Local Gossip Highlights Visits and Pre-Easter Shoewear Show
Fairfield area social notes list Mr and Mrs Robert Hatton Mrs Boyd Berdo Mrs Catharine Null and Charles Berdo as dinner guests. Iowa City visitors Mrs W E Myers and daughter join Mrs Myers sister Helen Breese. Des Moines meeting for Iowa National Shoe Travelers pre Easter show noted with attendees. Various local visits, illnesses, and trips described along with Ford V eight price feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hatton
Boyd Berdo
Catharine Null
Charles Berdo
Fairfield
W. E. Myers
C. P. Bream
Iowa City
Victoria Lodge Sets School and Meetings in Riverside
Victoria Lodge No 516 A F and A M plans regular communication on March 13 at 7 30 pm with a regional school of instruction in Muscatine on March 11 12 13 attended by the Grand Master and grand officers. A statewide lodge meeting is set for April 4. Local Masons discuss arrangements and Mrs Rose Shebanek improves at home after Mercy hospital stay.
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Riverside
Mar
Victoria Lodge No
Muscatine
Victoria Lodge
Iowa
Rose Shebanek
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Oscar Unferth
Buell
Moline
Buell Unferth
Mary Lynne
M Heitzman
Frank Libenguth
Frances Klein
Albert Klein
Coletta Schnoebelen
Mary Schnoebelen
Patterson Birth at Washington Hospital
Mr and Mrs Homer Patterson of Washington welcomed a son born yesterday afternoon at 4 20 PM. The family announced the new arrival with health reports for both mother and child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Patterson
Washington
Gold Medal Tournament Opens at Y This Evening
The Y M C A gym hosts an eight night basketball tournament with 17 leading independent teams from Iowa. First round includes Sharon versus Wayland at seven, 15 byes, second round at 8:15 Merchants versus Cardinals, plus West Chester versus Pleasant Plain at 9:30. Wednesday features Conesville versus Gibson and Kalona versus Rovb Air from Washington at seven and 8:30.
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Itiowa
Sharon
Wayland
Tsmes
Merchants and Cardinals
Merchants
Cardinal
Washington Junior College
West Chester
Pleasant Plain
Chester
M. J. Tandy
Conesville
Gibson
Kalona
Rovb-Air
Washington
Local residents visit, health notes, and travel plans
Mr and Mrs Harris MacGugin of Wellman visited Esther MacGugin in Ames. Mrs Ed Richards of Wayland visited her mother Mrs Nellie Sutton. Gerald Teets and wife left for Rochester Minn for Maya's clinic. Mrs Teets in poor health and hospitalized for observation. Mrs W I Hill returned from Iowa City visiting daughter Mrs George Mann then Cedar Rapids with sister Mrs Earl Birney. Ernest Saltaday Mrs Emma Hardy and Keith attend grove side service for Mrs Georgia Hardy Wescott. Mrs Sadee McAvoy and Melba Buckwater attended Des Moines cosmetologists meeting. Ralph LeMoine and son Blaine returned to Waterloo after weekend with Don Paul. Mrs M D Conley remains ill. daughter-in-law Mrs John Conley helps care. John Gamble ill with mumps. Mrs John Braunshausen in Des Moines with James Griffin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Teets
Kalona
Rochester
Minn
Teets
Maya
W. I. Hill
Iowa City
George Mann
Ernest SalTaday
Emma Hardy
Keith
Riverside
Ralph LeMoine
Blaine
Waterloo
Don Paul
Melvin Gingerich
M. D. Conley
West
Washington Street
John Conley
Cedar Rapids
John Braunshausen
Des Moines
James Griffin
Wescott Burial at Riverside Tomorrow
Graveside services for Mrs. Harry B. Wescott of Keokuk will be held tomorrow afternoon at Riverside Cemetery with burial plans announced by the family. The obituary notes her local ties and service to the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wescott
Riverside
Harry B. Wescott
Keokuk
Fractured Arm For Young Mervin Kern At Y Gym
Ten year old Mervin Kern son of Mr and Mrs Les Kern sustained a fracture above the wrist yesterday while playing at the Y gym. He climbed from the stage to the basketball hoop rods and fell. He also had a broken shoulder from a prior fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mervin Kern
Les Kern
Washington State University band concert listed for March 24
The 85 piece State University of Iowa band will perform March 24 between 10 and 11 am at the high school auditorium as part of an extended trip. Junior college and high school students will gather. about 54 additional seats are available for Riverside area listeners. The concert is announced by Principal W A Erbe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State University of Iowa
W. A. Erbe
Das
Comfort 40 Dies After Heart Attack
Stanley T. Comfort, 40, Mason City attorney active in democratic politics, died at home of a heart attack. Brother of George and Frank Comfort, Des Moines lawyers, he lived with his mother. He had an abrupt decline after a noon visit to a physician and was resting when he died while reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Stanley T. Comfort
George
Frank Comfort
Des Moines
Living Lake School Says Farewell and New Doll House
The Living Lake school held a farewell party for Bobby Crone who moved away with songs and games led by Betty Burt. Dorothy Walker and Kathryn Hermann organized activities, and refreshments followed. The students completed a large doll house for the children to enjoy, furnishing rooms with handmade miniatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Living Lake
Mar
Betty Burt
Bobby Crone
Dorothy Walker
Kathryn Hermann
Vince DiMaggio Dines With Family Cal
Veteran Pirates outfielder Vince DiMaggio had dinner with family in California after last season posting a .289 batting average with the Pirates and beginning the prior year with the Cincinnati Reds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vince DiMaggio
Cal. DiMaggio
Pirates
Cincinnati Reds
Crone Family Moves. Neighbors Welcome New Farmers
The Crone family relocated from their McCreedy farm near Haskins with Mr and Mrs Cloyce Crone moving in to farm under a new arrangement. Charley Zieglesky buys their vacated farm as neighbors adjust to the change. A pipeline rights discussion affects several local properties near Bethel church and the surrounding farms. George Reed and Edith visited from Keokuk for Ernest Kuptek's funeral, sharing lunch and calls.
