Local Notes Include Visits and Weddings in Town
Mr and Mrs Cyrus Ward of Manhattan Kansas are visiting friends and may move here. Manton Hebner has returned from a two week fishing trip in Wisconsin. Mrs Hebner returns from Chicago after attending the wedding of Miss Patricia Keeley and Melbourne Beers. Dr Brown will be in his office Monday while the office of Dr Preston Etter remains closed Monday and Tuesday. Ice Cream and Cake advertised at 10c at U P Church Lat Eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus Ward
Manhattan, Kans
Manton Hebner
Wisconsin
Tom Berdo
Montgomery Ward — Store
Minnesota
Hospital Notices and Newborns Reported
At the hospital Junior and Mary Eilen Sconce of Biidop were discharged this morning. Ruth LaFever aged 7 underwent a minor operation. Mr and Mrs John Winga welcomed a son Edward Mee born yesterday at 2 55 weighing eight pounds eleven ounces. Mr and Mrs Bob Arthur welcomed a daughter born last night at 10 45 weighing five pounds eight ounces. Mrs Rudy Wagonknecht of Ainsworth underwent a major operation. The family are visiting at Roy Crossett home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior
Mary Eilen Sconce
Biidop
Roy Crossett
Rudy Wagonknecht
Ainsworth
Ruth LaFever
John Winga
Edward Mee
Bob Arthur
Welchime
CentennialWeek visits and local notices fill Iowa town
Mrs D F Macon of Washington and Mrs Charles Dryden with daughter Jessie visited from Ainsworth. Miss Dorothy Bereiter of Brighton and Mrs Beecher Crosley with Dixie Lee and Irma Bittmer of Fl dora plan Centennial Week visits with Mrs Ward Chandler. Library hours shortened for the holiday. County Treasurer Marion George notes 1936 old age pension tax due by June 30 without penalty. Rothechild’s clerks to wear pioneer costumes for Centennial events. Mrs J C Bruce and her mother from Columbus Junction were in town shopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beecher Crosley
Dixie Lee
Irma Bittmer
Fldora
Ward Chandler
Crosley
Ruth Mohr
Marion
George
Rothechild
J. C. Bruce
Columbus Junction
Republicans Open County Convention Show Gives Speech
A. Boice and Lou Bauer lead resolutions panel while L. M. Feicher Otto Frey and B. C. Foster head credentials. Shaw urges voters to consider federal debt costs and welfare spending, arguing protection for farmers and critique of wasteful projects in Idaho and Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Boice
Washington
Lou Bauer
West Chester
L. M. Feicher
Otto Frey
Marion
B. C. Foster
Lime Creek
Ice Cream Social to Benefit Boone Convention Delegates
Young people of the U P church will hold an ice cream social tomorrow evening at the church to raise funds for delegates to the Cynodicen convention in Boone on July 25. Homemade ice cream and cake will be served for ten cents, with music provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. P
Cynodicen
Boone
County Democrats Name Delegates to State Convention
County Democrats select delegates to the state convention including Walter Brown and Stella Latchem with a list of alternates. Delegates to the judicial convention set for July 30 in Des Moines include G Harmeier and H G Richardson among others. The resolutions committee report was read and adopted along with the committee men and women report during the afternoon session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Brown
Stella Latchem
Sam Donahay
Dwight Robinson
Amos Stout, Jr
Edith Gates
M. C. DeLong
J. M. Kelly
Jay Brown
J. J. Benda
James P. Quinn
W. J. Boyd
Harry Barker
Stanley Vodicka
al Ledger
Floyd Lewis
John Rath
Raymond Spielman
Alice Lemmon
Joe H. Christy
William Embree
George Eglin
Towa Jim the Clown Scheduled for Centennial Week
"Towa Jim" the clown was hired this morning by the Centennial Committee to appear during the week. His spontaneous wholesome fun and ability to imitate a range of sounds will entertain children at the celebration. He has toured major cities nationally and comes highly recommended for the county event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Towa Jim
Iowa
Jim
Des Moines Visit and Local Notices
Mrs George Reister spends a week with relatives in Des Moines while Ralph Ross visits on business. Havre families travel to Dubuque for the weekend. Pasadena residents Joe Barnes and family stay in the Ralph LeMoine house and plan to make a permanent home here. Parry Whitaker is noted in the feed card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Reister
Des Moines
Roy Stewart
Oetten
Ralph Ross
Winfield
Pete Koehler
Havre
Dubuque
Koehler
Merle Green
Joe Barnes
Louise
Wayne
Pasadena
Calif
Ralph LeMoine
South Third Avenue
Rarnhes
Parry Whittaker
Rothschild to Speak at Baptist Church Meeting
Rothschild will address the BR. Y. P. U. meeting at the Baptist church tomorrow evening at 6 30. The topic will be announced during the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rothschild
Baptist Church
BR. Y. P. UU
Log Cabin Centennial Hostesses Named by Day
