Inseparable Smykil twins convert bike to tandem in Anamosa
Anamosa brothers Karl and Kenneth Smykil, weighing 103 pounds each, built a three wheel tandem from a discarded bicycle plus a second bike at a cost of $1.02. Kenneth rides front, both dress alike, born Solon Sept 9 1923, moved to Anamosa with father an undertaker. Both active in school bands and Legion corps, each with distinct hobbies and favorites.
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Kenneth
Solon
E. W. Smykil
Mr. Smykil
Robert Louis Stevenson
DeVinci
Stanley Velsey
Coe College
Joe DiMaggio
Dan Beard
Joe E. Brown
China
Karl
Longfellow
DiVinci
Gene Krupa
Robert Taylor
Tex Carleton
Chicago
Howard Hughes
Helen Keller
Eleanor Roosevelt
Twins
American Legion
Marion Methodist Ladies Aid divisions meet with picnics and elections
The Keystone division meets 2:30 at 1160 Ninth Ave for officer elections. Rainbow, Sunshine and other divisions hold picnics at Thomas Park with meals provided by organizers. Loyal Endeavor True Blue Comforter and Gleaners divisions host luncheons and gatherings. Several residents travel or host visitors as local society pages note.
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Methodist Ladies Aid Society
Keystone
A. E. Crew
Ninth Avenue
R. O. Pinch
Marvin Neilson
Pearl Bigger
Rainbow Division
Thomas Park
Lucy Oxley Pyle
Hollywood
Fla
Sunshine Division
Gleaners
Loyal
Marvin Edison
Seventh Street
Ella Harding
L. O. Dickey
Endeavor Division
Thomas Park Pavilion
True Blue
Roscoe Blinks
Marion
Carroll Roberts
Jane Robson
Comforter
S. L. Bear
Betrothal announced for Miss Leah Scott to Lawrence W Hamilton
Mr and Mrs Hugh Hutton announce the betrothal of Leah E Scott to Lawrence W Hamilton of Creston and a wedding planned for August 22 at the Methodist Episcopal church in Marion. The notice also lists local engagements and community activities through Marion Ohio.
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Leah Scott
Hugh Hutton
Henrietta Robinson
Thomas Park
Edward Vaughn
John
Billie
Nancy
Anadarko
Okla
Joy Fulkerson
Wichita, Kan
Harold B. Peck
Patricia
Jo Marie
Marion
Family birthday dinner marks Br Mentzer's 91st year
A Marion Iowa gathering honors Br Mentzer on his ninety first birthday with family including Mr and Mrs Elmer Hollingsworth and a wide circle of relatives in attendance. Attendees include Mr and Mrs J P Mentzer Mr and Mrs J G Blesch of Chicago and others from Des Moines Minneapolis and Denver. Mrs Mary Gunnison unable to attend due to ill health.
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Br. Mentzer
Elmer Hollingsworth
Mentzer
George Beattie
Cedar Rapids
Hollingsworth
John P. Mentzer
J. G. Blesch
Chicago
Arthur Daniels
Dorothy
Lowell
Minneapolis
Preston Daniels
Byron Merkel
Des Moines
Beattie
Adeliza Daniels
A. J. Keyes
Marion
Mary C. Gunnison
Denver
Colo
Local Notes and Ads Roll Across Marion Area
Injuries from an auto accident postponed recovery with walking to the post office noted. Various ads advertising dining room suite for sale and 7 room house for rent. Local residents and visitors listed with names and travel plans to Minnesota Wisconsin Colorado and beyond. engagements visits and family gatherings highlighted among Marion households.
Auto and replica of old locomotive to feature Toledo parade
In the Iowa centennial parade at Toledo August 4 5 and 6 a thirty year old Cadillac once owned by the late Carl Miller of South Tama will be shown. John Winn of Toledo is preparing it. The car is a chain drive one cylinder with the motor under the floor ahead of the rear seat. The crank is on the left and the steering wheel on the right. A replica of the Pioneer locomotive, first on the rail west of Chicago, will also be featured. Old settlers may ride in the train, which has appeared at Chicago events and other celebrations. Two attendants will accompany it with a uniformed conductor each afternoon and night.
