. Darbyhire
Ottumwa
Aso
Lester Wagner
Minnesota
Cloone
Cedar Falls
Doe Eshelman
Roy Eshelman
Glen Shafer
Wilma
Roy Duttweil
al Farmer
Wayland
Maggie Kientz
Brishton
Henry Wolfe
Will Beamon
Jo Graber
Steve Shelangos
Lester Kientz
Local Visitors and Gatherings At Keota Community
Keota August report lists Mrs. Birney Gretter and family visiting Ottumwa with a sister Myrtle. Wilma Romine stayed with Mary Martha Mayer. Hill family visited John Powell. Summit and Lewis dinners with Everette Lewis. Hendersons and Jimmie joined Bart Gregorys. Romi and Wilma joined Shaffer at Clark Bells near Packwood. Kenneth Bell ill with flu. Gretters visited Win Gretter and Harper. Hendersons and Junior Meath visited John Hendersons. Meath family traveled to Des Moines to meet daughters Lola and Leota visiting Arthur Ramege.
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Keota
Birney Gretter
Ottumwa
Myrtle
Wilma Romine
Mary Martha Mayer
J.joyad Hill
Bobby
Dicke
John Powells
Marvin Summit
Everette
W. M. Shaffer
Clark Bells
Packwood
Kenneth Bell
Eddie Gretter
Win Gretters
Harper
Bury Henderson
Oxford
John Hendersons
Toney Meath
Darlene
Des Moines
Lola
Leota
Arthur Ramege
Riverside visit notes Dautremont family from Cedar Rapids
Mr and Mrs Norbert Dautremont and their Cedar Rapids daughters visited over the weekend at the parental Dautremont home in Riverside. The piece notes local family connections and weekend travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Norbrt Dautremont
Cedar Rapids
Dautremont
Local Law Firms Listing with Offices and Contacts
Attorneys T A Michels general law practice at Temple building near Journal office lists phone. T L Blrockhart abstracts and farm loans located first door west of State Theatre Coast Washington street with phone. Livingston Kicher abstract department at 204 West Main Street near Court House with phone. Morrison Morrison lawyers Edmund and George practice at 110 West Main first stairs with phone.
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T. A. Michels
Temple Building
Apposite
T. L. Blrockhart Law Abstracts
Washington St
Livingston & Kicher
W. Livingston
E. C Hicher
West Main St
Court House
Morrison & Morrison Edmund Dr
George Morrison
North Side Square
West Main
Local Funeral Homes and Medical Professionals Directory
A compact listing shows Jones Funeral Home at 116-118 Mast Main St with phone 96, Sherrman’s Funeral Home at 06 West Martin St opposite the Court House with ambulance service 263, chiropractors Dr Cha E Brown offering Neurocalometer and osteopathic care, Preston Letter DO and Bluck A W Clow DO with offices near the Court House and Journal Building, and Ream & Carson Plumbing and Heating at 119 North Jou Ave with 263 for prompt service and Duro Pumps water softeners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Peasa
Court House
Turo
Penney
Chas.e. Brown
Plumbing Ream & Carson Plumbing and Heating
North Jou Ave
Mottet area social notes and visitor counts
Miss Mary Younkin returns to Chicago after a visit with the Meeks family. Nurse Marguerite Quinn visits Cedar Rapids relatives. Several Iowa residents including Swit, Streb, Hahn, Varnum, Schnoebelen, Ferguson and others visit or host relatives. Links to Davenport, Boone, Oskaloosa, Des Moines and Niagara Falls trips noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mottet
Mary Younkin
Chicago
J. L. Meeks
Ivan Meeks
Marguerite Quinn
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
John Quinn
Hubert Swit
Manchester
Iowa
Alicid Streb
Iowa City
Frank Streb
Nettie C. Hahn
Helen Critz
Harry Varnum
Zearing
C. W. Schneider
Margaret Welte
Mary Kathleen
V. F. Schnoebelen
Dyersville
Talley Rand and June Sheetz Visitors and Local Happenings
