Local visitors gather in Burlington region
Mr and Mrs R J Chorpen ning and son Robert Maxine angold Mr and Mrs H 4h Owen and daughter Audrey visit at C L Voor es home Mrs Clyde Turkington and Ada Letts of Letts Mrs Paul Ryner of Wast Pleasant Plain Were business visitors yesterday Mr and Mrs Terry Cer ney of Lone Tree and Louise Peck of Brighton were here Saturday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Chorpenning
Robert
Maxine Angold
Owen
Audrey
Burlington
C. L. Voores
Clyde Turkington
Ada Letts
Letts
Paul Ryner
Wast Pleasant Plain
Terry Cerney
Lone Tree
Louise Peck
Brighton
Local notes and ads mix with visits and work transfers
Fresh eggs retail 14¢ per dozen. Mrs C W Stewart returns from Drexel Hill and Chicago trip. Eva Denney stays at the Vincent Keesey home. James Wooley visits from Ottumwa to relatives. Ford V8 sedan advertised at 770. Harold and Myrla Stephens visit Davenport. Thomas Simpson visits downtown. Journal staff enjoy apples from a visitor. 29 eighth grade science students tour the Journal office. Orville Mecklinberg hosts class. Richard Edmondson to join Iowa Southern Utility as secretary after completing Quincy business course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drexel Hill
Penn
Vincent Keesey
C. W. Stewart
Eva Denney
Mrs. Stewart
Keesey
Miss Denny
Chicago
Frances
Richard Edmondson
Ainsworth
Iowa Southern Utility Company
Quincy
IIL
Two Iowa Families and Texans in Texas and Iowa Notes
Arch ie E Godwin and James Casey from Camp Bowie Texas join a two month cooking and baking course at St Sami Houston in San Antonio as relatives report. Daryl Dodder, ex Hawkeye Wholesale Iowa City employee, starts yesterday as a Midwest Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable salesman in Cedar Rapids. In Riverside, Eastern Stars hold a school of instruction with Mrs Mable Brumm present. visitors come from Katona Iowa City and Washington. Nearby, Mr and Mrs E J Blatter host dinner with C G Loos son Jimmy, G J Loos daughters Dorothy and Darlene, Mrs Howard Schultz and son Howard Wade of Oskaloosa. Schultz visits sister Mrs Keith Mac Clelland and their mother Mrs Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie E. Godwin
James Casey
Camp Bowie
Texas
St. Sami Houston
San Antonio
Daryl Dodder
Hawkeye Wholesale Grocery
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Midwest Wholesale Fruit Aid Vegetable Company
Ernest Salladay
T. A. Flenner
Victor Blattner
Guy Cole
H. M. Dodder
Riverside
Eastern Stars
Mable Brumm
Ft. Madison
Katona
Washington
E. J. Blatter
C. G. Loos
Jimmy
George J. Loos
Dorothy
Darlene
Howard Schultz
Howard Wade
Oskaloosa
Schultz
Keith MacClelland
Wilson
DIES OF EXPOSURE IN MULDY IOWA DITCH
Emil Struchen, a farmer near Ter ris, died of exposure after his car slid into a muddy ditch southeast of Milford. He walked home from the incident but was found dead at 7:00 a m by his brother’s hired man and a farm youth. Authorities noted he had been treated at Cherokee for intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spirit Lake
Emil Struchen
Milford
Struchen
Terris
John
Strachen
Hospital Dismissals And Births Reported In Local Notes
Dismissals include Robert Owen Riverside Roy Mapel 608 N Second St Mrs Lloyd Fremund 308 W Adams Mrs Ralph Wehr Mr Pleasant Mrs Emma Allen Wellman Mrs A’en moved to University Hospital. A J Lahr East Pleasant Plain dismissed this morning. Ambrose Gilpin Washington Route 2 parents of a son born 2 20 AM eight pounds seven ounces. C H Yoder Wellman parents of a daughter born 6 20 AM eight pounds four ounces. Mrs John McClintie Brighton admitted as surgical patient. Charles DeMarce 50 S Third St admitted as surgical patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Owen
Riverside
Roy Mapel
N. Second Street
Lloyd Fredmund
W. Adams
Ralph Wehr
Pleasant
Emma Allen
Wellman
A‘en
University Hospital
Lo City
A. J. Lahr
East Pleasant Plain
Ambrose Gilpin
Washington
C. H. Yoder
John McClintie
Brighton
Charles DeMarce
S. Third Street
