Crawfordsville Notes Highlight Local Moves And Sports
Forrest Davidson from Iowa City passed the bar after a state exam. Local visits include Mrs. Davis and family from Ven Wert Ohio, and the Orris home hosts Mr. and Mrs. Hultquist. Crawfordsville Tri-County team beat Washington 7 to 3 with Orr’s steady pitching and strong infield defense. Upcoming games listed as Cubs East End Olds Mt. Pleasant Owls Winfield Aces Foxes Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Manners
Crawfordsville
Forrest Davidson
Iowa City
Clarence Moorhead
FE. G. Davis
Joe Johnston
Howell
Davis
Ven Wert
Ohio
Paul Hultquist
Sigourney
A. B. Orris
Keokuk Presbytery
le Claire
E. S. Hehnner
Blandinsville
Firs
Washington
Edgar
B. Lowe
Orr
K. Cherryholmes
Fuhr
Cubs
East End
Noble
Olds
Mt. Pleasant
Owls
Winfield
Aces
Foxes
Stags
Legion
Sunday and Union Church Activities Schedule
Sunday school at 10 and worship at 11 with a Father's Day sermon. Union services at 7 30 p m and a Ruth 4 study on Wednesdays. Missionary society meets Thursday afternoon and at the church. Epworth League devotional 6 30 p m. Choral practice Thursday. The Rust College Jubilee Singers perform June 21 at 7 p m with free will offering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth
Methodist Sunday School
Rose
Rust College Jubilee Singers
Holly Springs
Miss
E. S. Hebner
Millson Circle
Women's Missionary Society
Crawfordsville Girls Triumph In Doubleheader Win
Crawfordsville won the first game convincing Washington 15 to 4 on Wednesday. Crawfordsville pitcher B Lowe starred as the home team built a sizable lead and secured the doubleheader victory.
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Crawfordsville
Washington
Crawfordsville Girls
Washington Girls
B. Lowe
Farm accident and social notes from Red Brick
Last Wednesday A B Neis Winger left the farm and found his car rolling downslope. He tried to stop it and fell on gravel injuring his hip knee hand and shoulder though he is improving. A rain followed a severe dust storm. Weekend visits included Katherine Flynn and brothers at Will Flynn home. Other local visits and a charivari for Mr and Mrs Roy Eshelman precede congratulations to the newly married couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Neis- Winger
Katherine Flynn
George
Dennis
Will Flynn
Wellman
John Pratt
Ida Patterson
Ainsworth
Sam Sign
Homestead Farm Markets and Farm Prices Stagnant
A rural note from Alvin reports dull farm trades at Homestead Farm with slow demand for hay rakes, forks, jars, and threshers. Prices for pork, beeves, oats, and corn are listed as stable to low while road and carrier costs are rising. collective farmer action is urged to secure profit. Richmonds kittyball games also noted as talk of the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NRA
CCC
Washington County
BR. RR
Drain Trust
Richmonds
VEO Dinners and Visits Share Rural Today Activities
VEO notes visits of Dell Parsons and family to Louise Switzer and other kin near Woolson and Batavia. Family members from Cedar Rapids Fairfield and Pleasant Plain drop by, with children’s program plans at Howard Grove Church and cherry trees as a seasonal focus. Rain praise ends segment, noting pastures drying and recent light showers.
