Marion area church and civic meetings postponed by cold weather
The Linn county Christmas Seals annual meeting near Cedar Rapids was postponed due to ice and road conditions. Assistance requests went to secretary treasurer Mrs E E Parsons. Numerous clubsociety gatherings and hostesses are listed for Methodist Ladies Aid divisions and other local groups. Several moves and upcoming events include a high school basketball game, a Pollard Players lyceum, a Lincoln school lyceum, and a Milwaukee Railroad Women’s Club postponement to February 20.
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Christmas Seals Organization
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
E. E. Parsons
Marion High school to stage Heart Trouble comedy
The Marion junior class presents Heart Trouble a comedy in three acts by Howard Chenery Thursday at 8 p m in Lincoln school Mary Helen Sloss and Kirk Snell lead roles Miss Margaret Wood directs The plot centers on Laura Morrison and her social ambitions with a cast including Fred Morrison Patricia Morrison Tommy Caker and Conrad Tyler The production team includes Grace Cha business manager and a stage crew of named students Reserved tickets are available at C N Owen store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Chenery
Marion High School
Lincoln School
Mary Helen Sloss
Kirk Snell
Margaret Wood
Laura Morrison
Tommy Caler
Conrad Tyler
Grace Morrison
Fred Morrison
Patricia
Laura
Junior Morrison
Lenore Appleby
John Granger
Arline Quass
Patricia Morrison
Nadine Dove
Wayne Wells
Tommy Caker
Robert Kennedy
Jethro Appleby
James Lacock
Ornetta Reinheimer
Mary Bisek
Maurice Jacobs
Charles Oxley
Allen McKean
Hilden Lacock
John Lyon
Marian Layer
Alta Farley
Eleanor Lockner
Lorraine Keenan
Grace Cha
Doris Ford
Evelyn Brennaman
Dorothy Brennaman
Evelyn Nelson
Fay Anthes
Lorna le Hew
C. N. Owen
Local Scout and Club Meetings Schedule
Troop 35 Boy Scouts meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in Lincoln school. Excelsior Agriculture and Literary club gathers Feb 21 at Mr and Mrs C R Creglow home. Dry Creek Woman's Progressive club holds an all day meeting Thursday at Mrs Ivan Gilmore's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theristrial Club
Ed Sigfred
Emma Kendall
Adeliza Daniels
C. O. P. Club
D. H. Smith
Howard M. Leinbaugh
Lulu B. Secrist
W. R. Barber
Boy Scouts
Lincoln School
Excelsior Agriculture and Literary Club
Woman's Progressive Club
Dry Creek
Ivan Gilmore
Townsend Club
Memorial Hall
Local club notices and funeral services listed
Community groups schedule meetings and events across Monday through Friday. Activities include bridge and handcraft clubs at various homes, Epworth League at the Methodist church, Presbyterians Ladies Aid picnic luncheon, Farm Bureau lessons on refinishing furniture, Eastern Star session and picnic, and a Reading Circle program. Funeral services for Mrs. Marjorie Greeton Johnson are set today at 2:30 at Yocom chapel with burial in Oak Shade cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Greeton Johnson
Yocom Chapel
Ralph Hall Collis
Methodist Church
Oak Shade Cemetery
Ladies Aid to Hold All Day Methodist Meeting
The Keystone division of the Ladies Aid society of the Methodist church will hold an all day meeting Wednesday at the home of Mrs. George Hutchison. Members are asked to come prepared to sew and to take the usual requirements for a picnic luncheon. Assisting hostesses will be Mrs. J. B. Fosdick, Mrs. W. J. Greer and Mrs. A. H. Kirkwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Reichard
Rainbow Division
Ladies Aid Society
the Methodist Church
Kensington
W. S. Campbell
Raymond M. Kent
Elizabeth Brown
George Stark
True Blue
Methodist Ladies Aid Society
Alpha Williams
George McDowell
Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church
Ralph Williams
Tenth Street North
Keystone
Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church
George Hutchison
J. B. Fosdick
W. J. Greer
A. H. Kirkwood
E. J. Esgate
North Tenth Street
Endeavor
Methodist
Ladies Aid
Mountain speech conference in Denver in mid February
A Denver gathering on February 13 14 and 15 features a mountain speech conference with a female delegate chosen to join one of two women's debate teams. A union meeting at 7 30 p m tonight will hear Rev Herbert O Allen of the Congregational church preach on The Richest Man In the World to Christian Congregational Methodist and evangelical churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Herbert O. Allen
Congregational Church
Open 12 North Towa Lakes For Winter Fishing
