Ferdinand of Finland staged at Cornell Aquatic Carnival
Special to The Gazette Mount Vernon Cornell Aquatic club presented Ferdinand of Finland a water carnival tragedy in three splashes by Ellen Louise Steward a Cornell junior. Charles Harris Rochelle Rochelle NL played Ferdinand with Helen Mc Kendry Oak Park Inland as Clara bel mermaid light of Ferdinand's life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Ferdinand
Finland
Ferdinand the Bull
Cornell Aquatic Club
Ellen Louise Steward
Cornell
Charles Harris
Rochelle
Helen McKendry
Oak Park
Inl
Clarabel
Charles Soar
Rochelle, Ill
Matador
Eunice Wallace
Edith Hunter
Gazette
Ill
Waukon Area Marriages And Obituaries In Brief
Iowa brief notes record the marriage of Clara Dravis to Otto Promnitz at a Waukon home with witnesses Elmer Fogt. burial in Oakland cemetery for Dora Beall Welper, born near Waukon in 1885. and the 20th anniversary celebration of Allamakee county American Legion with details of founding members and current officers. Also included are funeral notices for Mrs. Sarah DeVol and Mrs. Herman Roth, plus local election notes in Independence and Monona communities. Historical ties to Waukon area are emphasized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Clara Dravis
Otto Promnitz
F. E. Stucks
Elmer Fogt
William Dravis
Otto Welper
Marion
Oakland Cemetery
Presbyterian Church
Dora Beall
George Beall
Leona Hess
Alfred
Grant
Ardis
Otto, Jr
Marlys Welper
William Beall
Wamego
Kan
Frank
Sydney
Neb
Ray
Waterloo
James
Dubuque
Alfred Pederson
Rossville
This County
American Legion of
Allamakee County
Allamakee
Marie Reimer
H. C. Johnson
L. V. O’brien
Roy Wolters
James W. Ryan
C. G. Morehouse
Emmet J. Laughlin
Glenn de Graw
Henry P. May
Roy Elmore
Cecil Knight
Leslie Kerndt
Glenn Hagen
Benjamin Huey
George Geoke
William F. Shafer
Elmer F. Pieper
Ralph D. Waters
George Waters
Co. G. Bray
Merle Barthell
Patrick Welsch
Albert S. Tousley
H.A. Peterson
Theodore Jacobson
Frank Teeling
Alfred C. Crouch
D.D
E. E. Lusk
C. C. Harrison
George McShane
John L. Bresnahan
M. C. Stoneburg
W. R. Ryan
Independence
Sarah E. DeVol
Otterville
O. E. Bantz
J. A. Treese
Wilson Cemetery
Sarah E. Renfro
Dakota Territory
Strawberry Point School Auditorium Dedication Service
Frank Miles of Des Moines editor of the Iowa Legionaire will be principal speaker at the Strawberry Point school auditorium dedication. The program begins at 2 p.m. with open house in all rooms after, marking a 32800 dollar improvement project.
Benton County Red Cross Elects New Officers
Mrs. F. V. Shoquist was reelected chairman of the Benton county Red Cross with Harold Kruse as vice chairman Dr E H Dowden treasurer Miss Verona Loehmer secretary and Robert J Hilliard named second vice chairman A county wide smallpox vaccination drive for school children will run next school year through the Benton County Medical Society Also headed by Fred Cameron Vin ton high school coach as life saving and first aid boss and Ella Mehlhaus county superintendent overseeing farm and home accident prevention The Benton county chapter numbering 1081 members has nearly tripled in three years earning a distinguished achievement certificate.
