DeMolay Officers to Be Installed Wednesday Night
John Stewart will be installed as master councilor of Linn chapter 900 Order of DeMolay at the Masonic temple Wednesday at 8 p.m. The retiring master councilor Lewis Harlan and Claude Knapp will attend as dad of the chapter. Refreshments follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stewart
Linn
DeMolay
Masonic Temple
At & P.m
Sam Patterson
Robert Kennedy
Maurice Mitchell
Wayne Carpenter
Basil Zier
Edward Conrad
Maurice Flack
James Fry
Melvin Arp
Sentinel
Donald Beadle
Lawrence Kesting
Warren Bleakley
Junior Reed
Howard Henrickson
Norman Givens
Bruce Phillips
Harold Thompson
Albert Warren Schenken
Jack Price
Weekend Visits and Picnics Across Nearby Towns
A long list of local families from Rockford Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas gather for family picnics at Thomas Park and Niagara caves. Visitors include the Johnsons Kriens Schrimper Waldron and many relatives. Other notes mention church club meetings travel to Eldora and a Sunshine division gathering at a residence on Eighteenth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Johnson
C. A. Kriens
Rockford, NL
George Schrimper
Johnson
Huldah Johnson
Thomas Park
Alfred Johnson
Phyllis
Donald
Russell Waldron
August Johnson
Kathryn
Barbara
Cedar Rapids
John Johnson
Richard
Sunshine Division
The
Methodist Church
Oscar Martin
Eighteenth Street
Joe Zachary
Lottie Dawson
George Stane
O. L Faulkner
Lily Pools And Perennials At Leasure Home
At Blair's Ferry road Mr and Mrs Harry B Leasure cultivate an acre of perennials lily pools and a rock garden. Mrs Leasure tends delphiniums seeds from England and notes a harsh winter. Mr Leasure a retired carpenter builds martin houses and bird feeders donated to city parks.
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Leasure -Home
Harry B. Leasure
Blair's Ferry Road
Leasure
Leasures
Albert
City
Thomas Park
Martins
Clark OKelly wedding joins Harriette in Galena ceremony
Announcing the marriage of Harriette Eleanor Clark to Orval LeRoy O'Kelly took place May 9 in Galena Illinois. Harriette is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Clark and Orval is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph O'Kelly of Central City. The couple will reside in Marion. Nearby announcements mention several church and auxiliary group picnics and meetings in Cedar Rapids and Marion with various hosts and hosts' addresses. Mrs. Eleanor Clark and Mr. Harold Woods accompanied the couple to Galena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. Clark
Harriette Eleanor
Orval LeRoy O'Kelly
Ralph O'Kelly
Central City
Galena
Harold Woods
O'Kelly
Marion High School
Harry Simonsen
Alburnett
Marion
Iowa Youth Temperance Council Convenes at Cornell College
The Iowa Federation of Youth Temperance Council holds its annual convention and encampment on the Cornell college campus in Mount Vernon Friday and Saturday. Rev. Cecil R. Miller leads. Miss Helen L. Byrnes of Evans ton will speak Friday night and lead a study course with sessions Friday and Saturday. Reports from Y T C delegates in Washington will be shared. Mrs. Harriet G. McCullough addresses Friday. a semi formal banquet caps the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Federation of Youth Temperance Council
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Cecil R. Miller
Iown
Y.T.C
Methodist Church
Martelle
Helen L. Byrnes
Evanston,nl
Cornell
Miss Byrnes
Youth Temperance Councils
Waterloo
Jessie T. Williams Earhart
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Cleta Hagen
Ottumwa
Washingon
Harriet G. McCullough
Delegates to Pep Fests and Sunrise Service Plan
The outing grows clearer with delegates joining pep fests directed recreations and a 6 a.m. Saturday sunrise service and picnic. Rev. Lloyd Gustafsen of Mount Vernon Methodist will lead devotions at the sunrise service and Rev. Joseph W. Gray of Mount Vernon Presbyterian will lead Friday's pastoral devotions at 1 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Gustafsen
Mount Vernon
Clothes Blown Off In Gas Explosion At Cousin’s Home
Eugene Ward aged 20 is hospitalized with burns after an acetylene gas explosion at his cousin’s garage in Council Bluffs. Ward entered a cave to inspect a safety valve leak on the generator tank, causing the blast that shattered windows in nearby homes.
