Iowa
Old Press
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa
Tuesday, October 19, 1926
page 3 (5 of 14), columns 5-8
Former Iowa County Man Passes Away
WILLIAMSBURG, Oct. 19-Word has come from Crookston, Minnesota, of
the death of Dr. W. H. Daniels, which took place Oct. 14 in a St.
Paul hospital. No further particulars have been received. He was
the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. M. Daniels, commonly called
"Tip" Daniels, living three fourth mile east of
Williamsburg. He finished the Williamsburg high school course in
1903 and that fall took up the course in medicine at Iowa
University, where he was graduated and in 1909 served internship
at Louisville, Kentucky. He practiced two years at Hamilton, Iowa
and then located at Crookston, Minn., where he has been a
successful physician. He is survived by his wife and son Harris,
aged 14, parents, four sisters, Mrs. Marie Mohr, of Florence,
Colorado, Mrs. Bessie Gibson, Monticello, Iowa and Mary and
Gertrude, of the home, and two brothers, at Crookstone [sic],
Sherman a druggist and Jake, a traveling salesman.
WILLIAMSBURG SOCIETY MEETS
Ladies of M. E. Church Hold Social Session Last Week
WILLIAMSBURG, Oct. 19--The ladies of the Methodist church held
their regular monthly social at the church Wednesday afternoon.
The room and tables, were elaborately decorated with autumn
leav[e]s, bitter-sweet, fruits, nuts, flowers and many other
things in keeping with Hallowe'en.
--
-Joe Menary spent a week in Sioux City, attending the Feeder's
Stock Show, where he acted as judge. This is the 8th successive
year that he has served in this capacity, and is known out there
as "The Veteran Judge." He shipped several car loads of
cattle back.
-Mr. and Mrs. Everett Blythe of Des Moines visited at the
parental Blythe home the first of the week.
-Oct. 10 was the 56th anniversary of Mrs. Fred Scholl's birth,
and the event was marked by a family dinner with a few other
guests.
-Mr. and Mrs. Everett Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mumm and Mrs.
Ralph Mumm drove to Cedar Rapids Monday.
-Mrs. Carl Querl underwent a major operation at the Watts
hospital Monday.
-Miss Esther Hudepohl submitted to an operation for appendicitis
Tuesday.
-Mrs. John Wiesman is a patient at the Watts hospital.
-Rev. Wilbur Doughty, is convalescing from an appendix operation
of ten days ago, and had his tonsils removed Thursday.
-Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rehfeldt of Victor, motored to Philadelphia to
attend the American Legion Convention, and will visit his sister
Mrs. Ed. Hiscox in New York.
-Herman and Arthur Johnson, of Morris, Ill., stopped here over
Sunday and visited at the R. E. Wilson home. They have been
touring the west and were on their way home. They are brothers of
Oscar Johnson, who was recently a resident of Williamsburg.
Williamsburg Personals
-Mrs. Uletta Butler, Seaton and baby returned to her home in
Millersburg this week after a month's stay at her parents' home.
-Mr. F. C. Rock, daughters Florence and Frances and son Donald,
drove to Davenport on Wednesday.
-Several in this locality had commenced their corn husking, but
are not going on with it at present, as they find it softer than
they expected.
-Mrs. George Windhurst and Miss Dorothy Manor went to Cedar
Rapids Thursday, Miss Dorothy returning Thursday night and Mrs.
Windhurst going to Iowa City to visit her grand son Owen Dwilbiss
an S. U. I. student.
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Iowa City Press-Citizen
Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa
Thursday, October 28, 1926
Page 6
OLD CHURCH CELEBRATES
-Members of Congregational Group At Williamsburg Observe
Anniversary-
WILLIAMSBURG [Iowa county], Oct. 28--The members of the
Congregational church in Williamsburg celebrated the 70th
anniversary of the founding of their church here, on Sunday, Oct
24. The Congregational church was the first church built in
Williamsburg. The church society was organized in 1856 and the
first church was built three years later. The present church is
the third edifice which has been erected. This was built in 1916,
on the same site where the others stood. The land was donated by
Mr. Richard Williams, for whom the town of Williamsburg was
named, and who also donated the ground for school purposes, where
the high school and grade school buildings stand.
The three services were attended by a large gathering, people
coming from Long Creek, Old Man's Creek, Grinnell, Cedar Rapids
and Iowa City. Those expected from the southern part of the state
were prevented by Saturdays' rain.
-Former Members Write-
The mornings' service consisted of a short discourse by Dr. P. A.
Johnson, of Grinnell, and the reading of 40 letters, which had
come from people who had at one time been members of the church
here. This was a very interesting service, the letters coming
from coast to coast. One was received from Mr. W. F. Harris,
recorder of Cook county, Illinois, one from Judge W. D. Evans,
Hampton, Iowa, judge of Supreme Court, one from his brother, John
E. Evans, of Pipestone.
Interspersed with the reading of the letters were musical
numbers. At the afternoon meeting the sermon was in Welsh, by
Rev. Owen Thomas, of Fontanelle.
-Evening Program-
The evening's program consisted of a sermon by Dr. P. A. Johnson,
of Grinnell, State Supt. of the Congregational church; short talk
by Rev. H. N. Poston, pastor of the Presbytreian [sic] church,
Williamsburg, a history of the church in Williamsburg, written
and read by Mr. David J. Jones, who has been a member 62 years,
and senior deacon 31 years. The music was furnished by the choir,
with solos by Mrs. Clarence Dane, Miss Martha Powell, Miss Sarah
Jones and Miss Lorena Jones, and duets by Mrs. Vincent Owen and
Rev. J. A. Pritchard and Miss Lorena Jones and Leslie Jones.
The collections for the day amounted to $670.00. This came
through taxing the members according to their length of
membership.
-Former Pastors-
The first pastor to serve this church was Rev. E. J. Evans,
father of Mr. Ed. Evans, Williamsburg and Judge Evans of Hampton.
The three oldest members are Judge Evans, his brother John E.
Evans, of Pipestone and John Jones Jr., Supt. of schools at
Leola, South Dakota. These three joined in October 1869. The next
oldest are Mrs. T. E. Gittens and sister Mrs. Ed. H. Jones Mrs.
Sarah Pugh and brother, Mr. David J. Jones, of Williamsburg. The
oldest resident member is Mrs. T. E. Gittens, who has been a
member 62 years. She is a daughter of Mr. Richard Williams, who
donated the land for the church site. Another daughter, Mrs.
Richard Baxter [should be William Baxter], of What Cheer, was in
attendance.
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