Tama County House built in 1855 still standing
A historic account recalls Uncle Billy Taylor building a sod homestead in Indian Village township Tama County, the Butler and Dailey families shaping the early settlement. Butler’s Buttlerville prospered briefly while trains bypassed, ending in Orford Montour. The piece previews a Tama County Homecoming pageant directed by Venita Rich McBurney in early August.
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Tama County House
Taylor
Isaac Butler
Butler
Tama County
Buttlerville
Indian Village
Highland
Carlton
Spring Creek
LeGrand
North Western
Orford
Montour
Venita Rich McBurney
Chicago
Iowa
Party Heads Favor Election Reforms in Iowa Primary
Legislators urged a thorough study of reform to the primary system. Iowa editors argued the long ballot confuses voters and obscures information. They called for change, including replacing many offices with appointments and a more streamlined ballot.
Dubuque Bridge Bill Passed by House to Form Commission
Washington AP The House sent to the White House a bill to create a Dubuque Mississippi River bridge commission for building bridges at Dubuque Iowa and East Dubuque Illinois and to purchase existing vehicular bridges crossing the river. The proposed commission includes W M Clemens Charles G Kretschmer Charles T Landon Thomas M Stauffer of Dubuque and R E Werner of East Dubuque.
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Washington
House
White House
City of Dubuque
Mississippi River
Dubuque
East Dubuque
W. M. Clemens
Charles G. Kretschmer
Charles T. Landon
Thomas M. Stampfer
R. E. Werner
Lost Child Finds Himself With Aid Of Chief Of Police
Chief Gene Miller took over duties as Marion tour conductor Saturday morning guiding David Olmstead three year old son of Vern and Mrs. Olmstead of Webster City. After a city tour in the police car the boy, led by Miller, found the Crawford home on South Tenth Street where he is visiting. The lad wandered on an escorted mission before two boys brought him to city hall where Miller resumed the city sights tour.
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Gene Miller
Marion
David Olmstead
Vern Olmstead
Webster City
Miller
David
South Tenth Street
John T. Crawford
Eighth Avenue
Marion youths heading to Camp Wapsie Y near Central City
Twenty six boys from Marion will depart Monday morning for a week at Camp Wapsie Y near Central City. Names include Bill Wahl Verne Balster Wilber Clark Bob Foile Billie Armstrong Bob Wilbur Howard Heath Horace Heath Billie Creglow Dick Hall Kenneth Beadle Verne Farley Richard Price Billie Green Bob Green Keith Elli Robert Mann Geo Clark Bob Lary ayne Kieckhaefer John Eastman David Dipple John Gibney Bud Howe James Dow.
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Marion
Camp Wapsie Y
Central City
Bill Wahl
Verne Balster
Wilber Clark
Bob Foile
Billie Armstrong
Bob Wilbur
Howard
Horace Heath
Billie Creglow
Dick Hall
Kenneth Beadle
Verne Farley
Richard Price
Billie
Bob Green
Keith Elli
Robert Mann
Geo Clark
Bob Lary
Ayne Kieckhaefer
John Eastman
David Dipple
John Gibney
Bud Howe
James Dow
Jens C Jensen Marion Pioneer Resident Dies
Jens C. Jensen pioneer resident of Marion died at the home of Mr and Mrs Thomas Reamer 538 Eighth Avenue Marion at 3 30 p m Saturday after a long illness Born February 29 1865 in Denmark he came to the United States in 1881 and lived 55 years at 2823 Fifth Avenue Surviving are two sisters Mrs L Nelson and Mrs Leena Samuelson of Cedar Rapids and numerous nieces and nephews Funeral services will be held at Turner Chapel at 3 30 p m Monday Burial will be in Oak Shade Cemetery Marion The Rev C V R De Jong Presbyter of Marion will officiate
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Jens C. Jenson
Marion
Thomas Reamer
Eighth Avenue
Denmark
Jenson
Fifth Avenue
L. Nelson
Leena Samuelson
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
Oak Shade
C. V. R. de Jong
Presbyterian Church
Guest Day Party Hosted by U S Circle Members
Mrs A J Taube hosted nineteen members and guests on a guest day with a program led by Mrs Nellie Creglon including an address of welcome by Mrs D I Hoskins and a Cedar Rapids guest, violin solos, plays Fresh Air Camp and An Hour with a Modern Martyr, readings, a memory test on trees led by Bertha Hoskins, and refreshments served by Sumner Jordan Singleton and Carl Wiley.
