Marion Couple Betrothals Aboard in Local Ceremony
Betty Burdene daughter of Mr and Mrs C W Biggs wed Jack W Blessing son of Mr and Mrs W W Blessing in a Friday 8 am Methodist parsonage ceremony read by Rev John M Walters. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Gail Storck. The couple plan to reside in Marion after a brief wedding trip. A women’s golf tournament at Marion Golf Club Wednesday features guests from Anamosa Mount Vernon and Iowa City with lunch reservations due by Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Biggs
Thirteenth Street
Betty Burdene
Jack W. Blessing
William W. Blessing
Cedar Rapids
John M. Walters
Gail Storck
Marion
Marion Golf Club
Anamosa
Mount Vernon
Iowa City
Lettie Williams
C. J. Biddle
The
Christian Church
la Verna*Crew
Walter Kennedy
Edna Roberts
Williams
Lowell MccConaughy
Eugene McConaughy
Clifford McConaughy
Clarence McConaughy
Ralph Oxley
Clarence Meggers
Forest Hill
Clyde Williams
Tacoma
Wash
Zetta McConaughy
Elsie Cressie
Lost Nation
Clint McConaughy
Earl McConaughy
Owen McConaughy
Jenny McConaughy
Arthur Sivers
Martelle
A. E. McConaughy
Gay McConaughy
Figure Seven Plays Prominent Part In Life Of Marion Girl
A Marion community page highlights Joanne Crew born on July seven seven 1928 with seven candles at a seventh birthday. The item notes her family, public appearances, and a seven theme across events and readings. Other local notices include club meetings, picnics, and a Mason family reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Figure Seven
Marion
Joanne Crew
Phil J. Crew
Twelfth Street
Joanne
A. E. Crew
Crew
Ruth Crew
Erma Reiter
Jeanne Hatch
Cedar Rapids
Herbert C. Gee
Independence
Le Roy Davin Heads Mentzer hall Young Democrat Club
A Young Democrat club organized Friday in Mentzer hall with Walter Hutchinson as chairman of the democratic central committee. Officers elected include Chairman Le Roy Davin Vice chair Marie Michel Secretary Glenn Bowdish Treasurer Marian Hines Membership committee Mrs Le Roy Davin Chairman Mary Ellen Forbes James Sweeney Publicity committee DeVeda Troy Chairman Laura Brutsman. Next meeting set for early August. Mrs Elmer Hollingsworth served refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mentzer Hall
Walter Hutchinson
Democratic Central
le Roy Davin
Marie Michel
Glenn Bowdish
Springville
Marian Hines
Mary Ellen Forbes
James Sweeney
DeVeda Troy
Laura Brutsman
Elmer Hollingsworth
Review and Outlook Preview by Mrs Celan Rollins
Mrs Celan Rollins will discuss Review and Outlook with refreshments served by a committee chaired by Mrs Alfred Johnson. Mrs George Steagler of Slater plans a visit to Marion with Mrs Frank J Hardenbrook. Centennial Encampment No 91 I O O F meets Monday at 8 pm, O O F hall. Marion Lodge No 6 AF and AM meets Tuesday at 7 30 pm in the Masonic Temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Buzza
Marion
Devonport
Masonic Home
Ladies Aid Society of
St. Paul’s Evangelical
Marion Post
American Legion
Thomas Park
Legion Hall
Osceola Lodge No
I. O. O. F. Hall
Celan Rollins
Alfred Johnson
George Steagler of
Slater
Frank J. Hardenbrook
Marion Lodge
A. F
A. M
Masonic Temple
Germans envision British alliance as potential base for future ties
Berlin reports officials see alliance or close cooperation with Britain after the naval accord. Nazi leaders call the pact a master stroke that frees England from Anglo German sea competition and pledges equality with Britain, signaling a shift from Versailles resentment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Great Britain
Germany
Fuehrer
Britain
England
Third Reich
Hitler
Propose Shutting Down 125 Miles Of M. and St. L. In Iowa
Minneapolis AP receivers Lu cien Sprague and John Junell asked a federal court in Minneapolis for authority to abandon 125.7 miles of Minneapolis and St. Louis branch lines in Iowa. The lines include Angus to Kale Junction Spencer to Storm Lake Algona to Corwith Newburg to Van Cleve G and M junction to Montezuma. The lines have been unprofitable due to declining traffic and require extensive repairs and many wooden bridges posing fire hazards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minneapolis and St. Louis
Iowa
Lucien C. Sprague
John Junell
Interstate Commerce Commission
Angus
Kale Junction
Spencer
Storm Lake
Algona
Corwith
Newburg
van Cleve
G. & M. Junction
Montezuma
20 000 May Be Aided By Michigan Pension
More than 20 000 persons may receive benefits under Michigan's new old age pension statute. Benefits do not exceed 30 dollars a month, funded by a 2 million dollar state appropriation and potential 2 million dollar federal match. Eligibility includes age 70 (65 after 1940), US citizenship, ten years residency, need, and no other support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Michigan
United States
U S Declares War on Erosion Waste
A blue shirted field brigade prepares broader soil conservation efforts as the Soil Conservation Service expands work. In test plots across the nation soil loss is weighed to gauge erosion, with crops and fallow strips showing wide variation in soil loss and water runoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Soil Conservation Service
Cedar Rapids Welcomes First Carloads Of Canned Beer
Cedar Rapids joins Rockford in receiving the nation’s first two carloads of canned beer from Pabst in a national distribution test. The new method, after three years and $200000, aims to fit on refrigerators, reduce breakage, and offer easy tapping. Witwer Grocery distributes the product locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Rockford
