Waverly School Religion Classes May Expand to High School
Waverly Iowa September 1 Promoters say the religion school in the Waverly public system may extend into the high school after its strong showing in the first two grades. Nearly full enrollment reported in Protestant Catholic and Lutheran classes with instruction by cooperating church representatives. Superintendent T M GleVenger leads the system. High school faculty includes principal Gertrude Lennon and science math and language staff, with junior high and elementary teachers named for various grades.
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Courier Special Service
Waverly
School of Religion
Monay
T. M. Glevenger
Gertrude Lennon
John de Nevi
Elizabeth Fry
Olga Duncan
Re Bakin
Irene Swedberg
Lincoln
Catherine Harrington
Norms Atkey
Emma Dressen
Arving
Margaretts. Carey
Irma. Delss
Neve Baisley
Laura . Hauser
Madeline. Howard
Fern Hooker
Lucille Truitt
Abigail Wetherell
Ethel Arser
Bernice Reichert
Henrietta’ Zimmerman
Randall Funeral in Clarksville Sunday Service
The funeral for Mrs Ray Randall will be held Sunday at 2 p m in the Presbyterian church Clarksville. Burial will follow at Shell Rock.
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Courier
Clarksville
Ray Randall
Waverly Hospital
The
Mother of Oelwein Men Die at Home in Menominee Wis
Oelwein residents learn of the death of Mrs. Isaac T Hillman in Menominee Wis while her sons Art and Lee Hillman attend the services. Surviving are the husband and 10 children, with two relatives named Nora Huston and George Leigh. The family had lived near Oelwein before moving to Wisconsin a decade or more ago. The piece notes a large gathering from Oelwein at the Bazleton fair and mentions upcoming Elks musical comedy Aunt Het in Celwein, plus a Celwein Country Club golf tournament with regional players anticipated.
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Oellwein
Art
Lee Hillman
Menominee
Wis
Isaac. T. Hillmn
Nora Huston
George ‘Leigh
Wisconsin
Oelwein
Buazleton
Het
Celwein Elks
Elk Eharity Fund
Celwein Country Club
Iowa
Waterloo
Independence
Waukon
Decorah
Pheasant Shatters Windshield On Desperate Road Flight
Mrs. A Hulse and her daughter Gwynnfsed of Gladbrook were returning from Conrad when a pheasant leaped from the roadside and smashed the windshield. The bird tore through the glass, exiting via the driver's window. Mrs. Hulse suffered minor cuts from flying glass. her daughter escaped unhurt amid glass fragments in hair and slippers.
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Hulse
Gwynnfsed
Gladbrook
Conrad
Lutheran Church Near Sumner to Have Festival
Sumner Iowa district to host annual mission festival at St Pauls Evangelical Church Buck Creek with services at 10 am and 2 pm preached by Rev William Hackmann of St Louis Rev G Bets Leroy township and Rev C Oberdoerster Mt Vernon township Black Hawk county with pastor Rev Ph Hillgardt. Marriage notice from West Union Lutheran church Aug 27 Minnie Springer and Walter Geyer announce their nuptials.
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Sumner
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
Buck Creek
William Hackmann
St. Louis
G. Bets
Leroy Township
C. Oberdoerster
Mt. Vernon Township
Black Fawk County
Ph. Hillgardt
Hawkeye
West Union Lutheran Church
Minnie Springer
Win @pringer
West Union
Walter Geyer
Henry Geyer
Jara
Farm Hand Sues Tama Farmer After Fight
Leroy Carstensen of Gladbrook files a $10,000 damages suit against Harry Stammer of Gladbrook seeking redress for injuries believed to have been caused during a farm dispute. Carstensen alleges Stammer struck him in the face breaking his jaw, forcing hospitalization and ongoing losses.
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Coerie
Trier
Harry Stammer
Gladbrook
Leroy Carstensen
Persui
Carstensen
Carsten
Oh Dad Sends Out Off May Die Farm Poultry Tale
A Dubuque physician swerved to avoid a flock of chickens west of here causing a crash that may leave 17 year old Hugh Dougdale with critical injuries. He was taken to a local hospital then boarded a train to Omaha in urgent condition. His mother and Dr G C Coody suffered injuries including a severed tendon and two broken ribs as their Reo sport sedan wrecked.
