Marion Scouts Observe Anniversary With Week of Activities
Boy Scout troop No. 38 in Marion marks America’s 27th scouting anniversary with a week of events led by scoutmaster Richard Hart. The program includes a national broadcast with President Roosevelt, a court of honor, church service, and various civic duties by the scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
America
Richard Hart
Hatt
Linn County
The
Methodist Church
Stewart Buchanan
Earl A. Baker
J. J. Booth
A. E. Crew
H. F. Lockwood
W. S. Campbell
Campbell
Marion Post
American Legion
Lions Club
Ray McCalley
E. J. Miller
Verne Balster
Paul Feidler
Harley Breed
R. E. Leidigh
David Dipple
Ralph Rose
Eagle Patrol
Billy Wahl
John S. Miller
Legionaires
Leroy Cooper
Roosevelt
Federation Meet to Highlight Club Activities and Attendance
The City Federation of Women’s Clubs invites all women to a 1 pm picnic luncheon at I O O F hall on Tuesday. Prizes will be awarded for largest attendance and perfect attendance. Mrs. Glenn Kinser will lead group singing. multiple club representatives will report on activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Federation of Women’s Clubs
I. O. O. F. Hall
Glenn Kinser
A. A. Hardin
S. F. Cary
Athenian
Carrie Reichert
Cary
Celan Rollins
Tennyson
E. E. Parsons
Entre Nous
Lula Toms
Marion Nature and Garden
L. M. Phelps
Ivanhoe
Edna Roberts
Musical Literary
James J. Wallace
Ida Ives
Reading Circle
The U S Circle Plans Wednesday Picnic Dinner
The U S Circle will meet Wednesday for a picnic dinner with Mrs. Carl Wiley. Members are asked to bring comic valentines.
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Theu. S. Circle
Carl Wiley
Funeral Services for Mrs. T. T. Williams
Funeral services for Mrs. T. T. Williams who died Thursday in Denver will be held this afternoon at 2:30 in the Yocom chapel. The Rev. H. O. Allen of the Congregational church will officiate and burial will be in Oak Shade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. T. Williams
Denver
Yocom Chapel
H. O. Allen
Congregational Church
Oak Shade
Fourth division of Presbyterian Church meets Thursday
The fourth division of the Presbyterian church will hold a meeting Thursday at 2 30 p m with Mrs Stewart Hawk assisting.
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The
Presbyterian Church
Stewart Hawk
Townsend club No. 1 meeting with Mrs Adela Hobart
Co workers of the Townsend club No 1 plan a Tuesday gathering at 2 p m with Mrs Adela Hobart at Sixth street and Fourth avenue.
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Townsend Club No. 1
Adela Hobart
Sixth Street
Fourth Avenue
Miss Jane Low Sails to Coral Gables for Winter Visit
Miss Jane Low will visit Coral Gables Florida to stay with her sister Mrs H C Jensen of Cedar Rapids who is spending the winter there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Low
Coral Gables
Florida
H. C. Jensen
Cedar Rapids
Carol Jean Curran
Fred Holsinger
Grove City Rebekah Lodge Meeting Notice
Grove City Rebekah lodge No. 35 will meet Monday at 7 30 p m in I O O F hall. There will be initiation and degree staff members are asked to wear white. Refreshments will be served and visiting Rebekahs are welcome.
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Grove City
Rebekah Lodge No
Musical Literary Club Meets Monday Evening
The Musical Literary club gathers Monday at 7 30 p m with Mrs C D Burns to present a program of French and Italian music by the first and second divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Burns
Mrs. Toms Funeral Today in Yocom Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs. George W. Toms are set for today at 4 PM in the Yocom chapel with the Rev. H. O. Allen of the Congregational church officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Shade Cemetery.
Forty s Club Seeks Picnic and Quilt Block Prints
The 40 s club will meet Tuesday with Mrs. Carl Lewis for a noon picnic dinner. Members are asked to bring prints suitable for double wedding quilt blocks and sewing equipment.
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Carl Lewis
P. E. O. Chapter CS Meeting Hostess and Speaker
Mrs. E. J. Miller will host Chapter CS of the P. E. O. society on Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. Mrs. E. A. Crew will discuss her trip along the western coast at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Miller
E. A. Crew
Concord Club Plans All Day Meeting at Scott Home
The Concord Agricultural and Literary club will hold an all day meeting Friday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Scott at 950 Twelfth Street. Meat and potatoes will be furnished. Members are asked to bring table service sandwiches and a covered dish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord Agricultural and Literary Club
C. C. Scott
Twelfth Street
Farm Home Needs Listed in Farmers Market Place Ad
The Want Ad section today features Farm Home Needs under Farmers Market Place. Advertisement.
