Mt Vernon Honors Mrs Moots With City Park Plan
Mt Vernon plans a WPA park around the water tower designed largely by Mrs Elmer E Moots with her husband Cornell professor Dr Elmer Moots aiding. The project includes flagstone walks, a bandstand terrace, a fountain, seating, raised beds and hedges, with completion expected in the fall. The council will name the park, possibly Young park, honoring the land’s last owner who opposed Fourth avenue extension.
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Ount Vernon
Mount Vernon
Elmer E. Moots
Elmer Moots
Cornell College
WPA
Moots
First Street
Fourth Avenue
New City Park
New Marion High School Staff for Continental Opening
Three new teachers join Marion high school as the 1950s term begins on Sept 3. Fred G. Halley of Iowa City will replace Lesly Miller as social science instructor after postgraduate study at Iowa City and prior service at State Teachers college high school in Kearney Nebraska. Gwyneth Young of Mount Vernon will teach art in high school and grades, replacing Ruth Adair. Jean Robertson of Columbus Junction will teach commercial subjects and direct girls physical education, succeeding Margaret DeWees.
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Marion High School
Fred G. Halley
Iowa City
Lesly Miller
Halley
State Teachers College High School
Kearney
Neb
Gwyneth Young
Mount Vernon
Ruth Adair
Young
Cornell College
Jean Robertson
Columbus Junction
Margaret DeWees
Miss Robertson
University of Iowa
C. B. Vernon
Lyle N. Warren
Marion
Harriett Beyer
Dubuque
Old Settlers 50th Reunion Thursday at City Park
The Linn County Old Settlers association plans its fiftieth annual reunion in the city park with a 10:15 a.m. Marion high school band concert directed by Glenn L. Lyman. The program includes races, nail driving contests, band performances, an address by Glen J. McLaughlin, a Ruth Ostrander cornet solo, a 4 p.m. matinee for registering members, and various prizes for longevity and distance traveled. A chicken pie dinner is priced at 40 cents at the Methodist church.
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Linn County Old Settlers Association
Marion High School
Glenn L. Lyman
A. R. McElwain
Tama
Arthur W. Hen
Kendall Hardware Company
Boston
Parker
Edison Pharmacy
Murray Drygoods
Ed Sigfred Clothing
Western Auto Store
Church divisions plan dinner for Old Settlers Day
Di visions leaders will act as hostesses and Miss Lulu B Secrist will recount her trip through New England states Yearly reports are to be presented and final plans set for serving dinner on Old Settlers Day
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Lulu B. Secrist
New England States
Old Settlers’ Ay
Ten Candidates Named For Corn Festival Queen
Ten candidates for queen to reign over the Marion Corn festival Sept 25 26 27 and 28 have been nominated. They are Roselean Brecht Marion Mary Beth Collister Cedar Rapids Doris Scott Marion Alma Lillie Central City Betty Fowler Marion Betty Mae Marchant Marion Alice Hammond Marion Rural Route Alberta Hammond Marion Mary Eleanor Kurt Marion Lucille Cone Marion Jon is listed among finalists.
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Marion
Roselean Brecht
Mary Beth Collister
Cedar Rapids
Doris Scott
Tenth Street
Alma Lillie
Central City
Betty Fowler
Fourth Avenue
Betty Mae Marchant
Twelfth Street
Alice Hammond
Alberta Hammond
Mary Eleanor Kurt
Seventh
Lucille Cone
Eleventh
Marjon
Marion Legion Post Picnic and Meetings Schedule
Marion residents report meetings and picnics for the American Legion Post 298 and its Auxiliary with a 6:30 pm picnic, 7:30 pm executive session, and 8 pm separate post and auxiliary meetings. Community notices include hospital discharge plans, real estate ads, family visits, skating party, and church group gatherings.
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Marion Post No
American Legion
Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Ellen Balster
Martha van Fossen
Frieda Williams
Grace Biddick
Gladys Ballard
Sybilena Fiedler
Florence Costello
Faye Welsher
Helen Williams
Gladys Seger
Coggon Band To Give Concert In Marion Today
Local readers note the Coggon high school band directed by R M Sawyer will perform this afternoon at 2:30 at the American Legion pool. The crowd will also see nearby visitors such as Mrs Louis E Peckosh and her daughter Catherine in Chester, and Marion residents hosting relatives from Ottumwa and Chicago.
