Reunion of Messer Descendants Held at Knerr Home
Reunion of the Adam Messer descendants was held Sunday at the A. Knerr home in Brighton. Attendees included three cousins Mrs. G G Vogt Maileyville Oklahoma Henry Messer of Chicago and Earnest Messer sharing family memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messer
A. Knerr
Brighton
Adam Messer
G. G. Vogt
A. A. Knerr
Maileyville
Okla
Henry
Chicago
Earnest Messer
Fishermen’s tips and local thanks spur spring buys
Old time fishermen chase big catches while Rudy Schmitt is praised for know how. A lady sent a check with a note about a dress her friends ask about. Neighbors express gratitude for roses from Preston Wolf. Now is the time to buy a white suit priced 3.79 to 6.95.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudy Schmitt
Visiting relatives gather in Fairfield Iowa for reunion
A large group of relatives from Los Angeles and several Midwest towns met in Fairfield Iowa. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. F W Messer and many cousins and in laws from Fairfield West Branch Chicago Haileyville and Brighton. A postnuptial shower honored Mrs Ed Whitacre at the Hubert Kasowski home with multiple hostesses and guests including Rose Fritz Anne Johnson Lester Buzzard and Frieda Nicola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Calif
Iowa
F. W. Messer
Merwin Hollander
Clifford Messer
Shirley
Jr. Messer
Carl Messer
Bernard Diers
Mary
Yates Knerr
Anna Lamson
Fairfield
Paul Coulter
Dwight
Donald
West Branch
Walter Messer
Washington
Henry Knerr
Alvin and Lorell
Chicago
G. G. Vogt
Haileyville
Okla
Earnest Messer
A. A. Knerr
Anson Brinton
Brighton
Whitacre
Ed Whitacre
Hubert Kasowski
Kasowski
Kenneth Doevin
Albert Saunders
Verle Porter
Rose Fritz
Anne Johnson
Lester Buzzard
Frieda Nicola
Chris Mann
Grace Whitacre
Wilbur Day
Delegates Named for V F W Auxiliary National Meeting
At the Tuesday V F W Auxiliary meeting seventeen members attended. Mrs. Ethel Burham and Mrs. Olive Radda were named as delegates to the national convention in Columbus Ohio August 21 through 26. The meeting, presided by Mrs. Mary Lemley in the president’s absence, discussed the Cedar Rapids encampment report from June 1922 and dispensed with this month’s joint meeting while noting the August fried chicken picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lemley
Sadee McAvoy
Mae Yearan
Juanita Mathers
Eulah Blair
Columbus
Ohio
Ethel Burham
Olive Radda
Cedar Rapids
Blair
Social Calendar Redirected Meetings And Postponements
Notices for the social calendar are due by 10 am Thursday. Pythian Past Chiefs Association gathering at 8 pm plus a country club dinner postponed to next week. Friday events include Baptist and Prairie Flower church women joint meeting at 1 pm at Sunset Park with a bring dish and serveware request. Tuesday Woman's Missionary Society meeting at 7 39 pm at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythian Past Chiefs Association
Richard Johnson
Country Club
Baptist and
Prairie Flower Church
Sunset Park
Log Cabin
Delegates Hear Pledge from New Department President
Mrs Ethel Consiney, newly elected department president, pledges loyalty and cooperation to all auxiliaries. Mrs Angela Shockey reads her letter as delegates attend the convention and close with a poem about living for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angela Shockey
Department
Ethel Consiney
Relatives Meet at Sunset Park Picnic in Chariton Area
Chariton residents joined out of town relatives for a Sunday picnic at Sunset Park. Attendees included Arthur Fetters and William Ashby families from Chariton with two sons, plus Jones, Walton, Tellin, McBride, Beenblossom, Simpson, and Caldwell households. The former Judge A. R. Dewey home on East Second Street is being remodeled by new owner C. R. McCutchen, making it an attractive property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Fetters
William Ashby
Chariton
Stanley Jones
Judith
Terra Haute
Ind
Sunset Park
Otto Walton
Wilma
Donald
Richland
Vince Tellin
Riverside
Howard McBride
Roy Fetters
Edna Caldwell
Harold Beenblossom
Albert Simpson
Merle
Washington
Judge A. R. Dewey
East Second Street
C. R. McCutchen
Sigourney Friends Enjoy Sunset Park Wiener Roast
A Sigourney group and friends gathered in Washington on Sunday evening for a wiener roast at Sunset park. Attendees included Georgene Bakehouse Kenneth Bakehouse Ed Green Beverly Chandler Gwendolyn Chandler Fern Priebl Esther Kephart Myron Minear Duke Smothers Kenneth Stanfield and Washington guests Helen Paterson Mary Lynn Heilman Wanda Batterson Clarence Miller Frances Porter John Porter Wayne Wilbur Ernest Witthoft Ralph Witthoft Clara Alice William Everette Finke Dorothy Humston Raymond Humston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
Washington
Sunset Park
Georgene
Kenneth Bakehouse
Ed Green
Beverly
Gwendolyn Chandler
Fern Priebl
Esther Kephart
Myron Minear
Duke Smothers
Kenneth Stanfield
Helen Paterson
Mary Lynn Heilman
Wanda Batterson
Clarence Miller
Frances
John Porter
Wayne
Wilbur
Ernest
Ralph Witthoft
Clara
Alice
William
Ellis
Everette Finke
Dorothy
Raymond Humston
IX Club Hosts Bridge Session at Mrs. Jay Brewer Home
