Local Notes Span Travel Visits and Small Retail Ads
Roy Grecian leaves for Santa Monica after visiting family. J W Robertson and others visit Crawfordsville. New whites and 8 inch fans on sale at Rukgaber Hardware. Mrs Ruth Badenoch and Mrs Lucy Errett visit. Shorty Crossett returns from Tama. Mrs J P Babcock and Mrs Frank McCleery host guests. Dr Dwight Lemley vacationing in Iowa City. Bertha Dempsey visits Cedar Rapids relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Grecian
Santa Monica
Calif
John Robertson
Grecian
Douglas Aircraft Corporation
Kalona Woman Louise Miller Undergoes Appendectomy
At the hospital Louise Miller of Kalona underwent an appendectomy this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fuhr of Washington route 1 welcomed twin sons born at 2 25 and 3 10 weighing five pounds and five pounds two ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Miller
Kalona
Charles Fuhr
Washington
Route 1
Standing of Clubs In Major Leagues
Baseball standings and Thursday results for the American and National Leagues with team records and winning percentages. Schedules list upcoming games including Chicago at New York and Cleveland at Boston with pitcher matchups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WW. L. Pet
Toonore Cs A
Philadelphia
Washington
Wggnig Scak
New York
Cleveland
Boston
Chicago
St. Louis
Detroit
Smith
Chandler
Harder
Grove
Auker
Kennedy
Benton
Marchildon
Feet
Brocehen Cannon
Cinstavatt Ce Pen
Fuesdueem
NOW “York
Neu
Creb G
Ie Setae
Nen Rtern Weve
Pittsburgh
Tobin
Gumbert
Brooklyn
Wyatt
Davis
Sewell
Lanning
Lohrman
Olsen
Hughes
Cincinnati
Vander Meer
Des Moines Visitors Headed for California Trip
Decela Wheelan returns to Des Moines with her father George Wheelan and relatives after a short visit. She travels with two friends on a two week car trip to California. Also, Ina Shaffer comes home from LeRoy after a weeks visit with her daughter’s family. The Maasdam family plans Ottumwa move for athletic work. The Shanks family leaves for Lake Preston South Dakota after a few days with the Babb family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Macon
Long Beach
Calif
Mrs
Irank Macon
Des Moines
Decela Wheelan
George Wheelan
California
Ina Shaffer
LeRoy
Fred Maasdam
Mary
Packwood
J. A. Putnam
Maasdam
Ottumwa
Ottumwa High School
Marion Shanks
Monte
Harold
Marilyn
Lake Preston
O. E. Babb
Honor Mrs Burger on 78th Birthday in Burlington
A July 20 gathering at Crapo park Burlington celebrated Mrs Maggie Burger turning 78. Family descendants from Brighton Smithshire Fairfield Mt Pleasant Wayland East Pleasant Plain and Four Corners joined for picnic and a noon dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Amrine
Merrimac
Crapo Park
Burlington
Maggie Burger
Brighton
Ben Diers
Kenneth
Smithshire
Ill
Willard Diers
Wayne
Fairfield
Ben Crile
Carlys
Ina
Delmer Crile
Sharon Ann
Mt. Pleasant
Roscoe Bain
Frances
Ronald
Wayland
Kenneth Crile
Janet
John Burger
Edith
Paul Gilbert
East Pleasant Plain
Joe Schillistrum
Salina
August Lendtke
Jimmy
Four Corners
Jake Burger
Howard
Alice
Roy Heschelman
Lois
Alva Gene
Shappy Home
Doss van Winkle
Ida
Brighton Deaths Continued From Page One
Maurice Cole longtime Brighton photographer and studio operator died after a sudden illness yesterday. Born in Columbus Junction, he lived in Brighton most of his life and worked on the west coast and in sign painting. Survived by an aunt and several cousins. a married sister died in 1940. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington where his parents are buried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ial
Elm Grove
Washington
Maurice Cole
David S.S
Mary C. Auld
Brighton
Columbus Junction
Amy Rich
Bobby Boynton
Bobby
Mary Lou
Louise
Father
Jerry
Fort
Captain Brown
Folwell
Vicker
Miss Flandreau
Boynton
Robert Boynton
Fetter
Fort Hospital
Captain Boynton
Brighton Scouts Collect Aluminum This Summer
Boy Scouts led by Rob Edwards collected aluminum door to door in a vacant lot beside the town hall. The drive drew strong help from Brighton housewives and plans for more pickups were set for the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Rob Edwards
Local Social Notes Highlight Visiting Relatives
Mrs F G Klein of Hitzen Ming visits her son Rev Carl Klein and family. George Chalupa and the Pleasant Ridge family entertain many guests including Philip Frye of Burlington Julia and Andy Harvey and George Koehler Pauline McDowell departs for Columbus Ohio to spend weeks with sister Mrs Dean Isham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. G. Klein
Hitzen, Ming
Rev
Carl Klein
George Chalupa
Pleasant Ridge
Philip Frye
Burlington
Julia
