Weekend Visits Mark Fourth Holiday Across Centerville
Auretta Pickett of Centerville spent July 4 in Washington with friends. Numerous local residents hosted and visited relatives during the holiday weekend including the Gray families, the Cullins, and students from Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls. Changes in travel and family health were noted as residents returned from trips to Florida and Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auretta Pickett
Centerville
Washington
Nellie Wiley
Catherine Vacha
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Edward Holm
M. K. Johnson
Connie Claire
Monroe
Wis
Doris Anderson
Mary Mae
Des Moines
Mrs. Anderson
Omer Liebig
Kalona
Indees Rally Past Prison Chiefs With 11-4 Victory
Washington's Indees break an extra inning jinx for an 11-4 win over the Iowa state prison Chiefs. Mellecker drives key hits as Red Mellecker earns his fifth win, supported by a 14-hit attack and a string of four double plays and a triple play.
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Indees
Washington
Iowa State
Max Raymond
Mellecker
Red Mellecker
Eddie Chuck
Short
Elmer Keith
Dick Singleton
Keith
Cedar Rapids
Max Mitchell
Indeo
Red
Blanchard
Chiefs
Pettit
Singleton
Stevenson
Purich
Woolery
Simon
Totaia
Wriers Pettit
Dutch
Schell
Buckwalter
Fuhr
Shank
Burich
Whitehead
Mitchell
Richardson
Sehell
Griswold
McAvoy
Chicago youth to perform in twin male quartet tour
John Lloyd Hughes of Chicago visited here yesterday with his parents Mr. and Mrs. John Hughes. He has performed with a male chorus in Chicago theaters and will depart Thursday for Minneapolis where he will join a double male quartet appearing in a theater there.
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John Lloyd Hughes
Chicago
John Hughes
Minneapolis
Minn
Local Hospital Admissions Report
Mrs Glenn Martin of Keola and Mrs William Morgan were admitted as medical patients. Merman Hendrickson from Harland Minnesota was admitted for surgery. Lynn Ferguson of Washington route 4 was treated after an automobile accident. Paul Young and Stanley McKeown of 615 North Seventh were dismissed this morning. Mrs Harold Ahrens was admitted medically this morning. Carl Jungbluth Jr and Marjorie Potsander of Kalona were admitted for surgical care.
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Glenn Martin
Keola
William Morgan
Merman Hendrickson
Harland, Minn
Mg’s. Lynn Ferguson
Washington
Paul Young
Stanley McKeown
North Seventh
Harold Ahrens
Carl Jungbluth, Jr
Marjorie Potsander
Kalona
Standings and results from the major leagues
National League standings show Brooklyn Brooklynites leading with a .624 mark and New York at .649 in a tight race. Results include Brooklyn 5 2 Boston and 4 4 in a doubleheader, and Pittsburgh 2 Chicago 1 then 13 4. American League tables list Cleveland 46 31 .597 leaders with multiple day results including Detroit at St Louis and New York Philadelphia games.
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W. IL
Pet
Brooklyn
New York
Ciminnett
Pittsburgh
Chiggee
Ihe
Philadelphia
Boston
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago
W. LL. Pat. OW. Dork
Cleveland
BO Os Asin
Sonsomeo
Rec Encomeaenion
Sti. Faia. Weand Sy
Washington
Detroit
Columbus Junction Wins Kittenball Tourney Final
Columbus Junction beat Iowa City 6 to 0 in the fairgrounds celebration kittenball tournament. Semifinals saw Columbus Junction 4 to 3 over Havertown and Iowa City 11 to 7 over Wapello. First round frames list Bayertown 9 Crawfordsville 8 Columbus Junction 12 Imperial Roofers Muscatine 0 Huttig Manufacturing Muscatine 4 Wapello 5 Zion Lutheran Muscatine 1 Iowa City 10. Cash prizes distributed.
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Columbus Junction
Iowa City
Fairgrounds
Havertown
Wapello
Bayertown
Crawfordsville
Imperial Roofers
Muscatine
Huttig Manufacturing Company
Zion Lutheran
Local residents make visits and travel plans across Iowa figures
A family from Rock Island returns home after a holiday visit with the Lohbergers. Former Washington Farmers Implement manager Bob Oakley stops in on his way to Moline where he joins John Deere. Numerous trips and vacations involve families from Muscatine Des Moines Cedar Rapids and Monroe with engagements at Great Lakes and potential Pensacola training.
