Flower Show Planned in Wellman High School Gym
Wellman Garden club schedules its annual flower show for Friday June 2 in Wellman high school gym. Committees handle publicity hospitality registration entries classification and more. Also notes residents at Mercy hospital in Towns City and several local visits and events surrounding the upcoming show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wilson
Wellman
Wellman Garden Club
Wellman High School
Henry Durian
Ellery Foster
Ed Gingerich
Joyce Miller
Wilbur Darnell
Ora Gingerich
Coffey
Harve Freel
H. E. Ross
Ben Swartzendruber
Wm. Rhoades
A. L. Braden
Elmer Yoder
L. C. Miller
H. B. Rugg
Toppan Johnson
BE. C. Jones
George Tracy
W. S. McIntosh
Loyal Swartzendruber
Martha Godlove
Roy Durian
L. E. Bidwell
Paul Hann
Delmar Steninger
Lyall Smith
George Miller
Harold Swartzendruber
J. J. Ward
Thelda Freel
A. J. Nichols
A. C. Gingerich
Ross Severt
Arthur Gardner
Vella Maplethorpe
Mercy Hospital
Towns City
Leo
Odobolt
Dorothy
Anna Ayere
Hagee
Adaire
Quinn Huffman
Keokuk
R. W. Wirtz
Wirtz
Pleasant
Charley
B. C. Foster
E. Foster
Cedar Rapids
Glenn Ha
Pleasant Ridge Social News and Visits May 24
Dr. A C Peterson vaccinated horses for sleeping sickness for Robert North. Frank Navy and family visited Milton Smith home. Henry Underwood and Harold Disney families attended. Robert North plowed for Howard Caldwell. Marion and Lorey Renoux visit Washington with Grandma Davidson. Evelyn Smith took eighth grade tests at the Washington courthouse. Mary Renouyx visiting John Renoux home this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Ridge
A. C. Peterson
Washington
Robert North
Frank Navy
Riverside
Harold Henley
Iowa City
Milton Smith
Henry Underwood
Harold Disney
Howard Caldwell
Marion
Lorey Renoux
Grandma Davidson
Kitte Reeves
Evelyn Smith
Court House
Mary Renouyx
John Renoux
Social visits and farming notes from local Iowa households
A series of visits spans the week with neighbors and relatives in Keota and nearby towns. Families including Linnenkamp Somers Kauffman and Renoux hosted or visited. Evelyn Smith returned home after two weeks away. Farmers report corn planting nearly finished and a need for rain after light showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Linnenkamp
Baby
Henry Underwood
Pete
Chris
Ina
Everett Ernest
Tony Kauffman
Dale Smith
Fred Heck
Selma Sommers
Otto
Ohio
Lizzie Sommers
Howard Sigafoose
Jean
Lawerence Gier
Anna Sommers
Evelyn Smith
Keota
Harry Renoux
Washington
John Renoux
Honor Mrs Carll at Family Dinner at Stephens Home
Mrs Claire Carll of Hollywood California spent two weeks with relatives in NEMA and attended a pot luck dinner at the Dewey Stephens home. Relatives listed include Sam and Marian Stephens Will Reaney John Freeland Oliver Hanson Zoe Herr Arthur Charlton and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Stephens
Nema
Claire Carll
Hollywood
California
Dewey Stephens
Sam Stephens
Marian
Will Reaney
John Freeland
Oliver Hanson
Zoe Herr
Arthur Charlton
Freddie
Ruth
Carol
Davie Frame
Billy
Harlan
Allen
Harold Clegg
Larry
Dick Stephens
Richard Allen
Robert Stephens
Mary
Martha
Barbara
Gene Stephens
Maurine
Community Outlook Lapses and Weekend Travels Mentioned
Kathleen Neal Smith lose a fine horse last week after failed sleeping sickness vaccine. Eilene Jeffrey and Dr and Mrs Hayek spent the weekend at John Jeffrey home. Preston Clair Edmondson and Dewey Stephens Jr drove to Quincy Illinois Saturday morning returning Sunday. Clair stayed for a business course. Julia Wood of Davenport attended the Ainsworth alumni banquet. other attendees listed in the community. Sam Stephens and nephews attended a cattle feeding convention at Ames. Jimmy Clegg to enter Washington county hospital for tonsillectomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen
Neal Smith
Eilene Jeffrey
Hayek
John Jeffrey
Preston
Clair Edmondson
Dewey Stephens, Jr
Quincey
Illinois
Dewey
Clair
Quincy
Julia Wood
Davenport
Ainsworth
Norman
Joe Wood
Floyd Edmondson
Richard
Harold Clegg
Sam Stephens
Robert
Eugene Stephens
Ames
Jim Cook
Lee Nickleson
Smith Family Hosts Visit and New Hire Moves
The Smith family hosted a guest from Columbus Junction and spent Sunday together in Columbus Junction. Edith Megdelsen, recent graduate of Ainsworth, accepted a bookkeeper position at Hunt's Locker Service and will start next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deen
