Mae Spessard remembered as sewing and quilting hobbyist
Mae Spessard 79 recalls a life of sewing and crocheting from a farm near Ainsworth Iowa born May 6 1871. She ran a millinery shop with Mae Walker before her husband dentist E W Spessard built a big practice serving Ainsworth and nearby towns. She led church choirs and civic groups and now crochets and sews quilts including a 136 year old great aunt quilt as she remembers the first 1879 Fourth of July celebration in Ainsworth with a huge picnic and fireworks.
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Grandpa
Mae Spessard
Military Road
Lafe Klopfensteins
Ainsworth Commu
Joseph Rowan
Mae
Ainsworth
Illinois
Gage Brothers
Chicago
Mae Walker
A. P. Jeffrey
E. W. Spessard
Gerstown
Spessard
Columbus Junction
Washington
Northwestern University
Mae ® Spessard
United Presbyterian
Methodist
Melinda Walker
Lynn van Horn
California
Oregon Township
Ladies Aid
Methodist Church
Eastern Star
Kensington Club
Milburn
Wanda
Arline
Mae Pessard
Sam Stephens
Charles Speers
Farm market chatter and grain prices amid crop talks
Farmers discuss new crop bean prices and outlook as acreage rises. Market notes show feed ingredients firm with recent gains and Roll-A-Vac hog waterers offered. A joke about a shamed MP and a rat bait reminder close the column.
Kensington Club Holds Thursday Meeting
AINSWORTH The Kensington club met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Ben Fitzgerald. Ten members answered roll call and two guests, Mrs. Glen Miller and Mrs. Charles Nash, attended. Plans were made for the annual picnic. The group admired Mrs. Fitzgeralds textile painting and shared pies prepared by members with Mrs. Miller and Effie McCreedy helping serve.
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Ainsworth
Kensington Club
Ben Fitzgerald
Glen Miller
Charles Nash
Ainsworth Methodist Board Meets Monday
The official board of Ainsworth Methodist Church meets next Monday September 11 at 8 p.m. Members are urged to note the change from the first to the second Monday. Preston Edmondson chairs the board of stewards and Dr C B Bassler chairs the board of trustees.
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Ainsworth
Legion Auxiliary Holds School of Instruction
A county school of instruction was held at the home of Mrs. Lee Hunt, county president of the American Legion auxiliary, with five of seven units represented by their president and secretary. The Ainsworth unit will attend the district meet at Muscatine on September 19. Interested persons should contact Mrs. Darold Jones.
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Ainsworth
Lee Hunt
American Legion Auxiliary
Muscatine
Darold Jones
Local Thomp son family recall State Fair visit
Ainsworth locals Mr and Mrs Clifford Thomp son attended the State Fair for several days last week. This year’s teacher’s reception will be Friday evening Sept 8 at the United Presbyterian church. Entertainment committees include Mrs Homer Hunt Mrs Bill Trotter Mrs Glen Frame and Mrs Harold Gerdes with refreshments by Mrs W A McGinnis Mrs Claude Kilgore Mrs O R Thoma and Mrs Paul Hazelett.
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Clifford Thompson
United Presbyterian Church
Homer Hunt
Bill Trotter
Glen Frame
Harold Gerdes
W. A. McGinnis
Claude Kilgore
O. R. Thoma
Paul Hazelett
Legion Auxiliary Names Leaders and Yearly Program
American Legion Auxiliary unit No. 351 announces its coming year under President Mrs. Darold Jones. The slate includes first vice president Mrs. Paul Hazelett and second vice president Mrs. R E McFarland, secretary Mrs. Blaine Hawkins, treasurer Mrs. O R Thoma, historian Mrs. Al Hazelett, chaplain Mrs. Mary Townsend, and sergeant at arms Mrs. Elizabeth Gingery. Monthly hostesses and programs list members for September through June, with names for each month’s hostesses and program chairmen, culminating in an election.
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Ainsworth
James Harlan Thoma
No. 351
American Legion Auxiliary
Darold Jones
Paul Haze‘ett
R. E. McFarland
Blaine Hawkins
O. R. Thoma
al Hazelett
Mary Townsend
Elizabeth Gingery
Omi Edmondson
Lee Norris
Everette Meeks
Glen Miller
Paul Hazelett
Hazel Hunt
W. A. Trotter
S. A. Stephens
Lillian Simpson
Mabel Gosling
Clarence Richards
James Mason
Larry Trotter
Orie O'Connor
Thompsons to Remain In Fairbanks Alaska
Mr and Mrs J E Freeland report their daughter Mrs Jasper Thompson says the Thompsons will stay in Fairbanks Alaska They expected Iowa but plan to live near the Fairbanks school with Mr Thompson in a law office and Mrs Thompson teaching The family spent the summer fishing and a daughter Martha Ellen plans to visit from the University of Minnesota.
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Mr. Thompson
Martha Ellen
University of Minnesota
Freeland
Frisco Family Hosts Overnight Guests in Long Beach
Mr and Mrs Salvador Frisco of Long Beach California hosted overnight Friday night with Mrs Stella McCaleb and Lyle McCaleb as they attended the Frisco daughters wedding related event.
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Salvador Frisco
Long Beach
Calif
Stella McCaleb
Lyle McCaleb
Friscos
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Boice) Kurtz
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Ainsworth Methodist Board
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Bryce Lord
W. L. McGinnis
C. M Spessard
Clarence Walker
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