Jugenheimers Hold Reunion in Muscatine Park
The eighth annual Jugenheimer reunion was held Sunday in a Muscatine park with 52 relatives. Officers elected for 1940 were A C Jugenheimer Burlingon president Oscar Jugenheimer Washington vice president and W L Nelson Mediapolis secretary treasurer. A noon dinner and social afternoon followed with attendees from Washington and Mayre, including Oscar Jugenheimer and Mrs L E Larson, and Mr and Mrs Eri G Mason and Clyle and Margaret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jugenheim
Eed Park
Muscatine
A. C. Jugenheimer
Burlingen
Oscar Jugeneimer
Washington
W. L. Nelson
Ediapolis
Oscar Jugenimer
L. E. Larson
Guest Day Picnic Planned by Club Just Us
Just Us club members plan a guest day picnic dinner at Sunset Park on Wednesday. For the 12:30 meal each member brings two dishes to pass and provides table service for herself and guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Us Club
Sunset Park
Rosemary Club
Lloyd Foster
Damascus Shrine
Masonic Temple
V.F.W. Post and Auxiliary
Fred D. Stewart
Priscilla Club
Hugh McCleery
Homemakers Club
Aerse Sh Ubiemdais
Carl Hering
Country Club
Nellie Thompson
Sunshine Community Club
Ehme Koehler
Just Us
SuUneat Park
Grace Hill Ladies Aid Society
Nic Community Building
Mrs. Joe Maxwell Hosts BEOW Club Meeting
The BEOW club met at Mrs. Joe Maxwell's home with all members present. After the business session, refreshments were served by Mrs. Maxwell and others. Plans were made for a Fourth of July picnic on Wednesday July 5 at Mrs. Elizabeth Schulty's home. The evening ended with social time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Be.o.w. Club
Joe Maxwell
Well
Robert Dawson
Mel Boileau
Elizabeth Schulty
Fifty-two Attend District Standard Bearers Meeting
Fifty-two were registered at the annual district meeting of Standard Bearers in the Methodist church in Columbus Junction. Kath ryn Kehoe of Baihar India gave addresses. Officers named: Marjean Tisor president, Winonn ette vice president, Jean Eyestone secretary. Columbus Junction won the league pennant and Keosauqua the efficiency pennant. Next meeting set for Grace Methodist church in Burlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Methodist Church
Kathryn Kehoe
Baihar
India
Marjean Tisor
Columbus Unction
Winonnette
Keosauqua
Jean Eyestone
Brighton
Grace Methodist Church
Burlington
Social Calendar of Club Meetings and Picnics
Notices list weekly social events from Tuesday to Friday including Rosemary club at 8 p.m. and Damascus Shrine and VFW gatherings. Several clubs specify guests, food commitments, venues like Sunset Park and Country Club, and contact details for attendance.
Class Plans Picnic for Friday Evening
The Home builders Sunday school class of the Presbyterian church will hold a picnic supper at 6 30 p.m. Friday in Sunset park. Members are invited and asked to bring two covered dishes and a sandwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.P. Woman's Missionary Society
R. L. Livingston
Presbyterian Church
Home Builders
The
Sunset Park
Local social notes from Grinnell and surrounding towns
Mrs John Stewart and Mrs George Rudiger with Mrs N G Webster of Crawfordsville attend the Women's General Missionary society convention in Grinnell. Georgeanne and Jeanne Ellen Rudiger stay with their uncle and aunt in Cedar Rapids as their mother remains in Grinnell. Miss Olive Campbell visits relatives in Moline. Warren Richardson of Clarinda visits on business. a niece of the late Ora Henderson. Griffith Humphreys and daughters Elizabeth and Della spent Sunday at the E V Humphreys home at Wyman. Mrs G Hadley and children Charles and Susan Lou of Sioux City spend three weeks with her parents near Brown. Mr Hadley accompanied them home yesterday. Mrs Anna Davies, formerly at the Brown home, leaves for Keota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stewart
George Rudiger
N. G. Webster
Crawfordsville
Grinnell
Olive Campbell
Moline, Ill
Warren Richardson
Clarinda
Iowa
Richardson
Ora Henderson
G. Hadley
Charles
Susan Lou
Sioux City
R. #. Brown
Hadley
Brown
Birthdays and Anniversaries Noted in Local Notices
Roger McKeown marks his eleventh birthday today. Mr and Mrs Leigh Soule celebrate their twenty first wedding anniversary. Several others including John Winga Alice Foster Allen Atkinson Elmer Graber Charles Clark Miriam Ashby Virginia B Wright Mrs G A Chilgren Burlingon and Martin Brown observe birthdays or anniversaries today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Leigh Soule
Alice Foster
Allen Atkinson
Elmer Graber
Charles Clark
Miriam Ashby
Pilotsburg
Martin Brown
Anthony Horak Honored at Family Dinner in SOUTH HIGHLAND
A Father's Day reunion at Anthony Horak's home on June 18 featured a large noon table, sweet peas centerpiece, and an angel food cake by Alma Horak. Entertainment included Archie Horak on piano accordion and Mary Lee Mathews tap dancing. attendees listed include many Horak family members and relatives from Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Highland