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A. J. Taube
U. S
Nellie Creglon
D. I. Hoskins
Harold Scott
Cedar Rapids
Robert Burns
Fresh Air Camp
Russell Singleton
Ralph Hoskins
F. M. Webber
Cliff Burns
Carl Falcon
Harry Hammond
C. R. Creglow
Helen Hoskins
Bertha Hoskins
Sumner Jordan
Singleton
Carl Wiley
Niece Opal Gray to Wed as Miss Rose Keenan Hosts Dinner
Miss Rose Keenan entertained twenty two relatives and friends at 957 Thirteenth Street in honor of her niece Miss Opal Gray who will be married Wednesday. Out of town guests included Mrs C A Bush and daughter Ferol of Saranota Fla Mrs C W Mann Mrs Henry Miller and Mrs Maurice Billings of Cedar Rapids. Miss Gray received gifts. Florence Kruger Moorhead Minn teacher spends summer with her father W F Kruger. Lizzie Falcon visited relatives in Kenosha Wis. Beginning and advanced swim classes start Monday at 10 am at the American Legion pool with life saving later. Lessons free with paid admission tickets. Robert Munsen returned from Iowa State College Ames. Mr and Mrs Andrew P Munsen and Robert vacation at Juniper E cottage in Delhi. Leonard Taylor returned home from Cedar Rapids hospital after an operation two weeks ago. John Crew 792 Seventh Ave is critically ill.
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Rose Keenan
Thirteenth Street
Opal Gray
C. A. Bush
Ferol
Sarasota
Fla
C. W. Mann
Henry Miller
Maurice Billings
Cedar Rapids
Gray
American Legion
Robert Munsen
Iowa State College
Ames
Andrew P. Munsen
Robert
Delhi
Ieee
Juniper E
West Liberty
Paul H. Klinefelter
Klinefelter
Grinnell College
Arlington
Marian Thede
Dixon
Grinnell
Miss Thede
Bennett School
Drake University
Independence
Betty Bland
R. E. Bland
Lyle Higgins
Harlan
Little Brown Church
Nashua
Cleveland
Chicago
Independence High School
Law Department
University of Town
Harlan, Elberon
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
Colesburg
Grange
John Keck
Otto Phelps
Earl Sampson
Sarah Wellemeyer
Martha Kuhlman
Leona Shaffer
Wilma
Aileen
Betty Lou Kuhlman
John Blaker
Arthur Holthaus
Howard Wellemeyer
American Legion Auxiliary
George Kirby
Richard Peters
Howard Watters
R. Wyatt Wells
Mary Lane
Roy Stephens
J. C. Carey
Sam Buckman
Jon Chase
Kalona
C. C. Gingerich
Helena Swartzendruber
Johnson County
George Swartzendruber
George
Tulita
Tex
Henry
Sierra Madre
Calif
Chris
Los Angeles
Arthur
Wellman
A. A. Yoder
D. G. Yoder
Kate Stutzman
John
Jacob
Joe
Masonville
Immaculate Conception
Mary Rose
Mary Agnes
Mary Laresa
Presentation Order of
Ladies Aid and club gatherings fill Marion weekend
Mrs Pauline Platner hosted a shower at Glen Platner's home for newlyweds Mr and Mrs Glen Miller. Guests included Grace Wright, Mable Carlson, Alicin Frasinger, and Cedar Rapids visitors. The Keystone division of the Methodist Ladies Aid plans a 12:30 luncheon at the church with a following business meeting. Various club meetings, visits, and picnics were scheduled, with attendees from Marion, Cedar Rapids, Milwaukee, Chicago, Ladora, and beyond.