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Farmers’ Market Place
Mitchell Woman's Relief Corps to Meet in Memorial Hall
The regular meeting of Robert Mitchell Woman's Relief Corps No. 126 is set for Wednesday at 2 30 in Memorial hall. J B Howell departs for Knoxville to handle business Monday. Miss Betty Howell returns from Iowa City after a two day visit with Miss Shirley Briggs.
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Robert Mitchell Woman's Relief Corps No. 126
Memorial Hall
Betty Howell
Iowa City
Shirley Briggs
Reading circle gathers for Canadian poetry and Manitoba talk
Mrs. Robert Oxley hosted a Reading circle meeting on Friday with a roll call of Canadian poetry. Mrs. R. J. Williams gave a map talk and Manitoba description. The group will meet next Thursday with Mrs. L. R. Blinks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Oxley
R. J. Williams
Manitoba
L. R. Blinks
Champion tooth grower Bernette Zupke from Waukon
Special to The Gazette. Mr and Mrs Edward Zupke of Waukon claim their daughter Bernette June is the champion tooth grower. At eight months she had eight teeth. at twelve months twelve. at fifteen months sixteen. at seventeen months twenty. Her last four double teeth were cut all at one time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Edward Zupke
Bernette June
Rebekah Lodge Meets With Flood Relief Vote
The Past Noble Grand association met Friday with thirteen members and two guests Mrs. C. H. Kullander and John David Ballard present. The group voted $2 to the Red Cross flood relief fund. Assisting hostesses were Mrs. Evelyn Fleisher Mrs. Hugh Hutton and Mrs. Emma O Kelley.
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Noble Grand Association
Rebekah Lodge
Fred Holsinger
C. H. Kullander
John David Ballard
Red Cross
Evelyn Fleisher
Hugh Hutton
Emma O’kelley
Royal Arch Masonry Chapter Meeting Postponed
Chapter No. 10 Royal Arch Masons will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the Masonic Temple. The session will include work in the mark and postmaster degrees.
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Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Temple
Kenaya Camp Fire Group To Meet After School
The Kenaya Camp Fire group will meet with guardian Mrs W H Booze on Monday after school to make head bands. Members should bring money for material.
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Kenaya Camp
W. H. Booze
Family Night Observed Wednesday at Congregational
Family night will be observed Wednesday at the Congregational Church with activities for all ages. The schedule includes a group meal and a brief service to welcome members and visitors.
Presbyterian Church Observes Ninety-Fifth Anniversary
The Presbyterian church marked its ninety-fifth anniversary with a Friday banquet at the church. Dr. C H Hook spoke on The Hope of the Future urging youth to lead church progress and adopt new methods. Pastors and members shared reminiscences as Toastmaster Hugh Gordon presided and a two course dinner was served for about 100 attendees. Out of town guests included Dr. William M Evans and Mr Mrs William Sebern plus Mr and Mrs C L Burmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Hook
Presbyterian Church
A. H. Frazer
Walter H. Reynolds
Robert S.campbell
William M. Jennings
James Aiken Smith
Charles F. Ensign
Harry Glenn Finney
W. E. Fisher
Minnie Lathrop
Frances Hildebrand
W. B. Sebern
Carl Wallace
C. C. Scott
R. N. Fitzgerald
Emma Klein
Mr. Fisher
Hugh Gordon
William M. Evans
William Sebern
Marion high home declamatory contest set for Monday night
Marion high hosts a home declamatory contest in the Lincoln building auditorium at 8 p.m. Winners advance to the preliminary state contest. admission is ten cents for grade school pupils and fifteen cents for adults and high school students. Participants span oratorical dramatic and humorous divisions with listed students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion High School
Lincoln
Marion High
Melvin Arp
Maurice Flack
Richard Schaefer
Kirk Snell
Helen Biddick
John Ferriter
Mary Helen Sloss
Betty Wallace
Wayne Carpenter
Dorothy Mae Ford
Mary Ellen Granger
Susan Hankin
Pleasant Grove Club to Elect Officers Tonight
The Pleasant Grove Community club meets with Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Cherry Teasday at 7 30 p.m. to elect officers. Also Marion Nature and Garden club gathers Wednesday at 2 p.m. with Miss Amy Dean. Mrs A A Schenken discusses Where Does Wild Life Winter. The Mellish and Speake households return from Oxford Junction due to Mrs Mellish's father illness.
