Riverside woman visits Fort Madison kin in Grothe reunion
Mrs Elizabeth Kiefer of Riverside and son Robert travel with Mr and Mrs August Grothe to Fort Madison to visit at the home of Mrs Kiefers daughter Mrs Bernard Frame. Also present are Rev William Schmidt Frank Grothe and Sisters Ophielia and Fernanda. The gathering marks a Grothe family reunion. Nearby visitors include Roy Holtz and Margaret Cress with others from Cedar Rapids at Carrie Iden home. Rev and Mrs Fitzimmons and William Sims spent the week with Kilmer Minnesota relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Elizabeth Kiefer
Robert
August Grothe
Hills
Fort Madison
Sac City
Margaret Cress
Watter Albright
Richard
Cedar Rapids
Carrie Iden
C. E. Fitzsimmons
William Sims
Kilmer
Minnesota
Farrier Family Dinners and Visits Across Iowa Homes
Eureka report notes Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Farrier and family visiting Marian Farrier’s home near Pleasant Plain with other relatives from Merrimac Noble and Iowa City. Keith Farrier stays with grandparents Lloyd and Helen Dickinson. Several other families including McKune Nicola Marek Bell and Bell visitations around Washington Lockridge and Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Benson
Eureka
Floyd Farrier
Marian Farrier
Pleasant Plain
Ray Edwards
Merrimac
Milton Nebel
Noble
John MeKune
Keith Farrier
Lloyd Dickinson
Clark Wagner
J. L. Coon
Iowa City
John McKune
Karl Nicola
Charlie Mare Dale
Robert
Anthony Marek
Washington
William Shaffar
West Chester
Paul Bell
Clark Bell
Lockridge
George Fetes
C. M. Benson
M Pleasant
Train strikes deer near Rubio in morning report
Morning passenger train hit a deer about three miles east of Rubio. The section crew delivered the deer to town as Game Warden arrived. The item mentions local residents attending visits and community activities through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rubio
Bey
Arthur Lambert
Purio Town
A. J. Steinbeck
Harry Ginkens
Baxter
Lucy Ginkens
Brighton
Vera Bond
Herbert Wood
Pill Snider
H. D. Luers
Omer
Frank Strickland
Aid
Fathers and Son
Pauline Morrow
Weekend at Home and Local Football Defeat Noted
Joe Augustine rests with back treatment over the weekend. Richland suffers first defeat in two years at Kalona Friday night as local attendees recall the game. Mrs. Arthur Lambert assisted Mrs. Strickland with dinner Thursday for wood sawers families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Augustine
Kalona
Richland
Arthur Lambert
Strickland
Coppo ck social notes from Coppo ck Illinois area
Mrs Gleede Dold notes visits and social activities across Coppo ck area. Residents and visitors include Fred Dold Eila Merchant Frank Dold of Rome Glenn Simpson Ottumwa and families from Fairfield Washington Rock Island Pleasant Plain and Brighton. An auto accident injuring Darrell Edwards is reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gleede Dold
Fred Dold
Eila Merchant
Frank Dold
Rome
Illinois
Ray Goode
Wayland
Kila Merchant
Glenn Simpson
Ottumwa
G. D. Simpson
Howard Zihiman
Rock Island
A. L. Zihiman
Ram Neff
Harold Coop
Junia
Raymond Coop
Fairfield
Pete Godwin
Pleasant Plain
J. T. Tucker
Washington
Las
Charles Stone
T. BE. Alter
Brighton
V. Dain
Wincan
KK. F
Darrell Edwards
Fred Edwards
Francine Mills
Apple and Cherry Bloom Surprise October Oddities
In East Seventy Six on farms near C. 7. Davis and Arthur Romine apple and cherry trees bloomed unusually in mid October. Aunt Bridge Hardin is ill but improving. Local social news includes Hallowe en events at No. 6 and Prairie Flower schools on October 26. Community members attend events and visit relatives in nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oren Romine
Easi
Davis
Arthur Romine
Bridge Hardin
Lloyd Hill
Lloyd Miller
J. E. Powell
Keota
Richard Mayer
Sigourney
Lillian White
Kenneth Pfaff
Orville Lelaen
Willard Ginkens
Ainsworth
Irk Ginkens
Donnie Lee
Joe
Warren Davis
Hallowe’t
Hallowe’en
Prairie Flower School
Lloyd Phillips
Washington
East Seventy Six
John di
Cotter Board Plans Purchase for School Employees Residence
