State Center Enterprise (Newspaper) - May 23, 1929, State Center, Iowa TATE A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS STATi CENTER AND VICINITY Volume 58 STATE MARSHALL MAY 1929 NUMBER 21 Business Men to Gather at a Dinner Tuesday Anthony Items and George Lane and child ren left Friday for Indiana for a three weeks visit with the formers I r u c I Mr aml Mrs J N Turner aml Commercial Club Sponsors a children visited Sunday at the Charley Dinner at Englewood The Club State Cen Hill home at Green and Malthy and children and Caroline Koch were dinner guests Sunday at the Koch Charles Hlin are the Theyve Beaten Him Up But He is Still Game By Albert Reid ter will be revived next least proud of an 8 pound baby long enough to a business boy bora May mens dinner at the Englewood Tea The is free to all business men of State whether members and Guy Mills of McCalls berg visited the Henry Han and Maltby and Walter Helin and the club or will be served at children visited relatives at Ames Following the dinner the evening will be given over for a general dis cussion of a program for State Cen with particular reference to the and Harley McNabb and children of Iowa and Gale Johnson and children of Fort Dodge and and Lloyd Mar proposal to hold band concerts weekly tin and daughter of Carlisle visited o during the Other matters of particular interest to the business of the city may be brought President Rohde of the Com Club wishes us to make it par plain that the meeting and dinner are open and free to all busi ness men of the Even though you may not nave been a member of the Club are invited and will be The officers of the organization desire a particularly large attendance at this Elected to Mortar Board Miss Jeannette Richeson was one of the eight girls of the Junior class of Iowa State elected to mem in the Mortar Board a na tional honorary sorority for senior ver Sunday at the parental Mc Nabb and Ralph Engle and child ren spent Sunday with relatives at and Lindquist spent Sunday at the Ralph Lindquist at Hickman and children visited Hickmans moth er Sunday in and John Koch of Mar spent Saturday night with Caroline and on Sun day they visited at the Herb Fisher home near and entertained from Oilman Marvin Gibson spent the week end at Amy and Miss Laurah Miss Richeson is a daughter Rogera in Marshalltown Sun of and Richeson of this A peony and iris show is to be held on the Iowa State College campus on the afternoon of Memorial There will be no prizes and no placings but flower lovers of this community are Invited to bring in single as a spike speci mens of any one and large Containers will be furnish ed and competent authorities so far as name varieties which are brought and Harry and George Nate Keziah daughter Vi Miss Bertha Howard Glen Jackson aud Edith who is visiting Carrie Keeler attended a picnic at the Floyd Worman home near Con rad There were present at the Union Patriotic Service at Gym Sunday Evening Cleworth Will De liver Address on The Price of Peace Miss Mary Davidson who has been teaching school in South Dakota came Monday for a few days visit at the Schryver Miss Davidson was formerly a high school teacher and Mahlon Ridgway and children and Ridgway of dem ons ancL and Helsa beck of were guests Sunday at the Ridgway Albert Koch and family called in Nevada Sunday Marvin Gibson and Miss Lau rah Rogers were dinner guests Sunday evening at the Dozer Miss Mary Jamell of Nevada spet the week end at the home of her par Art Wolf and Miss Sybill Frein of Stacyville and Miss Isadore Wolf of Cedar Rapids spent the week end at the Frein and Lizzie Flanagan and Will Drew and family visited Sunday at the Ralph Jay home near Vinie Mooney and son Leslie of demons spent Sunday with the formers Anson and Howard Fish spent Saturday in Des Frein left Monday morn ing for where he will assist with dedication George Tight and Albion visited at the Chance and Grand ma Tight homes i and Charles Boyd of Iowa Falls spent the week end at the Whitney The Rosary Society of the Christian Commencement i Thursday Ends The School Year Senior Class Play Pleased Large Audiences Mon day and Tuesday Large audiences on both Monday and Tuesday evenings greeted the i presentation of the Senior Class Charm with The east of the play was well chosen lie presentation Archie Al lison and Lottie in the leading I roles played their parts exceptionally The play was directed by Miss dramatic and music for the program was i by the high schol with special numbers by Carol and a vocal duet by Misses Pauline and Maxino This Wednesday evening the an mini eighth grade graduation exercises will be held the Twen iy pupils lire graduating from the Junior High School and the ad dress will be given by Thursday evening I will i eilt er ui st clips from h briO house of Drake University will deliver the address mid musical numbers will be furnished by High Schools students and recent the Commence close the school graduating the i1 high a More Vail Motor Brings Five Fam ilies To New Company Will be Open for Business Early WINNERS IN SCHOOL MU MEMORY CONTEST METHODIST NOTES Sunday school at 10 Worship at A PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sunday School at Morning service at State Centers new business the Vail Motor is engaged this week in cleaning painting and ren s PAULS LUTHERAN Sunday School at German service at There will be no services in the eve Gymnasium to be Used in Case of at Under the direction of the patriotic the plans for Memorial Day in State Center are practically arranging the building formerly pied by the Lincol Highway and preparing for the opening of their They expect to be for car service next though they are already selling making their first sale here last The Vail Motor has a large Ford and will handle a full line of Model A and T Ford All of the men connected with the business are experienced men in the automobile The coming of the Vail Motor brings five new families to State Cen and Vail are this week moving into the Rohde house in the east part of The others are and Ben and and Charlie Armstrong and and Keith Ralph Noble of Rhodes also will be in the employ of the com Stokes comes from Des where he was formerly