Misses Genevieve Gladys and June Sheetz visited relatives in the northern part of the state and Minnesota. A Farmers Union picnic drew a large crowd at Sigourney with many from the vicinity attending. Several people attended the rodeo near Sigourney Wednesday and Norman Baker spoke in Wellman Saturday evening. Lee Henry lost turkeys when a building collapsed in the wind. Various neighbors and families, including the Kiefers, Grieners, and Sheetz family, spent weekends with friends and shopped in nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talley Rand
Luella
Mildred
Andy Oswalt
Otis Wagner
Farmers Union
Sigourney Monday
Lee Henry
Genevieve
Virginia Kiefer
Gladys
June Sheetz
Cardona
Joseph Ott
Local Families Share Weekend and Weekday Visits in Hawkeye Notices
WEO notes social calls and travel around Muscatine and Fairfield. Chester Rice travels with Batinger to Muscatine for mellows. the Ash, Bray, Beauchamp, Gray, Staats, and Jones families host and visit relatives. Anna Gowey recovers from appendicitis under doctor care. Bill Trait shingles a farmhouse roof. Elmore family helps at Ash home while they travel. Walter Bray and others are listed in routine Sunday gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WEO
Batinger
Chester Rice
Muscatine
Glen Beauchamp
Christie
Leo
Dorris
Geo Gray
Bert Ash
Stewart
Iowa
Geoge Ash
Wesley Watson
Dale Jones
Tom Stuart
Satin Bray
Mabel McPherson
Ralph Bray
Anna Gowey
Dr. Gordon
Brighton
Bill Trait
Manda Staats
Fairfield
D. E. Miller
Gladys
Gwendolyn
Kansas
Norbert Ballinger
Ott Elmore
Near Sigourney
George Ash
Masonic Lodge Meeting Schedule Cards
Lodges Washington Chapter No 98 O B S hold regular meetings on the second Thursday each month Ida McDaniel W M Ernestine Denison secretary Visiting members welcome Damascus Shrine No 10 regular meeting fourth Tuesday at Masonic Temple Mrs Chloa Spies W P Hazel Haven Worshipful Master Washington Lodge No 26 A A M regular meeting first Friday Jeremiah Ward W M A W Yard secretary Cyrus Chapter No 18 AL ALM meets second Friday J W Enstin H P A W Yard secretary
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Washington
Ida McDaniel
W. M
Ernestine Denison
Damascus Shrine
No. 10
W.S. J
Matonic Temple Rooms
Chloa Spies
W. P
Hazel Haven
Worthy
Washington Lodge
Arr & A.M
Harry C. Ward
A. W. Yard
Railway Time Table Arrives Departs No. 4 Golden State Limited
A detailed timetable lists arrivals and departures for multiple trains including No. 4 Golden State Limited No. 50 Local Passenger daily except Sunday No. 380 Local Passenger 6 10 p m No. 80 Local Freight daily except Sunday 8 00 a m and West Bound No. 3 Golden State Limited No. 11 Apache No. 29 Local Passenger 9 05 a m 9 20 a m No. 49 Local Passenger daily except Sunday 5 10 p m No. 83 Local Freight daily except Sunday 11 50 a m Knoxville Branch Eastbound No. 430 mixed train daily except Sunday No. 429 mixed train daily except Sunday 9 30 a m California trains No. 3 stops for California passengers only No. 4 stops to discharge California passengers only Arrivals No. 93 Morning Pass 20 25 p m No. 21 Evening Pass 6 00 p m No. 22 Evening Pass 6 10 p m No. 94 Freight 10 55 a m All trains daily except Sunday J C McKay Agent C M St P L R OR CO No. 3 Local Pass 9 04 a m No. 25 Southwest Lim 12 67 a m No. 91 Local Freight Tuesday Thursday Saturday 10 25 a m No. 26 Southwest Lim 12 87 a m No. 8 Local Pass 32 p m No. 92 Local Freight 11 30 a m Monday Wednesday Friday All Passenger Trains Daily W C Bell Agent
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Golden State Limited
Dacho A
Golden State
J.C. McKay
C.M. ST. PL & Plr. OR. CO
W. C. Bell
Local Social Notes From Merrimac Area
Community members and families from Merrimac and surrounding towns share visits and gatherings conducted across Pleasant Plain Brighton Wayland and Wellman Park. Events include reunions harvest tasks and a church social while references to Wheat deliveries and a Burlington regatta appear among the week’s activities.