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Veo
Dell Parsons
Louise Switzer
Earl Evans
Cedar Rapids
Will Dickinson
Merle Dickinson
Irvin Whitham
Fairfield
Co. C. Dana
Wayne
Leila Marie Parson
George Parsons
L. B. Martin and Lyle
Misses Hoelley
Woolson Corner
Geo. Bray
Verle Beauchamp
Batavia
Luther Elnore
Claud Watson
Woolson
Howard Grove Church
Jack
Billie W Popjoy
Pleasant Plain
Martin
Richard Allison
Bethel News Highlights 4-H Activities and Local Visits
Bethel reports include 100 4-H club members touring farms and picnicking at the Marek home. Earl Birney, once of nearby Washington, is reported improving in Cedar Rapids with family connections recalled. The Jackson township Farm Bureau meeting heads Friday evening at Homer Birney’s with 4-H boys leading the program. Northern Star 4-H meets at Rennie Dawson’s with Rally day set for the high school. Children’s Day plans at Bethel are under way, led by Adolph Larson Ruth Gilson and Jane Rothisberger. Edits note Edith Reed’s visit to Mt Pleasant and Keokuk work plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Maud
Ethel McCreedy
Anna Finney
Homer Birney
Cedar Rapids
McCreedy
Vince Marek
Jackson Township Farm Bureau
Stanley Foster
Northern Star
Rennie Dawson
Joe Knotek
Harry Drake
Dell Walker
Dorothy
Alice
Roudabush
George Reed
Mt. Pleasant
Edith
Keokuk
Adolph Larson
Ruth Gilson
Jane Rothisberger
Josephine Stewart
Donald Brown
P. F. Whisler
Kalona Notes Highlight Weddings Postmaster Change
Kalona June 14 events include H A Swartzendruber reunion at the John Y Swartzendruber home and H L Walker taking over as postmaster assisted by Alva M Kepler. A local wedding Emily Slaby to Jacob Swartzendruber occurred June 6 at the groom’s parents home.
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Kalona
H. A. Swartzendruber
Swartzendruber
John Y. Swartzendruber
H. L. Walker
Inties
Alva M. Kepler
Lizzie Hochkstetler
Er. B. Hochstetler
Clyde Snider
Robert Risk
Washington
Highway
Riverside
Callistus Kern
W. A. Schillig
Richmond
Julia Kauffman
Lucille
Roy Snyder
West Point appoints cadet regimental commander Gee
Herbert C. Gee of Anamosa was named regimental commander or first captain of the U S Army cadet corps at West Point New York announced by Major General William D Connor after graduation exercises. Other notes include local visits and community events in Columbus Junction and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Herbert C. Gee
Anamosa
H. A. Gee
Corps of Cadets
U. S. Military Academy
West Point N. Y
William D. Connor
H. &. Busse
Klemme
Cecil Bliven
Parsons College
Fairfield
Bradshaw Furniture Company
Ref. Huber
Roy Pine
Knoxville
Verne Brown
Colinbus City
Columbus City
Adrian Norris
Betty Lou
Harrisburg
John Davis
Carolyn
Maxine
Harmony club farewells Mrs Frain at Robison home
In Brighton on June 14 the Harmony club met at the W. B. Robison residence to bid farewell to Mrs J F Frain who heads to West Point with her husband transferring as Co B Q Station agent. Fourteen members attended and gifts included an electric table lamp. Birthday party for Dorothy Wopkin followed with cake ice cream and snacks. Also report on Tri T officers elected Leona Whisler presiding Gladys Robb vice pres. Dorothy Johnston sec Mayme Lee Jamison treas. Presbyterian Ladies Aid held a Bible questions contest and songs Earlene Smith violin solo performed by Hetty Jeanne Hoskins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Harmony Club
Tri T's
F. W Johnston
Leona Whisler
Gladys Robb
Ree
Dorothy Johnston
Treas
Mayme Lee Jamison
Presbyterian Ladies Aid
Hetty Jeanne Hoskins
Earlene Smith
E. C. Cook
Ft. Madison
Commmiller
Clara Wenger
C. K. Sechantz
Sam Bergh
John Luellen
Des Moines
NRA
Norman Clark
James Magdefray
Register Tribune
Philathea
Mennonite Church
Ella Shively
Arthur Wyse
Kara Wit
Henry Alter
Edgar Smith
Akers
Henry
Wyse
Virgil Blosser
A. D. Blosser
Edith Hirshey
Joe Hirschy
Sugar Creek
Hirse
Mrs Troyer Unwell. Dorothy Walker Visits Weekend
The missionary society of the VU P church met at Mrs H P Wilson's home Thursday. Mrs Troyer is not improving, and friends wish to see her. Little Dorothy Walker visited this weekend at her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missionary Society of the VU
Loyd Walkers Visited Dell Walker Home
Loyds brought her home Sunday and visited the Dell Walker home in a brief, readable note from the local column.
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Loyd Walkers
Loyds
the Dell Walker
Easy to Find Trouble and Uncle Eben Quote
A line from an old column features colorful proverbs about revenge and trouble. The text contrasts two voices, one warning against seeking revenge and another advising that trouble will come without aid.
