Local social notes and travel highlights from the week
Mr and Mrs C J Wolf and daughter Gladys return from a three week western vacation visiting the San Francisco fair and states of Colorado California Oregon and Washington. Reister Bros advertise fresh eggs 14c a dozen. Various families visit relatives and travel through Cass Lake Norman Cedar Falls and Iowa City with engagements and teaching posts noted. Virginia Shannon resumes work at State Teachers College Cedar Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Wolf
Gladys
West
San Francisco
Colorado
California
Oregon
Washington
Virginia Shannon
Cedar Falls
State Teachers College
RK. E. Shannon
J. O. Elder
Iowa City
Hitler
New Coaches in Ke-Wash League
Four of six Ke-Wash schools have new football and basketball coaches this year. Veterans Hynd at Wellman and Stutsman at Keota remain. Elmer Fenton leads West Chester. Rae Sjostrom takes Richland. Ray Forbes coaches Brighton. Larry Spiney leads Kalona, with Kalona and Keota to meet Sept. 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Keota
Robert Hynd
Parsons
H. H. Stutsman
Penn
Hynd
Stutsman
Iowa Wesleyan
Iowa
Elmer Fenton
West Chester
M. J. Tandy
Fenton
Rae Sjostrom
Simpson
Richland
Sjostrom
Wallace
Lake Park
Ray Forbes
Brighton
Tom Karpan
Logan
Forbes
Larry Spiney
oVes
Kalona
Spiney
Frank Ralston
Daugh ter of Mr and Mrs Harold Groff born at Wellman
A daughter weighing eight pounds eleven and a half ounces was born last evening at 7 45 at a hospital to Mr Harold Groff and Mrs Ainneworth Hawkins. Alice Marie Richardson Keite underwent a tonsillectomy this morning at the hospital. The baby’s birth followed by dismissal of Ainneworth yesterday after noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Marie Richardson
Keite
Harold Groff
Wellman
Fred Hawkins
Ainneworth
Local residents plan visits and moves among Iowa, Chicago and Ames
Mrs Anna Bowman and daughter Florence Sherbeck of Pasadena arrive for an indefinite stay at the Lawrence Wilson home. Wayne Wilson heads to Iowa City to enroll, and Naomi Wilson travels to Iowa City for rush week. Dave Pearson leaves for Ames to enter Iowa State College. Elizabeth Thorne and daughter Elizabeth, plus Kay Hardy, Evelyn Nethergall, and others head to Iowa City for rush week and college classes. Karen Anderson will enroll at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Chester Spangler and Karla Kay Spangler visit Rock Island relatives while Dr. C W McLaughlin attends a Chicago meeting. Shreve of Des Moines makes a local business call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna L. Bowman
Florence Sherbeck
Pasadena
Calif
Wayne Wilson
Bowman
Sherbeck
Lawrence Wilson
Mr. Wilson
California
Oregon
Washington
Colorado
Naomi Wilson
Iowa City
University
Dave Pearson
Ames
Iowa State College
Marguerite Hardy
Kay Hardy
Slaters
Elizabeth Brown
Evelyn Nethergall
Karen Anderson
Madison, Wis
University of Wisconsin
Chester Spangler
Karla Kay
Rock Island
Mr. Spangler
H. Lauderman
Woman enters Iowa tin can derby at West Liberty
Virginia Miser, 21, of West Liberty, announces her entry in the Iowa championship tin can derby at the fairgrounds on Sunday Sept 17. She is said to be the first Iowa woman to enter dirt track racing and will drive a car entered by the West Liberty Motor Co. The program also features the Iowa state championship jalopy races with cars from Iowa and Illinois, touted as the biggest in the midwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Iowa
Speedway
