Hixon and Helpers Paint Widmer House at Stringtown
F Hixson and helpers paint Noah Widmer s house. Many visitors travel from Kansas Michigan Ohio and Maryland to stay with Widmer kin. Local events include Better Brush party 4 H show and family picnics as Stringtown School opens with Mary Elaine Johnson teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Hixon and Helpers
Widmer House
Stringtown
Fred Hixson
Noah Widmer
Sam Ediger
Kansas
Galen Widmer
Galen
Marvin Widmer
Jimmy Stoops
Louis Rapp
Michigan
Herbert Swan
Chicago
Mary Elaine Johnson
Joe Blick Relatives At Annual Reunion
The Blick family held their annual reunion Sunday August 29 at Sunset Park pavilion. Mrs Hobbs presided over the business meeting. Officers were elected including Maurita Stout as vice-president Marian Blick as first vice-president and John Blick as secretary-treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Blick
Sunset Park
Nora Hobb
Maurita Stout
Hobbs
Marian Blick
John Blick
Elsie McNeil
34th Annual Ferguson Group Reunion at Sunset Park
The Fergusons relatives held their 34th annual reunion at Sunset Park in Washington on Friday. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Earl Ferguson, Mrs Frank Fletcher and Boyd Trivinam of Crawfordsville, Mrs Margaret Vastine, Sam and Walter Witting, R C Ferguson and guests Ed Bovee. After a dinner there was a brief business greeting and social visiting followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westchester
Fergusons
Sunset Park
Washington
Ross Anderson
Shirley
Shelia le Dore
Aztnev
Earl Ferguson
Frank Fletcher
Boyd Trvinam
Crawfordsville
Ode Verfuson
Margaret Vastine
Sam Witting
Walter Lance
Karen
R. C. Ferguson
West Chester
Ed Bovee
Valley Ladies Aid Elects Officers at Elsie Maver Home
Mrs Elsie Maver hosted the Valley Ladies Aid on August 25 for an all day meeting. Twelve members two guests and six children attended with a cooperative noon dinner. Officers elected were Caroline Conklin president Grace Tinnes vice president Marie Maver recording secretary Evelyn Maver financial secretary Ellen Crawford treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Maver
Valley Ladies Aid
Caroline Conklin
Grace Tinnes
Vic
Marie Maver
Evelyn Maver
Ellen Crawford
Maury Martha Romoser
Marlene Maver
Red Horser Group Chicken Supper Meeting
The Red Horser club held a chicken supper at Mr. and Mrs. Marsh Atkinson due to rain. A birthday cake honored Mr. Atkinson. President Marsh Atkinson led a business meeting and guests included Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Glasgow, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Brock, Roy Fields, and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rotzinger. Next gathering at Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pleeker on Oct 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Horser Club
Mrs. Marsh Atkinson
Marsh Atkinson
Raymond Glasgow
Harold Brock
Roy Fields
Roy Rotzinger
Charles Pleeker
Round Grove People Visit State Fair and New Salem Trip
Merie Colton Elvin McMath and Harley Nelson of Winfield visited the State Fair with their families. Other attendees included Mr and Mrs Arnold Nicholson and the Dean Zachs party. A Mason City trip to New Salem recreated Lincoln era life with replicas of historic buildings and the Rutledge grave visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Skubal
Round Grove
Merie Colton
Elvin McMath
Harley Nelson
Winfield
Colton
New Salem
Mason City
Dlinois
Daryl Mathers
Memorial Village
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln-Perry
Petersburg
Ann Rutledge
Judy
First Tin Can Patent Dramatizes early can making
An English inventor patented the first tin can in 1910. The early process used hand cutting and soldering with a circular top hole, later closed by a tin plate disc. An expert produced five to six cans per hour, with later improvements raising output to about 20 000 per hour.
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J. J. Richy
Harry Suter
R. N
Dr Montgomerys
Than Brooks
Glen Crumimings
Ana
Ottumwa
William Denton
Lawrence Nofsiger
Pandora
Ohio
Glen Cummings
Dorothy
Eddie
Hyattsville
Brooks
Swan
Norma
Clayton Widmer
Des Moines
Gaien Widmer
Wellman
Dale Garrett
Joyce
Peter
Jake Widmer
J. J. Richs
Elmer Roth
Wayland Park
Dave Elder
The
Washington Evening Journal
Maly
Joe Blick
Bond
Estelle Nisse
Clinton
Okla
Phonnie van Alstine
Donald
Fl Reno
Robert Gaut
Wm. Henkel
Delores
Amos Stout
Walter Rich
Kenneth
Wesley
Forest McNeill
Macy Fern
Ro Everett
Ferguson Group
Eisie Maver
Jom Duncan
Washinton Store
Ake
BE. Paul Peiffer
Peiffer
Bonnie Jean Simpson
H. G. Simpson
Seymour, la
Red Horser
Mr. Atkinson
Jade
Barbara Nutting
Wellesley
Mass
Ady
Dorothy Bean
Donald Norton
Johnny Skubal
Larry Dye
Rutledge
Lincoln
Sangamon
Spurgeon
Spurdeons
Thrift
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