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Coggon Band
Coggon High School
R. M. Sawyer
American Legion
Louis E. Peckosh
Catherine
Chester
Edward McGuire
Edward, Jr
Ottumwa
Mr. McGuire
Ellen McGuire
Jean Mullaley
McGuire
Marion
Calmar Teachers to Assume Duties in Iowa News in Brief
In Calmar the following teachers will soon start duties: Florence Yager Decorah Ruth Luzum Riceville Evelyn Kittlsby Buffalo Center George Neuzil Hordville Neb Kathryn Kittlsby Ossian Violet Luzum Glenwood township rural Florence Meyer Greeley Agnes Flaskerud Portland Olga Dalen Maynard Abgolin Thader Downers Grove IL Miss Lucille Muschinsky Guttenberg and more. What Cheer opens Sept 2 with new and returning staff including H M Morrow R B Herringlake Ethyle Powell C C Sharer Martha E Stout Arlene Heitman Helen Rice Dorothy Caldwell Emily Anderson Clifford Bowman Lavern Clark Esther Farrow Annie Laura Garrett Gertrude Farrow Nellie Whyte and Doris Ogden. Hazleton also sets Sept 2 start with C F Lindsey Frances Williams Wilburn Bonnell Elgar Smith Pauline Scott Sadie Holmes Dorothy Rundle Gertrude Hillman. Manchester reports five staff changes led by superintendent C W Bangs with new hires including Lorene Lindstrom Wilda Bush Erna Adix Esther Peterson and Lewis Anderson. La Porte City post office may seek new quarters with bid call for furnishing accommodations.
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Postville
Lucille Muschinsky
Guttenberg
Iowa State Teachers College
What Cheer
H. M. Morrow
Board of Education
R B Herringlake
Oskaloosa
Ethyle Powell
Indianola
C. C. Sharer
Scranton
Martha E. Stout
Keota
Arlene Heitman
Richland
Helen Rice
Dorothy Caldwell
Emily Anderson
Mount Pleasant
Clifford Bowman
Essex
Laverne Clark
Esther Farrow
Annie Laura Garrett
Gertrude Farrow
Nellie Marie Whyte
Doris Ogden
Hazleton
C. F. Lindsey
Frances Williams
Wilburn Bonnell
Elgar Smith
Pauline F. Scott
Sadie Holmes
Dorothy Rundle
Gertrude Hillman
Manchester
C. W. Bangs
Lewis Anderson
Paul Beckman
Lorene Lindstrom
Highland Park
Wilda Bush
Washington
LA Porte City
Post Office Department
Post Office Lease Plans Move to New Site
Ed Ashley estate building houses the post office for five years but is deemed unsuitable due to poor mail loading facilities and lighting. Officials propose a new 1200 square foot building at a site south of Craft Hotel facing Commercial Street, to be leased rather than government built, for a ten year term.
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Post Office
Ed Ashley
Post Office Department
Craft Hotel
Commercial
Mount Vernon
Ralph Carl
Marie Yargan
Bertram
Methodist Church
J. B. Eyestone
Robert Bauman
Public Health Nursing Service Group
Mary Rozema
Luther Day Festival At Iowa Falls Scheduled Next Sunday
Iowa Falls will host the Luther Day celebration on Sunday August 25 with over 4 000 attendees. Rev Richard Neitzek from Concordia Theological Seminary Springfield IL will speak at the 10 30 a m service led by Rev E N Runge of Latimer. A 2 30 p m service led by Rev Victor Keopke will feature Rev Edwin B Glabe of Minnesota. A 150 voice chorus conducted by J M Seidel of Waterloo will perform. Affiliated churches include Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Cedar Rapids and Bethany Lutheran Cedar Rapids with pastors P L Bornhoeft and Mark J Steege.
