Countess Betty Leads Paris Fashion Parade as Manikin
Betty de Been a Swedish born widow from Tahiti era moved to Paris after her husband died. She supports herself as a mannikin at Schiaparelli showing up to 100 dresses daily during peak season. She dreams of someday living in America and starting her own fashion venture. Betty advises women to choose clothes and makeup that fit them and notes American women are beautiful but prone to following movie trends. She seeks more individuality in her career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
U.P
Countess de Been
Betty
Schiaparelli
Gothembourg
Europe
Tahiti
France
America
Booster club party entertains children with games and lunch
Booster club members met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs Delbart Daniel presiding. Mrs Geo Jarard led the program with card games and prizes awarded to Mrs Orville Caldwell and Mrs Sam Neill. Miss Hazel Hunter from Pine Ridge SD visited. guests listed include Mrs Walter Kyle and daughters, Mrs Logan Ahrens, and Misses Gertrude Landau and Jeanette Woodburn. The club schedules a July 23 meeting with Mrs Oral Norman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booster Club
Delbart Daniel
Geo. Jarrard
Harry Donaldson
Orville Caldwell
Sam Neill
Hazel Hunter
Pine Ridge
South Dakota
Darnell
Darnel
Walter Kyle
Eunice
Naomi
Logan Ahrens
Gertrude Landau
Jeanette Woodburn
Oral Norman
Bride and Groom Honored at Dunns Home in Columbus Junction
Mr and Mrs William Dunn of Columbus Junction hosted a candle light buffet honoring Mr and Mrs Roy Caviness. The event featured songs and piano duets by Mrs Dunn and Mrs Caviness and a moonlit garden visit. Guests included Mr and Mrs J C Huston and Mrs Ella DeLong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Dunns
William Dunn
Columbus Junction
Roy Daviness
Dunn
Caviness
Roy Caviness
J. C. Huston
Ella DeLong
Social Calendar Highlights Club Events and Meetings
Wednesday features Pythian Sisters covered dish dinner at 6 30 with Sunset Park Country Club breakfast at 7 30 am. O G T Club 7 30 pm. Thursday lists Pilotburg Ladies Aid W T U Institute and various clubs with afternoon events at Sunset Park and I O O F hall. Notables include Mrs Daisy Huber of Crawfordsville and Mr and Mrs M C Delong of Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythian Sisters
Sunset Park Country Club
Henrietta Hull
Marjorie Pratt
G. T. Club
Dale Denison
Pilotburg Ladies Aid
Clarence Rathmel
Orville Bilder
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
Charles Zieglowsky
Rural Women’s Club
Harry Dodson
U. P
Cloyen Stewart
Hepatica Bluebirds
Maynard Brown
James Chaloupa
Wm. McCartney
Daisy Huber
Crawfordsvile
M. C. DeLong
Washington
Picnic Honors Mrs. Harry Miller At Sunset Park
A St. Louis visitor inspired a Sunset Park gathering for a bridge group. The crowd met for supper at Sunset Park then moved to Mrs. Frank Kosoo’s home to play bridge. Miss Agnes Wheelan hosted birthday refreshments. Miss Gladys Mace won high score with Mrs. Charles Denison second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Miller
St. Louis
Sunset Park
Frank Kos Oo
Agnes Wheelan
Gladys Mace
Charles Denison
Relatives from Distance Attend Family Reunion
For the first time in twelve years a family reunion was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Warren Sr. Fifty four attendees enjoyed a basket dinner in the grove. Relatives came from Richmond California Whrichsville Ohio Muscatine Mt. Pleasant Crawfordsville Iowa City Gradenhutten and Washington with others joining the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Warren
Grove
George Howard
Anna May
Violet
Junior
Richmond
California
Edgar Blick
Ernest
Whrichsville
Ohio
Bob Warren
Philip
Mildred
Ralph
Evelyn
Muscatine
Victor Blattner
Marie
Shirley
Kya
Burdell Donaldson
Harry
Virginia
Laurence
Washington
Sam Warren, Sr
Ritla
Olive
Marguerite
Ethel
Anne Williams
Homer Hill
Irwin
Lawrence
Richard
Esther
Hazel
Betty
Mt. Pleasant
Albert English
Alfred
Clarence
Luella
Ada
Crawfordsville
W. C. Weir
Gladys
Iowa City
Francis Heldy
Gradenhutten
Clarence Shull
Grawfordsville
Jack Williard
Lillian Guiteau
Mission Meeting at Mrs. Wittrig's
Alma Hearne Holland Missionary society met at Mrs Edna Wittrig's home with nine members present. A covered dish dinner followed a program on Burma's riches and missionary history led by several members, including Edna Klein and Aileen Milligan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Hearne Holland Missionary Society