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Vinton
F. V. Shoquist
Benton County
The
Red Cross
Harold Kruse
E. H. Dowden
Benton County Medical Society
Fred Cameron
W. W. Fye
Vinton’ Junior Red Cross Organization
Ella Mehlhaus
American Red Cross
Fred Bain
Bain
Manchester Building Gets New Franklin Furniture Store
The Franklin Furniture company opens a new branch in Manchester in a renovated East Main street building. Joe Gill will manage the Strawberry Point firm’s local operation, occupying three floors with a modern glass front, neon sign, elevator, and interior redecorating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Manchester
Franklin Furniture Company
Veteran Montezuma mail carrier ends 29 years service
Jesse W. Martin, age 65, ends a 29 year rural free delivery career in Montezuma after starting in 1910. He drove a growing 24 to 52 mile route, used 12 horses and two mules before switching to cars, even once delivering behind a tractor. Patrons recalled kindnesses and gifts as he plans retirement with wife and three children Marvin Ival and Macel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montezuma
Jesse W. Martin
Martin
Mr. Martin
Marvin
Ival
Macel
Wilsons observe fiftieth wedding anniversary in Springville
Mr and Mrs Robert C Wilson of Springville mark their fiftieth anniversary with an open house on Tuesday from 2 30 to 5 pm and 7 to 9 pm. They married in Springville and moved there 11 years ago. They have five living children Cecil Anamosa Lee Springville Hattie Algona Mrs Paul Sterner Springville and Minnie Cedar Rapids. Edith died in 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springville
Robert C. Wilson
Cecil
Anamosa
Lee
Hattie Wilson
Algona
Paul W. Sterner
Minnie Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Edith
Gazette
Marengo
John Gould
Cecil Newmire
Jerome Neal Trimble
Genoa City
Wis
Ralph Trimble
Neal Trimble
World War veteran Harry J. Rose dies at 59 Marion
Harry J. Rose a World War I veteran living at 410 Twelfth Street Marion died suddenly from a heart attack Saturday at 1 15 p m He enlisted April 7 1916 and served as first sergeant in the 128th Wisconsin Infantry He was born January 31 1890 in Sheboygan Wis and is survived by his wife two children his mother and two brothers Funeral arrangements are pending his body is at Yocom chapel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry James Rose
Marion
Montevideo
Minn
Rose Home
Twelfth Street
U. S. Army
128Th Wisconsin Infantry
Mr. Rose
Sheboygan
Wis
Willis D
Anna L. Rose
Norma Rose
Laverne Mae
Ralph Duane Rose
Elmer D. Rose
Lindsey
Harold E. Rose
Granton
Yocom Chapel
Lincoln building hobby show and exhibits set for Thursday
A PTA sponsored hobby show occurs Thursday at 7 45 p m in the Lincoln building band room. Exhibits include manual training at the high school led by Delmar Risse and displays from Boy Scout troops and Camp Fire girls. Miss Frances Miller oversees a home economics style show in the auditorium with Kathleen Waline presenting a doll collection. Exhibits may be brought to the band room by 4 p m Thursday as the high school orchestra performs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teacher Association
Lincoln Building
Department of Manual Training
Delmar Risse
Boy Scout
Camp Fire
Frances Miller
Kathleen Waline
The Forgotten Man at Vinton Presbyterian Church
The one act play The Forgotten Man by Jowell Bothwell Tull will be presented Sunday at 7 45 p m by the young people of the Vinton Presbyterian church in the church Union services. The cast includes Carl Register Merle Hall Marian Stanley Polly Prahm James McClean Catherine Bickle and Edwin Becker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jowell Bothwell Tull
Presbyterian Church
Vinton
Carl Register
Merle Hall
Marian Stanley
Polly Prahm
James McClean
Catherine Bickle
Edwin Becker
Local Socials and Ads Highlight Marion Area Events
Family dinner honors W H Roberts 86th birthday at 987 Eighth Street with Bertha Roberts Carroll Roberts and children attending. Local notices include R A M Marion Chapter meeting, Musical Literary Club at Edna Roberts home, and health updates from Cedar Rapids hospital. Advertisements list Hutchinson Ice Cream flavors and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ray Roberts
Eighth Street
Mr. Roberts
W. H. Roberts
Bertha Roberts
Carroll Roberts
Claire
John
Janette
Theresa Phelps
The
Musical Literary Club
Edna Roberts
Ninth Street
Marion High Spring Concert Directed by Miss Rose Wilcox
Ninth annual spring concert by Marion public schools vocal department led by Miss Rose Wilcox in Lincoln building auditorium Friday at 7 45 pm. Mrs. LaVerna Crew accompanist. Highlights include vocal numbers with a separate band program on March 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Wilcox
Marion Public Schools
Lincoln Building
Miss Wilcox
LaVerna Crew
Glenn L. Lyman
Vaquaro
Guion
Blind Ploushman
Clarke the
Cossack
Koshetz
Piper Curran
Barbara Sloss
Nancy Ben Hanscom
Biggs Couple Heads to Denver as Blessing Arrives for Fort Logan Training
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Biggs travel to Denver while Mr. Blessing begins two weeks of training as first lieutenant at Fort Logan. Their daughter Betty Jane stays with her aunt Mrs. E. L. Potter in Marshalltown during the absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Biggs
Denver
Colo
Party at Kathleen Oxley Home Includes Games and Dance
