Neighborhood News Columns, July 14, 1938

LENTZ, BRUNER, PEARCY, FITCH, WILLIAMS, LESSUM , NORMAN, BUCHANAN, DOOLITTLE, WHEELER, MARTIN, HOWELL, JOHNSTON, SMITH, CHASTAIN, DECKER, HOWELL, DAVIS, COX, SMITH, FLAGGARD, YOUNG, GRAVES, SAGE, WILEY, DOWNEY, ADAIR, KELLER, MASSEY, GALLOWAY, KEHT, BUNTING, RAINS, FROGGE, SOUDERS, MCKEE, POUSH, KESHLEAR, BARDWELL, _OREY, OSTRANDER, PRICE, MALLATT, BROMAN, COCHRAN, VANDERPOOL, BOLES, WION, SCHULDT, JOY

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 5/1/2015 at 16:48:57

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

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS

July 11 - The order of the day is haying and threshing which started last week.

We surely had a wind storm last Wednesday when hay and grain stacks and shocks were scattered all over.

We are sadly in need of rain for all growing things.

Mr. and Mrs. Jake Lentz are the proud parents of an 8 pound girl. Mother and babe are doing nicely. Mrs. Bruner of Davis City is caring for them.

Jake Lentz helped Tommy Williams stack oats and hay last week.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pearcy were callers at the Williams home Thursday, also Cameon Fitch.

Mr. and Mrs. Dewey White and son of Lamoni and Mrs. Lessum (?) and son of Mt. Ayr were callers at the Williams home Sunday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Buchanan and Mr. and Mrs. Norman of Leon and Albert Hamilton spent Sunday evening at the Williams home.

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Doolittle and daughter were callers at the Williams home Thursday night.

Mr. and Mrs. Ern Doolittle spent Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Still.

WHITE HALL NEWS

July 11 - Oats, wheat and rye are all in the shock and haying will soon be over if the threshers will just be calm a few more days. Some are already starting but not around here close.

Most of the fields of grain shocked up real thick and we hope they thresh [illegible] good. Corn and pastures are needing rain badly.

Herbert Wheeler helped his brother Floyd with his bind and haying the past week.

Dave Martin and Clare Howell are exchanging work during their harvest.

Herbert Wheeler cut oats for Rex Johnston one day last week.

Ned Smith and Worth Chastain are helping each other in their harvesting.

Walter Decker's nephew from Des Moines spent the past week with him and family and on Saturday night the parents came down after him.

Mr. and Mrs. Clare Howell and son Leon enjoyed ice cream at the Martin home Sunday afternoon.

SNAKE PRAIRIE NEWS

July 11 - Wendell Davis and daughter were driving on our roads Sunday afternoon.

Almon Cox traded for a car one day last week.

Most of the farmers on Snake Prairie have their grain cut.

Pauline Smith returned to her school after spending the Fourth with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Smith.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Smith, who have been visiting his mother and sisters, Mrs. Jeff Smith and family and Mrs. Les Flaggard and husband, returned to their home Tuesday morning.

VALLEY NEWS

July 11 - Mr. and Mrs. Von R. Davis of Mountain Grove, Mo., spent the week end with the W. W. Davis, D. Y. Davis and W. C. Davis families.

Mrs. Fred Young's brother from Kansas is spending several weeks with his sister and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Graves of Leon called Friday evening on Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sage and daughters.

Miss Willah Marie Wiley spent a few days the past week with her aunt, Mrs. Bud Downey and family of Lamoni.

Mr. and Mrs. Von Davis and Mrs. Wm. Davis called at the Gilchrist home near Decatur Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Young spent Sunday with their son Fred Young and family.

SOUTH WOODLAND NEWS

July 11 - Mrs. Bert Adair and daughters, Alberta, Zelma, Wilma, Treva and Shirley spent Monday afternoon with Mrs. Raymond Keller and daughters.

Mrs. Orlen Keller and son Doc spent Thursday evening at Raymond Kellers'. Dale Guy and Leta Faye returned home with them for a few days visit.

Raymond Keller assisted W. E. Massey with his oats shocking the past week.

Joe Galloway was called to Illinois by the sickness of a brother.

Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Galloway and children and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Keht of Corwith and Pete Gouerly and Ollie Bumgardner of Kanawa, spent the week end at the Milt Galloway home. Mrs. Arch Bunting and husband, of Decatur, also called at the Galloway home Sunday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Ben Rains and daughter of Onawa, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Frogge and son of Ottumwa, and Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Souders and sons of Humeston, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond McKee and M. L. Rains of Leon spent Monday at the Carl Rains Home.

Mr. and Mrs. Milton Galloway and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Keller and children spent Saturday evening at the Bert Adair home. The evening was spent eating ice cream and visiting.

UNION NEWS

July 11 - The Poush threshing machine is threshing oats for F. H. Hawkins today, Monday.

Charles Keshlear returned the first of the week from Osceola after spending the week end with his mother and sisters there.

Friends of the Bardwell family are pleased to hear that Miss Kathleen is getting along nicely after an operation at the Decatur County Hospital at Leon.

A baby daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. C. H. _orey at the University hospital at Iowa City last Tuesday morning. The little miss has been named Thelma Marea.

Ethel Ostrander attended the show at Leon Sunday night.

SKELLYVILLE NEWS

July 11 - Mrs. Ira Price called on Mrs. Bassett Mallatt Tuesday evening.

Mr. Broman and son from Des Moines visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Don Cochran.

Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Boles and sons spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Boles of Grand River.

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Vanderpool of Plano spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Boles.

SWEET CREEK ONE NEWS

July 11 - Fred Wion is starting his threshing machine this week.

Those calling at the Louie Schuldt home Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Joy of St. Cloud, Minn., and mother, Mrs. John Joy, Mrs. Frank Noftsger, Mr. and Mrs. Myers and two children of near Decatur, Mr. and Mrs. Orval Butcher and Mrs. Schuldt and grandson of near Leon.

Mr. and Mrs. Charley Gibbons and family were calling on Mr. and Mrs. Harry Waddell and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Noftsger Sunday.

Miss Helen Noftsger spent the week end with her cousin, Miss Darlyne Schuldt.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, April of 2015