Stringtown Reunion and Local Happenings Report
The third annual David Mast family reunion gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mast’s home in Noble with numerous Mast relatives and extended kin. Stringtown School opened with Doris Maxwell as teacher while local trips included visits to Iowa City and Washington and a cattle purchase by J H W Witting in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Mast
Vid Mast
Joe Mast
Noble
Henry Mast
P. R. Schantz
P. L. Nicholaus
Lydia Mast
Arthur Mitchell
Glidden Mast
David Schantz
Paul Mart
Pauline
L. GC. Butterfield
D. Mast
Francis Duenfostle
William Boshart
Kenneth Goffs
Alex Swan
Morning Sun
Rex Swan
Stringtown School
Doris Maxwell
Ethan Brooks
Clara Neff
Walland
Iowa City
Fred Neff
J. H W. Witting
Kanana City
D. W. Widmer
Colorado
Washington
School Opens In Indian Creek With 37 Pupils
Indian Creek Indian Orbpek reports Monday classes launched with Miss Blanche Kurtz of Pleasant Plain as teacher. Thirty seven pupils enrolled this year. Community activity includes Grandma Thompson visiting Far reer, Mrs. Henry Bowers receiving Friday help from Miss Frances Dunbar, and Christine Mineart staying with N A Buck to attend Brighton High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Kurtz
Pleasant Plain
Grandma Thompson
Noah Far
Joe Arnold
Washington
Frances Dunbar
Henry Bowers
Grace Hill
Christine Mineart
N. A
New Haven Community News Highlights Many Weekend Visits
Mrs. Alvin Strum helped Mrs. Howard Mangold cook for threshers. Bert Smith family and Marian Smith visited Robert Carson home in Davenport. Charles Johnson visited Frank Pratt. Grace Statler visits Roy Schwash home in Moline. New Haven School opened with Miss Smith as teacher. Local families spent weekends at Addison Baker home and Rossville relatives. Charles and Rosamond Johnson prepared to start school in Sigourney. Walter Sheets family visited Mrs. Frank Smith. Mrs. Allen Shaffer visited Mrs. Frank Norton. Della Neal caring for newborn Neva Jean at Royal Robertson home. Henry Cuddaback and Mrs. Harry Davidson return from Illinois. Acel Robertson finished threshing. Marion Wells moving into finished house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Alvin Strum
Howard Mangold
Bert Smith
Marian Smith
Robert Carson
Davenport
Charles Johnson
Frank Pratt
Grace Statler
Roy Schwash
Moline
Miss Smith
Merle Statler
Marion Smith
Della Neal
Royal Robertson
Neva Jean
Henry Cuddaback
Harry Davidson
Illinois
Acel Roberton
Marion Wells
Local Weekend Visits and Stock Shipment Report
Lee and William Holland of Washington spent the weekend at the parental home. Miss Jessie Sage of Chicago visited her sister Mrs. W. L. Graves before returning home. Mr. and Mrs. William Ferguson of Memphis, Tennessee visited their niece Mrs. J. R. Rees. Mrs. J. W. Hughes and daughters Margaret and Mrs. T. D. Thomas of Lincoln Neb spent the weekend with Mrs. E. V. Humphrey, then toured Iowa City. Five carloads of stock were shipped from here to Chicago with J. K. Dunn, William Fink Sr., and Earl Fink. The Humphreys family returned from Des Moines after the State Fair. Dewey Davis and others returned from a week in Wymore Neb. Miss Sarah Davis was surprised by friends at her birthday gathering. Dale Holland spent Labor Day with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. V. Humphrey
J. K. Dunn
William Fink Sr
Earl Fink
Chicago
F. E. Humphreys
Edward
Leslie
Des Moines
Dewey Davis
Lee Metzer
Brumby Beauchamp
Wymore Neb
Rosanna Hughes
Oliver Davis
E. H. Davis
Sarah Davis
Dale Holland
Mrs
W.A Holland
Havre Community News Highlights Local Happenings
Havre school opens with Dorothy Caldwell as teacher. Ice cream social at Pleasant Hill church well attended. Neighbors Will Easter family moving away. Edgar Meyer visiting in Murray Iowa. Charley Green covers work. New gas pump installed at Havre store set at 13 cents. Ferguson reunion attended. threshing finished for season. Havre Social club met at John Reeves home with 10 members. Picnic voted for Iowa City next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havre
Dorothy Caldwell
Pleasant Hill
Will Easter
Arlene
Havre Communiyor
East Washington Street
Edgar Meyer
Crawfordsville
Washington
Laurene Putman
Majory Green
Florence Gardner
Bertha Klopfenstein
Maurice Meyer
Theodore Meyer
John Reeves
John Putman
Wess Meyer
Iowa City
Local News From Crawfordsville Iowa Highlights Moves and Visits
Clive and Everette Huston left for Peoria Illinois to enter a business college. George Stites and Nebraska relatives visited at S. J. Stirea's home. William Edwards returned from Chicago where his wife was ill. she is improving and hoped to be home soon. Lonore Doty returned from a vacation in Oxford and other Iowa points. Mrs. Ed wards broke her wrist on Sunday. Doris Maxwell began teaching at Stringtown school yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawforsville
Iowa
Clive
Everette Huston
Peora
Ill
George Stites
Nebraska
S. J. Stirea
William Edwards
Chicago
Edwards
Lonore Doty
Oxford
Steve Jones
Wedding unites Leona Edwards and Halbert Savage at Linby
In Linby Iowa on Sunday evening Leona Edwards and Halbert Savage wed at the Edwards home with Rev Blunt presiding. The bride, a Brighton High School graduate who taught in Linby, returns amid warm local welcomes.
