Maxwell Family Reunion At Whiteman Home Illinois
The sixty fourth Maxwell family reunion gathered August twenty seventh at J Y Whiteman home near Gulf Port Illinois with seventy members present. Attendees hailed from Iowa Washington Columbus City Winfield and other towns. Officers elected for next year include Joe Johnston president Delbert Maxwell vice president and Gerald Rhea secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Maxwell
J. Y. Whiteman
Fast
Joe Johnston
Delbert Maxwell
Gerald Rhea
Lee Lease
Margaret Sehmitt
Joe Easter
Clint Rhea
Gerald
Frank Maxwell
Cotter Consolidated to Open with Noted Teachers
In Columbus Junction on August 34 the Cotter Consolidated school will begin with H. E. Rogers as superintendent and science head, Irene Thomas as principal, H. R. Hollander overseeing manual training, mathematics and coaching, and teachers Violet Duncan Margaret Faris and Frances Alsip covering grades. The article also notes upcoming Tri-County Older Boys and Girls conference plans in Muscatine on November 27-28 with speakers from Des Moines, Grinnell, and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Cotter Consolidated School
H. E. Rogers
Irene Thomas
H. R. Hollander
Violet Duncan
Margaret Faris
Frances Alsip
Muscatine
Louisa
Cedar
Des Moines
L. Shipman
Burke
Cc. H. Nollen
Grinnell
Grinnell College
Rehbekah Lodge
Edgar Rabenold
J. A. Green
H. T. Jones
Stanley Jones
Robert
Harriet Poster
Hamline
Wash
Jones and Boyd
W. G. Roberts
Towa
Nebraska
Jotn Dailey
Patavia
Mae Went
Conesville
Voda Kolie
Wansis City
Frank Hopkins
Frank Edmondson
Think It Over in Free Countries vs Despotic States
Statement contrasts freedom and suffering noting clamor in free nations and quiet endurance in despotic regimes, reflecting on societal responses to hardship and authority. It underscores a skeptical view of political power and public sentiment across governance systems.
Local Social Notes From Washington Rural Route
Ed Simmering and family host visits from Aug 28 to Sept the 13th with relatives and friends from Muscatine and Kewaunee. Ed buys a Chevrolet last week. Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid outlines chicken dinner plans for the Y M C A building in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Simmering
Norman
Ed Simmering
Miss Schockley
Muscatine
Kewaunee
Ellis Shields
Ward McCutcheon
Ed Mayhew
Ray Linder
Ottumwa
J. F. Linder
Wellman
Norman Baker
Pleasant Hill
Dave Edwards
Red Ititey
Rodney Kephart
Virginia
Donne Bell
Hol Simmering
W. E. Gipple
Columbus Junction
Roy Kephart
Virginia Wna Donnaell
Glen Pratt
Margaret Pratt
Howard Wittiig
Clara
Howard Caldwell
Karl Kephart
Bertha
Beatrice
Sunset Park Picnic and Family Gatherings Report
Route Six notes social activities including a picnic in Sunset Park attended by Mr. and Mrs. Booth Velma and others, Wayne and Richard Knupp visiting Mildred Shebeck’s family, Armour Griges’ relatives at supper, and the Fishburn reunion in Sunset Park. Additional visits included Orville and D C Griggs families and Lawrence Howell’s group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. &. Booth
Velma
Sunset Park
Wayne
Richard Knupp
Mildred Shebeck Armour Griges
Dad
Orville Griggs
D. C. Griggs
Stanley Fishburn
Fishburn
Val Fuhr
Chick
Jack
Lawrence Howell
John Shebecks
W. A. Phillips
Local social and school notices from Glenn Knapps area
Neighbors attend events and rotate duties including Bethel school reopening August 31 and Wyestone teaching. Local families hosted relatives, visited fairs in Crawfordsville and Des Moines, with students and beginners named. Wilma Kerr visited Iowa City, Oneila Griggs leaves for Lupton school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Knapps
Velma Booth
Val Fuhr
Jack
Am Munsons
Alvin Shebeck
George Jarrards
Dwight Booth
Des Moines
iHenry — Berdos
Washington
Oneila Griggs
Lupton
Iowa
Clayde Knapp
Jackson
Glimpse of Europe with Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
A vivid fragment describes a travel frame from New York to Boston highlighting a miniature Europe in a frame of lakes mountains and forests. It mentions French and English scenes kilts bagpipes fishing villages Evangeline memorials and gay recreation resorts across Nova Scotia New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boston
Europe
France
England
Evangeline
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Exchange
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Nellie Manoets
Columbus City
Tom Robertson
Max
James Duncan
Winfield
Rickey
McCulley
Seward
Galesburg
Ill
Bush
Biggsville
Will Bullers
Fayette
John Bullers
Haskins
Lee Lease Home
Claude P. Pritchett
Mildred
Virginia Wasserly
Frankford Mo
Ss. F. Wenger
Pritchett
Presbyterian Church
S&s F. Wenger
Carson Packer
Valley Church
Margaret Tull
W. G. Robertson
Henry
Collinville
Hull
Elizabeth An Horn
Mason City
Philip Anwyd
J. J. Anwyl
J. C. Carson
Riverside
Santa Anna Long Beach
Pasadena California
Lemleys
Brighton
Beatrice Wilson
Yellowstone Park
BE. F. Riley
S. FF. Fletcher
Clea
Kenneth Cherryholmes
March Sewell
Martha Butler
Henry Lupton
Davenport
Jean Endsley
Cedar Rapids
I. A. Endsley
Auxiliary
American Legion
Wapello
Legion Hall
Morning Sun
Winifred Niggemeyer
Fort Madison
Ning Journal
Evening Journal
California-Cleveland
Roscoe Turner
Art Goebel
James Hall
Jimmy Doolittle
Ira Eaker
Flere
Uncle Sam
Santa Monica
Calif
Cleveland
Ohio City
Pacific
Frank Hawks
Washington R
Daisy Simmering
Owo
Donna Pell
Stanley Marshall
John Shebeck
Eastern Air Transport
Liggett & Myens
Tornacco Co
Eastern Air Transport, Inc
Lin
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