Hardman house near Tipton seeks revival as shrine
In Cedar County near Tipton a weathered Hardman house, 103 years old, stands as a landmark of pioneer days. Friends and neighbors at South Bethel Methodist Church mark the 102nd founding of the church and plan to press state authorities for funds to restore the cabin as a museum for schoolchildren and future generations.
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Cedar County
Tipton
Hoss Shay
Colonel Hardman
Iowa
Barton H. Cartwright
Peter Cartwright
Sons of Pioneers
South Bethel Methodist Church
Hardman House
Otis Moore
Hardman
State Conservation Commission
State Historical Society
WPA
Moses B. Church
Henry
Cynthia Hardman
Daniel Hare
Henry Brown
Henry Hardman
English Pianist To Teach At Cornell
Mount Vernon reports English pianist Frank Mannheimer will conduct a piano class in the second session of Cornell summer school. A professor at Tobias Mathay school in London, he arrives Monday for a guest instructor stint on campus. Students from seven states have enrolled.
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The
Gazette
Mount Vernon
Frank Mannheimer
British Broadcasting Company
Cornell
Mannheimer
Tobias Mathay
London
Cornell Boys Guide at Fair Describe Duties and Tricks
Cornell students act as guides at a fair with about 1,000 youths staffing 600 chair rides. The group includes Marion and Gordon Myers of Shell Rock and several living in Illinois and Iowa. they work eight hours daily with shifts from 9 to 12 and 3 30 to 8 30, earning commissions up to 40 percent on chair rides priced at 3 25, 2 28, and 1 25 per hour.
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Marion
Gordon Myers
Shell Rock
Queens
Don Lawson
Downers Grove
Ill
William Lyman
Clinton
Howard Jeske
Boone
Richard Heine
Oak Park
Charles Warden
Chicago
Charles Spletter
Spencer
Harold Weed
Vinton
Robert Larson
Chester
Charles Youngker
Moravia
Jack Glen
Preston
Lawson
Higbie
Switzerland
Brooklyn
Bronx
Portugal
Cafe Society
Eddie Cantor
Midwest
Far West
Parkway Bill Dead in Congress Study Proposed for Mississippi River Park
Washington AP reports Senator Gillette of Iowa says a bill authorizing a study of a Mississippi river parkway is dead for this session. The remark came Saturday as lawmakers consider regional transportation projects and environmental studies.
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Washington
Congress
Gillette
Iowa
Fiftieth Anniversary Observed for Rev Janzig
Special services marked the fiftieth anniversary of Rev R J Janzig’s ordination at the Monona Lutheran church He retired to Monona years ago Du buque clergyman Rev Zibell preached a sermon Reuben David sang a solo A picnic dinner followed with a program in which Janzig received a purse from St Johns Guttenberg congregation
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Monona
Lutheran Church
R. J. Janzig
Zibell
Dubuque
Reuben David
Janzig
St. John’s
Guttenberg
Iowa State College Clinic Teaches Safe Driving Techniques
A summer program at Iowa State College trains 32 students in a safety driving course using Dr. A R Lauer's testing apparatus and a dual control AAA car. The program measures traits like vision, health, neural stability, and mechanical skill with a mock road, telegraph tests, lie detector, and block puzzles before supervised on road practice with highway signs and cattle crossing.
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the Gazette
Ames
Iowa State College
A. R. Lauer
Lauer
AAA
Festival 10 Mirror Fine Arts Growth Festival Highlights
The festival showcases a Bunyan Fantasy Enacted world premiere, Paul Bunyan by Prof. E P Conkle, and Grant Wood works plus Marvin Cone paintings. Lawrence Tibbett performs July 19 with a tribute to Prof Edwin Piper. Frank Lloyd Wright, Paul Green, and Professor Wood speak around July 17 21 with related exhibitions and events.
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Clapp
Towa
Paul and the
Iowa
E. P. Conkle
Northwoods
Paul Bunyan
State University
Grant Wood
Chicago Art Institute
Marvin Cone
Coe College
Corcoran
Lawrence Tibbett
Edwin Ford Piper
Tibbett
Elinor Renick Warren
Frank Lloyd Wright
Paul Green
Professor Wood
Wright
Mailmen Gather For State Meeting Today
Iowa City hosts the annual convention of the Iowa State Letter Carriers association, opening Sunday with meetings through Tuesday. National and state officers of both the carriers organization and the auxiliary group are expected to attend.
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Iowa City
Iowa State Letter Carriers Association
Carriers Organization
River clammer sticks to blues of the Mississippi life
Gasperson remains the sole steady clam digger along a Mississippi shoreline amid dwindling profits. He shells 200 to 300 pounds daily and sold $40 worth of shells this week while pearl prices stay low. He recalls a $900 pearl and a $2 000 pearl dam catch, but he keeps his modest cottage, radio, and savings, and vows not to quit.Clamming sustains him and his riverfront life.
