Local residents Ms Farr Little and others travel and visit
Mrs Farr Little returned home Saturday evening from Oskaloosa after visiting friends there. Mrs Emma Long of West Cheater attended the teachers meeting here Saturday. Miss Lois Brown left for Fairfield to attend Parsons College. Mrs Mary Engle went to Keota after visiting her sister Mrs Art Sanders. Mr and Mrs Neil Kracaw of Wyman spent the weekend with Larry Kracaw and returned home. Miss Esther Welsh and Miss Elsie Bratton left for Fairfield to resume studies at Parsons. Mr and Mrs A L Eckerman and son Howard, who had been visiting at the W W Morrison home, returned to Davenport last evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Long
West Cheater
Mary Engle
Keota
Art Sanders
Neil Kracaw
Wyman
Larry Kracaw
Esther Welsh
Elsie Bratton
Fairfield
Parsons College
A.L. Eckerman
Howard
W. W. Morrison
Davenport
Wayland
Washington
Albert Roth
Ralph
Fd Roth
Helen
Mary Peck
Lizzie Kauffman
John Bigham
Bigham
Jennie Arford
Boone
Iowa
Parson’s study next for Glen Davis as others attend sales
Glen Davis heads to Fairfield for studies at Parsons. A. Canning will sell dairy cows at the Rinner sale on Sept 20 at 10 30. Noble Lowa lists Sept 13 16 18. Inez Wilder visits Burlington then Chicago. Richard Godfrey goes to Galesburg for Knox College. Sebe Jones sale Sept 22 offers cows of quality. Mrs F G Chesley of West Chester shopped in Washington. Miss Lucy Leet returns home after a day in town. Miss Fisther Welsh returns to Fairfield for Parsons College second year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Canning
Noble Lowa
Washington shoppers flock to local stores Saturday
A flurry of locals from Brighton Rubio Crawfords ville Wyman Harper Keota Ainsworth and others visited Washington on Saturday. Shoppers and visitors include Dean's tastings and specials for salted nuts hot soups and lawn grass mixtures. Eldridge lawn seed Bruns Seed Co promotes fall materials and terrace seed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldridge
Bruns Seed Co
Society News Highlights From Local Clubs And Reunions
The Hoyay Campfire Girls met with Miss Helen Wilie for a business session then social time. The Rebekahs held a regular meeting with guests from Columbus Junction, Drakesville and Grundy Center as new members were elected. A 10th birthday party for Dorothy Masson was planned for last Saturday, though today is a school day. A large Anderson family reunion at Keota drew 91 attendees from Kansas Illinois and Iowa with a dinner at six tables and a program led by 94 year old Mrs Tina Long and many descendants. Other gatherings included Mrs T Keeley hosting a dinner for California visitors Barbara Jean Koons and her parents, and a Sunday school group led by Miss Rhea Warren with officer elections and prizes. A Sunset Park picnic honoring Mr and Mrs Frank Webb and Barbara Jean Koons featured a large fruit centerpiece and stories of old neighborhood pranks. The Rebekahs later held a picnic at the hall with a noon basket dinner, park stunts simplified by weather, and Tug O War between Brighton and Washington lodge members. The White Way club held a September 12 gathering at Mrs D C Stewart’s with peach and potato contests, a reading by Alma Ralston, walking races, and prizes of a salad dish, a pyrex dish, and an aluminum kettle. A planned late September visit by Mrs Stewart with more contests and a luncheon completed the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Will Strain
Keota
Kansas
Illinois
Iowa
Strain
Tina Long
A. Pettit
Owen Greelan
Rhea Warren
Ellen Morrison
Edith Spera
Eunice Hammer
Gladys McFarland
Miss Warren
Frank Webb
D. E. Koons
Barbara Jean
California
Sunset Park
Lewis, Shields
Baird
Heights
Webbs
Wend
Edna
Rebekahs
Brighton Lodge
Washington Lodge
Brighton
White Way Club
D. C. Stewart
Duvall
Iris Duvall
Almeta Ralston
Will Munro
Lee Ralston, Jr
Floyd Crayne
Ralston
Stewart
Iris
Lee Craig
J. D. Dayton
Roy Martin
Irvin Coffey
Alineta Ralston
Lee Ralston
Ford
Will Monroe
Herman Schultz
Fred Farinah
Howard Stewart
Ray Martin
Florence Dayton
Ed Duvall
Irwin Coffey
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Allen Holubar
Dorothy
Phillips
Tropic
San Francisco
John Shields & Sons
Washington Cleaners
Opera House
Lupton
Daziley
Local and Country Service
Sheffield
Westphal
West Side Square
Hallmark
A. D. Sanders
Lois Brown
Walton
Glen Davis
Parsons
Inez Wilder
Burlington
Chicago
Richard Godfrey
Galesburg
Knox College
Sebe Jones
F. G. Chesley
West Chester
Lucy Leet
Miss Fisther Welsh
Graham Theatre
Remps Hampsher
Rock Island
McCarty
Oxfords
Wilson's
Wes Engel
Dean
Mable Engle
Liloyd Krecaw
Rubio
Milton Davidson
Crawfordsville
L. D. Davis
John H. Sonday
Harper
C. J. Davis
MI. L. Colthurst
EF. J. Evans
Ainsworth
Dean's
Sam J. Miller
Olds
Harry Crone
Mt. Pleasant
Sam Witting
Edgar Whetstine
Haskins
Frank Foster
Fred
Iowa Falls
Charles Barrett
Gust. Bramer
Washington National Bank
Rinner
Stephen
Harry Payne
Mary Alice
Nellie Loder
Mt. Ayr
Miss Loder
Clark Loder
Dean’s
Oscar Jugenheimer
Charles Speer
William Bragg
Crappo Park
Hoyay
Helen Wilie
Columbus Junction
Drakesville
Grundy Center
Dorothy Masson
George Masson
Masson
T. T. Keeley
D. FE. Koons
Los Angeles
Towa
Nickels and Dimes
Frank Woolworth
Washington County
Washington, Iowa
Co-Operative Exchange
Iowa Ave
J. A. Harwood & Son
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