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Courier
Iidora
G. C. Coedy
Dubuque
Here
Hugh Dougdale
Dougdale
Town Falls
Omaha
Coody
Richard Dougdale
Aplington Man Buys Store at What Cheer Iowa
Aplington man Barney B H Hook takes possession of a general store at What Cheer after purchasing it. The Hook family moved from a farm five miles south to the new home Thursday. Household moves include the Alberts family relocating to the H J Snittjer farm near Buck Grove and Mrs Alberts' father Hamme Hemmen occupying the Geerdes place. Jesse Stockdale moves to Cedar Falls to operate a Toomling house, with Stockdale remaining locally for a time. EB J Clingman, formerly rural carrier, will become Waterloo city letter carrier September 16 after selling his home near the town park to Henry A Jonson in Washington township.
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Courier Special Servion
Aplington
Barney
Hook
What Cheer
Fed’ Alberts
Geerdes
H. J. Snittjer
Buck Grove
Alberts
Hamme Hemmen
Jesse Stockdale
Cedar Falis
Toomling
Stockdale
EB. J. Clingman
Waterloo
Renry A. Jonson
Washington Township
Twenty One Hawkeye Residents to Teach in Other Systems
Twenty one Hawkeye residents will teach school in other towns. The list includes Anna Laura Henderson and Edward Heiseran in Monticello. Ruth Dietel in Fort Dodge. Jelsie Carnely and Miriam Confre in Cedar Rapids. Mary Brockway in Waterloo. Mildred Boess in Algona Johnston. Mrs Ort Hecht in Maynard. Rey Kiveli in Fayette. A Stenshall and Hazel Jorvner in Sioux City. Gord Parker in Fertile. Dean Henn in Groton D. S.. Russell Hughes in Swaledale. Elbert Reiserman in Cedar Springs Michigan. Aulden Rogert in Dallman. Ken Henderson in Evan. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Henderson in Olds.
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A. Stenshall
Chester
Hazel Jorvner
Fertile
Gord Parker
Groton
3. D
Dean Henn
Swaledale
Russell Hughes
Cedar Springs
Mich
Elbert Reiserman
Dallman
Aulden Rogert
Evan
Kenneth Henderson
Olds
St Ansgar Resident Recovering At Hampton Hospital
W. Bernstein, a St Ansgar resident, is recovering well at Hampton hospital after gallstone surgery and related complications. The community mourns Charles Volney, who died at Oakdale. his funeral was held Wednesday at his sister Mrs. Lewis Jensen’s home with Rev. O. H. Moore presiding. he was about 55.
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Courier Spreint Servier
St. Ansgar
C. W. Bernstien
Hampton Hospital
Charles Volney
Oakdale
Lewis Jensen
O. H. Moore
Cedar Falls Delegates to Lutheran Meet Open in Spencer
Rev Otto Nielsen of Danish Nazareth Lutheran church will lead Cedar Falls delegates at the district conference of young people in Spencer starting Thursday evening, running through Sept 9. Paul D Johnson and Mr and Mrs Iver Fodgall will attend, with others likely to join by car for the final sessions.
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Auvier
Births Reported in New Hartford
New Hartford notes list births for several families. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hugh junior welcomed a son on August 24. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Bolton welcomed a son on August 26. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Carolus junior welcomed a son on August 29. Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Kaine welcomed a son on August 128 with initials 3 KOT.
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New Hartford
Fred Hugh. Jr
Ted Bolton
Fred Carolus. Jr
L. M. Kaine
Mt Auburn School Opens With Notable Attendance Record
Mt. Auburn public schools resume Monday under H V Riggs with staff including William West Irwin coach Mrs Bailey La Forte domestic science and teachers across seven grades. Senior student Lella Miller, a seven year perfect attendance holder, drives classmates to school due to bus space. New Hartford and Fayette districts also reopen with announced faculties and may greet returning students.
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Courier Social Service
Mt. Auburn
Mt. Auburn Public Schools
H. V. Riggs
William West
Irwin
Bailey
la Forte
Ralph Schietfelt
Mabel Rhinehart
Lella Miller
Miss Miller
Oelwein to Send 50 Students to Toowa Colleges
Oelwein Indiana September reports about 50 local youths will leave soon for colleges in Iowa and elsewhere. The list includes Ralph Connor going to Ann Arbor and Zora Ziegler entering Chicago University with many others bound for Northwestern Illinois Coe and Iowa State College in Ames Cedar Rapids and Des Moines institutions.
