Wellston Neighbors Share News and Local Visits
Mrs Edd Stoutner reports on local happenings in Wellston including visits by Edgar Bandy and family to Edd Stoutners, and Mrs Forrest Brinning with baby spending time at Chick McCulley and Walter Wilson homes. Neighbors plow oats due to chinch bugs, and hot dry weather persists with hopes for rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellston— Air
Forrest Brinning
Edgar Bandy
Baby
Edd Stoutners
Chick
Mark Wagners
Marjorie
Cris Brinning
Charley Statlers
Walter Wilson
Lloyd
Bill Singletons
Myrl Lemley
Keota
Gunnard
Johnson
Jakie Banks
L. W. Turnitseed
Walter Wilsons
Community Visitors and Celebrations in Washington Area
Sunday and Monday visits filled the Washington area as families including Rot and Dorothy, Kephart, Simmering, Scranton, Caldwell, and Chalugpa hosted relatives and friends. Maurice Putman, H C Weigman, and Floyd Davis joined local residents for rides, while J F Linder and relatives marked his birthday with a May 27 gathering and angel food cakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Putman
Washington
Ed Chalugpa
George Weigman
Floyd Davis
Des Moines
H. C. Weigman
Weigman
J. F. Linder
Mr. Linder
Glen Linder
Dodge Center
Minnesota
Ray Lider
Ottumwa
Iowa
Linder Family Reunion Spans States Across Nine Years
The Linder family gathered for the first time in nine years with members from Iowa City Ottumwa Dodge Center Washington Crawfordsville Idaho Falls and Idaho. Attendees included Howard and Bernice Linder Ray and family Ralph Glen Harley Ralph Warley and relatives. Clyde Lambert sustained a minor finger injury while shelling corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linder
Howard Linder
Bernice
Iowa City
Iowa
Ray Linder
Jean
Joyce
Ottumwa
Ralph
Glen
Harley Linder
Dodge Center
Minn
Hattie Waters
Carl Crossett
Martha
Washington
Harry Bishop
Helen
Donald
Crawfordsville
Ray Ferguson
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Ferguson
Lois Fullerton
Lois
Minesota
Clyde Lambert
Charles Kephart
J. E. Linder
Warley Linder
Hazel Simmering
Helen Erlenbush
J. K. Linder
Ted Simmon
Ainsworth
Howard
Gien
Oilcloth and Linoleum Pioneers of Early Manufacture
The text traces oilcloth origin in England with the first patent in 1836, notes major improvements, and highlights Elijah Galloway's 1844 advance. It also credits Frederick Walton with a 1860 process to oxidize linseed oil creating a cheaper rubber like substitute and the term oleum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Elijah Galloway
Frederick Walton
Riverside Memorial Day Observances Highlight Local Veterans
Memorial day exercises led by the American Legion marched from Main street to the public school and on to the cemeteries, with VFW and Ladies Auxiliary participation. Rev Fred E B Miller gave the Unknown Soldier address and a firing squad saluted. Alumni luncheon planning and Needlework Club meeting followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
American Legion
W R. C. and
Ladies Auxiliary
Main Street
Womans Relief Corps
Fred EB. Miller
C. EF. Fitzsimmons
Ernest Hoops
Marion Godlove
LeRoy Hardy
Clarence Rummelhart
John Wieland
Norval Flynn
Edward Mannion
America
Black Hawk Social Club Meets at R. R. 1 Home
The Brighton Black Hawk Social club gathered Friday night at Mr. and Mrs. Everett Garrett’s home. Attendees included the Garretts and their son Raymond, the Oswalts couple, their children Karl Marcelle Glen and Keith, the Parcell family, and Prody Borkoski. Activities centered on cards and visiting with refreshments of canned apricots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les
Wm. B. Parecell
L. A
Ottumwa
Will Spensler
Lievyd Jones
Myra
Clarence Browns
Myra Gowey
Near Veo
Carl Daerings
Brighton
Black Hawk Social Club
Everett Garrett
Raymond
Andy Oswalt
Victor Oswalt
Ray Parcell
Karl
Marcelle
Glen
Keith
Prody Borkoski
Verdi study and temperance program at Sorosis club
Ainsworth May meeting of the Sorosis club hosted by Mrs. Marie Colthurst with Verdi focused talks by Mrs. Stephens Sharp and Clegg. Wilma Stephens and Pauline Clegg sang from Il Trovatore. Luncheon served. local guests attended. A temperance program at the Methodist church was readied but a West Chester group failed to arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Sorosis Club
Marie Colthurst
Verdi
Lola Coppock
Mildred Stephens
Sharpe
Norma Clegg
Wilma Stephens
Pauline Clegg
al Trovatore
Etta Marsh
Chicago
M. J. Kilgore
Hugh Morris
Cotter
J. M. Stone
Grace
Will Kilgore
Harry Boileau
West Chester
Edkins
E.R. Butterworth
D. D. Stephens
Eugene Stephens
F. M. Mahin
Carl Basseler
Francis Beal
Visit Notes from United Presbyterian Churches
Clint C. Chambers arrived Monday morning from Des Moines to visit his mother Mrs. Laura Chambers. Virgil Butterworth and son Louis of Hinsdale Illinois stayed Friday night with E R Butterworth as they traveled home from Lamont where Louis studied college this past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Presbyterian Churches
Clint C. Chambers
Des Moines
Laura Chambers
Virgil Butterworth
Louis
Hinsdale, Ill
E. R. Butterworth
Lamont
Also Mentioned on This Page
F. E. Bourgeois
Kalona, Iowa
Republican
Board Supervisors
Washington, R
Daisy Simmering
Washington, Rk. Rf
Frances Rot
Dorothy
Elmer Kephart
Frank Kephart
Ed Simmerin
John Simmering Sr
Frank Scranton
Silas Caldwell
Erry Meeeeee
Diamond Station
Ileam Corporation
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp
The
Riverside High School
Methodist ‘Church
Bertha Tener
R. H. Heitzman
Dorothy Soukup
Velma Whitlock
Harry Soukup
Edna Craig
Luva Lukovsky
Delbert Flynn
Myrtle Denison
Frances Kephart
Verne
Glenn Younk
V. Dautremont
Ella McLangehblin
Cedar Rapids
William H. Cress
Birdie Godlove
Matilda Wieland
Fannie Buchwalter
Helen Critz
John IL. Deutsch
William Griffin
Joseph Heitzman
Carrie Iden
William Ingram
J. Karel
John Knittel
William O'Loughlin
A. H Pogge
Helen Shradek
Joseph Stransky
Estelle Critz
Carrie
St. Marys’ Church
Alexander Veggy
B. Jacobsmeter
John M Walsh
Holy Name Society
Order
Ralph Walsh
Leonard Armbruster
Edward
Louis John
Linus Yesng
Mt. Olivet
Mary M. Proll
William
Hills
Frank
Jerome Droll
R.A
Mary Bernadette
Mary Clarissima
Chicazo
Alexander Yergy
Joseph Linsley
Anthony Angelsberg
Marilyn
Everett Neal
Lone Tree
Dick Conklin
Mt. Vernon
Lester Scott
CCC
Ord
Hotel Sherman
Tou
Prody A. Borkoski
Aaa
Omaosiac I Naai Lthd
Marion S. George
Ely ZI Tse
Ymokers
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