DES MOINES AP says the state conservation commission opened twelve northern towa lakes to winter fishing as weather threatens heavy fish losses. The emergency move by Harry M. Sanderson allows using fish for food to prevent waste. Lakes listed span Dickinson, Emmet, Palo Alto, Wright, Black Hawk, Sac, Calhoun, Allamakee counties, with the order in effect until March 31 unless reversed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Conservation Commission
Towa
Harry M. Sanderson
East
Okoboji
Narrows
Dickinson County
Swan Lake
Dickinson
Lost Island
Clay
Palo Alto
Medium
Cornelia
Wright
Black Hawk
Sac
North Twin
Calhoun
Morse
Mud Lake
Emmet
High Lake
Tuttle
Big Lake
Allamakee
Kosher Poultry Plumbas Add To Producers Expense
A New York court decision last week may force live poultry producers to incur hundreds of thousands of dollars annually for leg bands or plumbas on kosher birds. The Kasruth Association of Greater New York, which oversees the city’s live poultry trade, won the ruling. the article notes a drop in poultry receipts last year and details egg market conditions including prices, storage stocks, and import and export figures for 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
New York City
Kasruth Association of
Greater New York
WPA Office Reorganization Cuts Staff in Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs AP reports under L. S. Hill orders Fifth District Administrator Emery S. Petty moved two staff to projects and discharged six. Certification, compensation and personnel duties were folded into other departments. District staff drops from 52 to 44, saving 960.14 dollars monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
WPA
L. S. Hill
Emery S. Petty
Petty
Iowa Republicans Visit Gov Landon
Ten members of the Iowa Republican Service Men's league led by Judge Ben F Butler of Waterloo met with Governor Alf Landon in Topeka Kansas on Saturday. The delegation said they were assessing presidential timber but would not commit until Senator L J Dickinson decides on a possible candidacy.
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Topeka
Kan
Iowa Republican Service Men's League
Ben F. Butler
Waterloo
Alf M. Landon
L. J. Dickinson
Republican Volunteers organize in Grundy Center
Grundy county chapter of the Republican Volunteers of Iowa was organized Friday in the court house. Officers named include Victor Sieverding of Grundy Center as president, Roy Moser of Reinbeck as vice president, and E W Ruppelt of Grundy Center as secretary.
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Grundy Center
Grundy County
The
Republican Volunteers of
Iowa
Court House
Victor Sieverding
Roy Moser
Reinbeck
E. W. Ruppelt
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Aldrich held in Montour
Funeral services were held Saturday for Mrs Mary Aldrich who died Wednesday night at her daughter’s home near Montour. Born Mary Youngman May 7 1857 in Otter Creek Township Tama County she was married to Sylvester Aldrich who died in 1917. Survived by son Charles Boise Idaho daughters Maude Aldrich Boise and Mrs Gary Montour three grandsons. Services conducted at Montour Church by Rev Foster M Beck.
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Montour
Mary Aldrich
Charles Gary
Mary Youngman
Otter Creek
Tama County
Sylvester Aldrich
Charles
Buhl
Idaho
Maude Aldrich
Boise
Gary
Montour Church
Foster M. Beck
Pioneer Iowa Woman Observes Her 91st Birthday at West Liberty
Mrs. Mary Jackson marks her ninety first birthday at her son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs W W Andersons home in West Liberty Iowa She has lived in Perry summers and has quilted over 100 items in a life of charity She was born in Ohio and moved with her family to Iowa in 1850 later residing in Knoxville Indianola Perry and West Liberty She married J H Jackson Oct 3 1865 and had five children J M Jackson J R Jackson W K Jackson Mrs Anderson and Aletha now with seven grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren She was raised a Quaker and joined the Methodist church later and belongs to the Eastern Star in Perry
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Mary Jackson
W. W. Anderson
Mount Vernon
James Vernon
Mrs. Jackson
Ohio
Barnesville
James
Zilpha Ricks
Iowa
Ohio River
Mississippi
Salem
Knoxville
J. H. Jackson
Dianola
Perry
Jackson
Methodist Church
Eastern Star Lodge
Brandon's oldest woman to observe birthday Wednesday
Amelia Elliott, Brandon's oldest resident, will celebrate her eighty ninth birthday on Wednesday. Born in Williamsport Indiana to John and Elizabeth Bain, she married Robert H. Elliott in 1867. They settled on a family farm later tenanted near Brandon. Mrs Elliott moved to Brandon in 1914 and has lived with her son John and his family for eleven years.
