Cessfords Celebrate 90th Anniversary With Marion Dinner
Marion family hosts a dinner at Roy S. Cessford’s Cedar Rapids home honoring Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Cessford on their 90th wedding anniversary. Attendees include siblings, in-laws, grandchildren, and Cessford kin from Iowa Falls, Marion, Washington, and Portland. The couple married May 1, 1889, in Tipton and have lived in Marion 25 years. he remains active as a plumber.
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Roy S. Cessford
Cedar Rapids
J. M. Cessford
Seventh Avenue
R. H. Thomas
Marion
Mr. Cessford
Fred Cessford
Iowa Falls
Robert Cessford
Cessford
Tipton
Shower honors Dorothy Drake Ware before marriage
A miscellaneous shower at the Hammond home honored Mrs. Richard A. Ware prior to her marriage, with 55 guests attended by Betty Beranek, Phyllis Peterson, Alice and Alberta Hammond. Arlene Luedemann played accordion solos and Bing Crosby sing‑alongs were advertised for Garden showings. Several local groups planned meetings and social events, including the Past Noble Grand association, Townsend club, Emma Kendall circle, Marion American Legion, Athenian club, and more, with dates and hostesses listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard A. Ware
Dorothy Drake
Clifford Burns
Sumner Jordan
Harry Hammond
Hammond
Arlene Luedemann
Betty Beranek
Phyllis Peterson
Alice
Alberta Hammond
Miss Mildred Carpenter Heads to World’s Fair Role
Miss Mildred Carpenter leaves Marion area for New York City to join Book House for Children as a representative at the world’s fair. She toured Ohio nine months and will be stationed with firm officials in attendance.
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Mildred Carpenter
New York City
W. B. Carpenter
Marion
Carpenter
Ohio
Book House For Children
Fred Louis, Jr
Fred III
Harlan
Carpenter Home
Elberon Couple Celebrate Their 60th Anniversary
Elberon Mr. and Mrs. Martin Ulch marked sixty years of marriage with an open house. The American Legion auxiliary delivered a bouquet of golden roses. A family gathering followed with a large decorated wedding cake and flowers. Their 30 years in Elberon business life and civic work are noted, with children Albert, Mrs. F. F. Weiden, Fred, Otto, and Leonard in Elberon, plus eleven grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Elberon
Martin ‘Ulch
the American Legion
Ulch
Mr. Ulch
Michael
Maria Ulch
Bohemia
United States
Iowa City
Martin
Albert
Tama County
Catherine Bures
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Clutter
F. F. Weiden
Keystone
Fred
Otto
Leonard
Community notices and social events roundup
A town notices listing social gatherings and ads. Residents attend picnics and teas while clubs plan meetings at homes across Des Moines Ames Cedar Rapids and Marion. Advertisements promote real estate rentals and local services as residents share weekend plans and family visits.
Mrs Etter And Mrs Kelleher To Attend Democratic Session
Mrs Mary S Kelleher of Fort Dodge and Mrs Flora Cotton Etter of Sigourney will lead Iowa’s delegation to a regional conference of democratic women in St Louis May 5 6 The event marks the last major gathering before the 1940 national convention An open forum will discuss equal representation for women in party affairs Speakers include Mrs Florence S Kerr of Grinnell and WPA director from Grinnell College background notes list participating states Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Arkansas Texas and Louisiana and others.
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Des Moines
Towa
St. Louis
Mary S. Kelleher
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Democratic State Central Committee
Flora Cotton Etter
Sigourney
Kelleher
Florence S. Kerr
Grinnell
Grinnell College
Works Progress Administration
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
Louisiana
Lydia Nevil obituary notes long Iowa life and family
Lydia S Pratt Nevil 81 died in Independence after years of illness. Services and burial planned for Monday in Diagonal. Born June 20 1857 near Iowa City to Preston and his wife, she married Martin Benson in 1874 and Blanchard Nevil in 1924. Surviving are four sons Charles Alfred Dwight Max and five daughters Elmer Olson Overholser Kitler Perdue Burkett. OSSIAN death notice of William Anderson from Devil's Lake North Dakota arrives. he born in Springfield township Winneshiek county. studied law at the University of Minnesota. wife Mary Cahill preceded him. daughter Kathleen Blodgett of Los Angeles survives.