Mrs. Jay Brewer hosted the IX Bridge Club meeting yesterday with three tables of play. Wanda Bowden won high score, Howard McBride took second, and travel prize went to Frank Casey. Refreshments were provided by Mrs. Brewer. The next meeting is in three weeks at Mrs. Harry Drake's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Brewer
IX Bridge Club
Wanda Bowden
Howard McBride
Frank Casey
Brewer
Harry Drake
Pythian Circle Holds Outdoor Picnic at Sunset Park
The Pythian circle met outdoors at Sunset Park yesterday noon with seven members and one guest, Mrs. Ezra Gardner, for a picnic dinner. Mrs. C. Harry Davis gave a travel talk on her trip to Colorado and the Black Hills, and attendees reported an enjoyable afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythian Circle
Sunset Park
Ezra Gardner
C. Harry Davis
Colorado
Black Hills
Annual Orris Descendants Reunion Held in Columbus Junction
The On families annual reunion took place Sunday at Columbus Chautauqua Park in Columbus Junction. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. M. Shook of Elgin Illinois James Woodside of Cedar Rapids Mr. and Mrs. Willis Crissinger of Mt Union Richard Underwood and family of Winfield Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Keiper and son of Walworth and others from Columbus Junction Columbus City and Wapello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Columbus Chautauqua Park
M. Shook
Elgin
Ill
James Woodside
Cedar Rapids
Willis Crissinger
Mt. Union
Richard Underwood
Winfield
Clyde Keiper
Walworth
Colvus Junction
Columbus City
Wapello
Grandniece of J. Martin White Starts Movie Career in Hollywood
Clarene Curtis, Boulder native and grandniece of J. Martin White, wins her first film work as Florence Rice's stand in and appears in The Girl Said No. She later joins Beg Borrow or Steal Paradise for Three and Fast Company with Melvyn Douglas, with plans for a future featured role. Her progress follows training with Madame Tebhilof and dramatic studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin White
Rocky Mountain News of
Denver
Clarene Curtis
Hollywood
Florence Rice
Remee Cornell
Irene Hervey
Miss Rice
Miss Curtis
Fast Company
Melvyn Douglass
Madame Tebhilof
M-G-M
Legion Auxiliary installs officers and names committees
The American Legion auxiliary held a July meeting at Mrs. A. E. Baldrige’s home with 35 attendees. Mrs. Baldrige presided as installing officer and the unit installed officers for 1938 39 and named committees including Americanism, child welfare, education of war orphans, and fund raising. Delegates were elected for the department convention in Waterloo August 17 18 and 19. The group planned hospital birthday observances, Red Cross Christmas bags, and future activities. The next meeting will be August 16 ahead of the department convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
A. E. Baldrige
Baldrige
Philip Crail
Columbus Junction
Washington
Archie Bower
Paul Snakenberg
Fred S. Downing
George Birney
Belle Rice
Ted Crone
Alberta Downing
Tom Swift
Archie Buwer
Archie Buwer, sergeant-at-arms; Mrs. __— Baldrige
M. L. Brown
Leland Carris
Snakenberg
Department
Waterloo
Fred Downing
Catherine Swift
Mount Pleasant
Red Cross
Palmer Schilling
National Defense
Harry G. Stimpson
Everette Burham
Harland Mead
Ed Grayson
Tom Downing
Fred L. Stewart
Preston H
R. F. Bostwick, Jr
Boice Kurtz
Sam Munson
Preston Wolf
R. D. Page
Dan Rohrer
S. W. Easter
George Yearlan
Walter Conner
New Home Under Way on East Second Street
Tom Berdo is constructing a new house on East Second street that progresses well and promises to improve the busy street.
Birthday Celebrations Noted Across Cities
Mrs Orr Mape of Wellman and Ruth Morgan Trumbo of Bakersfield celebrate birthdays today. Bunny Blair Aletha Mangold Paul Watson Leslie Ross and others share the day. Marion Wells south of West Chester hosts a birthday dinner with flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Morgan Trumbo
Bakersfield
Cal
Aletha Maxine Mangold
Leo Mangold
Paul Watson
Leslie Ross
Charles McAvory
David Flading
Wellman
Earl Burroughs
Sam Wittmer, Jr
Raymond Minick
Roberta Beauty Salon
Marion Wells
West Chester
Washington county Dems bid farewell to Rep and Mrs Eicher
The Democratic Central Committee invites all county Democrats to a farewell picnic for Congressman and Mrs. E. C. Eicher on Monday July 25 at 7 p.m. Sunset Park. Bring fried chicken a dish to pass sandwiches dessert and drink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Democratic Central Committee
E. C. Eicher
Sunset Park
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New York
Skunk River
S. East Iowa
Morning Sun
V.F.W. Auxiliary National Meeting
H & H Hudson
Montgomery Ward
South Side Square
Woman's Missionary Society
Orris
J. Martin White
Edith Curtis
Mr. White
Frank Madden
Boulder, Cole
Boulder
Colo
Howard Curtis
Middle West
Legion Auxiliary
Tom Berdo
Nue Taye
Bunny Blair
Colenso
Burlington
Nurse Oxfords
Corrigan
Atlantic
Meiper
Steve Heidi
Lindbergh
Douglas Corrigan
Fraser Langford
Langford
Jennie Corrigan
Douglas
Evelyn
Harry
Dublin
Virginia Beach
Helen Fiala
Ireland
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