The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-07-30

!. ter Bobby Renfro. The Renfros arr
now located in Porterville, Tular'
: County, California, which is beauti
full little city of about 5000 people, i!
] on two main lines of railroads, the
Sante Fe and Southern Pacific, and il
. also on the paved highway from Los
Angeles to San Francisco. 1t is in the
San Joaquin Valley, which is one o.
! 1.-THE prosperous fruit valleys of south
ern California. s5s ..3 Sd.
There are a good many people 10
Gated in Portervilie, who were former
Ily of Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois and 9th.
Ter middle states and while there, we
met good many OF these business
linen, among them being Max B. Jane
Ison and D. r. Jameson formerly Of Lin.
coln, Nebr., 1T. C. Carr, yice-president
Eof the First National Bank, NC. Mat
Iltinson, cashier Of the Pioneer Bank,
u Chester DOwell. tice-president OF the
tEPioneer bank and also cashier Of the
LINDSAY National Bank at Lindsey,
Calf. The Jameson boys are school
Friends of Mr.. Renfro and Mr.. M C.
Mattinson was formerly of Illinois and
lgraduated with Earl Shaw in one of
|the universities of Illinois. Chester
Dowell used to be located near Allan
ttic, Iowa, and is a school friend Of Mrs.
Dr. Plimpton. We also met Mr.. and
Mrs. Murray, Mr.. Murray being one of
the leading dentists of Porterville, and
was formerly of LeMars, Iowa.
1--WE spent about six weeks with the
Renfros at Porterville, and from there
we went to Los Angeles, making our
headquarters at the Hotel Clark. We
had pleasant visit with Mr.. and Mrs.,
S. A. Holley and Lena Hance and Will
lard Hance, Mrs. Holley and Mrs;
Hance being sisters of Mrs. Naeye.
BY the use of Mr.. Tabor's car and his
chauffeur, we met many former Deni-
Miller, Katie Sucksd0rf, Mrs. Julia M.
Sievers, Mr.. and Mrs. G. r. Hensen,
3. w. Sargant, Mr.. and Mrs. Watson
Wheeler and Mrs. Gregory, Mr.. and
Mrs Adolph Steuber, Leslie Gulick and
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Bond, Mr. and Mrs:
r. lHeffleinger, and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Heffle'hnger. All Of these good friends
are well and getting along very nicely.
When we called at Mr.. and Mrs. Steu-
|9bers home, Mrs. Steuber had their.
daughter, Lille, play Tor us on the pi-
ano and We must say she is the most,
wonderful pianist we have ever heard
for a girl Of her age. We. also met
Marcella Barrett and James Barrett,
who took us out in their auto for a very
enjoyable mountain drive and also to-
the beaches. While calling at Leslie
Gulicks Office, we met John and Aug
ust Nehls and Henry G. Lockmiller,
who went overland in their car to
southern California and other western
points. h s.4.
"On Sunday, July 9Th, we were in,
vited to dinner at the beautiful home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Gronau in Whit
tier. At this dinner party were pres.
ent: Mr.. and Mrs. Naeve, Mr.. and Mrs.
:Holley, Mrs. Hance and Willard Hance
Mrs. Julia M. Sievers and Mr.. and Mrs.
John D. Sievers. In the afternoon OF
the same day all of the above named
parties, including the Gronaus, were
invited for supper and drove over to
the fruit ranch of Mr.. and Mrs. John
D. Sievers which adjoins the town of
La Habra. Mr.. and Mrs Sievers GER.
tainly have a beautiful fruit ranch OF,
160 acres and they are, now building a
beautiful home, which, when complet-
cd, including the planting and land
scape gardening, will cost in the neigh
borhood of $25,00000 or $3O,0OO.OO.
After supper at Mr.. and Mrs. Sievers,
we all drove to the Willie Sievers
ranch which is located close to Fuller.
ton and is another beautiful place.
While In Whittier, we aso met many
former Denison and Crawford county
people: Mr.. and Mrs. M. j. lessen, Mr..
and Mrs. Fritz Mundt, Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Heiden, Mrs. Henry ;Lehfeldt,
John Kruse and daughter, and Mr..
Fredericks and many other friends
whom we tried to see but were unable
to locate them in the short time we
were in Whittier. NJ 81 s, s,.r a..r,.3s'-
After spending about eight or ten
days in Los Angeles proper, we were
invited by Mr. and Mrs. Tabor to their
beautiful home in Hollywood and while
there were most royalty entertained.
Mr.. and Mrs.. Tabor took us out ION
many beautiful drives to Pasadena,
Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, Long
Beach, Ocean Park, Venice and many
beautiful mountain drives too rlumer.
GUS to mention. While at Mr.. and Mrs.
Tabor's home, we also met a. good
many Of their dear friends, among
them being Mr.. and Mrs. Charles M.
Armstrong, OF Pasadena, formerly OF
Chicago, and Mr.. and Mrs. l.. B. Mar
tin, and Mr. and Mrs. ]. P. Martin,
both of which families were formerly
of Sioux City, Iowa, and both families,
are now Of Los Angeles, where they
have recently completed beautiful
homes. We also met Miss Irene Wells,
formerly Of Independence, "a relative
of Mr.. and Mrs. Tabor.
We departed from Los Angeles on
the morning Of July 18th, coming over
the Sante Fe route and making our
first stop at the Grand Canyon in Ari.
iona, which is certainly i wonderful
sight. The canyon is thirteen miles