Holtz Named Treasurer of Benton County
Special to The Gazette. Benton county voters select Leland Holtz as treasurer to fill the unexpired term after Henry Buxton resigns to join Sheffield Savings Bank. Buxton leaves after 11 years in county treasurers office with nine as assistant to the late McElroy. Mrs. Fry becomes deputy auditor. In nearby Tipton, party delegates and county chairman changes noted as Republicans and Democrats name state convention delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winton
Leland Holtz
Benton County
Board of Supervisors
Henry Buxton
Sheffield Savings Bank
Holtz
Buxton
Leland Fry
Sheffield
Riverside Park
Vinton
George D. McElroy
Charles Allen
Vinton Insurance
Harry White
Lyle Woods
Belle Plaine
Republicans name county chairman and Des Moines delegates
West Union in Fayette county Republicans elect W. H. Antes as county chairman. They announce a long list of delegates to the state convention at Des Moines including Juanita Tibbetts Joyce Appelman J. F. Miller W. P. Lauer George S. Hartman B. W. Patsey George Metcalf Paul Templeman R. B. McCormack Paul P. Stewart L. H. Buenneke J. H. Wilson Mary Ogle Dr Elizabeth Smith Kennedy Charles Rueffel Harold Van Denover Florence M. Streight M. C. Hanson Vera Carlson E A Grimwood Dr J C Davis H V Ho yer John Falk Harry Johnson Harry Stolle Grace Gilbert King M M Cooney Martha Anfinson Ellen E Williamson Lola Whitney Mrs A R Rupp A D Finch Elsie E Smith F J Campbell Dr V C Willis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Fayette County
W. H. Antes
Des Moines
Juanita Tibbetts
Joyce Appelman
J. F. Miller
W. P. Lauer
George S. Hartman
B. W. Patsey
George Metcalf
Paul Templeman
R. B. McCormack
Paul P. Stewart
L. H. Buenneke
J. H. Wilson
Mary Ogle
Elizabeth Smith- Kennedy
Charles Rueffel
Harold van Denover
Florence M. Streight
M. C. Hanson
Vera Carlson
E.A. Grimwood
J. C. Davis
H. V. Hoyer
John Falk
Harry Johnson
Harry Stolle
Grace Gilbert King
M. M. Cooney
Martha Anfinson
Ellen E. Williamson
Lola Whitney
Toledo GOP elects Sime as chairman at county convention
Zelic Sime of Toledo was re elected chairman of the Tama county Republican central committee at the county convention. Mrs H G Ross of Toledo was re elected vice chairman. L E McEltree, a Toledo pharmacist, was nominated for county treasurer and Harold Turbett withdrew after accepting a Tama schools post. Kenneth Muirhead, a farmer, named candidate for second district supervisor to fill the expired term of William Lorenz ending Jan 1, 1947. Democrats elected M W Hyland of Tama as attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Zelic Sime
Tama County
Republican Central Committee
H. G. Ross
L. E. McEltree
Harold Turbett
Tama
Kenneth Muirhead
Farmer
William Lorenz
M. W. Hyland
Lost $650 Recovered From Mailbox
Waterloo report says Christopher Benthroft saved $650 for six years for a rainy day. He lost the billfold Thursday while repairing at a local store, then found the money in his mailbox Sunday thanks to an honest passerby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Christopher Benthroft
Benthroft
Dr. Francis McNamara Dies Finley Pathologist Leader
Dr Francis P McNamara longtime Finley hospital pathologist died Sunday after 23 years service He was former president of the Iowa State Medical Association and of the Dubuque County Medical Society Surviving are his wife and a sister ELKADER Sergeant Kenneth L Harnack son of Mr and Mrs Roy Harnack Elkader awarded the Air Medal for meritorious achievement in five bombing missions over Europe
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Dubuque
INS
Francis P. McNamara
Finley Hospital
McNamara
Iowa State Medical Association
Dubuque County
Elkader
Kenneth L. Harnack
Roy Harnack
Europe
Des Moines Driver Education Institute July Fifth To Seventh
More than 100 persons are expected to attend a teacher training institute in driver education at Fort Des Moines July 5 7. Iowa was selected for one of 20 national institutes for the army to boost school safety programs with no tuition. Governors, educators, and military officers will speak and instructors include Lt S N Jespersen and Prof A R Lauer. The course features a blackout driving test a driving range demonstration and a convoy driving test. Completion earns a certificate designed by the army and state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B B. Hickenlooper
Jessie M. Parker
Superintendent of Public Instruction
F. A. McCoskrie
Fort Des Moines
S. N. Jespersen
Iowa Highway Patrol
A. R. Lauer
Iowa State College
WAC
Army
State
Waterloo Man Struck and Killed on Highway 63
Edward Wallace of Waterloo was killed early Sunday when struck on Highway 63 seven miles north of Waterloo by a car driven by F. H. Carlson of Decorah. Wallace was near his parked car on the pavement and stepped into traffic in heavy rain. Surviving is brother David Wallace of Cedar Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Edward Wallace
Highway 63
Here
F. H. Carlson
Decorah
Wallace
Carlson
David Wallace
Cedar Falls
Pale Pulpit Bible Presented to Cedar Rapids Church
Glenn Mobry presented a leather bound Pale Pulpit Bible to the Methodist church in Cedar Rapids on Sunday. Guy Yates accepted the book, as Dr Will Kirwin delivered the morning sermon in the pastor’s absence.
