Homecoming Week Opens in Wayland
Wayland marks its homecoming with festivities June 26 27 and 28 as Carnival attractions arrive and Main street is roped off. Local residents and visitors including Max Kauffman Eldred Berkshire and others parade through town while recent trips and property changes are noted. Dale Good returns from Des Moines Veterans Hospital and guests visit Wayland residents.
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Ezra Witmer
Wayland
Main Street
Max Kauffman
Eldred Berkshire
Flordia
Grace Augsburger
Willis Troyer
Otto Litwiler
Mary Litwiler
Sarah Unsicker
Hopedale
Ill
Fannie Zehr
Sam Elder
Zehr
Michigan
Dale Good
Veterans Hospital
Des Moines
Ward Hixson
Oregon
Wade Sinn
Pneumonia Illness and Local Obituaries Noted in Henry County
Emma Hebel diagnosed with pneumonia after visiting Clara and Grace Hebel and admitted to Henry County Hospital. Ella Goldsmith longtime Trenton resident dies at home June 26. Community news includes visits among Wyse family, Mae Wolfe vacationing with Ed and family, and Boy's State return for Roth.
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Emma Hebel
Clara
Grace Hebel
Henry County Hospital
C. C. Wyse
Gerald Boshart
Keokuk
Mary
C. R. Wyse
Roy
Charles Wyse
St. Paul
Minn
Ed Wolfe
Ella Goldsmith
Trenton
Our Churches
Donnellson
Pulaski
Wieher
Wayland
Dorothy Enders
Chicago
C. W. Schlatter
Mary Schaad
Birthday, travel and life events fill local notes
Week at Bov's State Camp Dodge includes family visits as Miss Alice Eichelberger graduats in La Junta. Mrs Eva Liechty honored at birthday dinner with Rex Leichty and others. A son Richard Dern born June 24 at Henry County Hospital. Various visits from Oregon to Washington and Cedar Falls, 15 gallons of strawberries picked. Progress Club meets with a program by Lydia Rittler, Marie Berkshire and Frieda McKerahan.
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Bov
Dodge
Will Eichelberger
la Junta
Alice
Mennonite Nurses Training School
Eva Liechty
Ralph Wenger
Rex Williard Leichty
Minnie Suter
Joseph
Dan Orendorf
Dean Meyer
Richard Dern
Henry County Hospital
Clyde Redinger
Tommie
Eugene
Oregon
C. J. Carter
Keota
Clarence Lewis
Washington
Marcus Kuhn
Will Farmer
Laverne Farmer
Robinson Home
Fairfield
Evelyn Roth
Donna Eichelberger
Cedar Falls
Progress Club
Olive Boller
Community Social Sees Updates and Illness News
Refreshments were enjoyed during the social with the next regular meeting planned for September. Mrs Jamie Conrad relays that her brother Art Sloan is seriously ill after a major operation at St Lukes hospital in Bethlehem PA. Several local residents including Ezra Wittmer and Daryl, Mary Davison, Lenora Calhoun, Charles and Ed Flinchpaugh plus their spouses shared a cooperative dinner at the Jesse Davison home near Wapello Sun Cay.
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Jamie Conrad
Art Sloan
St. Lukes Hospital
Bethlehem
Ezra Wittmer
Daryl
Mary Davison
Lenora Calhoun
Charles Flinchpaugh
Ed Flinchpaugh
Jesse Davison
Wapello Sun- Cay
Mrs Lynn Visits Des Moines Home For Short Stay
Mrs Clarence Lynn traveled to Des Moines to stay with her daughter Mrs Laurel Statler while she was in the hospital. Lynn stayed from Tuesday to Friday as Virginia Griggs attended Ames as a 4H convention delegate. The Griggs and Robertson families gathered for a Sunday picnic at Sunset Park and other relatives visited the John Robertson home during the weekend.
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Clarence Lynn
Des Moines
Laurel Statler
Lynn
Virginia Griggs
Ames
Orville Griggs
Sunset Park
Wendell Shaffer
John Robertson
Harlan P. Snyder
Pomona
Royal Robertson
Oskaloosa
Local Families Share Visits Across Iowa Towns
Mr and Mrs Glenn Gordon enjoy their new Chrysler. John Wehr and family visited John Sievert home in Sigourney. Hattie and Carolyn Leeper of Perry stayed with aunt Mrs Raymond Gillaspie and grandmother Mrs Clark Bell. parents later retrieved them. Archer Augustine family hosted by Fred Ziegowsky in Columbus Junction while Earl Zieglowsky visits. Art Hamilton traveled to Kansas City returning with Robert Hamilton and family. on return they noted widespread flooded farmland. Keith Augustine and daughters visited Archer Augustine home.
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Glenn Gordon
John Wehr
John Sievert
Sigourney
Hattie
Carolyn Leeper
Perry
Raymond Gillaspie
Clark Bell
Archer Augustine
Fred Ziegowsky
Columbus Junction
Earl Zieglowsky
Archer Auguustine
Art Hamilton
Kansas City
Robert
Robert Hamilton
Michael
Ottumwa
Keith Augustine
Ricksha Invented by Marine Jonathan Goble in Japan
U S Marine Jonathan Goble, who visited Japan in 1854 with Commodore Perry, is credited with inventing the ricksha used in the orient today.
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Ricksha
Orient
U. S
Jonathan Goble
Japan
Commodore Perry
Kansas Trees Cut Less Than Grown, Boosts Farm Lumber
Kansas reports cutting less lumber than its annual growth, suggesting more of the cottonwood elm hackberry and sycamore species could be harvested yearly for farm construction crating and similar uses.
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Kansas
Moore Entertain Club Hosts Ice Cream Supper
Dayto n Grove June 26 Mr and Mrs Lyall Moore hosted the Sew and So club ice cream supper fourteen families attended The Robert Stephens family visited in the Gene Stephens home at Ainsworth Mary Jane Stephens spent Sunday with Donna Rief Mary Duvall of Des Moines spent the weekend with her parents Walter and Mrs Duvall Mrs Kingsley returned to Lakewood Ohio after visiting her daughter Mrs John McDowell Mr and Mrs Lester Merz and family visited Margaret Merz in Harper Norman Merz stayed to visit grandmother Mr and Mrs Dean Moore and Sandra were supper guests of Mr and Mrs Jerry Johnson in Washington Fred Ladehoff and Glen visited Mike Polson home Mrs Fred Ladehoff traveled to Des Moines to see Mrs Laurel Statler in hospital
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H. D. Dusenbery
Dayton Grove
John McDowell
Lakewood
Ohio
Lester Merz
Margaret Merz
Harper
Norman Merz
Dean Moore
Sandra
Jerry Johnson
Washington
Fred Ladehoff
Glen
Mike Polson
Fred
Earth Shine and Moon Light Analogy Described
The earth emits a glow toward the moon, while the moon reflects earth shine back to the earth, creating a mutual illumination where the unlit portion of the moon’s disc is lit by earth light.
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Earth
Population Growth Shrank During the Depression Era
Population more than tripled from 1870 to 1930 and then growth dropped to about half the prior decade during the depression of the 1930s.
Pasteur Medal Awards Recognize Milk Industry Heroes
The Pasteur Medals are awarded annually by the Milk Industry Foundation to honor individuals in the milk industry for acts of heroism and exceptional service. Established in 1937, the awards celebrate notable contributions.
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Pasteur Medal
Pasteur
The
Milk Industry Foundation
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