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Courier
Oelwein
Towa
Middlewest
Ralph Connor
Ann Artor
Zora “Elgler
Chicago University
Dorr Bing
Upper Town University
Payette
Agnes Coggins
North-western University
Chicago
Cecil Borland
Oliver Plashal
University of Minnesota
Velma Alien
Martie Stewart
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Fred Smith
Louis Smith
Cincinnati
O. Glara Feld
Dorothy Ritchie
Mt. St. Joseph College
Et Dubuque
Edward Cade
Dorothy Webster
William Gremmels
Ruth Hazlet
Blanch Hazlet
Richard
Lutheran Pastor at West Union to Quit Ministry
Rev J G Altmanns of State Center Ta will become pastor of St Peters EvanGellea Eldor on Nov 1 succeeding Rev FP Schechler who resigns due to health. Schechler retires to Sumner to operate an apiary a leading county operator with 50 4975 hives planning 300 400 hives spread from Sumner.
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Courier Special Services
West Union
J. G. Altmanns
State Center
Will
St. Peter's Evan- Gellea
Eldor Tada
FP. Schechler
Schechler
Sumner
La Porte Churches Resume Regular Worship Schedule
In La Porte Indiana on September 1 the three Protestant churches will resume regular morning and evening services tomorrow after a period of vacations and union services.
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Courier
la Porte City
County Seeks 290 for Rabbits Killed by Dogs
Traer September 1 Tama County asked for 290 to cover loss of 19 rabbits claimed killed by dogs. Fifteen adults and four young valued at 20 each. Sleeter notes success breeding chinchilla rabbits for fur. Creer area resident Emil Buresh seeks 80 for four ewes and three lambs killed by dogs. Other claims include Edward Southard 12 for one pig and Joe Polka 12 for one lamb.
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Creer
Oher
Edward Southard
Traer
Joe Polka
Last Rites for Stanley Aviator at Oelwein
Funeral will be held Sunday at 2 30 p m in the Methodist Episcopal church Oelwein Iowa for Fred J Boots 28 a commercial aviator fatally injured in a Hartford Conn plane crash His widow and two sons accompanied the body to Oelwein after his federal pilot license was announced He trained in Oelwein before moving to a Boston Hartford company
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Corrier Spacial Seriion
Stanley
Fred J. Boots
Hartford
Connfield
Oelwein
Methodist Episcopal Church
Boots
Boston
Mass
Washington, D. C
Oriwenn
Chicago
Lester
J. P. Smith
Fairbank Parish School to Open Monday
Immaculate Conception school at Fairbank, Iowa, will begin operations Monday September 3. Mr. and Mrs. L P B Davis and Dr and Mrs G Bickelberg hosted a dinner for local residents including Mrs. Scholl Lloyd Chisago and several Fairbank couples. The Methodist Episcopal Ladies Aid meets at the parsonage September 5. Chicago Great Western section gang reduced to five workers. Fairbank Oelwein crossing replanked.
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Fairbank
Immaculate, Conception School
L. PB. Davis
Bickelberg
Davis
Scholl
Lloyd
Chisago
Carl Nourse
William Crook
Jesse Ford
Perry Elliott
Dorothy
Methodist. Episcopal Ladies’ Aid Society
Chicago Great Western Railway
Fairbank-Oelwein Road
Allison Legion Auxiliary Elects Official Staff
Allison Iowa September 1 meeting at Mr Weil home hosted by Mrs Wicholas and Mrs Fisher with reports on the state convention by Mrs Hill and Mrs Richards. Officers elected include W. E. Rogers president H. W. Burris vice president H. C. Carter secretary L. A. Wygle treasurer A. H. Werner historian O. B. Preston chaplain and executive board members G. W Richards O. P. Smerson F. I. Neewbury.
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Courier
Allison
American Legion Easinigly
Weil
W. Wicholas
FL A.* Fisher
Council Bluffs
EH. J. Hill
G. W. Richards
W. E. Rogers
H. W. Burris
H. C. Carter
L. A. Wygle
A. H. Werner
O. B. Preston
G. W Richards
O. P. Smerson
F. I. Neewbury
Four Robberies at Waverly Net Burglars (8.48)
In September four residences in Waverly were entered while occupants attended Bremer county fair programs. The intruders took about 7.46 dollars overall, with 1.48 at Henry Joens, about 5 dollars at Joe Russell, and 1 dollar at John Piersdorf. Watches, silver, and jewelry were scattered. only money was taken. Entry appears to have been gained by skeleton keys.
Georgia Insurance Man to Talk at Cedar Falls Confab
Cedar Falls Sept 1 W FE Harrington of Atlanta Ga president of the National Insurance Association of Agents in America will be among prominent men at the annual meeting of Town Association of Insurance agents in Older Falls Sept 10 to 11. Paul Broderick sold his barber shop to BE Lee who has taken possession and is assisted by Broderick to start up the business.