Community News Briefs from Richland Area
Bo Johnson returns home from Cheyenne Wyoming after extended visit with Elwood and family. Mrs Kenneth Robinson of Pueblo Colorado and Omer Johnson and family join visiting relatives from Rose Will. Local gathering attended Homecoming Day at Pleasant Plain Friends church with 90 years of church history noted. Ardith Laithly recovering from appendicitis in Ottumwa hospital. expected home soon. Community members visit and travel among Ottumwa Richland Tiehlated Omaha and Washington. Sunday School class of Mrs O W Schmitter described.
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Brighton
Dwight Snyder
Tommy
New York City
Mary Snyder
Spokane
Portland
T. B. Davison
Keith Murray
Adel
Mary Maxine Tracy
Mary Elizabeth Geal
Davenport
Ralph
Harold Phillips
Luverne
Iowa
G. BE. Heidel
Milton
Danville
Illinois
Ad McCarty
Washington
Neal
Edwin Vanerus
Walter Hagans
Marjorie Robison
Niagara Falls
Ray
Viola van Sant
Oscar Lee Riley
Virginia Hayde
Washington Hospital
Ruplio
Bo Johnson
Elwood
Cheyenne
Wyo
Kenneth & Robinson
Publo
Colo
Omer Johnson
Rose Will
CG. Kd. Morgan
Misa Klida Jay
Oskaloosa
Higene Morikin
Miss Day
John Fletcher College
Pleastnl Plain Friends Church
Friends Church
JL. B. Laithly
Ottumwa
Ardith
Ottumwa Hopital
Miss Ardith
Laurence Meacham
Tiehlated
Donald Hanan
Eugene Morgan
Wage Einder
Harriet Times
Loi Coffman
Letha Schmitter
Bernadine Paxon
Riehland
A. &. Mourer
Guy
J. W. Hamilton
Richland
Lythern Johnson
Ora Wollineworth
Omaha
Nebr
J. J. Pleig
O. W. Schmitter
Cocaipower
Morgan Timber Camp Story Brings Safely Ended Visit
A group of boys spent several days camping in the Morgan timber east of town with no lives lost. The report described a wonderful time and praised the cooking as excellent, far superior to home meals.
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Morgan
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Mrs. Street Burger Correspondent
Elle
Critz
Corre
The
Journal
W. D. Dwyer
Northeast Corner Square
Preston L.etter
D. O
Lemmon
Res
A. W. Clow
John W. Applegate
City Hall
Ralph W. Thompson Insurance
Bailey
Lemley & Yard Insurance
Washington National Bank
Hust Main St
Fred
South Town Ave
Johnson's Grocery
Veterinarians
B. Basslehr
Ainsworth
George Statler
Clay
J. S. Kane
George Bray
Gen Beauchamp
Russell Parson
Wayne
Laeila
Khua Hieimick
Knoxville
California
L. Goodlandet
Merrrimac
Chris Pohren
Jacob Pohren
Pleasant Plain
Roy Hihelman
Lois
Tran
Doss van Winkle
A. N. Amrine
Carl Amrine
Waldo
Burlington
Aimrine
Wellthan Park
Lester Kienty
Parentail Fleury Pinkle
Jown Griffin
Harold
Sudan
John Wineke
RUBIO
Bo Hanan
Loy
Southwest
Bell
Battle of Music
Lucky Serthe Dome Orchestra
Lucky Stri
Ochytran
B.C. Nevor
Lucky
Turkey
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Georgia
Carolinas
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
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