Former Marion Resident Pens Book On India
Amber Travis profiles Marie I. Cline of Albuquerque a Marion native author of Meet India. A former teacher missionary and nurse Cline spent years in northern India with the Women's Foreign Missionary Society and later worked as a nurse on the Hopi Reservation to fund the book. She has traveled over 20 000 miles promoting it and plans further eastward tours after a visit to Albert Lea Minnesota.
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Amber Travis
Mniss Marie I. Cline
Albuquerque
N. M
Marion
Miss Cline
India
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
Siam
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Albert Lea
Minn
Cline
Charles A. Cline
Iowa State Teachers College
University of
Owa
Legion Groups Meet for Picnic Supper and Meetings
Marion post 298 American Legion and Auxiliary members and families will gather Monday at 6 30 p m for a Legion hall picnic supper. Women of Viola lead as supper chairmen with Urbanek from Anamosa assisting. A post executive committee meeting follows at 7 30 p m and at 8 p m the auxiliary and post hold separate sessions.
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Legion
Marion Post No
American Legion
Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Viola
Gladys Butler
Genevieve Taylor
Wanda Newlin
Nellie Patterson
Onalee Collins
Mable Rotert
Urbanek
Anamosa
Post
Leave For Duluth Vacation Plans Mentioned
Mr and Mrs A B Black will depart Monday for a Duluth Minnesota vacation. The Runkles of Minneapolis traveling with their children Bob and Dorothy visit the Blacks and will join in Duluth. Mr Runkle serves as counselor at Camp Lincoln Lake Hubert and Mrs Runkle at Camp Hubert for girls near Duluth. Attending the Roberts family reunion in Cedar Falls are W H Roberts Carroll Roberts and children Claire Jeanette John plus George Schrimper and son Richard. Mrs Donald Brooks and son Don Philip visit from Glendale California. Wayne Pearson and Mrs Warren Stambaugh with Ruth Lorraine travel to Wakefield Nebraska for family illness. The Dry Creek A L club meets Friday at John Adams home. Marion lodge No 6 AF and AM meets Tuesday night.
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Duluth
A. B. Black
Minn
R. L. Runkle
Bob
Dorothy
Minneapolis
Roberts
Cedar Falls
W. H. Roberts
Carroll Roberts
Claire
Jeanette
John
George Schrimper
Richard
Donald Brooks
Don Philip
Glendale
Calif
John C. Smith
Mr. Brooks
E. R. Brooks
Wayne Pearson
Warren Stambaugh
Ruth Lorraine
Wakefield
Neb
George Klaner
Pearson
Stambaugh
Dry Creek A. and L. Club
John Adams
H. G. Stitzel
Lewis Alcorn
Marion
A. L. Alcorn
Cedar Rapids
Missionary Society Meeting Planned at Mrs Scott's Home
The Missionary and General Aid society of the Presbyterian church will meet Thursday afternoon at Mrs. C. C. Scott's home north of Marion. Mrs. A Kellogg leads devotion and Mrs. Elmer Nelson teaches on Spanish Speaking Americans. Refreshment chairs are Mrs. P. O. Michel Mrs. J. T. Galliven Mrs. Rene Schultz and Mrs. Andrew P. Munsen. transportation calls to Mrs. Glenn E. Kinser.
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Missionary and General Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church
C. C. Scott
Marion
A. Kellogg
Elmer Nelson
P. O. Michel
J. T. Galliven
Rene Schultz
Andrew P. Munsen
Glenn E. Kinser
Ladies Union Hosts Luncheon at Christian Church
Mrs W F Sorter welcomed the Ladies Union of the Christian church on Thursday with Mrs Charles Harlan and Mrs Anna Flickinger as joint hostesses. Luncheon served to 28 guests. Mrs John Bow of Springville spoke for the United States Organization for Defense. Mrs Robert Levnen attended as a guest.
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W. F. Sorter
Ladies Union of the Christian Church
Charles Harlan
Anna Flickinger
John Bowdish
Springville
United States Organization For Defense
Robert Levnen
Local notices and visits highlight community week
Miss La Verna Titus secures a federal home management post in Council Bluffs and left for there Thursday after teaching at Dike. Several families and clubs schedule meetings, visits, and picnics including Coast to Coast softball practice at 9 am, W. S. C. S. gathering at the Methodist church, and the Bracelet Girls serving dinner.
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la Verna Titus
Federal Security Administration
Council Bluffs
Kenneth Cornell Named General Chairman of USO Drive
Kenneth Cornell is appointed general chairman of the United Service Organizations for Defense in Marion. Lyle N. Warren becomes campaign director with Louis C. Ross directing the men workers group. Emma Klein leads the women’s division, Hugh Gordon handles initial gifts, Emery J. Miller chairs the auditing committee, and John C. Mullin presides over publicity.
