Kettle Theft Reported From Pleasant Ridge by Odd Pedlar
Pleasant Ridge residents report a strange peddler and a boy buying scraps took a new aluminum kettle during a rag and metal gathering. The incident highlights concern over peddler identification and licenses in the neighborhood. The note mentions a local family dinner and Jo Anne Chalupa’s birthday surprise with candy place cards and cake.
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Pleasant Ridge
National Defense
Schaad
Frank Schaad
Roy Wiggins
Barbara Wiggins
Gains
Chris Ernst
Jo Anne Chalupa
JoAnne
Neighborhood news highlights in June gatherings and visits
Thursday items note Larry Miller receiving a new bicycle and family birthday celebrations. Numerous social visits include the Swift, Coile, Renoux, Kauffman, and Christner households sharing meals and hours at various homes near Brighton and Riverside.
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Larry Miller
Clara Miller
Pacini
Chicago
Larry
Swift
Long
Howard
Cora Ruth Swift
Roger Letts
Coil
VeRoy Coil
Columbus Junction
Jud Coil
Brighton
Arthur Kesler
Pleasant Plain
Dr Fry summoned to Pennsylvania by death of relative
Dr J L Fry and his sons Bill and Paul and daughter Jean left Friday evening for Pennsylvania to mourn the death of Dr Fry's sister in law Mrs Charles Fry accompanied them to Cedarville where Mary Fry was mentioned in passing.
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Dr. Fry
Pennsylvania
R. A. Hender
Kalona
J. L. Fry
Bill and
Paul
Jean
Charles Fry
Cedarville
Mary Fry
Honor Inez Graber at Family Picnic in Washington Park
Elmer Graber and family attended a Sunset park picnic in honor of Inez Graber who has been visiting and left for Des Moines for nurses training. The piece lists neighbors and relatives visiting, helping with chores, and recent gatherings around the Rich and Widmer families in Stringtown on June 24.
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Inez Graber
Washington Park
Stringtown
Elmer Graber
Sunset Park
Des Moines
Ruth Freyenberger
William Freyenberger
Frederick Gugel
Noah Widmer
Fay
Verdella Widmer
Amos Graber
Sunday Tea Menu and Local Social Notes
Toasted chicken sandwiches and a pineapple prune salad suit Sunday evening tea. Prunes and dried fruit platters garnish buffets. Mr and Mrs Charles Shephard and children Bob and Louise of Nebraska visit Mrs C Miller and Mrs Marie Herner for ten days. Mr and Mrs E L Kensenger and Mr and Mrs Hilton Grady plan a week fishing and camping trip in Canada. Mary Coleen Grady and Lorraine Michum sang with the Kalona band on Saturday night and pleases locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Shephard
Bob and
Louise
Nebraska
C. Miller
Marie Herner
E. L. Kensenger
Hilton Grady
Canada
Mary Coleen Grady
Lorraine Michum
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Kettle
Strange Vonder
Pat Swift
North
Iowa
Oda
Famous
Barbara Stanwyck
Gary Cooper
Frank Attorney
the Fox
Fred Emery
Williamsburg
Tony Kauffman
John Renoux
Patricia
Billy
Jim Lowe
Mary
Lucille Christner
Hzra Christner
Ollie
Phyllis Disney
Edna Renoux
Selma VanSyce
Harry Renoux
John
Harry
Wilmer Kauffman
Havel
Henry Underwood
Nick Linnenkamp
Evelyn
Fred Havel
Riverside
Wilfred Cook
Keota
Wilmer Kargfman
Lizzie Ogg
Ray Steele
Helen
Ben Bruegge
J. J. Rich
Clifford Young
Peoria
Chris Freyenbergers
Ida Miller
P. R. Schantz
Viola
Joe W. Rich
Grandma Rich
Ethan’ Brooks
Arthur Wyse
Elmer Freyenberger
Carl Molander
Arthur Davison
Betty
Homer Davison
George Brooks
Hebel
Rex Swans
Clara Hebel
Grace
Wayland
Edna Widmer
P. P. Wenger
Florence
Ida Fritz
Mary Scha
COX Motor
West Washington St
America
Studebaker
Palm Beach
Klein
Hopsack
Wilshire
Texas
Ranger
Klein Klothing
Klein’s
Superba
Jantzen
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