Marion names Howard Green Co. as city engineers on per diem
The Cedar Rapids firm was chosen by Marion city council as consulting engineers for two years and on a sanitary sewer project on Twenty sixth street from Fifth to Third avenues. The firm will supply estimates before work begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard R. Green
Milo Davin
George S. Neff
T.V. Davin
John M. Kahler
A. C. Johnson
Howard Walters
L. A. Mack
Harold Ballard
Scoreboard
Herb Wesling
Herb’s
Barbecue Inn
Mike Cira
E. B. Castle and Son
Seventh Avenue
Eleventh
W. 5. Knott Company
Obituary and Community Notices from Marion Journal
John Jasper Russett 80 retired rural mail carrier died Monday at his home in Marion. He came to Marion in 1936 from Cedar Rapids where he lived 50 years. Burial will be in Linwood Cedar Rapids with services in Yocom chapel. Prairie Union club meets Friday at Prairie Chapel church. Linn Chapter De Molay holds special meeting Thursday. Other notes cover local visits, weddings, outings, and social events involving Marion residents and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jasper Russett
Ninth Street
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Frederika
Francis
Martha Ronco Russett
Anna M. Carpenter
Center Point
E. C. Hughes
Jasper P. Russett
California
George Russett
Davenport
Yocom Chapel
William M. Evans
Linwood Cemetery
Marion chapter elects Elmer Stary as worthy patron
Elmer Stary elected worthy patron of Marion chapter No. 183 O E S at the Masonic temple Monday evening. E A Starry resigns and Stewart Hawk elected associate patron. Stamy and Hawk to be installed June 12 with initiation. traveling star program from Vernon chapter of Mount Vernon. 135 refreshments served. traveling star to Linn chapter in Central City Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Stary
Marion
Masonic Temple
E. A. Starry
Stewart Hawk
Stamy
Vernon
Mount Vernon
Hawk
A. R. McElwain
Linn
Central City
Trinity Lutheran Graduates To Get Diplomas Thursday
The Rev P L Bornhoeft will speak at Trinity Lutheran school graduation Thursday at 7 45 p m in the church auditorium Joyce Schirm delivers the valedictory. Graduates include Richard Groth Richard Stolle Donald Maurer James Kahler Miss Schirm Betty Raetz Dorothy Sobers who will give the salutatory and Richard Stolte the class prophecy. Diplomas and pins presented by Richard C Kottmeier. Primary grades present two plays and upper grades perform an operetta a flag drill and songs. John A Jaeger principal and Ida Walter teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. L. Bornhoeft
Trinity Lutheran School
Trinity Lutheran Church
Joyce Schirm
Richard Groth
Richard Stolle
Donald Maurer
James Kahler
Miss Schirm
Betty Raetz
Dorothy Sobers
Miss Sobers
Richard Stolte
Richard C. Kottmeier
John A. Jaeger
Ida Walter
Court House News Mrs Pavey Arrested in Topeka on Bad Check Charge
Mrs H C Pavey once tied to a suspended seven year sentence in Rockwell City and earlier parole revoked in Des Moines is now in Topeka Kansas under arrest for a bad check. Sheriff Jim Smith was notified by the FBI after she used the alias Virginia Marguerette Wilkerson and was fingerprinted. The Topeka prosecutor was informed of her prior sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Pavey
Topeka
Kan
Jim Smith
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Linn County
Smith
Pavey
Virginia Marguerette Wilkerson
FBI
Beauticians Supply seeks judgment on 1936 note against Jackson
Based on a promissory note signed August 22 1936 the Beauticians Supply company of Des Moines filed a petition Tuesday seeking judgment for 67.98 against William A Jackson proprietor of the Jackson Beauty shop in Marion Foreclosure of a chattel mortgage is also sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beauticians Supply Company of
Des Moines
William A. Jackson
Jackson
Marion
Kansas City man pleads not guilty to warehouse break in Iowa
Evert Adams 42 of Kansas City pleads not guilty before Judge Haas to breaking into the Iowa Electric Light and Power warehouse at 1017 Twelfth avenue SW. Items taken include gunny sacks and a coil of wire. Effie Mae Day files for divorce from LeRoy Day alleging cruel and inhuman treatment after their Feb 16 1938 marriage at Anamosa. She seeks restoration of her maiden name Effie Mae Hensley. D W Bates receiver for Iowa State Savings bank authorized by Judge Haas to sell three lots at Thirtieth street and Meadowbrook drive SE to Stanley F Elias for 800 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evert Adams