In Columbus Junction the Cotter school district held a special election Saturday on buying a residence property to house its employees. The vote centers on providing a new housing option to attract and retain staff for the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Oct
Cotter
Family announcements and obituaries in local notices
The column lists a newborn son Garry Richard to Mr and Mrs Jesse Cassabaum, a fifth birthday party for Seeeee's son David, and funeral services for Louis Worley of Muscatine who died after a fall. It also notes Lone Tree high school football Friday, Columbus High freshmen entertaining sophomores, visits between local residents, and a move to Richland for Edward Agena and family as telephone exchange manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Cassabaum
Garry Richard
Seeeee
David
Worley
Louis Worley
Muscatine
Lillie Smith
Gertrude Downs
Irene Burroughs
Lucille Worley
Lone Tree High School
Columbus High School
Chautauqua Park
Carleton Moore
Mary
Billie
Moberly
L. G. Browning
Richland
Edward Agena
Ned
Telephone Exchange
St Marys Seniors Elect Officers And Class Details
The St Marys high school seniors elect Mel vill Senneider as president with El don Yeggy as vice president Elaine Stransky as secretary and man Klein as treasurer The class adopts Christ the King as patron the American Beauty Rose as flower and Sapphire and American Beauty as colors Their motto is We Build the Ladder by Which We Climb Dorothy Kenney becomes president of the Epworth League at Riverside Methodist church replacing Eleanor Frost Other officers include Joseph Hartéter Ward Flynn Kenneth Kern and Eleanor Frost Also noted are local visits from the Dautremonts and Cecelia Foley with travel plans and past teaching ties to Cedar Rapids Belle Plaine and Oak Park Illinois
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Oct
St. Mary's High School
Melvill Senneider
Eldon Yeggy
Elaine Stransky
Man Kiein
Riverside Methodist Church
Miss Kenney
Eleanor Frost
Joseph Hartéter
Ward Flynn
Kenneth Kern
Norbert J. Dautremont
Rita Mary
Virginia
Adrian Dautremont
Nae Ann
Cedar Rapids
C. V. Dautremont
Cecelia Foley
Belle Plaine
Miss Foley
Mary Truxan
Oak Park
Illinois
Richard Dautremont
Grace Truxan
Dean Jacobs to Lead Junction Scout Troop District
Martha Butler reports Columbus Junction plans to organize a Louisa county Boy Scout district in the Southeast Iowa Council. The move aims to expand troops and training, with leaders' courses, courts of honor, camporees, and other established Scout program features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Louisa County
Southeast
Iowa
Father slays son in act of mercy, NY elevator operator details
Lewis Repouille, 37, an New York hospital elevator operator, killed his 15-year-old blind and crippled son in what he called an act of mercy saying he was “just like dead all the time.” Mars. Repouille, a mother of five, was in a state of hysteria over the images.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Repouille
New York
Mars
Repouille
Communist Leader Defies War Pact Testimony Before Dies Committee
William Z Foster appeared before the Dies Committee in Washington stating he would not bear arms if the U S fought on the Allies side. Dies predicted outlawing the Communist party and requested a full list of its officials. Local cells were reported at Columbus Junction led by Dean Jacobs and Wyman led by Donald, with two Louisa county troops organized Morning Sun under Churchill Williams and Wapello under Leo Schrody as scoutmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Communist Party
William Z. Foster
Dies
Washington
U. S
Communist Party
Mrs. W. I. Martin Ends Visit in Brighton Home
Mrs. W. I. Martin returns to Long Beach California after weeks with her daughter Mrs. Edgar Wise and family in Brighton RK. Prody Borkoski and others join neighbors for a Sunday social and routine local calls notable for house painting and a new Black Hawk school completing its project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prody Borkoski
Brighton
W. I. Martin
Edgar Wise
Long Beach
California
Seth Carris
Glen Mullikin
Clarence Brown
Dale Spielman
Botteroff
Josephine Hendricks
Washington
Keith Barnes
Robert Balderson
Black Hawk
Wayne Savage
Notice in District Court of Iowa Washington County
