Adams County Union-Republican (Newspaper) - May 26, 1926, Corning, Iowa Eight Home Print Corning Adams County Iowa Wednesday May 26 1926 VoK LVI No 21 THE MEMORIAL SERMON Rev W B Crewdson Preached It to Union Meeting IN M E CHURCH LAST SUNDAY In Large Crowd Attended Service Honor of Living and Dead War Veterans The annual memorial day sermon was preached In Corning in the M E church last Sunday to a union meet Ins of all the churches Rev had charge of the service and music was members o the choirs of the various pipe organ Rev W B Crewdson the Church of Christ preached the sermon The various patriotic organization the city had been assemble at the armory prior to th marched In a body to tho churc Whereas our government recog izes certain days as legal holidays mong which is May Decoration ay and 4th Independence day and where those dates come on Sun ay as happens this year the govern ment rule Is to observe tho day fol t would therefore recommend hat wo observe May nd Monday July 5th aa the usual holidays W A Mayor PROCLAMATION SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED In Graduating Current Year Class for MEMORIAL OBSERVANCE ADDRESS BY JUDGE In MURDER TRIAL AT CRESTON 11 Evidence Completed In Gibson Murder Trial The trial of Big George Gibson charged with the murder of Sheriff on March Sth Is in progress In Tho state finished pre its evidence last Saturday and C T Gibson a brother of the accused Alice Fees Is Honor Student In Credits Earned The Corning schools closed with the graduating exercises In the opera house last Thursday evening A large crowd assembled to witness the cere monies and to hear the fino address by Judge F F of the Iowa supreme court son moved that a verdict nt not guilty be Fuller the mo tion Tho defense finished its evl Jury Is out as go to press he remembered that Sheriff In t for Decoration Day Events In Corning The exercises for day May will e held nt the ceme in the afternoon AH members the j United ican War Veterans and American Legion with auxiliary tions are to assemble nt the armory at oclock on Uie afternoon of Dec oration day It is also requested that all citizens willing to furnish cars for transporting orders to the cem eteries shall have the vehicles at the armory nl this time The procession will go to Oak Hill cemetery not later than oclock where the services will consist of the ritualistic work of the veterans organizations of three wars together with the American flag salute Following the decoration of the graves at Hill the procession will one number accompanied by Mrs Car sou Then came the lovely number contributed by the little folk of Miss Martha room of the Corning school They were dressed In colo nial costumes and danced the minuet Refreshments were served by the committee u charge The next meet ing ot the club will be with Mra Sam Tuesday Juno OUR SOLDIER DEAD Collings and A L Bourk went to tho where seats were reserved for them Gibson homo near Thayer last lino were eight survivors ot the for the purpose serving some legal war eight veterans ot the notices on Gibson who waa seen to war no members enter tie barn on his place As the The various sheriff hewas organizations afterward from well represented the effects of the In a dying Arriving at the church where the statement the sheriff declared crowd had already assembled the Gibson shot him that he had threat Star Spangled ever hymn sung which was followed by came onto tho Gibson place This statement was offered in evidence but the Baptist church James E the portion relating to the threat was Congdon Jr pastor of the Federated ruled out by the court church read the scripture lesson the The trail is attracting much atten in this the court room is crowded all the time oil the piano by Sirs Clifford Archer The classIs composed of Uie following named students Charlotte Raymond J Kane Kenneth F Barker Frank J Maas Marie E Edna Mahr Gladys L Aneita L Coleman Roger Montgomery Ralph C Cooper E Cotter Doris M Crowell Lucy A Curtis Kenneth D Darrah L Roberta Mildred Buena E Sago Rending ay Conaway John 1B Etna Marie Elizabeth Peterson F Phillips i Paul D Duncan ttla RuthO Dutton Alice M Fees N Tames E Spring E Stanley Garland Gearheart Clifford Velma Gearheart Francis J Tracey Enid Harper Floyd D Van Pelt Fern L Ralph Harold L Hayes Carlton H Vernon Gladys P Hiatt Floyd Walter Ruby A Opal Wheatley Roscoe E Hinton Helen Wllcox America by the congregation Before commencing his address Rev Several Coming people have attended Mr Crewdson caused the audience to the trial at various since It com Floy G Wilmarth Lola V PaulV Hunt W James Kate M Johannes Rev BS pastor of the E church divine WILL OBSERVE MONDAY Corning Business Men Will Close Places All Day on Holiday will bo observed as a holiday for Memorial day by tho busi ness men of Corning as will be seen by their announcement elsewhere In this issue of our paper Under the lawa of the country when a legal holi day