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Mississippi
Gasperson
North Sea
Buchanan Fair Opens August First Announcement Program
INDEPENDENCE The premium list and program for the Buchanan county fair opening August 15 outlines four nights and three days of events. Highlights include a 4-H stock parade, Northwest Circuit auto racing on Thrill Day, Million Dollar Stock Parade, stage shows, and races with purses and gifts, plus livestock and dairy contests. Secretary B O Gates and department superintendents are named for safety, horses, cattle, swine, poultry, machinery, admissions, gates, speed, 4-H, school exhibits, flowers, and entertainment.
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Buchanan County
B. O. Gates
J. B. Elliott
George R. McArthur
R. A. Nelson
Clare Hesner
A. H. Ward
Wilbert F. Frye
J. H. Dannen
O. B. Raffauf
Gertrude Gleason
Troy Mills Couple To Observe 68th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Frank Elliott of Troy Mills will observe their sixty eighth wedding anniversary at home Tuesday. They spent all married life in Troy Mills and vicinity. Mr Elliott is 89 on May 6 and Mrs Elliott will be 84 on July 26. Ten of their eleven children are living.
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Frank Elliott
Marion
Jean Deming
Hubert Byron Deming
Gordon Delbert Brown
Los Angeles
Calif
Congregational Church
Miss Deming
C. H
Hodge” Marshall
Marshall
Milwaukee Railroad
Marionite Miss Ostrander to attend Wisconsin music clinic
Miss Ruth Ostrander and family travel to Madison for a three weeks University of Wisconsin music clinic. Included are her parents J H Stanaway, sister Marjorie, grandfather Charles Messer schmitt and uncle Myron Messerschmitt. Other locals visit relatives and events noted at library, clubs, and ads.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
J. H. Stanaway
Marjorie Ostrander
Charles Messerschmitt
Myron Messerschmitt
Martinsburg
Marion
Stanaway
Linn De Molays Install Head In Marion Golf Club
Edward Conrad to be installed Monday evening as master counselor of Linn Chapter No 900 Order of De Molay at the Marion Golf club. Dinner at 6:30 in club dining room followed by installation and dance. Other officers include Wayne Carpenter senior counselor Donald Beadle junior counselor and Bruce Phillips senior deacon. Various preceptors and officers listed with Miss Mildred Vanderlinden of Osceola guest of N P Vanderlinden and Mrs Vanderlinden. Also notes on Cedar Rapids Y drum corps concert and Lions convention plans with performances and travel details.
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Linn
Charles Schaeffer
Harold Thompson
Bernard Price
Bill Austin
Sentinel
Jerry Gerrans
Billy Wahl
Ora«Tor
Melvin Meggers
Harold Beadle
Billy Harlan
Robert Lary
Robert Marsh
John Miller
Robert Powell
Robert Vernon
Marquette Church Hosts Nuptials First Time in 50 Years
Jessie Edith Manifold of Iowa City and Glyn William Pohl of Marquette wed at Marquette Methodist Church marking its first wedding ceremony there in over five decades. Both graduates of the University of Iowa, the couple plans to reside at Fort Snelling after a brief honeymoon. The Rev. Glenn McMichael officiated with attendants Elinor Jane Pohl, Mary Ann Pohl, Milo Pohl, and Theodore Crowns. A reception followed at the groom's parents' home.
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Jessie Edith Manifold
Iowa City
Glyn William Pohl
Marquette Methodist Church
University of Iowa
Chi Omega _ sorority
Fort Snelling
Glenn McMichael
Elinor Jane
Mary Ann Pohl
Milo Pohl
Theodore Crowns
Rededicate 50 Year Old Bell At Monona Church
The bell from the Evangelical church at Watson dating to 1889 has been installed in the Evangelical church at Monona. It will be rededicated Sunday at 9 am with Rev. F. A. Trauttmann of Eau Claire in charge. Watson’s church, built in 1874, held services for seven years before being sold and moved to a farm.
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Evangelical Church At
Watson
Evangelical Church
F. A. Trautmann
Eau Claire
Wis
Chambers couple mark sixtieth anniversary near Urbana
Mr and Mrs George Chambers celebrated their sixty wedding anniversary at their home two miles southeast of Urbana on July 2. Their children include Mrs Goldie Allen of Waterloo Mrs Bertha Fry of Urbana and Isa Chambers of Waukesha.
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Urbana
George Chambers
Urana
Goldie Allen
Waterloo
Bertha Fry
Isa Chambers
Waukesha
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