Community notes from Bethel list anniversaries and gatherings
Loyd Foster travels to Chicago with cattle. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jeanes host a twenty fifth wedding anniversary dinner with many neighbors. Community visits, illness, and social events fill a busy Bethel week including club meetings, a farm bureau gathering, and a church social. Some residents attend events in nearby towns and schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Jeanes
George Reed
Loyd Foster
Billy and
Bobby
Boyd Foster
Rennie Dawson
Marve Wilson
Reaney
Miss Florence Koontz Returns Home From Visit
Miss Florence Koontz went to her home in Douds Friday evening accompanied by Mary. Local correspondent Ruti Norris reports from Ainsworth with brief notes on residents and events.
Awakening in New York Sparks a Fresh Start for Stanley
Stanley, waking in a furnished New York apartment, plans to redraw her life after three years abroad. She calls Perry, her former obsession, hoping for a chance to rekindle their relationship while she tests her own readiness for love and independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley
New York
Alita Lawson
Alita
Paris
Julie
Riviera
Hes
Perry
Europe
Darlin
Crawfordsville Social Notes and Local Meetings
Crawfordsville reports small town social. shoppers visit Washington on Saturday. Local farm meeting draws nearly every farmer. new officers named for Jolly Farm Bureau. Family attend funeral in Wayland. various residents socialize with neighbors through the week.
Local residents spend weekend trips and visits in Iowa and Wisconsin
Wellman residents Miss Thelda Freel and Cordelle Ho Braden traveled to Iowa City on Saturday January 46. Mrs. J B Swartzendruber visited Washington on January 20. Families hosted guests during Ira Huber’s absence and farm work was handled by Leon Streat. In Washington January 22 neighbors planned a surprise for Mr and Mrs Frank Keplo with Wheelap Brooks and others providing desserts. Eugene Chalupa visited friends and Betty Kleese and Hazel Simmering are reported ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Brown
Rosemary Club
Wellman
Thelda Freel
Cordelle Ho Braden
Iowa City
J. B. Swartzendruber
Washington
Cy Huber
Ira Huber
Ira
Richard Freeland
Clam Falls
Wis
Leon Streat
Harve Prey
Ira Hubers
Saurday
Jan
John Wheel Ap
Jim Brooks
Daveliter Herbarn
Love Stephens
Eugene Chalupa
Alvin Kephart
Sam Lame
Faye
Donald
Glen Lambert
Clyde Larbert
Hazel Simmering
Betty Kleese
Ina Kleese
H Washington
Columa Morse Putman
Cal Beenbilor
Pleasant Hill Socials Draw Local Families
The Beenblossoms and Beenblossoms families visited Roy Kephart and Leslie Beenblossom households along with Ada Mae Velma and two Beenblossom daughters. Dale Darbyshire with Donna and Lyle joined Sunday school at Pleasant Hill and visited the Howard Witting home. Mrs. Will Miller and Miss Charlotte Bullard stopped by Pleasant Hill school Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Som
Roy Kephart
Mack Beenblossom
Howard Beenblossom
Glen Beenblossom
Ada Mae
Velma
Leslie Beenblossom
Dale Darbyshire
Donna
and Lyle
Bear Crawfordsville
Pleasant Hill
Howard Witting
Will Miller
Charlotte Bullard
Merrimac Community Notices and Obituary Burial
Merrimac residents attend the funeral of Mrs. Robert Hill at White Oak church Monday. Several locals exchanged calls, chores, and visits through the week including Errich, Reshley, and Kienig households. The community expressed shock and extended sympathy on the sudden death of Ike Oswalt Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Baldosier
Carl and
Max
Will Brannon
John Hinkle
Dwight Messenger
Elmer Reshley
Lester Kienig
Robert Hill
White Oak Eclbureh
Sherman Norton
Karl Smith
Wayland
Cart Amrine
Dwight Messenger Spert
Ike Oswalt
Keota community sale and local updates
Keota residents report a cow sale involving John X Greiner and Guy Black at the weekly community sale. Nearby visitors include Mr and Mrs Andy Brinning and Gale in Washington. Charley Dickisean underwent appendicitis surgery and is progressing. Additional notes cover a corn-hoe program and visits among local families and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
John X Greiner
Guy Black
Watkins
Andy Brinning
Gale
Washington
Charley Dickisean
Warren Carri
Robbie
Genevil Rupleniger
Guy iHlae
Talleyrand
Owen Black
Albert Hate
Will Rienmars
Wall Leinbaech
Local Families Shop and Visit in Summer Weekends
Oswalt and Glen Shafer with daughter Thelma were in Washington on business Friday, after Harry Anderson and children called at the Late La Motte home in Brighton Wednesday. Doss Van Winkle delivered corn to Tom Hoover at Brighton Friday for 45 cents a bushel. Carl Atrine sawed wood for Boyd Lanty Saturday, and Mr and Mrs Arthur Norton with daughter visited Sherm Norton's home Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Anderson
Brighton
Pleasant Hill Kephart Family Visit Details
Mr and Mrs Filmer Kephart visited Pleasant Hill from Thursday to Saturday morning with their son Homer and his family. The group included Elmer Kephart Karl Kephart Bertha Beatrice Roy Kephart Velma and Homer Kephart. They spent Friday at the Siam Sige foose home while the ladies quilted and Howard Benn joined the gathering.