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Pauline
Harriet Platner
Glen Platner
Marion
Glen Miller
Grace
Trace Wright
Central City
Mable Carlson
Alicin Frasinger
Joyce Herrington
Cedar Rapids
George Smith
Robert Bowen
Catherine Metzger
Bernita Haines
Maxine Fernow
Russell Hughes
Cecil
Robert
Harold Bowen
Robert Paul
Keystone Division
Methodist Ladies Aid Society
General Aid Society
South English Woman’s Hooked Rugs Earn National Attention
Mrs. Lottie M. Hotchkiss of South English rose to national recognition for her hooked rugs after fire destroyed a family heirloom. Since starting eight years ago she has created 175 original pieces, exhibited in 13 states, with 51 ribbons including 22 firsts. She plans World’s Fair entries and Iowa State Fair shows.
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Gazette
Lottie M. Hotchkiss
South Engish
A. C. Slate
West Springfield
Mass
Strassburg
Ohio
Hobby Guild of America
New York
Local club meetings and campus events noted in Marion
Cary to form program committee and notices of upcoming gatherings. Harry Duffus visits relatives. Co-workers of the Town send club meet at Mrs. Fuller’s home. Pleasant Grove club meets at the Cherry home. Dr. H. M. Gage to speak at Coe College. Kennedy visits from Iowa City. Arp family to Ames for Iowa State commencement. Earl and Grace Boyd visit Jefferson. Mrs. Boyd to return with them. Eleanor Hanna to graduate with B S from Iowa State. Mrs. Hanna to Ames. N. W. Harry to visit relatives in Spokane and Seattle. Ladies Aid at St. Paul’s Lutheran. Mrs. Krog assisting host. all parish women invited. Frank Pierce retires from Milwaukee Railroad and buys John Brooks residence in Marion.
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Pleasant Grove Club
Elmer Cherry
H. M. Gage
Coe College
Earl N. Boyd
Miss Grace Boyd
Jefferson
Mrs. Boyd
Kansas City
Marion
Ladies Aid Society
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Carl E. Krog
O. W. Lundquist
Four Justices Up for Election on State Supreme Court
After a primary, attention shifts to the state judicial convention in a few weeks to nominate candidates for four supreme court seats. Three of the nine justices, all Democrats, complete their terms this year: John W. Anderson of Sioux City, Maurice F. Donegan of Davenport, and John W. Kintzinger of Dubuque. Justice Ernest M. Miller of Harlan, appointed by Governor Kraschel last December, is included in the slate.
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Desee Apter
Supreme Court
John W. Anderson
Sioux City
Maurice F. Donegan
Davenport
John W Kintzinger
Dubuque
Ernest M. Miller
Harlan
Kraschel
Republican Judicial Nominees Signal Bid After Parsons
The late James M. Parsons of Des Moines opens a ballot of candidates for Iowa judicial terms. Anderson, Donegan and Kintzinger seek full six-year terms ending in 1944, while Miller seeks the remainder of Parsons term ending in 1940. Miller Schaupp Bliss Loth Rankin Oliver named as possible contenders with July conventions planned in Des Moines.
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James M. Parsons
Des Moines
Anderson
Donegan
Kintzinger
Miller
Parsons
State Central Committee
Frederic W. Miller
John M. Schaupp
Fort Dodge
W. L. Bliss
Mason City
Alan Loth
John M. Rankin
Keokuk
R. A. Oliver
Sioux City
Decorah Masonic Lodge to honor 50-year member M Lange
Decorah Masonic Lodge will honor M A Lange at a supper after the monthly Great Lights meeting. Lange, born January 28, 1853 in Perryville New York, has a long career in education and public service in South Dakota and Iowa. He served as McCook County superintendent for 11 years and deputy state superintendent for six. He helped create South Dakota's first elementary course of study and the state’s first elementary school course. He later served in the South Dakota legislature and worked as a surveyor. Now back in Decorah he joined the Great Lights lodge and served on the Decorah city council for four years.
