Benson Visitors Attend Dinners and Local Meetings
Marjorie and Doris Benson visit Iowa City while families including the Maas and Koening households host Sunday dinners. threshing resumes with five jobs. Clyde Fishburn reports 53% bushels per acre. Cedar Chips 4-4 group meets at Charles Maas home to discuss paint and color schemes for farm buildings. four members attend. Sympathy pours for the Stumpf family after Dave Stumpf's death. threshing cancelled for the funeral.
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Bernice Maas
Washington
R. R
Marjorie
Doris Benson
Lottle Crow
Iowa City
Orville Meyer
William Koening
Clyde Fishburn
Albert Maas
Allison Maas
Harold
Milton Maas
Eleanor
Billy
Waniele
Meredith Maas
Junior
Donald
Rita Marie
Omar Green
Wellman
Charles
Billy Maas
W. Roudabush
John
Dick Gardner
Hilly Maas
Eleanor Maas
Stumpf
Dave Stumpf
Salt Water Distillation Used On Ships
Salt water is converted to steam and condensed back to water leaving salt residue. Ships often carry distillation equipment for emergency fresh water production on board.
Coppock Town Council Meeting Set for August 8 1938
The Coppock town council in Washington County Iowa will convene August 8 1938 at 7 p m in the clerk’s office. Taxpayers may speak for or against the proposed expenditure estimate at that time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coppock
Washington County
Iowa
Willits Promotion Shifts Merideth Executive To Des Moines
Glenn Willits promoted from state manager at Merideth Publishing Co to general manager in Des Moines Iowa. He and his family move from Marion Ohio as he fills the vacancy created by Sterling retirement. Joins reads Mrs. Willits visiting grandparents locally during the transition.
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Rhua Helmick
Brighton
Glenn Willits
Merideth Publishing Co
Ohio
Marion
Des Moines
Willits
Sterling
Joan Willits
Phyllis Marie Martin
Wm. Martin
Phyllis Marie
Henry Knerr
Lorelie
Chicago
A. A. Knerr
Ellen Faye Parks
Ellen Parks
Dan Peters
Maxwell
Cora Brier
Community Roundup of Visitors and Family Legacies in Havre
Havre residents share a busy social weekend with relatives visiting from Cedar Falls Kalona Bluffton Tre mont and Bluffton Ohio. Families including Wittmer Westen Zieglowsky and Graber gather for dinners visits and harvest help with extended relatives and neighbors.
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Lewis Hering
Habre
Sam Wittmer
Dwight
Virgil Wittmer
H. L. Witting
Cedar Falls
Willis Wittmer
Raymond Witting
Samuel Wittmer
Maxine Graber
Bluffton
Ohio
Walter Westen
Westen
Peter Wittrig
Grandma Henke
Kalona
Sue Augsburger
Tremont
Ill
Vernon Wittrig
H. L. Wittrig
Augsburger
A. R. Smith
F. M. Smith
Martin Westen
Evert Westen
Wilma Richards
August Zieglowsky
Haskins
Will McBride
Leonard Graber
Elmer Graber
Walter Westens
Grandpa Wittmer
Otto Frey
Nobile
Dr Eastwood Attends Ninth Annual Chicago Ministers Conference
Dr F W Eastwood of Washington Presbyterian church attends the ninth annual ministers conference at Presbyterian Theological Seminary Chicago. About 300 ministers and missionaries from across the United States participate to gain updated resources for local church work. among leaders are Dr John Timothy Stone and John Elder. The event features 29 lecture courses and ends Saturday July 30.
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Chicago
F. W. Eastwood
Washington Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Theological Seminary
United States
John Timothy Stone
Karl R. Stolz
Hartford School of Religious Education
John §. Bonnell
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
New York City
Chas. T. Leber
Board of Foreign Missions
The
Presbyterian Church
John Elder
Tran
Norman F. Richardson
Gasoline Stove Explosion Burns Mrs C Courtney
Mrs Clyde Courtney sustained painful burns to face and hands when a gasoline stove exploded last week at Brighton R I 1. Prody A Borkoski and Leland Horton attended the State Convention of the Iowa Rural Letter Carriers association at Spencer last Thursday to Saturday. Mr Clark Tracey of Oskaloosa and the Belief and Spielman families were social visitors Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prody A. Borkoski
Brighton
R. R
Clyde Courtney
Prody Borkoski
Leland Horton
Iowa Rural Letter Carriers Association
Spencer
Clark Tracey
Oskaloosa
Ralph Belief
Roman Borkoski
Helen
Floyd Spielman
Cedar Rapids
Dunbar Funeral Services Held at Jones Funeral Home
Funeral services for Dunbar were conducted Monday at Jones Funeral Home Washington with Rev. G. F. Meier of the Brighton Methodist Church presiding. Attending from here were several, including eight young girls who belonged to the R. B. club of Dorothy Jean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunbar
Jones Funeral Home
Washington
G. F. Meier
Brighton Methodist Church
R. B. Club
Dorothy Jean
Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin Meaning Revealed
The Menominee, the largest tribe in Wisconsin, derive their name from the Menominee language meaning Men of the Wild Rice, reflecting the community and its traditional harvest practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Hughes Flight Spurs Ocean Air Service Plans
Howard Hughes successful around the world flight spurs plans for transatlantic air service. Aviation experts say commercial ocean air service era is near as Pan American Airways seeks ships for 100 passengers over 5 000 miles at 200 mph. Igor Sikorsky foresees 1 000 passenger airliners in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
Ocean Air Service
Howard Hughes
Pan-American Air
Igor Sikorsky
Aviation One
See
Spee
Wyman Threshers Have Five Jobs and Good Oats
Wyman article notes threshing began last Tuesday with five jobs on the fourth. Oats yield averages 40 to 60 bushels. Many in the area are chopping grain this year. Birthday dinner honors John Harry Humphreys aged one with family guests. Several locals and visitors attend church, socialize, and plan trips and weddings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RE. V. Humphreys
Wyman
Edward L. Humphreys
John Harry
John Humphreys
Leslie
Louise
Harry Fletcher
Harold
Robert
Nelda
Donald
Ery
Ruth
Geneva Simmons
Fern
Harlan Stewart and Dean
Albert Boysen
Kenneth Buffington
Delbert
Emry Davis
Howell Davis
Coppock School Board to Meet August 8 1938
The Coppock Independent School District Board will meet August 8 1938 at 7 p m in the secretary's office. Taxpayers may be heard for or against the proposed expenditures estimate. Glenn Hesser district secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coppock Independent School District
Jefferson-Marion-Walnut Townships
Henry-Washington- Jefferson Counties
Iowa
Glenn Hesser
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