November Term 1959 involves N C Putnam and Opal Putnam as joint tenants and tenants in common, Villalntitis versus Nathan Baker and Thomas Baker in the Washington County District Court Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court OF Iowa
Washington County
N.C. Putnam
Opal Putnam
Nor Ag
Mysterious double killing shocks Trenton neighbors
In Trenton New Jersey Mrs Catherine Werner 30 and Frank Casper 28 were found dead from gunshots in the same apartment house where they and their families had long been friends. Mrs Werner was mother of two and Mr Casper father of a five year old child. Police puzzled by the deaths as investigators search for a motive and suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovers’ Lane
Catherine Werner
Frank Casper
Puzzles Police
Trenton
N. J
Caspers
Werners
Quieting title suit targets Washington County real estate
Plaintiffs claim absolute ownership of Lot seven in Block two of Rehby Additions in Washington Iowa. They allege errors in the record title create adverse claims by named defendants and unknown claimants, and seek a decree quieting title in fee simple with bar on all adverse interests. Defendants urged to appear by noon of the court’s next term beginning November 18 1939. failure to appear will trigger default and judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Beker
John Lyon
Margaret Lyon
Alex Lee
Alexander Lee
Rosanna I. Lee
Rosannah Lee
Rosanna Lee
John E. Martin
John E. Malin
Jemima W. Malin
Jermin W. Malin
Jemima Malin
Hiram Wallingford
Eveline Wallingford
Mary W. Ashby
Mary W. Ashbey
Julia F. Hart
Julia Hart
Priscilla B. Twining
Inscilla Twining
Esther W. Dicken
Hester W. Dicken
Eusebius
W. H. Ashby
E. W. H. Ashby
W. H. Ashbey
Elizabeth H. Bickford
A. B. Dickens
A. HB. Dicken
BE. W. Twining
William Bickford
Ralph Waldo Bickford
Elizabeth Ashby
Elizabeth Ashbey
Nettie FE. Bryson
W. S. Bryson
Bryson
Morgan Hart
Leonard
District Court of
Iowa
Washington County
District Court
Court House
Washington
Contracts awarded for Oakville farm to market road
Six mile farm to market road from Oakville to New Port awarded to three Cedar Rapids firms for grading culverts and surfacing with federal road funds. Clearing done with Louisa county funds. Fire incident and Epworth League officers also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Oakville
New Port
Bureh Construction Company
Cedar Rapids
Christianson Construction Company
Hareo Construction Company
Lousa County
Melvin Dicks
Chapman
J. M. Marshall
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
Morris
Epworth League
Epworth League of the Methodist Church
LeRoy Ricomauist
Loris Greene
Kathryn Dwinell
Russell Greene
Jeanette Lewin
Robert Dicks
Mary Morgan
Evelyn Billings
Kenneth Woodruff
Estonia Leader Faces Spotlight After Mutual Aid Pact
Estonia's President Constantin Paeta appears amid coverage of a new 11 year mutual assistance treaty with Russia. Observers say the pact could expand Moscow's influence in the north Baltic region. Also noted is Rev. Mitchell of West Point moving to preach at a local Presbyterian church this Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estonia
Baltic
Russia
Constantin Paeta
Mr. Mitchell
Weeat Point
Manese
Benton physician held in publisher slaying case
Dr. George W. Gore Sr a 65 year old Benton physician is held by police in the fatal shooting of Carl Choisser Benton publisher and attorney for Gore s son who faces trial for his step mother s death Gore says he acted in self defense during an encounter over the son s trial prospects
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton
George W. Gore
Carl Choisser
Gore
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M. Farrier
Homer Stephen
Journal Uldeg
Cotter Board
St. Mary’s
M. Schneider
Dean Jacobs
Boy Scout
Nathan Baker
Thomas Baker
Rehby
City
Jate Oni
Mesdames
Charlie Malone
Bill Young
Jim Karenher
Vic Car
Roll
Clyde Shugart
al Edwards
Bob Masterson
Ed Justice
Wilbur Moore
Jimmy German
Sammy Baugh
Roy Baker
Nicola & Harmon
Lumem
Bourg
Thionville
Apach
W R. Brown
Watkins
A. K. Beals
Jir North Avenue
Washington, Lowa
Kingdom
Richard III
Corbin
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