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JIMirrorAftjper that Bdhwu In “Community JnWrW and Has Constantly Worked for ThomSIXTY-EIGHTH YEAR OXFORD JUNCTION, JONES CO., IOWA, THUBSOAyTmAY 1, 1947NO. 18BURIAN-STEFFENS nuptials 'In the beautiful and impressive double-ring service at the English Lutheran church In this cily, before a capacity house of relatives and frlendis, Thursday afternoon, AprJ Mth, at. 12:00, llie Rev. Wesley J. Buck, pastor, officiating Wise Dar-Icon Burian, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. EniiJo Durian, aud Vernon Steffens, son or Mr. aud Mrs. August Steffens, both principals of Oxford Junction's younger social group, were -united ia the bonds Of holy wedlock.Nuptial music was played by Mrs. G. J. Dees, who accompanied tbe soloist, (Mrs. Mans Ahrondaen. who sang J,f Lovl* You Truly and ’'Because.Ohas. Novotuy of Cedar Rapids cousin of thn bride, and Robert Tfarllg of Clarence, cousin of the bridogroom, served as uahcrB, Nancy Volk was flower girl and Jimmie Dean of Olin, nephew of the faride groom, was rlug-beoror. Keith Unr-fcur sorvoil the bridegroom a* best man.Tho bride, given in jnarriago by lior father, was tastefully attired In a gown of while Batin and ninon, the satin bodice ending In scallops over the full skirt of ulnou extending In a senior train. Her fingertip; Toll of white illusion was edged with laco and hold in .place by a beaded' coronet and she carried a shower bouquet of ipink. rones anil doialos, wearing a alnglo strand if bridca pearls, girt of Ui6 bride-groomiMJaa Donna Mno Zaraba, cloac friend .of tho /bride, nerved her os maiit' of lienor, nveaciug a gown of blue marqutsetto. She wore a strand of pearls, gift of the ibrlde, aud carried a colonial bouquet of spring flowers.Following the ceremony n recep Uon was held In tho social -room p tho church far lt;t1ie Immediate families and close friends of tho bride and bridegroom. Decorations were in hluo and white snapdragons and candles nod a beautifully decorated threlt;vtlor cake, bearing a miniature bride and bridegroom, center-• ed the ibridal table. Serving was in charge of Donna Lou Christensen, Olga Durdfl, Leuora Dlvoky of Cc-Raplds aud Dcnna BenharL Both Ibrlde and bridegroom fire graduate* of Oxford Junction high school nnd are very well aud favor-i!y known to n large circle of acquaintances, The bride for the past few yon/TB has been saleslady in the WcCreight grocery and the •bridegroom has been and will continue farming with. Ills lather. The yuung couple will soon .be at home on the farm near thla city.Thu Mirror Joins their host of friends In wishing them every happiness and snoeess throughout their lives.Out-of-town guesLs in attendanceincluded Mrs. KJwood Bunge and Mra. Anna Hartlg and son Robert of Clarence, Mr. und Mrs, Lawrence Doan and son James and Mrs, Ervin Hartig and daughter Sharon aud son Larry of Olln, Mrs. Arthur Kintzel nnd son Klnnoy and daughters Karon, Susan and Carol of Stanwood, Mr. and Mrs. tfms. Novotny, Mr. and Mrs. John Nowa-cbek, Misses Gtgu Bur da, Donna Lou Christensen and Lenora Divo-ky of Cedar Rapids and Mrs. Maud Guest aud IMrs. Mary Fritz of Dcb-Folu“' .....