Edna Wittrig
Nick Roth
Edith Faris
Burma
Missionary Friend Magazine
Ida Cavender
Stella Palmer
Jessie Klein
Miss Klein
Adoniram Judson
Edna Klein
Aileen Milligan
Miss Ellen Gisser Weds Arthur Binder
Miss Ellen Barbara Gisser of Olds married Arthur J. Binder of Burlington at Kicher parsonage near Noble on Saturday July 6. Rev. A. H. Miller officiated. Witnesses were Miss Mabel Gisser and Monroe Bont.rager. The bride is daughter of Mrs. Mary Gisser. The groom, son of Arthur J. Binder of Burlington, works in the shipping department of the N. W. Cabinet Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Barbara Gisser
Olds
Arthur J. Binder
Burlington
Kicher Parsonage
Noble
A. H. Miller
Mabel Gisser
Monroe Bontrager
Mary Gisser
N. W. Cabinet Co
Presbyterian cottage prayer meeting announced
The Presbyterian cottage prayer meeting will meet at the home of Mrs. T. S. Rickay on East Jefferson Street Wednesday morning at 9 30 23t.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. S. Rickay
East Jefferson St
Good Government League Organized in Iowa
Des Moines on July 10 a new local group named the Good Government League of Iowa was incorporated with Allen Russell of Des Moines named president. The platform calls for lower public utility rates and election of welfare officials, higher old age pensions, and a general voters’ referendum before U S entry into any war. It opposes the league of nations and would bar public officers from aiding foreign financial interests. No persons would be eligible for public...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Good Government League of
Iowa
Allen Russel
New League
United States
League
League of Nations
Property value cited in office claim exceeds fifty thousand
A government report notes an office holder claimed ownership of property valued above $50 000. Details of the asset type and location are not fully shown in the fragment.
Verdi Community News Briefs From July
Verdi notes from July record social visits and local errands. Mrs Dick Blanchard spent Saturday evening with her mother Mrs Harry Jones. Laurence Libe and family visited John Ibe. Bobbie Blanchard stayed with grandparents Mr and Mrs 8S. A. Wright and with Burt Hoover in Milwaukee last week. Mrs Leslie Gates and sons visited relatives in Fairfield. Joe Day repaired the Walnut schoolhouse. Howard Miller family visited Carl Voorhees and Ralph Chorpenning. James Baird and Miss Lewis visited Sally Chacey in Richland. Will Bealer and son visited Will Propst in Iowa City. Mrs Wess Finch and Mrs Leona Finch joined them. Theodore Been blossom home. Mrs Will Bealer visited her father Wess Finch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Longer
Verdi
Dick Blanchard
Harry Jones
Laurence Libe
John Ibe
Bobbie
A. Wright
Des Moines
Burt Hoover
Milwaukee
Wis
Fred Longer
Leslie Gates
Fairfield
Joe Day
Walnut School
Howard Miller
Carl Voorhees
Ralph Chorpenning
James Baird
Mise Lewis
Sally Chacey
Richland
Will Bealer
Will Propst
Iowa City
Wess Finch
Leona Finch
Edd Miller
Theodore Been Blossom Home
Funeral Services for Ray Calhoun Held in Birmingham
Funeral services for Ray Calhoun age 45 of Birmingham formerly Conesville will be held Tuesday afternoon in Birmingham. Calhoun died Sunday evening at Jefferson County Hospital after a fall from the second story window of his home that caused fatal internal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Ray Calbouun
Birmingham
Conesville
Calhoun
Jefferson County
Install Wellman Odd Fellow and Rebekah Officers
Nearly fifty members of the Washington Odd Fellow and Rebekah lodges attended a joint install at Wellman for the Wellman I O O F and Rebekahs. Alma Huber became noble grand and Jake Hess was named noble grand among others, with Omer Green acting as grand master and about 150 people present for the event with dancing and a Frytown orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Odd Fellow
Rebekah
Wellman
Wellman I. O. O. F
Rebekahs
Oscar Jugenheimer
Floyd Murdock
Jesse Campbell
L. G. Jugenheimer
C. A. Ruebsam
Hilma Larson
Ralph Zeck
Alma Huber
Noble Grand
Emma _ Hess
Mae Wetrich
Evie Zillmer
Odd Fellows
Jake Hess
Ernie Goodman
Omer Green
Ralph Zeek
Washington
Marshall
Account of Motor Trip Across Plains to Colorado