Week long list of log cabin hostesses for the centennial event announces daily duties. Names include Jeanette Kyle Carrie Kyle Mrs Chas Palmer and others across Monday to Saturday with substitutes and non member assistants noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette Kyle
Carrie Kyle
Chas. Palmer
Russell Bell
Besse Conger
Olie Campbell
Harry McCall
Wahneetah Ingalls
Hazel Siberts
Elsie Wallace
Elsie Bratten
Leigh Soule
A. Anderson
Eva Smeltzer
Elmer Cherry
Edna Purvis
George Masson
Paul Snakenberg
C. O. Davis
Chas
Grayson
John Cunningham
Louisa Young
J. O. Sexton
J. E. Lemmon
A. W. Yard
T. W. Harwood
Merle Bailey
Mary Louise Harwood
Esther McCreedy
Helen Cresswell
Carol Forgey
Lucille Forgey
Nellie Tripp
Ethel Grecian
J. F. Gardner
Jessie Brindley
Nondas Richardson
Prizes for Women's Clubs at Washington Centennial
The Washington Fortnightly club offers two prizes for the Federated clubs with most members in costume at the Washington Centennial on Saturday July 4. Each person must register at the Y between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and name her club. Fortnightly also plans two one act plays about pioneer and modern days Friday at 8 p.m. at the YMCA with no admission charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federatedlub
Washington County
Lester Orr
Church Youth Talk Promises Insightful Address
The church invites all young and older members to attend a forthcoming talk on the Jewish Religion. The speaker is expected to deliver an engaging and informative presentation that should benefit attendees.
Extraordinary focus noted in Asiatic races
The passage asserts that most Asiatic races have an extraordinary power to concentrate every thought on a single dominant idea or goal. It presents a generalization about mental discipline across cultures.
Keota Couple Marvel P Arnold and George Adams Married
Marvel P Arnold and George Adams both of Keota wed at the Central Methodist Episcopal parsonage in Oskaloosa on June 20 1986 with Rev F C Edwards officiating. The bride is the daughter of Mrs Clark Nelson and the groom is the son of Mr and Mrs James Adams. They plan to reside in Keota. The article also notes social club events and gatherings in Keota including Culture club Hopewell club Federated club and PEO activities with various members attending and hosting gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Marvel P. Arnold
George Adams
Central Methodist Episcopal Church
Oskaloosa
F. C. Edwards
Adams
Clark Nelson
James Adams
Mrs Nora Spessard Hosts Bridge Club Gathering
The Ace Hi Bridge club met with Mrs. Nora Spessard in Ainsworth on Friday afternoon with two tables in play. Eva Sbanken Horn had the high score while the hostess and Mrs Blank Enhorn served luncheon to over twenty members. Plans were made for July church supper and kitchen committee appointments. Some items describe the Missionary society all day meeting and other social activities in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Ace Hi Bridge Club
Nora Spessard
Eva Sbankenhorn
Blankenhorn
Violet Lambert
Pearl Gardner
Glynne Megdelson
Glad Hand Missionary Society
India
King's Daughters
J. B. Pressly
Knights of Columbus to Davenport for sixteenth anniversary
The oral Knights of Columbus lodge marks its sixteenth anniversary with a trip to Davenport on Sunday. About twenty-five members will attend the affair with five candidates to be initiated and a banquet at the Blackhawk hotel. Several counties participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oral Knights of Columbus Lodge
Davenport
Blackhawk
Social Calendar Memorial Service and Club Notices
Notices for this calendar must be in by 10 a m Saturday. W R C memorial service at 2 30 in the G A R room Tuesday. Jay Priscilla club meets in the afternoon. Mrs D J Ross 6509 South Iowa Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.rc
Chapter J P E O Attends Sigourney Chapter Anniversary
Twenty one members of Chapter J P E O traveled to Sigourney to join Chapter L for its fiftieth anniversary. Mrs Frank L Wilson and Miss Eva Denny, longtime members, organized the Sigourney unit. Invited chapters AQ Brighton CM Keota X Oskaloosa and Washington 1 attended. The event was on the W H Hamilton lawn with a short program and tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
Frank L. Wilson
Eva Denny
Brighton
Keota
Oskaloosa
Washington
W. H. Hamilton
Birthday Greetings from Local Residents and Couples
A list of birthday celebrants includes Naomi Simpson and several neighbors near Wellman. Today marks the birthday anniversary of Mrs Victor Westphal and the first wedding anniversary of the couple. The nineteenth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Lovelett also occurs today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naomi Simpson
R.&. Young
Howard Gardner
Wellman
C. W. Eden
Burl Pringle
L. R. Baker
Victor Westphal
Mrs. Lloyd Lovelett
Pleasant Ridge Birthday Celebrations Noted
