Ainsworth News Notes highlights and local events
The Ainsworth high school faculty play is planned at the auditorium. Mrs Sherm Benson is ill. Lucille cares for her as Louise Here teaches in Lucile's place. Rev C E Riddington suffers an infected wrist. The Ainsworthian office gains Meérle Thompson this week and a printer will join next. A W R C ladies staged The Spinsters Club at the high school with door receipts of 32 dollars. J A Marsh and I K Beal shipped stock to Chicago. Funeral for Elmo N Sprecker held at United Presbyterian Church with burial in Ainsworth cemetery. Benjamin Trimble visits from Wyoming. First basketball games set for Friday against Riverside. Mrs Work ill. Mrs Lease assists. Rev G W Hanna mourns a nephew in North Carolina. Will Gerets host dinner with local guests. Several townsfolk visit and travel noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth Ainsworth
Sherm Benson
Lucille
Louise Here
Lucile
C. E. Riddington
Meérle Thompson
Ainsworthian
J. A. Marsh
I. K. Beal
Chicago
Elmo N. Sprecker
Mitchell Sprecker
Near Riverside
United Presbyterian Church
D M. Davis
Ainsworth
J. J. Fitzgeral
Benjamin Trimble
Hilledale
Wyoming
Trimble
Riverside
New Arrival Doubling Joy in Ainsworth Family
Dee and Mrs Lee Ebner celebrate the birth of a nine and a half pound baby boy named Duane Earl born Thanksgiving morning. Families from nearby towns share Thanksgiving visits and dinners amid updates on local residents.
Local arrivals and visits in Crawfordsville
Mr and Mrs Wilson of Davenport Iown arrived for a visit with Mr and Mrs S W Carrick. Miss Doris McNeill training as a nurse at the county hospital in Washington spent the day at her home. Mrs Lee Lease visiting relatives in Washington at the home of her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Wilson
Davenport Iown
S. W. Carrick
Doris McNeill
Washington
Lee Lease
Wayne area social notes include visits and family news
Wayne, Dec 8. Mr and Mrs Glen Huston and sons Clive and Everett of Crawfordsville spent Sabbath with Mrs Hustons parents Mr and Mrs C R Miller. Allan Crissinger is ill. J A Moorehead and son Clarence Moorhead extend winter visit with their children Mrs Rebecca Crissinger and Edwin. Doyle Sands visited relatives in Washington. Edwin Griffith spent Fridays in Washington. Ernest Zickefoose and baby stayed with Jesse Neff in Wayland. John Krantz builds a new garage. Wallace Carson and Gladys Carson visited the W A Carson home in Washington. Mrs Harold Ankireh hosts Fortnightly club of Olds tomorrow afternoon. Mrs Alfred Erickson shopped in Winfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Crissinger
Edwin
Charles Crissinger
Frank Sands
Doyle
Washington
Edwin Griffith
Ernest Zickefoose
Baby
Jesse Neff
Wayland
John Krantz
Wallace
Gladys Carson
W. A. Carson
Harold Ankireh
Olds
Alfred Erickson
Winfield
Local Social Notes from Haskins and Surrounding Area
Activities and visits fill the week in Haskins and nearby towns. J R Stafford spent Wednesday in Muscatine while Mrs Albert Wehn visited Brighton on her sister-in-law’s oath. C A Davis shipped a carload of cattle to Chicago, returning Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskins
J. R. Stafford
Muscatine
Albert Wehn
Brighton
Ed Morgan
C. A. Davis
Chicago
Daryl Ebner
Arlie Meridith
Will Havel
C. W. Society
Amos Norton
Washington
L. A. and Missionary Society
Geo. Ebner
Jim Cherwinker
Mela Horak
Havel
Grundy Center
Goitre
Iowa City
Dayton Grove society notes and visits
Mr and Mrs Roy Gardner were Well man visitors on Saturday. Families and neighbors including the Dusenberry, Shaw, Embree, Knotts and Gass households joined gatherings and a Baptist social at West Chester church. Ralph Sprague and Raymond Ferguson attended a football banquet at West Chester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Gruvam, wUee
Roy Gardner
Wellman
Will Dusenberry
Shaw
Will Embree
Harry Dusenberry
Albin Knotts
Dan’t Gass
West Chester Baptist Church
Ivan Cummings
W. S. Ferguson
Florence Gass
Geo. Ferguson's
Minnesota
Ralph Sprague
Raymond Ferguson
West Chester
M. T. Casey
G. K. Hartman
Washington
Edna Mae
Henry Swift
