Winter baby chicks begin laying eggs in June
Shiloh reports that February hatchlings now lay eggs. Local social notes include picnics and visits: Marshs, Gardners, Amrines, Shantz, Donaldsons, and Cohorts meet weekly. 4-H trip to Ames. census work. Father’s Day program. and a closing United Presbyterian Vacation Bible School picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Schoonover
Shiloh
Sam Marsh
Jimmy
Sunset Park
Washington
Roland Armstrong
Owen Blick Ofrighton
Carl Amrine
A. N. Amrine
Joe Amrine
Everett Swell
Eugene Chalupa
Fred Kephart
Dave Schantz
Mr. Shantz
Joe Shantz
Noble
Warren Donaldson
L. B. Donaldson
Owen Blick
Dave Crozier
Dave Shantz
Donald Coats
David
Bill Rawn
Writer's
Bobby
Roger Allen
Frank Shanz
Louis Anders
Pleasant Hill Church
Sam Lambert
Donald
William Nicholson
Fredonia
Forest Donald
East Sunset Community Notes June gatherings and visits
Numerous local families hosted and visited each other through the week. Mrs Howell and Ralph Howellson attended a pot luck at Harold Putnam's in Washington. The Lester Krabill family visited the P J Graber family. Veda Twinam of Chicago visited Merle Twinam. Families shopped in Davenport and dined with relatives in Crawfordsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Hering
East Sunset
Ralph Howell Anson
Harold Putnam
Washington
Lester Krabill
Wethington
P J. Graber
Veda Twinam
Chicago
Merle Twinam
Clair Holmes
John Widmer
Davenport
Ralph Howl
Willard
Bill McGinnis
Haskins
Chapman
Latimer Davis
Holly Johnston
Dale
Kenneth
Betty Wer
Henry Mast
Crawfordville
Roy Fread
Levi Shidler
Brighton
Boyd Twinam
Eli White
Columbus City
K. Orris
Mae
Dorothy
Suny
Clarence & Family
Crawfordsville
P. J. Graber
Graber
Way
Anna Riley
Ralph Howell
Frank Pratt
J. E. Lemley
Community Notices from Local Residents
Wanda and Roger were callers at the P. J. Graber home Thursday evening. The Jake Graber family of near Noble spent Tuesday evening at the Joe Rich home. Leonard Martin is working for Harold Pierson near Ainsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanda
Roger
P. J. Graber
Jake Graber
Near Noble
Joe Rich
Leonard Martin
Harold Pierson
Ainsworth
Lemon Visits West Chester Residents from Mt. Rose Calif
Mr and Mrs George Lemon of Mt Rose California visited West Chester spending Tuesday night at Kamp Kory. They plan to tour the Washington area about ten days while former Ferguson store employee Mr Lemon recalls his linkage to the Washington community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Lemon
Mt. Rose, Calif
West Chester
George Lemon
Mt. Rose
Calif
Kamp Kory
Washington
Lemon
Ferguson Store
Harold Griggs
D. C. Brumbac
Wellston
James Griggs
Clyde
Leland Griggs
Lou Robbins
Keosauqua
Bessie Caldwell
David
Baumgarten
Mt. Pleasant
Oscar Laubach
Leila Miller
Chicago
Paul Delong
Johnny
Patty Jean Hotle
Edd Hotle
Platt Hicks
Helen Price
Russel
Edna Daniels
Nellie Scearey
A. T. Augustine
Henry Norton
Davenport
Pr. J. Hoover
Kathryn
Martin- Smith
Bar
Griggs
Jeanenne
Mission Board appoints several to fields and reports births
Crowds average 1200 attend three day Mission Board sessions at Sugar Creek church June 19 to 21. New appointments include Mr and Mrs Tim Brenneman to South America and Mr and Mrs Wilbur Hochstetler to India. A boy weighing 6 pounds was born to Mr and Mrs Gerald Sharp at Jefferson County hospital. Local notices include teaching contract for Ruth Meyer in Elm Grove area and family updates from Wayland residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra Wittmer
Wayland
Mission Board
Sugar Creek Church
William Lauver
Parke Lantz
South America
Tim Brenneman
Vesta Notzinger
Wilbur Hochstetler
India
Harry Clark
Gerald Sharp
Jefferson County Hospital
Ruth Meyer
Will Jadot
Sandra Jean
Kent, O
DPD
F. Meyer
Ruth
Elm
Elm Grove
Merrimac
Gilbert Schantz
Joe Wittmer
Duane
Town City Hospital
Wittmer
Eureka Social Roundup Sees Picnic Visits and Volunteer Dissolution
In Eureka on June 24 several families including Mr and Mrs Howard Wagner and John and Wayne joined a Burlington picnic. The Eureka Ladies Aid meeting with Mrs Amanda Potratz ended early due to weather with three members present. Visits spread to Iowa City Des Moines Coppock and Burlington as relatives gathered for social evenings and a large ice cream freestar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Howard Wagner
John and Wayne
Roy Davison Russell and
Everett
Burlington
Joseph Wolfer
Nell Kuhn
Earl Salterburg
Brighton
William Salterburg, Jr
John Wagner
Floyd
Sam Potratz
John Wayne
Don McArlin
Floyd Wagner
Roland Armstrong
Mapmaking From Antiquity to Early Cartographers
The article notes that mapmaking is centuries old with Babylonian clay outlines and Greek scholars who inferred earth size from measured town distances. It emphasizes early cartographers often lacked complete factual accuracy in their mapmaking methods.