Fourteen Families at Hichland Center Occupy New Homes
Highland Center March 2 movement as fourteen families relocate to farms and new homes across nearby towns. Families include Millers Murphy Schnoebelen Kucera Krotz Endicott Florang Hagan Walsh and others moving to farms near Iowa City Riverside Cotter Mount Pleasant Washington and Blanchard. Community notes funerals and visits accompany the town news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hichland Center
Eula Mae Coon
Highland Center
Joe Miller
Iowa City
Samuel Murphy
Millers
Ivo Schnoebelen
Crawfordsville
W. R. Murphy
Fred Kucera
Wingler
Riverside
William Krotz
Kuceras
Clarence Miller
Cotter
al Crone
Washington
Edward Endicott
Mount Pleasant
Herbert Campbell
Endicotts
Frank Florang
Frank Hagan
Ralph Walsh
Florang Farm
Percy Skubal
Blanchard
Harry Merrifield
Skubals
Swailes
Concert Series Drive Is Started in Washington
A concert season push began with a report on two performers, Miss Haskins and Mr Kozuch, featuring two Sonatas by Scarlatti and arias from Mozart Donizetti and Gounod. The Washington Concert League aims to fund a 600 seat venue with 200 more tickets, seeking new members and advance sales to secure talent for next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarlatti
Kozuch
Gounod
Chaminade
Soren Music Shop
Washington Concert League
W. A. Erbe
Ecapacity
Washington Convert League
Gore Bert
A. EB. Baldrige
South Marion Avenue
League
Dinner guests visit in local households
Friday events at the William Murphy home included guests. Earlier in the week Mrs. Ralph Nicholson Mrs. Lewis Coon and Bula Mae dined with Mrs. Anna Nicholson at Mrs. John Rath's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Murphy
Ralph Nicholson
Lewis Coon
Bula Mae
Anna Nicholson
John Rath
Three Residents in Lexington Undergo Major Operations
Lexington reports an epidemic of operations with three residents undergoing major surgery. Lyle Oldfield had an operation at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Roy Detweiller and Lloyd Phillips each underwent appendectomies at county and University hospitals in Iowa City. The piece notes additional health concerns and local moves among residents and visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Gardner
Lexington
Mar
Lyle Oldfield
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Roy Detweiller
County Hospital
Lloyd Phillips
University Hospital
Iowa City
Patterson
Willard Patterson
Dorothy Bishop
Warren Bishop
Washinton
Lon Fleming
Gertrude Tipton
Guy Moothart
Wellman
Earl Griggs
Jeanine
West Chester
Wm. Flynn
Loran Palmer
Sigourney
Frank Mayer
Alma Mapel
June Gardner
Hoyt
Romine
Howard Gardner
Keota
Harve Frees
Audrey Fleming
Embroidery Club
Walt Patterson
Muscatine Loses Its Last Civil War Veteran
Muscatine mourns J. H. Miller 93 as its last Civil War veteran who died Saturday. Funeral services set for 2 p m today. Mayor Brenner asks local business houses to close during the military rites conducted by local Spanish American War veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
J. H. Miller
G. Brenner
Five in Family Carry On After Highway Tragedy
Orphaned family of Taets loses father mother grandfather grandmother and a brother in a highway crash that also kills Lou Kells, an umpire. Seven siblings aged 10 to 20 decide to farm 520 acres instead of living with relatives, with Joseph 20 and Leonard 19 among the older brothers. The group includes Rita 14, Elmer 13, and Dale 16, Donald 16, and Alice 10. Albert Taets is named among the victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Kells
Rock Island
Joseph
Leonard
Dale
Donald
Rita
Elmer
Alice
Camiel Taets
Taets
Charles Taets
Albert
Camiel
Simple washable school frocks for girls on a budget
A guide urges parents to teach daughters to sew for affordable wardrobes as teens, promoting simple washable school frocks in striped seersucker, a sporty pinafore dress with tennis shorts, and a colorful party frock with lace-edged organdie for variety.
