Riverside Club Hosts March Meeting and Social
Mrs. Charles Ross welcomed Fortnightly club members and guests at her Riverside home for a social afternoon with refreshments served by the hostess and sister. Other items note officer elections for the Womens Catholic Order of Foresters and local civil service and family news.
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Mrs. Ross
Riverside Club
Riverside
Charles Ross
Clu
C. V. Dautremont
Joseph Knebel
C. J. Karel
Ivan Shradel
C. FE. Fitzsimmons
Judy Hart
Shradel
Elmo Knittel
Richard Kron
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Reno Kron
Joan Schnoebelen
Towa Mutual Liability Insurance Company
Cedar Rapids
Geneva Schnoebelen
Womens Catholic Order of Foresters
Forester Hall
Living Lake social notes mark daughters' visit and family event
In Living Lake Mrs. Boyd Foster hosted two tea afternoons with Jes sert luncheon and Irish themed decor. Mrs. Dell Walker returned from California while Mrs. Dale Carstensen and Tom Walker met her in Ottumwa Friday. The Dawson family celebrated a golden wedding and welcomed three daughters home from California and Texas for the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rennie Dawson
Living Lake
Boyd Foster
Jessert
St. Patrick’s
Dell Walker
Calif
Dale Carstensen
Tom Walker
Ottumwa
Local notices and community items in midweek column
Interior Secretary and family sorrow over missed travel due to storm. Bouquets of sympathy extend to the Walker and Lenninger families. Housewarming at 1302 East Washington for the Fosters with 206 relatives, while Barbara Birney stays with Rennie Dawson for a family dinner. School election at Living Lake, board members Homer Birney, Fred Hermann, Everett Stewart reelected. Reverent White visits Maurice Meyer and Rennie Dawson homes. Farmers expect sowing oats pending sun. Dora Van Sant burial at Wayland, 77, Cedar Falls. survivors listed. Lloyd Kennedy and Mrs Fishburn visit Byron relatives.
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Mary Kellerstrass
California
Tommy
Walker
Lenninger
Stanley Foster
East
Washington
William Graf
Lars
Fosters
Rennie Dawson
Barbara Birney
Richard Hirney
Birney
Living Lake
Homer Birney
Fred Hermann
Everett Stewart
Clarence Hering
Wayland
Dora van Sant
Cedar Falls
Oscar
Will Noel
Mr. Pleasant
George Noel
Chicago
Chet Noel
St Charles
Ill
S. C. Fletcher
Lloyd Kennedy
Byron, Ill
Fishburn
Pfc W I Orris Guard Assignment For UNO Meeting
Relatives in Crawfordsville cheer as Pfc. W I Orris named among 78 marines set to guard the UNO meeting opening Monday. Orris, 20, a four year marine, served 27 months in the South Pacific and now stationed at Camp LeJeune. He has ribbons and a bronze star and will turn 21 on April 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary W. Packer
Crawfordsville
Pfc
Orris
UNO
Billie
W. A. Orris
Marine Corps
South Pacific
Camp LeJeune
N. C
Virgil Hering
Tokyo
Japan
Pru-lax Ad Claims Relief From Gas and Constipation
A St Louis reader touts Pru-lax as a quick fix for gas pains and sluggish digestion. The ad promotes cascara and senna laxative as a gentle bowel flush with energy boosts, and promises money back if not delighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Nelson
Thrush Avenue
St. Louis
Grace Hill Social Notes Brighten Small Town Life
Grace Hill March entries recount visitors and gatherings. Blanche Nelson of Des Moines visited in the Carl Corpman home while Nelson Woodford hosted guests with Dan Boone and family. Local trips include Lyle Hayes to Cedar Rapids on business and Mrs. Nelson Woodford visiting Mrs. Romine in Keota.
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Nelson Woodford
Grace Hill
Blanche Nelson
Des Moines
Carl Corpman
Dan Boone
John Hough
Harry MckKane
Gary
Lyle Hayes
Cedar Rapids
Clarence Johnson
Washington
Harold Klopfenstein
H. A. Engel
Miss Nelson
Massey Beats Triplett. Massey New Des Moines Safety Commissioner
In Des Moines the biannual city election re-elected all incumbents except Walter J. Massey who defeated incumbent Charles F Triplett for safety commissioner. Massey led by 1,274 votes amid campaign finance rumors. Mayor John MacVicar also won re election with about 16,000 votes against Harold Holden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
US P
Walter J. Massey
Charles F Triplett
Massey
Post Feur Times
Triplett
Phonse Bisignano
John MacVicar
Iarold Holden Wit
For Sale Adt Will Sell It Junction News Item
Columbus Junction reports Harold and Mrs Harold Erskine of Des Moines are parents of a son Gary Lynn Erskine born March 13. Mrs Anna Robertson is listed in the visit notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Harold
Erskine
Des Moines
Gary Lynn Erskine
Anna Robertson
Local WW II era notices and military reentries in Iowa towns
Several residents return from service or visit relatives. Des Moines veterans hospital transfer for Delmore Evans, son of Mrs. Miss Evans, follows 22 months overseas. New York City born Karl Weber, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Weber, resumes radio work after navy discharge. Pfe. George Davis reenlists at Fort Sheridan. Jean Robertson V2, WAVES, visits Washington. Others include Roy Cook visiting sister Gertrude Brown and Mr. and Mrs. Price Davis returning to Geneseo after a Illinois visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmore Evans
Miss Evans
The
Legion
William CC. Jeide
Navy
Rock Island Lines
Karl Weber
New York City
G. W. Weber
Columbus Junction
Visitors stay with Chicago relatives and club activities noted
Mrs. Sara Harbison, visiting from Moline, stayed with her daughter Mrs. Beulah Luckey in Chicago. The Priscilla club was entertained Friday evening by Mrs. E A Stewart and Mrs Etta Wrexner at Mrs. Dean Duncan’s home. Maxine Davis was initiated at Emma Beckman chapter, Order of Eastern Star, in the Masonic hall on March 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sara Harbison
C. W. Jackson
Moline
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Rose Dautremont
Sophia Kueneman
Irma Heitzman
Zelda Shebek
Hilda Knittel
Anna Griffin
Matilda Wieland
Clement Dautremont
Donald G. Elbert
United States Service
Jefferson Barracks
Missouri
Camp Kannin
Texas
Fort Sam Houston
Geneva
Iowa
St. Patrick’s High School
Iowa City
College of Commerce
Ainsworth State Bank
Washington County
T. &. White
First Presbyterian Ghureh
Maurice Meyer
Truman
Interior
Julius S. Krug
Marilyn
U. of Wisconsin
Jimmy
T. W. Harwood Insurance Agency
Spellman
Churchill
New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Winston Churchill
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Pfc. W. I. Orris
Rigenhagen Orchard
Pioneer Drug Store
Francis Romine
Keota
Junction News
Paul Horak
West Side Square
Washington, Iowa
Fiorello Laguardia
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Herbert Lehman
UNRRA
Lamour’s Boy
Dorothy Lamour
John Ridgley Howard
Hollywood
Jean Robertson
Washingston, DC
Roy Cook
Freeland
Gertrude Brown
Price Davis
Geneseo, Ill
W Davis
M. E. Fisher
Ira
Edgar Smith
Veterans Hospital
Pfe
George Davis
Italy
Ft. Sheridan
Gladys Marihi
Lillian Erickson
Cones- Ville
Tankar Station
Iowa Ave
Moore Bros
VapoRus
Joan
Scott Furniture CO
Irsuk
Harold Gray
S. Third
Call
W. Wash
the Evening Journal
Washington Evening Journal
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