Andy Harvey
George Koehler
Pauline McDowell
Columbus
Ohio
Dean Isham
Tree at Victoria Falls in Rhodesia Measures 85 Feet Around
A tree at Victoria Falls in Rhodesia is reported with a base circumference of 85 feet. The remarkable measurement highlights the area's notable natural features and attracts interest from observers and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Falls
Rhodesia
Local residents share Sunday visits across several homes
Shappy and Dora visited with Carl Amrines. Carl Smith and Emma joined Minnie Crile on Sunday afternoon. Will Brannon spent Sunday evening at Nick Christner's home. Boyd Lantz and son Donnie with Merle Beker and children visited Lloyd Bekels. Steve Shelangoski and family visited Lester Kientz. Dale Norton and son Virgil stayed several days at Ralph Mann's residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shappy
Dora
Carl Smith
Emma
Minnie Crile
Carl Amrines
Will Brannon
Nick Christner
Boyd Lantz
Donnie
Merle Beker
Lloyd Bekels
Steve Shelangoski
Lester Kientz
Dale Norton
Virgil
Ralph Mann
Detassel Corn Easily This Year
The detasseling of 180 acres of hybrid corn finished Saturday as conditions allowed an unusually even tassel stage rough. Community notes report infections and injuries among local youths, with several canning and agricultural updates including a child born July 11 and threshing progress throughout the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra Witmer
Wayland
Daryl Wittmer
Jerry Edward
Ronald Roth
C. L. Garick
Lydia
Corinthian capital design details
The Corinthian capital stands as Greece’s most ornate order feature with its elaborate acanthus leaf scrolls forming the distinctive crown.
Marriage Announced For Edith Dautremont and Samuel Pearsall
Riverside announces the marriage of Edith Dautremont of Hoquiam Washington to Samuel Pearsall of Fort Monroe Virginia. The ceremony occurred July 19 at St Aloysius church Detroit Michigan. Edith is the daughter of John C and Mrs. Dautremont of Riverside and a 1924 St Marys graduate who later trained as a nurse. Samuel Pearsall is the son of Mrs Anna Pearsall of Aberdeen Washington and serves as a staff sergeant at Fort Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
John C. Dautremont
Edith Dautremont
Hoquiam
Washington
Samuel Pearsall
Fort Monroe
Virginia
St. Aloysius Church
Detroit
Michigan
St. Mary’s High School
Iowa City
Knoxville
Anna Pearsall
Aberdeen
United States Army
H J Club Meets With Mrs J Shalla
Ten members of the H J club answered roll call with stories of when and where they met their husbands. Mrs James Shalla hosted and Mrs Glen Miller attended as a guest. They sewed for the Red Cross making eighty diapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Club
James Shalla
Glen Miller
George Shalla
Red Cross
Miller
Dinner Hostess Mrs Elmer Wells Hosts Family Gathering
Mrs Elmer Wells entertained at a family dinner in Wings Cafe with a three course meal and a centerpiece of sweet peas and baby’s breath. After dinner hours were at her home with games, iced drinks and cakes. Guests included Mr and Mrs Boyd Foster , Mr and Mrs Lloyd Foster and sons Bob Bill and Jack, Mr and Mrs Stanley Foster and daughter Karen Kay, Mr and Mrs Homer Birney and James, Maud and Ethel Mc Creedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Wells
Winga
Wells
Boyd Foster
Lloyd Foster
Bob
Bill
Jack
Stanley Foster
Karen Kay
Homer Birney
James
Maud and
Ethel McCreedy
Public warns of peril as war risks grow
Roosevelt warns public opinion shifts toward full awareness of global danger while Paris press calls for French accord with European powers to protect Dakar from American aggression. German outlets urge France to seek protection deals akin to Indo China amid U S occupation threats near Liberia and Dakar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Roosevelt
Dakar
Vichy
Paris
United States
Far East
France
Japan
Liberia
West African
Dallar
Ninth Beaty-Henderson Reunion Aug 8 in Newton Iowa
The Ninth Beaty-Henderson Reunion is scheduled for Sunday August 8 at Maytag Park in Newton Iowa. Old friends and family are invited to gather for a community event in the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maytag Park
Newton
Iowa
St. Paul's Evangelical Morning Worship and Sunday School Schedule
Washington church schedules morning worship at 9 30 a m and Sunday school at 10 20 a m with Pastor Carl W Klein leading. Local congregation invites participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul’s Evangelical
Washington
Carl W. Klein
Valley Sunday Services Schedule
Valley plans Sunday worship with Sunday school at 10 00 a m and morning worship at 11 15 a m.
