Prairie Flower Community Notes from Prairie Flower
Prairie Flower notes from May 30 itemize visits by Mr and Mrs Walter Horning and daughter at the Eimer Horning home and a meet with baby Joanne. Other items mention hog shipments to Chicago, funeral attendance for Ed Jackson, and local graduates and corn shelling by residents in nearby Wellman and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Thrasher
Prairie Flower
Walter Horning
Near Olds
Eimer Horning
Thrasher
Joanne
Roy Finke
Everette Denison
Chicago
Wolfe
Everette Finke
Ed Jackson
Clayde Knupp
Will Brown
Wellman
Earl Smith
Richard Knupp
Leonard Witthoff
W. H. Ss
William Finke
Washington
Jean Campbell
Richard Edmund
Prairie Flower Rural School
Yoder
Miller
Richmond Cedar Center School Closed For Picnic Day
The Richmond Cedar Center school closed Wednesday for a school house picnic. Edith Miller visited with Louise Witthoff. Eunice Kyle stayed with friends near Kalona over the weekend. Eugenia and Esther Smith returned from Iowa City on Sunday and left Tuesday. Several residents planned summer session arrangements and graduation festivities. Roy Finke plants over forty acres due to wire worms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Cedar Center
Edith Miller
Louise Witthoff
Eunice Kyle
Kalona
Eugenia
Esther Smith
Iowa City
Roy Finke
Frederic Smith
E. L. Smith
North Oregon social notes stray across Missouri and Iowa
Mrs. C H Beenblossom reports Lloyd Edwards family travel to Newtown Missouri with Dan Ward and Marjorie Ed wards. W S Stone in Sioux City hospital illness noted. Grace Stone with Grant Davis to Iowa City and Waterloo. Monday guests Harlan Linder Glendyn Linder Dode Center Minnesota and Phyllis Jean Fulton Agnes Duncan visit Edwards Ganon and family Clarence and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Beenblossom
Oregon
May Su
Lioyd Edwards
Newtown
Missouri
Dan Award
Marjorie — Eadwards
Hal Edwards
J. M. Stone
W.S. Stone
Sioux City
Grace Stone
Iowa City
Grant Davis
Waterloo
Stone
Harlan
4Ilenn Linder
Dodee Center
Minn
Phyllis Jean Fulton
Agnes Duncan
Columbus Junction
Lloyd Edwards
John Ganon
Clarence
Local Community Notes From Cedar Rapids Area
Sunday visits tied families together as Booth and Trotter relatives gathered at Frank Henderson’s home. Nearby, O Conner Beenblossom families joined Davis group at Libertyville while McConnell and Gentkinger households reported illnesses and recoveries. Garden and farm work continue despite cold May weather with corn, grass, beans planted and gardens thriving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Steele
Rook
Robert Genkinger
Jack Cretch
Morris Beenblossom
Charles Beenblossom
Richard Fisher
Larry Gentkinger
Lawrence Genkinger
Susan Genkinger
Lipstick Stains on Washable Fabrics Cleaning Tip
A laundry tip advises if lipstick stains do not vanish with normal washing, rub with a colorless grease like white Vaseline, then sponge with carbon tetrachloride and repeat or bleach with hydrogen peroxide.
Skier Rail Fares Cut for Tickets Bought Abroad
Skiers traveling to Norway can save half on rail tickets by purchasing outside Norway. The 50 percent rebate applies to international buyers, easing winter sports trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Bunker Hill Monument Cornerstone Laid by Lafayette
The cornerstone of the Bunker Hill monument was laid by Marquis de Lafayette in 1825 marking the fiftieth anniversary of the battle. The ceremony highlighted national memory and commemorative actions tied to the historic site in Charlestown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunker Hill Monument
Lafayette
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. A. Sutten
NEW Power
Freer
Howard L. McCleery
West Main St. Telephone
General Insurance Agency
Dixie Dugan
Dixie
By Striebey
Mevoy
Harry Donaldson
John Harry
Milford Anderson
Elizabeth Young
Hart Smith
Stanley Knupp
Wynona Standley
Ollumna
Clara Finke
W. HL. Gs
Carl Jarrard
Farm Bureau
G. A. R. Hall
Cattle Association
Turkington and
Crawford Farm
Charles Eyestone
Brighton
Thrasher and
Carris Farms
Washington Dairy
M. A. Engle
Rath’s Tender
Ibs
Hie, Gerndt Soda
HAM
Hale Whale
Parge Jules Franks
Tneed
Dole
Bms Reg
Carton
Oxydol
van Camp
Jersey
Abe
Phe
Big Gian
Pangy Cudban
Pach
Kip
Cleanser
John C. Owen
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