The Muscatine Journal from Muscatine, Iowa • 2

MUSCATINE JOURNAL' AND NEWS-TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, MAY 23 est Branch Takes Preliminary Steps for Homecoming in blankets in the Burkhart building on Calhoun, street At the Rotary luncheon Tuesday nodn a round table discussion was ACTION TAKEN BY COMMUNITY CLUB MINISTER GIVES CLASS SERMON the rest of the week as the guest of Mrs. Brandt and her daughter. Helen Brandt is a member of the senior class. In an effort to raise funds the American Legion Is selling. Indian SERVICES HELD FOR LUCY EVANS carried out'.

Subscribe for the Journal. I Committee Chairmen Named With Authority to Name Large Audience at Methodist Church at Letts Sunday Evening; Program Good One. Burial of Veteran School Teacher to Be Made In Oak Ridge at West Liberty. Other Committees. MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED AT WAPELLO Wapello, May 23.

The following have been granted licenses to wed, in the office of the county clerk, H. L. Lewis, the past week: Harry I. Church and Marietta Welch both of Columbus Junction K. C.

Darland of Rock Island, 111., and Merle J. Roberts of Oskloosa; Orville Hills and Mildred Irene Van Auken, both of Columbus Junction. The latter couple was married by Justice William Deford at Columbus Junction. Returns of the other two have not been received by Mr. Lewis.

Other New. Jesse Huddle and Mrs. J. H. Dickson left by auto this morning for Indianapolis, where they will visit the latter's son, George Dickson and her daughter, Mrs.

Paul Peters and family. Miss Dorothy Porter, of Kellogg, is substituting in the English department of the Wapello high school, for Aldynne Brenneman, who was compelled by illness to go to his The new Bishop Cafeteria, -Davenport, is now open which makes it convenient for you to enjoy the fine foods and courteous service that have made our cafeterias favorites throughout Iowa. home at Oskaloosa. Bishop's Finn offer a rai tnvraitment opportunity. Ask the maxwgr for detjii Mr.

and Mrs. Fred Tiffany, for merly of Wapello, now of West Liberty, visited friends' here Wednesday. West Branch. May 23. Tle Weit Branch Community club held Its last meeting until September In the school auditorium Tuesday eve-nine with an attendance of 500.

Au xcellent program conflicted of music by the Girls and Junior Boys Glee clubs, directed by Mrs. R. W. Mlllea: a reading by Mrs. Cylde Guthrie: a solo by Miss Marian Tharp of Weft Liberty; and a playlet, "King Health Wins," by pupils of the fourth grade.

Although the club will not meet again during the summer vacation Its activities do not cease and committee chairmen were announced to arrange for the annual homecoming and community picnic to be held in August. I. 3. Larson was appointed chairman of the finance committee; E. C.

Morris heads the grounds committee; and F. L. Pearson was named chairman of the homecoming committee. These men will announce the names of those whom they select to assist in their various departments: and other committee heads will also be appointed later. It is the plan to make this a gigantic reunion of former West Branch folk; a reunion of those passengers on the Hoover Birth Mr.

Tiffany Iwas principal of the high school for several years. yw A cup of liiv coif as Slave City Waterloo De Molnea 1 i 4 Mrs. George Delhi, Mrs. Blanche Pantel, Mr. and Mrs.

Otis Hicklln returned the first of the week from a 5 Cedar Rapids Davenport visit at the John Delhi home at Grinnell. Mr. and Mrs. Hicklln spent a part of their visit with relatives Letts. May 23 The baccalaureate address to the class of 1929 of the Letts consolidated school was delivered by the Rev.

H. W. Munster at the Methodist church Sunday evening ia the presence of a large audience. He took for his subject the class motto, "Forward Ever; Backward Never." The church was decorated with flowers and the class colors. The program included invocation by the Rev.

