Community Socials Highlight 1927 Local Life
A sequence of social events unfolds in the town with Mrs. Montgomery hosting a six thirty birthday dinner for Valesta, dances at the armory by Boyd's orchestra, Girls Circle at 715 East Harrison Street, and numerous meetings of clubs and auxiliaries. Members celebrate birthdays, discuss foreign work, install officers, and plan charitable efforts while families share meals, games, and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Montgomery
Valesta
Mavel
Wilma Moore
Church of Christ
East
Harrison Street
Alta Fetters
Mabel Moore
Cirle
Des Moines
Mexico
Russia
Great — Britain
Miss@s Mae Foss
Ethyl King
4H Club Plans Program At Crawfordsville High
The 4H Boys and Girls will present a program this Saturday at 1:00 PM at Crawfordsville High School and discuss plans for next year s work. Everyone is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville High School
PTA Announces Thrift Week Meeting With Discussion
The Heights school PTA plans a Thursday 7 30 pm gathering during National Thrift Week. A discussion topic asks if giving children an allowance is wise and whether it should be free or supervised. Fathers and mothers are invited.
Local Women’s Groups Schedule Regular Meetings
The Women's Relief Corps holds a 2 30 Saturday meeting at the G A R hall with expected strong attendance. W T A meets Thursday at 2 30 at Mrs J A Arthaud's 421 East Main. county president to report on state convention and other business. Rosemary club greets Mrs Charlie Casper Wednesday afternoon. Ladies Aid of the 1st U P church meets Friday Jan 14 at 2 30. W B M S of Lexington meets Jan 13 at Mrs Margaret Embree's. Methodist Ladies hold January social Friday at 2 30 with hosts Mrs Will Harwood and Mrs Remps Hampsher. Washington Chapter No 98 O E F 5 to install officers Thursday at 8. Rooking Kinb luncheon at 1 Thursday. Christian church Ladies Aid meets Thursday at 1. U P church bake sale Saturday Jan 15 at Barclay's store. Methodist choir rehearsal Thursday at 7 30 with ladies urged to come at 7 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Relief Corps
Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church
Will Harwood
Remps Hampsher
Ladies Aid Society
U. P. Church
Barclay's
Wellman
Red River Valley
Minnesota
L. W. Lewis
Lillian Hazel Carr
Miss Carr
Ray Carr
Pasadena
Calif
Leslie W. Lewis
E. D. Lewis
Chicago
Ill
Lesie
Win Blum
John TI. Klockenteger
He Mackey
East Side
Marengo
Iowa
Rhoades
Mackey
C. M. Booth
Des Moines
Theodore Booth
Theodore
C. C. Schroeder
Iowa City
Helen
U. S
J. G. Wehrle
Cedar Rapids
Albert Glider
Glider
J. G
Hick
Bomser
Henry Smelser
J. R. Maney
Main Street
Masons
Eastern Star
J. H. Klockenteger
Alicia Jones
Harry J. Jones
Vern McDowell
California
Misa Marcia Coffey
Wellmah “Advance
Wellman Schools
Fred Klockenteger
J. U. Klockenteger
Otto
Ontario
Fred
Charles F. Schaffer
Excelsior Springs
Schaffer
Glenn Dutton
Mark Anderson
W. A. Anderson
Washington
George M. Struble
Welman
First State Bank
Riverside
Wellman Parent Teacher Association
Ralph Snavely
C. M. Denison
North Country
Jay A. White
Farmers Mutual Insurance Assn
White
B. N. Jessen
County Board of Supervisors
Pleasant Hill Social Gossip and Weekend Visits
Mrs Earl Kephart reports a sequence of Friday and Sunday visits among local families including Shrader Pratt Hesseltine Miller Beenblossom Chalupa and Kephart households. The Ladies Aid earned about 70 dollars at George Weteman’s sale and will serve lunch at the Dodds sale on Friday January 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Hill
Jake Shrader
Glenn Pratt
Lee Hesseltine
B. F. Miller
Will
Fam
S&s
Court Adjourns in Dewey Term for Jury Case Hearing
Judge Charles A. Dewey adjourns district court to next Monday. The only jury trial scheduled for this term will be heard then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Dewey
Wellsman News Notes Highlight Local Moves and Visits
Washington visitors H L Karr and Eardley Bell Jr sought real estate. travels include Kyle Klockenteger and G W Klockenteger attending funeral. Local affairs cover sales, arrivals, school reopens, marriages and a closing out sale. Community plans and road conditions feature amid social events and civic notices.
