Harmony and Nearby Notes Highlight Local Moves and Visits
Harmony reports residents traveling and visiting, including John Griffith returning from Kirksville after eye surgery and several people delivering hay to Titus for Mr. Link. Updates mention calls to Washington and farms being worked by Leslie Gates and Emil Fink, with Mr. McGraw injured and replaced by Farrier as section boss. Other items record visits among Kepharts, Wheelan, and Linders, plus a Christmas program, bake sale, and church events in nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lesle Gates
Clapper
Emil Fink
Titus
Mr. McGraw
Mr. Farrier
Mr. Dunbar
Chas. Schiebel
John Kendrick
W. Longer
Evans
Glen Miller
Christmas Decor Adds Festive Air to Brighton Streets
Brighton buzzes with holiday charm as trees light the business district. Scott Motor Sales buys the building from Brighton Savings Bank with plans for a spring expansion. Community notices include illness in Alma Beck's family and several local school and personnel changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Brighton Business Street
Mani
Scott Motor Sales Co
Brighton Savings Bank
Alma Beck
Danville
Blanche McCarty
Holna Oswalt
Oakland
Miss Oswalt
Prighton High School
Pleasant Plain
Kalona
Fiiday
V. N. Peiffer
Ottumwa
George Wanerus
Town City Hospital
Marie Williams
Peoria
Georgia Bidwell
Hoppengartner
Dave Wentworth
Washington
Eugene Ingham
California
Pleasant Hill Social and Personal Notes
Pleasant Hill items report Earl Kephart and family visiting San Sigafroze Saturday evening. Toward Sigafoose sawed wood for John Pratt and Sam Sigafroe Mes day. Earl Little hauled hogs to Washington for Don Perbyshire. Howard Witting owned a horse Wednesday. Mrs. Fred Bleese, father of Mr. Stump, is quite poorly. Glenn Pratt hosts the Kings Sons and Daughters S S class December 21. all members invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Hill
Earl Kephart
San Sigafoose's
Sigafoose
John Pratt
Sam Sigafrorze
Earl Little
Wahington
Don Perbyshire
Howard Witting
Fred Bleese
Stumpt
Glenn Pratt
Kings Sons and
S. S
Local Socials and Visits Round Cedar Rapids Area
Mrs J M Pulver correspondent reports Mrs B R Senef t drove to Cedar Rapids Friday to visit relatives. Tom Carris shipped cattle for his mother from West Chester earlier in the week. Mr and Mrs Curtis Snyder visited John Robertson Sunday afternoon. The Sparks and Dorothy spent Sunday at A D Moody home in 76. Mr and Mrs John Wehr and children dined with Henry Trier in Keota. Don Cady and children of Keota visited Matt Wehr. Men attended the Hummer sale Tuesday. Lyle Wehr and sons visited the Bohr home near Harper. Mary Louise Robertson stayed overnight at Jim Pulver’s. Lyle Smith and his mother visited Ellsworth Brumback at West Chester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. R. Seneft
Cedar Rapids
Tom Carris
West Chester
Curtis Snyder
John Robertson
Paul Sparks
Dorothy
A. D. Moody
John Wehr
Henry Trier
Keota
Don Cad
Local Couple Announce Nuptials of Crystal Super Williams
Mr and Mrs John Super of Phoenix Arizona announce the marriage of their daughter Crystal Super to Allison E Williams on November 10 in Columbus Junction. Crystal is the granddaughter of Mrs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
John Super
Phoenix, Ariz
Columbus
Crystal
Allison E. Williams
Mediapolis teams win and gold wedding anniversary noted
Mediapolis high school teams played in Columbus Junction with the girls 22 to 14 in favor of Columbus Junction and the boys 22 to 17 for Mediapolis. Mr and Mrs T A Wikert celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at home on Main Street with children grandchildren and friends attending a noon dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Mediapolis High School
Mediapolis
T. A. Wikert
Louisa County
Main Street
Valley Ladies Aid Postpones Bazaar and Supper
Bad weather and roads push the Valley Ladies Aid bazaar and chicken pie supper to Tuesday night December 20. Members from the community shopped in Ottumwa and met at Mrs Zeno Tinnes for an all day session. The Christmas exchange occurred with seven members and one guest present. Arlene Churchill received a cookies gift. Meetings to pause for holidays. banana and pie supper moved to December 12. bazaar and supper set for December 20 in the new basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid
Guy Black
Gene Diggs
Ralph Augustine
Watler Hotle
Otteenwaaturday
Ladies Aid Seciety
Zeno Tinnes
Fred Altenbernd
Arlene Churchill
Dent
Corn Shucking Season Nears End In Kalona Area
Nearly everyone is through shucking corn. A Sunday dinner gathering occurred at the Milton Maas home with Mr and Mrs Don Adams' son from Kalona. The Benson family received support from relatives while helpers gathered corn. Hog shipments to Kalona were noted for Fred Mouser with Clayton Bear and Nate Benson driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Don Adam
Kalona
Milton Maas
Nate Benson
Supreme Court finishes year with landmark oil lease rulings