Gus Schroeder
Cedar Rapids
Emory Collins
le Mars
Virginia Miser
Fairgrounds
West Liberty Motor Co
Ilinois
Mid-West
Calif visitors and local movements noted in town
Carl Koehler from Los Angeles visits his parents and plans to enter Caltech after a short stay. LeVan Griffis accepts a teaching job in Chicago. Birth announced for James Allen Pangborn in Iowa City. Several local residents host and travel to Minnesota and California while Don Franklin heads to Westwood California for work. Westwood described as northeastern California with timber mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Koehler
Los Angeles
Calif
George Koehler
California Institute of Technology
Koehler
LeVan Griffis
Chicago
Don Franklin
Westwood
Frankiie
Nancy
California
Iowa Football Drills Open With 52 Men in Training
Rain delayed the first day in Iowa City as University of Iowa football began two daily drills for about 52 players led by veteran captains including Erwin Prasse Nile Kinnick and Dick Evans. Veterans and seniors report strong fitness as capstone drills continue through Sept. 21 with weather guiding intensity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Erwin Prasse
Nile Kinnick
Dick Evans
Ed McLain
Floyd McDowell
Bob Herman
Fred Smith
Hank Luebeke
Floyd Dean
Carl Conrad
Charles Tollefson
Andruska
Ankeny
Bergstrom
Berryhill
Callaghen
Clemons
Cenred
Couppee
Dean
Diehl
Edling
Harry Elsberg
Ely
Enieh
Evans
Falk
Frye
Gitteard
Gorman
Green
Crest
Hawkins
Herman
Jenkinson
Junge
Kelley
Kinnick
Leighton
Luebeke
Maher
McDowell
McLain
McKinnon
Miletich
Moore
Murphy
Norgaard
Niles
Otto
Paul
K. Pettit
R. Pettit
Prasse
Smith
Snider
Strom
Swisher
Tollefson
Vergamini
Vollenweider
Wakefield
Walker
Hawkeye
Notre Dame
Henry Luebeke
Prasee
Chicago
Iowans
al Couppee
Lill Geeen
Ernstrom
Ft Dodge
Local social notes list weekend visits and college enrollments
Mrs. T. F. Grubb visited Barnes City with Mrs. H. Ss. Musser and Mr. Musser. L. Buzzard of Brighton made a business call. Raymond Rittenhouse of Des Moines spent the weekend here with relatives. Doris Klepfer will enroll at State Teachers College Cedar Falls. Don Stutsman to Iowa City rush week. nil Rawn to Ames for Iowa State College. Ruth Wead to Ames for ISU. Carrol Ramer and Bernadine Von Arb obtained a marriage license. Milton Ridlen and friends visited Knoxville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Rittenhouse
Des Moines
Doris Klepfer
Cedar Falls
State Teachers College
Carrol Ramer
Lone Tree
Bernadine von Arb
Riverside
Local residents announce visits and travel plans
Mr and Mrs Albert Simpson and son Merle plan a morning departure for Manchester to visit the Ray Simpson home. Mr Simpson will then attend a Waterloo carpenters convention as a delegate from local 1398. Mrs Harry Snyder visits Fairfield with friends. Rev J A Cochran of Little York Illinois stays overnight with son Joe Cochran and family. Mr and Mrs A E Sands of Ainsworth were callers. The Thomassens spent Sunday in Pella with Thomassen's mother. Mrs H V Snodgrass and son Richard of Kalona visited. Richard will go to Mt. Vernon for Cornell College. Gerald Stutsman of Wayland plans to enter University of Iowa next week. The Schmoellers returned from a trip through Minnesota, northern Iowa and northern Illinois, stopping in Clinton to visit Dorothy Schmoeller and daughter Joan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Simpson
Merle
Manchester
Ray Simpson
Mr. Simpson
Waterloo
Carpenters
H. V. Snodgrass
Richard
Kalona