occurs on Sunday Monday fol lowing Is observed and the Coming business men nro following that precedent Mayor also Eight Old Veterans Passed On During Last Three Years The ranks of tho veterans tho civil war are getting thinner each suc year until now but very few of tho aro left in the com munity During the past three years we have records of the passing of eight of the friends we all esteemed so high ly They aro Edward Kennedy Co B Wis Inft died May 3 1023 at Nodaway Lucns C A 111 Inft died June 15 192 S at Brooks Jonathan Co B Uth Ohio Cav died August 29 1924 at Creston Dempster Adams Co H 111 Inft died February IS 1925 at Corn Ing John H Turner Co G 11 Sth 111 Inft died October S 1925 at Corning Charles E Sniffer Ohio died December 2 1925 at to here the following program will he of general order No 11 mentis that all of our people do likewise as will bo seen by his mation in thiB will ho closed and 1 there will be no deliveries of mall on died February 14 1920 at Carl H Intt died March at Corning work of The American Creed mem er from each patriotic organization Vocal solo by Miss Glenn Gray Ritualistic work of the Spanish war and their auxiliary American Legion ceremonies and hose jf their auxiliary Prayer Special music by American Legion Reading of Lincolns Gettysburg by Paul Hogah Short talks by Archie D Turner and Carl Stanley Benediction the rural routes that day The car riers in the city will mako one deliv ery in the forenoon Monday Tea Party Friday of last week at tha home of Mrs O a num ber of ladies werp at a PRAIRIE ROSE Rev very pleasant social affair in the na ture of a tea party The hostesses Mrs Hawley Mrs A 55 Turner Jr Mrs D W Turner and Miss Laura Tiurner and Miss Glenn Gray whoso approaching marriage to Prof Lester W Made Address at Cemetery Sunday There was an unusually large crowd at tho Rose cemetery last Sun day afternoon when Rev W B Crowd son pastor of tho Corning Church of Christ address of tho day Tho service at thia place each year draws a big crowd and is not only A memorial to the soldier lead but also to nil who sleep in the silent city is a very beautiful cemetery fine shape and tho services aro al BETTER COMMUNITY CLUB Interesting Meeting Held Tuesday Afternoon with Mrs Stoddard The club meeting Howard has been announced for June was the guest of honor The deli refreshments were served from a prettily decorated table over which D W Turner and Mrs Austin Turner presided Alter the tea had been discussed and enjoyed a rap at the door TO stating that the meeting waa intended as much for a tribute to the living veterans as it was for the de ceased Very Sad Case of Max Stanley hava been He toofe Us text I greatly shocked aud grieved o learn on the assembly and then afternoon with Mrs school octette under direction was an event of impressive RV Mr Crewdson conducted the services in this place on a former oc casion something over a quarter of a century ago The services last Sun day the gentleman ona to numerous he ra present hat box who after inquiring for Mies declared that the people of America realize and appreciate the great work done for the her soldiers and love to honor them He alluded tu All found seems to point to suicide Glenn Gray and creating quite a bit ot the bride to be find ft contained aumer the last four years Miss Bryant has been a student at the University Of rime she has where memorials were erected to re call certain God set in the a memorial of his promise to man that there would not be another deluge the stones a memorial been d leader In many campus She had served two years on he university Y W C A cabinet she was president ot her sorority Alpha Phi president of her literary society and she had been elected to young folk to emulate In their future life It was one ofthe most practical graduation addresses ever given In Corning and the audience could easily understand why Judge pies his position 111 of the entrance of th e children of Israel into the promised land It is entirely fitting should observe memorial day declared the speaker and he proceeded to preach a good ser mon on the topic giving to civil war ns Spanish war soldiers and war soldiers tributes of praise and honor To the living he directed attention to the promises of God and exhorted he soldiers in the greatest army on earth the hosts of veterans the sen or womans honorary organization Her rare ability her poise her strong character and her charming personal state Following the oration came a selec tion by the glee club Fly Singing Bird and then Superintendent Durkee presented the graduating class to L L Casey president of the Corning school board who delivered to the students their diplomas Tho class then marched from the room followed by tormer Spring Lake reports tees Same repairs been made on the park equipment and It was voted to build picnic tables Tho boxes around the are to be tu the tilled with plan Big improvements have been made nt the