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Bob Oakley
Washington Farmers’ Implement Store
Moline, Ill
John Deere Company
Osceola
Tri Cities
Oakley
Dorothea Dunn to Wed Wilfred Knebel in Hills
Riverside announces the approaching marriage of Wilfred Knebel of Riverside and Dorothea Dunn of Hills. The ceremony will be Tuesday at eight in St. Joseph's Church Hills with Rev. Michael Horan officiating. The bride is daughter of James J. Dunn of Iowa City route 4. groom is son of Linus Knebel of Riverside.
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Riverside
Wilfred Knebel
Dorothea Dunn
Hills
St. Joseph's Church
Michael Horan
James J. Dunn
Route 4
Iowa City
Linus Knebel
Visitors and locals scatter across town in July notices
Bob Wells from Santa Monica visits relatives for ten days after working as an inspector for Douglas Aircraft. Farm Bureau events are planned in Fairfield with Amos Stout and others. McFarland brothers visit to gather material for ancestral writing as they tour Ohio Massachusetts and New York. A granddaughter is born to the Livingston family in Washington DC on July 4 weighing eight pounds. Rex Hazen visits from Iowa to summer school. Various residents travel and visit family from Claremont to Pomona and Decatur with trips through Washington state, Puget Sound, Canada, Oregon, Salt Lake City and Colorado, plus a week with relatives at the Miller home on July 4.
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Bob Wells
Santa Monica
Calif
Douglas Aircraft Corporation
Mr. Wells
Washington High School
California
Clifford McFarland
Union Stockyards
Omaha
Nebr
Phillip Kemp McFarland
Chase
Kan
Roy Miller
W. H. Spera
McFarland Brothers
McFarland
Ohio
Massachusetts
New York
L. E. Coffey
West Chester
Ed Sullivan
West
Washington
Puget Sound
Canada
Oregon
Salt Lake City
Colorado
Marsh
Glenn Hesser
Joe Smith
Yarmouth
William Volger
Charles Dill
Merchant
Jean Volger
Colleen Kane
Atte
Fred Dold
Bla Merchant
Winfield
Virginia Spohn
Virginia
Tve
Washitues
Burial Hill
San Bernadino
John M. White 81 Former Junction Resident Dies
John M. White aged 81, formerly of Junction, died at his Seattle home on June 27. He was born January 15, 1860, and left the area about 40 years ago. Surviving are sister Mrs. H. W. Funck and niece Mrs. George Gebhardt, both of Seattle. Burial was in Seattle.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
John M. White
Seattle
Wash
Here
John
Hannah White
West
H. W. Funck
George Gebhardt
Mary Cherwinker
Lawrence Williams
Rochester
Minn
Conesville
R. J. Reaney
Muscatine
Bellevue Hospital
Crawfordsville Ding’s Oilers
Crawfordsville
Oilers
Howard Williams
Columbus City
Carris Ricketts Wedding Vows in Fairfield Home
Catherine Loutise Ricketts daughter of D A Ricketts exchanged marriage vows with Herbert Nelson Carris of Madison Wisconsin in a candlelit ceremony at the Ricketts home in Fairfield. The single ring ceremony was conducted by Rev M A Gable with seventy relatives present followed by a reception and four tier cake. The couple will reside in Madison and take a two week wedding trip to Estes Park Colorado.
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Ricketts
Fairfield
Catherine Loutise Ricketts
D. A. Ricketts
Herbert Nelson Carris
Madison
Wis
John Carris
Keota
M. A. Gable
Fairfield Methodist Church
Harold Johnson
Washington
Lloyd Krebill
Lombard
Mary Goode Montgomery
Hudson, Mich
Mae Davis
Libertyville
Carris
Fairfield High School
Parsons College
Iowa
Earlham High School
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
de Kalb Hybrid Corn Company
Wisconsin
Estes Park
Colorado
Storm damages garage door and trees in Kalona
Kalona July 6. A severe storm toppled trees and damaged a garage door and windows as residents recount the chaos. Neighbors Kate Gingerich and Anna Snair narrowly escaped injury when trees fell near their homes. Community events include Fourth of July golf plans and a cooperative dinner at Dr. J. S. Michum’s home.
