Decatur News, July 14, 1938

WILLIAMS, SCHUSTER, SCHULDT, BENTON, BADGEROW, MARQUIS, ASH, BRUNER, HAVENS, GRAVES, BRADMAN, SHELTON, RICKETTS, COX, LEAR, CREES, TULLIS, STANLEY, BOAK, MAYNARD, ESTES, NORMAN, AKERS, WION, WOODARD, ELLARS, DEEMER, AKES, BUCKINGHAM, JONES, ADAMS, KRYDER, BRIGHT, VAUGHN, ROBBINS, BUTCHER, MCMAIN, CHOLPAK

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 5/1/2015 at 16:40:18

The Leon Journal-Reporter
Leon, Decatur County, Iowa
Thursday, July 14, 1938, Page 6

DECATUR NEWS

July 11 - Miss Helen Williams and three of her friends were in Decatur on Friday on their way to the river to enjoy a little outdoor life.

Decatur passed the Fourth very quietly.

Mr. and Mrs. Clint Schuster and son Clayton and wife from Des Moines were visiting at Louie Schuldt's last week. Virgil Backer and Mr. Hill called at Louie Schuldt's Saturday. Miss Darlyne Schuldt called on Darlene Lear Saturday.

Mrs. Della Benton had the misfortune to fall and injure her hip one day last week.

Mrs. Badgerow and Mrs. Marquis were calling on Mrs. Ash Friday.

Perry Bruner, Roy Havens and Mr. Williams have the big barn completed near Grand River.

The little Schuldt boys gave Mrs. Ash a nice big tabby cat and two white kittens.

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Graves of Mt. Ayr and Clifford Graves of Leon ate Sunday dinner with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Graves in Decatur.

Mr. Bradman of Decatur brought a very large stalk of corn down town last week. It was nine feet tall and the shoots starting.

Mrs. Tincie Shelton, who is quite ill, was taken to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Gladys Ricketts at Excelsior Springs, Mo., Sunday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. George Cox of Kellerton were visitors at the Floyd Badgerow home Friday evening.

Junior Lear, Glen Crees and Willis Tullis were at Leon swimming in the pool Saturday.

Mrs. Bernadine Stanley is now spending her vacation with her grandmother, Mrs. Boak and Glen and Donna Jean Crees.

Miss Julia Maynard is working at the Estes garage in Leon as a bookkeeper.

Isaac Norman was shocking oats last week for Fay Peters.

Elmer Akers received a telegram Sunday evening from Granada, Colorado, that Jesse Wion of Granada had passed away Friday night, July 8. Jesse was the youngest son of George Wion.

Fred Woodard and son Lorin cut oats for Clarence Ellars Wednesday.

Miss Marie Deemer spent the past week at the home of her sister Mrs. John Akes.

Charley Cox and family and Mr. and Mrs. George Buckingham visited Thursday at the Bul Buckingham home.

Cliff Woodard and George Jones have been shocking oats for Fred Woodard.

Mrs. Opal Ellars and little Maurice visited Sunday afternoon with her niece, Mrs. Evelyn Adams.

Those calling at the Deemer home Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Everett Deemer, Mr. and Mrs. John Akes, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Smith and children, and Maudie and Lyman Ellars.

Mrs. Blanche Jones and brother Dick and Grandma Kryder visited at the parental Vaughn home at Corydon Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Gale Bright and son were visiting Sunday at the parental Oakie Vaughn home at Woodland.

Mrs. Mary Robbins of Bethany, Mo., came Saturday for an over Sunday visit with her sister, Mrs. Thomas Butcher.

Michael Crees and family spent Sunday with her parents, Pete Ellars and family.

Mrs. Erma McMain of Keokuk is spending several days with her brothers, A. V. and D. G. Cholpak.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, April of 2015