Gift Shower for Metz Family in Riverside
The Simon Metz family, whose home burned two weeks earlier, received a gift shower in St Marys hall organized by neighbors relatives and friends. Dozens of locals contributed items as Ed Hill and family moved to a new property nearby while others visited Iowa City Muscatine and Kalona for related notices. The Riverside community and extended kinship provided support to help the Metz family reestablish their household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estelle Critz
Riverside
Simon Metz
St. Mary's Hall
Mary Shebek
Ernestine Bulger
Theresa Strabala
Evelyn Musser
Elmer Scherrer
Cecil Strabala
Omer Strabala
Francis Vessy
Stella Yeggy
Albert Dunn
Lena Bopp
Helen Zachs
Lily Zachs
Ambrose Kron
Ralph Waldschmidt
Agnes Metz
Lloyd Hopping
Ed Kessler
Charles Rose
Ivan Shrader
Earl Vegey
Phyllis Schnoebelen
J. L. Yeggy
Herman Heitzman
Genevieve Droll
Bertha Ruth
Stella Heitzman
Bernadine Yeggy
R. H. Thomann
Edward Muller
Leo Brophy
Fred Frank
Ralph Schechter
Louis K
Leon Bulger
Ed Hill
Minnie Simon
Edward Brugge
Glenn Younkin
Dwight
Muscatine
Elmer Evans
Elmer
Sam Evans
James Rice
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Charles B. Rice
Joseph Libenguth
Glenn Alcorn
Glenn Jr
Kalona
Friess Hotel
New Barn or House Office Space Available Fridays
Office space available in the Jeffrey Building above the National Food Store. Weekly availability each Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffrey Bldg
Albove National Food Store
Mrs May Alcorn Moves to Ka lona Home
Mrs May Alcorn formerly of Riverside now lives with her son in Ka lona after leaving a convalescent home in Iowa City. William Sims and Helena Tener visited with Helena’s uncle William Tener in Columbus Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Alcorn
Riverside
Iowa City
Kalona
William Sims
Helena Tener
William Tener
Columbus Junction
Skubals Visit Freedom Train in Round Grove
A Mrs John Skubal report from Round Grove describes a June 22 visit to the Freedom Train in Iowa. Passengers viewed items from Magna Carta to Columbus 1493 works along with flags from USS Missouri Iwo Jima and Commodore Perry 1854.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Skubal
Round Grove
Iowa
Pople
Rome
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
U.S.S
Missouri
Mount Suribachi
U. S
Iwo Jima
Commodore Perry
Judy
Johnson
Lloyd Enke
Enke
Riverside Notes Highlight Needle Club and Church Moves
Riverside reports cover the Senior Needle Club gathering at Mrs. Bertha Tener’s home with guest Mrs. Gerald Cress, plus Rev. Martin O. McKenzie’s reappointment to Riverside and related parish duties. Social events include a surprise picnic honoring longtime couples and a large Eastern Star meeting with hundreds in Marengo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estelle Critz
Riverside
Bertha Tener
Gerald Cress
Helen
Marie
Harold Cress
C. V. Dautremont
C. E. Fitzsimmons
Worth Hartzell
R. H. Heitzman
Minnie’ Holtz
William Ingram
William Knebel
Ella Knittel
Celia Kron
Ola Laughlin
John Soukup
Tener
Martin O. McKenzie
Riverside Trinity Methodist Church
Des Moines
Richard Schnoebelen
Paul
Ralph
Russell
Lester Schnoebelen
Jane
Harold Kueneman
Arthur Horn
Janice
Bernard Thomann
Larry
Ruth
Walter Schnoebelen
Hills
John Laney
Iowa City
Marie Schnoebelen
Carl Deutsch
Plaza
North Dakota
St. Mary's Church
Thomas L. Wolfe
Robert Davis
Town City
Fred Yordi
Turkey egg laying contest at Tarleton College
The first turkey egg laying contest in the United States was held in 1947 at John Tarleton Agricultural College in Tarleton, Texas, marking a historic event in regional poultry competitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
John Tarleton Agricultural College
Tarleville, Tex
Livestock Sale Announced At Hi Dollar Sales Co
A weekly Monday livestock auction is advertised by Hi Dollar Sales Company in Sigourney Iowa. The notice promotes ongoing sales of cattle hogs and horses with no further details on times or catalog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi Dollar Sales Company
Sigourney, Iowa
Community sale listings at Iowa barns this week
Weekly sale notices show livestock auctions every Friday at Whittaker sale barn and midweek sales at Midway Sales Company in Columbus Junction. Kalona Sales Barn hosts sales on Thursdays, Ollie Livestock Exchange runs Tuesday 1:00 p m in Ollie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittaker Sale
Midway Sales Company
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Kalona
Ollie Livestock Exchange
Ollie, Towa
Russell Miller to Work in Hartford Sanatorium
Russell Miller leaves Sunday for Hartford Conn to work in a psycopathic sanatorium for a year. If the work suits him he plans to continue college and study for it after earning his degree at Central College Pella this spring. Local notice lists upcoming trips and events in Crawfordsville and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Raymond
Crawfordsville
Russell Miller
Hartford
Conn
Psycopathic
Russell
Central College
Pella
Howard Anderson
Wellman
Gertie Clark
Harold Miller
Marilyn
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Cleo Fletcher
Larry
Kathy
S. C. Fletcher
Kenneth Cherryholmes
Margery
Cleo
Nancilee Anderson
Iowa City
Methodist Church
Washington
Carleton White
William Henss
Clarence Lowe
Earl Walker
Harley Bloomquist
Joe H. Jones
Kathryn Williams
Phyllis Anderson
John Foster
Town City
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Metz
National Farm Loan Associations
Geo
D. Umphrey
Secy-Treas
Washington Airport
Jax
Washington Airpo
Skubals
Freedom
Burlington
Lee Nicholson
Arnold
Aso
The
Haskins Ladies Aid
G. Cress
McKenzie
Sharon
Charles Schnoebelen
Francis
Wuella
Phyllis
Maxine
Verle
Dale
Alice
Anderson
Ford
Dearborn
Huston Implement Service
Crawfordsville, Iowa
Purina
HOG Chow
Checkerboard
By Ken Reynolds
Alvin
Ial
Culligan Zeolite Co Tredemerh
U.S. Pat
Journal
Professional Directory
Louis J. Kehoe
Attorney At Law
Theodore B. Bailey
Morrison & Morrison
Edmund D. Morrison
Morrison Building
S. W. Livingston
Robert Day Attorneys
W. Main
George F. Morrison
G. Gifford Morrison
J. C. Penney Co
Paul V. Shearer
Court House
Harry
Journa
Hite
Wash. St
Nceed
N. Ave
Wendell L. Shaffer
Hotel Washington
Optometrists
Lemmon
John W. Lemmon
East Side Square
P. L. Etter
F. G. Livesay
D. C
Spinal Distortion
Iowa Avenue
Washington Dairy
Mangold
Sentinel Radio Sale & Service
South Ave
Little
H. Wagenknecht
Ainsworth
Tait Radio & An
Reister Hatchery
J. B. Randle
Reister Bros
Washington Concrete Co
St. and
Rock Island
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