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TAMA
Toledo
Cadillac
Carl Miller
South Tama
John Winn
Chicago
Court action challenges mergers and dismissals by insured群
Three plaintiffs and three intervenors resist court approval to dismiss in a suit over the merger of Preferred Class Mutual Insurance with Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance. Attorneys Crissman and Bleakley and H L Nehls Jr filed the resistance on behalf of several policyholders. The resisting parties say intervenors and withdrawing plaintiffs lacked authority to enter or withdraw, and they seek denial of the dismissals. The case names multiple Preferred Class Mutual stockholders and policyholders including Carlyle Conard and others as alleged intervenors and claimants.
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Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance Company
Crissman and Bleakley
H. L. Nehls, Jr
George Carlyle
P. E. Conard
Elsie Conard
Carlyle
Phoebe Stumps
Lulu Shipley Blakeslee
Edwin L. Hellwig
Charles S. Walling
J. I. Merritt
Lyle A. Hetzel
Mutual
J. P. Curtis
Elza F. Curtis
Charles H. Vyskocil
Lillian F. Vyskocil
Dwight K. Krumboltz
Streeter Wins Suit For Building Permit
Judge H. C. Ring ruled Worthington Streeter may obtain a permit to extend his residence at 1109 Ellis Boulevard NW in a class B area. The add on six feet affects the residential portion of a business residence and does not violate non conforming use. the Cedar Rapids board of adjustment loses. The addition may be used for residential purposes only.
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H. C. Ring
Worthington Streeter
City Building Department
Ellis Boulevard NW
Streeter
Cedar Rapids Board of Adjustment
Judge Ring
Ring
Adjusttment Board
Divorce Granted In Cruel Treatment Cases
Robert Merveaux, 33, was granted a divorce Saturday by Judge Ring from Genevieve Merveaux on cruel and inhuman treatment. Genevieve Tangler’s name was restored. They wed in Cedar Rapids May 12, 1935. Also divorced Saturday on cruel and inhuman grounds were Helen H. Gordon from Roy H. Gordon and Kenneth L. Kramer from Arleene Kramer. Kramer won custody of two children and property rights were settled. Preferred tax claims in the H J Robertson Electric receivership were $108.19 to the Iowa state board and $675,068 to Linn County.
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Robert Merveaux
Ring
Genevieve Merveaux
Genevieve Tangler
Cedar Rapids
King
Helen H. Gordon
Roy H. Gordon
Kenneth L. Kramer
Arleene Kramer
Judge Ring
H. J. Robertson Electric Company
Iowa
Pickerill divorce charges Boyd Pickerill with cruelty
Helen Pickerill names Boyd C. Pickerill as defendant in a divorce action citing cruel and inhuman treatment. The couple married in Los Angeles on January 19 and lived together until May 31. Plaintiff seeks relief in a California court.
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Helen Pickerill
Boyd C. Pickerill
Los Angeles
Restore Hoover Home To Original Appearance
Workmen remove later additions to the Hoover birthplace in West Branch and prepare to replant the cottage on its original site facing Downey Street. Architect Bruce McKay oversees the project with Heabel & Co turning the building. a caretaker’s house will be added and grounds improved with the Belgium gift statue placed on Hoover’s birth land.
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West Branch
Herbert Hoover
Jesse Hoover
Downey Street
Bruce McKay
McKay Construction Company
Cedar Rapids
Walter Heabel
J. F. Heabel & Co
House Moving Contractors
Robert McLeod
Belgium
Hoover
United States
West Branch Woman Preserves Pioneer Pottery Heritage
West Branch teacher Mildred Yule Phelps collects old jugs and pottery from her family’s Red Oak township roots. Her heirloom trove includes paint jugs, a bean pot from 1848, salt glazed pieces, and a self-made jug noted for not dripping. Her collection blends Native sunbaked ware, a Cuban water jug, cloisonne vases, a Japanese incense burner, and a Van Briggle vase, reflecting deep ties to local history and botany.