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Kalona
Kate Gingerich
Rey
Anna Snair
Payne Relatives Gather for Sunset Park Picnic Reunion
Payne families held a reunion at Sunset Park with about sixty relatives attending a basket dinner at noon and letters read from absent members. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. John Payne, numerous Payne relatives from Mt. Pleasant, Wayland, Fairfield, Davenport, Kalona, and Washington, with callers from Wayland and Crawfordsville.
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Wayland
Ray Barr
Mary
Carl Barr
Fairfield
Lloyd Payne
Milwaukee
Wis
Paul Bennell
Kalona
Dan Morarity
Connie
Davenport
Harry Payne
Kermit Payne
Oakle Payne
Pearl Meeker
Leslie Payne
Caryle Shaw
Washington
Anna Barr
Everett Munson
Pete Sponent
Crawtfordsville
Study Club Meeting at Monson Home
Crawfordsville reports the Wednesday Study club gathered at Mrs. Mabel Monson’s home. Led by Mrs. Ida Wooley, members explored poems by Grace Noel Coen Bridgar Grest and James Whitcomb Riley, enjoying a prepared luncheon served by the hostess and Jean Cherryholmes.
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Crawfordsville
Mabel Monson
America
Ida Wooley
Grace Noel Coen
Bridgar Grest
James Whitcomb Riley
Oregon to Visit in Colorado and Midwest Family News
In Oregon and Colorado notes the Reifs and Gary and Billy with Viola Gingerich left Tuesday for a month in Mani tou Colorado at the BE H Reif cabin. Dayle Teets of Chicago visits his parents in the week. Leon Roach and family of Kansas City are en route home from a southern trip visiting the Roach mother Mrs Alice Sleichter. Dr J L Fry is in Mercy Hospital Iowa City for treatment and will be unable to work for several days with Dr Ehrenhaft caring for patients.
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Oregon
Colorado
Logan
Reif
Song
Gary
Billy
Viola Gingerich
H. Reif
Manitou
Colo
Dayle Teets
Chicago
Everett Teets
Leon Roach
Famiy
Kansas City
Alice Sleichter
J. L. Fry
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Ehrenhaft
Five Senses Defined by Humans Body
The five senses are seeing hearing taste smell and feeling. The article lists these senses as fundamental organs of perception.
Pre nuptial Shower Honors Hazel Hicks at J Martin Home
A Madison couple hosted a pre nuptial shower for Hazel Hicks at the J Martin home in Crawfordsville. The event honored Miss Hicks who will wed George Martin of Santa Monica California on July 19. Guests included Mrs Pete Koehler and many local friends as gifts and decorations reflected a pink and white theme.
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Flower Girl
Carol Jean Krebell
Lombard
Lll
Fay Barney
Fairfield
Isabelle Davies
Charles City
Mr. Barney
Carrig
Ricketts
Hazel Hicks
J. Martin
John A. Martin Ama&ghter
Ruth
Madison
Tordsville
Hiicks
George
Martin
Santa Monica
Ceson
John + Martin
Crawfordsville
Julia Mae
Petty
Atteworth
John Zieglowsky
Martha
Carl Ziegiows
Havre
Milburn Underwous
Ollie
Eliner Graber
William Freyenburger
Jair Noble
Otto Theiss
James Hicks
Kahuka
J. R. Hess
Jene
Pet Madison
Coppock Womar Canning and Early Summer Notes
July 5 Coppock area notes recount 20 quarts of pickles canned and ongoing cucumber harvests. Local painting, visits, and a road reopening are noted along with a storm a few days earlier. Virginia Spohn’s drowning is reported with funeral plans in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coppock Womar
Gleede Dold
John McMullen
Twelve Constitutions Ecuador Through Republic Era Notes
Twelve constitutions Ecuador has adopted since becoming a republic with the latest dating from 1929. The text traces constitutional evolution and highlights the frequent changes shaping political development.
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Ecuador
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