Postville High School Adds 60000 for New Facilities
The Postville high school completes a 60000 addition including a large agricultural shop, expanded gymnasium auditorium with stage, new band room, and soundproof classrooms. Open house with a 2:30 concert led by Harold J. Gamble follows tours. Construction began last October and ends with enhanced physical education per Iowa law.
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Postville High School
the Gazette
Postville
Harold J. Gamble
Marguerite Michel Weds Philip R Smithmeyer Tonight at Marion
The wedding of Miss Marguerite Michel to Philip R Smithmeyer takes place at 7 o'clock at the Carl Michel home near Marion. The ceremony will be performed by Rev. Vernon H Carter with relatives and 70 guests in attendance, followed by refreshments.
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Carl Michel
Marion
Michel
M. Marguerite Michel
Philip R. Smithmeyer
Ida Smithmeyer
Seattle
Wash
Vernon H. Carter
The
Christian Church
Ida Patsche
Virginia Stevenson
Alex Cunningham
Ruth Malar
Edna and
la Verne Sejkora
Wyoma Carey
Glatha Port
Cedar Rapids
Ruth Maier
North Twelfth Street
Marguerite Michel
Cedar Rapids Dysart Families Gather for Event
Barbara ter and the Harolds Fernow of Cedar Rapids join Mr and Mrs Lumir Machacek of Dysart for a local gathering. The brief notice records familial connections among residents.
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Ter, Barbara
Harold Fernow
Cedar Rapids
Lumir Machacek
Dysart
Final Week Softball Contests Set Around League Title
The Al burnett Oilers face Allen Motor company and Whittier meets Coast to Coast store Monday at 745 p.m. with more league games including CIO Packers versus Milwaukee Service club and Ping's Score Board against Springville. A Coast to Coast or Ping's win could force a playoff for first place.
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Alburnett Oilers
Allen Motor Company
Whittier
CIO Packers
Milwaukee Service Club
Ping’s
Springville
Coast To Coast
Ping
Conroy
Marion Advertisers
Marion Softball Association
Cedar Rapids
Marion area social notes and council meeting listed
The report lists numerous visiting relatives and guests including Ida Smithmeyer, Carl and Marvin Michel, Virginia Stevenson and Alex Cunningham. It notes a Marion city council meeting Monday at 7 30 p.m. in city hall and various hospital discharges and homecomings. Local residents and visitors are named with connections to Cedar Rapids, Marion, Atkins and Hopkinton.
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Ida Smithmeyer
Seattle, Wash
Carl Michel
Marvin Fernow
Robert
Joanne
Virginia Stevenson
Alex Cunningham
Marion
Golf Tourney Results at Marion Club Semi-final Matchups
Results from the Marion Golf Club last week show Carl Jacobson advancing over Don Wolfe by default, Fred Blaine beating Melvin Meggers 2 and 1, Mrs. J. Halamka defeating Mrs. W. J. Colman 3 and 2, and Mary Balster defeating Mrs. Lee Hiltbrunner 3 and 2. Also noted is a fortieth wedding anniversary dinner hosted by Mrs. Hazel Van Gorkom for Mr. and Mrs. J. A. W. Stewart, with Cedar Rapids visitors. Charles A. Burmingham, working in Albert Lea, Minn., spent the weekend with his parents.
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Marion Golf Club
Carl Jacobson
Don Wolfe
Fred Blaine
Melvin Meggers
J. Halamka
W. J. Colman
Mary Balster
Lee Hiltbrunner
J. A. W. Stewart
Hazel van Gorkom
Fifth Avenue
Douglas Munsell
Cedar Rapids
Charles A. Burmingham
Albert Lea, Minn
J. M. Burmingham
Council backs Fleming on wage hour act defense
The council adopted a resolution endorsing General Fleming and the administration of the wage hour act. It states the act has been in force long enough to justify its own existence and that attackers of the 40 hour week have now been discredited.
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Fleming
Seed Firm Acquires Clinton Factory for Expansion
W Atlee Burpee Seed of Philadelphia announced the purchase of the former Iten Biscuit plant in Clinton from National Biscuit. The company plans to establish a midwestern and western seed distributing plant at the Clinton location, per the Clinton chamber of commerce industrial committee.
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Clinton
Iten Biscuit Company
W. Atlee Burpee Seed Company
Philadelphia
Clinton Chamber of Commerce Industrial Committee
National Biscuit Company
Iten Company
Burpee Company
Mason City Man Heads Iowa Hotel Association
Tad Martin of Mason City was elected president of the Hotel Association of Iowa at the convention in Des Moines. Paul McGinn of Des Moines was named vice president and Harve Schaller of Des Moines was elected secretary.
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Mason City
Iowa Hotel Association
DES Moines
Tad Martin
Hotel Association of Town
Paul McGinn
Harve Schaller
Secreary
Auto Crash Fatal Claims Life of Young Resident
Robert Walford aged 19 of Corning died in Des Moines hospital from a brain concussion after an auto accident near Creston Iowa Friday night. The body was sent to Corning for burial.