Charles Winters, the processional and recessional, played by Miss Amy Paine, vocal solos by Mrs. Earl Dickerson and Roscoe Eliason, with Mrs. H. Munster as accompanist, and a song by a quartet of girls from the graduating class, with Miss Hazel Zimmerman at the piano. The senior class play was presented Friday and Saturday evenings and was well attended.

Brief Mention. Among the Muscatine visitors Monday was the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. H.

W. Munster, Mr. and Mrs. L. P.

Wilson, the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Winters and daughter May, L. C.

Mull, Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Estle, Mr.

and Mrs. O. M. Ross, Mr. and Mrs.

J. L. Paullins, Mr. and Mrs. J.

C. Clyman and Carroll Hall. Mr. and Mrs. George Dixson had as their guests Sunday his mother, Mrs.

Mary Dixson, his brother, Joseph Dixson, wife and two children of Stronghurst, their daughter, Mary Dixson and three teachers from the public school at Roseville, m. Arthur Reddick and Paul Furnas went to Detroit Sunday. Rock Island employes are here repairing the stock yards. George B. Owen and family went to Winfield Sunday to visit relatives.

213 West 3d St, Davenport, Iowa at Des Moines. Charles Bates is ill at his home in South Wapello. VS9 Now? you can regulate Honor Newly Weds, Home From Detroit, at Sunday Dinner Illinois City, May 23. Mr, an Mrs. Gale Stewart entertained at dinner Sunday in honor of their daughter and husband, Mr.

and Mrs. John Maxwell. They were married in December, going at once to Detroit, from which city they have just returned. They will make their home in Drury township! Those attending the affair were: Mr. and Mrs.

Mat Stewart and son John. Mr. and Mrs. Roe Stewart, Mr. and Mrs.

Willis Thlrtyacre, Mr. and Mrs. Art Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Doris Gorham and children, Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Dickman, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peitch and daughters, Mr. and Mrs.

August Dickman. Maynard Thlrtyacre. Oliver Reed. Leroy Smith, Fern Foster, Mildred Stewart. Will Jacobson of Drury: Mr.

and Mrs. Will Peitch, 'Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Kc-Killup and Mrs. August Freese of Muscatine, and Mrs.

H. K. McKillup and son of Atalissa, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart were the recipients of many gifts.

Brief Mention. Mrs. John Freiburg of near Edsr-ington is visiting for a few days with her son, Leonard Danner. Mrs. Charles Speickler of Muscatine spent Tuesday with her daughter Mrs.

John Thomas. Lou Krueger of Muscatine is spending a few days at the Lyle Martin home. Mary Ida Reed is visiting this week In Muscatine with her grandmother. Mrs. Ida Winegard.

Mr. and Mrs. Chris Krueger and daughter were in Davenport Monday. Harvey Fick of Muscatine was a business visitor in Illinois City, Tuesday. A group of women met at the church Tuesday and made wreaths for Decoration day.

Memorial day will be observed at the Methodist church next Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The music for the occasion will be furnished by the Tom Drumm martial band of Reynolds. Mr. and Mrs. Will Vanatta of Muscatine visited relatives here Tuesday.

The North Buffalo school closed Thursday. Miss Elma Keller, who has taught this school for the past two years, has been re-elected for another year. The eighth grade commencement exercises will be held at the Methodist church next Monday evening. Daniel Winegard, Lee Plank. Raymond Reed and Art Roberts were in Rock Island.

Wednesday. Raymond Morehead, son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Morehead, has been seriously ill since Saturday as a result of eating castor beans. Mrs.

Eva Tyler, Mrs. Sherman Powell and daughters, Misses Ethyle and Anna Marie Tyler attended the picnic held with the close of the Hazel Dell school Wednesday. Tom Mahaffey and Rosa Stickrod of Muscatine were Sunday guests at the Joe Thomas home. Mrs. Frank Price entertained the Hl-Shy-Ni Sunday school class Monday evening.

