Marion News Elect Two School Directors Monday
Two school directors and a treasurer of the board will be elected Monday in Marion. A. A. Schenken seeks to succeed himself as director, Willis C. Sheets runs for the term just completed by Mrs. A. E. Granger, and H. F. Lockwood is unopposed for treasurer. Polls open at noon and close at 7 pm with election officials Mrs. A. E. Granger Miss Elda M. Kemp and Fred J. Newlin.
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Marion Service Club
A. A. Schenken
Willis C. Sheets
A. E. Granger
H. F. Lockwood
Elda M. Kemp
Fred J. Newlin
Vox the School Paper Graven in Ink and Team Spirit
Four Marion high students publish Vox a two page weekly paper later six pages with editor John Granger Maurice Flack Wayne Wells and Kirk Snell guiding staff. The paper includes editorials sports from the bleachers heart clinic serials diaries poetry and cartoons with a year end prize for best student contribution and plans to expand next year to include junior and senior coverage.
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Grace Koppenhaver
Marion
Vox
John Granger
Maurice Flack
Wayne Wells
Kirk Snell
Mark
Cleo
Peter McArthur
PSSST
United States
Bob Newin
Lasswell
Maurice W. Flack
Benefit card party in Legion hall to aid library
Federation of Women's clubs hosts a card party at the American Legion hall Tuesday with prizes at each table to fund library room improvements. Reservations with Mrs Kinser Clay or Schenken. Event begins 2 30. City women invited.
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The
Federation of Women’s Clubs
American Legion Hall
Glenn Kinser
John Clay
A. A. Schenken
Community notices and church events fill Lincoln area
The town's social life centers on church activities and clubs. A Presbyterian church supper and program in the church basement features singing, solos, and talks. Camps Fire groups meet, first aid sessions planned, and a firemaker’s rank class offered. Births and visits are noted, and various meetings of Women’s Relief Corps, railroad club, and Methodist Men are announced with dates and logistics.
Easter Service Plans By Patmos Commandery No 27 Knights Templar
Plans for the annual Easter service at the Methodist church April 12 at 3 pm are under way by Patmos Commandery No 27 with committees named for program refreshments decorations ushers and more Apollo Commandery of Cedar Rapids invited to attend a speaker and music program Alma Turechek of Coe College will lead the program at the O O P club meeting March 17 hosted by Mrs LeRoy Barber
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Patmos Commandery
Knights Templar
C. A. Bradley
G. O. Pyle
Marvin Oxley
Earl Welsher
Ralph Seager
Charles T. Rowe
J. M. Fosdick
A. R. McElwain
Alma Turechek
Coe College
O. O. P. Club
LeRoy Barber
Fidelis Circle meets for Bible study and fundraising
Fidelis Circle of the King's Daughters met at Mrs. Lee Fitzgerald's home with ten members present. Devotional lead by Mrs. Ed Ainley focused on the Bible. Ten aprons were turned in for Perkins Hospital. Bake sale planning began. Next meeting at Mrs. M. H. Biddick's home. Pleasant Grove Community club to meet Tuesday at the Mansons' home. Chicago Camp Fire group meets Thursday after school in the public library auditorium.
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Fidelis Circle
King's Daughters
Lee Fitzgerald
Ed Ainley
John Reynolds
Ruth
Perkins Hospital
M. H. Biddick
Pleasant Grove Community Club
Edward Manson
Chifago Camp Fire
Community Calendar and Club Meetings in Grove City
Plans progress for a March 17 benefit card party at the Masonic Temple hosted by Loraine Circle. Lions Club, Marion Shakespeare, Osceola Lodge, Boy Scouts Troop 35, and multiple local clubs announce meetings and events through the week with teas, Kensingtons, readings, and a picnic supper under church and lodge sponsorships.
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Loraine Circle
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
The Rose on the Dial staged by Oxford club youths
At a union meeting on Sunday evening March 15 a play The Rose on the Dial will be performed by the Oxford club of the Methodist church. Cast includes Marian Van Fossen Mary Adelaide Al baugh Stanley Kellams Paul Ha worth Margaret Oldfather Min ard Stevens Melvin McBride. Public welcome no admission fee. Funeral services for Ed Van Gorkom Cedar Rapids held today at 3 p.m. at Yocom chapel with Masonic orders. Rev J Renwick McCullough officiates. Burial at Cedar Memorial cemetery. Nakihopa Camp Fire group meets Monday 5 30 at Virginia Jackson home for picnic supper. Council fire in evening. Tea March 16 4 p.m. at guardian Mrs Lawrence Bigger home, mothers invited. K B B class meets Tuesday 6 30 at Mrs Ruby Hanscom 1096 Eleventh street for picnic supper. Meat and dessert provided. Miss Ruth Maier assisting hostess. Text books for home hygiene and care of the sick for Parent Teacher Association distributed this week and classes begin Friday. Mothers class Friday 2 to 4 in Emerson kindergarten room. teachers class 4 to 6 with chapters one and two plus a demonstration. Hans Peterson moving to Webster to work on a farm. Dr C L Drain Iowa University dental hygiene speaker at Parent-Teachers association Thursday 8 p.m. auditorium.
