Role of Women as Individuals in Today's World Conference Opens in Ottumwa
The fall conference of Iowa YWCA BIPA groups in Ottumwa chooses the theme The Role of Women as Individuals in Today's World. State Chairman Mary Waggoner will preside as the business sessions begin at 2:30. Edna McCarty leads the Washington club choir workshop with other workshops, a panel, and music planned. The banquet features Mrs. Eugene McCarthy of St Louis as speaker, and she will later attend a Denmark YWCA YMCA joint meeting. Delegates include Charlotte Earls Nadine Payne Doris Rouse Louise Rouse Joy Fairchild and Mrs Clinton Edwards newly moved to Ottumwa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
BIPA
YWCA
Ottumwa
Mary Waggoner
Ottumwa Ywca
Washington Club
Edna McCarty
Eugene McCarthy
St. Louis
St. Louis Ywca
Ywca of
United States
World Ywca
McCarthy
Denmark
YMCA
Waterloo Club
Miss McCarty
Miss Waggoner
Charlotte Earls
Nadine Payne
Doris Rouse
Louise Rouse
Joy Fairchild
Clinton Edwards
Mrs Griggs Presents Self Estimate at Beta Sigma Phi Meeting
Mrs Duane Griggs led a program on Self Estimate at the Beta Sigma Phi gathering. Guest host Mrs Richard Hotle of Ainsworth helped. Plans were finalized for a rummage sale Friday at the town hall, with refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane Griggs
Beta Sigma Phi
Richard Hotle
Ainsworth
Griggs
Norman Peale
Fnty
Mrs Ferguson Hosts Pythian Circle Meeting
Mrs Oole Ferguson welcomed the Pythian Circle to her home on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs B C Briley opened with a reading of Let Something Good be Said by James Whitcomb Riley. Ten members attended and each contributed to the afternoon’s program. Guests included Mrs Bessie McCoy Crawfordsville Mrs Robert Ferguson and Mrs Mae Hopengardner. Refreshments were served by the hostess with help from her daughter Mrs Sam Witting and Mrs Steve Stewart. Mrs Briley will host the November meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Ferguson
Pythian Circle
Oole Ferguson
B. C. Briley
James Whitcomb Riley
Bessie McCoy
Crawfordsville
Robert Ferguson
Mae Hopengardner
Sam Witting
Steve Stewart
Briley
Bicycle Safety Talk At Stewart School PTA Program
Superintendent M M Schell addressed Stewart school PTA on bicycle safety with students present. A film Farm and Safety and musical solos by Ruth Ann Brown and Charlotte Berry highlighted the event. Mrs Lester Willey led the meeting and district delegates were chosen for the Davenport October 31 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt
M. M. Schell
Stewart School
PTA
Ruth Ann Brown
Charlotte Berry
Lester Willey
Davenport
Willey
Wade Pence
Logan Heilman
Helen Wylie
E. G. Humm
O. H. Moll
Mary Berry
Robert McFarlane
Idris Club Dinners with Husbands at Small Home Kalona
Kalona Idris club members hosted a cooperative dinner and party for husbands at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Small near Kalona on Monday evening. The event committee included Mrs. Floyd Walker Mrs. Harold Peterseim Mrs. Alva Kepler and Mrs. Reese Trusler. Attendance featured numerous couples led by Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Barnum Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Backman and other Kalona residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker
Trusler
Kepler
Small
Handkerchief Shower Honors Hazel Dean At Bridge Club
Mrs T V Knerr hosted the Kalona bridge club and guests. Prizes went to Mrs Willis W Gingerich and Mrs Eugene Way for high scores, with Mrs Weller Snyder taking the traveling award and Mrs Kimbal Gates the consolation honors. Hazel Dean received a handkerchief shower as she prepares to wed J W Coffey on October 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis W. Gingerich
Eugene Way
Weller Snyder
Kimbal Gates
Gingerich
Snyder
H. V. Beck