Ill
Pabst Company
Gazette
Phillip Morris
Pabst
Milwaukee
Witwer Grocer Company
American Negroes Leave Abyssinian Capital Far Coast
A Reuters report says a group of American Negroes departed Addis Ababa for Djibouti, the Addis Ababa railway terminus on the French Somali coast. Earlier, about a hundred Italians including missionaries had reached Djibouti, as Joseph Avenol plans to return to the continent after talks on concurring Italy concessions in Abyssinia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gondon
INS
Addis Ababa
Abyssinia
Djibouti
Reuter
Joseph Avenol
League of Nations
League
Italy
Hull statement hints at possible League session in July
Foreign office spokesmen said nothing confirmed about rumors of a special League of Nations council session set for July 25 to review arbitration failures. If Abyssinian representatives agree to resume talks, Italy would join with no objections, as long as League lines are followed. The rules aim to determine responsibility for the war that sparked the current crisis, regardless of frontier disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
Foreign Office
League of Nations Council
Italy
League
Judge Ring Speaks on Liberty and Social Justice at Cedar Rapids
Judge H C Ring delivered an address Friday evening at the Cedar Rapids Methodist church titled Liberty License Social Justice. Sponsored by the church Brotherhood and overseen by Rev J Bruce Eyestone. The program included vocal duets by Jean and Ruth Minish with Mrs A R Minish, instrumental solos by Mitt Stoneking, and a prayer by Rev Eyestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertram
H. C. Ring
Cédar Rapids
Methodist Church
Brotherhood of the Church
J. Bruce Eyestone
Jean
Ruth Minish
A. R. Minish
Mitt Stoneking
Mr. Eyestone
Airmen Allowed Casual Use of Emergency Fields
Licensed airmen and aircraft may now use department of commerce emergency fields for casual use as well as for forced landings, it has been announced, provided they comply with regulations pertaining thereto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce
Blind veterans forge self-sufficient village in Austria
The Vetronik settlement near Belgrade started seven years ago to aid blinded World War I veterans. Dr V Ramadanovic matched 30 blind men with 60 wives, creating cottages farms and livestock with guaranteed markets. From 60 founders the community grew to 300 with no births of blind children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
INS
Austrian War Veterans’ Bureau
Jugoslavia
Vetronik
Belgrade
V. Ramadanovic
Zemun
Austria
Veterans’ Bureau
Davenport Man To Face Iowa Charge On Parole Violation
Davenport resident John Schnitter will be sought by the Iowa parole board for parole violation after release from an Illinois state prison. He was sentenced to Anamosa with Harry Frisbie for auto theft and paroled, then jailed in Illinois on another charge. He is wanted to serve the remainder of his term at Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
John Schnitter
Davenport
Schnitter
Illinois
Anamosa
Harry Frisbie
Bomber and Attack Planes Compared in Air Roles
Bomber and attack aircraft perform distinct missions with attack planes flying at low altitudes while bombers operate high in the sky to carry out their duties.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marion News
Betty Briggs
Jean Anthony
Mary Jane Murdoch
Joan Manzlik
Patty Brown
Dorothy Doolittle
Orville Rust
Tuckabache Club
Owen Turner
Isla Calvert
George Gillmore
W.E. Fisher
Chicago
Eleanor
Lake Geneva
D. B Storck
E. H. Rickman
Battle Creek
Dorothy and
Evelyn Fillmore
Emma Robby
Bellevue
Bernard Ditzler
St. Luke's Hospital
George Hutchison
W. F. Kruger
C. A. Ward
William Fowler
Railway Mail Association of
Cedar Abin and
Ethyle Wood
Birmingham
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Wallace Metcalf
New Rochelle
N. Y
Luther Fuhrmeister
Esther Morgan Krabbenhoff
Edward Sedlacek
George Michel
Lawrence Peterson
Oscar Byam
Millie Coon
Blairstown
Clarence Raetz
Harry Schulz
Marengo
Fred Lutz
W. P. Finlay
Denver
Etta Murphy
Ladies Union Meeting
Ida Lillie
Harry Shell
Leonard Taylor
Jane
Corrine
Mrs. Taylor
George Dyrland
Lake of the Woods
Clarence Darrow
Mary Antoinette
Mercy Hospital
J. J. Reardon
J. J. Booth
H G. Stitzel
A. P. Munson
H. F. Lockwood
Dale Harmon
Tru-Art
Fedar Rapids
Young Democrat Club
Willis Jordan
Diana Fret Club
Excelsior Agriculture and Literary Club
Oscar Martin
Earle T. Brockman
Dry Creek
Linn County Junior Farm Bureau
Upper Palisades
Addison Bishop
Frank Beach
W. E. Smith
Ameigo Club
Emery J. Miller
Andy Shipley
Sioux City
Shipley
Esther Price
Lenore Lager
Theresa Farley
Retta Mae Knapp
Iowa Falls
Iowa Baptist Meeting
E. A. Lagerquist
Florence Houghton
New Buffalo Church
A. L. van Fossen
W. S. A. Club
Ray McCalley
New Art Club
Fay Marsh
W. G. Coon
Boone
Wilma Robertson
Atkins
the Legion Swimming Pool
Mader
Norma
Bellini
Strong
Eleanor Williams
Grace Beatty
Flint
Meachamp
Victor Herbert
Herbert
Kieffer
King Cotton
Sousa
Lehar
Isabelle Houghton
Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church
True Blue Division
Ladies Aid and Missionary Societies of
Presbyterian Church
Hugh Gordon
Max Voris
Alice Fernow
St. L
U.S
Arkansas River
General Electric
Third Ave. S.W
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