Miss Kathleen Oxley hosted a Saturday party at 708 Eighth Avenue. Guests played Chinese checkers and danced in the basement recreation room, with refreshments served to Anna Mullarney, Mary Mullarney, Theresa Phelps, Dale Goodyear and Bill Austin of Marion, and Loren and Warren Tonne of Mount Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Oxley
Eighth Avenue
Anna
Mary Mullaley
Theresa Phelps
Dale Goodyear
Bill Austin
Marion and
Loren
Warren Tonne
Mount Vernon
Federated Club Meeting on Taxes at Public Library
The Women's Federated club meets Tuesday at 2 30 p m in the public library auditorium to hear talks on taxes by Miss Bernice Toms C B Vernon and John H Pazour. The decorating cost committee led by Mrs J J Booth will report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federated Club
Bernice Toms
C. B. Vernon
John H. Pazour
J. J. Booth
Marion Lions Club to Attend Anamosa Charter Meeting
Members of the Marion Lions Club and their wives will travel to Anamosa Wednesday evening for a charter meeting of the newly formed club. District Governor Norman W. Lovegrove of Des Moines will present the charter. Dinner is at 6 30. There will be no regular Marion club meeting Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Masonic Temple
Marion Lion's Club
Anamosa
Norman W. Lovegrove
Des Moines
Marion Club
Local Club Meetings This Week
Linn Chapter No 900 Order of DeMolay meets Monday at 730 p.m. in the Masonic temple. The Ivanhoe club gathers Monday at 2 p.m. at 908 Eleventh Street. The Chatterbox Bridge club convenes Tuesday at 1890 Seventh Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
Order of DeMolay
Masonic Temple
Ivanhoe Club
D. B. Storck
Eleventh Street
Chatterbox Bridge Club
John Gibney
Seventh Avenue
Independence Singer Fills Radio Date On 94th Birthday
George S Woodruff born 1845 in West Avon Conn is Independence’s oldest living radio baritone. He sang solos on radio for his 94th birthday and has a long insurance career. He led a varied life from book selling to sewing machine sales and greenhouse work. He never drank or smoked and credits fruit juices and salads for longevity. He married Dr Caroline Brooks in 1902. she died last year from a fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
George S Woodruff
West Avon
Mr. Woodruff
Lieut
Eugene Woodruff
Mississippi River
Shreveport
Woodruff
George
Philadelphia
Midwest
Fatal accident in Council Bluffs claims elderly man
Frank Kearns 73 died after aiding bystander Melzina Punteney 23. her car rolled forward in gear striking him as he loaded wood into a wagon. He died several hours later from injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Frank Kearns
Melzina Punteney
Kearns
Government Acts To Curb Volume Library Claims
Federal Trade Commission orders Educators Association Inc to stop misrepresenting The Volume Library book sales. The agency says up to 1,500 canvassers yearly sold to 12 to 15 million parents, with 1 to 2 million copies bought at $10 to $17 each. It contends the group falsely claimed teacher control and nonprofit motives. J. E. Stranks and Iowa City bank address cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Educators Association, Inc
New York
Federal Trade Commission
J. E. Stranks
Johnson County Savings Bank
Iowa City
Iowa
Cornell Names Leaders For High School Conference
Mount Vernon reports Dr. A H Edgerton vocational director at the University of Wisconsin and Miss Mary Daily chair of Chicago's collegiate vocational commission have been selected to lead the high school conference on Cornell campus March 18. Morning meetings precede a performance of Iolanthe and a banquet tours of the campus and a dance in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Mount Vernon
A. H. Edgerton
University of Wisconsin
Marvin Cone Paintings On Display At Cornell
Marvin Cone from Cedar Rapids presents a one man show in Corewell’s Armstrong hall in Mount Vernon running until March 20. His River Bend No. 4 won first prize in Cornell’s Iowa artists exhibition and later appeared in the All States exhibit in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Marvin Cone
Cedar Rapids
Corewell
Armstrong Hall
River Bend
Cornell
Iowa
New York City
Art Institute of Chicago
School of Fine Arts
Montpelier
France
Paris
Yearling tops stallion class at Pella horse show
A yearling Belgian shown by Lane Van Zante of Pella topped the stallion class in the first Pella spring horse show held Wednesday. Judge Harry Linn of Des Moines, assistant secretary of agriculture, presided over sixteen classes with 42 head. Champion mare was a 4 year old Belgian owned by Tone Van Zee of Pella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Lane van Zante
Harry Linn
Des Moines
Agericulture
Tone van Zee
Two Iowa Spring Horse Shows Set for March Dates
Two spring horse shows are scheduled in Iowa with events on March 19 at Storm Lake and March 22 at Milford. J. C. Holbert of Ames will serve as judge at the Storm Lake show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Storm Lake
Milford
J. C. Holbert
Ames
Stolen Chickens Hit Manchester Farmers
Two Manchester farmers reported poultry thefts. Fritz Eibey lost 35 Black Giant hens three miles southwest of Manchester and George Glant lost 25 head near the town. A sack with chickens found near Central City prompted Linn County investigators to probe the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Manchester
Fritz Eibey
George Glant
Central City
Linn
Manslaughter Charge Filed in Transient Death
O F Kimball of Lexington Kentucky and Roy Lane of Decatur Illinois are charged with manslaughter by County Attorney Frank Drake over the death of a transient in Muscatine. They are to enter pleas Monday at 3 p.m. The case stems from an incident that occurred Thursday in Muscatine.