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al Crone
McCreedy
Haskins
Cloyce Crone
Cloyce
Woodrow Crone
George Foster
Lawson Crone
Charley Zieglesky
Crones
George Reed
Edith
Keokuk
Ernest Kuptek
Residents of Gray Attend AAA Dinner
Gray residents attended the eighth annual Tri ple A dinner in Gray and Kureka with guests including Don Applegate Forrest Walker and family Verla C Bodart Wil liam Longer Ted Givens and Evelyn Roy Davison family. Forrest Walker sang, the Davison family played. Several others spoke. A visit to Forrest Walker by Ronald Erperging and family occurred, with other Sunday visits noted. Frances Gilpin and new baby were reported doing fine. Nearby relatives from Galesburg stayed for supper at the Givens home. Graves moved to Packwood this spring. other local calls and club plans were listed.
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Wm. C. Longer
Gray
Kureka
Don Applegate
Forrest Walker
Jimmy
C. Boshart
Verla
William Longer
Ted Givens
Evelyn
Roy Davison
Roy Davisons
Ronald Erperging
Little Son
Waterloo
Forest Walkers
Pat Bell
Harold Andersons
Ted Givans
Ted
Andersons
Frances Gilpin
G. G. Hidester
Galesburg
Led Givens
Givens
Frank Snider
Josie Puckette
Sob Sorrels
Little Bobby
Lee Grimes
Grimes
Packwood
Rev. Clapp
Emma McAtlin
Bert Spangler
Crawfordsville team wins sectional in Mediapolis
Mary Manners reports Crawfordsville high school Cyclones won the Class b&b sectional at Mediapolis with a 28 to 27 victory over Yarmouth. They advance to a district tournament at Fairfield to face Montrose high school. Many local fans attended over three evenings of play.
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Mary Manners
Crawfordsville
Mediapolis
Cyclones
Yarmouth
Fairfield
Montrose High School
Nelson
A. E. Taylor
Dean Edward Nelson
Craig Nelson
Goldfield
Lorene Taylor
Marian Williams
Orchard
Henry Cheney
Janice
Ruth Jane Hubbard
Swedesburgh
Harold Lamb
Prospect Heights
Brower Services at South English
Funeral services for Mrs Franklin Brower of South English will be held tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock at the Brethren church near South Welsh. She was 26, a daughter of Mr and Mrs Allen Fickling of West Chester, and wife of Brower. She died yesterday afternoon at her home. Survived by her two sons Bobby and Richard Eugene, her parents and a brother Waldo of West Chester.
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Franklin Brower
South English
Brethren Church
South Welish
Brower
Allen Fickling
West Chester
Pauline Fickling
Washington High School
Bobby
Richard Eugene
Waldo
St Mary's Riverside Holds Lenten Devotions
Riverside March 11 devotions are held at St. Mary's Church under Rt Rev Monsignor Bernard Jacobsmeier and Rev Joseph J Fath. Wednesday services include Rosary a short sermon and Benediction. Sunday and Friday evenings feature the Way of the Cross and Benediction. Also notes moves and family updates including Walshs moving to the Fran F Florang farm near Haskins and Heitzmans illness recovery.
