Riverside Graduates Four From S U I This Week
Four Riverside residents earned degrees from the State University of Iowa. Mary Gertrude Griffin earned a bachelor of arts, Eldred Kron a bachelor of science in pharmacy, Lewis William Leeney a bachelor of science in commerce, and Maxine O Loughlin a bachelor of arts. The report also notes visits and family attendance at nearby events and weddings linked to Riverside residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estelle Critz
Riverside
State University of Iowa
Mary Gertrude Griffin
William Griffin
Eldred Kron
Fred C. Kron
Lewis William Leeney
W. C. Leeney
Maxine O'Loughlin
William
St. Mary's Church
Smith
Gertrude Swenka
Raymond Mathes
Selma
Russell Denison
Town City
Elizabeth Davis
Chi
Neal Sands to Coach at Kearny New Jersey
Neal Sands arrives from Atlanta Georgia for a return coaching post at Kearny New Jersey where he previously coached. The visit coincides with plans for the upcoming season. Alice Rogers returns home near Morning Sun after a three week stay with relatives south of town. Mr and Mrs Ray Sweet of Mt Pleasant visited Glen Porter’s home Sunday. Mr and Mrs John Freeland relocate from Chicago to the former L A Stephens property and plan renovations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Norris
Ainsworth
Neal Sands
Atlanta
Kearney
N. J
Alice Rogers
Ray Sweet
Mt. Pleasant
Glen Porter
John Freeland
Chicago
L. A. Stephens
Local Residents Make Weekend Visits and Travel Plans
Carrie Williamson and two children from Austin Minnesota visited Sunday. A B Moore returned home with them after a week in Austin. Dave Larson and family from Rock Island stayed with Hugh Hall. Carl Bassler from Monmouth spent summer with C. E. Bassler. Mabel Fullerton of Iowa City visits sister Orville Tohma. John McFarland returned from University of Iowa Hospital. Will Wadsworth and Terry Marsh families visited Lee Norris and J A Marsh. J B Pressly family planned three week trip to Kansas Oklahoma Texas. Harry Boilean attended welding convention in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Williamson
Austin
Minn
A. B&b. Moore
Dave Larson
Rock Island
Hugh Hall
Carl Bassler
Monmouth
C. E. Bassler
Mabel Fullerton
Iewa City
Orville Tohma
John McFarland
University Hospital
Iowa City
Will Wadsworth
Near Delta
Lee Norris
Terry Marsh
Keokuk
J. A
Mary Ruth
Mildred
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Harry Boilean
Kansas City
Chickens Drown in Heavy Rain Across Xenia Area
A heavy rain Monday evening caused crop and fence damage, strong winds felled trees, hail was reported, and poultry raisers lost chicks. The feature notes local residents visiting relatives and ongoing farm activity amid the weather disruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Stephens
Xenia
Will Roberts
Everette Stewart
Richard Stephens
Roger Colthurst
George Lord
Moline
Robert Stephens
West Chester
Gene Stephens
Mel
John Freeland
Ainsworth
Chicago
Freeland
D. D. Stephens
Wayne Norman
Billy
Ed Davis
Haskins
Ashes of Former Junction Resident Brought for Burial
Ashes of August Gilbert 71 formerly of Columbus Junction born Muscatine July 24 1886 died after paralysis at his Chicago home. He moved to Columbus Junction in 1869 with parents the town’s first residents. Surviving widow Josephine Reha Gilbert son Joseph Middleton and two grandchildren. Cremation held ashes to be buried in Columbus City. Local notices also report travels and health events among residents and a college commencement in Monmouth Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Gilbert
Chicago
Muscatine
August Gilbert
Josephine Reha
Riverside
Joseph Middleton
Wis
Columbus City
Marvin Sterrett
Des Moines
F. H. Johnston
Beulah Luckey
William and
Robert
Magery U Harbison
Mary Davis
Co. J. Boileobach
Ft. Wayne
Ind
William Shearer
Iowa
Weselyan College
Mt. Pleasant
C. N. Johnston
Monmouth
Monmouth College
Margaret Jahn Johnston
Growing Wave of Kidnapping Probed by U S Authorities
A rising number of child abductions alarm U S officials since 1932 led to new measures. Reports include the Levine case in New York and the Cash kidnapping in Miami with a $10,000 ransom, amid a string of high profile abductions and varying outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York
Peter Levine
Longe Island
Miami
Fla
James Bailey Cash
Levine
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Hopewell
N. J
Charles Mattson
Tacoma
Wash
Mattson
Charles
Lindbergh
Peggy VeMath
Harwitchport
Mass
Kenneth Buck
June Robles
Tucson
Ariz
George Weyerhaeuser
William Mahon
Mattson, Levine
Cash Boy
Leonard Wehrle to Spend Summer at Parental Home
Wellman residents report Leonard Wehrle son of Mr and Mrs PF G Wehrle has returned from Texas A and M College to spend the summer with his parents. Other brief notes include Mrs J G Lewis trip to Illinois, Russell Ross from University Hospital Iowa City visiting home Wednesday, Cecil Bilumenstein from Long Beach Calif visiting Wellman, and Mrs Max Duskin and son Bob Dean of Moline visiting Long Beach via Mrs Charlie Steninger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Adams
Wellman
Leonard Wehrle
PF. G. Wehrle
Texas A. and
M. College
College Station
Texas
J. G. Lewis
Illinois
Russell Ross
University Hospital
Iowa City
Cecil Bilumenstein
Long Beach
Calif
Max Duskin
Bobby Dean
Moline
Charlie Steninger
California
St Marys Class of Twenty Three Grads at Riverside