Clay Church News and Community Notes
Rev Kent of Cedar Rapids preached at the Clay church on Sunday and traveled to Olds in the afternoon. The Missionary society is hosted by Miss Vera Woodford Thursday. New Year resolutions marked roll call. Warren Morgan and Mary Robinson attended the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs installation in Rithland. Warren Morgan was reelected Clay township director at the Farmers Mutual Insurance Association annual meeting.
West Chester Notes Quirks and Local Happenings
West Chester news roundup humorously reflects on a busy start to the year with references to local life. The correspondent notes a felon hawking Rocky Mountain tea on the main street and mentions weather changes that hint at approaching spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
West Chest
Aleena
Wayne Houck
Johnny Sowash
Roads and weather shape farm life and memory in January
The letter discusses road improvements funded by gasoline tax and the need for gravel on rural roads, noting how road quality affects farm sales and daily travel. It references weather ranging from snow in Oberlin to milder January days, radio listening at home, and local names like Davy, Jiggs, Mrs. Wyatt Marbourg, and Will Rife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davy
Oberlin
Ohio
Washington
Des Moines
Columbus
Wyatt Marboure
WSUI
Herman Luers
Iowa's 1927 Outlook Beyond Taft Era Cited
The speaker predicts a strong year 1927 with renewed confidence in the United States and in Iowa. He argues there is no safer place to invest than Iowa today, urging optimism for the state's prospects and the national economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
United States
Iowa
Local Notes From Eureka and Surrounding Area
Eureka correspondent reports on community happenings last Tuesday including a visit by Otto Frey, a real estate sale, and lunch by the Eureka L A S. Everett Beenblossom moves machinery to a rented Swift place for next year while Walter Nicholson aids L O Beenblossom finishing corn. Benjamin Roth of Wayland is noted as deceased, measles cause school closure, and teacher Esther Perry visits Troy Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Chalupa Nada
Frank Snider
Geo. W. Stewart
Clarence Jacobs
Washington
DD. G. Beenbotsom
Lester Wagner
EF. Sigafoose
Wilber Beenossom
Eureka
Esther Perry
Troy
Iowa
Ben Roth
Wayland
Marion Township
Eureka Church
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Armory
Boyd
Charles Donaldson
Main Creek Dancing Club
Wm. Powell
Elmer Carmicheal
William Powell
New Haven Ladies Social Union
Lottie Roberts
Robertson
Magele Ergie
W. W. Bowers
Eva Burham
Esther Conger
Edna Mae Hartman
National Headquarters
Margaret Applegate
Winifred Carris
Jane Stewart
Dorothy Thompson
Thelma Long
Margaret Applezate
Pythian Sisters of
West Chester Temple
Ola Brumback
Ida V. Hough
Eva Ferguson
Treka Ferguson
Gladys Hoover
Rf. and Co
Cara B. Menderson
Dl Skinner
Ola Johnson
Gertie Stewart
Abbie Bauer
West Cheater Temple
OUI
Claude ‘Hemmon
Young People’s, Bible, Clase
Presbyterian Church
F. W. Eastwood
East Madigan Street
Elizabeth Humphrey
A. B. Schmoeller
Claude Lemmon
Miss Johnson
Frances Louise Null
Sara Marie Davis
Beatrice Wilson
Alma Hearne Holland
Methodist Church
Gertrude Beatty
Mae Jones
Alma Huppert
Alice Rownd
Alce Klippell
Dep't
Frank Wilson
Ralph Shannon
P. L. Etter
Miss Lewis
Howard M.bride
J. E. Keam
Mrs. McBride
Paul Harvey
Wellston
Fleur-de-lis Club
Homer Birney
Walnut Women's Club
Mide Lewis
Poinsetta
Uart TE Club
Amos Weaver
Rosemary Club
Charlie Casper
Ladies Aid Society of
U. P. Courch
Lexington
Margaret Embree
Ladies Aid of the Christian Church
J. J. Miller
Earl Kephart
Ily
J. D. Dayton
Wilbur Beenblossom
Eurekal
Otto Frey
Army Calvary Investigation
Bavaria
Westphal
the Jeweler East Side Square
St. Augustine
Jacksonville
Palm Beach
Key West
Biloxi
Miami
Tampa
Havana
Gulfport
Fort Myers
New Orleans
St. Petersburg
ATC Aul
St. Louis
Kansas City
J.C. McKay
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