• ,MOTHER DIES SUNDAY NIGHTAs this item, is .read by our readers in this community the Elderly Printer Is enroute la bin .birth place • -iLoogootee, in southern ludluun— to be present at llie fuueral of Ills mother, Mrs. America Rogers Hall, who died iu. Llie homo or her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest L. Campbell, Okmulgee, Okln_, otter a brief Illness of brou-'uhlal puouiuionln, at the advauceil age of 11G years. T,Ve bopo to publish obituary lu our next issue. Jusl •iiow wo feel unoqual to writing It in the press of (preparing for early departure.STORK SPECIAL Born, Ld Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Long, of Greeley, at St. Luke's hospital,Cedar Rapids, April 23, a daughter, weight 7 ibu. i oz. S he bun linen named Linda Jo. The Longs liayo many friends hero who Jpolu us in extending congratulations. Wo un-dcrBtund It .taxes six girls to makoj science sLudy.Local Sclhiool—x—K'garten, First anil Second GradesMary Joy os been absent because of menales,iKathleen brought a big rock wo all admired. [More pupils are planting Utile gardens and studying bow seeds sprout aud grow.:We urn wUfthlng oqine cocoona to see'what I hey,bring-forth.The kindergnrten are doing nice coloring and say big Mother Goose rhymes and drawing.We enjoy our .TlukIc period ou Monday and acverai slug real well.iWo have been nicking May baskets and some ar j real clover.Larry brought A picture for our May calendar. j We havo some early wild floworB, Blood roots, Dutchman's breeches and grape hyacinths.Third and Fourth Gradea Putay Juchrlng Is still an absen-to. We hope she will bn with, ua nguia coon.Sharou Vucok brought a rock fora baskcLbnll tecum, but two's a fair aturLLeo Juulor Dorr and Mias Mildred Talmcr of Bclmoud spent Sunday in tho David Kelly home. Thoy are Leo's grundpaieiUB.(—*-xx —MIKE’6 LETTER AT LAST Otir inat adllc^rom frtend'Mikn Souhrada won written near tho Just woek in Fobruury and gal ou the boLLom of our copy book. Though lie and his guod wife are home and may liavo told this story, we still dcoir. 11 worthy of pubUeullon, so hero goos-:No. Loug Beach, naiif. Dear Editor juid Friends:Last week lt;1 wrote of my visit to Santa Ann. TlUa time 1 would lllfo tu tell of -Uio Iowa picnic In -Lincoln Pank, Los Angeles. sWIbIi I could sond you a picture of tho gathering. Uucoin Park ban un area of about 4ILacres; part Is an artificial pond full of geese, ducks, nwans and sea guUs—you. wild fowfl.About 20 acres ia set out with flhado trees; park benches aud long rows of park lt;tables are ready fox visitors to spread the cloth nnd set out Uio food usually taken to a picnic.Katblosn. Burda-brought a moth and both udonce classes onjoyed It.Wo flniuhod reading “'The 8tory Of Bill Cody nnd Michael Koranda .told us about b!s grave which he vlsltod last aumiuor.High School NoteaOBITUARY MARY STARMANFuneral services were held from the liaydou. Fuuerul Home lost WodncBday afternoon, April 23, for -Mrs. /Mary (Fritz) Starmon, 59, who died April 2J at her home in Denvetr. CUlu. Rov. DcJong of * Marion Presbyterian church, conducted tho service, slngors waro Mrs. Otto ICoranda and Mrs. Louis ingwerseu, accompanied by Mrs. G. J. Decs, and 7mrlal was in Mayflower cemetery.Mary Fritz wqs born Nov. 1, 1887, ui Oxford Junction, where she resided until 1914, when (he family .mios'ed- to Marlon, IpWa. 6ho wns married -to John Starman at lovra City, Nov. 1934. |WlilIo (residing In Marlon she was employed as stenographer 'In tho Linn couctv dork's office und In the offlcoo of the edar Rapids board of