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Decorah
Great Lights Lodge
A. F
A. M
M. A. Lange
Samuel Garvin
Dubuque
Mr. Lange
Perryville
N. Y
Winneshiek County
Moritz Lange
Bluffton
South Dakota
Pennington County
Eureka Lodge
Bridgewater
Salem Ca
R.A.M
Capital City
Order of
Vore Couple Marks 50th Anniversary in Toledo
Mr and Mrs Frank P Vore long time Tama county residents observed their fiftieth wedding anniversary at home in Toledo with open house, family dinner planned, and all eight children and their families expected to attend. Their eight children include Mrs Roy Bish Creston Mrs Harry Ogan Mapleton Minn Mrs A J Clark Toledo Carl Paul Herman John and Mrs Hilton Tama.
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Toledo
Frank P. Vore
Tama County
A. J. Clark
Watson Hilton
Tama
W. J. Pugh
Ernest Justus
H. C. Clough
Vore
Roy Bish
Creston
Harry Ogan
Mapleton
Minn
Carl
Paul
Centerville
Herman
Ames
John
Chelsea
Hilton
Ames To Award 500 Degrees At Spring Commencement
Five hundred Iowa State College students are candidates for diplomas or certificates at the sixty-seventh spring commencement in State Gymnasium. Dr. Charles E. Finley will deliver the address. The class size is among the largest in recent years, with 991 degrees and certificates awarded in the past year. E. O. Shreve of General Electric will receive the Marston Award for notable engineering achievements. The list includes graduates from Linn, Cedar Rapids, Marion, Monticello, Mechanicsville, and other counties, with degrees in civil, electrical, chemical, agricultural engineering, home economics, dietetics, applied art, forestry, and other fields.
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Ames
Iowa State College
State Gymnasium
Charles E. Finley
E. O. Shreve
General Electric Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Marston
Anson Marston
Iowa State
Iowa
Linn County
David G. Johnson
Walker
Elton D. Wells
Cedar
Cedar Rapids
Leah E. Scott
Marion
Benton County
Charles R. Bender
Shellsburg
Jones County
Loretta M. Specht
Monticello
James C. Bort
Cedar County
Hildegarde von Behren
Mechanicsville
Clayton County
Francis H. Beyer
Elkport
Johnson County
Douglas G. Harrington
Oxford
Tama County
Roger W. Fleming
Dinsdale
Warren B. Bruene
Gladbrook
Dorothy A. Coe
Dysart
Agnes N. Barr
Traer
Fayette County
William A. Weibel
Elgin
Buchanan County
Margaret E. Gleason
Brandon
Iowa County
Carl William Hess
Amana
Three Contests Go To Convention in Iowa Primaries
Three state offices will be decided at party conventions while three other races may also go to conventions. Republican superintendent of public instruction and Democratic secretary of agriculture lack 35 percent. voters’ tallies show possible convention noms. George A. Brown leads Democratic superintendent of public instruction with 35.3 percent but official results needed. Republican auditor nominee C B Akers has 36 percent but awaits figures. Democratic commerce commissioner Harry B Dunlap is nominated, while George A Huffman at 16.9 percent may need convention. State and county conventions are scheduled for July with judicial conventions following.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Secretary of Agriculture
Commerce Commission
B. M. Richardson
Cedar Rapids
C. B. Akers
Ottumwa
Auditor of State
Commerce
Harry B. Dunlap
Ames
George A. Huffman
Used car deals cut prices for vacation travel
This week dealers push low prices and easy terms on used cars as vacation travel nears. Check Want Ad section for offers and picks.