Granddaughters Prepare a Dinner for Father's Day
Highland Center on June 22 families gathered for Father s Day dinners. Among those visiting were Mr and Mrs Glen Green and family from Washington and several other relatives. A funeral at James McGuire s service drew community members, and Mrs Mary Thompson returned to Monmouth with Frank Salladay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Center
Glen Green
Lewis Roth
Iris
Ernest Salladay
Washington
John Martinday
Burlington
Frank Salladay
Thompson
Wayland
Floyd Martin
Betty Jean
Win Murphy
James Jones
Burrel
Rodney Jones
Percy Skubal
Frank Podaril
Lenora Merrifield
Mildred Whiting
Anthony Malichky
Richmond
Anna Krotz
Riverside
William Krotz
Joe Krotz
Wilbur Chalupa
James McGuire
Mary Thompson
Monmouth
W. KR. Murphy
Lucille
Donald Rinner Takes Stock Farm Post Near Aurora
Donald Rinner will leave for Aurora Indiana to join Sugar Grove Stock Farms working with Belgian horses. The notice records many local visits and family events including Rinner kin, 4-H involvement, medical updates, and travel for the farming post. Henry Rinner and related families feature prominently.
Am Boy Socials and Visits Highlight Week
Ambo y society notes: Mrs Earl White hosts visiting kin from Crawfordsville Evanston and Cedar Rapids. Birthday observances for Mrs Booth Will Roberts Ed Rees and Miss Evans. Washington visitors L G Roberts Wil Roberts. Everette Stewart ill visit. Various calls by Stewart Owens White Coon and Murphy families populate a busy weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl White
Amboy
Booth
West Chester
Will Roberts
Howard Stewart
Everette
W. C. White
Gupton
Everette Stewart
Connie
Carl White
Jimmy
Dan Griffiths
Noble Weekend Visitors Mentioned At Local Homes
Nob le residents share weekend visits as Darrien Nation and Elizabeth Longnecker of Kansas City join Homer Swartzentruber of New Carlisle. Rev Fred Gingerich and family spend the week with the Jacob Leichty family and other relatives. Families from Archbold and Orville Ohio visit local homes for meals and calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra. J. A Frey
Noble
Darrien Nation
Elizabeth Longnecker
Kansas City
Kan
Homer Swartzentruber
New Carlisle
Sherm Swartzentruber
Fred Gingerich
Oregon
Jacob Leiehty
William Wenger
Joseph Must Home
Elias Frey
William Noffsinger
Joseph Short
Willie Noffsinger
Peter Short
J. A. Frey
John Roth
Archibald
Ohio
Yoder
Orvile
Vaunie Neble
Wayland
Joseph Mast
Kathryn Neble
Towatity
Sam Neble
Harm Westen
Rev Jacob Frey Visits Archibald Home After Sugar Creek Church Meetings
Archibald Ohio resident Rev Jacob Frey returned home from hospital Saturday and was a supper guest at J A Frey home Tuesday evening. He left for home Wednesday morning after attending Sugar Creek church meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Frey
Archibald
Ohio
J. A. Frey
Sugar Creek
Anna Giduck Visits C Griggs Home in Snowball District
Anna Giduck from Chicago spends the summer at the Clint Griggs home in Snowball District. She has visited here almost every summer for vacation. Other local social notes include visits by Mrs. Walter Stuart and family to the George Genkinger home and Tuesday callers at the Glenn Fuhr home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Giduck
C. Griggs
Snowball District
John Shebeck
Clint Griggs
Anna
Chicago
Walter Stuart
George Genkinger
Dale Fuhr
Val Fuhr
Glenn Fuhr
Arthur Wiley
Mable
Virginia
Reunion of Wolf Relatives at Brighton Park
The Wolf Relatives held a reunion at Brighton park last Sunday. Mr and Mrs Lewis Beker and Mrs John Shebeck helped with hay at Alvin Shebeck’s on Thursday. Several families visited, including Hal Richards’ birthday gathering and the Kyle household attendance at the Ames 4 H convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton Park