Mr. Ott
Riverside
Geo. Ferguson
Riverside Notes Include Visits Dances and Shipments
Clara Kron visits the Frank Lear home while the Lorack Havel orchestra plays at a Richmond dance with a return engagement set for the sixteenth. Victor Burich hosts relatives including Mr and Mrs Albert Petzel and Mrs Tony Viasak. William Shebanek ships a carload of cattle as Frank Kline returns home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Clara Kron
Frank Lear
Lorack-Havel
Richmond
Victor Burich
Albert Petzel
Washington
Tony Viasak
William Shebanek
Frank Kline
New Baby Born to Mr and Mrs Gene Slead
In Ni NIRA December 9 Mr and Mrs Gene Slead welcome their first child Alta Chapman the mother Miss Alta Chapman. Mrs Will Curl visiting the farm this week. A candy social planned at the schoolhouse tonight. Alex Miller lecture at Kinross titled The Other Side of Main Street received praise. Correspondents report on Young America Wiset Chester and Maple Grows with Lexington and Stavre noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ni Nira
Gene Slead
Slead
Alta Chapman
Hanleys
Pp. S
Washington
Will Curl
Dave
Alex Miller
Kinross
Main Street
America
Wiest Chester
Lexington
Brighton Meats Market Opens New Line of Fresh Goods
Local notices report Marc Crandall renting a building north of the Fair Store to sell fresh meats with plans for cured meats soon. Chester Chambers visits sister Mrs. L. Martin in Olds, while Miss Lillian McFarland returns home to Uher from Drakeeville after a week with the Armstrongs. F A Williams moves into the Courtney property. Mrs Robt Balderson recovers from surgery in Washington County Hospital and hopes to leave next Tuesday. The tile factory closes for winter as churches plan Christmas programs. Mrs Dave McHaffy of Grinnell and her two children visit relatives here this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Marc Cranda
Chester Chambers
Olds
L. Martin
Lillian McFarland
Uher
Drakeeville
Armstrong
F. A. Williams
Courtney
Dave McHaffy
Grinnell
Riverside Notes Busy Holiday Travel
Riverside reports include Miss Bertha Huigman returning home for a month from Oakdale sanitarium. Mrs. Frank Lafourek visited Iowa City to see her daughter Mrs. Violet Kephart. Mrs. Frank Critz and daughter Fetelle returned from a ten day visit with Mrs. Nettie C. Hahn in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Bertha Huigman
Oakdale Sanitarium
Frank Lafourek
Iowa City
Violet Kephart
Frank Critz
Fetelle
Nettie C. Hahn
Cedar Rapids
Local Kalona News Roundup of Visitors Events and Club Reports
Dee Kalowa Kalona nine months old. Lafe Meeks of Riverside visited Kalona. Mr and Mrs H A Engle and Alvin of Dutch Creek visited BE Meeks. Jay Figgins welcomed a new boy at his home. Thanksgiving visits to Davenport Chicago Iowa City. Christian Endeavor plans Sunday service with stereopticon. Kalona school two days off. program at 3:00 and PTA meeting planned. Klub meeting features prizes and refreshments. Various visits in Iowa City Muscatine Clearfield Diagonal. St Mary's bazaar upcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Tree
Will Geret
Lyle Fesler
Muscatine
John Riggs
Roy Gerot
Charles Winlas
Jim Parizek
Iowa Cry
Lloyd Phillips
Near
Ainsworth
Lige Fochek
Blanche
Washington
Charlie
Myron Kelso
Pete Gerat
Edward Lorak
Iowa City
C. F. Lorak
Skala Bros
Kalona
Dee
Lafe Meeks
Riverside
H. A. Engle
Alvin
Dutch Creek
BE. R. Meeks
Jack Lamont
Jay Figgins
Adah Allent
Chicago
J. H. Wolfe
B. F. Allen
A. G. Snider
Irvin Dierhoff
Davenport
Newell
Christian Church
Archie Kepler
Mitchellville
Kalonma School
Levi Randel
Cecil
Lacy
Iowa
Merna Mulcay
Joe Ferand
Statler
Hummer Chapel
William Griffin
Milton Balfley
Clearfield
E. W. Ford
K K. Klub
Joe Quinn
Cc. V. Dautremont
C. KE. Turner
Iy Mesdames
Ed Bushek
Elmo Knittel
Klub
C. V. Dautremont
R. E. Tobin
EF. W. Ford
P. D. Liebig
Diagonal
J. FE
Robert Heitzman
Cedar Rapids
Parish play opens next week with two entertainments
