Court Interprets Will of 90 Year Old Manchester Philanthropist
Delaware County State Bank as executor seeks court ruling on construction of R W Tirril will and codicil written at ages 85 and 90. The petition asks how residuary and real estate are to be handled with $60,000 for Thrill park and various legacies, hearing set for June 27 in Manchester Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Delaware County State Bank
R. W. Tirrill
Delaware County District Court
Tirril
Altho
Thrill Park
Tiral
Thrill
Eliza J. W. Thrill
Eliza J. W. Tirril
Mary Tirrill Shumway
Jane
City of
Dennis Funeral Held at Shell Rock Iowa
The funeral of Mrs. Alice May Dennis was held at the Methodist Episcopal church in Shell Rock. Born July 16 1889 near Shell Rock she married George Dennis in Chester Ia on Oct 26 1916. Surviving are her parents a daughter two sisters and three half brothers.
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Courier
Shell Rock
Alice May Dennis
Methodist Episcopal Church
William Warren
Near Shell Rock
Mansfield
George Dennis
Chester
Lucile
Mamie Dennis
Waterloo
Cecille Arrsmith
Oscar. Cody
Rony Cody
Ames
Frank Cody
Dexter
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
M. E
Mayverd Benning
Leo Stevenson
M. BE. Parsonage
S. V. Williams
Funeral of Joseph L. Smith Held in Plainfield
Joseph L. Smith, 79, died Friday. Funeral held Monday at the family home in Plainfield. Interment followed at Horton. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Smith, early Bremer county settlers.
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Plainfield
Joseph L. Smith
Horton
Lloyd Smith
Bremer County
Daily Vacation Bible School Opens in Dumont
Dumont Iowa June 8 daily vacation bible school opened Monday with good enrollment. It is held in the consolidated school building. Mrs Herman Dill serves as superintendent and teachers include Mrs Harry Allen Miss Bertha Rosenstock Miss Irene Hobson Mrs Edwin Brown and Mrs Paul Ford. Mrs Lowell Burrows will teach pageantry. Reports from Mesdames George Ahrens and Earl Lamm in hospital at Waverly are encouraging. The Ladies Aid and the young women's Sunday school class held a postnuptial shower for Mrs Edgar Davis at Miss Nita Pfaltzgraff’s home with a short program opening parcels gifts and refreshments.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Edgar Davis
Nita Pfaltzgraff
Loveless Johannsen Wed in La Porte Ceremony
Ivon Loveless and Herbert Johannsen wed at the Fairview church in La Porte City with a small ceremony, the bride, oldest Loveless daughter, wearing white crepe. The wedding party included Mildred Loveless and Ted Johannsen, with Rev. S. S. Smick officiating. After the ceremony, guests shared a four course breakfast at the Loveless home. The couple plans to travel this summer and settle later in Lexington, Kentucky.
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la Porte City
Fairview
Ivon Loveless
Herbert Johannsen
Mildred Loveless
Cedar Rapids
Ted Johannsen
Wagner
Clementine Goon
S. S. Smick
Castle Memorial Church
Des Moines
G. E. Loveless
West Main Street
University of Iowa
Aurora
Johannsen
Hawkeye Oil Company
Lexington
Albert Igon
C. E. Murphy
Minneapolis
William
James Bagenstos
John D. Bagenstos
Brooklyn
H.A. Crumb
West View Cemetery
J. Jebe
Council Bluffs
Als
Jebe
Frank Krebs
Aid Society
Methodist Aid Society
T. K. Clark
Sam Rauhauser
Taylor
Children's Day Observed in Washington Two
A June 12 Sunday morning program in Washington chapel features music and readings by children and adults. Mrs. Joe Malcom of Cedar Falls visits relatives nearby while Miss Leota Shaffer of Cranston spends summer with her grandmother Mrs. J H Shaffer. The Ladies Aid meets June 15 at Mrs. Will Garrison home with attendees bringing their own thimbles.
