Convention in What Cheer Draws 250 Attendees
Mrs. Mary Singmaster led a Sigourney camp initiated 22 members as the evening opened. A convention social followed, bringing total attendees to 250 with dancing and cards and frappe served. Mrs. Sara M. Black from Moline attended. Miss Rhea Palmer sang in the morning session.
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Tor
Mary Singmaster
Sigourney Camp
Frappe
Sara M. Black
Moline
Rhea Palmer
Broadway
Birthday Observed for G J Saunders in Brighton
A large group of thirty relatives gathered at G J Saunders home in Brighton Iowa to celebrate his 72nd birthday with a noon cafeteria style dinner and an afternoon of visiting. Neighbors and relatives from Eddyville Linby Ollie Wellman and Mediapolis joined the celebration.
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Brighton
Iowa
G. J. Sanders
Mr. Saunders
John Beguese
Lawrence
Fred Hilderbrand
Eddyville
John Klingman
Linby
Robert Edwards
Dale
Andy Patterson
Florence
Grace
Kenneth
Otto
Ollie
Ray Reese
Near
Washington
Walter Fichtner
Gwendolyn
Ira Saunders
Irene
Albert Saunders
Hattie Carol
Ina
Nina Morgan
G. J. Saunders
Dora
Virginia Hyde
Dorothy Weidner
Betty Edwards
Andy Lechner
Ray Garrett
Mildred
Audrey Helmick
Corning
Chauncey
Mary Gowey
St. Louis
Minnie
Julia Northent
Local Guests and Visits Reported in Franklin
Ida Meel reports a series of Sunday visits in Franklin with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Frank Macon at Lester Macon’s. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Embree with children near Haskins. Miss Ernestine returning home with them. Lloyd Dickerson and family in Ainsworth. Floyd Farrier’s daughter and family living there. Miss Fueema staying for a longer visit. Harold Pant and children of Muscatine at Way Walton’s. Cay Walton and Falla Bare visiting Meeks. threshing meeting at Clyde Pawson’s with threshing planned next Monday by Lew Embrees. Mr. Sclantz to thresh. Miss Valestia Montgomery visiting Blues Dill home. Leo Stelangosky and friend at Clay Walton’s.
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Franklin
Frank Macon
Lester Macon
Frank Embree
Near Haskins
Joe Embree
Wiiss Ernestine
Lloyd Dickerson
Ainsworth
Floyd Farrier
Tarold Pant
Muscative
Way Watton
Elatives
West Chester
Cay Walton
Falla Bare
Meeks
Clyde Pawson
Lew Embrees
Sclantz
Valestia Montgomery
BRIGHTON TOWN NOTES INCLUDING VISITS AND ILLNESS
Mrs Earl Neal has scarlet fever. Prody Vorkoski was a Warland caller Friday night. Ralph Beliel started threshing at Chantley Scranton on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Statler plus others were out Saturday night. Mr and Mrs Terry Goney were Ollie curlers Sunday. Mrs Julia Borkoski and Mara visited Mrs Josephine Melineski near Pleasant Plain Sunday afternoon. Mrs Orn Cramley of Minneapolis is visiting at M Brinton’s home. Mr and Mrs Fred Grasseap and Darel and Cleatus spent Sunday in West Chester visiting their aunt Mrs W H Conger.
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Minnesota
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Keota
Royal Neighbors
Keokuk County
E. C. Gilbert
N. G. McNarlen
A. A. Glendenning
Chamber of Commerce
Grace W. McCusrdy
Des Moines
Thornburg
Martinsburg
Sigourney
What Cheer
Wellman
Grace McCurdy
Cold Control
General Motors
America
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Helmick
C. G. Pickin
Fairfield
Mollie Elliott
Bert
Rock Island
Ruth Edwards
Donald
Robert
Betty
T. R. Boling
Mediapolis
Christine Waitan
Trenton
Addie Brinton
Mauda Brinton
Billy Brinton
Carlton Jones
Batavia
Dorothy Helmick
Town City
D. F. Berry
Jesse Berry
St Clairsville
Ohio
Roy Shumaker
Ottumwa
H. (. Cooper
Merle Merchant
Chas. Hoover
Charlotte
Frances
Frank Hoover
Vera Brown
Emporia
Kansas
Homer Black
Mt Pleasant
Nellie Black
Mary Synder
Kate
LaPlata
Edna Martin Sanders
Susanna Sykes
Pol Day
Hambure
Leland Horton
Blanche McCarty
Edith Koch
Mere
Flornce Willits
Kokomo
Ind
Claude Waterhouse
Cecil Jones
John Jones
Kirksville
Glen Willits
Montgomery Ward &Co
South Side Square
London
Oxford
McAfee’s
New Wear
POST
Paris
Franklin Ida Meel
Blues Dill
Leo Stelangosky
Lady Afriend
Clay Walton
Crody A. Borkoski
Pond
Soud
Manchesn
Montgomery Ward & Co
Riverside
Id Wardi
Keke
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