Lions Club Show Upholds Mt Vernon Tradition
The Mt Vernon Lions Club completed its 14th annual show titled Straight From the Horse's Mouth, a three day minstrel and variety event that funds a summer playground for local children. Since 1937 the club has used humor to poke at community figures while sustaining a tradition of broad town involvement and school participation.
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Lions Club
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
Mal Bowie
Vernongrocer
Lions
al Morrissey
Lloyd Oakland
Cornell College
D. A. van Metre
Mt. Vernon Bank and Trust Company
Lions Club Quartet
Main Street
College Hill
U. S. Post Office
Bank
Mt. Vernon Hawkeye Record
Marlin Merrill
Merlin Merrill
Reformatory Gets Water Tank and Barns Upgrade
The state reformatory will receive a $40,000 water tank built by Pittsburgh Steel Company to replace the current inadequate structure. A farm improvement costing about $32,500 includes a cattle barn two new corn cribs four remodeled barns a house remodeling and a new machine shed. Old barns are being torn down.
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Namosa
Men’s State Reformatory
Pittsburgh Steel Company
Dundee Dedicate School Annual to Mothers Club
Dundee high school dedicates its annual publication the DeeBee to the Dundee Mothers Club for supporting the lunch program. The club coordinates lunchroom help, gardens, canning, and equipment purchases, with 12-member monthly meetings and six members elected yearly for two-year terms.
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Dundee
Nanchester
Dundee Mothers Club
Mothers Club
DeeBee
Dolores Theel
Carroll Smithson
Beverly Haley
Lynn Snodgrass
Elmer Manson
Nancy Aliano
G. Pogue
R. Kelly
Lynn Puffett
Donald C. Hoth
E. Schroeder
Allen Haley
D. Gearhart
E. Dunkle
Harry Hillier
L. Smithson
P. Kramer
Kigoma Steamer Ties Congo to Mississippian Past
A Congo River steamer named Kigoma, formerly the Mississippi vessel of ten years, is moored at Kingabwa near Leopoldville. The craft carries a popular missive of Old Man River and Mark Twain as it plies the Stanley Pool, its fate tied to a long service voyage.
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Congo
Belgian Congo
Leopoldville
Kigoma
Old Man River
Kingabwa
Stanley Pool
Mississippi
Fire Chief's car catches fire in Carterville trip
Fire Chief John Hicks was inspecting Carterville when his department received a fire call as his own car burst into flames. Authorities reported no injuries, and firefighters responded to extinguish the blaze.
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Carterville, Ill
John Hicks
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J. R. Sandbach
Tnc
St. Paul
Minn
Ewing
Illinois
Messinger
Cedar Rapids
Owa
Complete Optical Service
Merle E. Garmoe
Optometrist
Third Street SE
Clarence Cox
Gazette
Dundees
Mittee
Sippi
Frieds Paint CO. Armor Coat
Second Avenue
J & R Motor Supply
Smulekoff
Deo Cm
America
General Motor
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