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Palo
Methodist Church
Glenn Mobry
Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids
Guy Yates
Board of Trustees
Will Kirwin
Fourth
Avenue SE
Kirwin
the Pale
Mobry
Hollywood notes tease new Lopez McCarey project and star shifts
Dorothy Manners reports on Leo McCarey planning a companion feature inspired by wartime bonding among three boys of differing faiths. Rosalind Russell is set to inherit Ruth Gordon’s role in Over 21. Deanna Durbin takes on Christmas Holiday romance, Cant Help Singing, and a future Lady on a Train. The Country Home romance hints at Theda Bara’s former rival Virginia Pearson and Sheldon Lewis planning a remarriage after years apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosalind Russell
Ruth Gordon
Universal
Deanna Durbin
Durbin
Deanna
Leslie Charteris
Frank Sinatra
Lana Turner
Theda Bara
Virginia Pearson
Sheldon Lewis
Invasion Casualties Include Two Local Soldiers
War department reports Pfc. Ernest L. Wilson, 26, killed in action June 13 in France after arriving in England in April. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Wilson and worked at the Wilson packing plant. Pfc. Warren Carney, 26, paratrooper, missing in France since D-day with sister Mrs. Zola Melsha confirming. His wife and three children reside in Hannibal, Missouri. he worked for Tucker's Auto Salvage in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Krumm
J. H. Krumm
van Horne
Germany
Donald Krumm
California
Ernest L. Wilson
France
War Department
Carolyn Wilson
First Avenue SE
England
H. C. Wilson
First Street NW
Wilson Packing Plant
Warren Carney
D-day
Zola Melsha
Third Street
Hannibal
Tucker's Auto Salvage Company
Cedar Rapids
Iowa brief updates from Traer to Decorah in compact notices
Traer Lions elect Dr G M Dalbecy president and plan a youth center in the new Kubik Finch post hall with weekly teenage dances in July and August. Waterville couple Gertrude Hancock and Byron Kroshus wed at Waterville Lutheran church. Toledo bride Nadine Hegardt weds Milburn Sevde in Tama. Waukon Nelson and Patricia Thompson marry in Texas where groom trains as a bombardier. Wyoming church hosts after basement flooding service moved to school gym. Decorah pastor Hawkins appointed for Burr Oak and Fayette move.
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TRAER
G. M. Dalbecy
Traer Lions Club
F. EB. Brutsman
C. E. States
Paul Dickinson
Clyde Mease
C. P. Mellbye
Kubik-Finch Post
American Legion
Legion Committee
The
Legion and Auxiliary
Lions and Band Mothers Club
Waterville
Waterville Lutheran Church
Gertrude Laurayne Hancock
Decorah
John Hancock
Byron Truman Kroshus
Bennie Kroshus
Spring Grove
Minn
Kroshus
Toledo
Nadine Hegardt
Clarence Hegardt
Tama
Marine S
Milburn E. Sevde
Lottie Sevde
Chicago
St. Paul’s American Lutheran Church
Tama County Agricultural Conservation Office
Soil Conservation Service
Eldora
Monticello
Ecosauqua
Waukon
Robert Nelson
Stella Nelson
Patricia Thompson
Mt. Vernon
Ill
Laredo
Texas
Wyoming
D. P. Hawkins
Burr Oak
Fayette
George Goodrick
Hawkeye
Pioneer Tipton resident Clark dies after illness
Iowa obituary notices report Tipton painter Carl J Clark who died in Cedar Rapids after weeks of illness. Born July 5 1853 in Maine he lived most of his life in Tipton never married and is survived by nieces Mrs Jerome Wilson Stanwood and Mrs Mearl Clark Tipton. Services were held in Tipton Decorah and Solon for several other regional deaths including Carl Durland Jacob Haas Lyman Woolstrum George Schwab William Stable and William Stable with survivors and funeral details.