Hazel Dean
Miss Dean
J. W. Coffey
Grace Hill Aid Plans Gas Stove Purchase
Grace Hill Ladies aid met at the community building to appoint a committee to study buying a bottled gas stove. Mrs. Nelson Woodford and Mrs. Dan Boone were named to the committee. Ten members attended, with roll call on readiness for winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Hill Ladies Aid
Nelson Woodford
Dan Boone
Ed Libe
Aid
Mabel Johnson
Decker Guests Of Son At Shell Rock
Kalona residents report weekend visits from Mr and Mrs C R Decker and family in Shell Rock. Also listed are visits by Mr and Mrs Edwin Morgan and son Tommy Lee from Chariton, Dr and Mrs Shannon Fourie of Melbourne, and shoppers including Mrs O L Rogers Mae Snyder Velma Way in Iowa City and Sante Stillwell of Sante.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
C. R. Decker
Charles Decker
Shell Rock
Edwin Morgan
Tommy Lee
Chariton
Shannon Fourie
Melbourne
V. D. Hoehstetler
O. L. Rogers
Mae Snyder
Velma Way
Iowa City
L. C. Stillwell
Sante
Social Calendar Highlights Weekly Club Meetings
The calendar lists multiple group gatherings from Thursday to Monday including PEO circles at St Marys and St James, Little Flower and Handcraft events, and dinners at the Masonic Temple. Circles, WSCS, WCTU, Rebekah lodge, DeMolay, and KP activities are scheduled with times and meeting places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.S. Smith
St. Mary’s
St. James Church
Frank Redeker
St. Anthony Circle
Martin Whittaker
St. James Circle
Clem Adam
Little Flower Circle
St. James Social Hall
Harold Kerr
Presbyterian Women's’ Service Guild
Fred Moore
Bert Booth
John Lemmon
WSCS
Church
West Chester
WCTU
Ernest van Sickle
Rebekah Lodge
IOOF
Bethlehem Commandery
Masonic Temple
Handcraft NT
DeMolay
Local Birthdays And Family News From Kalona Area
An assortment of notices from Kalona and Cedar Rapids area households includes birthday anniversaries for Mrs. Ed Nelson Ruth Cunningham Lindsay and others, birthday candles for William Stewart and Barbara Bealer, a new birth Paul Anthony Decker in Arnolds Park, and visits by local families across Kalona Washington Richmond and Toledo. Guest speaker Rev Milton Brown visited Town City after speaking at Kalona Christian Church. Grace Kessler returns home after sixteen months caring for an elderly aunt in Lone Tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Nelson
Henry TeBoeckhorst
Ruth Cunningham Lindsay
Cedar Rapids
W. P. Rawn
Anna Mayo
William Allen Stewart
Richard Stewart
Barbara Ann Bealer
Don Bealer
Milton Brown
Town City
Ford Skola
Brown
Kalona Christian Church
Grace Kessler
Kalona
Lone Tree
Mrs Coon Visits In Ronald Boyd Home At Highland Center
Mrs Sidney Coon called on Mrs Donald Boyd to get acquainted with the Boyd family’s new twin daughters. The note lists local visits and social calls through the week involving the Coon, Boyd, Frame, Krotz, Wagner, Soukup, Murphy, and other area families with brief mentions of Farm Bureau activity and football in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Coon
Ronald Boyd
Highland Center
Eula Mae Coon
Sidney Coon
Donald Boyd
Boyd
Herbert Campbell
Paul Beard
Farm Bureau
West Chester
John Skubal
Melvin Soukup
George Gould
Washington
Sam Boyd
W. R. Murphy
Ralph Young Jr
Joe Krotz
Ernest Wagner
William Krotz
Howard Shaffer
Brighton
William Murphy
John Frame
Lee Conry
Ozarks
Warren Owen
Muscatine
Iowa City
William Krots
John Wagner
Billie
Bobby
Floyd Martin
Lewis Coon
Pula Mae
Fred Merrifield
Mrs Rue Mitchell Visits in Junction
Mrs Rue Mitchell of San Pedro California visited friends in Columbus Junction including Mrs Verne Thomas. Other items note residents returning from travel, a new daughter born to Mr and Mrs Harry Ashby, and local visits to Cotter school and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Rue Mitchell