The Supreme Court ends its 1927 term with two unanimous rulings nullifying the naval oil reserve leases by Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall. The decisions, cited as historic, save about 450 million dollars and shape later legal thought on executive powers and congressional compelled testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court of the United
Congress
Taft
Supreme Court
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Massachusetts
Asso
Ciate
Pierce Butler
Fall
Elk Hills
Kk. L. Doheny
Coolidge
Harding
Interior Department
Teapot Dome
Harry F. Sinclair
Congressional
Mally S. Daugherty
Harry M. Daugherty
Ohio Bank
Senate
Daugherty
Justice Department
Myers
Portland
Ore
Federal Trade Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Los Angeles and
Salt Lake Road
Kansas City Southern
Hogs to Chicago for Mouser as Prairie Flower Bazaar Postponed
Mouser plans to take his hogs to Chicago while Prairie Flower delays its annual bazaar and supper until weather settles. Milton Maas killed a possum on top of a high wood pile after a chicken disturbance. Charley Strickler and Walter Swartzendru ber install electricity at the Maas farm. Mrs Nate Benson and little daughter visited Mrs John Kurtz on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mouser
Chicago
Prairie Flower
Milton M’aas
Charley Strickler
Walter Swartzendruber
Milton Maas
Nate Benson
Httl
John Kurtz
Memorial for Eliza Cannon and local notices in Crawfordsville
Eliza Cannon is buried in the new Crawfordsville cemetery after dying in Mt. Pleasant. The Lafe Finke sale was postponed. Local sports warn of a Wayland boys versus Yarmouth girls Crawfordsville cyclone game Saturday. Ralph Orris returns from Newton, Ta. Church notes report United Presbyterian services with an informal consolidation ballot and lessons on forgiveness and kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Eliza Cannon
Mt. Pleasant
Lafe Finke
Wayland Boys
Yarmouth Girls
Crawfordsville Cyclones
Ralph Orris
Newton
Methodist Services for Sunday December 18 Schedule
The notice lists a Sunday school at 10:00 a m and morning worship at 11:00 a m with a sermon on Spiritual Life. Junior league and Epworth league meet at 6:30 p m led by Jessie Curtis and a union service at 7:30 p m with sermon on Spiritual Power. Rev E W Griffith and William G Barr are pastors inviting all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Griffith
Jessie Curtis
Epworth League
William G. Barr
Dunn progresses after surgery at Washington county hospital
Friends report Mrs. J. K. Dunn is improving after undergoing an operation Saturday morning at Washington county hospital. Other local names appear in social notes including visits by R. A. Zieckefoose and families, and the death call that took Mr. W. Cannon to Mt. Pleasant. Eleven carloads of stock departed with a group of men led by Levi Simmons and Sidney Hammona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
Eliza Cannon
Levi Simmons
Sidney Hammona
Carl Atkinson
Neil Kracaw
J. R. Rees
Local Residents Visit Washington on Saturday
Lexington reports Mrs Laura Longwell visiting her sister Mrs Walter Patterson and Mrs Roy Turnipseed with two daughters, plus Wade Gardner and family making Washington visits Saturday. Warren Matthess with wife and daughter also noted among the travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Laura Longwell
Walter Patterson
Roy Turnipseed
Washington
Wade Gardner
Warren Matthess
Daugh
Local Social Aides and Visits Reported
Charlene visited Jim Senulty on Sunday. Little Richard Winegarden is sick with a cold. Mrs Wayne Norman is aging from tonsillitis. Mrs Irene Oldfield stays a few days with her sister Mrs Sam Oldfield. Mrs John Trading and her children and Mrs Irene Oldfield and Mrs Sam Oldfield were Washington callers. Louise Longwell visited Sunday at Clarence Timmins. Cecil Amlong was a Kalona visitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iter
Charlene
Jim Senulty
Richard Winegarden
Wayne Norman
Irene Oldfield
Sam Oldfield
John Trading
Washington
Louise Longwell
Clarence Timmins
Cecil Amlong
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harmony
John Griffith
Kirksville
Walter Longer
George Evans
Mr. Link
Davenport
Chas. Longer
Robert Kephart
Frank Kephart
Chas. Kephart
Ed Simmering
Alberta Wheelan
Charles Wilson
Ralph
Harley Linder
J. E. Linders
Minnesota
B. W. Pettit
Albia
Iowa
Mary Allen
Columbus City
Parent-Teacher Association
Columbus High Schoool Auditorium
Jo W. Duencan
Denver
Ladies Aid Society of
Spring Run
Floyd Hall
Whatsoever Society
Maytag
Grey Jones Cardy
Alexis, Jl
Cotter
Henrietta Salmon
Wayne Chown
Wampa
Idaho
Mildred Willey
O. S. Willey
Tudor Arthur
Stratton
Nebr
Hua Helmick
Harry Wentworth
Birmingham
Mrs. Wentworth
J. M. Pulver
Martha Butler
Washington, R
Bernice Maas
Nellie Manners
United Presbyterian
E. F. Kimmelshue
Des Moines
Donald White
Alice White
Church of the Glad Hand
Malachi
God
Christ
Alice Walker
W. W. Matthess
Purina Chicken Ichowder
Home Lumber CO
Crawfordsville, Iowa
Overshoes
Raynboots
Corbin & Barrett Bootery
East Side Square
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