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Tipton
Frank J
Jack" Clark
Cedar Rapids
Maine
Jerome Wilson
Stanwood
Mearl Clark
Wilson
Decorah
Carl Durland
Jamestown
N. D
Marengo
Jacob Haas
Iowa County
Canton
S. D
Oxford
George C. Schwab
Iowa City
Germany
Minnie Albright
Lena Crawford
Williamsburg
Kate Gillin
Chicago
Fred Miller
Dunlap, II
John
Columbus Junction
Jake
George
Oskaloosa
Clarence
Dunlap
Ill
Lewis
Wellman
Peter
Orange
Calif
William
Springville
Solon
William Stable
Route 2
Johnson County
Hattie
Harley Moreland
Emmery
Fort Dodge
Boyd
Woolworth manager Frank Jacobs dies at 55
Frank B. Jacobs 55 longtime manager of buyers for the F. W Woolworth company died last Saturday. He was born at Independence Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank B. Jacobs
F. W Woolworth Company
Independence
Fourth of July at Hawkeye Downs Show Features Big Fireworks
Hawkeye Downs hosts the tenth annual July celebration Tuesday at 7 30 p m with acts including Professor Cheer Bert Henderson and Louise Belur. The American Legion sponsors the event offering Iowa's largest fireworks show and an LST boat landing. Gates open at 4 p m with free parking and bands plus drum corps.
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Hawkeye Downs
Professor Cheer
Bob Burns
al Pierce
Bert Henderson
Louise Belur
Griswold
Ethel Reed Atkinson
Carrol Rhythm Rockets
Hanford Post No. 5
American Legion
Iowa
Hawkeye Downsiie
Picnic Tuesday at New Towa County Bible Camp
MILLERSBURG The cornerstone of a new Bible camp four miles west of Millersburg will be dedicated Tuesday at a public picnic. The camp, to operate in August for boys and girls, will include 18 to 24 cabins, a 30 by 60 foot chapel, and a registration building. Lumber salvaged from a Keswick building furnished the camp, and a deep well supplies water. The project is backed by Rev. Rhodes Tama president Alfred Wyant former vice president Rev. Pickett Shellsburg secretary and Mr Elim Cedar Rapids treasurer.
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Millersburg
Iowa County
Keswick
Rhodes
Tama
Alfred
Wyant
Pickett
Shellsburg
Elim
Cedar Rap- Lids
Lightning Kills Waverly Youth and Destroys Barn
Joseph Cretzmeyer 21 was struck by lightning Saturday night during a storm while loading hay outside his farm barn. The bolt appeared to follow a rope to him, igniting the hay and burning the barn and its contents including hay and two calves. His father Peter Cretzmeyer reported the incident.
Movie Showings Listed by Theater Managers
The Gazette notes time changes by theater management. Monday schedules list Paramount Andy Hardys Blonde Trouble at 3 31 5 40 7 49 9 58 plus shorts. Iowa shows The Mask of Dimitrios and Jam Session times. State presents Cry Havoc and Knickerbocker Holiday. Palace features The Gang's All Here and Timber Queen. Rialto screens My Friend Flicka Oklahoma Raiders. Times for Kings Row Natty Nuisance and Marion schedule Cover Girl Swingtime Johnny.
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Gazette
Andy Hardy
Iowa
Mask of
Dimitrios
Knickerbocker
Palace
Rialto
Flicka
Oklahoma Raiders
King's Row
Marion
Johnny
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Cedar County
A. L. Mensing
Alda Crew
D. A. Donahue
E. C. Schluter
G. W. White
W. B. Anderson
Reid L. Hunt
Gordon Smith
E. C. Fresse
Harold Toerber
George A. Fowlie
J. E. Chamberlain
Marie Richards
O. A. Gable
George Walton
T. A
James D. France
C. E. Shawver
Tom Crees
la Mar Foster
Gladys Ferguson
Everett Ferguson
Helen Frederick
Jack Jansen
Ye Lang
Hubert Lorenz
Lincoln
Hyland
Charles Benesh
Francis McNamara
Finley
New Pale Pulpit
Dorothy Manners
Hollywood
Louella Parsons
Ares
Leo McCarey
Leo
MAY
Osco Drug
Besa Nan Nowie
Axe
Mari Onne
Lee Bowman
Columble Picture
Andrew Sisters
Richard _ ARLEN
Mary Beth Wughes
Timber Queen
Cartoon News
Iowa News
Louis Schladetsky
Aid Society of the Lutheran Church
Harry Lindsey
Marvin Nissen
Elmer Buckingham
Lyman Woolstrum
St. Patrick’s Church
Allamakee County
T. B. Schwartzhoff
Emmett Mahoney
Forrest Ryan
Leo Woolstrum
F. B. Jacobs
New Towa County
Bible Camp
Cuticura
Nature
Doan
Trades Label Council
Zool
Aitispay
Mernsteeet Zaghery
Scott
Peter Lorre
Faye Emerson
Victor Francen
Darmed
Jive
Joy
Jann Sein
Columbia
Ran Wynn
Bizertoss
Ann Sheridan
Robt. Cummings
Ronald Reagan
Betty Field
Meee
Nazty
As OH
WANT
Rita DS
Rene Terres
Ar Saat
ESA
Andy Wardy
Paramount Presents
Gary Cooper
Commander Wassell
Cecil B. Demille
Dr. Wassell
Dennis O’keefe
Signe Hasso
Paul Kelly
Carol Thurston
Alan LeMay
Charles Bennett
James Hilton
Jase
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