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Des Moines
INS
Robert Walford
Corning
Creston
Benton Lutheran Church To Observe Anniversary
Special to The Gazette Norway Iowa Benton Lutheran Church two and one half miles north of Norway will celebrate its seventy fifth anniversary Saturday and Sunday Aug 23 and 24 Speakers include Rev W E Carlson Leland Ill Rev Mr Huseth Lake Mills and Dr N Asinap Larsen Decorah Former members and friends invited The congregation organized Sept 18 1866 with Rev M Amlund as first pastor Membership largely came from Illinois The present pastor is Elmer Valen Pastors who served include O G Jukam J L P Frost H O Skyberg N B Thvedt T S Kolsto J J Heic C Munson H A Okdalé H F Huseth and Elmer Valen The women organized an Aid society in 1878 and a Young People’s society in 1905 The first building was erected in 1870 replaced in 1899 The church has had a resident pastor since 1930 who also serves Bethlehem Lutheran and Marengo Lutheran The 1866 officers were Ole Olson Knud Anderson Elling Ellingson Soren Olson Henrik Pederson Thor Aming Jens Pederson None of the charter members is living The celebration program lists talks by Rev W E Carlson Rev H F Huseth a history of Ladies Aid and Luther League Sunday events include a festival address by Dr N Astrup Larson altar and confirmation services by Rev Elmer Valen addresses by visiting pastors history reading by Arthur Johnson greetings from former pastors and closing devotion
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Norway
Benton Lutheran
W. E. Carlson
Leland, Ill
Huseth
Lake Mills
N. Asinap Larsen
Decorah
Benton
M. Amlund
Illinois
Europe
O. G.jukam
J. L. P. Frost
H. O. Skyberg
N. B. Thvedt
T. S. Kolsto
J. J. Heic
C Munson
H. A. Okdalé
H. F. Huseth
Elmer Valen
Young People's Society
Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Norway
Marengo Lutheran Church
Conroy
Ole Olson
Knud Anderson
Elling Ellingson
Soren Olson
Henrick Pederson
Thor Aming
Jens Pederson
Leland
Ladies Aid and
Luther League
N. Astrup Larson
Arthur Johnson
Farm Girl Wardrobe Costs $7.45 Under FSA Plan
The Farm Security Administration outlines a stop gap wardrobe for southern farm girls costing $7.45 annually. Martha Dinwiddie led designs using mattress ticking and sacks to create durable dresses blouses and a reversible coat with modest overall expense and emphasis on school attendance and self confidence.
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Little Rock
Ark
Southern Farm
Farm Security Administration
Martha Dinwiddie
Home Management
Dimity
Iowa Jailbreaker Held in Boise Awaiting Des Moines Transfer
Alfred Redfield, who escaped from Osceola county jail in June 1939, is jailed in Boise pending removal to Des Moines by U.S. Marshal Edward Bryan. He was arrested with Arthur Bright and Charles Hammatt in Decatur City for attempting to steal a post office safe. Hammatt remains missing. Bright received a three year term and a $100 fine in Des Moines in 1941.
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Boise
Alfred C. Redfield
Osceola
Des Moines
United States
Edward Bryan
Redfield
Council
Ida
Iowa
Arthur J. Bright
Sioux City
Charles E. Hammatt
Decatur City
Hammatt
Bright
Charles A. Dewey
Rotary appoints panel to remove international barriers
Tom J. Davis named a Rotary International committee to study practical barriers between nations. Dr. Walter Head of Montclair N J will chair while members include Lester A Royal of West Liberty Iowa. The group will examine tariffs and other artificial walls hindering international goodwill.
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Denver
Rotary International
Tom J. Davis
Butte
Mont
Service Club
Rotary
Davis
Walter Head
Montclair
N. J
Lester A
Royal of
West Liberty, Ia
Iowa Manufacturers Seeking Priorities
Des Moines reports that the office of production management in Des Moines is receiving about 25 calls daily from Iowa manufacturers. Half of these requests concern raw material priorities, with inquiries to be directed to Warren G Bailey at the Federal Reserve Bank building in Chicago.
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Des Moines
Office of Production Management
Iowa
George Beese
Marshalltown
Defense Contract Service
Beese
Warren G. Bailey
Division of Priorities
Federal Reserve Bank
Chicago
Spillville Dvorak Centennial Concert Honors Composer
Spillville Iowa hosts an Aug 31 concert honoring Antonin Dvorak on his 100th birth anniversary. The Capitol City Symphony Orchestra, led by Frank Kovarik, performs at 2 30 PM in St Wenceslaus Church near the Dvorak memorial on the Turkey River with ties to Spillville.
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Spillville
Iowa
Antonin Dvorak
Czechoslovakia
Capitol City
First performance of Spillville work in 1893 New York
The work received its debut in December 1893 in New York, marking the first public showing of the piece in that city.
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Spillville
New York
Hancher Welcomes Students Plan For Peace
University of Iowa President Virgil M. Hancher welcomed students saying they will continue to plan for peace and train Americans for those goals. He urged students to embody leadership as higher education's vital role in the current era.
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Iowa City
Virgil M. Hancher
University of Iowa
Hancher
Daily Iowan
Iowa U Lecture Series Announced for 1941 42
University of Iowa announces the 1941 42 lecture lineup led by Prof Earl E Harper. Julian Bryan opens Oct 13 followed by Thomas Mann on Nov 4. Also scheduled are J O Pererin George Fielding Eliot Charles Morgan Eve Curie and Ruth Draper with date for the last yet to be announced. Students admitted free.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Earl E. Harper
Julian Bryan
Thomas Mann
J. O. Pererine
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
George Fielding Eliot
Charles Morgan
Eve Curie
Ruth Draper
Free headlight check offered in Manchester Thursday
Manchester motorists may have a free headlight check Thursday at 7 pm on Delaware street, conducted by Town highway patrol. In Postville, a large safety sign called the Scotch highway sign was installed last week by the state highway maintenance department at a dangerous turn where highways 52 and 18 meet, a site of many recent accidents.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Delaware Street
Town Highway Patrol
Postville
State
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Cedar Rapids Hospital
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Riverside, Calif
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Riverside
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Bloomington, Til
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Blair
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Akron
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Birmingham
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Idaho
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Antonin Dvyorak
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