Kansas City
C. J. Haas
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Twelfth Avenue
Effie Mae Day
LeRoy Day
Anamosa
D. W. Bates
Iowa State Savings Bank
Thirtieth Street
Meadowbrook Drive
Stanley F. Elias
Deaths Sophia Easker funeral services announced
Mrs Sophia Easker 2000 Mallory street SW died Monday in a local hospital at 10 am Funeral services will be at Janeba funeral home at 2 pm Wednesday conducted by Theo dore B Hlubacek Burial in Oakland cemetery Solon Friends may call at the funeral home A brother Albert Benish of Cedar Rapids was unintentionally omitted from survivors in The Gazette list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia Easker
Mallory Street
Janeba
Theodore B. Hlubacek
Oakland Cemetery
Solon
Albert Benish
Cedar Rapids
Funeral services set for relatives in Turner chapel
Funeral services will be held in the Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Thursday conducted by the Rev. E. Winslow Brown. Burial will be made in Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner Chapel
E. Winslow Brown
Oak Hill Cemetery
Harriett Welch Teacher Died Here Funeral In Cedar Rapids
Private funeral services for Miss Harriett Ann Welch long time Cedar Rapids public schools teacher who died Sunday at the family residence 324 Seventh Street SW will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Turner chapel with Rev D L McBride officiating burial will be in Linwood cemetery flowers are to be omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriett Ann Welch
Cedar Rapids
Seventh Street
Turner Chapel
D. L. McBride
First United Presbyterian Church
Linwood Cemetery
Mrs Caston guay dies after brief illness in Cedar Rapids
Mrs Albertine Marie Caston guay wife of Palmer J Caston guay 389 Seventeenth street SE died at her home at 1245 am Tuesday after a brief illness She was born February 9 1893 in Superior Wisconsin and moved to Cedar Rapids three years ago She is survived by her husband a daughter Lois M of Rockford ill two sons Palmer Jr and Gerald both of Cedar Rapids four sisters Alma Adelle LaBrec and Mrs W A Bartlett of Duluth Mrs Le Roy Curtiss of Virginia Minn three brothers Fay Arthur LaBrec of Duluth and A J LaBrec of Minneapolis The body goes to Grady and Hughs Funeral home Duluth for Friday services burial in Calvary cemetery Friends may call at the Moon chapel Tuesday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albertine Marie Castonguay
Palmer J. Castonguay
Seventeenth Street
Superior
Wis
Cedar Rapids
Lois M
Rockford, Ill
Palmer, Jr
Gerald
Alma
Adelle LaBrec
W. A. Bartlett
Duluth
LeRoy Curtiss
Virginia
Minn
Fay
Arthur LaBrec
A. J. LaBrec
Minneapolis
Grady and Hughs
Calvary Cemetery
Moon Chapel
Funeral services for World War veteran Joseph Sigmund
Funeral services for Joseph Sigmund. The World War II veteran died Sunday in the veterans hospital at Des Moines. Services will be held at Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Friday. He belonged to the First Christian church and Hanford post of the American Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Sigmund
Ellis Boulevard
Veterans Hospital
Des Moines
Turner Chapel
Sigmund
First Christian Church
Hanford Post
American Legion
Censorship Unit Approved By House
The House approved a conference report on permanent the government reports office led by Lowell Mentett with a 178 to 128 vote. The agency would receive 1.5 million dollars and faced near solid Republican opposition labeling it a censorship bureau. The measure returns to the Senate for final approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
House
Office of Government Reports
Lowell Mentett
OGR
Senate
Rome Plans State Control of 1941 Wheat and Grains
The ministry of agriculture in Rome announced Tuesday a plan to take control of all wheat oats barley rye hay and straw produced in Italy during 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Ministry of Agriculture
Italy
Notice of Proposal for Cedar Rapids Permanent Sidewalks
City of Cedar Rapids invites sealed bids for materials and labor to construct permanent sidewalks on specified streets. Work to begin by July 1 1941 and end by August 1 1941. Bids due June 23 1941 with 10 percent certified check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Thant
Maude M. Krebs
Mrs Penina H Dean Passes After Illness