Russia's New Plane Stirs Interest at Local Picnic
A fragment notes Russia's new 64 passenger aircraft with a 210 foot wingspan. It mentions Miller helping with threshers and lists attendees from Rantoul Illinois and Chicago at the Wyse Roth Oren dorf picnic at the park Sunday. fifty five people attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Miller
Peter H. Conrad
Wayne Larvin
Rantoul, Ill
James Posar
Chicago
Wyse, Roth and Orendorf
Social Calendar Notices for Church Groups
Ladies Council of the Christian Church will not meet this week. Meeting moved to Friday August 1. Junior Missionary Society of the U P Church meets Saturday at 2 p.m. at Bua Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Council of the Christian Church
Junior Missionary Society of U. P
P.m. Bua
Birthday list notes many local celebrants
A newspaper blurb lists birthday greetings for Clara Engel born 1856 in Ohio and many neighbors. It notes Mildred and Martha Whiting twins turning 19, Everette Prebyl and Delbert Warll turning 16, and several others including Albert Lee Shaw age 14. Marjorie Carlson and Fred Bey celebrate a 25th anniversary. Roy Woodside observed with gifts in Ainsworth, where he is a longtime respected neighbor living with his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Woodside
Ainsworth
Mr. Woodside
Post Office Warns on Endless Chain Letters Selling Defense Stamps
Washington warns nationwide flood of letters promoting endless chain schemes for defense savings stamps. Postal fraud rules apply. offenders may face fraud orders halting mail delivery. Local papers urged to inform the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C. DeLong
Post Office Department
Washington, D. C
Farmerettes Meet With Hazel Sojka
The 4 H club gathered Tuesday at Hazel Sojka home with four guests. Members answered roll call with quotes on day meaning and grooming. Health demo practiced. picnic menu set for July 30 at Amana. Next meeting August 6 with Frances Sojka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmerettes
Hazel Sojka
Luella
Nadine
Rosamond Sojka
Yaro Sojka
Amana
Frances Sojka
J W Baker W R C Meets at Chester
The J W Baker Woman's Relief Corps of West Chester met yesterday afternoon with average attendance. In the absence of the president and senior vice president Mrs Cherry, the junior vice president conducted the meeting. The routine business was followed by discussion of current topics. About $5.50 was reported for Red Cross work and roughly $70 for other relief work at the last meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Baker Woman's Relief Corps of
West Chester
Cherry
Red Cross
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vaughan
Wolf Floral CO
J. W. Robertson
Crawfordsville
Moore
Ruth Badenoch
Lucy Errett
Kankakee, Lll
Frank L. Wilson
E. D
Shorty” Crossett
Tama
Railway Express Agency
Loraine Stumpf
Buffalo
N. Y
Stanley Simpson
J. P
Sadie) Babcock
Frank MecCleery
West Alexander, Penn
Ida Gordon
Lyman Babcock
Dwight Lemley
Rochester
N.Y
Caleb Lemley
Everett Shearer of
Bertha Dempsey
Cedar Rapids
T. J. Dempsey
Evoready Plumbing & Heating CO
Washington, Iowa
Pade Vom
Pyeon
Mrs. Burger
Lemley Guard
North
Iowa Ave
Legion
Y’s Men
Legion Post
Blattner Field
George Baker
Tom King
Frank Parrish
Indees
South Side Merchants
Lefty Kennedy
Camp Bowie
Texas
Washington Dairy
He-Man
Geneva Bicher
David Wittmer
Ezra Wittmer
Charles Nuss
G. W. Schantz
Mark
Nellie Alderman
Schantz
Saltzman
Eli Saltzman
Rock Island
Jean
Beth
Ard- Ath
Joe Koebel
Jake Koebel
Noah Leichty
Krabill
Posar
Ida Yoder
Dan Orendorf
Slagel and Saltzmans
Fairview Threshers
Fred Klopfenstein
England
C. V. Grall
H.J. Club
ST. Paul's Evangelical
Granky
Boswell Bond
Clipper
Clara Engel
Mildred
Martha Whiting
H. J. Whiting
Everette Prebyl
Ed Prebyl
Delbert Warll
Harold Mangold
Ed Rich
Bob Henderson
W. O. Morgan
Clay
Albert Lee Shaw
Marjorie Carlson
May Carlson
Avs
Fred Bey
Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop
South Marion
J.W. Baker
W.R.C
Chester
Fostoria
Westphal
Rockwood's Shoe
DEPT
Homer Stephen Optometrist
Libby
Beverea
Nicola
Harmon
North Side Square
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