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Independence
Lydia S. Nevil
Swan and Leytze
Diagonal
Lydia Pratt
Iowa City
Preston Pratt
Colorado
Iowa
Martin Benson
Blanchard Nevil
Charles Benson
Hines
Minn
Alfred Benson
Bemidji
Dwight Benson
Boulder
Colo
Max Benson
Decorah
Elmer Olson
Minneapolis
W. H. Overholser
Fairgrove
F. J. Kitler
Youngstown
Ohio
Stella Perdue
Clyde Burkett
Ossian
William Anderson
Devil’s Lake
N. D
Anderson
Springfield Township
Winneshiek County
Erick Anderson
University of Minnesota
Mary Cahill
Kathleen Blodgett
Los Angeles
Jolas And Seroff To Play At May Festival
Pianists Jacques Jolas and Victor Seroff are booked for the Cornell May festival second concert on Friday May 12. They will perform selections from Bach The Art of the Fugue, a work recently heard in New York. Seroff, a Russian, now teaches and performs in New York. Jolas is in his fourth Cornell year with notable New York appearances.
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the Gazette
Mount Vernon
Jacques Jolas
Victor Seroff
Cornell
Bach
New York City
Seroff
New York
Jolas
Columbia Network
Cornell Oratorio Society
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Thelma von Eisenhauer
William Miller
Ryan Woman At Age Of 84 Heads 5-Generation Family
Christina Smith of Ryan marked her 84th birthday with a five generation photo. The Lincoln County resident, born in 1855 in Scotland, has three children nine grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren. Her diary from the six weeks voyage with her father era remains, and she has quilted three pieces this winter. Her great-great granddaughter Christa Lee Schmerhorn sits with her, while Isia Haight, Sam Taylor, and Alfred Schmerhorn appear in the portrait. Elizabeth Wilson, Delhi, died in 1920 just shy of 100.
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Gazette
Van
Christina Smith
Ryan
Smith
Christa Lee Schmerhorn
Isia Haight
Haight
Sam Taylor
Winthrop
Alfred Schmerhorn
Scotland
United States
Elizabeth Wilson
Delhi
Iowa Governor reshapes state board after removal
Governor Wilson fired the state board of control at the senate's request. Roy Pullen, a Spencer farmer and Republican, was named to replace Harry Co. White, with another appointee expected to be a Democrat. Democrats E Moore of Harlan and Morris Moore of Walnut are mentioned as possible appointees. Staff cuts reportedly loom, with Earl Ryan hoped kept, and John F. Wessels named secretary of state for a short term not taken office. Former Sec. Robert E. O'Brian contested the earlier term's end.
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ES Moines
Wilson
State Board of Control
Senate
Institutional
Roy Pullen
Spencer Farmer
Harry Co. White
Pullen
Rep. E. Moore
Harlan
Ae More Morris Moore
Walnut
Earl Ryan
Securities Department
John F. Wessels
Wessels
Robert E. O'Brian
Soft Spot in Iowa Legislature Over Bureaucracy and Clock
Democrats mock Earl G. Miller's shrinking office as Secretary of State under GOP reorganization. The Forty eighth Iowa General Assembly lingered past adjournment with clocks misset, delaying final passage and enrollment of bills though legality remained intact.
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Iowa
New law settles seats for judiciary committee
The interim committee increases to twelve members and clears a long standing dispute by allowing chairmen of both judiciary committees in both houses to sit. Previously only Judiciary No 1 chairmen could sit, leading to Donahue and Shaw contention before Shaw prevailed.
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Legislative Interim Committee
E. P. Donohue
New Hampton
A. J. Shaw
Pocahontas
Shaw
Donahue
Des Moines Factory Output Rises From 1935 to 1937
Des Moines 1937 census shows 251 establishments employing about 6,999 workers, wages totaling 8.15 million, materials and power costs near 40.0 million, and product value of 67.69 million, up from 249 establishments, 6,345 workers, 6.38 million in wages, 32.37 million for materials, and 56.01 million in product value in 1935. Newspaper printing leads in product value, with 18 plants and 822 workers earning 1.23 million in wages. Baking industry ranks second in product value and first in average wage earners with 25 plants and 956 workers.