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Brandon
Amelia
Elliott
Williamsport
Ind
John
Elizabeth Bain
Robert H. Elliott
Buchanan County
Pioneer Washington County Farmer Dies
Paul Shebanek 81, pioneer Washington county farmer, died at his Riverside home after a year of illness. Born in Bohemia August 1, 1854, he came to America at age eight, settled in Cleveland, moved to Washington county in 1880, married Rose Soukup in 1880, and lived on a family farm near Riverside. Surviving are his wife, four sons, four daughters, and eighteen grandchildren. Funeral Monday at St. Marys church with Msgr. Bernard Jacobsmeier officiating.
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the Gazette
Riverside
Paul Shebanek
Washington County
Here
Mr. Shebanek
Bohemia
America
Cleveland
Shebanek
Richland
Rose Soukup
Washington
Charles
Iola
Kan
Frank
Austin
Minn
William
Lone Tree
Pauline Shimitz
Iowa City
Cora Rummelhart
Emma Shebanek
Davenport
Mary Shebanek
Florida Fruit Trees Flourish In Hopkinton
Hopkinton sees Florida fruit trees thriving despite sub zero conditions. Oleander planted in 1903 by Mrs. Linda Burdick grows four feet tall, now reaching twelve feet in Gearhart's drug store. It blooms annually and needs water in summer. A twenty-year lemon tree yields yearly crops, last year eighteen lemons about grapefruit size. A two-foot orange tree produced its first crop three oranges last year.
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The
Gazette
Hopkinton
Florida
N. A
Machinery sells well in auction near South English
At the Fred Kitzman sale five miles southeast of Sigourney, a 15-year-old binder brought 85 dollars, a riding cultivator 33, and a mower 50.60. Seed corn hit 260 per bushel, crib corn 50.14 cents, oats 31 cents. Ewes 9.25, shoats 7.60, cows 71, spring calf 40, mare 202.50, another 185, spring colt 98. Howard Raplinger served as clerk.
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Fred Kitzman
Sigourney
Howard Raplinger
Auction Report From J C Austin Farm Sale Near Marion
A Guernsey cow topped at 106.50 while mares yielded 330 for a team and a gelding 168 and a mare 141. Old sows averaged 39, gifts 30, fall pigs 7.30. corn 0.45 a bushel, oats 0.29, hay 5.50 a ton.
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J. C. Austin
Marion
Kansas Farmers Seek Crop Control to Recreate 1909 14 Power
About 400 farmers from north central Kansas met in Minneapolis to back legal crop production limits and price policies that would reproduce the purchasing power of 1909 to 1914. Resolutions urged government aid for agricultural credit, discharge of 1935 program obligations, payments for last fall s winter wheat, and tax remittance into the federal treasury. Speakers included Dean H. Umberger of Kansas State College and Dr. O O Wolf, state Farm Bureau president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Kan
Kansas
Ottawa
Dean H. Umberger
Kansas State College
O. O. Wolf
State Farm Bureau
North Tama C T A Averages 26 Pounds January Butterfat
During January the 324 cows, seventy one dry, on test in the North Tama Cow Test Association averaged 692 pounds of milk and 26 pounds of butterfat. High cow was a grade Holstein from Hayward Brothers producing 1,950 pounds of milk and 81.9 pounds of butterfat. Joe Chezik Jr ranked second with 2,114 pounds of milk and 76.1 pounds of butterfat. Hayward Brothers high herd averaged 1,067 pounds of milk and 39.2 pounds of butterfat. Twelve members fed home grown feed, eighteen fed a balanced ration, sixteen fed ensilage.
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Toledo
North
Tama
Ivor Johnson
Hayward Brothers
Joe Chezik, Jr
Joe Chezik
Montour Declamatory Contest Winners Vary in Divisions
Winners in Montour High School declamatory contest include Helen Hempy first in Dramatic and Irene Halver son second. Virginia Carter first in humorous with Forrest Paxton second. Other contestants Valeria Bridges Betty McCoy and Charlies Linville entered humorous division. Miss Mary Gary is dramatic coach.