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Congregational
Methodist
Presbyterian
Oxford Club
Methodist Church
Marian van Fossen
Mary Adelaide Albaugh
Stanley Kellams
Paul Haworth
Margaret Oldfather
Minard Stevens
Melvin McBride
Ed van Gorkom
Cedar Rapids
Yocom Chapel
J. Renwick McCullough
Cedar Rapids Westminster Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Nakihopa
Virginia Jackson
the Guardian
Lawrence Bigger
The
Ruby Hanscom
Eleventh Street
Ruth Maier
Parent-Teacher Association
Emerson
Roelofs seeks re election as state senator
Garritt E. Roelofs of Sioux Center announced his bid for re election to the state senate from the Lyon O Brien Osceola Sioux district. The Republican's move follows speculation he might run for Congress if Guy Gillette left the Ninth district. Other candidates filing Saturday include Cramer, Manson for state representative and Ed Gray, Mapleton for Monona county.
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Manson
Moore
Walnut
Senate
Pottawattamie County
Ed Gray
Mapleton
Monona County
Gray
J. E. Craven
Kellogg
William McNeeley
Des Moines
Farmer-Labor
F. A. Robinson
Estherville
Iowa Engineering Laws Aim to Uniform with States
Des Moines The state board of engineering examiners said changes to Iowa laws will align with statutes in all states. The annual report to Governor Herring notes 1100+ licensed engineers dating from 1919 and 60 registrations in 1935 as the field regulates life health and property.
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DES Moines
INS
Iowa
State Board of Engineering Examiners
Clyde Herring
George J. Keller
University of Iowa
Oleo Funds Rise as Butter Prices Increase
From London, 377 boxes of Argentine butter and 101 casks of Polish butter were reported. Most imported butter went into storage as prices fell below cost, halting new purchases. Small buys from Holland and Latvia are expected soon. January butter imports totaled about 3,000,000 pounds with February seen at 1,000,000 pounds. Last month’s figures await release.
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London
Holland
Latavia
Market Talk on Cattle Prices and Feed Decisions
The column analyzes cattle markets, noting cheaper grades like canners and cutters may rise as buyers shift away from pricier beef. It forecasts mixed signals through the coming months, with pork demand influencing hamburger prices. It ends by urging careful soil conservation planning to protect farm capital.
Heavy Volume Of Business Reported By Marion Elevator
The Marion Farmers' Elevator annual stockholders meeting reported high sales for the year including 35000 bushels of corn 14000 bushels of oats 4000 tons of coal 1400 sacks of mill feed 2500 sacks of poultry feed 125 rolls of barbed wire 2000 rods of woven wire 2000 posts 80000 tiles 1600 bales of hay 600 bales of straw 720 sacks of salt 350 boxes of salt and 250 barrels of semisolid buttermilk The company handled 89 cars of coal 60 cars of mill feed 16 cars of tile and more Louis Weis Oliver Graham and Ralph Beckner were elected directors.
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Marion Farmers’ Elevator Company
Irvin Ford
Louis Weis
Oliver Graham
Ralph Beckner
Farley Aide Arrives in Iowa for Post Office Dedication
Ambrose OConnell executive assistant to Postmaster General Farley arrived by air from Omaha en route to Storm Lake for the dedication of a $65,000 post office. Postmaster H A Gooch and Sioux City postal officials accompanied him.
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Sioux City
Ambrose O'Connell
Farley
Omaha
Storm Lake
H. A. Gooch
Cockerels From 400 Chicks Pay Round Trip To Denmark
WEST LIBERTY The cock erels from a flock of 400 early chicks in 1935 more than paid the fare of Mrs. Peter Friis to Den mark and return. After a 3-months vacation in Europe Mr and Mrs Peter Friis native Danes and their 5-year-old son Thomas were back on the farm northeast of West Liberty. The round-trip passage for the three persons cost 520 dollars. The Friis family operate a farm owned by the W L Gibson estate with a sliding rent based on hog values.