Mrs Penina H Dean widow of Francis Dean died at her daughter’s home 855 First Avenue SE at 8:30 am Tuesday after several months illness. Born September 13 1854 in Washington County Ohio she spent most of her life in Cedar Rapids. A devout Quaker who loved Scripture she graduated Olony Boarding School Barnesville Ohio. Surviving are three daughters Mrs William Goyer Cedar Rapids Mrs Harley Smith Elsinore California and Mrs Ray Chase St. Louis and several others
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penina H. Dean
Francis Dean
William Goyer
First Avenue SE
Washington County
Ohio
Cedar Rapids
Olony
Barnesville
Harley Smith
Elsinore
Calif
Ray Chase
St. Louis
Miss Inskeep Retires After 40 Years as Music Supervisor
Miss Alice Inskeep announces retirement from Cedar Rapids public schools after four decades as the city’s music supervisor. Ill at home, she has not been in her office for months but continued to oversee music activities through aides. Her career spanned pioneering work with the North Central Music Supervisors and featured training at Northwestern University for 33 summers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Inskeep
Board of Education
Miss Inskeep
North Central Music Supervisors Conference
Music
United States
Cedar Rapids
Northwestern University
Wapsie River Up Cedar Holds Steady
Flood conditions decline on the Wapsipinicon as four Black Hawk county bridges remain closed east of Dunkerton. In Waterloo the Cedar River stays at 3.1 feet above normal with no risk to nearby homes. Rain near New Hampton threatens a new rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Wapsipinicon River
Black Hawk County
Dunkerton
Cedar River
Wapsipinicon
New Hampton
Mother Dies Baby Lives as Police Chief and Neighbor Fall Ill
In Ames a son was born to Mrs. Leslie O'Brien minutes after the mother died at Mary Greeley hospital. Police Chief W J Cure, 64, father of the dead woman, suffered a heart attack and is treated in the same hospital. Neighbor Roger Williams also fell ill with a stroke and is confined to bed.
Iowa Man Strangled On South Carolina Beach
The body of Lawrence Albert Schowalter, 34, a St. Augustine, Florida operator and former Iowa resident, was found strangled on Magnolia Beach near Georgetown. He was last seen in St Augustine on May 24 and had checked into a Pawley's Island lodging before vanishing. abrasions noted on neck and wrists. The finding was reported after relatives identified him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
S.C
Magnolia Beach
Here
Lawrence Albert Schowalter
St. Augustine
Fla
Iowa
Schowalter
St Augustine
Pawley’s Island
Corning
Florida
Soviet Cuts Diplomatic Ties With Greece
Moscow withdraws diplomatic recognition of Greece citing loss of Greek sovereignty and the absence of Greek diplomatic representatives. The move comes as Yugoslav Minister Milan Gabrilovic and staff leave Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Greece
Foreign Commissariat
Legation
Russia
Milan Gabrilovic
Park shelter vandalism sparks bonfire fuel theft
In Belleville Illinois police report vandals broke windows at a city park shelter house and ripped out framing to use as fuel for a makeshift wiener roast. The incident disturbed councilmen visiting the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville, Ill
City Park
No Substitute For Hard Work At Linn County Rural Graduation
Lieut Gov Bourke B Hickenlooper told 185 of 214 rural Linn county graduates that no diploma can replace hard work. Speakers urged value of education, with Miss Charity Fischer and Guy Linville stressing schools and democracy. Shupp cited 852 of 878 rural elementary graduates attending high school, highest rate in the county, as valedictorian Helen Stoner led a student slate from Edgewood and Lone Willow with musical numbers rounding out the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bourke’ B. Hickenlooper
Linn County
McKinley High School
Walter A. Shupp
Shupp
Helen Stoner
Lone Willow School
College Township
Marie Booth
Evelyn Adams
Big Head School
Marion Township
Doris Ford
Edgewood
John Wymore
Jack Ressa
Merle Bricholz
Schaefer Heights
Peruvian Claiming To Be 124 Dies in Lima Hospital
Fernando Ledesma, who claimed to be 124, a retired cavalry sergeant, died Monday at San Bartolome military hospital. He survived two wives and fathered 33 children, the youngest 48 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Peru
Fernando Ledesma
San Bartolome Military Hospital
Aviation registrations surge on New Year certs exceed year prior
On January 1, 1941, 17,351 aircraft were certificated, a 352 percent gain from 12,289 aircraft registered on the same date in 1940, reflecting a sharp rise in civilian aircraft registrations.