A large Riverside crowd attended St Marys high school commencement at the church Sunday evening. Rev N J Pfeiffer gave the address and Rt Rev Monsignor Jacobsmeier presented diplomas to 23 seniors, the largest class in the school. Solemn benediction followed with Rev Co A VanWans assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. A. VanWans
Holy Trin
Kidnap Wave Strains Nation as Ransom Totals Rise
Across five years eleven kidnappings involving adults have occurred with $730000 paid in ransom. Three victims died. authorities face fear and pressure from families. The Levine case shows extortion by impostors complicating the probe and wasting time that helps the real criminal flee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levine
Richmond Services End With Recessional at Ty Church
The service at Ty Church in Richmond concluded with a recessional led by Rev. F. Boeckman of St. Mary's Church Lone Tree. Parishioners participated in the closing rite as the gathering dispersed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ty Church
Richmond
F. Boeckman
St. Mary’s Church
Lone Tree
Entertain Dinner Guests Sunday at Sam Marsh Home
Eureka notes list Sunday dinner guests at the Sam Marsh home including Elmer Reschley Betty and Harry Neff James Marsh Clarence Benson Carol and others from Brighton Wayland Washington and Westwood Also mentions Mildred Fetes Ward Essley Wilson news on visits and travel of several local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Benson
Eureka
Elmer Reschley
Betty
Harry
Brighton
Lester Neff
Wayland
Harold Neff
Westwood
Calif
James Marsh
Washington
Clarence Benson
Carol
Sam Marsh
Mildred Fetes
Helen Applegate
Ward Essley
Ed Petratz
Everette Davison
Wayne Wagner
Roy Edwards
John McKune
Edwin Selser Held for Corn Theft on Two Farms
Edwin Selser, 20, of Columbus City, is jailed by Louisa county officials on charges arising from alleged corn thefts at Fay Foster and Ralph McKean farms. He reportedly confessed and has prior theft convictions, including a two year term at Eldora state training school starting in 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Edwin Selser
Frank Selser
Columbus City
Louisa County
Fay Foster
Ralph McKean
Eldora
Selser
Local Notables Relocate to Columbus City and Funeral Service Held
Ner president Mrs Lillie Town and officials move from the farm to Columbus City. Donald Young of Washington works at the Church barber shop. Funeral services for infant Robert De Wayne Hamilton were conducted at home four miles north. Rev J Lynn Pace of the Reformed church led the service and burial followed in Conesville cemetery. The child was born Wednesday and died Saturday. parents and six siblings survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ner
Lillie Townsend
S. M. Overholt
Merle’ Blair
F. M. Duncan
Jennie Qipple
W. H. Zion
Columbus City
Donald Young
Washington
Robert de Wayne
Ezra Hamilton
Here
J. Lynn Pace
The
Reformed Church
Conesville
Father and Son in Same Movie at Fox Theatre
Two members of a famed stage family appear in the same film Friday and Saturday at the Fox Theatre. Alan Marshal stars in Invisible Enemy from Republic Pictures, with Leonard Willey Alan's father also in the dramatic feature. Willey is a longtime New York stage name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox Theatre
Alan Marshal
Republic
Leonard Willey
Alan
New York
Broadway
Mr. Willey
Invisible Enemy unfolds in oil land dispute tale
A Department of Intelligence officer thwarts an unscrupulous operator in a bid to sell valuable oil lands to a foreign power. The cast includes Tala Birell Mady Correll Herbert Mundin Gerald Oliver Smith and C Henry Gordon in this original Albert J Cobbes Robert T Shannon story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lish Oil Company
Department of
Intelliga
Tala Birell
Mady Correll
Herbert Mundin
Gerald Oliver Smith
C. Henry Gordon
Albert J. Cobbes
Robert T. Shannon
Lightning Struck Leffier House in Hardcrabble Farm
A storm strike damaged the Leffier residence at Hardcrabble, with three rooms affected and a window broken. The event recalls a similar jolt years ago when Mrs. Art Richardson was struck on the same farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardscrabble
Jane
Lloyd Leffier
Jehning
Art Richardson
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Bentees Food Store
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Certo
Cascade Inn Coffee
Hazel Atlas
Valencia
DOI
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Junction
Nature
Doan
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Illustrated News
St. Mary’s
Journal
James Cash, Jr
Sam Marsh Home
Florida
L. C. Hill
Tampa
J. B. Thomas
This Place
Hill
Thomas
Dean Jacobs
Hilda Marsden
Belle Plaine
Eugene Lewis
Kate Lewis
Ocean Side
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Pearl Colton
Harlan
J. C. Ramesdale
Alhambra
Rev
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Women's Home Missionary Society of the
Methodist Church
E. H. Wieg
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Omaha
Hotel
ARC
L. Leffier
COLEN
Burlington
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Baby Stuart
Richelieu Quality Foods
Theo
National Biscuit Co
Nabisco
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Wwe
Krrapt
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Omar
Magic Milk Sun
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Lytle's Grocery
Telcon
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