Ainsworth Social Notes March 11
Mr and Mrs Harry Boileau and Dorothy Smylie visited Mrs Ralph Young in Muscatine Sunday to see her after a major operation. Loren Hazen returned home with them after visiting his brother Glen in Muscatine. Mrs Al Hazelett was taken to Washington county hospital for medical treatment. Ted Rhodes reported quite ill with pneumonia. Mrs Mary Chambers returned home from Kiowa Falls where she stayed with sister Mrs Kate Middleton. Beulah Johnson spent the weekend at her home near Rubio. Mrs Wylie Anderson attended a party at Mrs Donald Lins in Washington. Ivah McMullen of Oskaloosa visited her daughter Mrs Everette Shearer for several days.
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Ruth Norris
Ainsworth
Harry Boileau
Dorothy Smylie
Muscatine
Ralph Young
Loren Hazen
Glen
al Hazelett
Washington County Hospital
Ted Rhodes
Mary Chambers
Kiowa Falls
Kate Middleton
Beulah Johnson
Rubio
Wylie Anderson
Donald Lins
Washington
Ivah McMullen
Oskaloosa
Everette Shearer
Bells to Ring Again at St Marys Church Easter
In Iowa City on March 11, St Marys Catholic Church reveals its 17 bells atop a 200 foot tower will ring for Easter Sunday April 13 after 1906 silence. Workmen remove clappers to ship bells to Ohio for an electric playing system replacing the old hand mechanism. Built 1885, bells weigh 18065 pounds and are valued at about $1 per pound as part of ongoing centennial remodeling.
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Iowa City
Iowa
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Ohio
St. Mary's
Mrs Barclay Hosts Bridge Party at Breitenbach Home
Mrs Robert Barclay entertained a few friends last evening at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs George Breitenbach. Bridge was played at two tables with Mrs C R McCutchen Jr receiving high score and Mrs Dp C Mabry low. Mrs Rex Severt of Wellman was the only out of town guest. Refreshments were served at a table decorated with spring flowers and lighted tapers. Guests enjoyed visiting.
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Robert Barclay
Des Moines
George Breitenbach
C. R. McCutchen, Jr
Dp. C. Mabry
Rex Severt
Wellman
Albia visit notes and travels among local residents
Mrs Rex Long and son Bob of Albia are guests this week of the Harold Brown family. Mrs Brown and son spent Sunday in Albia with relatives and were accompanied home by Mr Brown's sister Mrs Long and her son. Dorothy Livesay attended cosmetologists meetings in Des Moines. Pat Reynolds returned home from Marion Ohio after several days on business.
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Rex Long
Bob
Albia
Harold Brown
Mrs. Brown
Mr. Brown
Mrs. Long
Dorothy Livesay
Des Moines
State Association of Cosmetologists
Pat’ Reynolds
Marion
Ohio
Arnold Did Not Lose a Leg in War Memorial Battle
Contrary to common belief, Benedict Arnold did not lose a leg. He was wounded in the leg during a War of the Revolution battle, and a memorial to his leg was erected at the battlefield.
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Benedict Arnold
Improper License Plates Draws Fing
Clarence Sullivan of Washing ton entered a guilty plea in the court of Justice EK Bovee on operating a motor vehicle without proper license plates. He was fined five dollars plus costs totaling 8.40 or 15 days in the county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Sullivan
Washington
Court of Justice of the Peace
EK. Bovee
Votes To Reduce Farm Tenant Liens In Iowa
DES MOINES Iowa senate approved a farm tenure bill to cut lien scope for rent debts In special cases The measure passed 39 to 4 and moves to the house It would limit the lien to crops grown and livestock increases during the lease term and allow tenants to plead crop failure as an act of God in rent suits by landlords
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Senate
Chalupas Leave Richmond After 20 Years on Farm
Richmond rumor notes the Chalupa family moving from a farm southwest of Washington after twenty years. Loren Chalupa will ride to Kalona High School for the rest of the year. The Blums and Shallas relocate nearby, with Te Bockhorst and Lintz families taking over vacated farms as March farming shifts continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Blum
Richmond
Mar
Fred Chalu
Washington
Laurence Duwa
Vera Duwa
Will Pribyl
Jas. Keifer
Will Shalla
Everette Shalla
John Blum, Jr
B. D. Duwa
Increase in Teachers In 15 Years
In fifteen years the nation added 109625 teaching positions expanding classroom capacity. The growth reflects sustained investment in education and staffing to support higher student enrollment and curriculum needs.
Salonika Far End of Europe Amid Balkan War Movements
Greece reinforced the Greek Bulgarian border with about 150000 troops as German forces pressed. A Canadian division reportedly arrived at Salonika, a key Greek port defended by six Greek divisions totaling 90000 soldiers. Britain sent reinforcements to the Palestine frontier for a potential Syria assault.
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Greece
Salonika
Britain
Palestine
Syria
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