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Council Bluffs
Eugene Ward
L.m.arch
Ward
Eugene
New Motor Vehicle Law Sets Speed Limits and Signals
The new law imposes no speed limit on passenger cars except 20 mph in business districts and school zones and 25 mph in residence areas. Trucks face 40 mph and buses 45 mph. Driving signals and a lights system for trucks are required. Damages to a passenger are limited unless due to driver intoxication or reckless driving.
Tough Dogs and Clever Canines In Everyday Tales
A sequence of brief animal exploits from 1937: Tough the crossbreed dodges a rattlesnake then kills it with a neck grip after circling attacks at a Utah creek. A Virginia police dog frees a trapped collie in snow. Detroit lad Ernest Campbell funds Ticky’s license by freeing twelve other dogs from a pound. A Brooklyn officer’s pup accidentally shoots his master. the dog is put down. Tramp and Trix, farm companions, ride on each other for travel.
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Harry P. Bagley
Green River
Utah
Dog
Tough
Bagley
Roanoke
Virginia
Rnest Campbell
Detroit
Ticky
Ernest
Floyd Creighton
Creighton
Patrick Conroy
Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn
New York
Paddy
Conroy
S.P.C.A
Ramp
William Stevens
Montrose
Mich
Trix
Shep
Tramp
McGregor Couple Observe Their 50th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Green of McGregor celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a family dinner and open house from 2 to 4 p.m. on July 14. Married at National, Ta., they have spent all their married life in McGregor and have three children Jennie Easter Barnes City Laura Huffman Chicago and Dorothy Valenta Cedar Rapids. Grandchildren include Florence Jacobs Thiele LaCrosse Harley Jacobs Chicago Harriet Laura John Margie Jimmie Huffman Chicago Bill Junior Valenta Cedar Rapids.
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Bpedal
the Gazette
McGregor
S. C. Green
Gweens
National
Jennie Easter
Barnes City
Laura Huffman
Chicago
Dorothy Valenta
Cedar Rapids
Florence Jacobs Thiele
LaCrosse
Wis
Gween Jacobs
Harley Jacobs
Pelican Lake
Harriet
Laura
John
Margie
Jimmie Huffman
Bill
Junior Valenta
Toledo Presby Church celebrates 80th anniversary in 1930s
Moores Carry On reports Toledo Presbyterian Church marks eighty years since its 1862 founding by Rev. Luther Dodd. The piece details early members, building history, long serving ministers, and ongoing programs at South Bethel area, including anniversaries and church activities led by Rev. T. W. Chisholm and others.