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Pleasant Grove Community Club
Elmer Cherry Teasday
Marion Nature and Garden Club
Amy Dean
A. A. Schenken
Harry Mellish
George Speake
Oxford Junction
Alesch Pushes Campaign To Restore Respect To Courts
Des Moines Iowa Rep Gus Alesch a Marcus farmer Democrat leads a drive to reform the legal system to restore respect for the bar and courts He proposes three years of law study for admission to practice and urges a nonpartisan judiciary to elevate the profession and courts above reproach He recalls the Northwest Iowa uprising and argues education strengthens ethics and integrity in lawyers and judges.
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Alesch
DES Moines
Gustave Alesch
Marcus
Iowa
Plymouth County
Law
College of Hard Knocks
Luxembourg
United States
Abraham Lincoln
Clarence Darrow
Judiciary
Tipton Cedar County Red Cross flood drive climbs past $3,000
Tipton Cedar county residents sent 2640 dollars to the Red Cross for flood relief and expect contributions to exceed 3000. The Brethren church northeast of Tipton gave 19 dollars. A Tipton Red Cross benefit dance Thursday evening grossed 104.90 dollars.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Red Cross
The
Brethren Church
After-Supper Basketball Game At Manchester Marion
After supper the girls attended the basketball game between Manchester and Marion High. Those present were Ruth Ostrander, Barbara Sloss, Ruth Hanscom, Janet Derflinger, Mary and Joan Balster, Mary Helen Sloss, Norma Biddick, Mary Frances Howell, Kathleen Oxley and Emma Wallace.
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Manchester
Marion High
Ruth Ostrander
Barbara Sloss
Ruth Hanscom
Janet Derflinger
Mary and Joan Balster
Mary Helen Sloss
Norma Biddick
Mary Frances Howell
Kathleen Oxley
Emma Wallace
Willis Jordan to Host Tess at Ivanhoe Club
Mrs Willis Jordan will host a tess on Monday at 2 p m at the Ivanhoe club with Mrs J B Fosdick as program leader presenting Imports and Exports of Scotland.
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Willis Jordan
Ivanhoe Club
J. B. Fosdick
Scotland
Linn DeMolay Chapter to Meet at Temple
Linn Chapter No 900 DeMolay schedules a 7 30 p m meeting at the Masonic Temple on Monday with members urged to attend.
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Linn
DeMolay
Masonic Temple
Presbyterian Ladies Aid meets with Mrs Black at church
The second and third divisions of the Presbyterian Ladies Aid society will meet Thursday at 2 30 with Mrs A B Black at the Methodist church Wednesday at 6 30 p m with a picnic supper The Keystone division of the Ladies Aid Society will be hostesses Members are asked to take table service sandwiches and a covered dish Dr E T Gough will review What You Owe Your Child by Dean Willard L Sperry
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society
A. B. Black
Methodist Church
Keystone Division
Ladies Aid Society
E. T. Gough
Dean Willard L. Sperry
Union Missionary Meeting of Marion Churches Friday
The annual Union Missionary meeting of Marion churches will be held Friday in the Baptist church beginning at 10 a.m. A lunch will be served by the Baptist Ladies Aid. The program includes a World Day of Prayer observance and a devotional led by Mrs. C E Meggers.
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Union Missionary Meeting of the Churches of Marion
Baptist Church
Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist Church
Strawberry Point Flood Relief Funds Sent to Red Cross
A $540 relief gift was mailed to Red Cross headquarters in St. Louis in response to flood aid efforts. Local solicitors included Rev. Carrie V. Lucas and others, with county solicitors led by J. S. Knight and Ben Kleinlein. Contributions featured Future Farmers, American Legion, Legion auxiliary, and Camp Fire girls, plus a $53.86 benefit from an Orpheum theater show.
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Strawberry Point
Red Cross
St. Louis
Carrie V. Lucas
James P. Gable
L. L. Hines
J. J. Matthews
Ralph Feeney
M. O. Jahr
W. W. Smith
Alex Schmidt
E. J. Opperman
Addie Little
James Preston
Berdine Fenchel
Cecil Duff
F. E. Davis
Percy Preston
Sophia Schug
J. S. Knight
Ben Kleinlein
Homer Pugh
John Lee
Dan Ivory
Johnnie Gerdes
Mr. Eilers
Carl Zwanziger
Clarence Hebron
Melvin Handel
American Legion
Legion Auxiliary
Camp Fire Girls
J. E. Cass
Orpheum Theater
Oxnam To Speak At Anamosa Church Conference
Bishop G Bromley Oxnam of Omaha will be chief speaker at a Davenport and Dubuque district Methodist conference in Anamosa on Monday. Dr Samuel Garvin of Dubuque, W Glenn Rowley will chair morning, H D Temple to preach, Oxnam to speak on problems preachers face. About 75 churches represented.