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Kenneth Cornell
United Service Organizations For Defense
Marion
Lyle N. Warren
Louis C. Ross
Men Workers Organization
Emma Klein
Hugh Gordon
Emery J. Miller
John C. Mullin
New Art Club Meets at Mrs Clar ence Meggers Home
Friday evening gathering features Tripoly with high prize to Mrs Lester Kellams of Maquoketa and traveling prizes to Mrs Clara Duntlow and Mrs James E Cippera. Guests include Mrs Robert Stull of Sandstone Minn fourteen attend refreshments.
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New Art Club
Clarence Meggers
Tripoly
Lester Kellams
Maquoketa
Clara Duntlow
James E. Cippera
Robert Stull
Sandstone
Minn
HempyGraduates Mor ley High School Farm Life
Hempy, a Mor ley High School graduate, has pursued farming after graduation. The couple plans to settle on a farm northeast of Lisbon, establishing a rural home and future on agricultural land.
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Hempy
Morley High School
Lisbon
Francis Johnson to headline Linn Festival at county fair
The Linn county Farm Bureau picnic and 4 H club fun day are set for June 25 at the fair grounds. Events begin at 10 30 am with a noon picnic. Francis Johnson president of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation will headline the afternoon program with music by the Linn rural women's chorus the Junior Farm Bureau quartet and the Central City band. Henry Dye of the REA will lead community singing.
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Gazette
Central City
Linn County Farm Bureau
Fairgrounds
Francis Johnson
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Linn Rural Women’s Chorus
Junior Farm Bureau
Henry Dye
The
REA
Tama county Farm Bureau sports festival set for Friday
Traer hosts the third annual Tama county Farm Bureau sports festival to promote card use. The program includes tennis, kittenball, golf, horseshoe pitching, relay races, pole vault, shot put, nail driving, shooting, swimming, archery, wood chopping, shuffleboard, tug of war, bowling, volleyball, folk games and bait casting.
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TRAER
Tama County Farm Bureau
Benton Farm Bureau Sports Festival Set for July 19
Benton county prepares its annual Farm Bureau sports festival at the fairgrounds on July 19. The Benton county Junior Farm Bureau sponsors the event, with Stanley Koep serving as president.
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Vinton
Benton County
Farm Bureau
Benton County Junior Farm Bureau Organization
Stanley Koep
Upper Mississippi Traffic Brisk In Early 1941 Shipments
Shipments on the upper Mississippi river reached 527 519 tons in the first five months of 1941, up from 362 477 tons a year earlier, reported by U S army engineers. Petroleum shipments led at 235 346 tons versus 87 816 last year.
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Davenport
Mississippi River
U. S. Army
Bishop Magee to Attend Elgin Church Anniversary Program
Special to The Gazette Elgin St Pauls Methodist church marks its 25th anniversary with services this Tuesday. Bishop J Ralph Magee of Des Moines will attend and a 5 p.m. reception is planned. Former pastors from 1918 to present including J Harlow Graham and J C Warton will join the celebration.
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Elgin
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
J. Ralph Magee
Des Moines
Bishop Magee
J. Harlow Graham
T. Stewart Cleworth
George D. Gaide
Whittier Misa Ellenberger Marries Ivan Hempy
Misa Ellenberger daughter of Mr and Mrs C A Ellenberger Springville wed Ivan Hempy of Lisbon Wednesday evening at St Pauls Methodist Cedar Rapids Rev Lamont C Smith officiated Attendant Arlene Quass flower girl Alberta and Verla Clifton ring bearer Merle Clifton attended groom The bridegroom brother in law Morley Consolidated High School teacher Marion Coe College and Morley district links noted.
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Merle Clifton
Hempy
Marion High School
Coe College
Morley Consolidated School
Springville High School Class of 1904 Reunion
A reunion of Springville High School class of 1904 was held Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Stearns with Mrs. P. E. Rotsch, formerly Carrie Dunlap of Spokane, Washington, as hostess.
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Springville
Wilbur Stearns
P. E. Rotsch
Carrie Dunlap
Spokane
Wash
Four USDA regional labs pursue new uses for surplus crops
The four regional laboratories of the United States Department of Agriculture were authorized under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to research and develop new uses for surplus farm crops.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Rain Setup Shaping East Iowa Farmland Conditions
Continued report from Independence and Buchanan County describes grain and crop status. Oats show good growth but at 70 percent of normal. clover ready to cut. pastures excellent. hay fair but short. soybeans not fully planted with acreage expected near last year. Homer Soules, AAA chairman, notes most fields plowed once with cultivation ongoing. Some fields too wet to plow. soybeans still being planted.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Homer Soules
AAA
Monmouth farming conditions show slow progress due to rains
Farmers report corn about 85 percent planted with 18 inch stalks and crossing begun. Oats are rank and promising, alfalfa limited and wet weather delays curing. Pastures and gardens improve as strawberry and cherry crops look good. In Troy Mills, Polk and Orcutt begin filling silos with sweet clover while cornfields remain weedy from wet cold spell.