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Ohio
South Bethel Church
Col. Hardman
Henry Hardman
South Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church
Charles Gabriel
Moores
Tete Ie Presbyterian Church
T. W. Chisholm
Luther Dodd
Cedar Presbytery
Iowa
Mississippi
Missouri
James Shanklin
Eliza
John Shanklin
John
Elizabeth Foster
Malissa Foster
John Fife
David
Mary Arb
Jacob
Margaret Staley
Louisa
Caroline Dodd
Gilbert
Hannah Fox
J. Irwin Smith
William Caldwell
Vritton
Sure Foundation
Harland Yerkes
Florence Thayer
Naomi Livsey
Evan Kuhner
F. J. Kremenak
William J. Creswell
Toledo
Ottumwa
F.C. Patterson
Tama
Frank Shaw
Des Moines
Alice Grenage
C. E. Townsend
D. E. Livsey
W. H. Butcher
May Davidson
Willing
W. C. Harrison
H. H., Lorenzen
L.A. Tostensen
Clyde Cooper
H. P. Giger
Pauline Kremenak
C. S. Thompson
Walter .S. Huyck
Clarence Welle
Edith Reinig
F. B. Millard
Marylin Ritts
Porter Whetstine
J. L. Martyn
W. S. Mesmer
D. B. Gordon
James Stickle
E. E. Smits
John Crozier
A. M. Tanner
Centennial plans mark South Bethel Church history tribute
South Bethel Church near Tipton plans a July 11 centennial celebration with a all day service and noon picnic. Agnes Samuelson is expected to speak as the program features a dramatization The South Bethel Album directed by Gladys Johnson McCroskey with multiple episodes led by local volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Moore
Mr. Moore
Moore
Bennett
Rochester
South Bethel
Presbyterian Church of
Sugar Creek
Agnes Samouelson
Des Moines
Gladys Johnson McCrosekey
McCroskey
Lester Chapman
Lloyd Dickinson
Ed Nebergall
Albert Martin
Central City Fourth of July Celebration Planned
Plans for a Central City Fourth of July celebration under the American Legion include a 9 30 street concert by the Central City band followed by baseball games with Parburnett and Coggan and Winthrop, a 1 p.m. band concert, horse and running races, specialty acts by the Spies Sisters and William Stone with his educated horse, a boxing match featuring Max Klemm and Red Forey, and a pavilion dance in the evening. A separate note mentions England civil servants with pensions eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central City
American ‘Legion
Parburnett
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Marion News
Rockford
James Dunlop
E. A. Cook
Carl Stanton
Jimmie
Louis LeMoine
Denison
Mr. Stanton
Mrs
Catherine Stanton
Miss Ruth Stanton
Clarence Meggers
Melvin and
Darlene
Mrs. Meggers
James McConaughy
Galva
Niagara Caves
Jess Starry
Don Torrence
Harlan Starry
Lloyd Smith
Milton
Billy
Orlin Hann
George Smith
Dorothy
Vernon Wagner
Oxford Club
L. A. Levasseur
D. E. Hedges
Robert Rusler
Kenneth
Johnstown
Walter Lowe
Harry Waline
Theo
Kathleen
Eldora
Eleanor Scofield
Waline Hart
Mrs. Fay Jones
Davenport
C.C. Ellison
Fred E. Busby
New Bedford
Mass
Edward
George Busby
San Diego
Calif
Glenn Kinser
Hal
Delhi
Albert Bragg
Recreation Cottage
Owen Miller
Lynn Miller
Paul Wilharm
Sumner
H. N. Strader
Park . McCalley
Laurens
H.E. Ford
Daniel Ford
Daniel Hickey
Hazel van Gorkom
Harmon Hall
Irma Hall
Dick Hall
Mr. Hall
Ben Hall
Greene
Washington, D. C
Dwight Hall
Lima
Emma Kendall
Congregational Church
Harold Bruss
Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society
Jack Reimers
Sixth Avenue
P. G. Harlan
Iowa City
Clara Reiter
Mary Orelda
Lee Voorhies
Seventh Avenue
Grace H. Starr
Lulu Klingaman
John Dott
Arthur Fairhurst
Gene Elmore
Fairhurst
Ralph Williams
Robert
Tacoma
Wash
Mr. Williams
Boice
Idaho
A. E. Miller
St. Luke's Hospital
Iowa Youth Temperance Council
Boy
Pound
C. Gween
Toledo Presbyterian Church
Schess
Carroll Westfall
Missionary Society
C. E.townsend
Ladies Aid
AL. Clark
Golden Circle
Oliver Stevenson
Ed Stewart
L. A. Tostensen
S. C. Thompson
George Westfall
Hardman
Barton’ Cartwright
Cedar County
Cedar’ County
Cedar Lodge No. II
A. F
A. M
Tipton
Golden Rule Lodge No
England
June O'Donnell
ED Cornelius
Buehlers
Sam
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