education. She was n member of tho Marion Prorfbylerlna church and the 0. E. S. of that city.Slie la survived -by her husband and a slstr.tr, IMra. Henry Zak of Marion* $ xx-AT SPRING CONFERENCEDelegates from the American Legion aud Auxiliary who altondud the Spring District ’Conference at C.nrfnr Rapids Monday wero Harold KluUu, Otto Lasack, Wm. Shim-anek, Robert Nowachek, I/umlr So-iHJika, and Mib. Thoe. Huoward-son, Mrs. Grace Stuhr, Mrs. L. H. Riddick, Mrs. Elward Lcdvlna, Mrs. Bmnia Klalin, Mrs. O. J. Bees, Mra. Anna Lasack.LUTHERAN CHURCHDEATH HARRY VAN WORMERHarry Van Wonnor, grcat-unclo uncle of Lewis M. Hayden and1 Mrs. •jUftrgcry McGuire, dlod at tho ago of Cfi at his homo In lirnlnnrd, MLn-nosatJi, last Thursday, April 24. HIb remains woro brought horc for bur-Tho calendar oi the remaining I “ weeka oC hl«h1nc%.l Is a* follow*: £ *!' ^ At 01ln Qad* ;May!2;'SoUlor^wC' ’ • * * ' ''*V: “ BWvlcot *t;Jhe grave were conducted by Bcv. Wwloy J. Buck of:May'2,‘ SeniorIiluy S, Athletes Iionarcd at PTA_ May 15. Junior-Senior liaaquoL May 18. Baccalauroate.May 20-21, Semester oxitms.-May 22, Grade picnic,'May 22. Graduation.Way 23, School closes.The Seniors will present their cJnsa play, “Bolly, tho Qlrl o' Mytbo local English Lutheran church.Hurry VanWonner wm born near Wuucoinn March 27. 1873. Jib want to War ion In 1901 and wub mao-chlol dispatch or of the Milwaukee railroad thcro In 2918. Ho retired Jn 138.Besides his widow, tbo forme SubIc Bvorbort, lie leaves sovorntHeart, Frldaj’ evening May 2. in , , Tn 1 ***U.* SCI,00! m at 8 o'CoCr. ? ““ ^ V“ _ I WOHDicr of Cedar Itaplds.P. T. A. MEETING I RAINDOW GIRLSTho P t. A .mooting wii] be hclrf a school of Instruction was hold May S, Instead of 19, as originally Monday afternoon for tbo ItuJnbow Planned, at which time activity.a- Girls and tho work was evemplltUd warda wUl to prescDtmt and talks hn thc evening, wheu Miss Jane given by 0. W. Brcneinaa of Low- ejicq Paulnctl ^ Onslow was Inltl den and AJborl Kolarik of Clar- Ltod Into tho order.Cn^e‘ Mrs. Ethel A. BnJIard, districtTwo refrcsmcute coirnnJttes are depuly Jlnlabow Iustruclor and a as follows: Mrs. Lcwia M. Hoyden, (momier of tb« state ’exeaitlve chairman, Mr. and Mra. Palmer Uonrd, from West Union, conduct Vaughan, Miss Chriutino Ahrnn’d- Ld tho ochool of Instruction and a And'this 2d acres was Jammed 1 VId^ pot-lnck dinnor followed at 6. Awith imimtlniated 36,000 people, alPAJlI^'B7^Jr Lra ^!nr,ri,rSrirL *** fl0Wcrs W0TD PreseulL'JfronL towa. Each county had a rrg-1 ^ Mrfl- ^Ule Cave, to Mrs. Mlard -by the glrle.strati on -board, where visitors sign GUCntJ1 Wer- pres€nt 1x0111their munes. with loth Iowa Jd ^ Uing and Onslow.California addrcssns. i,T 1 J1 KJabn. Following the evening meetingAnd, of course, (he crowd comes J. ** MIsB AJlce refresh ui on to wore served hy th9,nd the idea is to look nl “ t u /Q°h“ M“’I«^ltteef JoAnne Straka, La-cordcd names and then look for! q,.r ^ « P ’ Frajllf ’Winters, JoAnno Wilson.Slilmanek, Mrs. Frank Shlmerda; DonnH Zan]bftlt; SWr2 Vilcck ^Mi's. Geo. Volk, chnimmu, ' Moa-fbunies Vornan Steffens, Walter Shedck, Wlltmr Soppo, Lee Stowers, Joe SLraka, Otto Straka, Mrs.Victor'Tatak, Joe Teymer, Walter Twachtmann, George Vxicek, A] bnrt Vncek, Lumir Vocek, Antonc Vanicek, Ernest Wink.corded names and then look for ho poo-plo -you know, r did a little checking and found that Joush county bootU bad about 200 recorded and our jtttlo Oxford Junc-iou was claimed by 36. Will call he roll as they do in the dmay. last name only: Brink, Honnlngsen, Hansen, Lungon, Jitaihies, Souhra-da, Young. Absent. * that I know.It was a noisy crowd and as one stood around about all you heardRuth Ann WJlcox.XXMIRROR WANT ADS Git ReMilt*Joseph. Kulhnvy Jr. of Davenport wa* “Hmmt .rr.