Travel Musings and Escape Plans Through the Rio Grande Valley
A column mixes humorous local travel tips with reflections on planning trips and weather cues. It recalls Mrs. Rittenhouse and others eyeing Texas vegetable harvests, notes delayed trips due to icy roads, and ends with a playful family road narrative about a tan seeking journey with Me, Him, Tilly, and the Tag-a-Long trailer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rittenhouse
Rio Grande Valley
H Rittenhouse
Him
Tilly
Heck
Brighton Community Gathers for Holiday Farewells and Moves
Dr and Mrs Noel Carter depart for Globe Arizona after visiting in Brighton with Mr and Mrs Gordon and with his parents in Abingdon It Gerald Crow travels to Kirksville Missouri for sister Maud Crow illness Clifford Boley is named Moorman district manager for Iowa and Keokuk counties starting January 9 Leland Horton remains hospitalized at University hospital in Iowa City Mrs Harve Shank relocates to Ottumwa home of son in law Clarence Herteen John Miller returns to Latrobe Pennsylvania after visiting Charles Helmick family News notes include death of Charles Minnick Crawford Nebraska and Ross Day selling home to Dr and Mrs Noel Carter March 1 possession plans to build on their plot Aunz Carl Hamann Ruth Hamann visit Tipton home of C D Mann
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Crile
Brighton
Noel Carter
Globe
Arizona
Keokuk
Moorman Manufacturing Co
Leland Horton
University Hospital
Iowa
Harve Shank
Harry Bagby
Clarence Herteen
Ottum
H. L. Gordon
Aunz Carl Hamann
Ruth
Tipton
C. D. Mann
Migrants Return as Spring Trawl Resumes to Valley
Migrant laborers resume returning to the valley in a sweeping springtime movement, signaling renewed activity as seasonal work trends shift with the warmer weather. Local observers note ongoing patterns of migration tied to agricultural needs and village labor demands.
Parental Visits Recap Mentioned in Local Notes
Ida Bevans returns home after months visiting son-in-law and daughter in Colorado Springs. Mrs. Mann spent days with her parents. Mrs. Scott Dickinson visited son Wayne and family in Keota. Roy Fread and family from Winfield visited Mrs. Fread’s household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mann
Ida Bevans
Guy Davison
Colorado Springs
Cole
Scott Dickinson
Wayne
Keota
Roy Fread
Winfield
Wesleyan students lead Methodist service Sunday
A group of young people from Wesleyan college Mt Pleasant conducted the morning service at the Methodist church. The article notes the relocation of Mr and Mrs Levi Shicier and their children Andy Melinsky and Mrs Frank Shelangoski from north of Brighton to the Schafer farm west of town, previously occupied by Mr and Mrs C D Mann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Melinsky
Frank Shelangoski
Brighton
W. O. Schafer
C. D. Mann
Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Methodist Church
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Uncle Sam
Hugh Hall
LeRoy Tripp
Texas
Taylor Stout
Valley
Fred Reid
Washington
Gulf of Mexico
Pop
Tag-a-Lone
Willy-Nilly
T. B. Bailey
Wolf’s Flower
Sport Spurs
W.H.S
Ottumwa
Jim Schultz
Chamberlin Bros
Spot Shee
John Miller
Latrobe
Charles Helmick
Derek Burns
Miller
C. V. Grull
John W. Lee
Castoria
Worthmore
U.S.P
Doan’'S Pills
Woodbury
Walgreen Products
DR. To Sale
Lyon
Sowder
Olafsen
Qis
Chefline
Tyson Brand
Eevee Devd
Tidee
Barbara Gould
Anahist
Mrs
Levi Shicier
Macki
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