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Georgia
Cedar Falls
Courier
W. FE
Harrington
Atlanta
National Insurance Association of Agents In America
Town Association of Insurance Agents
Older Falls
Allison
Paul Broderick
BE. E. Lee
Broderick
Cedar Falls Churches Resume Regular Schedule
Regular church services resume Sunday in Cedar Falls with pastors in the pulpit. Calvary Baptist will resume Sept 9 after European travel. Zion Evangelical ministers discuss The Christian's Greatest Sacrifice and The Joy of Church Going. Also notes return of Mrs Hostrop from Europe and local street paving progress and Cedar Falls cannery output. Births reported at Sartori Hospital: a daughter to Dempster and a son to Mullens on Aug 31.
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Cedar Falls
Ab Calvary Baptist
Chttren
J. D. Winding
Zion Evangelical
H. J. Faust
Thomas Anderson
Europe
W. N. Hostrop
Chicago
Richard Hostop
Hostop
New Mexico
John F. Dempster
Sartori Hospital
Clark Mullens
Kepford Leaves Iowa Juvenile Home Post
Mrs. Mary Dugan succeeds A B Kepford as superintendent of the Iowa State Juvenile home in Toledo Ohio and begins duties today. Kepford and wife start a month long tour to Estes and Yellowstone to campaign for Herbert Hoover. McKinney retires after seven and a half years. B C Cook to succeed him.
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Courier Special Service
Toledo
Mary Dugan
A. BE. Kepford
Iowa State Juvenile Home
Toledo Commercial Club
Bepford
Hosea McKinney
Norior
Kepford
McKinney
B. C. Cook
Glenwood
McKinzey
Formerowan Dies in Los Angeles Cal
Former resident Manz dies in Los Angeles California from an undisclosed accident. He was about 50 years old and survived by two brothers and a sister. Also noted are updates on local clergy reassignments and Marion Yount’s career shift and summer work, as the community reports on regional church and academic news.
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Courier Special Service
Independence
J. P. Manz
Los Angeles
Cal
C. EL Manz
Pastor Declines Greene Orphans Home Post
Rev F Voelker of Greene declines appointment as superintendent of the Lutheran Orphans home at Greene. He will remain pastor of the Greene Lutheran church after a special meeting on his resignation. The orphan home vacancy follows Rev Fritschel’s ill health resignation.
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Courier
Waverly
Voelker
Greene
Lutheran Orphans’ Home
Fritschel
Boy’s Neck Cut in Fall Near Sandwich Shop
Miles Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Miles W. Humphrey, fell into a cellar near their sandwich shop and sustained scalp gashes. He required no stitches.
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Osage, TR
Tapudiadl— Miles, Jr
Miles W. Humphrey
Ruth Comfort Enters St Luke's Nurses Training
In Jesup Indiana on September 1 Miss Ruth Comfort will depart for Cedar Rapids to enroll in the nurses training school at St. Luke's hospital.
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Jesup
Misa Ruth Comfort
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke's Hospital
Autumn skies reveal dipper, Pegasus square and bright planets
In September evenings Urbana observes a large dipper formed by seven stars high in the eastern sky. The Square of Pegasus forms the dipper bowl, with Andromeda and Perseus nearby. Jupiter rises near east by 10:30 pm, Venus shines as the evening star, and Mars appears later in the year as both planets brighten the western sky.
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Perseus
Gassiopeia
Aries
Pegasus
Quapella
Fomathaut
Saturn
Jupiter
Venus
Mars
Benson Picnic to Draw Lawn Labor Day Crowd
Cedar Falls shifts Labor Day plans to Riverview park for the Benson Co-Operative Creamery association nineteenth annual picnic. Basket dinner at noon, program from 1 pm with F W Murphy of Wheaton as speaker, music by an orchestra and vocal selections, readings, and sports. Excursions planned to Chicago and Iowa, with a Gedar Falls Gun Club shoot and a silver trophy event for 100 birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier
Cedar Falls
Riverview Park
Benson Co-Operative Creamery Association
F. W. Murphy
Wheaton, Minn
The
Corn Belt Federation
Cedar Valley Fairgrounds
Try Run Creek
Riverview
John Lorenzen
Peter Lund
George Petersen
Pictie
Chicago
Iowa
Gedar Falls
Army Recruiter Transferred to Omaha from Waterloo
Set L. C. Greenup, long time United States army recruiting officer in Waterloo with a Cedar Rapids detail, is moved to the Nebraska recruiting district in Omaha effective Sept. 23. The transfer includes a higher official rating. Greenup is married, 5, and living at 1529 Lafayette Street.