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Washington
Washington Chapel
Joe Malcom
Cedar Falls
Leota Shaffer
Cranston
J. HK. Shaffer
Ladies’ Aid Society
Will Garrison
Denver Girls Club to present play in high school
The Denver 4-H Girls club will stage a play in the high school auditorium Friday evening under the direction of Miss Mildred Bloeser. The Thimblebee club meeting set for June 9 at Mrs. Phil Bloeser's home has been moved to June 15. Will Hormann, father of Mrs. August Heideman, died in Smithton, Missouri, at age 79. The baseball team is scheduled to play Readlyn Sunday afternoon.
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Courier Special Service
Denver
Mildred Bloeser
Thimblebee Club
Phil Bloeser
Will Hormann
August Heideman
Smithton
Readlyn
Preodytery ordains Lester Lalan at Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls June 8 ordains Lester Lalan blind graduate of McCormick Theological Seminary and waterloo presbytery license Paul N Fowler Nevada as preacher. Cedar Falls host to Eastern Star officers. Children’s Day planned by three churches. School board inspects six buildings for summer repairs. Island Park bath opening readied. Bible schools open Monday in union and individual churches. Rev Howland Hansen to lead Teachers College services. Tea honors daughters of local families. Marriage announced Guttenberg between Benjamin Robinson and Selma Erie. Recreation grounds open Monday. Lions convention trip to Miami. Marmaduke Green fined $100 for illegal liquor possession. Personal notes on residents and visitors.
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Cannier
Cedar Falls
Lester Lalan
McCormick Theological Seminary
Teachers College
Waterloo Presbytery
Presbyterian Church
Lalan
Presbytery
Paul N. Fowler
Nevada
Order of Eastern Star
Edward C. Dahl
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Gazette Printing Company of
Eclipse Company
Parkersburg
Samuel Brown
F. L. Mahannah
Evangelical
Congregational Church
Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church House
Howland Hansen
W. G. Crowder
O. H. Leonard
Trov CS. Stephenson
Bartlett
L. H. Leonard
Greensboro
S. C
Margaret
Marcia Stephenson
Guttenberg
Benjamin Robinson
Selma Ann Erie
Robinson
University At
Iowa City
University of Pittsburgh
Chicago
Armour Company
Fifteenth
Clay Streets
Grace Martin
City School Board
Park Commission
J. G. Wyth
Des Moines
Wyth
State Park Commissioners
William Hansen
Miami
Fla
The
Lions
Hansen
Marmaduke Green
Kesley
R. E. Murray
Justice of the Peace
Mark Durst
Danbury
Anna Severin
Hazel B. Strayer
Spain
G. L. Bergemay
Evangelical Church
Naperville
J. C. Romme
State Street
Hans Lauritzen
Jean Huber
Olive Street
Emma
Farm Bureaus To Meet At Osage In June
Osage Iowa June 8 fourth annual district conference of the farm bureau will be held in the seminary gymnasium with forenoon and afternoon sessions. State president Charles E. Hearst will preside. District includes Mitchell Worth Howard Winneshiek Allamakee Cerro Gordo Floyd Chickasaw Fayette and Clayton.
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Osage
The
Farm Bureau
Seminary
Charles E. Hearst
Mitchell, Worth
Howard
Winneshiek
Allamakee
Cerro Gordo
Floyd
Chickasaw
Fayette
Clayton
Olson Engaged to C A Scott in Marcus Rotary Session
Olson, who is to be married June 16 to C A Scott of Marcus Iowa, attended a Rotary Club meeting that noon. The club devoted its session to business matters and dispensed with a speech.
Ruby Williams and Opal Kellar Marry at Otterville
Otterville Iowa June 8 Ruby Williams and Opal Kellar were wed at Williams home. Miss Williams a Independence high school 1925 graduate and teacher by trade, is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Williams. Opal Kellar son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kellar of Walker Michigan, works at the Flint Chevrolet factory. they will reside in Flint.
