Pleasant Hill Social Roundup and Visits
Pleasant Hill notes recount visits and gatherings as families and friends travel between homes in mid July. Local households such as the Louden Benn, Sigafoose, Kephart, and Dickinson families host dinners, Sunday meals, and casual calls while neighbors like Everett Lewis and Keith Hanan join in threshers meetings and oat cutting activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Kephart
Pleasant Hill
Elwin Lewis
Betha
Everettewis
Billy Arnold
Gene Davis
Clyde Ambert
Roy Foss
Daviel and
Vera
W. J. Montgomery
Ack Swift
Swift
Keith Hanan
Ft. Madison
L. Branan
Chester Spang Wo
Karla Kay
Rock Isnd
Jennie Lauderman
Washington
Leslie Een
Milton Coffin
Feo
Wilma Anderman
Fred Heck
Emily
Bad Lock
Bill Miller
Glenn Miller
Lloyd Dickinsons
Don Darbyshire
Lee Hesseltines
Sam Sigafoose
A. E. Babb
Floyd Parker
Lloyd Dickinsey
Robert Swift
Gary Ind
Pat Swift
Lloyd Anderson
C. G. Anderson
Everett Lewis
Howard Caldwell
Howard Benn
Edd Chalupa
Marion Smith
Howard Baker
Mary
Bertha
Eugenia Dickinson
Fred Hecks
Origins of Yellowstone Name Draws From French and Indigenous Roots
The Geological Survey notes Yellowstone derives from the French Roche Jaune meaning yellow rock. Some sources trace the name to the Indian term Mi tsi a da zi meaning rocks on Yellow river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geological Survey
Yellowstone
Roche Jaune
Yellow River
Slayings Probe Focuses on Los Angeles Youth
Campbell McDonald, 26, held in Los Angeles for the slaying of his mother Mrs Margaret Campbell a former silent screen player. He was questioned by police in connection with several other unsolved slayings and denied involvement. Police said he beat his mother to death after she nagged him and threatened institutionalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Margaret Campbell
Campbell McDonald
McDonald
Santa Monica
Soviet workers to take long union funded tours this summer
Four million Soviet workers including employees and collective farmers join excursions and tours with at least 200000 traveling long distances at union expense. The Central Council of Trade Unions oversees 180 itineraries nationwide with staffed tourist camps and supplies. Moscow Ball-Bearing Plant groups plan a Black Sea bicycle ride and a Caucasus foot excursion along the Military-Georgian Road. Funeral services for Elmer Wallerich were held at L A Jones Funeral Home with Rev. W J Stevens officiating. Burial at Elm Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Central Council of the Trade Unions
Black Sea
Caucasua
Elmer Wallerich
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
W. J Stevens
Glenn Watson
Neil Jacobs
George Baker
Harold, Earl
Leland Griggs
Elm Grove Cemetery
Cheaper Power Draws Industries to the Southern States
The TVA powered South draws new plants as five years of cheaper energy spur growth. Dams and giant cables carry low cost electricity from federal projects enabling pulp and paper mills and other industries to expand, transforming regional economy since 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
TVA
Dixie
George W. Norris
Tennessee Valley
South
Southern Pulp and Paper Mills
Columnist Tarred After Alleged Objection Incident
Three prominent Virginians seized 22 year old columnist Count Igor Cassini in Washington DC and tarred and feathered him over objections to a column item. Cassini is grandson of the late Count Arthur Cassini who served as Russian ambassador to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Igor Cassini
Washington, D. C
Count Cassini
Count Arthur Cassini
United States
McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Rotary picks Walter Head as new International head
Walter D. Head age 56, chief of Montclair Academy in Montclair New Jersey, elected head of Rotary International at the annual convention in Cleveland Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter D. Head
Montclair Academy
Montclair
N. J
Rotary International
Cleveland
Acreage Sold to George Statler in Brighton
George Statler purchased Mrs. A H McCarty’s acreage at Brighton’s west edge and will take possession October first. The page notes surrounding visits for funerals and family travel, including relatives from Newark New Jersey and Mt Pleasant, and mentions a July 4 birth in Elmhurst Illinois. The July optometrist meeting and a church play are also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
George Statler
A. H.mccarty
Harry Buffum
Lillian McFarland
Chicago
Ira Schafer
Ward Johnson
Los Angeles
Chas. Thomas
Washington
A. H. McCarty
Johnsons
Lucy (Horton) Cook
Waterloo
Grant Horton
Don Pauls
Will Heyde
Horton
Theodore Horton
Des Moines
Frank Gibson
Sandra
Suzanne
Osage
A. F. Horton
Lester Willeys
Lorne
Pringle
Co. J. Hinson
Ottumwa
Methodist Church
Pleasant Plain
Longevity Advice From 107 Year Old Senora in Redondo Beach
Senora Placida Martinez de Amarillas, 107, shares longevity advice to live the good life and do what God wants. The piece recalls her as a subject of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, alongside cast members Clif ford Wolfe Harvey Hoskins Wilbur Porkes Mary Francis Jones Naomi Phinney Arlene Chalupa Dickie Avery and Alfred McCracken. Special musical numbers feature Mary Francis Jones Arlene Chalupa Pearl Wikoff and Joe Christy with performances linked to Grandma Delia Port a Bethel choir veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senora Placida Martinez de Amarillas
Redondo Beach
Cal
Senora de Amarillas
Maximilian of
Mexico
Rural Carriers Hold Washington County Meeting
The Washington County Rural Letter Carriers association met at the Ainsworth Methodist church Friday July 7 with about fifty attendees from Ainsworth Brighton Crawfordsville Mt. Pleasant Riverside and Washington. Activities included songs prayers addresses and recognitions. Road problems were discussed and the next meeting is scheduled for August 4 in Brighton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prody A. Borkoski
Brighton
Washington
Mell Crandall
Mr. Arvid
Mrs. Pearson
Mr. Higanbottom
Robbie Crandall
Edward B. Bushek
Ainsworth
South Bethel church marks 102nd anniversary celebration
Church members at South Bethel near Tipton observed a 102nd anniversary with solos performed during the service and greetings from longtime congregants. The event highlighted the community’s lasting faith and history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bethel
Tiptom
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