The Rev. Caleb Larson and E. Brlsbine spent Tuesday in Rock Island. Mildred Rounds of Mollne spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Melvtn Rounds. MEMORIAL DAY TO BE OBSERVED the place special to the Inauguration, and a general welcoming of all friends Of the president's birthplace. A reception is being planned for the evening before the big day to honor the out of town guests, anJ the picnic day itself will have a full and interesting program. School exhibits were displayed during the evening, in the music room. The next regular meeting of the Community club will be held the third Tuesday evening in September.

freezi: Ceremonies at Cranston to Be Held Sunday Instead of i Memorial Day. ag time Columbus Junction Cranston. I May 23 Memorial services will be held Sunday, morning at 10 o'clojck at the Cranston church, instead on Memorial day, oiP account of the late season and the rush of work for the farmers, MORNING SUN West Liberty, MayW Funeral services for Miss Lucy Evans, age 75, who died Tuesday evening about 7 o'clock, following! a stroke of ap-poplexy at her home in Mollne where she has taught school for the last 50 years, were held this afternoon at the Congregational church ia Mo-line. Folowing the services the body will be brought to West Liberty to the home of Mrs. Grant Nicols and brief services will be held Friday afternoon at the chapel In Oak Ridgt where burial will be made.

Miss Evans was among the first to be graduate from the Iowa State university, and taught school all her life. She was bora in West Liberty and is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Grant Nichols of West Liberty and Mrs. Sarah Morse of Billings, Mont; three brothers WarrenrRoy and Hugh Nichols, all in the west -Plan For Memorial The following committees are making plans for Memorial day: General arrangements. Mrs.

W. L. Mackey, Charles J. Mackey, and T. E.

Fountain; evergreens, A. L. Richards, Lysle Holmes and assistants; music, Archie Dltmars, Harry Lewis; place and decoration of place; John Boden, C. A. Nichols, A.

L. Dice; wreaths, W. C. and Legion auxiliary; finance. Ray Whitacre, Henry Polders and W.

W. Anderson: location and marking of graves; George Kirby and jorwin Mosher; marshal of-day, P. N. Gibson; chairman of day, W. L.

Mackey; ehrs, Dph Fenstermaker and C. Kerr; committee "to invite Boy Scouts, Robert Brooke; committee; on speaker. George Sarver, Wayne Nichols and Archie Dltmars: committee on automobiles, L. R. Wlese and H.

J. Smith and L. E. Popenthein. Entertain at Kensington.

The Pythian Sisters entertained at a guest Kensington i Wednesday afternoon in the hall. The occasion was in observance of "Mother's day' Mrs. W. B. Jayne gave the address of welcome.

Helen Smith gave a reading, and other numbers on the program were a piano duet, Marian Saathoff and Bevelyn Webb, several dances by Mary Scott, accompanied on the piano by Adeline Light. Twelve girls gave an "Old Fashioned Garden Dance" In costume, with Martha Brandt singing the solo put. Adeline Light gave a piano solo, West Liberty Not. Mrs. Eugene Propst returned Monday after spending the winter in California with her daughters.

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew GuthiTJ spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Guthrie.

Mr. and Mrs. Verle Nauman and family drove to Muscatine Sunday and were guests of relatives. S. B.

Stucker, who has been seriously ill for the last three weeks, is unimproved. Mr. Stucker is being eared for at the, home of his daughter, Mrs. Harry Nauman. Ernest Walters of Peoria.

111., and Mrs. Lee Allen andifR Chester, a sister of Mr. Walterf from Pawnee, were guests at the home of Mrs. Charles Walters Sunday and Monday and attended the class play of which Clara Walters was one of tht cast. They returned home jTuesday.

Mrs. Sarah Henley! of Wilton spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. George McCartney. I'M H.

Andes student, was the guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Carey Sunday.