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Washington
Des Moines
Census Bureau
It's Up To Me Governor Wilson's Postsession Remark
Governor Wilson did not send a farewell message to the legislature beyond thanking the notification committees and congratulating them on completing the work. Two years earlier Nelson Kraschel offered similar wishes, praising deliberation and expressing godspeed. Wilson remarked, It's up to me now.
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Wilson
Nelson G. Kraschel
Retrenchment shifts securities unit to state agencies
The securities department will soon move from Secretary of State Miller to the state insurance department. The unit currently employs eight staff members as it operates under the secretary. Republic-
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Securities Department
Secretary of State
Miller
State Insurance Department
Republic
Gladbrook Woman Again Heads Federated Clubs
Mrs Chauncey Allard of Gladbrook was reelected Tama county chairman of Federated clubs at a Friday meeting at the American Legion hall in Gladbrook. Mrs Lester Engel of Gladbrook was elected vice chairwoman with Mrs A E Agena of Garwin named treasurer. Tama will host the fall meeting. 112 women registered. ten towns and eleven clubs represented.
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Gladbrook
Chauncey Allard
Tama County
American Legion Hall
Lester Engel
Allard
A. E. Agena
Garwin
Tama
Sioux City Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Charge
Sioux City resident Ed F Hanley aged 32 pleaded guilty before Federal Judge James A Donohoe to a Dyer act violation with sentence deferred. He and George Corbett allegedly took a car to Hubbard Nebraska and were caught trying to enter a store, escaping jail two days later before Corbett was later sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary at Lincoln.
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Omaha
Ed F. Hanley
Sioux City
James A. Donohoe
Hanley
George Corbett
Hubbard
Neb
Corbett
Washington
Lincoln
Maquoketa Photographer Remembered As Poet Laureate
Mr. Cundill, Maquoketa's Poet Laureate, took photos of Civil War era marches and later conflicts. He joined Company I of the Twenty Fourth Iowa as an honorary member after writing a reunion poem. Born Sept 27 1855 in Clinton county, he moved to Maquoketa and married Ella Cass in 1886.
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Twenty-fourth Iowa Infantry
Iowa
Cundill
Jackson County
Izaak Walton
Preston Bradley
Company I
Twenty-fourth
Clinton County
Welton
Maquoketa
Ella Cass
Cundill Block
Honor Elberon Couple On 50th Anniversary
Elberon celebrate golden wedding as Charles K Mundel born May 22 1863 and Julia Yelik Mundel born April 12 1869 mark fifty years of marriage. Legion auxiliary delivered supper and gold tea rose bouquet at their Elberon home. The couple farmed in Tama County before retiring in 1902 and moving to Elberon. They had two children Eddie who died in infancy and Frank of Cedar Rapids.
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Elberon
Charles K. Mundel
Tama County
The
Legion Auxiliary
Mundel
Mr. Mundel
Vining
Julia Yelik
George Yelik
J. L. Bracken
Tama
Eddie
Frank
Cedar Rapids
Building Activity and Business Changes in East Iowa Towns
Decorah reports five new homes planned with excavations and foundations underway for buyers Karl Hanson Arthur Heckman H E Peterson and Earl Zahrnat in the Luther college area. A new Fifth Ward school foundation is poured Oscar Towson prepares a East Main Street home foundation. Lars Seim完成 a residence near Decorah Hospital sold to Dr Howard. Mount Vernon sees Don Pringle purchase of Mrs J B Robinson property on East First Street incl barn and acreage with occupancy planned by June 1. Troy Mills Andy Andrews of Coggon buys Joseph Pronek residence. Pronek takes possession of nearby acreage near Waterloo. Wadena sees Wilbur Hurd open harness and shoe shop in former Heilbrick building sold to Ole Johnson. Luana Robert Sebastian buys east town filling station and Davenport residence from Bart McGonigle. West Branch M R Christensen buys Model Cafe from Hahn and Howard. remodeling May 1 with brief closure.