Local Community Notes Brighten Weekend Happenings
News items show weddings engagements and travel plans of area residents. Sav age couple prepare to settle on the home place with Brighton friends sending best wishes. Teachers begin fall term across Jefferson County schools and assorted relatives visit and depart for trips south.
Mary Hanson Leaves Riverside Store for Dubuque College Prep
Miss Mary Hanson ends several years at the M. W. Cruxan store in Riverside and will move to Dubuque for college preparatory studies toward a teaching career. Visitors include Mrs. M. Sullivan of Muscatine and Rev. W. J. Bulger of Davenport. Others travel for fairs and family visits in Des Moines Davenport West Liberty and Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera
Des Maoines
John. Liska
Will Hertz
West Liberty
Lawrence
Bernadine
Eva Yeg KY
Bernard
Pauline Walsh
Colorado
Robert Heitzman
Katelle Critz
Davenport
Mary Hanson
St Mary's School to Open Sept 3 in Muscatine
Miss Ethel Cone hosts several days visit in Muscatine. St Marys School run by Sisters of Charity B U M will open Wednesday September 3. Enrollment has grown yearly and the facility may be expanded next year. Mr and Mrs Thomas Workman and son Robert return from Stockton Illinois after a month at the G R Workman home. Mrs BE Blythe and daughters Inez and Rose visit Rock Island this week at the Moren home. Mr and Mrs Joe Shradel and family spent Thursday in Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Cone
Muscatine
St. Mary's School
Sisters of Charity B. U. M
Thomas Workman
Robert
Stockton
Illinois
G. R. Workman
Stockton Ill
BE. E. Blythe
Inez
Rose
Rock Island
Charles Moren
Joe Shradel
Davenport
Rubio Rubio notices and town family ties
Mrs Sarah Whittier of Bird City Kansas visited relatives in Rubio and the Bert Smith and J B McCaleb families near Brighton. Nearly 200 attended the Bonds reunion west of Wesley. Threshing nears end. Wm Derby sold 36 hogs at about 5 cents per pound. Rubio beat Ottumwa 3 to 1 in a Sunday ball game. The ice cream social drew few attendees and Mrs Amos Bond remains ill. Dr W E Laithly attended the fair. locals attended a funeral in Richland for Weber Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rubio
Sarah Whittier
Bird City
Kansas
Bert Smith
J. B. McCaleb
Brighton
Misa Eva Augustine
Luithly
Valley
Bonds
Wesley Bonds
Wm Derby
L. B. Luithly
Fairfield
Amos Bond
J. J. Fleig
John Chance
Washington
W. E. Laithly
President Coolidge Hosts Ford Edison and Firestone on Vacation
President Coolidge spent time at his Vermont farm after a two week vacation. Henry Ford Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone visited during an automobile tour through New England. They praised farming as the key to national prosperity and pledged support for his candidacy. They also attended agricultural demonstrations at Ford's Wayside Inn in South Sudbury Massachusetts and hosted Farm Bureau events. The Holstein-Friesian Association joined Firestone at his Columbiana county Ohio homestead for its annual picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
Vermont
Henry Ford
Thomas A. Edison
Harvey S. Firestone
New England
Agri
America
Ford
President Coolidge
Edison
Firestone
Fire
Stone
Green Mountains
Mr. Ford
Wayside Inn
South Sudbury
Mass
Mr. Edison
Mr. Firestone
Farm Bureau Federation
Holstein-Friesian Association
Columbiana County
Ohio
Farm fair attendance drops due to wet harvest delays
The report notes fewer people at this year’s event compared with last as heavy rains delayed threshing. Many farmers could not attend because work was not finished. Mrs. John Bender and daughter Lucille of Kalona visited the William Snider family, and Sunday they accompanied them to Washington to visit relatives and to see Arthur Snider enroll at school there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bender
Lucille
Kalona
William Snider
Washington
Geo. Jarrard
Arthur Snider
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Reer
Wyman
Mrs. Russell Zickefoose
Sumer Zickefoose
Olds Monday
Alfred Flemming
Balderson
Geo. Wanerus
Joe Frain
Fred Elmore
Ottumwa
Glen Willits
A. E. Horton
Jimmy
Billy Brinton
Kansas City
Addison Brinton
Linby
Leona Edwards
Halbert Savage
Ssade Savage
Doc Lambert
New Orleans
Panama Canal
Florida
Jackson Michigan
Dora Saunders
Maude Brinton
Edwards-Savage
Lindy
Helen Vanerus
Archer
Bernie Casscady
Florence Owens
Dorothy Bereiter
Sloughville
Jefferson County
Helen Kurtz
Walnut Two
Jane Lechner
Wellston
Lois Ingham
Riverside
Vera Koch
Franklin
Velva Carter
White Hawk
Maxwell
Detroit
Maxwel
Chrysler
H. J. Whiting
Iowa Avenue
Burton
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
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