Methodist W S C S Plans Numerous Wednesday Meetings
The Methodist Women's Society of Christian Service divisions schedule Wednesday gatherings at various homes in Marion. Comforter divides picnic at Mrs Irving Drake's east of Marion. Endeavor meets at 1230 at Mrs H O Young 925 Tenth St. Gleaners host indoor picnic at Mrs Ed Kemnitz Marion Blvd honoring Elizabeth Carpenter. Keystone dessert at Mrs Frank Gray 1 30 p m. Loyal at Mrs Owen Turner 1005 Seventh St 2 30 p m. Rainbow at Mrs J J Booth 308 Eleventh St 2 30 p m with joint hostesses. Sunshine at Mrs Frank Zuhlke 230 Twentieth St 2 30 p m with Ed Scown and Louise Austin. True Blue at 2 30 p m at Mrs E T Hiams 2015 Eighth Ave with A A Schenken hosting.
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Methodist W.S.C.S
Methodist Women's Society of Christian Service
Comforter
Irving Drake
Marion
Endeavor Division
H. O. Young
Tenth Street
Gleaners Division
Ed Kemnitz
Marion Boulevard
Elizabeth Carpenter
Keystone Division
Frank Gray
North Twelfth Street
Owen Turner
Seventh Street
Rainbow Division
J. J . Booth
Eleventh Street
Harvey Gipp
John Bunting
Parks Forster
Ora Crowner
Sunshine Division
Frank Zuhlke
Twentieth Street
Ed Scown
Louise Austin
True Blue Division
E. T. Hiams
Eighth Avenue
A. A Schenken
To Be Bride Of Albuquerque Man Milner Voorhies
Invitations issued for the wedding of Dr Virginia Voorhies of Embudo New Mexico to Richard Milner of Albuquerque. The couple will wed September 12 at the Marion Presbyterian church with Voorhies a physician and Milner an architect.
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Virginia van Nuys Vonrhies
Embuda
Gilbert Voorhies
Eleventh Street
Marion
Richard Pierce Milner
Albuquerque
A B Milner
Presbyterian
Presbyterian Hospital
Embudo
Milner
University of New Mexico
Alburquerque
Briggle Family Reunion Guests Arrive In Memorial Hall
Arriving Saturday for the Briggle family reunion in Memorial hall are Mr and Mrs R O Wichael and Mr and Mrs Otis Wichael with Donna Lee of Council Bluffs, Leonard Dietz and sons of Chicago, Frank Briggle of Highland Park, and Mr and Mrs Jerry Briggle with Bob and Tommie of Waterloo, all guests of Mrs James A Pringle.
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Briggle
Memorial Hall
R. O. Wichael
Otis Wichael
Donna Lee
Council Bluffs
Leonard Dietz
Chicago
Frank Briggle
Highland Park
Jerry Briggle
Bob
Tommie
Waterloo
James A. Pringle
Shower Honors for Niece and Dinner Guests Near Marion
A family shower hosted by Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Weis at their northeast Marion home honored niece Mrs Harry Southerland of Cedar Rapids. Guests dressed miniature clothes pins, crafted a scrap book, and enjoyed yellow and white refreshments. Prairie Chapel Garden club plans a garden tour Friday at 9 a.m. from Miss May Lake’s home and may meet at the Sunshine Mission at 10 a.m. for nursery arrangements. Nearby notes mention travel to Ottumwa for a Walker family reunion, visits between Cedar Rapids and Pine River Minn., and various local social updates including ads and notices.
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Harry Southerland
Cedar Rapids
C. J. Weis
Marion
Prairie Chapel Garden Club
Miss May Lake
Twenty-fifth Street
Sunshine Mission
SUI To Distribute 216 Sound Movies This Year
Iowa City report says the University of Iowa Visual Education Department will distribute 216 sound films and 250 silent films to schools in Iowa this year under Lee Cochran. Earlier audiences included schoolchildren who saw The Adventures of Bunny Rabbit. The films cover topics such as electrodynamics.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Bunny Rabbit
University of Iowa Visual Education Department
University Visual Education Department
Lee Cochran
Iowa
Freshman Week Ahead at Iowa to Begin Shortened Run
Iowa City AP reports University of Iowa trims freshman orientation to four days to ease entry for hundreds of newcomers. Activities include exams adviser meetings and class scheduling plus open houses and rush events as football starts two days after classes.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Hawkeyes
Iowa Spent Eight Million On Primary Roads Last Year
Des Moines AP reports Iowa spent 8,003,143 on primary road construction in the year ended June 30. Federal funds totaled 4,624,232, and 7,999,371 from the primary road fund were moved to the farm market road program.