72 Year Old Hiker Walks 10 Miles Daily
Henry Klotzbach, 72, a Giard township resident near McGregor, walks ten miles regularly. He wears a pedometer, logged 1,200 miles since last Sept 20, with a peak of 1,650 miles in a year. He never learned to drive, relies on walking for fitness, and sometimes rides with friends only to visit. He has long served as assessor and census enumerator, always on foot.
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the Gazette
Gregor
Henry Klotzbach
Giard
McGregor
Klotzbach
Iowa briefs recount local officials and school moves
Special to The Gazette reports several Iowa communities naming new leaders. West Liberty elects a new high school principal, Colesburg honors new Grange members, Osian begins final trust dividend payments, Atalissa notes a local death, and West Liberty and Kalona announce memorials and alumni events. Nearby towns share religious training, vacations school for Immaculate Conception parish children, and Legion auxiliary officer selections.
Why Children Go Wrong Subject of Parents' Conference
Iowa City hosts a state conference on child development and parent education June 21 to 23 at the University of Iowa. Seven visiting experts lead lectures and round tables on guiding growing children, cultural impacts, and enriching a child's life with sessions by Sanford Bates Lois Murphy Dr William Bristow Regina Flannery and others.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Sanford Bates
Boys’ Club of America
U. S. Bureau of Prisons
Lois Murphy
Sarah Lawrence College
New York
William H. Bristow
Washington, D. C
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Regina Flannery
Catholic University
Iowa Hydro-Electric Co-Op Incorporates
DES MOINES AP Incorpora tion papers filed Saturday for Iowa’s first hydroelectric cooperative in Muscatine. The cooperative aims to manufacture generate transmit and distribute electric energy. F A E Gillmore listed as incorporator and Joseph M Roth of Muscatine as secretary.
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DES Moines
Lowa Hydro- Electric Cooperative
Muscatina
F. A. E. Gillmores
Domebue
Lsted
Joseph M. Roth
Muscatine
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Shenandoah Sentinel
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Hickenlooper
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Martin's Creek
Willard Haak
Colfax Circle
Grove City
Rebekah Lodge
Jack Rattiff
Second Avenue
Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society
Henrietta Robinson
Alburnett Road
King’s Daughters
L. M. Phelps
Eighth Street
Fred Holsinger
Saul of
Tarsus
F. A. Peterson
T. M. Ratliff
Jack Ratliff
Excelsior A and L Club
Linn
Order of DeMolay
Masonic Temple
H. N. Strader
Minneapolis
Florence Kruger
Moorhead, Minn
W. F. Kruger
Lizzie Falcon
John Fairley
Kenosha
Wis
Leonard Taylor
John Crew
Seventh Avenue
J. L. Roberts
Hattie Andrews
Mrs. M. ©. Rumple
Ladora
George Roberts
Idji, Minn
Mary Lowe Dickinson
King’s Daugh
Ivanhoe Club
E. C. Ainley
Twelfth Street
Ainley
Fred Shireman
Merle Starks
Jack
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L. J. Legvald
Perry
S. T. Legvald
Oxford Club
Frances Ellenberger
Springville
Adeliza Daniels
Priscilla Guild
Congregational Church
W. H. Foster
Marion Boulevard
Child Study Club
Fred Lutz
Fourth Street
Edwin Beadie
S. F
Lottie Hotchkiss
Cary
Harry Duffus
Victor
Mrs. S. T. Legvald
Townsend Club
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Robert Kennedy
Henry Arp
Henry, Jr
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Donald Arp
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Finley
State College
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Iowa News
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St. Patrick’s Church
John Henry Schnier
Muscatine County
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Rock Island
Anna Eversmeyer
Alburnett
Sara Ann Holman
Center Point
Annadee Dennis
Laurine Wenter
Harry Wenger
Freda Stein
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