Lewis Beker
John Shebeck
Alvin Shebeck
Willis Richards
Boyd Sanders
Hal Richards
Hal
Earl Booth
Clarence Fulton
Arthur Wiley
Virginia
Naomi Kyle
Ames
Brooks of
Monmouth
Walter Kyle
James Brooks
Wellston Visitors Return From Missouri Trip
Mr. and Mrs. Edd Miksch and grandson Laurence traveled to Missouri Tuesday and returned the same day to Wellston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellston
Edd Miksch
Laurence
Missouri
Local visitors and family updates from area homes
John Nisle visited Allen Schaeffer Sunday. Walter Wilson home guests included Frank Pratt and family John Pratt Mr and Mrs Keith McClelland Bev erly and mother Wilson. George Lemley paints Arthur Mayers home. Walter Wilson and son Lloyd visited Joe Schantz Wednesday. Margaret Pfieffer stayed with Grandma Pfieffer at Valley. Clark Pfieffer and family visited there Sunday and brought Margaret home. Clark's mother is not well. Robert Miksch has been ill the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Nisle
Allen Schaeffer
Walter Wilson
Frank Pratt
John Pratt
Keith McClelland
Beverly
Wilson
George Lemley
Arthur Mayer
Lloyd
Joe Schantz
Margaret Pfieffer
Grandma Pfieffer
Valley
Clark Pfieffer
Margaret
Clark
Robert Miksch
Mirror Writers and Reversed Language Trends
Collier's Weekly notes writers who reverse word parts and rearrange sentences. Some readers must decode lines by reading each sentence backward to grasp meaning. The piece highlights quirky linguistic twists and the puzzles of backward phrasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mirror
Collier's Weekly
Over 50 Chickens Stolen From R L Klotz Farm
A report from Columbus Junction states that four and a half dozen White Wyandotte chickens were stolen from the R L Klotz farm northwest of town this week. The article notes visitors Charles Giffey Carl Norma and Hildegarden are staying with relatives in Garrison North Dakota and mentions Augustoss finishing a large concrete feeding platform at the Eli White farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
R. L. Klotz
Here
Charles Giffey
Carl
Norma
Hildegarden
Garrison
N. D
Augustoss
Eli White
Lions at birth and growth noted in zoo exhibit
The exhibit notes that most lions are born in captivity and weigh one to two pounds at birth. Five years later they reach about 400 pounds. Wild lions hide cubs when hunting, and females carry babies to safety when crowds frighten them.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Schoonover Farm
R. C. Ferguson
Meyer
Rodney Gene Meyer
John Lureh
Dave Schrock
Noah Schrock
Elmer Meyer
Wooster
Cletus Eschleman
Harfry Wyse
Sam Albrecht
Wilbur Albrecht
Glendon Albrecht
Peter Albrecht
Emma Gable
Flanagan
I. Wyse
Wayland Park
Wyse
Byron Clyde
Delbert Troutman
Seattle
Wash
Clyde Troutman
Ezra Wenger
Bill
Howard
Sam Wenger
Lee Koebel
Fayette
Jake Koebel
Clara Neff
Jean
Elizabeth
J. A. Taylor
Superior
Wis
Dan Orendorf
Carol Benson
Kula Mae Coon
Donald Rinner
Aurora
J. J. Rich
Stringtown
Inl
Sugar Grove
A. A. Streich
Murray Rieser
Bloomington
Ill
Elmer Graber
Lizzie Roth
Trenton
Paul Widmer
Wilbur Schantz
Havre
Jean Schantz
Marian Rinner
Washington Hospital
Rosalie Widmer
Iowa City
Dr. Peterson
E. J. Freyenberger
L. H. Rinner
Peter Widmer
Jakie
Rosalie
Emery Leichty
Joe Widmer
Estella Trachel
Pulaski
L. H
Edd
Arnold Rinner
Myrtle Freyenberg
Delbert Brumfield
Deloris
Delbert
Samuel Murphys
Samuel Murphy
Gary
Charles Soukup
Edd Endicott
Aledo
J. Lindley Coon
Wilma
Cedar Rapids
Ira W. Coon
Lewis Coon
Iowa
Iowa State College
Alice Blue
Dorothy Ostrander
Buffalo Center
Iowa Daily Press Association
iBy
Mirror Writers
R. L. Klotz Farm
Martha Butler
Dixie
Dixie Dugan
Mickey Brown
Box-X
Gila Gulch
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