Local Notices and Social Bits From West Chester Area
Mrs H G Miller and Mrs M Reid left Saturday for Okla to attend Su ray Shrine sessions May 4 5 6 and the Mother Daughter banquet. Mrs Lowell Dodds at tending the dental convention in Des Moines today. Elena McClintic nurse cared for Mrs Clyde Rouse since December and now rests in Wayland. visited over weekend. Office closed Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday for State Dental Convention. Roy Daviness of Adel visited Mrs DeLong family. Mr and Mrs Glen Laffer visited from Dodge Iowa and daughter Florence who attends the University at Des Moines visited L S Patterson family. Mother's Day flowers at Octjens. Calvin and son Kenneth John of Paul Minn to visit Mrs Harry McCall. Mrs J D Dayton and Mrs Whistler in Washington DC and Whistler to visit Urbana IL until May 10. Mrs G C Duncan Columbus Junction Mrs Walter Roy West Chester Mr and Mrs German Luers West Chester shopped yesterday. Fresh eggs 15 cents per dozen. Mrs Carl Crossett to see new son in home of Mr Mrs Keith Adams. Mrs K H Cherryholmes Crawfordsville shopped in Washington. Walter Rukzaber Gerald and Leslie Hootman in Des Moines for Crosley refrigerator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
W. Pb. Dwyer
Loretta
Knauss
Crone
Roy Daviness
Ade
Ess
Hag
M. C
Glen Laffer
Dodge
Iowa
Florence
University At
Des Moines
L. S. Patterson
John C. Calvin
Kenneth John
Paul, Minn
Erman Luers
W. S. Reister & Son
Dr Brown Addresses Rotary on science gains and depressions
Educational director Dr A Lawren Brown spoke at a high school assembly and to the Rotary club, using stereoptical slides to illustrate science’s progress and its failure to prevent the 1930s losses. He cited Century of Progress advances in transportation, communication, industry, medicine, and life insurance while noting foreclosures and $587,055,000 losses in 1983.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Lawren Brown
Investors Syndicate
Rotary Club
Century of Progress
Messenger Bay
Chicago
Covery
Natron
Brown
LeRoy Pratt
Washington Concert Band Performs at Central Park
Washington Concert Band led by Neil Humble presents a Wednesday evening program in Central Park. Miss Norma Payne performs tap dancing and a Saxophone solo by Glen Ayres features melodies from Maytime and Moonlight and Shadows. The finale includes Grand American Fantasia and Vanished Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Central Park
Sunday Hospital Day Visitors In Knoxville Attend VFW Program
Washington VFW post and auxiliary members joined Knoxville guests for a state hospital visit featuring the 14th Cavalry Band from Fort Des Moines, dances by two comedians, and songs by Louiziana Lou and Miss Maxine Young. About 6,500 of 8,500 patients received candy and cigarettes donated by posts, as visitors toured workshops and art displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Hospital
Knoxville
Washington V. F. W. Post
14Th Cavalry Band
Ft. Des Moines
Louiziana Lou
Maxine Young
WHO
Hospital Admit Ainsworth For Fractured Ankle. Kinross Man Discharged
At The Hospital Joseph Utterback Ainsworth was admitted for treatment of a fractured ankle. Harold Courtney was dismissed today for his home in Kinross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Utterback Ainsworth
Harold Courtney
Kinross
Visit to Knorville by Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion
The speech recalls wartime experiences shared by generals, admirals, and veterans. It emphasizes living through war to understand its horrors and advocates joining local posts of Veterans of Foreign Wars or the American Legion to aid disabled veterans and honor the fallen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess W. Radda
America
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Presbyterian Men Hear Dr. McCullough in Cedar Rapids