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Decorah
Karl Hanson
Arthur Heckman
H. E. Peterson
Earl Zahrnat
Luther College
Fifth Ward
Oscar Towson
East Main Street
Lars Seim
Decorah Hospital
Howard
Mount Vernon
Don Pringle
J. B. Robinson
East First Street
Troy Mills
Andy Andrews
Coggon
Joseph Pronek
Pronek
Waterloo
Wadena
Wilbur Hurd
Eldora
John Heilbrick
Ole Johnson
Luana
Robert Sebastian
Bart McGonigle
C. B. Davenport
M. R. Christensen
Hahn and Howard
Toledo Little Symphony to Perform May 11 at Methodist Church
The Little Symphony under Harlan Yerkes will give a May 11 concert at Toledo’s Methodist church. New member Phyllis Pace Arends, violin, joins as concert mistress, with others including Mrs Dale Bardo piano and John Hinegardner bass saxophone. Special numbers feature solos by Mrs BenDickson Tama, Miss Olmstead, Miss Amidon, and Cloyd Cannon, plus Toledo High School chorus numbers under Doris Williams.
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Toledo
Little Symphony Orchestra
Harlan Yerkes
Methodist Church of
Phyllis Pace Arends
A. A. Pace
Drake School of Music
Dale Bardo
James Watkins
Zelic Sime
George Bonnell
John Hinegardner
H C. Benedict
Tama
Wanita Olmstead
School For the Blind
Vinton
Georgiana Amidon
Cloyd Cannon
Toledo High School
Doris Williams
Mrs Susan Livingstone Dies at 77 in Center Junction
Mrs Susan May Livingstone 77 died suddenly at her Center Junction home Friday afternoon from a heart attack. Born May 1 1861 in St Louis she moved to Iowa as an infant and lived near Andrew then Center Junction. Survived by four daughters Laura Alexander Anna Leech Daisy Richardson Myrtle Himebaugh and son Frank. Funeral in Presbyterian church with Rev A Alyea officiating. Burial in Madison Pioneer cemetery east of Center Junction.
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Ares
Gazette
Center Junction
Susan May Livingstone
Livingstone
Matthew
Anna Smith McNeilly
St. Louis
Iowa
Jackson County
Andrew
Jones County
James, F. Livingstone
Laura Alexander
Springville
Anna Leech
Daytona Beach
Flo
Daisy Richardson
Detroit
Myrtle Himebaugh
Frank
Cedar Rapids
Presbyterian Church
A. Alyea
Madison Pioneer Cemetery
Operating Income Of Class One Railroads Shows Big Increase
The Association of American Railroads reported that class one roads earned net operating income of 85,808,342 in the first quarter of 1939, up from 19,963,178 a year earlier. Gross operating revenue reached 897,774,120 versus 813,163,372, while operating expenses were 693,925,162, compared with 676,923,373 in 1938.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
George McEowen Funeral Services Held At Lisbon
Funeral services for George McEowen a 75 year old Lisbon resident were conducted Saturday with burial in Mechanicsville cemetery. He died Thursday at home after a life spent as a farmer. Survived by wife Anna two daughters Maude Walshire and Hazel Wood both of Mechanicsville a son George McEowen Jr of Britton Okla six stepchildren Fred Albert and George Holcomb Mrs Arnold Maeder Walter Lowe and Mrs Clara Archibald and two sisters Mrs Walter Scott and Mrs Gus Reasland.
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Lisbon
George McEowen
Mechanicsville
McEowen
Anna McEowen
Maude Walshire
Hazel Wood
George McEowen, Jr
Britton
Okla
Mrs. Albert Truesdell Dies In Coggon Vicinity
Mrs. Albert Truesdell 73 died at 5 30 p m Saturday at the home of her son Roy Truesdell between Coggon and Central City She lived in the area most of her life except for a spell in Nebraska Surviving are her husband three sons Floyd Roy of Central City Irwin of Prairieburg and a sister Mrs Alida Ward of St Paul
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Coggon
Albert Truesdell
Roy Truesdell
Central City
Nebraska
Prairieburg
Floyd
Roy
Irwin
Praaiieburg
Alida ‘Ward
St.aul
Roosevelt hosts Norwegian royals at Hyde Park picnic
President Roosevelt honors Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Martha of Norway with a Hyde Park picnic and a fieldstone cottage visit. He plans a New York world fair address on Sunday and welcomes further meetings with Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Ingrid of Denmark. The royal visit includes music, a Norwegian herringsalad, and a trip to West Point for a review and luncheon before the fair exhibit opening.
