Pleasant Hill Social News Recaps Ice Cream Visits
Pleasant Hill residents and guests share multiple social gatherings through the week. Families like Kepharts, Sawgafooses, Pratts, and Randalls attended ice cream visits at various homes in Washington and Pleasant Plain, with numerous relatives dropping by for meals and dinners.
Nine Pupils at Pilotburg School Led by Lillian Blum
Pilotburg residents report nine students at Pilotburg School with Lillian Blum as teacher. Other notes include Marguerite Vedicka teaching at Grand Prairie with eight pupils, local family visits to Casey Iowa and Burlington Park, and various reunions. Community news mentions illnesses and local farm work updates.
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Lillian Blum
Pilotburg
Frank Stransky
Carlen Anderson
Fred Thatcher
Joanne Stransky
Marguerite Vedicka
Grand Prairie
Albert Maas
Eleanor
Casey
Iowa
Kearney
Neb
Frank Leeper
Lester Leeper
Terry
Stanley Mouser
Marilyn
Burlington
Glenn Yoder
Washington
John Bauer
Phyllis
Jim Chalupa
Joe Hatter
Will Dann
Anna Rogers
Wayne Stransky
Battersons
Ralph Ashby
Lethea
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Albert Stransky
Wayne
Joe Wehr
Harold Horak
Kalona High School
Fred Mouser
Idaho
Oregon
California
Zelma Schnoebelen Visits Her Mother in Riverside
Zelma Schnoebelen of Iowa City is visiting this week at her mother Mary Schnoebelen’s Riverside home. Gwendolyn Marner, daughter of Mr and Mrs R J Marner, has left for Davenport to take a bus.
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Zelma Schnoebelen
Her
Riverside
Iowa City
Mary Schnoebelen
Gwendolyn Marner
R. J. Marner
Davenport
Iness
American Institute of Commerce
Evangeline and
Genevieve Shradel
J. W. Shradel
Mat Fairet Welte
Geral Welte
Chicace
Hume
St. Anthony's Hospital
Clifford Drummelhart
Myr
L. G. Rummelhart
Thomas Hart
Mate Vista Colo
Joseph Knebel
John M. Walsh
Louis Walsh
James Wash
Dorothy Fitzsimmons
Cedar Rapids
Adrian Dautremont
America
Greenwich driver wins Gold Cup with 66.23 mph record
Zalmon G. Simmons Jr. of Greenwich Connecticut drives hydroplane My Sin to win the annual Gold Cup on the Detroit river. He sets a new speed average of 66.227 miles per hour over the 90 mile course, surpassing the previous record of 64.540 mph.
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Detroit River
Zalmon G. Simmons, Jr
Greenwich
Conn
Simmons
Large funeral held for James Walsh in Riverside church
One of Riverside’s largest funerals filled St Marys church for James Walsh who died after months of illness. Attendees included Rt Rev Monsignor John M Walsh of Ottumwa and many local clergy. The service followed a solemn high mass and burial in Miooy vet cemetery with casket bearers listed. Out of town mourners came from Solon and nearby areas.
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Clinton
Morrissey
Muscatine
Pound
Donohue
Casey
Rolland
Courtney
Ottumwa
Walter Boeckman
Lone Tree
Carl Clems
Iowa City
Cone
Victor
Cahalan
Colfax
Thomas Gookin
J. Ww. Butker
Holy Name Society
Leonard Armbruster
John R
Louis Yeexy
Joys Walsh
Louis Hellaman
Water Shebek
Miooy Vet
County Religious Education Plans Annual Convention
Louisa County Council of Religious Education will hold its annual convention in Louisa on Sept. 4 with sessions at the Methodist and Presbyterian churches. A noon dinner at the Methodist church precedes a general program featuring state speakers. F. Nichols serves as county president and officer elections are planned.
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Columbus Junction
Louisa County
Burlington
Dewayne Lamb
U. S. S. Cincinnati
San Dhees
Fileen Childerhouse
Irene Bryant
George Bryant
Morning Sun
Arthur W. Carpenter
May Carpenter
Comstock
Neb
Cecil Bryant
Beil
Evan Arthur
Peters
Columbus
Chautauqua Park
Ray Lewis
Low Moor
Jacob Simmering
Hershey Hospital
Valentine
Robert N. Chord
Grandview Community
J. B. Wilson
Topeka
Kanene
May Zion, Jr
Marion Swanson
Centerville
Katy
Kay
Robert Moore
Iowa City
Fred Moore
Tyrone Social Notes Chronicle Visits and Calls
Tyrone reports Oren Black visiting from Thursday to Sunday with the Waldo Millers and Otto Sheets. Shoppers in Washington included Dorothy and others. Attendees at Oskaloosa fair were Josephine Singmaster and Mrs. BE Gilbert. Weekender visits to the Tanner home in Washington and Sunday calls by Mrs. Walter Sheetz and Caroline with Frank Smith.