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Courier Special Service
Otterville
Ruby Williams
Opal Kellar
Flint
Mich
Independence High School
John Willams
Upper Iowa U Grants 45 Degrees at 71st Commencement
In Fayette on June 8 Upper Iowa University awarded degrees to 45 graduates at the 71st annual commencement. Forty BA degrees were conferred along with two Bachelor of Music degrees. Rev Roy Bl Smith received a Doctor of Literature. honorary Doctors of Divinity went to Rev William Galbreth and Rev Elton Wells. Pianists Owen Anderson and Lois Hall earned Bachelor of Music degrees for work beyond the standard diploma.
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Courier
Fayette
Upper Iowa University
Roy Bl. Smith
Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church
Minneapolis
Smith
William Galbreth
Plymouth
Elton D. Wells
Manchester
Owen Anderson
Lois Hall
West Union
C. D. Neff
Littleton Girl Celebrates Eighth Birthday Dinner
Luella Seamans marked her eighth birthday with a dinner at the W. H. Seamans home Sunday. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hatching Grinner, Mr. and Mrs. L. V. T. Francis, and the W. T. Seamans family. A Presbyterian strawberry sociable is planned for June 15 at the A. H. Hoffman residence.
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Courier Special Servier
Littleton
Luella Seamans
W. H. Seamans
J. M. Hatching
Grinner
L. V. T. Francis
W. T. Seamans
Presbyterian Church
A. H. Hoffman
Hazleton
Fairbank
Perry Farm
Carl Nourse
Dorothy Hume Hosts Miscellaneous Shower for Mrs. Bramhall
St Ansgar Iowa June 7 Special Miss Dorothy Hume entertained a company of women at her home on Monday afternoon at a miscellaneous shower for Mrs Walter Bramhall Luncheon was served.
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St. Ansgar
Dorothy Hume
Walter Bramhall
Endeavor Unions of District Meet at Charles City
The Twelfth district Iowa Christian Endeavor union convention closed a two day session in Charles City with a banquet at the Congregational church. Over 200 delegates from Mitchell Howard Winneshiek Allamakee Chickasaw Floyd attended. Tom Fred Campbell of Fairfield spoke, recalling the London international convention. Also noted: local score tourney results, eighth grade graduation events in Floyd county, a Nash car fire in a repair shop, and the birth of a baby boy to Mrs. Stella Peper whose husband was killed in the Black Hills.
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Courier
Charles City
Iowa Christian Endeavor Union
Congregational Church
Mitchell
Howard
Winneshiek
Allamapkee
Chickasaw
Floyd
Tom Fred Campbell
Fairfield
Mr. Campbell
London
Iowa
W. Blunt
Ed Westcott
Harry O'Harrow
Wildwood
R B. Olds
A. L. Robeson
Dr. McQuillem
N. W. Newton
Charles Kriel
Dr. Voreck
Herman Nelson
H. L. Kellogg
E. O. LaBounty
Art Blunt
Sam Kaiser
Walt
E. T. Gough
Alice Laun
R. W. Anderson
Pamelia Fluent
P. GC. Lapham
Mary D. Korinke
L. W. Inman
Nash
Peper
Stella Peper
Black Hills
Birthday party honors Oelwein resident William Gremmels
Oelwein Iowa June 8 Mr and Mrs A A Smith and Mr and Mrs L B Miller of Waterloo attended a birthday party for William Gremmels Sr celebrating his seventy six years. Several students received honors at Sacred Heart School and others were noted for military enlistments and civil service exams as government recruiters toured the area.