The general committee led by Ed Bushek and Raymond Dautremont hosts a parish opening night featuring a one act farce Freezing Mother-in-Law with a large cast including Watmuff D autremon and Litherland, followed by St Marys school children performing Mother Goose Island with Miss Bright Velma Tobin and a long list of student roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Bushek
Raymond Dautremont
John Shradel Jr
Alf Liebenguth
Mr. Watmuff
Norbert D’autremon
Ferdinand Swift
Charles Scott
Walter Litherland
Emily Watmuff
Mello Schneapelen
Watmulf
Geteva Shebek
Emily
Caughter
Walter
Litherland
Kathryn Mottet
Children
St. Mary's School
E. FE. Blythe
Miss Bright
Velma Tobin
Edith Heitzman
Helen Heitigman
Inez Mannion
Marie Rummelthart
Rose Mannnion
Madonna Kiefer
Magdaline Walsh
Leo Walsh
Mary Gertrude Griffin
Gerald Schnoebelen
Mother Goose
Margaret Griffin
Beige Cole
Glenn Cray
Francis Baschnagel
Ralph Mace
Charles Moran
Little Bo-peep
Mary Katheryn Moran
Tommy Tucker
Omar Keifer
Jack and
Jill Adrian Dautremont
Alice Scott
Jack Spratt
Donalds
Marie Frank
Jack Horner
Eldred
Couple Arrested Here Freed By Jury
In Muscatine on December 9 the robbery trial of James Taylor and Roy Walker collapsed after chief witness Hilario Ramirez gave conflicting testimony. Judge F D Letts dismissed the case without a jury trial following motions by C P Hanley W D Randall and County Attorney L A Crull. The pair had been accused of holding up Ramirez and taking a gold watch and coin charm weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
James Taylor
Jim Henderson
Roy Walker
Frank Johnson
Hilario Rameriz
C. P. Hanley
W. D. Randall
L. A. Crull
F. D. Letts
Robbery case ends with contested testimonies in Iowa
The defendants Ramirez and Walker faced conflicting stories at the preliminary hearing in Washington Iowa. Deputy van Sweet and Special Deputy Marty Cooper testified about the alleged robbery and a wallet chain from a Mexican who had been drinking. No witnesses supported the state’s case and bail was not secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
van Sweet
Ramertz
Marty Cooper
Rameriz
Sweet
Taylor
Walker
Cooper
Jury Completed for Herrin Trial
Marion Illinois December 8 The jury to try five men charged with murder in the Herrin mine killing has been completed after five weeks of examination More than two hundred men were questioned Eight jurymen were accepted previously and four accepted yesterday The average age of the jurors is forty four years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Til
Herrin
Brighton News Highlights and Local Incidents
Mrs. Joe Hoover hosts the Tri T’s in Brighton. Visitors include Mrs. Mollie Elliott from Rock Island and sisters Mrs. Jennie Frain and Mrs. W. S. Parks, plus Mrs. Kate Smith of Atlantic. Fred Sweet returns to Washington after visiting Brighton friends. Fred Jenkins injured a bruised leg when a Ford truck ran over him. Mrs. Rex Brier hospital bound after appendicitis operation. she hopes to return home soon. Brighton camp 400 W O W elects new officers including Ira Nordyke and M C Cole. Mrs. Gale Heacock seeks specialists in University of Iowa Hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Joe Hoover
Tri T
Mollie Elliott
Rock — Island
Jennie Frain
Parks
Kate Smith
Atlantic
Fred Sweet
Washington
Fred Jenkins
Eugene Brinton
Homer Ingham Place
Rex. Brier
Washington County
Brighton Camp
C. C
Ira Nordyke
CC. C
M. C. Cole
E. G. Weidner
A. E. Fisher
G M. Wanerus
Floyd Arnold
Earl Hopkins
E. G. Weidner Co
E. Lambert
E. L Edmondson
Gale Heacoc
University Hospital
Iowa City
Doan's Kidney Pills Back Pain Testimony
Washington resident J B Renoux of 309 W Sixth Ave reports back ache and irregular kidney function after an accident. He credits Doan's Kidney Pills with relieving the trouble and urges others to use the same remedy. Manufactured by Fester Milburn Co Buffalo NY, price 60c at dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. B. Renoux
Sixth Ave
Doan
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Blanche Edmondson
Jesse Meeks
Mitchell Sprecher
John Olds
Marion Olds
Frank Pearson
Wayne
Dayton Grove
Kalowa
R. R. Knight
Road Gang
Ernest Craig
Helen Edel
Linus Yegsy
Young Women's Needle Club
St. Mary's
Dr.kings Bistovery
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