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Hyde Park
N.Y
INS
Roosevelt
Olav
Martha of
Norway
New York
Adolf Hitler
White House
Fac
Hitler
Europe
Roosevel
Dutchess Hill
Sara Delano Roosevel
Nellie Johansen
Val Kill
Hudson River Valley
Brooklyn
Martha
Hyde Park House
Carl R. Maxsons
Guttenberg's Fish Hatchery Completed and Planned Opening
Guttenberg completes a $30,000 federal fish hatchery as a PWA project with three brick buildings, a receiving station, and an aquarium near the Mississippi River. Rearing ponds totaling 1200 acres will form, with five ponds ready by fall stocked with bass sunfish and crappies. Eggs from brood fish are fertilized in traps and released into the river. 810,000 pike eggs were planted last week.
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Guttenberg
Federal
PWA
Eldon Sneugling
Mississippi
Sneugling
United States
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J. M. Cessfords
Methodist Society
Methodist Ladies Aid Society
Comforter
W. H. Booze
Sixth Avenue
C. E. Reiter
Alma Oakley
Fred Huddleston
Elva Emerson
Endeavor
Chris Frederick
Gleaners
Rainbow Division
Louis C. Ross
Eighteenth Street
A. A. Hardin
C. R. Riddick
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Lucille Bailey
Melvin Sebrecht
Sunshine Division
C. L. Wiley
Thirteenth Street
Louis Mekota
George Stone
Oscar Martin
True Blue Mission
James E. Clapp
Eleventh Street
E. E. Godwin
Elmer Frederick
Jane Robson
Bing Crosby
Noble Grand Association
Helen Chislett
Eighth Street
Sarah Hutton
Pearl Smith
Ella Bunting
Townsend Club No
Bert Dean
Emma Kendall
Priscilla Guild
Congregational Church
A. J. Keyes
American Legion
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Hutchinson
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Richard Crew
Perry
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Grace H. Starr
Fred MacMurray
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Barbara
la Porte City
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J. M. Bailey
Flossie Bailey
Cary Club
Mark Woodward
Methodist Brotherhood
A. B. Curran
Lillian Voorhies
Princeton
Warren Hamilton
Russell Benedict
Camanche
Dickey’s Grocery
Diana Fret Club
Paul J. Fiedler
Fourteenth Street
Women's Progressive Club
Commonwealth Tea Room
Ashe
We George
R. T. Sloan
Helen Bray
Linn County Relief Office
Asheville
N. C
F. A. Shumack
Marions
Call
J. J. Booth
L. C. Dow
R. E. Lehdigh
Guy W. Miller
Jerry Mentzer
St. Luke’s Hospital
Gale Wilkes
Ernest Renfer
Winfield A. White
Justice of the Peace
Sidney Anderson
St. Petersburg, Fla
Kenneth E. Cornell
Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society
I. E. Isham
Alburnett Road
Martin Ulch
W. W. Lary
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Dale
Mike Cira
Harry Hense
J. W. Flitsch
Alburnett
Esther Flitsch
Ames
Bob
Iowa State College
North Marion
Tennyson Club
Emma Klein
1000
Ninth Street
Joseph’s Church
O. O. P. Club
E. T. Gough
Ninth Avenue
Charles Messerchmidt
Martinsburg
J. H. Stanaway
Ruth and
Majorie Ostrander
Hibner's
East Side Duplex
8Th Ave
Etter
Iowa News
Speciate the Gazette
May
John H. Chapman
Associated Press
Earl G. Miller
Highway Patrol
Honor Elberon
Little Symphony
Phyllis Pace
Susan Livingstone
Center Jct
Coggon Vicinity
F.D.R
Guttenberg’s Fish Hatchery
Turner Mortuary
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