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Courier &Pevial Service
Oelwein
A. A. Smith
L. B. Miller
Waterloo
William Gremmels
Elizabeth Bender
Leona Knapp
Kathleen Cirese
Dorothy Ritchite
Agatha Shubert
Sacred Heart School
Charles Manoccheo
Norbert Kleiman
Louis Berkowitz
U. S. Cavalry
Fort Des Moines
Helen Seedorff
Lucile Becker
U. S. Civil Service
D. W. Albright
Oklahoma
A. H. Albright
Elbert Goings
Albrights
A. A. Wolfe
Greene
Paul Young
Greeley
Sergt
D. G. Cremens
Des Moines
OQ. F. Brown
Boone
B. H. Frank
Dubuque
Waverly
Land Service
Sergt. Cremens
Hazleton Junior Band Organized and Concerts Held
Hazleton Indiana reports the Hazleton Junior Band of 48 members organized with first instruction on June 8. The senior band of 50 played its first summer concert in the new bandstand on Wednesday evening before a large crowd. Injuries include Bessie McDowell Thorpe visiting relative in farm area with a hand injury from a cornsheller, and P M Freeman suffering a foot injury after stepping on a spike. Mrs Forest Latham to attend the Newton state convention as delegate from Nelson No. 33 with meeting opening June 19.
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Courier
Hazleton
Bessie McDowell
Thorpe
Bruce Hillman
P. M. Freeman
Forest Latham
Newton
Nelson Corps
Wartburg Orchestra Delights Tripoli Audience
Tripoli June 8 Wartburg College orchestra concert at the opera house drew music lovers from the vicinity to a full house. Margaret Neverman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Neverman of Tripoli, participated in Wartburg class of 1927 graduation exercises. Mrs. Fred Stuckenberg and children from Chicago visited relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Schultz of Batavia arrived after a three day motor trip to see his parents.
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Tripoli
Wartburg College
Margaret Neverman
H. H. Neverman
Fred Stuckenberg
Chicago
W. H. Notdorf
Lawrence Schultz
Batavia
F. C. Schultz
Fishing barred on farm gate used for firewood
Washburn Iowa June 8 The theft of a wooden gate between an oat field and pasture by a group of fishermen led a farmer who had welcomed lake visitors to bar outsiders from fishing on his land. The gate was boarded up and broken, cattle roamed the field, ashes marked the use of the gatewood. The farmer now forbids fishing on his property.
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Washburn
Burglars Hit Oelwein Hosiery Store for 500
Oelwein Indiana June 8 The M and B Booterie was entered last night by burglars whose loot totaled 500 in hosiery Access gained through the front door Sheriff Robertson and local authorities are investigating Will Open Grocery Diamond Brothers of Waterloo and Cedar Falls have leased the room at 20 East Charles Street owned by Phil Schneider Burbank California previously the Mealy Hardware store and will operate a grocery store
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Oelwein
Robertson
Diamond Brothers
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
East Charles Street
Phil Schneider
Burbank
Cal
Mealy Hardware
Alumni Banquet Welcomes 1937 Graduates at Waverly
Waverly Indiana June 8 about 200 alumni from Waverly high school attended the annual banquet in the Episcopal church guild hall. Humphrey Leslie and Clarence Albrecht spoke, with Albrecht presenting a naturalist lecture and three picture reels. Jack Wright welcomed the graduates. D D Offringa led singing as a boys quartet performed.
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Waverly
Waverly High School
Guild Hall
The
Episcopal Church
Humphrey Leslie
Clarence Albrecht
Jack Wright
D D. Offringa
First Strawberries Appear in Cedar Falls Market
Cedar Falls on June 8 Special First homegrown strawberries appeared on the local market delivered by A G Lawrence grower He had six quarts and received 35c each for them Weather and moisture conditions have been unfavorable to development of the berry crop to date growers say
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Cedar Falls
A. G. Lawrence
Fall Under Train Claims Hazleton Man
Elmer Vincent Donahue, 24, died after falling from a freight train near Dubuque as he rode the train to escape. He died Tuesday morning at Mercy hospital following the 5 p.m. accident the day before. His funeral will be held Thursday at the Catholic church in Hazleton with Father Holman officiating. he is survived by his parents two brothers and three sisters. his father runs a harness shop in Hazleton after moving from Oelwein.