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Iowa
Des Moines
State Highway Commission
George A. Wilson
Farm-Market Road Improvement Fund
Local Democrats Seek Strong Tickets for 1942 Races
Democratic Chairman Jake More or Jake Moore announced a drive to assemble complete local tickets for 1942, targeting county and township posts. He believes strong local candidates and organization can restore control of the statehouse and the congressional delegation, with L. Herring up for reelection.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Jake Moore
More
E. H Birmingham
United States
Len Clyde L. Herring
Titus Transferred In Army Orders
Washington AP reports Saturday army orders shifted personnel with Lieutenant Colonel Milton W. Hall moving from Fort Sheridan to Iowa City and Lieutenant Colonel Elton L. Titus moving from Iowa City to Fort H. Wright.
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Washington
Milton W. Hall
Fort Sheridan
Iowa City
Elton L. Titus
Fort H. G. Wright
Vacation in the Country closes for city children
Vacation in the country ended Friday with seven Chicago youngsters returning to Manchester. Twenty five children were hosted in Delaware county homes this year, the largest group yet, under Mrs. Maurice Wendel. The Illinois Central railway supplied free transport for the children and attendants.
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Gazette
Manchester
United Charities of
Chicago
Delaware County
Fred Wendel
Maurice Wendel
United Charities
Martelle
Ben Schwietert
Earlville
Arlie Billhorn
Harry Fischer
Thomas Hattel
Gloria Lehner
Clarence Cox
James J
Mennonites Face Internal Strains and Political Abstinence
The sect in the region splits between liberal and conservative wings over political engagement. They urge complete abstinence from government roles, citing belief that state force corrupts. They oppose pride symbols and luxury, resist elaborate weddings, and reject fixed church buildings. Despite 500 years of history, they fear worldliness in new generations.
Eldora Lost Deer After Park Relocation Incident
Eldora faced a deer shortage after a plan to move four deer from Owatonna backfired. Two deer died en route, and another died after release when a buck was chased by buffalo. The lone fawn remains protected by the park custodian amid ongoing tensions with the buffalo.
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Eldora
Owatonna
Minn
Cages Going Down in Iowa Liquor Stores
Des Moines AP reports that cages in 21 class A and some class B state liquor stores will be removed. Emil Rasmussen, liquor commission real estate supervisor, says larger stores will adopt open fixtures similar to modern banks.
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Des Moines
Emil Rasmussen
Liquor Commission
Urbana-William Elmer Stark 73 Dies At Home
Iowa death notice for Urbana William Elmer Stark 73 who died at his home Thursday. He was born in Vinton and married Cora Ellen Hanover at age 20. Survived by three children, a brother in Los Angeles, a sister in Omaha, and a second wife Mary E. Douglass. Funeral 2:30 p.m. at the Methodist church, Maplewood cemetery, Shellsburg.
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William Elmer Stark
Vinton
Cora Ellen Hanover
Mary van de Venter
Harvey Thompson
van Horne
Harvey Stark
Cedar Rapids
J. J. Stark
Los Angeles
A. R. Eychaner
Omaha
Neb
Stark
Mary E. Douglass
Methodist Church
Maplewood
Shellsburg
Hulking Monsters Turn Out to Be Boys in Denver
Denver police solved a Capitol Hill scare by identifying the two hulking figures as 18 year old pranksters James Link and Harry Zimber backer. The youths fled a cloaked figure but surrendered after a chase and were released after a lecture.
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INS
James Link
Harry Zimmerbacker
Campaign To Junk Worn Out Automobiles Expands
The OPM extended its campaign to scrap derelict autos in the Chicago St Louis and Kansas City regions to boost scrap iron and steel for defense. The plan targets 1 000 000 tons this year with Midwest wreckers urged to strip usable parts and scrap bodies and engines. One car yields about 1500 pounds of metal. enough for a light cannon per car, or 20 for a light tank.
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Washington
OPM
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Ohio
New England
Midwest
Deaf mute Neyens dies after automobile crash
In Davenport AP report, Frank R. Neyens age 70 who was deaf and mute died Friday in a hospital from injuries after being struck Aug 13 at an intersection. Police said the car was driven by Leslie Elledge of Rock Island.
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Davenport
Frank R. Neyens
Neyens
Leslie Elledge
Rock Island
Murders Unraveled by Don McComas in Sheriff Career
Don McComas retires as Johnson County sheriff after a decade in which five murders were solved. From 1931 to 1941 he tackled killings from Dusty Rhodes to Shueyville and Christmas Eve cases, earning fame as the “Irishman of Scotland Yard” and shaping a era of law enforcement in Iowa.
