Iowa
Old Press
THE SIDNEY ARGUS - HERALD
Sidney, Fremont County, Iowa
October 1, 1936.
Friday, September 25, one of the oldest citizens of Riverton,
Charlie Manrose, reached his 84th birthday. Sunday, September 27,
relatives gathered at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Leslie
Johnson, to celebrate the occasion. Those present were:
Miss Doris Bettis of Shenandoah
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Comstock of Riverton
Miss Dot Garwood of Nebraska City
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gittinger and children of Nebraska City
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Johnson and daughter of Riverton
Bert Manrose of Riverton
Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Manrose and Melvin, of Brock, Nebraska
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Manrose and sons, of Farragut
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Manrose and two sons and daughter of
Riverton
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Manrose of Nebraska City
Ross Manrose of Shenandoah
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Manrose of Brock, Nebraska
Mrs. W. Phillips of Riverton
Mr. and Mrs. Pyle of Nebraska City
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Robertson and children of Brock, Nebraska
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Schaeffer of Riverton
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Weber of Nebraska City
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Williams and son of Farragut.
At present Mr. Manrose is staying with his daughter, Mrs. Grover
Schaeffer, southeast of town. When ready to go to town Sunday
forenoon he was taken very ill and was unable to meet with his
relatives, and owing to his nervous condition it was not deemed
advisable to assemble at the Schaeffer home in a body. His
relatives visited a few moments throughout the afternoon. Mr.
Manrose was born at Wynnette, Illinois, September 25, 1852 and
came to Riverton with his parents in February 1874. He has been
very poorly for a number of years but he still enjoys telling of
the growth and changes in the town in the 62 years he has lived
here. His parents died some 26 years ago. An infant sister died
in 1874. No death has occured among the children of Mr. and Mrs.
D. P. Manrose since till in August of 1936 a sister, Mrs. Emma
Garwood passed to the great beyond. Mr. Manrose has ten
grandchildren, eight being present for the celebration, and one
great grandson, Ronnie D. Williams, also present.
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THE SIDNEY ARGUS - HERALD
Sidney, Fremont County, Iowa
October 29, 1936
Claude Higgins, who works for Helms Bakery company in Los
Angeles, received a gold medal for being the cleanest in
appearance, most efficient and for turning in the best record
among about 600 employees of the plant. It is a huge bakery that
turns out 7,000 loaves of bread an hour. Claude is assistant
manager of a district employing 23 bread taxis for bread sales on
routes. Three hundred such taxis from this company are used in
Los Angeles. Rex Higgins is driving one of these. Miss Marjorie
is attending a beauty school and working off hours as a factory
hand painting Christmas cards by air-painting method.
BURIAL AT OLD HOME
Funeral services for Belle S. Furbush Laird of Canyon City,
Colorado, were conducted Sunday at the home of her sister, Mrs.
May DeFreece, by Rev.R. Q. Ludy. Interment was made in the Sidney
cemetery. Mrs. Laird was born April 3, 1862, at Shenandoah, the
daughter of J.B. and Emma Furbush of Sidney. She spent her
girlhood days in Sidney, attending the schools here. In 1887 she
was married to James. R. Laird of Wilbur, Nebraska. Other
survivors besides her sister here are her husband; a son,
Charles, of Vay Nuys, California; a brother, Earl Furbush, of
Kansas City.
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