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Monmouth
Troy Mills
Harold Polk
Harry Orcutt
Whittier Farmers Fall to Rain Affects Crops
In Whittier farmers report cornfields turning into meadowlike patches as heavy rains wash out some rows and leave silt in low spots. Still overall damage is limited and many plan to plant alfalfa while some alfalfa cut a week ago remains uncured. Garden work slowed but vegetables thrive despite minimal cultivation.
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Whittier
Linn F. B. Membership Near 1941 Goal of 1000
Linn county Farm Bureau reports 971 paid up members toward a 1941 goal of 1,000 as of Saturday. The drive for membership reflects ongoing efforts by local farmers and the bureau.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
Italian Violinist Stars In Cornell Little Theater Play
Italian violin virtuoso Laura Archera will open the Cornell Little Theater season by playing leading woman in Charlie’s Aunt June 19 20 and 21. Archera has performed in Rome Milan Paris Berlin and New York and studied with Enesco. She aims to fuse violin and acting, saying theater remains a universal art and she will gain practical stage experience at Cornell.
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Mourt Vernon
Laura Archera
Cornell Little Theater
Miss Archera
Rome
Milan
Turin
Sicily
Paris
Berlin
America
Carnegie Hall
Antonia Rico
New York Woman’s Symphony Orchestra
Philadelphia Academy of Music
Italy
New York
Georges Enesco
Santa Cesilia Conservatory
Sascha Culbertson
Charlie
Little Theater
Ben Hoover
Betty Bogue
Theodora Irvine
Bernice Gough
Mount Vernon
Martha Childress
Oskaloosa
Craig Huston
Columbus Junction
Don Johannsen
Bryant
Dale Jeffries
Russell Bidlack
Simpson College
Bob Hartung
Department of Speech and Dramatic Art
Simpson
Granddad
Toledo man builds pianos entirely by hand
Omar Tweed of Toledo pursues a hobby of hand building pianos. He has completed an upright model and is working on a spinet. The process uses spruce sounding boards, walnut veneer, a plywood plate pattern, a hard maple pin block, and ivorotone keys. Born 1898 in Marshall County he has tuned and repaired instruments since 1923 in Marshalltown and Toledo.
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Omar Tweed
Toledo
Tweed
Terest
Mr. Tweed
Marshall County
Grinnell College
American Conservatory of Music
Chicago
Marshalltown
Government corn stocks by county show declines and sales
Government and farm sealed corn stock figures across Iowa counties are detailed with totals sold and redeemed. Notable changes include reductions in Allamakee and Fayette, large holdings remaining in Buchanan and Johnson counties, and forecasts of rising hog feeding demand as spring pigs grow.
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Clayton County
Fayette
Fayette County
CCC
Buchanan County
Buchanan
Cedar County
Delaware County
Linn
Benton County
Washington County
Johnson County
Tama
Tawa
Iowa
AAA
Claiborne Troops to Begin Battle Maneuvers Monday
About 2,000 officers and men from the Thirty fourth division will start live mock battle field maneuvers at Camp Claiborne Louisiana. Col Howard J. Rouse of Waterloo Indiana commands the 133rd infantry as three infantry battalions act as the enemy June 16 to 27. Umpires and opposing forces will be drawn from the Sixty seventh and Sixty eighth brigades under Lieut Col Harold K. Holden of Des Moines Iowa.
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Camp Claiborne
Thirty-fourth
Howard J. Rouse
Waterloo
133Rd Infantry
Harold K. Holden
Des Moines
168Th Infantry
Old Stone Studio Opens as Haven for Artists
The Pelzer family plans Ye Olde Stone Studio as a creative hub in a 36 foot Amana stone mill space. It will host writers historians and students, chamber music and guest exhibits, with a warm kitchen and rain barrels enhancing daily life.
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Stoop
Terris
Pelzers
Pelzer
University of Iowa
Harry Pelzer
Parker Pelzer
Naval Aviation
Pensacola
Grain-Feds And Grass Cattle At U of I Compare
University of Illinois animal husbandry specialists report pasture fed cattle finish lower than grain fed with pasture. Carcasses shrink more in cooling. yellow fat lowers grade. Meat palatability similar to drylot for grain on pasture cattle. finish level drives grade.
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U. of Illinois
Urbana
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
Illinois Experiment Station
Sleeter Bull
R. R. Snapp
H. P. Rusk
Soldiers Injured by Lightning Bolt in Alexandria Incident
Twenty five troops were treated for shock after a lightning strike hit Claiborne's 135th medical regiment area in Alexandria Louisiana on a Friday night. The bolt knocked over a canteen and shattered a barrel while scattering men and supplies. None of the injuries are serious.
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Alexandria
Cn Claiborne
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