Anthony Horak
Alma Horak
Irene
Lewis Horak
Robert Kron
Paul Horak
Dickle
Wilber Mathews
Iowa City
Melo Lasek
Richard Havel
Clarence Lasek
Robert Ballard
Robert
Nick Jordan
Alice Hotze
Shirley Boone
Women as Dominant Mediums in 1900s Spiritualism
Collier's Weekly reports that women make up about 80 percent of spiritualistic mediums in the United States, including tune tellers and crystal gazers, reflecting a gendered leadership in new religious movements of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Collier's Weekly
Dover to Calais Channel Distance Declared at 21 Miles
A brief note states that the distance from Dover England to Calais France across the Channel is 21 miles apart. The figure emphasizes the narrow separation between the two European ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
France
Dover
Calais
Wellman Relatives Attend Messenger Family Reunion
Wellman, June 24. Mrs. Homer Turnipseed hosted relatives at Pine Lake Iowa for a Messenger family reunion honoring their mother Mrs. N. H. Messenger on her seventy fifth birthday. Attendees included numerous Messenger family members from Grinnell Spencer Sioux Rapids Hazelton Cedar Rapids and Mable Cooper. Activities featured swimming boating and golf with several farm and social club events nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Homer Turnipseed
Pine Lake
Iowa
Messenger
N. H. Messenger
Spencer
Lee A. Messenger
Sioux Rapids
Lottie Foster
Ronald Foster
Murriel Foster
Cedar Rapids
Ladies Rural Club
Kinross
H. N
Wellman Methodist Church
America
Richard Cray
Loraine Kos
C. C. Theissen
Earnest Bell
Kinross Social Circle
Leona Bremer
Mear Kirkpatrick
Adolph Gislain
Irene Brenneman
Stella Smith
Vera McDowell
Doll Leitsinger
Ethel Simpson
Myrtle Lee
Eva McDowell
Hazel Schaffer
Lena Wagamon
Louise Shhaffer
Dorothy Stoner
Edna Stoner
Allie Graham
Myrle Adams
Betty Sue
Charles Schachner
Carl Hesseltine
Nellie Dorrance
Toppan Johnson
Faye Rowe
Joan Stead
Omer Green
Lee Walton
Mearl Enfield
Floyd Griffith
William Bitermiller
George Longwell
G. G. Griffith
E. BE. Wetrich
Bud Nickell
Irma Kernes
Dan Steiner
Ervin Goodin
Lulu Wagamon
Charles Green
Nellie Eckhardt
Arthur Ruggs
Arthur Wright
H. J. Flanders
Lester Disney
William Wagamon
Frances Jean
Ice Cream Social for Snowball Club Families
Mr and Mrs D C Griggs opened their home Friday evening to the Snowball Social club and families. Sixty five attended including Bill Edgar and family Mildred and Maurice Meyer as guests. Children played games on the lawn while adults visited. Ladies served home made ice cream and cake. A regular club meeting is set for July 5 with Mrs Hal Richards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. Griggs
Bill Edgar
Mildred
Maurice Meyer
Hal Richards
Plan for D U V Picnic Thursday at Mrs Hayes Lawn
All Daughters of Union Veterans and families invited to a picnic supper on the lawn at Mrs Lillian Hayes home Thursday evening at 6 30. Each member to bring sandwiches a dish to pass table service and card tables. Meat and a drink provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.A.V
Lillian Hayes
Swift family reunion notice and church gatherings
The twenty fourth Swift family reunion is set for Sunday July 2 in Sunset Park. The Presbyterian prayer meeting takes place Wednesday at 9 30 AM at Mrs George Clapper 320 West Washington Street. A lawn social is announced at Bethel Pres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift Family
Sunset Park
Presbyterian Cottage
George Clapper
West
Washington Street
Riverside Legion Auxiliary Elects Officers for Year
Riverside members of the American Legion Auxiliary elected officers at a June meeting. Key posts include President Kate Ingram and First Vice President Rose Dautremont with other officers named. Delegates to the state convention in Burlington were Ingram and Bushek, to be installed at the July meeting. Food donations and sick visits were reported, along with Poppy Day funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
American Legion
Legion
Kate Ingram
Rose Dautremont
Mary Hartzler
Leona Kucera
Edna Bushek
Mary Walton
Eva Thompson
Evelyn Birrer
Mary Kron
Helena Novy
Mary Kucera
Burlington
Anna Kupka
Mary Kuctta
Church Event Near Washington Announces Ice Cream Social
A church gathering northeast of Wash plans a Thursday evening ice cream and cake social on June 29 with a good program. Everyone is welcome. Location 113 at 3.
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Church
N. E. of
Wash
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Ramona Riley
Colorado Springs
Colo
Tomore
Jugenheimers
E.O.W
Ily
Bill Mohland
Southern Utilities
Griffith Humphreys
Elizabeth
Della
Wyman
E. V. Humphreys
Anna Davies
RR. E
Keota
Jobin
Celette
Din
Roger McKeown
Edward Rees
Winga
John Winga
Virginia B. Wright
G. A. Chilgren
Richland
D.U.V
Bethel Pres
Riverside ‘Legion Auxiliary
Tolle
OWA Southern Utilities CO
Washington's Department Stores
Dewey
Manila Bay
Teddy
Washington’s
Washington Chamber of Commerce
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