Marion News and Activities Include Meetings and Visits
Local notes report Ed Lagerquist and others attending the Iowa Baptist assembly in Falls, plus multiple club meetings and picnics at area parks. Families from Marion and Cedar Rapids plan travel to Lake Okoboji and northern Minnesota, with several residents returning from visits in Chicago and Grand Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Lagerquist
Ray Eckhart
Kathryn Berryhill
Retta Mae Knapp
Iowa Baptist Assembly
Water Carnival In Marion To Open Eastern Iowa Event
Marion hosts an inaugural Eastern Iowa Outdoor Championship at the American Legion pool with participants from Davenport Clinton Burlington West Liberty Iowa City Vinton Marengo Traer Waterloo New Hampton Webster City. A Red Cross examiner will be on site for life saving talks and swimming tests with bands, parades, races and trophy presentations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Iowa
Lou Howell
Davenport
Clinton
Burlington
West Liberty
Iowa City
Vinton
Marengo
Traer
Waterloo
New Hampton
Webster City
B. Murphy
St. Louis
Red Cross
Shellsburg
Alburnett
Howard Ell
American Red Cross
Towa
Eastern Iowa
American Legion Pool
Marion
American Legion Pool Association
Lillian Harlan
Virginia Smith
Suzanne Howard
Bud Ringland
Bernard Rudin
Bob Romesburg
Cyril Noon
Walter Macilejewsky
Don Steffa
Jean Anthony
Jerry Brown
Jimmy Puryear
Dick Stave
Jeanette Wold
Patty Brown
Frances McLaughlin
Miata Tiffany
Betty Mae Marchant
Marion Township groups host August meeting and lectures
The North and South divisions of the Marion Township Farm Bureau plan an August 2 gathering at J W Frazee home with F Biddick of Rockford and George Hendrickson of Ames delivering Birds and Their Habits in town Plants and Flowers. Community churches offer services and meetings include Four-H clubs and a tabernacle evangelist event with Rev Cordelia Peterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Township Farm Bureau
J. W. Frazee
Marion Nature and Garden Club
Rural Garden Club
West Marion
Cordelia Peterson
Oskaloosa
Cedar Rapids
Toddville
Marion
Marion Polk
Quincy
Oldest Marion Woman Celebrates 90th Birthday
Martha Cottrell, Marion's presumed oldest resident, observed her ninetieth birthday with a family dinner at daughter L D Smith's home. Born July 21 1844 near Freeport Illinois she lived in Iown and Springville before marrying twice, leaving five living children, fifteen grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. She has resided in Marion forty four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Cottrell
Marion
L. D. Smith
Seventh Avenue
Matt Mullin
Blanche Mullin
Bert Klumph
Lou Klumph
J. GC
Nebelung
Perry
Alonzo ‘Klumph
Klumph
John Cottrell
Blanche Warner
el Monte
Calif
Rebekah Lodge Plans Evening Meeting in Grove City
Grove City Rebekah Lodge No 35 will convene Monday at 8 PM in IOOF hall. Members are asked to recite secret work and degree staff will attend for an important session. The losing side from the recent attendance contest will entertain the winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove City
Real Estate Transfers Record from Linn County Courthouse
Listing of multiple property transfers including Charles A Clymer to the Novak joint tenants in Hull's addition Lot 4 Block 85 and other deeds in Cedar Memorial Park and Kenwood Heights with dates in 1934 and amounts from 66.66 to 10,462.72. Noted are cemetery spaces, trust company transfers, and government lots with restric tions.
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Charles A. Clymer
Nora Clymer
A. J
Rose A. Novak
Hull
Frank, Lowe
Mary Lowe
Catherine M. Coon
Georgia
Village of
Kenwood
Shff Linn Co
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
U. S
Gov
Linn Co
Vernon
Kokomo Man Named Assistant Manager at Hotel Roosevelt
James G. Hawk, formerly Courtland Hotel manager in Kokomo, becomes assistant manager of the Hotel Roosevelt. He succeeds E. C. Ettenzel, who resigns to join the Hotel Savery in Des Moines. Hawk has hotel experience in Cincinnati, Detroit, and Toledo and is a Princeton graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Hawk
Courtland
Kokomo
Ind
Roosevelt
Satuday
Williams. Catlow
Mr. Hawk
E. C. Ettenzel
Hotel Savery
Des Moines
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Princeton University
University Club
American Legion Post
Incl
East Texas Oil Field Largest In World
Kilgore Texas report notes the East Texas field is the biggest in extent and larger than the six other largest U S fields combined. A state railroad commission map shows the East Texas field outweighs Hobbs Field New Mexico Kettleman Hills California Oklahoma City pool Yates and Hendricks pools Texas and Seminole pool Oklahoma.