Mt. Vernon
Cornell College
A. B. Schmoeller
Minnesota
Iowa
Illinois
Clinton
Dorothy Schmoeller
Joan
Clipper Ship Immigrant Voyages Said to Starve Passengers
Collier's Weekly reports several immigrant ships in the 1950s era had passengers provide and cook their own meals. Many passengers suffered malnutrition due to food shortages aboard these vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Collier’s Weekly
Smokey Wilson Makes Tub Zula For Pecos Cowboys
Homer Wilson known as Smokey builds a bass viol from a wash tub to lead the Pecos Cowboys in hillbilly tunes. The tub zula uses a square tub, broom handle, hinges and a string to produce bass notes. He started the invention in Phoenix and has worn out three tubs since, charging about 1.75 dollars for a new one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Homer Wilson
Smokey
Wilson
A McElhinney Dies in Nebraska Rancher Near Arthur
Andrew McElhinney a cattle rancher near Arthur Nebraska died at about 60. He owned several land sections and leaves a wife a 16 year old son Robert a sister Mrs Will Nelson Hastings and a brother Rev Hoy McElhinney Hamilton Ohio. Funeral services planned for Thursday at Minden Nebraska. He was a cousin of Hugh McCleery and Miss Mary French of Weehington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh McCleery
Andrew McElhinney
T. J. McElhinney
Washington
Joe McElhinney
Arthur
Nebraska
Will Nelson
Hastings
Nebr
Minden
McElhinney
Robert
Hoy McElhinney
Hamilton
Ohio
McCleery
Mary French
Weehington
Smokey Adjusts Tin Curvature and String Tension
Smokey changes the curvature of the tin and the tension of the string to reach any note in the scale. He then slaps the bass and the tub zula performs the rattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smokey
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Wolf Floral CO
Bouth
Fresh Eggs
Reister Bros
Virginia
Ruth Hotle
St Joseph
Paul Hotle
L. C. Willits
W. J. Rouda Dash
Cass Lake
Minn
Steamboat Lake
G. A. Singley
Moulton
Robert Lingley
Fairfield
C. A. Barnes
Journal Office
Eli Knepp
South Eighth Avenue
Washington Tile Factory
G. W. Corbin
Nita
Margaret
Norman
Okla
Margaret Corbin
University of Oklahoma
Drake University
B. F. Harrison
Henry Harrison
Harry Miller
Charles Harrison
Clara
L. EB. Kelly
Roy Steele
Ainsworth
Rose Orcutt
Lowell Wirene
Melcher
Walter Orcutt
the Moines
Albert Orcutt
Harry
Journal Building
U. S
Michigan
Clifford Thorne
Elizabeth
Thorne
Baltimore
Mise Thorne
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Vassar
Jean Stark
Mary Ellen Lytle
C. W. McLaughlin
K. C. Shreve
New York
Boston
Hal
Jeveland
Detroit
Philadelphia
Louis
Cleveland
St Louis
Cincinnati
Chicago - Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Clair Holmes
Crawfordsville
H. C. Hat
James Allen
Vern Pangborn
Phillip George of
Frank Votruba
Matthew
Harry Mehler
Ralph Moothart
T. F. Grubb
Barnes City
H. Ss. Musser
Mr. Musser
Lester Graff
Lockridge
Buzzard of
Mace Body & Paint Shop
Mrs. H. & Busby
Don Stutsman
Jows City
Nil Rawn
A. J. Pool
Ottumwa
Ivan Norton
Norton
State Theatre
Ray T. Palmer
Dale Voorhees
University of Iown
Ruth Wead
Milton Ridlen
Knoxville
Harry Snyder
J. A. Cochran
Little York, Hl
Joe Cochran
A. E. Sands of
Mrs
Paul Thomassen
Pella
Mr. Thomassen
Gerald Stutsman
Wayland
Southern Utilities DO
P.A
Prince Albert
Ptp
Cla
Leola Aan
Weace
A. McElhinney
Washington Dairy
Rey
Dea
Ee A
Aniser
Uey
Aly
Gor
Big Giant Super Market
Postoffice
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