Creameries Hold Annual Meetings Across Two Creameries
Oxford Junction reports 27.81 cents per pound butterfat average price. Annual production 148,295 pounds butter from 119,208.2 pounds butterfat churned. 1,859.04 pounds butterfat used for ice cream. Overrun 24.4 percent. Butter sales total 38,956.27 dollars with distribution to market patrons and local stores. Ice cream sales 2,392.55 dollars. buttermilk 363.42. End-year undistributed balance 550.87. Anamosa Farmers Creamery reports 32.3 cents per pound butterfat average price. Butter produced 449,800 pounds, down from 509,418 in 1934. Overrun 24.39 percent. Ice cream production 19,224 gallons. Combined sales 52,317.47 dollars across ice cream and feed. Officers re-elected: Art Lister president, C C Stephens VP, Burton Brown secretary, Robert Deyo treasurer. directors listed. A H Smith creamery operator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Junction
Anamosa
Anamosa Farmers Creamery Company
Art Lister
C. C. Stephens
Burton Brown
Robert Deyo
John Machart
Carl Tjaden
Will Hay
H. J. Mayberry
Alvin Byerly
W. Lee Finn
A. H. Smith
York Creamery Association Meeting Set With Luncheon
The annual York Creamery Association meeting is scheduled for Tuesday in Williamsburg with a noon luncheon. Prof. C. A. Iverson of the Ames School of Dairying will speak. Cc. L. Wilson, a buttermaker, will present the annual report. Three new directors will be elected. Retiring directors are H. R. Langlas, Alvin Hansemann and Martin Doer Mann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg
York Creamery Association
C. A. Iverson
Ames School of Dairying
Cc. L. Wilson
H. R. Langlas
Alvin Hansemann
Martin Doehrmann
Body Of War Veteran Burned In Bancroft Fire
An elderly couple and their World War II veteran son died in a fire that destroyed their Bancroft farm home. E M Johnson aged 73 and his wife 71 were found among the ruins, while son Walter, 42, was recovered from basement debris. Two other sons Oscar and Leonard survived. Leonard was reportedly jailed on a minor charge the night before.
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Bancroft
E. M. Johnson
Walter
Oscar
Leonard
Algona
Johnson
Nebraska Face Accession to TB Free Status by April 1
Des Moines reports Dr. H A Seidell, Nebraska state veterinarian, predicts Nebraska will join Iowa and Minnesota in the tuberculosis tested cattle ban. He says the Feb 1 embargo will cause little hardship in Nebraska and that within a month only two counties will be affected. Iowa already accredited. Nebraska may adopt embargo to maintain 100 percent status.
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Des Moines
INS
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
H. A. Seidell
Seidell
South Dakota
California
Texas
Omaha
Iowa High Schools Consider Moving Music Festival
Charles City AP P C Lapham executive committee secretary said he was receiving replies from Iowa High School Music association member schools on an amendment to allow transferring the annual state festival site from Iowa City for a two year period to one of the other two state educational institutions. Votes were to be mailed by Friday night but completion data will be ready next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles City
P. C.lapham
Iowa High School Music Association
Iowa City
Lapham
Farm Bloc Demands Alcohol From Grains For Whisky Blends
Washington AP The House farm bloc urged new legislation to force whisky blends to use alcohol made only from grains. Rep Karl Stefan of Norfolk Neb led the effort arguing a treasury ruling removing the grain requirement threatened grain farmers. A bill is planned to bar blended whiskies from using any alcohol not derived from grains, targeting pre distilled molasses as a rival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Karl Stefan
Norfolk
Neb
Treasury
Stefan
Speech Defects Corrected At Ames