Pleasant Hill Social Notes Reach Across Families
Pleasant Hill on March 4 reports Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hesseltine and children at Glean Pratts. Calex visitors Arch Cannon Tomer from Pomona. Charles Witting and family from Kalona. Numerous Sunday visits and dinners mark a day of neighbors and relatives attending gatherings, with several anniversaries and mumps among high school students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Hill
Lee Hesseltine
Glean Pratts
Arch Cannon and
Tomer
Pomona
Calif
Charles
Peter Witting
Kalona
H. L. Wittings
Glenn Thompson
Sam Sigafooses
George Chalupa
Edd Chalupa
Fred Chalupas
Fred Heck
Edd Hecks
William Knotts
Betty Caldwell
Howard Benn
Homer
Fred Kephart
Bertha
Will Martin
Keota
C. A. Bleess and
Morris
Brighton
Lester Butterbaugh
Will Millers
Wilmer
Rauthman
Herman Brulegge
Ben Bruegge
L. A. Foss
Donald
Ray Rathmell
Crawfordsville
Raymond Witting
H. L. Witting
Margaret Pratt
Will Caldwell
Warren Groff
Wellman
Rodney Hanan
Salina
Lloyd Anderson
Washington
C. G. Anderson
William Gamon
Marjorie
W. R. Gamon
John Gamon
Frank Henderson
Milt Birka Ot
Riverside
Fred Hecks
C. Wittmer
Samuel
Havre
L. B. Hanan
Earl Lambert
Clyde Lambert
Arlene Lambert
Clark Miller
Board of Y W C A Plans for Membership Drive
Ethel McCreedy presided at a short Y W C A board meeting last evening as plans for the annual canvass on April 22 were outlined. New member Mrs Cloyce Stewart attended. The Y W C A will present a second year of book reviews by local residents in March in the Women’s room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel McCreedy
Y.W.C.A
Y.W
Cloyce Stewart
Y. W
Y.W. Will Sone
Eva Blake Heads Daughters of Union Veterans Meeting
Mrs Eva Blake presided over a regular Daughters of Union Veterans meeting at the hall last evening. Fifteen members attended with a planned inspection on March 18 followed by a social after the inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of Union Veterans
Eva Blake
Presbyterian Cottage Prayer and Lenten Service Announced
The Presbyterian Cottage Prayer meeting will meet Wednesday morning at 9 30 with Mrs H P Wilson 804 North Iowa Avenue. A 1412 Lenten service at the Methodist church at 7 30 Wednesday evening will discuss What Happened after the Temptations of our Lord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Cottage
H. P. Wilson
North
Iowa Avenue
Judgment Set Aside in Injury Case Involving Weavers
District Judge Co J Haas granted a new hearing in Cedar Rapids after Clarence Rogers of Des Moines obtained a $19 929 award from W H Weavers cattle buyer for injuries from an August auto crash near here to Belle Plaine The judgment was set aside Monday following the motion for a new hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Clarence Rogers
Des Moines
W. H. Weaver
Co. J. Haas
Iowan Women Hike to Safety Through Snow
In a Colorado snowstorm two Iowa women and their escorts walked six miles for help after being marooned in a stalled automobile. Miss Ortha Michelson and Miss Mars Ennis of Humboldt, Iowa, along with Richard Gilpin of Chicago and R. H. Jordy of New Orleans, were unharmed after the trek from Eetes Park to safety near Lowry Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eetes Park
Colo
Iowa
Ortha Michelson
Judge George W. Dashiell, longtime Iowa district judge dies