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Charles Stratton
West Branch
Yule
Samuel Yule
Iowa
Red Oak Township
H. L. Phelps
Grandma
Phelps
St. Louis
Arizona
Mrs. Phelps
University of Iowa
Mildred Yule
Divorce Suit Racks Up Cruel Treatment Claim
Helen Chamberlain of Montrose is plaintiff in a divorce action against Naomi Johnson alleging cruel and inhuman treatment. The marriage occurred in Cedar Rapids on April 18, 1936. Justice H R Churchill at a July 11 finding involved Eli Aboardely in a $63 contract case. Frances Santee appealed after Churchill dismissed the petition and a $77.75 counterclaim. Cedar Rapids Business College renewal extends to May 1, 1958 with capital stock of 25,000. officers include W. C. Henning, S. W. Palmer, William E. Henning, L. M. Wold and Viola M. Henning. May term of Linn county district court reopened under Judge Ring after vacation. Relief department receives 2,950 pounds of raisins for clients. 1,860 sacks of wheat flour expected mid September. Linn county allotted 2,160 for August jobless aid. county to cover first 9,590 of an 11,750 outlay for 500 estimated caseload.
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Helen Chamberlain
Montrose
Johnson
Naomi Johnson
Cedar Rapids
H.R. Churchill
Eli Abodeely
Frances Santee
District Court
Churchill
Cedar Rapids Business College Company
W. C. Henning
S. W. Palmer
William E. Henning
L. M. Wold
Viola M. Henning
Linn County
Alice Ferber
Independence budget estimates seek 1938 county levy
The Buchanan county board of supervisors proposals show 1938 expenditures at 333,103 with 252,603 to be raised by taxation and 80,500 from other revenue. The tax levy is set at 11.534 mills, up slightly from 11.525 in 1937. The figures cover only the county levy and exclude the state levy and any courthouse bond costs.
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Independence
Buchanan County Board of Supervisors
Court House
Budget hearing date set and county tax estimate
The court house budget hearing is scheduled for August 15 with an estimated county tax of 14 on each 1000 value. Independence reports local marriages, divorces, arrests and obituaries including Kath leen Bicke and William J. Fagle wedding in Rowley. Mae Mershon seeks divorce from Willis Mershon citing cruel treatment. Raymond Cooper faces charges of obtaining money under false pretenses in Denison through a funeral directors hoax.
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Court House
Independence
Mae Mershon
District Court
Willis Mershon
Mae Morgan
Washington
Keith Sweet
Raymond Cooper
Denison
Sweet
Cooper
Funeral Directors’ Association
Sheldon
A. C. Green
Manchester
George Robert
Quaker Mill
Hubert Carr
Joe Hutchinson
Maquoketa
Greeley stores sale and local obituaries reported
Ind four daughters and eight grandchildren are listed as survivors. GREELEY store owner F H Schenke sells the business after seventeen years to Clarence McQuellian of Epworth and the couple will move to Greeley September 1. GREELEY Mrs Will Holthaus dies after an appendectomy in a Dubuque hospital born October 13 1886 in Colesburg married September 16 1908 she leaves three daughters Lois Wilma and Mrs Marvin Holthaus and a number of relatives including her mother sister and brother.
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Ind
Roy Stuben
Council Bluffs
Basil Berger
Walhalla
Mich
Paul Wein
Suskegon
Hart Ray
Greeley
F. H. Schenke
Clarence McQuellian
Epworth
Holy Cross
McQuellian
Will Holthaus
Dubuque Hospital
Colesburg
Holthaus
A. H. Meyer
Marvin Holthaus
Lois
Wilma
Anna Hartbeck
George van Talge
Near Greeley
Ben Hartbeck
Strawberry Point
Women Lead in Driver Training Among Youth Study
Men drivers outnumber women four to one but sixty percent of the young people taking driver training are women. The finding highlights a gender shift in training participation despite heavier male driving rates.
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Raymond Stanton
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George Sommers
Marion Sommers
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Cedar Falls
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Marion Boulevard
Veterans’ Hospital
Norman J. Waffle
Rockwell City
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Lumir Machacek
Dysart
Margaret Wood of
Marion High School
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Glenn O. Pyle
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Robert S. Oxley
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Willis Jordan
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Frank Beach
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H. F. Lockwood
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Mount Vernon
Harry Easterday
Ottumwa
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Lakeview
Nebraska
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Davenport
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Little Rock
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Rochester
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Patricia Peck
Camp Huaga
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Cambridge
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Alta Byerly
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John Rickles
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Kornelles Keittleson
Inwert Willis
Alyn Gerdes
Mayme Lord
Carroll Frazer
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