Columbus Junction
Neal Smith
Smith
Edith Megdelsen
Ainsworth
Hunt's
Community Notes From East Highland May Gatherings
East Highland residents share a weekend at J J Florang and Ralph Wieland homes. Generations gathered for a birthday meal, a reported marriage announcement, and visitors from Alma Rath and Swailes families. Several attended Riverside graduation services, with local folks urged to read the Want-Ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Mincer
East Highland
Alvah Heck
Alma
Doris
Dale
Willie Weber
Lucile
Kenneth
Mary Weber
J. J. Florang
John Rath
Marshall
Robert Wieland
Ronald
Larry
Joe Luther
Ralph Wieland
James Longquist
Verna Lantz
Gail Murdock
Herbert
Wilma Mincer
James Swailes
Marie
Frankie J. Mincer
Gary
Anna Rath
Florence Forbes
Helen Swailes
Margery
Maynard Mineer
Paul Grecian
Everette Rath
Joseph Mineer
Austin Collins
Richard Swailes
James Dvorak, Jr
Johnnie
Harold Rath
James Lungquist
R. A. Stolley
Riverside
Brighton Go Getters 4-H Club Elects Officers at Home Meet
The Brighton Go Getters 4-H Club met May 20 at the Stout home with eight members. Officers were Laura Jean Stout president Alice Dunbar vice president Elsie Stout secretary treasurer Grace Dunbar news reporter Mary Guy historian. Two new members Betty Jean Hexworth and Janice Woodhouse joined at the last meeting. They practiced songs for rally day and plan the Gavotte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Hook
Brighton Go Getters
Elsie
Laura Jean Stout
Foollows
Alice Dunbar
Elsie Stout
Grace Dunbar
Mary Guy
Betty Jean Hexworth
Janice Woodhouse
Native Hawaiian Dances and Their Variations
The hula is more than one step and includes many gestures. About a dozen hulas exist with variations in hand movements. Popular forms include the gourd dance the rock dance the moon dance and the hymn to the sun.
For Rent Boxes On Display For Prospective Tenants
Rental ad promises showings of a set of storage boxes at any time. The note emphasizes availability without specifying price size or location.
Biography of G N Barclay Bank President and Grocer
G N Barclay is described as president of the Washington State Bank and owner manager of a major local grocery. Born June 22 1885 in Huron South Dakota he later operated a Brooklyn Iowa store then moved to Washington Iowa purchasing the Farmers Store in May 1922. Married Nancy Beery he has three sons Charles Bob and Allan. He aided in the bank’s organization and its 1932 reorganization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. N. Barclay GN
Barclay
Washington State Bank
Huron
South Dakota
Glen
Brooklyn
Iowa
California
Washington
Lowa Ie
The
State Bank
May
Art Yard
Nancy Beery
Des Moines
Gophers Manages B and B Clothing Co in Washington Iowa
Phil Antonoff a Minnesota native born December 5 1909 in Bruce Wisconsin arrived in Iowa in 1938 to run B and B Clothing Co in Washington with wife Bess Lipson. He previously studied at the University of Minnesota and worked in Maurice Rothschilds Minneapolis store before locations in Charles City Waukon and New Hampton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gophers
North Woods
Phil Antonoff
Iowa
Washington
B & B Clothing Co
Antonoff
South Third Avenue
Bruce
Wisconsin
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Maurice L. Rothschild
Charles City
Waukon
New Hampton
Phil
Bess Lipson
West Coast
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Cornell College
Dallas Topping
Margaret Bedford
Miss Bedford
Lillian Bell
Joan
Virginia Gardner
Maxine Adams
Marian Durst
Cedric Olin
Helen Ruth Durian
Robert Martin
Fern Oldfield
Virginia Stricker
Robert Miller
Lewis Bros
Johnny Brenneman
W. 8S. Krueger
Priscilla Club
Chauncey Smith
Tropical Pacific
San Francisco
Red Island
Toll Island
C. C Anderson
Paser Agt
Rock Island Lines
Rock Island
Addruce
J. C. Penney
Washington Business Firms
the Journal
Benteco
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Eams
Spurgeon’s
Phillips & Hebner
National Tea Co
B. Clo
Washington Fruit Market
Charlie Ross
Orlando Scott
Chicago
Germantown
Ross
Phoenix
Ariz
Mrs. Carll
Stephens
Journal
Arnold Carr
Harry Ramseyer
Dick Ross
James Clegg
Clarence Miller
Hillsborough
Jimmy Clegg
Washington, County Hospital
Raymond Smith
Go Getters Club
OR. P.ll.etter
Chocolate Shop
MR. Barclay
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Phil Antonofre
Zacy
Garbardine
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