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Kilgore
Tex
East Texas
The
State Railroad Commission
United States
Hobbs
New Mexico
Kettleman Hills
California
Oklahoma City
Yates
Hendricks
Texas
Seminole
Oklahoma
German Beer Decline Mirrors Film Boom in Consumption
Since movies gained popularity in Germany, beer consumption per person fell to one quart weekly, a level that is half of the previous average. This shift follows rising cinema attendance and changing leisure habits across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Police Dog Walked 157 Miles To Home
In May 1933 A R Rutherford of Laredo gave two German police dogs to J C Bluntzer of Corpus Christi 157 miles away. A Rutherford family dog returned to Laredo on a long journey, appearing exhausted yet eager in Mrs Rutherford’s yard.
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Laredo
Tex
A. R. Rutherford
Corpus Christi
Toni and Bert clash as secret plan coolly unfolds
Toni eyes Bert’s menace while inspecting a damaged car spoke. Bert suspects sabotage but Toni remains composed. Cora appears in a side entrance as a limousine exits, leaving Toni to mask her calculated smile at the porte cochere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert
Pretty Boy
Toni
Cora
Porte Cochere
Suspicion Shifts as Toni Faces Bert Tyler Threats
Toni remembers Zoe’s warning to watch Bert Tyler amid mounting tension at Crestwood. As Cora asks Toni to cash a large check and pay bills with cash, Bert’s gaze in the hospital corridor sparks unease, hinting at a dangerous chain of events to unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert
Zoe
Bert Tyler
Toni
Betty Tyler
Crestwood
Rodney
Major Lake
Cora
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Nancy Jensen
Rapids
Lake Okoboji
L. C. Low
Oxford Club
Methodist Rch
Order of Molay
Masonic Temple
W. H. Balster
Eir
Andrs
Frank Williams
Min- Sola
Linn
Mary Hoover
Howard Martin
Claire J. Newlin
Waverly
Leonard Taylor
Yeir
Cedar Raps
George Durland
Canada
Ella Harding
Harles Breneman
Clear Lake
Rebekah Lodge
Willis C. Sheets
Grand Rapids, Mich
A. Fontaine
Marilyn
Richard
Chicago
Fontaine
J. C. Quinn
Mary Snyder
Laura Bailey
Methodist Church
Harry Snell
Howard Titus
A. A. Hardin
the Musical Literary Club
L. R. Blinks
J. G. Powles
Phoenix, Ariz
Pearl Bulkley
Robert and
Richard van Zante
Mrs. Harley Breed
Humphrey-Benson Family
Harry Murkey
Eleventh Street
Phoebe Payne
Kansas City
George Schrimper
Alda Johnson
Ockford, Il
John W Barry, Jr
Marion American Legion
Bill Walsmith
Walter Maczejewsky
Lewis Harlan
Billie Harlan
Jim Puryear
Dick Staves
America
Chickering
Hiltbrunner Music Co., Inc
First St. SE
F. Biddick
Rockford
C. R.,biddick
Clyde Scott
the Baptist Church
Donald Patschke
Dorothy Cherry
Dysart
Mrs
Ollie Cochran
Carl Kassler
Kathryn
W E. Fisher
Presbyterian Church
Gladys Adams
Mervin Donelson
Club
Jeaders
George Hendrickson
Wild Life
Everett Burt
J. F. Gleason
C. A. Stout
Eleanor Fisher
W. E. Fisher
Miss Fisher
Sears Company
Gertrude Vincent
Detroits
John M. Walters
Mitchell, 8. D
Wesleyan College
Josephine Lillie
Santa Rosa
N. M
Mrs. L. ©. Dow
C. B. Vernon
Los Angeles
Kansas
University of Southern California
Marion Country Club
Anamosa
Wapsipinicon Golf Club
George A. Hutchison
Louise
Robert
Red Cedar Lodge
Jenkins, Minn
Raymond, Smith
P. E. Popejoy
Donald Bragg
Melvin Oldfather
Marion Band
City Park
H. E. Miller
Maurice Morse
Billy
Vernon Morse
San Diego
Paul Popejoy
Mrs. Miller
Mrs. Popejoy
Mrs. Morse
East
Erma Hindman
Piane
Praltrie Chapel
June Pollock
Wilma Wels
Claire Louise Roberts
Louise Martin
Jean and Hazel Rotert
Frances Stewart
Mary Dukek
Zola Sanders
Ruth Condit
William Henry Frager
Yocom Chapel
Oak Shade Cemetery
Helen Sweeney
Lowell Randall
Mrs. C. L. McDonnell
Mason City
Harriett McDonnell
Ea Lalo Leorgiar Bay
Georgian Bay Port
Travel Bureau of
R. R
Earl Kirby
Chicago Duluth & Georgian Bay
Monroe
Mrs. Randall
Thomas Park
Margaret Miller
This
Judie Clemans
Manchester
Long Beach
Julie Anne Moore
Akron
Merchants Bank
Smith's
Tommy
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