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Courier
Hazleton
Elmer Vincent Donahue
Dubuque
Father Holman
Mr. Donahue
Donahue
Mercy Hospital
Oelwein
Driver escapes injury as truck overturns in ditch
Geneseo Iowa June 8 R C McElhinney escaped severe injury when steering gear failed and his truck tipped into a ditch on the way back from Waterloo hog market with stock. Mrs Paul Johnson attended Mt Vernon commencement Monday. Mrs Blunt and children plus Miss Ware visited A J Meeker home last week. Rev J E Johnson Waterloo spent Sunday with M F E parsonage hosts. Geneseo gospel team was in Belle Plaine Sunday.
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Conriern Spread Service
Geneseo
R. C. McElhinney
Waterloo
Paul Johnson
Mt. Vernon
Blunt
Robert
Marion
Ware
Deer Park
Ala
A. J. Meeker
Meeker
J. E. Johnson
M. FE
A. R. Grant
Geneseo Gospel
Belle Plaina
Woman Home for Furlough from India Mission Orange Two
Miss Sadle J. Miller, a Church of the Brethren missionary in India, has arrived in the United States for her third furlough. She sailed from Bombay in January 1920, spent three weeks in London, and will visit Iowa after the east conference. She is sister of Arthur Miller and part of a local family including Mrs. W. H. Maust and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier
Orange Township
Sadle J. Miller
Church of the Brethren Missionary Service
India
United States
Bombay
London
Miss Miller
Iowa
Church of the Brethren Conference
East
Arthur Miller
Birthday Party Honors Velma Diekmann At Readlyn
A Readlyn gathering at the F. L. Diekmann residence celebrated Velma Diekmann's birthday with school friends. Relatives were later hosted by Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Schlemann on Monday. Edna Mass graduated from Cedar Rapids high school on June 7. Local birthday and social events were noted at the John Tiedt and Fred Steege homes.
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Readlyn
F. L. Diekmann
Velma Diekmann
H. A. Schlemann
Edna Mass
Cedar Rapids
Fred Rathe
John Tiedt
Fred Steege
Gift to Upper Iowa University by 1927 class
The Fayette Iowa special report notes Upper Iowa University received a large power lawn mower as the class gift from the 1927 graduating class. Clifford Headington Decorah, vice president of the class, presented the mower at the class day exercises. The machine can mow at least five acres per day with minimal cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Upper Iowa University
Clifford Headington
Decorah
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Dumont
la Porte
Cattle Congress Grounds
Lotus Club
H. M. Ashley
C. A. Hayzlett
L. M. Ashley
Claude Barnhart
Millicent Cooper
J. F. Gay
Minerva Cooper
Rein Heck
W. Ty. Conder
Sheridan
Denver Girls’ Club
Huson Reynolds
Sadie Reynolds
Harmony
Minn
Hale Huson
Milford
E. B. Frye
Huson
Smith Company
Dorothy Kane
State University
Audubon
Actuary Department
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Miss Kane
W. P. Kane
Baptist Vacation Bible School
Methodist
Congregational and Universalist
BE. S. Parmelee
Upper Iowa
Endeavor Unions
Oelwein Man
Wartburg
Elmer V. Donahue
Orange Two
India Mission
W. H. Maust
C.C. Miller
J. Wilbert, Miller
Lloyd H. Miller
EF. Walter Miller
Anna Phillips
Raymond
W. W. Bleasier
Wm. Holland
Rs. M. Riessinger
Neon Avenue
Cleveland
Ohio
Lydia J. Pinkham
Lydia I. Pinkham
M. Reissinger
Nelson Avenue
Lydia E. Pinkham
St. Paul
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Jack Lorberter
Tdellwood Place
Minnesota
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