ALBIA George W Dashiell 71 who served in the second Iowa judicial district since 1926 died after several months illness at his home here He practiced law in Albia prior to his election to the bench in a partnership with D W Bates now state superintendent of banking
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albia
George W. Dashiell
Iowa Judicial District
Dashiell
D. W. Bates
Will Bowman Surprised by Overnight Wood Fire
Will Bowman of near Marengo found a woodpile he expected to last longer had burned during the night, leaving him surprised by the loss of fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Bowman
Marengo
Whatsoever Group Plans St Patrick’s Dinner at Church
The Whatsoever society will serve a St Patrick dinner in the Methodist church on Thursday March 7. The Presbyterian Sunday school holds its annual business meeting at 7 30 after a fellowship supper at 6 34 with officers to be elected. The Women’s Society of Christian Service meets March 6 in the Methodist church parlors led by Mrs Etta Wiesner with Mrs Della by can assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Presbyterian Sunday School
Womens Society of Christian Service
Methodist
Etta Wiesner
Della By Can
Sueppels Move to Riverside Property From Farm Home
Riverside march 4 Joseph Sueppel and sister Rosalia Sueppel moved from the Nicholas Sueppel estate farm northwest of Riverside to their town residence vacated by John and Mrs Kieppfer. The Sueppel farm sold last fall to Bontrager family who moved to the farm. William Muller came from Mircus Iowa to tend his ill father J A Muller burned while tending a bench at his Riverside home now in Mercy hospital Iowa City. Muller, a former Riverside barber, runs a tavern in Marcus. Lawrence Heck of Washington and Mrs Heck visited Mrs Elizabeth Kiefer and family Sunday. Mrs Frank Kron and daughter Gladys, Mrs Otto Novy, Martin and Roy Kron visited Julius Behrend ill at Mercy hospital Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Mar
Joseph Sueppel
Rosalia Sueppel
Nicholas Sueppel
John Kieppfer
Sueppel
Mr. Bontrager
William Muller
Mircus
Iowa
J. A. Muller
Mercy Hospital
Iown City
William
Marcus
Lawrence Heck
Washington
Heeck
Elizabeth Kiefer
Frank Kron
Gladys
Otto Novy
Martin
Roy Kron
Davenport
Julius Behrend
Trade Shipments From British Malaya Grow in Early 1940
Shipments of products from British Malaya to the United States in the first four months of 1940 nearly doubled those from the Netherlands colonies, signaling shifts in imperial trade flows during the early war year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Malaya
United States
Netherlands
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TORAY
Journal Office
Quiz
Bismark
Wolf Floral
Reister Bros
James Wooley
Ottumwa
Mrs. Wrank Wolf
America
Harold Stephens
Myrla Stephens
Bondurant
Theie
Thomas Simpson
Journal
Orville Mecklinberg
Ee Nee
Goodyear
Washington Oil Company
Montgomery Ward
Sorrell
Swanker
Sitters Sitter
D. Paul
Smart & Parrish
Parrish
Monroe
Sorrells E. Sorrell
McCahill Ak
Iean Lemmon
R. Martin
Henry Swailes
Charles E. Swailes
Gladwin
Lawrence Wilson
Lenora Merrifield
Eula Mae
Olive Lewis
Florang
Lenora Merrifield and Sons
F. F. Florang
C. A. Brown
Mt. Union
Washington Concert League Board
Elizabeth Dawson
Baldrige
EF. B. Hammer
A. Anderson
J. M. Lloyd
Boyd White
Maurice Brayton
Dave Elder
Clarence Logan
Ed Muck
Wylie Anderson
Earl Kephart
Board of
Altia
Sueppels
BIG Giant Supermarket
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