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Don McComas
Husky Don McComas
Johnson County
McComas
Iowa City
Illinois
Scotland Yard
Dusty” Rhodes
Dates Of Teachers Meetings Revealed
DES MOINES Iowa state superintendent Jessie M Parker announced 21 teachers meetings for September covering 57 Iowa counties. Eastern area events include Decorah Oelwein Marshalltown Dubuque Anamosa Iowa City with sessions on Sept 8 11 15 19 22 and 24 attended by about 15000 teachers.
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INS
Jessie M. Parker
Iowa
Decorah
Allamakee
Howard
Winneshick
Oelwein
Buchanan
Clayton
Fayette
Marshalltown
Grundy
Marshall
Tama
Dubuque
Delaware
Jackson
Anamosa
Cedar
Jones, Linn
Iowa City
Benton
Johnson
Washington
Rev E L Stumpfig to Take Wellman Pastorate
The Rev E L Stumpfig, formerly of Elkader, will be installed as pastor of St John s Lutheran church in Wellman at 2 30 p m today. The installation will be led by Rev E W Waggazer of Millersburg who has served since Rev William F Krueger resigned last February. Stumpfig has served at Elkader for six years and trained at the Lutheran academy in Sag inaw Mich before attending Concordia College Ft Wayne Ind and Concordia Seminary St Louis Mo.
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St. John's Lutheran Church
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Millersburg
William F Krueger
Stumpfig
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Saginaw
Mich
Concordia College
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Concordia Seminary
St. Louis
Horgan and Riehle Estates Filed In Decorah Court
In Decorah district court an inventory filed Aug 29 shows the late Gilbert C. Horgan estate valued at 28760.40 with real estate cash notes mortgages and securities a bequest to Madison Lutheran church cemetery fund is listed. The Richle estate of Fort Atkinson filed the same day totals 12050 with two heirs and a daughter recorded.
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Decorah
Gilbert C. Horgan
Madison Lutheran Church Cemetery
Therezia Richle
Fort Atkinson
Iowa News in Brief Highlights Local Education and Court Actions
Aurora: two instructors resign. Hunt to marry, Mallison to take another job. West Union: seven women and five men seek naturalization in district court. What Cheer: new faculty at public school includes Hitch and Halverson. several veterans return. Decorah: court orders sale of Winneshiek County State Bank assets. Palo: school opens with new coaches and staff. bus routes pending new bus.
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William Henry Carter
Oliver Aylmer Ramsay
Domenic Greco
Oelwein
Louis Alessio
John Pirillo
Horst Zahn
Fay Loveland
Oelwei
Burlington
Clifford Bowman
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Helen Rice
Dorothy Caldwell
Emily Anderson
Laverne Clark
Esther Farrow
Arlene Heilman
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Ethyl Powell
Decorah
Charles Kelly
Winneshiek County State Bank
Palo
Palo Consolidated School
Eldan Mackie
Mount Vernon Students Return From Mexico Summer
Jim Becker and sister Bernice return from a University of Mexico session with 700 students. They toured Alcapulco and Mexico City, met notable locals, and completed eight semester hours in Mexican art crafts. The party included Dan Davis and Geraldine Bryant, with a farewell featuring The Beer Barrel Polka.
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Jim Becker
C F. Becker
Bernice
University of Mexico
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Seventh Heaven
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Creston
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Mexico
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Charro
Morenos de Flores
Polk County Seeks 75000 US Aid For Emergency Des Moines Plant
Assistant County Attorney James P. Irish told the Polk county board that a favorable chance exists for federal aid to cover costs from the Des Moines ordnance plant project. He said about 75000 would be needed, including 35000 for extra policing by the sheriff's office.
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Polk County Board of Supervisors
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Irish
Washington
Lutherans Gather for Luther Day in Iowa Falls
Iowa Falls hosts the annual Luther Day expected to draw about 4000 Missouri Synod Lutherans. Morning speaker Rev. F C Streufert of St Louis will discuss mission work, with Rev. Arnold Grumm of Fargo ND giving an afternoon address urging action amid the national emergency.
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Iowa Falls
Missouri Synod Lutheran Church
F. C. Streufert
St Louis
Arnold Grumm
Fargo
N. D
Clear Out By Feb 1 Ankeny Farmers Told
DES MOINES AP Capt Oliver Brown announced that work on the Des Moines ordnance plant rifle range at Ankeny will start Nov 3 and all occupants must vacate by Feb 1 following a federal judge order transferring title and possession to the government.
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Oliver Brown
Des Moines
Ankeny
Charlies A. Dewey
Polk County Employees Receive Salary Increases
Polk County board of supervisors granted raises to 126 courthouse employees in the low salary bracket. Increases range up to 17 dollars a month and apply for the remainder of the year.
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Des Moines
Board of Supervisors
Polk County Court House
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