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Set. L. C. Greenup
United States Army
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Greenup
Lafayette Street
Marble Rock Man Accepts Pastorage at Jordons Grove
Marble Rock Iowa Sept 1 Reverend Le B Stivers has accepted the pastorate of the Baptist church at Jordons Grove Courter Speman Service confirms Stivers will lead the congregation in the rural community.
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Marble Rock
Jordons Grove
Courter Speman
le B. Stivers
New Director of M. E. Church Work at T. C.
Cedar Falls reports Miss Mary Ellen Cummins, newly named director of the Wesley foundation at Teachers College, assumed charge today. She comes from Minneapolis where for six years she directed a similar foundation at Minnesota University.
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Courier
Cedar Falls
Mary Ellen Cummins
Wesley Foundation
Teachers College
Minneapolis
Minnesota University
Hog Bites Man's Finger Near Traer
Frank Chru cominsky, southeast of Traer, lost part of the index finger on his right hand after being bitten by a hog on his farm about two weeks ago. Infection followed, and the amputation was performed at a Traer hospital.
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Traer
Frank Chrucomisky
Cedar Falls Public Schools Open School Year 1928 29
Cedar Falls begins its seventy fifth year of public schooling with the Humbert building bell to ring at 8 30 Tuesday morning signaling the first day of a nine month term. The first Cedar Falls public school opened in 1853 at Main and Fifth with a 16 by 20 foot frame building. Renovations at the high school include redecorated interiors 450 rockers and cleaned seats as 45 teachers arrive for a planning conference. FP Mahannah starts his eleventh year leading the system as the board approves a schedule ending May 31 with holidays and a spring break in 1929.
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New Wartford
New Hartford
F. W. Eberninghausen
Elmer Cowan
Amelia Bracha
Dorothy Myyskens
Marjorie McAlpin
Helen Bangert
Pred Griner
Gladys Brooks
Joy Smith
Doris Hittle
Edna Robertson
Alice Bohecek
Vila Cowan
Marie Pollock
Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Public Schools
Alvin Schindler
Pulaski
Vivian Blake
Green Island
Lillian Mary Payne
Ruth Wesp
Len F. Stone
William J. Edgar
Hopkinton
Clarice Ellefson
Callender
Pearl Dayton
Allene FL Hogteter
Cedar Falls
Elmer J. Carpenter
New Hampton
Humbert
Main
Fifth Streets
Bartles
Shepherd Com
Sony
I. Mahannah
Bathing Beach Closed for Season If Warm Weather Returns
Cedar River park bathing beach will not reopen this season unless favorable weather arrives. A C Sherwood park board chairman notes some equipment is removed but a springboard stays in water until fall. Last year the beach closed Labor Day and reopened during a warm spell in September.
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Cedar River Park
A .C. Sherwood
Park’ Board
Penney Store Property Deeded for $75,000
A warranty deed filed for the Penney store property at the east end of Fourth Street bridge transfers Cedar Falls Waterloods and Union Mill Co. interests to Joseph Hellinger and Esther Hellinger of Chicago for 75 000 dollars. The grantees assume the 1925 lease to the Penney company running 20 years from July 2, 1926, with joint ownership and right of survivorship on full title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Penney Commpany
Fourth Street Bridge
Waterloods
Cedar Falls
Union Mill Co
Joseph Hellinger
Esther
Chicago
Penney Company
Return from Coast by Camnack Family Guests in City
Mr and Mrs W R Camnack of 214% Fourth street east returned Thursday from a month long Pacific coast vacation. They stayed with daughter Mrs L A Lind in Los Angeles and visited Portland Seattle and Vancouver, traveling home via the Canadian Rockies. They are joined by daughter Mrs J B Paxton and granddaughter Miss Mary Ann Paxton of Okmulgee Oklahoma for a brief visit in the city.
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W. R. Camnack
Fourth Street East
Pacific Coast
L. A. Lind
Los Angeles
Portland
Seattle
Vancouver
Canadian Rockies
J. B. Paxton
Mary Ann Paxton
Okmulgee
Okio
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Randall
Menominee, Wis
Lutheran Church
What Cheer, Ia
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Peyee Serene
Fayette
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F. J. Boots
Fairbank Parish
Allison Legion Auxiliary
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Axel Hansen
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Danish Baptist Convention
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Marion Yount
W. O. Yount
Town State College
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Home For
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Veila
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