Local Cedar Falls News and Weekend Travels
Mrs Hugene Arns of Cedar Falls returns home after visiting her parents the Harbisons for the Fourth. Manton Hebner leaves for a Minnesota vacation. Iowa peace officers convention underway in Iowa City with about 200 attendees. The Leet daughters Marilyn through Carol ill with whooping cough. Discounts ending Wednesday on electric bills from Iowa Southern Utilities Co. Various residents report weekend trips to The Dells Wisconsin Chicago and Newton. Ada Peterson called to Newton. Kalona families plan monthlong trips to Los Angeles and Hot Springs Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Dean
Hazel
Ivo Grady
Kalona
Los Angeles
Grady
Dean
Mary
Mrs. Grady
Kalonna
Hot Springs
Ark
Community notes on local residents and travelers
Mr and Mrs Charres Lynch visit en route to new A and P manager posts in Iowa City and Brooklyn. Many relatives and friends visit Washington, Iowa, with hospital recoveries, birthdays, weekend trips, picnics at Lake McBride, and family gatherings across Davenport, Monmouth and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charres Lynch
Lynch
Brooklyn
Super A & P
Iowa City
Four Iowans in Tribune all star poll for 1939
Iowa voters will select four members of the 1939 University of Iowa football all star team in the Chicago Tribune poll. Nominees Nile Kinnick Erwin Prasse Dick Evans and Floyd Dean are seniors aiming for the August Chicago game against the Green Bay Packers. Poll runs July 12 to 23 with newspapers across Iowa and several radio stations contributing results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa
Chicago
Green Bay Packers
Tribune
Des Moines
Davenport
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Burlington
Keokuk
Waterloo
Fairfield
Creston
Mason City
Fort Madison
Boone
Ames
Newton
Oskaloosa
Fort Dodge
Dubuque
Muscatine Youth Leads Eastern Iowa All Star Poll for State Game
Jones of Muscatine, a guard, leads the eastern half poll for the high school all star football team with 4 241 votes for a August game against a western Iowa squad. Lewis of Iowa City, a back, sits second with 3 186 votes as southeastern Iowa players rise past Dubuque selections. Manley and Weer of Muscatine advance to sixth and seventh, Deems to tenth, with Caywood White and Hirt of Iowa City among other top vote getters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Muscatine
Iowa
Lewis
Iowa City
Southeastern Iowa
Dubuque
Manley
Weer
Deems
Caywood
White
Hirt
Scores of Games Open Date and Team Standings
A compact roundup lists numerous games with current standings for teams. It notes open date status and tracks performance across matchups, highlighting leaders and notable shifts in rankings.
Mansfield family sets out on southern trip
Mrs. Lucy Barnett along with her son Richard and daughter Grace of Mansfield Ohio depart this morning after visiting relatives and friends in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Barnett
Richard
Grace
Mansfield
Ohio
South
Local Hospital Patients Discharged To Home
Mrs Carl Walton and infant Denning Duane sent home to Keota. Mrs Lloyd Alliman of Washington route 4 discharged yesterday. Margalien Mary Louise and DeWayne Redliner of Washington route 3, Carol and Hugh Dean Walker, Peggy Joanne Travis and Roger Westphal of Washington, Janet Hulse and Dorothy Luitton of Keota underwent tonsillectomies. Dallas Kiltzman of Keota discharged this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Walton
Denning Duane
Keota
Lloyd Alliman
Washington
Margalien
Mary Louise
DeWayne Redlinger
Carol
Hugh Dean Walker
Peggy Joanne Travis
Roger Westphal
Janet Hulse
Dorothy Liitton
Dallas Kiltzman
Thirty New Car Registrations in Eight Days in County
In eight days of July, 25 new motor vehicles were registered in the county, with 122 more than a year ago in license tags. Trucks total 880, up 142 from 1939. Named owners include Wim O Conn, Hugh Hazlett, R C Keagy, H E Berdo, Eunice Waymack, A E Sands, Dean Feldman, O W Miller, D C Barrett, Henry Berger, W C Sheets, Wehrie Motor Co, M C Hillery, RR Richardson, and Augusta Lester, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Wim. O'Conner
Riverside
Hugh Hazlett
Ainsworth
R. C. Keagy
Washington
H. EE. Berdo
Eunice H. Waymack
A. E. Sands
Dean C. Feldman
O. W. Miller
Wellman
GMU
Dr. D. C. Barrett
Henry Berger
W. C. Sheets
Keota
Wehrie Motor Co
M. C
W. RR. Richardson
Ford Truck
Augusta M. Lester
Rubio Town News Roundup July Fourth Visits and Travel
Janet Luithly attends Cedar Falls summer school then stays at home through Sunday Pauline Morrow returns to Ottumwa work Ernest Lambert visits Keota to see grandparents and relatives Alice Jones Dorothy Smith stay at Herbert Wood home while Woods vacation Wilford Fleig visits family then heads to Columbus Ohio where he teaches Thelma Ruby and Martha Cook join Sunday Ottumwa visit Mrs Albert Johnson and son Joel spend weekend at LB Laidly home Mr Johnson arrives Sunday noon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Lambert
Rubio Town
Janet Luithly
Cedar Falls
Pauline Morrow
Ottumwa
Ernest Lambert
Keota
Joe Lambert