Rev. F. W. Eastwood led the Presbyterian Brotherhood meeting where Dr. A Renwick McCullough of First Presbyterian Cedar Rapids spoke on What the church Meant to Business Men. He discussed church steps toward progress, missionary work, and the dollar’s limits, and noted his move to Tecoma Washington. The group covered a slight season deficit, quickly subscribed by attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Br. A. Renwick McCullough
First Presbyterian Church
Cedar Rapids
Presbyterian Church
Ss. Patterson
F. W. Eastwood
Jim DeWit
Brotherhood
McCullough
Tecoma
Washington
Teacher and Pupils Entertain Parents at School Picnic
Merrimac May 4 The Sharp Corners school closed for the year with a picnic for seven pupils Robert Kientz Mary Kientz Louis Esherman Leola Zihlman Harold Amrine Donald Lantz Theina Shater and their teacher Bernard Selitzinger. Families and friends joined the gathering as the community mourned Homer Fitchner and extended condolences. Local residents visited Burlington and Caled Floyd Shoemaker home Will Cochran home Siave Baldogier home Glen Shafer home. The Kalona man was in Washington shopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrimac
Sharp Corners School
Bernard Selitzinger
Robert Kientz
Mary Kientz
Louis Esherman
Leola Zihlman
Harold Amrine
Donald Lantz
Theina Shater
J. L. Leitzinger
Lester Kienigz
Boyd Lantz
Roy Eshelman
Alva
Bari Smith
Frank
Carl Amrine
Donala
Doss van Winkle
Waldo
Glen Shafer
Jay
Andrew Zihlman
George Shuppy
Dora
Homer Fitchner
George Hoeller
Dora Shuppy
Burlington
Floyd Shoemaker
Johnnie Baldosier
Siave Baldogier
Jay Shafer
Son
Mohland family notice and local business listings
William Mohland travels to Pekin Iowa after his father Martin Mohland dies this morning. D D Davis of Washington attends the state dental convention in Des Moines and will close his office Wednesday through Thursday. Francis Haney offers Masterspikes to fit street shoes for golf shoe replacements. William and Lucille Bales announce the birth of a baby girl in Yakima Washington. Shenefelt and Breese families visit Cedar Rapids. Bridges and Rouse families attend a Muscatine gathering. Auctioneer FP Macon of Washington available by phone. Shenefelt visitors in Washington include Sam Stites Crawfordsville and Winegarden Wellman families. I E Coffey listed among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mohland
Pekin
Iowa
Martin Mohland
Mohland
Talleyrand
Keokuk County
D. D. Davis
Washington
Des Moines
Francis Haney
William H. Bales
Yakima
Wash
Bales
Lucille Reister
Hal Reister
J. W. Shenefelt
Helen Breese
Cedar Rapids
Everett Shenefelt
D. M
Macon
Sam Stites
Crawfordsville
Winegarden
Wellman
I. E. Coffey
Notable Residents Mentioned in West Chester and Kalona Obituary
The notice names Miss Ruth UHaflin of West Chester and Mrs. H. A. Mellinger of Kalona among listed individuals. The brief item records their association in a community notice or obituary context without additional details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Uhaflin
West Chester
H. A. Mellinger
Kalona
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. G. Miller
M. Reid
Okla
Suray Shrine
Carl Crossett
Climan
Keith Adams
K. H
A. L. Brown
BLY and
Rotarians
Gamble
Nen
Otos
Coronado
Orized Age
Tot OuaAre
Music Week
Neil Humble
Bogey
Norma Payne
Shadows
Glen Ayres
Alford
Rollinson
Fillmore
Romberg
Wiellac
Bendix
Dave Atkinson
John Pehler
Everett Barham
Nancy
Dan Kohrer
A. E. Palmer
Juanita Mathers
Sadie McAvoy
Naoma Custer
Lloyd Little
Melba McAvoy
Clayton Neiswanger
Tom Shrader
Marvin Buckwalter
Hannah Palmer
Stella Palmer
Helen Little
Gene
Whitman
Whitman's
S. i. Corner
Knorville
Dr. McCullough
L. SS. Patterson
Car Amrine
Man of
Xerevac Crosley Radio Corporation
Rickey’s
Claire Trevor
Michael Whalen
Romance
the State
Tor
Oline
Washington Oil Co
Neiswanger
Ross Motor Service
Albert Orcutt
Mer
The
Empore
Mather Correc
Phaste
Wolf Floral Co
East Polk
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