™ , « » RIent Sun^ay ,n ^ home of htshonn ! ;,r1 f, LaVa y°'’ Mr. nd Mra. J0B01)h Kal-noon out hero?' Aud the answers;havy Sr.Come, Enjoy!ranged from, two months to thirty years.As -to onyseir, I met railroad men I knew ifrorn Chicago to Perry, fa. Temp era turo today 85 above'.Aa evor, ,[Mr, and Mrs. M. Souhrada. '■XX-CARD OF THANKSI wiBh to thank alt -zny friends . who Bent ras cards and letters and visited me while I was In the hospital and sines my retnn) home.Mr. John A. PetersenThe Senior Cl*i* Play, BETTY, GIRL OF MY DREAM1 High 8chool Auditorium FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 2 Tomorrow Night at 8:00— x —Prices:A* UsualWesley J. Buck, PastorSunday School and adult BlbU study 9:46 a. m.Morning worehlp 11 a. m. Comjrmmion will he celebrated at this service.Junior Luther Llt;yague Thufaday after Bchool.Jxilher Leaguo Thursday at 7:30 Iu tho social room.Sunday ovenlug, April 27, tho Eugllah Lutheran church celehrat-od In an altar dedication -service. In order that tho congregation might dedicate tu -God the newly Installed altar.Tho Itov. Dr. D. A Piper of Fairfield was guest speaker. HIb mes-aago orplaluod thu purpose of altar* In Ohrlatlan churchoB afl symbolic of tho prosoaco of God. It wno par-l leu lari y brought out that both tho ollar and IHu otobs .upon Jt is not thu monopoly .ot ' any particular church group, -but' the monopoly- of Christian groups.Special music in the service was famished by the choir. Attendance was large.Tbo community la invited to aeo Iho Improvements. Willi l*creaaed liitorost and ciomborflhip we shall go a long ways, New mcmbors ro-colved at this sorvico worn Mr. and Mrs. Ix»wla Hayden, Mtb. Louis Kula Mr. und Mrs. Carl Ixrenxcn and Mr. Ed Polarsen,RofroahmonU wore oorvod nnd oportunlty offord«l for felow8hij folowJng tho aorvlco.OXF. MILLS COMMUNITY S. S. Kcnnoth Harden, Studint Paatcr Chsuncny Hodgden, 8upL Mra. L. Und«rwood, Seo.-Treas.Sunday School....................10 ju m.....May 4, Church aervlcca at 2:30.Aid Society meeting at iMrs. Oolc-or*s well attended and enjoyed.Tho .president, Mrs. -Elsie ^Toade, Instmctod comjruILtces lo paper chnrch, »builtl chlmnoy, remodel dining lables, clean lawna and tbo church regularly.Bazaar will bo In the fall, dno to remodeling work.Mrs. Ethel Jeffrey, vice-president, had charge of the meeting.You are _ Invited to all aorviseB.METHODIST CIWR0H Kenneth J. Harden, Stud ant Pmtf Mr*. Q. E. Cress, 8. S. 8upt.Sunday School at 10:00 a. m. Worship service 11:00 a. m.ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH Wilbur Althelde, FaatorServices will be held In the boa*-mont of the new church as follows:Sunday School ........... 9:45 o. m.Morning Worship 10:45 o. m.EvnngelJiUc Service .... 7:3o p. m.rrnesday Bible Study 7:80 p. m,SACRED HEART CHURCH Rav, Fr. Joseph Gropor Confession Saturday afternoon u8.00, and ererUsjr at 7‘U p. m.First Moat at 8:09 a. m.'Second Maas at 10:W a n.
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