Alice Jones
Dorthy Smith
Herbert Wood
Woods
Wilford Fleig
J. J. Fleig
C. Long
Fairfield
Columbus
Ohio
Wilford
Bill Ruby
Thelma
Martha Cook
Albert Johnson
Joel
LB. Laidly
Mr. Johnson
Bee colony scales show daily honey gain and loss
North Oregon notes from Mrs. Beenblossom describe a Mooresville Mo. bee man Russell Griggs moving scale bees to Hancock Ia. The daily honey gain is listed from June 16 to June 25 with a small loss on June 24 due to rain. The piece invites reader input on total honey production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Oregon
Ray Deen
Orvile Deen
Fairview
Oklo
A. W. McConnell
Deen
McConnell
Charles Beenblossom
Russell Griggs
Mooresville
Crossing safety depends on motorists and stopping distances
An engineer details train stopping distances to highlight highway crossing safety. A typical freight train at 25 mph requires about a third of a mile to stop, at 35 mph over half a mile, and at 50 mph cannot stop in less than a full mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted
Wright
Holiday Guests and Birthday Notes Across Local Homes
Numerous households host relatives and friends over July 4 including L V Hazen Rodney Arnold Don Hazen Jacobs Genkinger O Conner McCreedy Beenblossom and Morris Beenblossom. Mrs Stone celebrates 81st birthday with family dinners and gatherings across Davenport Huston and surrounding homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. V. Hazen
Rodney Arnold
Don Hazen
Duane Hazen
Clarence Jacobs
Mary Genkinger
Washington
Robert Genkinger
Orto O'Conner
McCreedy
Alex McCreedy
Haskins
Morris Beenblossom
Hugh Morris
T. Davis
Wilard Glaze
Huston
Texas
Stone
Frank Henderson
Oren Heneger
Richard Fisher
Arnold Giggs
L. G. Club
Strohm Plans Two Week Trip to Ada and Poteau
Gracehill July 9 A C A Strohm travels two weeks to visit his children in Ada and Poteau Oklahoma starting Monday. He will depart to spend time with family and return home after the planned vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Strohm
Anna Williame
Gracehill
A Strohm
Ada and Potean
Okla
Municipal Band Concert Amid July 10 Program
The Goldman Band under Milo Sorden directs a July 10 concert featuring Mareh Lustspiel Overture, Troops like Tom Thumb’s Drums and Iolanthe selections. Jane Steele sings solo with contralto solos and a variety of marches and popular selections led by Drum Major Mareh.
Family visits and travels noted across several towns
Residents plan trips and visits to relatives in Redfield Kansas Oceanside California Woodhull Iowa Keota and Bristow plus a family reunion at Kirton home and church yard play practice with date to be announced as activities span multiple families in this county.
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Blaine Holmes
Oetjen’s
Wolf's — Stang
Coronado
Srumrill
Hull, Hager
Monmouth
Cliffwood
Fenton Glass
Wolf Floral CO
Manton M. Hebner
Minnesota
Nora McKinstry
Harold Putnam
University of Iowa
Sher- Putnam
Richard Leet
Marilyn
Clara
Virginia
Iowauthern Utilities Co
Martin Brown
Dells
Wis
Mrs
Frank Brown
Moline
Esther Pollock
W. M. Nichol
Howard Dillard
Wisconsin
Mr Dillard
Big Giant
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Joe
James Koenigsmark
Alois Musil
Musil
Ella
Elsie Musil
Ada Peterson
Simons
Reister Bros
Walter Conner
University Hospital
C. A. Owen
James
Margaret Jane
Henry Berdo
Amboy
Theodore Holliday
Mary Berdo
Homer Coulter
Peoria, In
William Glassburner
Gary
Ind
J. C. Carris
Darrell Ross
Don Paul
Glen Wilson
JoAnne
Harry Sizer
Patty
Harry, Jr
Ralph LeMoine
Frank Kos
Dorothy Anne
Janice
Elizabeth Sheetz
Lake McBride
Ed Ooetfen
J. A. Hunsaker
Leighton Kelley
Phillip and
Paul Dusenberry
Claire Dusenberry
Homer Dusenberry
William Embree
Adelph Hites
West Chester
Keith Leo Albaugh
Leo Albaugh
Glenn Wilson
Lorna Lee
Shirley Kay
Keith
W. FE. Bond
Paul Horak
Jerry and
Tri Cities
Horak
T. J. Dempsey
Alice
Lucy
Cecile
el Paso
Herbert Shockley
Sylvia
Thomas Wheelan
T. C. Meibohm
Louise
Carolyn
LaCrosse
R. G. Wessler
William
Arr
Wessler
Alfred Wessler
Meibohm
Trinity Lutheran Church
Rromer Stephen Optometrist West Side
Muscatine Youth
National League
Cincinnati
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New York
Uss Chicago
Pittsburgh
Louis
Boston
Philadelphia
Detroit
Fay
Cleveland
Mneree
Aenesite
St. Louis
Gans
Rubio
C. H. Beenblossom
Ford Good Drivers League
Ted Holub
Rock Island Lines
H. E. Wright
Towa
Rook
Loren Hazen
Liloyd Famond
Frank
Robert Henderson
Paul R. Horak
West Side Square
Washington, Iowa
Telephone
Allstar High School
Asa’n. Savery
Central Park
Milo T. Sorden
Jane Steele
Tom Thumb
Bombaste, Mareh
Youth of America
Mareh
Iolanthe
Keller-Bella
Alpha
Lone Steele
Cotton Top Rag
Cheerio
Farrar
Hayes
Olivadoti
Bralton
Yoder
Sullivan
Taylor
Bigelow
Huff
Goldman
Harold
Oceanside
Calif
Redfield
Kansas
Julian
J. L. Johnson
Mable
Ruth
Grace Fern
Woodhull
Arthur Anderson
Mary Iercey
Ft. Scott
Kanens
Clyde Dawson
Dawson
Piercey
Brighton
Wess Engel
Wapello
Engel
Thee
Ft. Smith
Katherine Buxbaum
Howard Dorrance
Morgan's Cafe
Jantzen
Klothing Kompany
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