connected with Teachers Meeting at the parsonage j Arrangements have been on Friday in the I made to hold the services in the gym in the event that rain prevents an outdoor JOSEPHS CHURCH Mass will held at State Center on Sunday morning and at j 1Q and remain closed for In the music memory contest held last week in the Seventh and Eighth the following boys and girls from each grade were chosen as winners of music Also tha list of those honorable men tion is as follows Fifth Hille man and Maynard Honorable mention Virginia Edward arid Floyd Fick Sixth Kathryn Dob Donald Homer and Sedgwick Man son Honorable Velma Bessie Ruth Esther Hilleman and Rachel Seventh Vernon Hamin and Kathryn Honor The stores of the city will close Pauline Doris at JOHNS LUTHERAN French Grove Sunday School and Services Sunday at Sermon on Luke Theme The Christian View of Service for young The Young Peoples Societies of Re deemer Church at Marshalltown and the remainder of the day and The program of the local services is as follows March to Catholic cem March to Hillside cem Service at Song by American Legion Auxiliary Invocation by Trinity at Dillon have been After this service there will be a pic DeCorating of graves of address by nic at demons Park and at i a program in honor of the Walther Leagues This will be given gong by Legion Auxiliary in the Church all three quartet A union memorial service will be held at the school gymnasium next Sunday evening at 8 The of the evening will be formerly pastor of the Church of and well known Accompanying Cle worth to this city will be the Apollo quartet of The program of the service is as fol lows Bugle Legion Procession and Auxiliary American Legion Com Appollo Male Quartet of Mar Address The Price of The Appolo Church met last Thursday afternoon the Burkett Motor with at the Ehos Leldn home with eleven p will be in the sales members The time was spent i Keith service and j Decorating flag in honor of the Un I known Salute to the by firing Proceed to French Grove and Gladys Eighth Jane Weri sel and Jesse Irvin and Howard Hom er Honorable mention Loren Gertrude Jean nette Esther Mahoney and Ruth News of La piecing quilt I Charlie shop were An eight pound son was born Mon also formerly with the Burkett Motor A prettily appointed dinner was Corn Borer Likes Other Plants Too day May 20 to and of Des Both men have Tuesday evening at the Altho primarily a corn insect the Tom taken the Ford school of wit tlle the La European corn borer has been found j school the guests of the school j on more than 200 different kinds of Violets and lilacs were used according to Benjamin Line Twelve Notes COUNTY TO PARTICIPATE as favors and Covers j entomologist of the United IN CONTEST FOR GENIUS were laid at two long tables for twen States Department of who I Jackson was written a bulletin Fricke Made a Corporal In Marine Corps Has Been Transferred from Great Lakes to San The following extracts from a letter from Leland son of and Fred Fricke of State will be of interest to our as they tell of his progress in the Mar ine Corporal Fricke was at San at the time this letter was and Roy Goddard ancl fam ily and Grover Bogan ancl child ren spent Sunday afternoon at the Aves Homer Harrison and daughter Berniece attended the baccalaureate service at Melbourne Sunday and Russell Diggins and family attended the Senior Class Play at State Center Monday and Arthur DeButts spent Sunday evening at the Aves Marshall county will participate in the nationwide contest to select a boy genius as a possible successor to Thomas County dent of Shutt ter and Bissett reminded guests The Host Plants of the European i of the pleasures of being a school di Corn Borer in New In his Robinson told of a Sup studies Hodgson found that the joys and Miss Stewart borer is occasionally a pest of econo spoke of the thrills of teaching importance on plants other than Edison has asked the governors of tirst year Mrs Fred Benson told He also found that every culti all the states to aidl him in finding a boy of high school age who appears to have inventive the difference in preparation or lack host plant may act as a carrier of preparation of a teacher of the and that all host Brimhall and daughter motored to Des Moines Fri day and attended the Mother and Daughter banquet at the University They returned home Saturday accompanied by Miss Genevieve Brim hall and Miss lone Hall who spent the week end Sunday afternoon at the Rich ards and Roy Goddard and fam ily were callers in Marshalltown Mon day and Russell Diggins and family in Saturday j chosen by the inventor from the forty eight state candidates will be educated at his Shutt has received a letter from Governor John Hammill asking that the county superintendents cooperate in and the Marshall county school head is no the heads of each graded school in the county to name one representa tive to the county lus and the boy ago was served by the weeds and wild the forty es ancl Grace may harbor and help perpetuate the I have been a Corporal since the 25lh of Received a letter from the Major General Commandant saying I had made the highest grade ever made in the school at Great Then the next morning they gave me my corporals I make per and do not have to buy clothes or May lie I will get another raise The extra money sure comes in handy and I have just been thinking of buying a car or some civilian cloth The only reason I have not bought civilian clothing because there is a chance of being sent out to duty before One of my buddies got married when he got out here from Great He just met the girl and In One way to put money into assisted by Fred Pepper and i that he roosts above everybody else two weeks they were lation is to take It to the Fred I he begins to get week later he wae sent to Lois Evelyn Mayo and and Hyatt had as a week end Miss Amanda sou of Des and McCullough en a small group of friends evening at their Prizes Its surprising how many things a were given to and Benj girl can learn at a that never be of any use to The wise guy who knows how many itches there are in a mosquito can also tell you the number of peeps in a key I winners at five A licious lunch was served by the host Occasionally a man climbs so high