Wayland Social News Highlights Local Visits and Events
Wayland and surrounding area residents join visiting groups and relatives from Ottumwa Bloomfield and Des Moines. Weddings, picnics and church activities anchor a week of family gatherings church events and community notices with notes on a serious fire incident and a large upcoming wedding in the Sugar Creek church.
Vast George Washington Bridge spans Hudson at 8 700 feet
The George Washington Bridge over the Hudson River connects Manhattan from One Hundred Seventeenth to One Hundred Seventeenth Streets to Lemoine Avenue in Fort Lee New Jersey. Its total length with approaches is 8 700 feet and the main span measures 8 500 feet.
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Hudson River
New York City
Broadway
Manhattan Borough
One
Charleston's Long Cooper River Bridge Nears Completion
The Cooper river bridge at Charleston spans nearly three miles and exceeds the height of the Brooklyn Bridge. Erected at about 6 million dollars, the massive project reflects bold engineering and regional growth.
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Charleston
Cooper River
Brooklyn
German Marriage Rules Probe Ancestry Purity Claim
A historical notice reports German authorities require marrying couples to prove no racial impurity in their lineage up to 16 great great grandparents, reflecting eugenic standards for union eligibility and social policy.
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Missionary Society
Ss. F. Wenger
United Presbyterian
Kittenball Games
Marguerite Fering
Homestead Farm
Alvin
Tom Lahey
Kerput Ehren Felt
Jane
Logan Reif
BE. H. Reif
University of Iowa
Edmondson Department Store
D. S. Carpenter
Ka Fona
Emily Slaby
Goshen
Jacob
Chicago
Keote
Dean C. Snyder
Weller Snyder
College of Medicine
San Francisco
California
Bros
Mel
Gertrude
Clifford Lahey
Hal Thomas Lahey
Iry Brox
Everine
Kalona Diamond
Martha Butler
Marshall Town
County Line Club
Scott Willey
Columbus Gazette
Ennutauqua Park
Jesse G Georges
Fredonia Methodist Church
W. A Lamp
BE. F. Davis
Max Mize
H. Turkington
George Williamettoe Hawkins
J. D. Darrow Varial
Cedar Bethel Cemetery
Clarence Hawkins
Merritt de Loyse
Presbyterian Sunday Schools
James Kerr
A. H. Ohlsen
Davenport
Alley Ohlsen
Lester Ohlsen
Mary Brown
Pleasant
J. W. Hubbard J. Reaney
Second Street
Chester Ogier
Detroit
Ira Oats
Brighton News
Rhua Helmick
Dorothy Wopkin
North
Mrs Hopkins
Louise McClintie
Joan Hapans
Jane Edmondson
Billy Horton
Jacki
Robbie Hoover
Margaret Mann
Mildred
Audrey Helmick
Mary Lon Stacy
Wayland
Ezra Wittmer
Roy Peck
Wanda
Jiddyville
Veek
Parl Stutzmay
Mareena Morwery
Ottumwa
Sargent Bluffs
Irvin Rieh
John Wenger
Lenore Mowery
Irene Rich
H. B. Ingland
Bloomfield
John A. Kauffman
Ralph Roth
West Branch
Bobby
Albert Roth
Willard Hauenstein
Pneanmonia
J. R. McKirahan
Dixson
McKirahan
Rev. Schuman
Grand Island
Nebraska
M. I. White
Lincoln
Neb
Harold Graber
RH Klopfenstein
Fred Klopfenstein
Milford McCreedy
Dale Klopenstein
Eli Klopenstein
Genn Klopfenstein
Fred Miller
Jacob Graber
Frank Clark
Willis
Albert Magdefrau
James Magdefrau
Gospel Institute
Josephine Lyons
Wesley Pritchard
Betty Sinclair
Allie
Goldsmith
Leola Magdefran
Eda Boshart
Magdefrau
Mt. Leasant
Enlen Wilcox
Seattle
Wash
Omar Boshart
Jimmy
Besse Allen
Orus Boshart
Rich
the Evening Journal
Rukgaber
Fred L. Stewart
Montgonery Ward
Journal
Dave Elder
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