depot is being financed by the railroad company at consider able cost Mrs Homer Carson had charge of the program of tho afternoon A piano solo was furnished by Meta Fees Miss Sara recited two poems Mrs Harry Coulter sang tho Lord FIERCE HEAT WAVE Thermometer Reaches 95 Degrees In Middle Went Monday Monday of this week surpassed all previous records for this year tor heat the reaching 95 in the shade in the middle of the afternoon Ity made her by all who knew her For a year or so shehad been wor ried that the responsibilities ot her many activities were making It Impos sible for her to maintain her former high standard in class room work Tuesday she learned that she could not graduate with her class In June Her oved ones believe that this shock a failure to realize all of her high hopes and ambitions broke her heart and mind and that she could see no way out except to take her own life Max will graduate in June from the University of Iowa after completing a course in engineering He has work for the summer in Chicago and in the audience and the school year guests for the new home to be Mrs A Ray Maxwell of Cres ton was an out of town guest and by tho way makes an excellent colored Essex Against Bonds At a in Essex this week a bond for building an addition to tho city school building was defeated by a 131 to 203 It was defeated hy a smaller majority last year No 15 makes the lake more accessible Republican Caucus Tho republicans of Douglas township will meet in caucus on eveu ing May at Carbon for the pur pose of nominating delegates to the county convention and for the trans action of such other business as may come before the meeting Thos Hendrickson Committeeman Bend us your Job printing The Intense heat was felt all the more because of tho fact have been having exceptionally cool weather for this time of year In the eastern states the weather waa cold and the 50 a Yesterday the heat was severe again and the weather predictions in that the heat wave will last fall plans to go on with graduate work In hydraulic and engineer ing over Alice Fees captured the honors for the four years the class has spent in the high school with the highest per centage very nearly 95 Etna made a remarkable record graduating with an average bove 90 per cent and also with 39 where only 32 are required for graduation Lucy Curtis and Lois each had 37 credits Claire Cotter and Norma Roberts Alice Fees and Raymond Kane 35 Harper Kathleen Jo hannes Buena Sage Floyd Van Pelt Floyd Walters 34 Gladys Aneita Coleman Doris Crowell Mil dred Dillon Paul Duncan Gladys Hiatt Paul Hunt Pansy Scheel Melva Snethen Arthur Stanley Opal Wheat ley and Floyd Wilmarth 33 of There were several prostrations from heat reported Monday In the middle west ern states Reserva Infantry Officers Col C M Stanley is just homo from two weeks spent in camp with 18 other officers of the Reserve In fantry of which Col Stanley Is tho commander The personnel of this regiment comes from the western halt of the state The reserve Is made BP ot men who have had former ex affairs In the of another war their services f be called for the and tho had been called Establish Drainage District The Adams county board of held a meeting last Saturday and officially designated the new drain age project from Carl to ait Etna District No 2 The engineer Is now engaged in making a permanent sur vey be reported to the nest meeting of the board at which time It is probable an advertisement for bids will be ordered NEW AUTO NUMBERS HERE Orange Figures on Dark Blue Back ground for Next Year A few days ago County Treasure Abbey received 2900 sets ojautoinp He license numbers for use In this in 1927 They weigh a little Dont dread the heaten joy the summer I Thousands of men who used to perspire und mop their faces during the hot months now are cool as a cucumber and appear well and comfortable They Lave found the wear KUPPENHEIMER CLOTHES Hot Weather ess than two tons 3700 pounds number next year will Se 2 seniors Made Money The senior class took in on the two evenings last week on which their entertainment was given The class purchased worth ot voted to Miss Gray who coached the play in the event the members of the class choose to tarnish a room In the BOW schoolhouse Cornin ever secures one the money in bonds will be used for the purpose Kr aale at this Our The loven counties in the state that have arge registrations will be designated iy letters of the alphabet and the counties with registrations less than 10000 will be numbered which places Adair county as mimber 1 and Adams as number 2 The license plates for 1927 are dark blue in color with numbers In orange design Mr and Mfs Will Ogburn and chil dren Byron and Wayne were business visitors in Saturday nnd vhile there called on friends Mr and Mrs T L AWn and children Neckties Mens 350 to Dress Shirts Lightweight to Dress Trousers to S 50 to S loO 1000 350 250 850 STRAW HATS to THE PRICE MAKERS i M
