Rockingham County Notes on Reunions and Local Life
A county page recounts family visits from Iowa and across the country, reunions at Crawfordsville, a Cedar Rapids trip on a sunny day, sales and house transfers, Camp Fire Girls events, and community updates including Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Alcorn buying land, a memorial for Jack Longer, and the Presbyterian call to Rev. T. E. White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Fire
George Dowell
Sears
Jack Longer
Fred Longer
Presbyterian Church
F. W. Eastwood
Local births and medical updates from area hospitals
At the hospital Major and Mrs. Frank Olvey welcome a seven pound ten ounce son born at 4 23 Saturday afternoon. Lt. and Mrs. William W. Brown report a son born at 8 42 yesterday morning weighing seven pounds four and three quarter ounces. The week features numerous tonsillectomies including Don Crone Pauline Crone Ronnie Armstrong David Norman Jack Carson Rosalita Peiffer Shirley Lukavsky Gaye Boone Wilma Ropp Leo Schrock and others. Discharges include Betty Morgan Hazel Simmering and Jody Timmins. Admitted for injuries, Keith Smutz and family join others from Ainsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Olvey
Hast van Buren Street
Gayle Robertson
Keota
Route Two
William W. Brown
North Seventh Street
Donald and
Pauline Crone
East
Joseph Timmins
Ainsworth
Shirley Lukavsky
Gaye Boone
Wilma Ropp
Leo Schrock
Kalona
Thorsiey
Phyllis Bean
Betty Morgan
North Fourth Avenue
Hazel Simmering
West
Madison Street
Jody Timmins
Keith Smutz
Karen and
Lyle
Keith Kent
Marilyn White
East Jefferson Street
Barbara Dare
Route One
Nancy Wells
Tornado devastates Illinois towns and farm homes
Visitors from STRINGTOWN report a powerful tornado two miles southeast of a Princetown area home. The disaster destroyed multiple farm houses, damaged about 40, injured several, and killed livestock. The storm is described as the worst to hit Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ines
Princetown
Gaeath
Illinois
Louis Frederic Gugel
Michigan
Noah Widmer
Joe Graber
Light Scorch Affects Clothing If Sun Dampened for Long
Light scorch in fabric may bleach out if the garment is dampened and left in sunlight for an extended period. Deep scorch marks are not removable.
Arrow Shots On The City Folk And Fashion
This clipped essay ponders vanity and pride in town life. It notes gray hairs trimmed for youth, city men who prosper but return little, small men in oversized clothes, and women who pivot easily. It questions whether dishonesty pays and its unhappy consequences.
Exhibition egg and local notes fill quiet spring town
Readable items include a giant hen egg measuring inches in circumference and two yolks, plus local military updates. Ensign Don Morrison and Shirley Peterson arrive on leave from the Marshall Islands, Lt. Robert Stutsman prepares to depart for Patuxent River, and Rev. Milan K. Thompson visits from Albert Lea. Additional items cover community remarks, family travel, weddings, and school medical news in this Estherville column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal Office
Lewis Anderson
Don Morrison
Tiapcee
Shirley Peterson
Toranee
Calif
George Morrison
Ensign Morrison
Marshall Islands
Robert Stutsman
Navy Medical Corps
Patuxent River
Naval Air Station
Stutsman
E. E. Stutsman
Review of the Week’s News in Central Park Community
Union services led by Rev. Alfred Trenerry drew good attendance with Elsie Bratten performing and a notable In the Garden duet by Barbara Nayadley and Cheryl Nayadley. The column lists local service members, visits, weddings, discharges, and community notices across multiple families and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Park
Alfred Trenerry
Elsie Bratten
Barbara
Cheryl Nayadley
Deaths of the Week East Pleasant Plain and Nearby
Three elderly residents die within a week across East Pleasant Plain Brighton and Chicago area. A 93 year old woman mother of eleven, five deceased, born in Bohemia. 70 year old Henry De Wolf dies of heart attack. 78 year old brother of Andy Polis dies near Chicago. 75 year old John Jacob Minick, longtime contractor, dies after illness. Surviving spouses, children and siblings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Pleasant Plain
Bohemia
Andy Polis
Washington
Mert Bickford
Chicago
John Jacob Minick
Tobias and
Mary (Christman) Minick
Australians in towns fuelled by mining growth
Australia shows two thirds of residents in towns with Sydney and Melbourne housing about a third of the population. Coal from New South Wales and gold silver lead copper and tin from scattered mines have driven the rise of large cities in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Sydney
Melbourne
New South Wales
New Jersey Holds Fifteen Percent of U.S. Chemical Plants
New Jersey accounts for 15 percent of all chemical manufacturing establishments in the United States, highlighting the state's dominant role in the industry.
Brighton Observes Fourth with Local Visits and Departures
Brighton residents and relatives mark Independence Day with visits to and from Ottumwa Ames Boise Idaho and Des Moines. Local military families Cpl Rollin Cole Cpl Robert Donovan and others visit kin while several residents travel for holidays and returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna 8. Crile
Brighton
Oral Long
Ralph Brown
Ottumwa
James Long
Cpl
Rollin Cole
North Africa
Dale Hunt
Robert Donovan
Donovan
Phoenix
Ariz
Kenneth Donovan
Gilbert Hoskins
Walter Hadley
Boise
Idaho
Wm. Kraemer
I. F. Kraemer
Ames
Camp Landers
Wyo
Charles James
Laramie
Ethel Gardner
Keith Murray
Des Moines
T. B. Davison
Frank Stine
Libertyville
Fred
Short Life of Auto Makes
The article notes that over the years more than 1300 automobile makes appeared, but most faded. Only 29 remain in used car price lists, with eleven of those 29 discontinued leaving 18 living names of automobiles today.
