Columbus Junction News Briefs and Local Updates
Miss Pearl Brent and Ray Edgington wed at Roadhouse and plan a Washington area farm home. Small fruit schools are set for Wapello March 4 and Columbus Junction March 5. Community notices include relocations, church activities, and local visits, with updates on residents and moves through late February.
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Columbus Junction
Pearl Brent
E. G. Brent
Roadhouse
Ill
Ray Edgington
Chester Egington
Egington
Columbus High School
Washington
Wapello
Coumbus Junction
H. FE
Nichols Horticulturist
Iowa State College
Ames
Russell Cutkamp
Shellbark
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
C. J. McWilliams
Carl Stephens
Persia
C. Dickey
Helen Olson
Peoria
E. P. Shellabarger
Dale
William Edmondson
Ralph Marshall
Waterloo
Jay Felgar
Benteco
Mr. Pleasant
A. CC. Federsen
Federsen
Marsh
Columbus
Joseph Bieri
Harley McCulley
Mabel Kemp
Hazel Shew
Harry Stineman
Lee Werner
Glen McCulley
Samuel Latta
Dr. Kubrick
C. W. Graham
Burl Reed Paul Connor
Lester Weile
Walter Hammer
Wim
Road work shifts as Tangfitt moves crusher to Henry County
Our roads and the weather are just about right again. The Tangfitt construction company moved their rock crusher from this vicinity to Henry County to re gravel some roads up near Iowa City, expecting to be back to finish the road from.
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West Chester
R. 1
Tangfitt Construction Company
Henry County
Iowa City
Ainsworth Community Notables Share Sunday Visits
Mrs E W Spessard notes visitors from Iowa City Des Moines Maquoketa Chicago and Morning Sun as well as local church activities. Ainsworth residents Mrs Laura Chambers Mrs Doyle Frame and Rev McAllister are mentioned amid flu illnesses and social calls.
Local Community Notes and Visits Across WashingtonAinsworth
Absent office work cited for illness. Mr and Mrs G R Clark Davenport visit Wm Simkins home. Rotary Club to host meeting with Washington business men and farmers at M R B church with M E Ladies Aid banquet. O E S initiates two candidates. Crawfordsville members provide refreshments. Wm Simkins injures thumb from coal chunk. M E Aid social hour follows monthly meeting. Mrs Edith Richards ill with flu. Garfield Hayes of Dawn MO visits Grace Evans family. Sunday guests include Ed Reece Henry Reece Ed Evans Oren Hininger Elsie Evans. Mrs Evans and others visit Muscatine Davenport. Mrs Louise Boileau absent sick mother. Ruth Norris helps in Nu Co store. Hank Snider recovering well after goitre surgery at University Hospital.
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Said
G. R. Clark Davenport
Wm. Simkins
Rotary Club of Washington
Ainsworth
M. RB
M. E. Ladies Aid
Crawfordsville
M. E. Aid Society
Edith Richards
Garfield Hayes
Dawn
Grace Evans
Ruth Norris
Mrs. Boileau
West Highland Community Notes Roll Call of Neighbors
West Highland correspondent reports neighbors moving and visiting including Lloyd Durst John Tompson Donald Holmes Jesse Meeks Everette Coon with Earnest Meeks family leaving. Mil dford McCreedy and Mrs Coon visit parents near Wayland while George Wallace the assessor is in the area. Burk McCreedy hosts Highland’s Jolliest club and Rook game. several calls trace to Conger and Kron homes.
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West Highland
Earnest Meeks
Lloyd Durst
John Tompson
Donald Holmes
Jesse Meeks
Everette Coon
Milford My.Creedy
Wayland
George Wallace
McCreedys sale draws large crowd in fair market day
The McCreedys sale was well attended with most items bringing fair prices in a good market. It was a nice day with good roads as they move to Washington. Reid Salladay visited the Glen Green home. local declamatory contest saw Ruth Longer place third amid about forty participants. Neighbors continue hauling wood from timber in recent days.
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Turnipseed
Long
Gib Dickinson
Francis Bush
Kenie
Meenie
Minie Mae
Mabel Dili
Mabel Atkinson
Gray
Howard McCreedy
McCreedys
Washington
Reid Salladay
Dakota
Glen Green
Golia Miller
George Hopping
George
Margaret Green
Ruth Longer
Ellamae Rath
Wellman Students Excel In Local Oratorical Contest
The Wellman high school hosted a February 25 event with winners from Kalona Kinross and Wellman. Lloyd Hershberger won The Strange Drama, Jayle Yoder took The War Prayer, Adelaid Niffmeger won Mothers Of Men, Veleanor Muskin captured Little Girl at the Surprise Party, and Mary Denton placed second in The Unknown Speaker. Two Kalona entrants were disqualified for age. Marion Yoder family plans to move from Schwartz farm to George Whetstine farm.