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Iowa Falls
Lutheran People of the
Edwin B. Glabe
Lutheran Home-Finding Society of
Minnesota
J. M. Seidel
Waterloo
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Cedar Rapids
P. L. Bornhoeft
Bethany Lutheran Church of
Mark J. Steege
Rohwedder Named to Jones TP Committee in Wyoming
Ernest Rohwedder of Wyoming is named a new member of the Jones county tenant purchase committee to replace Nicholas C. Holst who retires after a year of service. Darwin A Larson, county farm security administration supervisor, announced the appointment. In the program’s first year five loans totaling 49290 were issued for 40 year 3 percent financing to a limited number of farm tenant and labor families seeking family-size farms.
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Wyoming
Ernest Rohwedder
Jones County
Tenant Purchase Committee
Nicholas C. Holst
Center Junction
Darwin A Larson
Farm Security Administration
TP committee members to attend FSA training in Charles City
In Delaware county the TP committee for this year includes Ralph Childs Manchester Al B Wegmann Dy ersville and Lyle Retz Ryan They will attend an FSA training school at Charles City Aug 15 16 with FSA Supervisor Kenneth Hyde and County Agent Ed Molin After training applications for TP loans will be reviewed and work begun to select tenants to receive loans this year
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Manchester
Delaware County
Ralph Childs
al B. Wegmann
Dyersville
Lyle Retz
Ryan
FSA
Charles City
Kenneth Hyde
Ed Molin
Lisbon High Vocational Class Buys Educational Film
Lisbon high school vocational agriculture students bought a sound moving picture film for classroom use. Proceeds from the acre of potatoes planted last spring will fund the project.
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The
Gazette
Lisbon
Lisbon High School Vocational Agriculture
Equine Encephalomyelitis Scarce In Iowa This Year
Des Moines reports few cases of equine encephalomyelitis in the state so far this year. Dr. H A Seidell, head of the Iowa department of agriculture animal industry division, cautions that an outbreak would likely appear in the next 30 days. He notes progress in the state eradication program run with the U S Bureau of Animal Industry and greater interest from herd owners and practitioners.
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Des Moines
INS
H. A Seidell
Division of Animal Industry
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Seidell
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Soybeans Rise To Major Crop In Iowa In 10 Years
DES MOINES Iowa reports show soybeans shifted from a minor crop to a major one from 1929 to 1939. Acres planted for beans grew from 72,887 to 1,233,817 with harvests rising from 35,879 to 539,365. Hay production jumped to 694,152 acres, an increase of about 657,000 acres since 1929.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Division of Agricultural Statistics
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Wapello County
Grundy County
At 86 Maynard Woman Still Is Able Crocheter
Special to The Gazette Maynard Iowa Mrs Alice Gilmer aged 86 observes her birthday Oct 18 while keeping busy with crocheting knitting and quilt work She has completed her third crocheted tablecloth and made bedspreads doilies and chair sets She is a New York native who moved to Iowa and is the oldest teacher at the local school with strong knowledge of community history and a Bible reader.
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Maynard
Alice Gilmer
Gilmer
New York State
Iowa
W.H. Payne
County planners back weed commissioner system
In summary, AMES county planning committees across 39 counties largely favor strong weed control programs and county weed commissioners. Francis Kutish reports land values declined due to weeds, committees urge stepped up programs, uniform county administration, centralized responsibility, continuous leadership, and local funding options including a potential one fourth mill levy.
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Ames
Francis Kutish
Extension Service
Jennie
Kutish
SUI To Have Van Paasen And Set On Lecture Course
Iowa City university officials announce an extensive fall semester program featuring five lectures by Pierre Van Paasen Cornelia Otis Skinner Sigrid Undset and war correspondents Jay Allen and Louis Fischer plus five concerts. Scheduled speakers include Milstein Glaz St Louis Symphony and Bartlett and Robinson with dates spanning October to March.
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Iowa City
University of Town
Pierre van Paasen
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Sigrid Undset
Jay Allen
Louis Fischer
Nathan Milstein
Hertha Glaz
St. Louis Symphony
Bartlett and Robinson
Champion milkmaid wins Buchanan county fair contest
Mrs Bere Nice Dodge of Sumner township Buchanan county captured the milk maid title at the Buchanan county fair. She milked 11.3 pounds from a Jersey cow among eight contestants and earned a cash prize with travel expenses to Waterloo Dairy congress for another milking contest.
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Independence
Berenice Dodge
Sumner Township
Buchanan County
Jersey
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