Couple marks 60th wedding anniversary in Marion
Mr and Mrs J H Murphey of Marion observe their sixtieth wedding anniversary with a dinner at 1401 Eleventh Street. Married December 5 1878 in Laverne Minnesota the couple began life in Fort Dodge. Mrs Murphey 81 next June and Mr Murphey born May 19 1856 in Indiana moved to Marion in 1924. They have one living child Harry of Marion.
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Harry J. Murphey
Eleventh Street
Mr. Murphey
J. H Murphey
Fifth Avenue
Laverne, Minn
Minnesota
Murphey
Indiana
Marion
Harry
Marion to Match 1937 Christmas Seal Total Early
Early returns from the Christmas Seal drive show Marion likely to reach the 1937 total. E E Parsons, Linn County seal secretary treasurer, reports first eight day sales at 109 dollars 35 cents. The Adeliza Daniels circle of the Priscilla guild plans a one o clock picnic luncheon Wednesday at Mrs. Walter Hall’s home. The Emma Kendall circle also hosts a 1 pm picnic next Wednesday at Mrs. F J Hardenbrook’s residence. Mrs. John C Smith returns this week from California visit. The Presbyterian Ladies Aid first division meets Friday at 2 30 pm at Mrs. John Gritzner’s home for a Christmas party and gifts. Theodore Davis, recovering in Des Moines hospital, visits home this week. Marion real estate auction set for December 9th see classifieds. Mrs. James Elam and daughter Betty Lou visit Canton Illinois. Mrs Fred M Blakeslee travels to Chicago to see brother F C Panuska in hospital. Shoppers Service ad promotes 10c trips for errands and deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
E. E. Parsons
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Adeliza Daniels
Priscilla Guild
The
Congregational Church
Walter Hall
Eighth Avenue
Emma Kendall
F. J. Hardenbrook
Twelfth Street
Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society
John Gritzner
Eighth Street
King's Daughters of Marion Organize Charity Drives
Local King's Daughters circles Electa Fidelis and Mary Lowe Dickinson actively support needy Marion families. Through sewing bake sales and dinners they fund clothing, milk, medical aid, and Christmas baskets, totaling over $1,000 since founding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electa
Willis Jordan
Fidelis
Mary Lowe Dickinson
Red Cross
Goodfellows Fund
Electa Circle
Fidelis Circ
Marion
Fidelis Circle
Athenian club hosts Czech talk and chorus at library
Dr Leo Sedlacek speaks on Czechoslovakia at a guest night program of the Athenian club. Karla Masaryk chorus of Cedar Rapids performs Bohemian folk songs before more than 80 attendees under Mrs Esther Kiersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czech Republic
Leo Sedlacek
Cedar Rapids
Czechoslovakia
Athenian Club
Karla Masaryk Chorus
Esther Hronik Kiersey
Martha Johnson
Exchange Event In Cedar Rapids Promised
F. W. Huenger of Cedar Rapids signals an upcoming exchange of this item. Details remain sparse in the fragment but imply a scheduled transfer or trade involving local parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Huenger
Cedar Rapids
Pageant Tonight At Methodist Church Directed By Mrs Cornell
A pageant directed by Mrs K E Cornell will be presented at 730 tonight in the Methodist church. The program includes organ prelude by Mrs Mildred Edison a hymn invocation by Rev E T Gough responsive reading music by the church school orchestra under Mrs Dan Cory offertory by Mrs Edison pageant introduction by Helen Biddick with Rev Mr Gough as interlocutor and readers Frank Trais Robert Newlin and Kent Finger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. E. Cornell
Methodist Church
Mildred Edison
E. T. Gough
Church School Orchestra
Dan Cory
Edison
Helen Biddick
Mr. Gough
Frank Trais
Robert Newlin
Kent Finger
Missionary society meets for all day study at De Jong home
The Missionary society of the Presbyterian church meets Tuesday at 10 am at Mrs C V R De Jong 875 Twelfth street for an all day missionary study. Mrs Gilbert Voorhies Mrs H B Lembaugh Miss Elsie St John and Miss Mary Clements review a book. All women invited bring picnic luncheon supplies. Coffee and cream provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
C. V. R. de Jong
Twelfth Street
Gilbert Voorhies
H. B. Lembaugh
Elsie St. John
Mary Clements
Tiny the Toy Fox Terrier Returns Home After Six Months
Tiny, a toy fox terrier belonging to G S Lazio of 322 First Avenue KE, reappeared after six months away. Once a store favorite, he vanished seemingly unable to explain his perilous journey yet returned weary, thin, and seeking comfort with his master, a testament to dogs seeking home.
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Tiny
G S. Lazio
First Avenue KE
Lazio
Anderson says goodbye with warm faculty wishes
Mrs. Anderson announces her departure while Nick and Jerry ride tricycles. Jerry sings the Crusaders victory march as Mrs. Anderson jokes about learning a new Iowa song. Nick helps with college numbers, and Jerry marches around proudly.
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Jerry
Elgin Man Plans Fifth Trip to Sweden on Gripsholm
John T Anderson of Elgin sails December 7 from New York aboard the Swedish American liner Gripsholm for a Groteborg Sweden voyage. This marks his fifth journey to Sweden, his birthplace, joined by Betty Jean Wheeler Merriam Buckman Eleza Wierek Margery Turner Jack McGee and Donald Armentrout.