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Lloyd Hershberger
Kalona
Marvin Senger
Kinross
Jayle Yoder
Wellman
Mary Denton
Telha
Joyce Miller
Valley Fore
Adelaid Niffmeger
Veleanor Muskin
Amos Hostetler
Mary Romberg
Jane Place
Vance Morton
Speech Department
Olds Notes highlight local visits and school events
Mrs McGee returns from Louisville to Los Angeles after visiting her daughter in Olds. Students from Olds attend Winfield Presbyterian program. Walter Owens improves after injury. Ainsworth Olds game stirs noise. Bonnie Jones and Dorothy Eddie visit Donald Jones family. Swedesburg hosts Americanism program Feb 29 with mixed acts. Warren Zingg misses school. Olds places in county declamatory contest at Winfield. Parsons College speaker visits. Olds to Mt Pleasant sectional game March 4. tri county league champs crowned. state preliminaries at Wayland feature Olds competitors with multiple prizes.
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Olds
McGee
James Waery
Louisville
Kentucky
Los Angeles
California
Presbyterian Church
Winfield
Walter Owens
Bonnie Jones
Dorothy Eddie
Oxford
Donald Jones
George Washington
Luther League Hall
Swedesburg
America
Jane Anderson
Ina Roush
Louise Morgan
Leota Huston
Warren Zingg
Billy Russell
Lorene Taylor
Blaine Gorham
Parsons College
Mediterranean Sea
Far East
Mt. Pleasant
Crawfordsville Social Notes Move and Visits
Miss Nellie Manners reports on local moves and visits in Crawfordsville. The Ray Redlinger family will move to the Wehr farm, Gilbert Hoth vacating. Moves include Hoth to Gladwin, and multiple residents visiting Ralph Robertson and Jim Pulver’s homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Redlinger
Wehr Farm
Gilbert Hoth
Paul Harvey
HT. Carris
Glenn Little
H. Noel
B. R. Senft
Gladwin
John Robertson
Marjorie
Curtis Snyder
Royal Robertson
Ralph Robertson
B. F. Beitel
Ralph Brinning
Dublin Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Mrs Leroy Richardson and daughters Phy lis and Joan visited the parental Robertson home last week and returned home Saturday. Mr and Mrs Chas Corpman spent Sunday at Jake Seethout s. The Stouffer and Mangold families enjoyed an oyster supper at Jake Seethout s. Sunday visitors at the J L Banks home included the Floyd Banks family.
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Dublin
Leroy Richardson
Phylis
Joan
Robertson
Chas. Corpman
Jake Seethout
Sam Stouffer
Howard Mangold
Walter Wolfe
Cleo Trier
Henry Trier
Keota
J. L Banks
Floyd Banks
Har
Local families host and visit across Springville area
Saturday through Sunday neighbors and relatives gathered at several homes including Lester Lease, Curtis Mitchell, and Walter Hlotle with guests Fileen Tin nes Luella Tin nes Nick Tinnes and Beulah. Farewell parties and community meetings occurred with a bean supper overshadowing the planned luck supper.
Navy Day marks Navy's founding anniversary
October 27 commemorates the founding of the United States Navy with the 1775 Continental Congress proposal to build the first ships. The date marks the birth of a naval service that would grow through American history.
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United States Navy
Specifl
Continental Congress
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Roy Gardner
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P. F. Smith
Hank Snider
Goitre
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Eiverette Coon
Kincross
Wellman High School
Marion Yoder
Schwartz
George Whetstine
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Wilbur Jacobson
Nellie Manners
H. J. Mangold
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Lester Lease
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Cedar Rapids
Nick Tinnes
Curtis Mitchell
Springville
W. C. Robertson
Eldon Bauer
Basil Derby
Stouffer
Joe Snyder
Eureka
Roscoe Robertson
Charlie Mayer
Walter Hlotle
Doe Enele
Valley Ladies Aid
Otto Sheetz
Miss Nona Times
W. C. Hotle
Tama
William Edgar
Artford Richardson and Son
Walter Ware
Center School
Clarence Randall
W. J. Augustine
Roy Sowash
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