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Anamosa
G. Bromley Oxnam
Omaha
Davenport
Dubuque
Anamosa Methodist Church
Samuel Garvin
W. Glenn Rowley
H. D. Temple
Dubuque Grandview Church
Oxnam
Arate
Harvey C. Travis
F. H. Weed
Independence
William Crossley
Tipton
Garvin
Bishop Oxnam
School Bus Output Doubled 1935 Record
The 1935 bus output set a new high, doubling the total of any prior year and signaling a surge in school transportation capacity and fleet size.
Cornell Wrestler Balances Trays and Gold Medal Dreams
Cornell's Olympic wrestler Dale Brand returns to campus after Berlin with Coach Dick Barker's squad for the rest of the year. He works as a dining hall waiter in Bowman Hall, lifting four plates at a time, while planning to teach and coach after completing his studies in social science. Brand recalls sitting near Hitler at the Berlin Games and meeting figures like Goering and Lindbergh. He collaborated with fellow Cornellian David L. Hill at the event and helped Hill obtain an Olympic uniform. He has placed second in national AAU and national collegiate meets and will wrestle at the sectional AAU meet at Cornell this spring.
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The
Gazette
Vernon
Dale Brand
Cornell
Cornell College
Bowman Hall
Dick Barker
Dale
Brand
Berlin
Europe
le Havre
Sansouci
Potsdam
Hitler
Goering
Lindbergh
Joe E. Brown
United
David L. Hill
Martello
Hill
Fort Dodge
Mt. Vernon Couple Celebrate Their 65th Anniversary
Mt. Vernon celebrates the sixty fifth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Zinkula on Feb. 8. The couple, aged 87 and 83, live near Mount Vernon with a son, George, in the home since 1917. They recall a life of farming, share Czech language papers, and have a large family including eleven grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Mount Vernon
Martin Zinkula
Zinkula
Czechoslovakia
Jacob
Barbara Zinkula
United States
Martin
America
John
Johnson County
Mary Brush
Cedar Rapids
Wesley Brush
Iowa City
Europe
Vaclav
Josephine Wittengel
Zinkulas
Josephine
St. Mary’s Church
Father Emmons
Cedar Bluffs
Mary Marshek
Morse
Frances
Joseph
Emma Verba
Ludwig
Lisbon
George
Monticello’s Named Origins Tied to Jefferson Home
The settlement along the Maquoketa River in 1836 was named Monticello by Daniel Warvel and William Clark, likely in homage to Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia home Monticello. Other towns named Monticello exist in Arkansas Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Kentucky and New York.
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Monticello
Maquoketa
Daniel Warvel
Kentucky
William Clark
Ohio
Dubuque
Warvel and Clark
Jackson
Virginia
Thomas Jefferson
Charlottesville
Monticellos
Jefferson
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
New York
Wilton Woman Frances Kelley Sets Local Service Record
Frances R. Kelley of Wilton Junction has a long record of church and civic service. She has attended Sunday school at First Presbyterian since 1904, served in leadership roles, and held multiple offices in groups including the Rebekah lodge Pythian temple American Legion auxiliary and Woman's Relief corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton Junction
Frances R. Kelley
First Presbyterian Church
The
Missionary Society
Ladies Auxiliary
Church
Rebekah Lodge
Pythian Temple
American Legion Auxiliary
Woman's Relief Corps
Woman’s Club
Death of Mrs. Elvira Lockhart noted in Urbana
George W. Wheeler is informed of his sister Mrs. Elvira Lockhart's death at Independence hospital. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. today at the Urbana Christian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Frederick of
Detroit
Mrs. Russell Singleton
Urbana
George W. Wheeler
Elvira Lockhart
Independence Hospital
Urbana Christian Church
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Marion News
Boy Scouts
Lasswell
Robert Michell
Robert Lary
Wilbur Clark
James Dow
Clarence Reinhard
Keith Ellison
Bobby Wilbur
Billy Harlan
Billy Vahl
Charles Swift
John Gibney
Roy Vahl
J. B. Howell
Knoxville
Champ
Bernette June Zupke
Milwaukee Railroad Women’s Club
New Hallwood
Jones County
William Hutton
Thomas Denson
Charles Hutton
Wayne
Scotch Grove
County
Hugh Bowen
O. E. Maine of
Waterloo
Weiss Photo
Irvin Ford
Dorothy Mae
Doro
Shakespeare Club
Ladies Union of the Christian Church
Jesse Sodon
Ninth Street
Progressive Club
Dry Creek
John Adams
Board of the Christian Church
United Missionary Society of the Christian Church
Marshall Swayne
John Reynolds
John Levine
C. E. Meggers
C. A. Dykes
Congo
C. C. Ellison
Jefferson Home
Wilton
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