The Ames speech clinic describes stuttering causes and treatment methods, noting mental attitude, neuro muscular factors, and exercises to improve dominance and coordination. Since 1933 Dr. Greene has treated over 300 cases, with students increasingly attending thrice weekly classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene
Wagner Named On Realtor Committee
The Iowa Association of Real Estate Boards directory board named a combined legislative and taxation committee during a Saturday meeting in Des Moines. Members appointed were Clyde Topping of Burlington, John J. Wagner of Cedar Rapids, Frank Ricker of Council Bluffs, and Arthur S. Kirk and J. C. Ferguson, both of Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Association of Real Estate Boards
Clyde Topping
Burlington
John J. Wagner
Cedar Rapids
Frank Ricker
Council Bluffs
Arthur S. Kirk
J. C. Ferguson
Three One Act Plays Set For Monday High School Stage
Clarence high school presents three one act plays Monday evening. Sauce For The Goslings stars Alberta Young Marvin Tucker Eldon Fedderson Thelma Harness Evelyn Steffens James Sawyer and Irene Meyer. Love In Bloom features Myrtle Stock La Vonne Baltisberger Elma Hoover Frederick Decker Keith Bixler Elizabeth Ann Tucker Honora Sonnemaker Mearl Toerber. Rich Man Poor Man includes Donna Kelly Virginia Phillips Lawrence Hartwig Alberta Bachman Selma Kline George Lane Lolita Backhaus Emma Jean Sonnemaker Elaine Klatt Paul Hasselbusch Fern Winey and Dorothy Fedderson. Paula Reinking directs with stage crews led by Orville Meyer Elroy Long Harry Meyer Esther Ibsen Kathleen Luikhart Robert Long Fredrick Oetting Harold Doermann Lois Workman Leroy Hansen Richard Goldsmith Frances Lenndt Hilda Behrens and Charles Hoffner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence
Alberta Young
Marvin Tucker
Eldon Fedderson
Thelma Harness
Evelyn Steffens
James Sawyer
Irene Meyer
Donna Kelly
Virginia Phillips
Lawrence Hartwig
Alberta Bachman
Selma Kline
George Lane
Lolita Backhaus
Emma Jean Sonnemaker
Elaine Klatt
Paul Hasselbusch
Fern Winey
Dorothy Fedderson
Paula Reinking
Orville Meyer
Elroy Long
Harry Meyer
Esther Ibsen
Kathleen Luikhart
Robert Long
Fredrick O
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Marion News
Comforter
Alice Phelps
L. M. Phelps
Addie Shumack
Gleaners
Pepraist
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Fred Bohlken
Walter Reinsch
Sid Cary
George Lutz
Arthur Vaughn
Ray McCalley
Virginia Vaughn
Tucson, Ariz
Lions Club
Michel Tea Room
Gaylord Ward
Ameigo Club
L. C. Dow
Earl Welsher
Grassfield
Seventeenth Street
A. J. Eibel
Eighteenth Street
A. H. Boyt
Seventh Avenue
O. Fahey
H. C. van Wormer
Fifteenth Street
Fred Lutz
Marvel Foster
Cedar Rapids Community House
Brotherhood of the Methodist Church
Samuel Garvin
Dubuque
Railway Mail Association of
Cedar Rapids and
Cc. P. Walderback
George A. Hodge
Omar House
E. K. Easton
R. A. Hauser
Eugene Whitaker
A A Hardin
Sorosis Club
Verto Reichert
Manchester High School
Herbert
Pollard Players
Lyceum
Fred Newlin
Laura Bailey
Milwaukee Railroad Women's Club
Legion Auxiliary
Lasswell
L. R. Wilson
Twelfth Street
Cary Club
C. E. Blinks
Octo Bridge Club
Handicraft Club No. 2
Harry J. Murphey
North Eleventh Street
Neal DeWees
Donald Beadle
Epworth League
Methodist Sunday School
Entre Nous Club
R. Lee Taylor
F. A. Shumack
North Marion Township
Lorraine Circle
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
James Pringle
W. D. Shank
Gene Wilbur
Robert
Frank Wilbur
Fred Holsinger
Mary English
Reading Circle
Robert Cessford
Linn
Iane Hanson
Noble
Rebekah Lodge
Archie Milner
Patmos Commandery
Knights Templar
Paul Torrence
O. B. Torrence
Jeanette Titus
Lenox College
Mrs
Howard M. Titus
Marion Post
American Legion
Tne
LeRoy Barber
Chester Cornelius
Harold Phillips
Paul Fiedler
Auxiliary
New Hallwood
Della Senninger
Linn County American Legion
Robert Titus
University of Iowa
Allen Edwards
Boonville, Ark
Osceola Lodge
Rex Beresford
Iowa State College
Linn Co-operative Oil Company
Temple
LeNora Dippel
George Dippel
Iowa State Teachers College
North Towa Lakes
Gov
Landon
Amelia Elliott
South English
Tama C.T.A
Ames
Wagner
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