Pilotburg Church Reunion Draws Old Friends Home
The Pilotburg homecoming at the church Sunday drew many from afar as road conditions improved. A basket dinner preceded a service with hymns, talks, solos, and a 44th anniversary tribute.
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Pilotburg
DeKoning
Strong
Marion Stransky
Ed Squires
America
Country
Tillie Millice
Alta Eyestone
John Adams
Allie Oldfield
Ralph Ashby
John Birkey
Newton Benson
Ethel Sheetz
Charie Brown
Ellis Rickey
Jean Eyestone
Lucy Norton
Col
Nicola
Mary Frasemer
Chicago
Charlie Richey
KE. J. Hamilton
Martha Thrasher
Rey
Jacob DeKoning
Chas. Brown
Oscar Sheetz
Ed Turnipseed
Clara Beyers
Earl Booth
Carl Peterson
H. R&r. Brinning
Sarah Esley Nicola
Adda Harmon
Howard McCleery
Walker
Orville Sehulty
Rene Warner
Washington
Clara Fisher
John Lang
Leroy Sehul
Homecoming Social Lists Distant Attendees Across Iowa
A long roster lists families and individuals from West Chester South English Keota Riverside and Cedar Rapids attending a Pilotourg Ladies Aid homecoming. The event is set for the second Sunday in September with plans for a 1940s reunion at the same location. W H Gilkey managers Benteco store on vacation and locals mention relatives visiting in Woodhull and Birmingham.
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O. K. Scott
Ralph Ashby
Jim
Miriam
Carl Db. Anderson
Albert Stransky
John Birkey
L. D. Bishop
Alison Maas
Lingle Brewer
Wellman
Bell Wilson
West Chester
Ellis Richey
South English
J. B. Adams
Ainsworth
Lucy Norton
Ida Wood
Ed Squires
Eva Rowe
Larry Smith
Iowa City
Glen Norvon
Harry Carpenter
Cedar Rapids
Ed Stump
Columbus Junction
Venecil
Stanley Vodicka
Krichmana
Mary Neydley
Frank Patterson
Newton Benson
Peterson
Kalona
Frank Champa
Leroy Chalupa
Mise Pearl Wycott
Wilbur Frost
Pleasant Plain
Irvin Krichey
Myrtle Turnipseed
Mra
Jas. Gillisppi
Rockleland
Keith Herr
A. Eberle
Keota
Amelia Geret
Riverside
Clyde Kennard
Gladys Hanson
Chicago, Ill
D. R. Turnipseed
Richland
John Mayle
Washington
Pilotourg Ladies Aid Society
W. H. Gilkey
Benteco
Co. A. Stephens
Woodhull
Ill
Harold Tisor
U. S. S. West Virginia
Birmingham
Wash
Edward Tisor
Georgia Wise Birthday Dinner at Edgar Wise Home
Georgia Wise celebrates her fourth birthday with a dinner at the Edgar Wise Home hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Albert Saunders and grandparents. Grandmother Martin of Long Beach, California, is visiting, with others noted visiting relatives and friends in the community.
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Brighton
Albert Saunders
Grandpa
Grandma Jones
Edgar Wise
Georgia
Grandma Martin
Long Beach
California
Cela Jones
DeWitt
Arkansas
Julia Borkoski
Wrody
Josephine Melinski
Pleasant Plain
Wiegd Jones
John Daerinskr
Fairfield
Otto Fritz
Katherine Whyr
Julia Turpipseed
Moline
Ilinois
Leslie
Bob Young Opens Duckpin Alley at Junction
Robert Young of Washington has leased the rear Davis store room on North Martin Street and will open a duckpin alley. Officers elected at Sunday’s sixth annual Griffith families reunion at Columbus Junction’s Chautauqa Park were E. B. Griffith and Miss Griffith.
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Columbus Junction
Robert Young
Washington
Davis
North Matin Street
Griffith
Columbus Chautauqua Park
E. EB
Miss Griffith
Elie
Gray News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Building Work
Spencer Reed completed a new cement feeding floor in Gray. Mr and Mrs Ambrose Gil pin and sons John and Pat visited Lyle Shulty in Keota last Sunday. Jess Nicola Stella Shumen and Arlene Dean spent Sunday together.
Engineer marks 50 years on British rail in starched shirt
A veteran rail locomotive engineer in England celebrated half a century of service wearing a dress shirt with a starched front. The elderly worker emphasized that he always dressed in the same style at work, highlighting his long tenure and steady discipline.
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Railch
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Robert Workman
William Ingram
Oevelwein
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County Council of Religious Education Plans Convention
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Harold Putnam
Marion
George Sounty
Lester B. Krabill
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George Pields
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Harry Bor'es
Glenn Mace
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P. L. Bitter
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Lemley & Yard General Insurance
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Theodore B. Bailey
Law Loan & Trust Bldg
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