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Betty Jean Wheeler
Merriam Buckman
Eleza Wierek
Margery Turner
Jack McGee
Donald Armentrout
Elgin
John T Anderson
New York City
Noted Singers To Assist In Cornell Oratorio Dec 11
Miss Thelma von Eisenhauer soprano from Detroit and William Miller tenor from Chicago have been engaged for solo parts in Cornell’s Messiah solo quartet with Ruth Pinkerton contralto and Francis German baritone, under Jacques Jolas. The 150-voice chorus and Cornell Symphony Orchestra will perform December 11 at 3 p.m. in Mount Vernon.
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Mount Vernon
Thelma von Eisenhauer
Detroit
William Miller
Chicago
Cornell
Ruth Pinkerton
Francis German
Jacques Jolas
Thelmas von Eisenhauer
Chicago Symphony
Cornell Symphony Orchestra
Lloyd Oakland
The
Oratorio Society
Eddie Andersons Son Tips Him On Hawkeye Plight
Mrs. Anderson plans to depart for the Midwest after the new year while friends in Iowa City arrange a home. She predicts Eddie Anderson will lift Iowa football from obscurity, noting his lifelong passion for the game and past success at Holy Cross. The Holy Cross president called to express regret over his departure.
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Eddie Anderson
Hawkeye
East
Eddie
Worcester
Holy Cross College
Iowa
Holy Cross
Anderson
Iowa Poll Shows Shifts in Tax and Policy Opinions
Readers express mixed views on a heavy tax on chains and a fair tax concept. A near majority backs a state police agency for inspections, while many oppose absorbing the highway patrol. Voters favor higher teacher salaries and debate ending the direct primary for state offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Patrol
Board of Education
State Planning Board
Ilowa Emergency Relief Administration
Edna St Vincent Millay to Read at Cornell December 13
Mount Vernon reports Edna St Vincent Millay will appear in Cornell chapel at 8 pm on December 13. She will read her poems including Wine From These Grapes and Conversation at Midnight, following her Pulitzer Prize winning The Harp Weaver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Cornell
Mount Vernon
Cornell Chapel
Edna St Vincent Millay
Edna Millays
Harp Weaver
Miss Millay
Lehmann Sings At Cornell Wednesday Evening
Lotte Lehmann of the Metropolitan Opera appears on Cornelis lecture course at Cornell on Wednesday evening December 7 at 8 15. She presents a varied program including Schubert Brahms Wolf Strauss and more with intermission. The performer also discusses her books including Midway in My Song and her interests as a sportswoman and dog lover.
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Garvette Mount Vernon
Cornelis
Lotte Lehmann
Metropolitan Opera
Mme. Lehmann
Mme Lehemann
Cornell
Die Leler
Schubert
Ernst
Schumann
Therese
Brahms
Hugo Wolf
Victor Records
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Marion News
Mildred Case
Mildred K. Case
Henry Case
Chelsea
John Welter
Fred Welter
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
T. J. McElliott
Leo Luense
Patricia Welter
John C. Smith
California
Theodore Davis
Claire Davis
Des Moines
Marion Real Estate Auction
James Elam
Betty Lou
Canton
Ill
Fred M. Blakeslee
F. C. Panuska
King’s Daughters
Bountiful
Amber
AVIS
Keystone
Methodist Ladies Aid Society
C. B. Dewees
Eightenth Street
Gleaners
Carrie Reichert
Tenth Street
Rainbow Division
M. H. Biddick
True Blue
Vaughn Silvers
Seventh Avenue
Loyal Division
Luella Hutton
Charles Granger
Mary Brenneman
Forest Blackford
Sunshine Division
W. G. Buck
Fourth Avenue
Jesse Scott
Carl Secrist
Roy Murray
Blair’s Ferry Road
Ernest White
Ray Wickham
Elva Emerson
Frank Straley
Central Avenue
Endeavor
Cedar Rapids City Lines, Inc
Princess Beauty Shop
Tennyson Study Club
R. H. Biddick
Thirteenth Street
Harold Phillips
Storm’s Store
Presbyterian Ladies Aid §Ociety
A. B. Jack
Ninth Avenue
S. T. Hootman
W. B. Fiebig
I. T. Willson
A. C. Maxwell
Jean Campbell
Clinton
Coe College
A. B. Black
Octo Club
Sixth Avenue
O. M. and
W. Club
Commonwealth Tea Room
Chamber of Commerce
Dental Medical
Parent-Teacher’s Association
Ethel Collins
Christian Endeavor of the Christian Church
S. A. Fontaine
Lincoln Drive
Parent- Teacher Association
Masonic Temple
Ethel Courtney
Mary Kendall
Osceola Lodge
Grove City
Rebekah Lodge
Ethel Harte
Townsend Club
City Hall
Concord A. and L. Club
W. T. Jackson
St. Petersburg
Fla
Lorraine
C.F
O.F
Patmos Commandery
By Carl Dueser
Jeep
Popeye
Lazios
Waretle
A. Fultz
la Porte City
William Turner
E. L. Esher
Clyde Jenks
John Bolte
W. A. Franklin
G. C. Teeter
Georgia Oren
Martin Renner
R. E. Wagner
John Lynch
E. C. Pendlebury
Nelle Gannon
William St. Clair
Charles Kocher
H. E. Braillier
J. W. Peterson
J. R. van Fleet
William Kerr
Carlton Fultz
Mary Simpson
John Betts
M. H. Taylor
Hazleton
Hazleton High School
Adele Graf
Esther Stripe
John Morton
Miles Gardner
Glenn Catshall
Harry Woodson
Glenn Gray
Kathryn Hoffman
Luella Kunkle
Beryl King
H. O. Smith
Star Jewelry CO
Second St
Kresge
Dollar Store
Kresge’s
Toyland
Hee Girl
Bonnet
Sresses
First Avenue
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