Junction
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Rue Mitchell
San Pedro
Calif
Verne Thomas
Cripple Creek
Colo
Thomas
Whatsoever Society
C. E. Hanft
Katie Bowman
Florence Smith
J. J. Jenkins
Wyoming
Texas
Ben Smith
Wapello
Mercy Hospital
Burlington
Restopia
Harry Ashby
Harmony Club Luncheon and Various Local Notes
Harmony Club enjoyed a 1 oclock luncheon at Mrs. Myrtle Helmick’s Brighton home with floral centerpieces and guests including Mrs. Alma Johnson of Covina. Krony Krew held a bridge party at Mrs. Willis Horton’s, and local residents made weekend visits and celebrated anniversaries. Benedict Faris was promoted to sergeant in the air police in Korea amid broader notes on maritime labor unions and ship operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Crile
Brighton
Harmony Club
Myrtle Helmick
Alma Johnson
Covina
Calif
Krony Krew
Willis Horton
Mabel Dickinson
Keota
Wayne Dickinson
L. A. Horton
Roberta
Harold Robb
Mt. Pleasant
Nauvoo
Robert Kyle
Miami
Flo
D. J. Kyle
Gladys Kessel
Benedict Faris
Floyd Faris
Air Police
Korea
Iowa Duck Season Opens Tomorrow at Noon
The Iowa Conservation Commission says the 83 day duck season begins at noon tomorrow and runs through November 23. Health officials urge careful hunting. about 10 to 20 hunters die annually in Iowa. Daily bag limit is four with a possession limit of eight after opening day. only one noon duck may be in possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Conservation Commission
Health Department
Iowa
Community and Livestock Sales Trade Dates List
Weekly livestock sales and specific auction dates in Iowa listed by venue and date. Kalona and Sigournesi area events include Keokuk County Curve Breeders Assn boar and gilt sale at Hawkeye yards and a Spotted Poland China sale near Winfield with start times. Household goods closing out sale listed at 486 Bust Third by Cecil Long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittaker
Kalona Sales
Kalona
Iowa
Midway Sales Company
Columbus Junction
Livestock Exchange
Ollie
Keokuk County Curve Breeders
Hawkeye Livestock Yards
Sigournes
Poland
Winfield
Earl Kellogg & Sons
Cecil Long
Homecoming set with parade and football showdown
Washington Demons host Bloomfield Maroons in a clash billed as the game of the year. Homecoming festivities include a parade, bonfire, queen introduction, and a dance. Iowa City Hawks prep for Purdue as Connie Mack retires from baseball glory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Turner
Washington High School
Central Park
Case Field
Lincoln School
Washington Demons
Bloomfield Maroons
Washington
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Amer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Magic Chef
ROPER
Universal
Southern Utilities
Supt. Schell
Idris Club
T. V. Knerr
Ladies Bridge Club
Grace Hill Aid
Deckers
Son
Mrs. Eugene Way
Junior Missionary Society
Art Ruegsegger
Lee Colton
Ida Edwards
C. J. Duncan
Maude McGuire
Cotter
Cotter School
McGuire
Alfred E.parsone
Tommy
J. B. Pooley
Coon Rapids
Bordwell
Bordwell's Feed
Washington, Iowa
Harold Brown
Pembine
Wis
Wehr
Curtis Bevans
Ida Bevans
Fordyce
Ark
Kansas City
Donna Ricketts
C. E. Bennett
Rockford
Raymond McDonnell
McDonnell
Bennett
Washington County Hospital
Alaska Steamship Company
Marine Steward Union
Marine Cook
Stewards Union Ind
Coast Guard
Union
CIO
Communist Party
Journal
Bloomfield
Pi Page
John Semanek
Ray Shelton
Maroons
Little Six
Centerville
Oskaloosa
Hawks
Purdue
Mack
A’s
Jimmy Dykes
A's
White Sox
Fairfield
Panthers
Muskies
Lees
T. R. Phillips
West Side Square
Alaska
America
Seattle
Wash
Rock Island Produce Co
Retsters
Joe Palooka
Ham Fisher
Jerry
Dixie Dugan
McEvoy & Striebe
George
Bill
Bob Tice
Blondie
EY Chic Young
Pierre
Chil Youn Inc. World
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!