Mr. Beretta will graduate from the college of veterinary In June. Mrs. Lou Memler attended the funeral of her grandmother In Iowa City on Miss Nora Beck. sister of Mrs.

Mary Brandt came (Wednesday afternoon from Chicago! and will remain exactly as you regulate the cooking time in your oven See the new during the week. The Rev. Mr. SooterJ Columbus Junction, May 23 The Rev. Mr.

and Mrs. Loren E. Pecaut, evangelists, who are holding revival meetings at Nichols, will be at Columbus Junction next Sunday morning when Mr. Pecaut will preach at 9:30 at Trinity Reformed church. Mr.

and Mrs. Pecaut held union revival services here three years ago Frigidaire Cold Control today i daUoloua ps ore toad practical by tha mw Frlfldair Cold CoatroL this summer. Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Stoner and two sons, Walter and Jack of Iowa City were visitors Sunday with Mr.

and Mrs. H. P. Osborne. Mrs.

S. M. Overholt, who attended the P. E. O.

convention at Newton Jast week, was a visitor Friday with Mr. and Mrs. 15. R. Lacey at Iowa Citv, while en route home.

The Iowa-Illlnols Telephone company employes installed a telephone booth at the local Rock Island depot Tuesdnv. The Rev. J. W. Zerbe of Columbus Junction and the Rev.

H. W. Munster of Letts were out in the est of the Iowa Wesleyan drive Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs.

G. W. Masonholder. Jlenry, Alice and Lea Rose, returned G. A.

CIIAUDOIN 133 W. 2nd St, Mwcatlne, U. Tuesday afternoon to their home at of the Dale Grove church and the Rev. Mr. Hougham of the Cranston church will give addresses, and the usual exercises Will be conducted at the Jean and Cranston cemeteries.

There 1 will also be recitations and songs by some of the Sunday school pupils from each church. I Other News. Miss Viola Shellabarger, Miss Irene Kershaw, Miss Blanche Burns of Burlington and M. J. Shellabarger of Danville, drove up to attend the senior play at' Letts, where Miss Shellabarger formerly attended school.

They also visited with relatives and 'spent some time in Muscatine. Mrs. William Carpenter, of Buffalo! Mrs. Fred Hanson of Iowa City and Mrs. Ray Swlckard of Nichols, spent Wednesday with their mother, Mrs.

Norrell Hafner. Mrs. W. S. Hunter and her sister, Mrs.

Joanna Sheldon, who visiting her, accompanied Mr. and Mrs. John Collins of Letts to Muscatine Wednesday where they all spent the day with Mrs. Sarah Hart. Mr.

and Mrs. Glenn Masonholder and children, Alice, Henry and La-Rose of Sioux City spent several days the first of the week with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Masonholder and other members ofthe family. Mr.

and Mrs. Charlie McCormlck and little -daughter of Cone, and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Epperly of Columbus Junction, visited at the Glenn Epperly home the first of the week. Miss Josephine Jane Fry, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Rolla Fry, and Miss Loma Coleman, daughter of Mrs. Emily Coleman, are those from this community who will be graduated from Muscatine high school this year. Dale Wlllits. Ethel Snyder and Donald Lee are the Letts high school graduates.

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dairs and Miss Rllla Fry are planning to drive to V(nton Sunday to visit the Rev. Mr; and Mrs. E.

L. Shaller and daughter, Leota. Uteiiit' Sioux City, after spending a week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Morning Sun, May 23 The young women of the Reformed Presbyterian church met Saturday afternoon, at the home of Miss Nellie Kilpatrick and organized a missionary society.

The following officers were elected for the year: president, Mrs. Ella McMurtry; vice1 president. Miss Alice Patterson; secretary-treasurer. Miss Helen Willson, Twenty relatives and friends from the Morning Sun vicinity ppenfe. Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs.