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Marion News Gazette
Howard Green Co
J. J. Russett
Prairie Union Club
Prairie Chapel Church
Irvin Scott
Order of de Molay
August Johnson
Madrid
Virginia Jackson
Jean Helen
Mary Frederick
Elmer Frederick
Milo Trusty
Chicago
Betty Jane Newcomb
Franklin Newcomb
Mrs
Frank Newcomb
Nellie Jane Cress
Robert Daniel Watson
Urbana
C. O. Monroe
Vivian Ramsey
Carl LeRoy Cress
Troy Mills
H. G. Stitzel
H. F. Lockwood
Leach Lake
Harvey Hanson
Decorah
Charles Allen
Anna Johnson
Wallace Henry
Eleanor Holmes
Miss Eleanor McCabe
Mrs. Harvey Hansen
Fifth Avenue
F. T. Fox Lodge No
B. of
R. T
Memorial Hall
D. H. Russell
Lyle N. Warren
H. H. Russell
Bagley
Mrs. Warren
W. J. Trimble
Vinton
W. J. Konigsmark
Omaha
David William
Immanuel Hospital
Konigsmark
Wylma Robertson
William Fowler
Tenth Street
Dale J. Lowe
Walter Waggener
Ola Mae
William Fowler, Jr
Caroylln Hagerman
Robert Sloan
Miss Hagerman
Howard Knapp
George Youtzy
George Touro
R. E. Bannister
Marjorie
Owen
Cary Club
Harry Snell
L M. Phelps
A. E. Blinks
Phelps
Peter Meci
Carolyn
Knoxville
Gerald Paardekooper
Robins
Louis Guarnera
St. Paul
Pauline Nase
Gerald F. Schenk
E. R. Michel
M. A. Morgan
Muriel Morgan
Chattanooga, Tenn
Reuben Peterson
Seattle
Christian Church
Alwilda Courtney
Long Beach
Retta, Belle and
Emma Courtney
Elsie Stewart
J. A. W. Stewart
J. Lawrence Bigger
Mr. Bigger
Ethel Bigger
Martha Schroeder
John W. Strickel
The
Marshall Swayne
Rosa Reiter
Elmer Cherry
Donald Dermyer
Billie
Griswold
J. C. Bailie
W. G. Neill
C. L. O'Kelly
Warren Hunter
Los Angeles
Floyd G. Slauson
Mr. Hunter
Vacation Bible School
H. B. B. Club
George Luense
Glenn Simons
Clinton
R. M. Clark
Marion Chamber of Commerce
James D. Currier
Currier
Charlotte Jergenson
Owatonna
James Lee
Lee
Jimmie
Richard
Carol Hinkleman
Armine and
Carol Marie
Oklahoma City
O. W. Lundquist
John H. Pazour
Mrs. Pazour
Z. W. Bain
Ottumwa
Trinity Lutheran
Court House News
Miss Welch
P. J. Castonguay
Buehler Bros
First Street
Miss Alice Inskeep
Wapsie River
South Carolina
Sunshine Food Market
WED
Thur
15Th and
1St Ave
Heinz
Jar
Heinz Mission Ripe
Raspberries
Goldette
Tenia
Isco
Pernutey
Hires Root Beer
Hickenlooper
Republic
Polk
del Monte
Gouroe
Sunkist Oranges Home Grown
Doz
16Th ST
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