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The
Gazette
West Liberty
Peter Friis
Denmark
Europe
Thomas
Friis
W. L. Gibson
88-Year-Old Man Raises Own Tobacco and Smokes Pipe
Special to The Gazette Celwein man Wilhelm Roepke aged 88 began smoking at age five and continues to smoke a pipe he grows himself. He recalls the Franco Prussian war, emigrated to America, built a farm near Hazleton, and cherishes his pipe as a lifelong companion.
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Celwein
Wilhelm Roepke
Roepke
Posen
Germany
America
Hazleton
August
Gus
Aurora
Emil
William
Louie
Waterloo
Minnie
Andrew Maille
Oelwein
Sea Going Dog Survives Risks For 14 Years
Portland, Me. Blackie a Dandle Dinmont terrier has sailed the seas for more than 14 years. The dog serves as mascot of the freighter Oakey L. Alexander and has fallen overboard three times but repeatedly swum back to safety until rescue by engineer William Sutherland.
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Portland
Blackie
Oakey L. Alexander
William Sutherland
One Iowa County To Get Demonstration Of Maternal Care
The Iowa health department plans a maternal and child health demonstration in a rural county to show prenatal care value. A county with higher than 5 year median pregnancy related death rates and strong public health resources will be chosen. The program includes clinic based medical care, nurse led instruction, and group classes for expectant mothers.
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Gate Des M
Iowa State Department of Health
Children’s Bureau
United States Department of Labor
Iowa
Iowa Women’s clubs push alcohol education in schools
The Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs urged detailed instruction on alcohol and narcotics for public school children and stricter enforcement of existing laws. They called for changes to liquor statutes to curb juvenile delinquency and drunkenness, linked to post–Prohibition repeal. They also backed wildlife federations, more education funding, and shifting some education tax burden from real estate.
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DES Moines
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
Organization of Wildlife Federations
Milk Route Students Balance Education With Work
The text describes students funding their studies at Iowa by taking on milk route work and other jobs. It notes the heavy schedule, lack of vacations, and long days in summer and winter spent on routes, laboratory tasks, tutoring, and various labor to support schooling.
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Iowa
Heyday in Ioway book of humorous verse issued at Cornell
Special to The Gazette Mount Vernon Iowa announces Heyday in Ioway a new Iowa humor verse book edited by Prof Clyde Tull of Cornell College. It features forty four poems by thirty three Iowa writers many Cornell alumni with a festive corn husk cover and a light Midwest tone. The volume lists contributors including Richard Baker Jay Sigmund and Eliza beth Stuart among many others with notes on printing and binding by students in Mount Vernon.
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Ill
Midwest
Richard Baker
Chicago
Cornell
Ioway
Tull
Burroak
Sumac
Jay Sigmund
Jewell Bothwell Tull
Ruth Crissman
Elsie Gaide
Nora Springs
Mark Mirich
Thornton
Wyo
Edward Weismiller
Appleton
Wis
David Fuller Ash
Iowa City
Richard T. Baker
William Lee Burton
Oakdale
Maud Ludington Cain
Marshalltown
Meinard Darling
Cedar Rapids
Thomas W. Duncan
Des Moines
Kathryn Fenstermacher
Red Wing
Minn
Velma Sprigg Geiger
Annabel Lee Gray
Wall Lake
Lee Grove
Minneapolis
Gernie Hunter
Perry
Mac Peery Hutchinson
Alta B. Lattner
Thelma Lucille Lull
West Branch
Mich
Isabel Mayne
Emmetsburg
Ruth Messenger
Town City
Marjorie Holmes Mighell
Mysterious Valentine drama staged at local church
Bertram A presented The Mysterious Valentine Friday at the Methodist church with cast including Helen Roselle Ruth Mikulecky Catherine Berry Mrs J Bruce Eyestone Harold Lerner Lester Mikulecky Leonzo Berry and George Kramer directed by Rev J Bruce Eyestone. Program events featured a vocal duet by Darrell and Doris Kitchen piano by Mrs Floyd Kitchen readings by Rev Eye stone a church audience song and paper by Eyestone. Brotherhood of the church sponsored the event and George Kramer led the program.
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Bertram
Valentine
Helen Roselle
Ruth Mikulecky
Catherine Berry
J. Bruce Eyestone
Harold Lerner
Lester Mikulecky
Leonzo Berry
George Kramer
Darrell
Doris Kitchen
Floyd Kitchen
Mr. Eyestone
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C. A. Pyle
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Ida McCoy
C. N. Owen
Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church
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Purple Land
Hudson
George Kindler, Jr
Reading Circle
Ida Hall
Russell Singleton
Tennyson Club
Norman J. Waffle
I. O . Brenneman
Lucretius
Hans Peterson
Webster
C L. Drain
Department of Dental Hygiene
Parent-Teachers Association
Garritt Roelofs
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