Charles Weber near Wapello, in honor of their eleventh wedding anniversary, i The Rev. W. R. McEwen, who came In from Denver. will preach in the Sharon church Sunday, i Mr.

and Mrs. Arthur Leffler of Burlington visited the first of the week with Mr. and Mrs. E. Kilpatrick.

Six of the high school teachers and a number of friends were entertained at a 6 o'clock dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Anderson northwest of town Tuesday evening. Milton Delzell arrived home from Chariton Tuesday, where he has been teaching. He and Hollis Thompson, with friends from Chariton, will leave June 1 on a motor trip Boston, Mass, They will see Newt York city before returning home.

Miss Audrene Brown of Winfield visited with Morning Sua friends Wednesday. i The fifth grade, with Miss Daisy Stodgell teacher, held a picnic at the grade school at noon, Wednesday. Glen Bretz of Chicago who is having a week's vacation, is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C.

L. Bretz of the Cairo vicinity. Miss Bernlce Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.

E. Jones, returned home Wednesday from Chicago, where she is taking a course in nurse's training at the Grant hospital. She will have a vacation of two weeks. Russell Partington, student of Iowa State Teachers college at Cedar Falls spent the week-end with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.

R. M. Partington, of the Cairo vicinityjr Miss Camilla Dare, Miss Helen Chase and Lyman Evans motored Masonholder. Mrs. Ernest Arington visited re cently with her mother, Mrs.

Etta Burtnett, and her aunt. Mrs. C. R. Van Winkle, at Brighton.

Robert Hynes, formerly of Glad- THE ROAD OF UNUSUAL SEttVlCB "TTh high school Friday. esv. U3 over from Grinnell Wednesday and enjoyed a picnic supper with Harold Gibbs at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O.

S. Gibbs. Miss Dare and Harold Gibbs are members of the high school graduating class of Grinnell, there being 110 in the class. Harold returned with them for the senior class activities which begin there this week. Mr.

and Mrs. W. E. Finke have received word of the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs.

Wythal Davey of the Wyman vicinity at the Washington hospital Saturday. Miss Anna Patton has gone to Pittsburgh, Pa where she began her work May 1 as a city missionary for one of the Reformed Presbyterian congregations there. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Whlsler of Wapello spent Sunday at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. Ed Slverly. Uncover Brewery in City of Davenport; to Arrest Owners i Davenport. May 22. (AP) Federal prohibition agents from Chicago Tuesday uncovered a brewery with a capacity of 10,000 gallons a month and a liquor "cutting plant" with 120 pints and six quarts of whiskey and IS gallons of alcohol.

The agents, Robert Richeson. J. E. Fern and T. T.

Coakley, swore out arrest warrants for Frank Boyler and Jack Davis as operators of the brewery, and W. D. Carroll and E. S. WE EVEE; MAB" So wrote one of last.

ummer's) Itoclty Mountain racationisU vho Joined a Rock Island all-expense tour. Many hare written similarly en thuslastlo orer the trip and the unusual indl lidual serrice enjoyed; -j All expense Colorado Tours 2P Johnson In connection with the second raid. a a a .4 Mothers Lowest Cost' Highest Class, Two Wfeka as low as $114.24 Including eTery necessary Item, an. ascent of Pikes Peak and tisIu to many scenic "high spots1 of both Colorado Springs and Denrer Regions. Other tour bargains, raried In plan and price to suit all patrons.

Person ally conducted or Independent Go as you Mr S360S from Muscatine Eight hundred children were carried on tfie Motor Coaches from the schools to Weed park last Friday, conveniently and without mishap. We 'want you mothers to feel free to send your children by Motor Coach for they are really safer than walking through the streets. You will always know that they will arrive at their destination safely and will be let off at the curb, removed from the danger of street traffic 1 -s J. j' mi i -n -1 i I 'il'mi SK3 CUdDSQM ILlUoiSS Mticdtra TVansportaiisSi-J s) B) pW Bsd PWBW WslS flIBS) BPSIS BBS ssao Sjs,.