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Jane Gingery
Harry Duncan
Des Moines
Phoebe White
Crawfordsville
Mary Woodside
Neal Sands
Muscatine
Ert Ginkins
Willard Ginkins
Wapello
Belitt
Tiger
Tigerettes
Wayland
Tigers
E. H. Ginkins
Lincoln St
Olive Arthanud
Edith Richards
Nora Spessard
United Presbyterian Church
A. J. Peterson
A. J
Pleasant Hill
Filmer Kephart
Homer
Elmer Kephare
Karl Kephart
Bertha
Beatrice
Me Roy Kephart
Velma
Homer Kephart
Siam Sige Foose
East Highland Sickness and Death Notice Chronicle
In East Highland a wave of illness hits residents as Albert Weber and family report sickness while Ella Weber and Tony Weber's daughter suffer whooping cough. H T Owen dies after hospital stay, with funeral and burial at Litsey cemetery. Family members travel from Cat Creek Montana and Hopkins Minnesota to assist. Robert Owen plans to move home to farm and care for his rheumatic mother. Local activity includes wood cutting for Bruce and Struce Marshall, and visits by Mrs F T Havel and Rev KE B Heltibridle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Highland
Albert Weber
Ella
Tony Weber
H. T. Owen
Iowa City Hospital
Othe Hospital
Litsey
Della Owen Wilson
Cat Creek
Montana
Clarence Moberly
Struce Marshall
Wiley Grecian
Uruce
Moberly
F. T. Havel
Bruce Marshal Home
KE. EB. Heltibridle
Brues Marshall Home
Community Notices of Visitations and Deaths
Locals report visits among families including Howard Benn and Mrs. Benn in Washington last week. The Wenger family and Jesse visited Sigafoose. Ruth Davis visited Clara Witting. Anderson siblings returned Florence Eimen to Frytown. Beenblossom and Kephart family visits. death of John Nicholson of Des Moines noted and burial set at Pleasant Hill Cemetery Tuesday. Eugene Chalupa visited Kephart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
Howard Benn
Washington
Vie Wenger
Jesse
Sam Sigafoose
Ruth Davis
John Nicholson
Des Moines
Nicholson
Pleasant Hill
Pleasant It
Eugene Chalupa
Alvin Kephart
Obituary of Margaret Stone Nichols aging 98 in Ainsworth
Jan 23 obituary notes Margaret Stone Nichols, longtime resident of Dearborn and Washington counties. Born July 22, 1835, she married J. W. Nichols in 1852, had eight children, and lived near the depot before moving to Minneapolis with daughter Myra Kurtz. Survives include Myra Kurtz, Jemerson, and Charles P., with 17 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. A Revolutionary-era Stone ancestor is mentioned. short services were held in Minneapolis with burial pending Mrs Kurtz’s arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Grim Reaper
Margaret Stone Nichols
Grandma
Dearborn County
Indiana
J. W. Nichols
Washington County
Alvin L
Eimerson BE
Clarence F
Myra d
Charles P
Mary E
William W
Vernon
Myra Kurtz
Minneapolis
Jemerson
Coppock
Washington
Nichols
Veter Stone
Leaning Tower of Pisa Reportedly Sinks During Construction
A historical note recounts the leaning tower of Pisa as it began to tilt while rising, with plans to stand straight abandoned after reaching thirty six feet, leaving the structure unfinished on one side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pisa
Condemned by Franklin on Society of the Cincinnati formation
A distorted quote cites Benjamin Franklin condemning the Society of the Cincinnati when formed in 178%, describing it as an impid stride toward hereditary millinery nobility. The fragmentary text reflects anti aristocratic sentiment linked to the founding era.
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Frankhlic
Society of the Cincinnati
Benjamin
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