Benny Houseal and his mother Mrs. Paul Houseal of Pleasant Ridge mark birthdays with family. Edna Pauline Watson daughter of Wilbur Watson turns nine. Darlene and Mary Glasgow daughters of Elwood and Margaret Glasgow of Pleasant Ridge observe birthdays today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny Houseal
Richmond
Paul Houseal
Pleasant Ridge
Edna Pauline Watson
Wilbur Watson
Darlene and
Mary Glasgow
Mrs. Elwood Glasgow
Morrison and Keota couple mark tomorrow’s anniversaries
Tomorrow brings three local anniversary notices. Mr and Mrs FE D Morrison celebrate their thirty-first wedding anniversary in ar. Linus Patterson, Richmond. Keota honors Miss Mary Thompson with a birthday observance tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
FE. D. Morrison
Linus Patterson
Richmond
Mary Thompson
Keota
W H M S Elects Officers in Friday Meeting
The Methodist Women's Home Missionary Society elected officers at a Friday afternoon gathering at Mrs. J. Jungbluth's home. Thirteen members and one guest attended. Nellie Genkinger was named president, with J E B Kunath, Alice Shaver, J D Dayton and others filling the remaining posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Women's Home Missionary Society
J. Jungbluth
Nellie Genkinger
J. EB. Kunath
Alice Shaver
J. D. Dayton
Rk. H. Hampsher
Lyman Bunce
C. FE. Negus
Genkinger
Leo Hoover
Eight new members join 75 year club list
Eight new members have been added to the Three Quarter Century club bringing total membership to 279. The new members include Elizabeth Schully of Washington born June 18 1860 John P Whetstine of Nira born August 6 1849 Mary Green of Keota born March 18 1858 Margar et Kephart of Washington born February 17 1861 Anthony Malichky of Richmond born 186 and Thomas Schilling of Washington born April 3 1861.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Schully
Washington
John P. Whetstine
Nira
John FP. Whetstine
J. J. Fitegerald
Ainsworth
Mary Green
Keota
Margaret Kephart
Anthony Malichky
Richmond
Thomas Schilling Washington
Thimbles From Helland to England in the Seventeenth Century
Thimbles known as thumb bells spread from Helland to England by the late seventeenth century. They were named for the bell like feel on the thumb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Helland
Clara Henderson Home Missionary Re Elects Officers
The Clara Henderson Women's Home Missionary society in Westchester met at Mrs. Howard Stewart's home with large attendance and three guests. Officers for the coming year were re elected: Laubach president Gardner vice president Niffenegger secretary Stewart treasurer Stewart mite box secretary Lindenmeyer corresponding secretary Stouffer spiritual life secretary Boyer magazine secretary Laubweh press correspondent. Installation planned next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westchester
Clara Henderson
QO. F. Laubach
Rey Gardner
Cc. C. Niffenegger
Howard Stewart
Pauline Stewart
F. M. Lindenmeyer
Carrie Stouffer
Spiritual Life
Abbie Boyer
L. O. Laubweh
A. W. McBlain
Miss Mary Hanson and August Vogel Marry in Des Moines
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Mary Hanson formerly of Riverside Des Moines and August Vogel of Dyersville married in Des Moines on Monday June 8 Rev Hanson officiated. Attendants included Miss Florence Hanson and Robert Vogel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Mary Hanson
Des Moines
August Vogel
Dyersville
Hanson
Florence Hanson
Robert Vogel
Cedar Rapids
Shingh H. Hanson
Boone
St. Mary’s High School
Cascade
Better Homes and Gardens
John Tener
Minnie Holtz
Sac City
Mise Helen
Wilma Jane Tener
C. K. Fitzsimmons
Baptist Women's Mission Social Meeting Held
The Baptist Women’s Mission group held a Friday study and social with a 1 pm luncheon at Mrs. William Saville’s home. Twenty six attended including two guests from Crawfordsville and Mrs. John Dodd’s guest. Plans for July bazaar were discussed and officers named for the reading contest and pulpit flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Saville
Howard Kerr
Marie Darbyshire
Crawfordsville
Savile Home
Marie Whitacre
John Dodd
C. B. Yard
Cy Bush
Mesdames Sickels
Messer
Tom Dowis
B. Yard
M. ¢. Carstensen
Ployd Hall Incident Ties Columbus Junction Businessman to Washington
Ployd Hall of Columbus Junction was involved in a Washington business matter reported yesterday. The brief notes a local businessman connected to a Washington deal, with no further specifics provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ployd Hall
Columbus Junction
Washington
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Dutch Creek
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J.B. Dill
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Chicago
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A. D. Stewart
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H. K. Stewart
J. G. Adams
Howard Stoutner
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F. A. Klein
Rheifn
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