Mrs H W Mineart recounts a round trip starting at Brighton driving west through Iowa crossing the Missouri River at Whaites mouth Nebraska. She notes crops behind in Iowa and heavy rains in Nebraska with washed riverbanks and a car in a ditch. Detour due to undermined bridges. First night near Lincoln Nebraska then Haxtun Colorado with jack rabbits pheasants and snow capped mountains at Greely Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Mineart
Sandy Hook
Lila Hesseltines
Rock Island
Brighton
Iowa
Missouri River
Whaitesmouth
Nebr
Nebraska
Republican
Lincoln
Haxtun
Colo
Greely
Local Notes on Visitors and Sundry Events
Widowed residents and nine children listed among local families with moves to Birmingham two years ago. Visitors include Mrs. W. E. Whetstine, Miss Lulu Orr, the Tucker family from Buffalo to Columbus City, and Mrs. John Jessup and daughters visiting relatives. Mrs. Jerry Lord ill. Laverne Bollenbach returns from Ft. Wayne. Various visits to West Liberty, Woodbine, Joliet, and Detroit noted along with a new sidewalk on Oak Street and weekend stays with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tal
Fairfield
Viola
Doris
Laverne
Gertrude
Manley
Florence
Jack
Charles
Glenn
Conesville
Birmingham
W. E. Whetstine
Toledo
I. A. Endsley
Lulu Orr
Ft. Dodge
Edith
Helen
John and
Elmer Dean Tucker
Buffalo
C. O. Bond
Columbus City
John Jessup
Eleanor
Beth
Jane
Comet Bluffs
Rudolph Sehliehting
E. O
Jesse
Hugh Newell
Jerry Lord
Laverne Bollenbach
Ft. Wayne
Ind
C. J
Paul Jacobs
Hamilton
N. Y
B. Gipple
L. C. James
West Liberty
Detroit
Everett Manley
Mich
James Manley
B. O. Roundy
Jocelyn McRoberts
Evan Thomas
Harold Roundy
Woodbine
Oak Street
Mea
Clarence Criffith
R. H. Cameron
New London
Birthday greetings in local society notices
Vernita Tellin the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vince Tellin is today. Agnes Wheelan celebrated her birthday yesterday. Mrs. Vernon Witting has a birthday today. George Means master councilor of Amos chapter De Molay receives many happy returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernita Tellin
Mrs
Vince Tellin
Agnes Wheelan
Mrs. Vernon Witting
George Means
Amos Chapter
de- Molay
Birthday greetings and travel notes in local column
Betty Payne turns 14 and Leo Rath celebrates a birthday. Mrs Wes Perrin Wellman enjoyed a surprise birthday at a city park with family and friends after her July 5 birthday. The column also covers a Fourth of July trip through the Black Hills and Minnesota to Stone Lake Wisconsin and Washington Iowa, with farm news and local social notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Perrin Wellman
Wes Perrin
Ed Blumenstein
Henry Miller
Lawrence Hudson
Melvin Swartzendruber
Eddie Hudson
Lottie and
Earnest Perrin
South Dakota
Watertown
Minnesota
Stone Lake
Wis
Washington
Brighton
Lila
Des Moines
Alvin Lowder
Syre Whitaker
Ed Vincent
Joesie Rich
Sam Hesseltine
C. KE
Loveland Colorado Visit and Long Desert Drive
The narrator recalls reaching Uncle I V Farrier's in Loveland and touring irrigation ditches water costs and electricity use. They describe cool nights and warm sun, visits to Cole Springs Manitou Seven Falls Cave of the Winds Garden of the Gods and Pikes Peak. The family traveled the Caz Road and recalled a passengers’ mishap in the rumble seat during the return trip through Cheyenne and miles of sparsely settled areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle I. V. Farrier
Loveland
Colo
Cole Springs
Manitou Seven Falls
Cave of the Winds
Pikes Peak
Altho
Cheyenne
Wyo
Local Gossip And Visits In East Highland
East Highland residents share news of visits and family happenings including Miss Eve lyn Mincer returning home for a few days and relatives from nearby towns dropping by the Frank Mincer home. A horse death due to heat is noted and several neighbors and friends spend Sundays together.
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Mary Fentress
United Press
Mainikin
Ila Mae Darnel
Mrs. Darnel
Moore's Rootery
Picnie
Ron
Ellen Gisser
Arthur Binder
Good Government League
Ray Calhoun
Ronkmerk Kkhsipent AT
Frytown
Ent
Betty Payne
Leo Rath
Highland
East Highland News
Frank Mincer
East Highland
Raymond Lofak
James Dvorak, Jr
Evelyn Mincer
Fionce Forbes
Wilt Weber
Faithe Stolley
Suday
Wilms Mincer
Lester Rath
Gail Murdock
Jim Copple
Ralph Wieland
W. R. Murphy
Conestilla
H. M. Holland
George Geret
Esther Murdock
Wilma Mincer
Kool
Komfortable
Klothes
The
Nelly Don
Donna Gordon
Kool Klothes
Rothschild’s
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