When folks can't spell they hide it by not trying
A humorous quip notes that poor spelling leads to clumsy attempts at humor and jokes about a preacher in overalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Spencer
Ella Warren
Des Moines Register
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Rocking “Chair Brigade
Cedar Rapids
Jeanette Kyle
Newman
Armstrongs
Marie Christener
David Johns
Crawfordsville
Dwight
Providence
Rhode Island
Daniel
Danny
Della Humphreys
Mr. Johns
Verle Edwards
Portland
Oregon
Jacqueline
Johns
Harvey Davis
Claire
Jake Minick
Minick
Sunset Park
DAR
Old Court House
J. J. Minick
W. L. Alcorn
Carl Roberts
Calvary Baptist Church
C. R. McCutchen
East Washington Street
I. D. Quinn
Jim Brookhart
Corbin Apts
John Black
Victory
Carlton Wilson
Pearl Whistler
C. O. Davis
Besse Conger
Alexander Young
Edith Miller
Will Ross
Davis
Davenport
Helen
Nell
Cowden Sloan
Monmouth
Harry McCall
Chas Fisher
Route Three
Keith Droz
John Wizer
Wizer
Okinawa
Comdr
Droz
Don Guthrie
Moline
Lillian Norton Trotter
Texas
Lillian
Helen Alcorn
Lydia Richer
New York Hospital
New York City
Lydia
Henry Shields
Carolyn Hamilton
Harry Margolin
Corinne Rothschild
Iowa City
Yankton, South Dakota
Dave Livingston
T. E. White
Dubuque
White
Barbara Thomas
J. J. Rich
Stringtown
Raymond Rich
Milan K. Thompson
Albert Lea, Minn
J. A. Thompson
Howard
Thompson
Northern Baptist Theological Seminary
Albert Lea Calvary Baptist Church
Harold Crossett
Navy Department
William Ballard
W. F. Dawson
Will F. Miller
George Westen
Arthur Eden
Lockridge
Stanley Brock
Tacoma
Wash
M. E. Lesher
Los Angeles
Jack Watson
W. F. Messer
C. R. Messer
Fairfield
Watson
S. B. Watson
Wayland
Hastings
Nebr
Ruth Stewart Duncan
Glen Dunhcan
South Pacific
William Panzer
Joe Panzer
Oakdale
Estherville
William F. Miller
University Hospital
B. F. Miller
van Buren Street
Kay Bostwick
Mrs
B. F. Bostwick, Sr
Owen Belleau
Blue Baron
Carol Twinam
Richard Hansen
Cedar Falls
Mamie Tracy Brock
Harold Messenger, Jr
Town City
Carolyn and
Diane Marsh
Park Ridge
Henrietta Workman
Alvin Rommel
American Legion
The
Legion Auxiliary
Pvt
Robert E. Boileau
Bonnie Jean Simpson
Stephens
Harold Stephens
Betty White
Emma Barnett
South Ave. B
Barnett
California
Vera Gregory
Harold Yeoman
Mindanao Island
Frank
China
Homer
Germany
Warren Lins
Will Lins
Italy
Cyril James
United States Army
J. S. James
William James
Frank Gobble
Edna Tucker
Aurora
Dorothy Bear
Clayton Bear
Dorothy
Ill
Mercy Hospital
Stanley Simpson
Merle
Kenmore
N. Y
Stanley
Bethlehem
Penna
Albert Simpson
Katona
Ressa Brown
Kalamazoo, Mich
H. P. Wilson
Kansas City
Brown
South Carolina
Lorene Anderson
R. Dean Cox
Dave Walling
New London
Walter Anderson
Ronald Dean Cox
Ray Cox
Miami Beach
Fla
Boss Lowe
Robert Lowe
Andrew Soto
Cambridge
Lawrence Sparklin
Manford Wilcox
Nelson Thompson
Verle Gallagher
Washington County
Jesse B. Myers
St. Petersburg
Florida
A. J. Robertson
Mary Sherlock
Lawrence M. Whisler
Army Air Corps
15Th A. A. F
C. R. Wilson
J.C. Tenney Co
Rotary
C. A. Boica
Madeline Suitor
J. J. McKeone
Denison
Farrage’ Heddo
Paul Benell
Frederick Reid
la Angeles
Blue Island
Mary
Frank Bell
Reid
Dump” Bell
Okmulg Okla
Benell H
General Hospital
WRC
Legion Hall
Oofe
Sehmi
Decens
Joe Workman
Helen Fullerton
Harry Fullerton
Serm
Workmans
Fullertons
Arthur Walton
West Chester
Keith Smutz Ainsworth
Sam Cannot Ainsworth
Gladys Graber
Chris Graber
Gosh Ind
Sommers
J. G. Roth
Payne
John Payne
Field
Howard Ande
Tulsa
Okla
Jowa City
R. E. Pyetty
Glenard
Pearl
Jacob Pacha
Henry de Wolf
John Polis
J. OS. Minick
Brighton News
Newlon
Howardswisher
Rock Island
Frank Swisher
Wanerus
Orrie DeWolt
Delores