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Margery Farnham
Rockford
Margaret Repass
Mary Bruschke
Jacksonville Beach
Fla
Corrine Anderson
Lake Forest
Jane Mathison
Nevada
Mary Hubbard
Rolla
Dorothy Collins
Jane Courson
Belmond
Edith Rauchenecker
Fox River Grove
Adrienne Roscoe
Aurora
Phyllis Pickering
Hinsdale
Jack Hartman
Chicago
Jim Bailey
Appleton
Bryan Nelson
Batavia
Lloyd Bolt
Freeport
Everett Garrett
Riceville
William Towner
Laurels Ackman
Clinton
David Jordan
Lois Reitzel
Sterling
Iowa News
Absalom
Marion Renfro
Dakotas
Herbert DeVol
Omaha
Kansas
Mary Deuel
Grace Coleman
Tonganoxie
Mabel Bantz
Herbert
Everett
David
Lenexa
Hiel
Bettendorf
Mary Luxford
Greene Renfro
Maquoketa
Wilfred Trute
Delbert Keeney
Bellevue
Oelwein
Donald Woods
West Union
O8lwein High School
Woods
Zella Williams
Eldora
Glenn Baker
Iowa Falls
James H. Milroy
Glenn M. St. Clair
Lorena E. Westemeier
Frances E. Westemeier
R. W. Hasner
Lorena E. Gosse
Wagner Township
John Henkes
Herman Roth
Monona
John Ulish
Frank Jarms and
Roy
Roy Rowland
Alfred Pufahl
Garna
Benton County Red Cross Group
Mrs
R. C. Wilson
Marion News
FP. T. A
Entertain
Hutchinson's
Mike Cira
Theodore Munier
Gene Floyd
Shamrock Center
Owen’s Drug Store
Maxine Elkin
Nina Ellison
Lehigh
Charles J. Alvord
Floyd Smith
Grand Junction
Women's Progressive Club
W. C. Stillions
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Dallas Carsner
Jake Kray, Jr
Plans High School
Strauss James Pope
Ruth Ostrander
Caro Milo
Ben Gioran
Wood Lois Leidizh
Robertson
Wilson Ruth Ostrander
Dorothy Ford
Earl Fulton
Donald Beadle
Glee Club
Pierrot
Andrews
Gevaert O' the
Londonderry
John Alden Carpenter
Nancy Elien Hanscom
Rollin
Rio
Sloss
Helen” m Bladick
Leidighe
Maxine Brooks
apCeean Phelps
Kansoon
Ehet
Ross
Wake
Homery
Sweet Afton
Gene Jacobs
Brice Phillips
Neal Dewees
Albert W. Schenken
Schumann
Kathryn McElwain
Goin
Tome Cmeses Dvorak Sleerpy
Terry Dorothy Ford
Nancy
Ellen Hanscom
Koshets Mountains
Eeee Rasbach
John Troy
Excelsior A. and L. Club
Irving Drake
Methodist Church
Theodore Jayne
Fourteenth Street
Elizabeth Beall
A. W. Stark
A. E. Granger
Central Avenue
Sacred Heart Study Club
J. P. Oliver
J. J. Reardon
Biloxi
Jack Blessing
Mrs. Blessing
F. E. Manatt
Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society
J. M. Albright
Marion Chisman
Jack Reimers
J. T. Gallivan
Presbyterian Missionary and Ladies Aid Societies
A. B. Black
B. F. Gill
Lee Voorhies
Ladies Aid Society
Jay Stookey
Electa Circle of
King’s Daughters
L. S. Dove
T. A. Newman
George C. Oxley
Ralph C. Seager
Wahl
Priscilla Guild of
Congregational Church
I. E. Isham
Alburnett Road
J. B. Howell
Adeliza Daniels
Elmer Hollingsworth
Randolph Scott
Joan Bennett
Grove City
Rebekah Lodge
Home Lodge
Mary Lowe Dickinson
R. H. Biddick
Thirteenth Street
Biddick
Gwen Newlin
Anton Severson
Chester and
Paul
Mr. Severson
Inlaw
Hugh Gordon
Bess Milner of
Kimball, S. D
Alice Goldsberry
Arnold Williams
East Fifth Avenue
George Krog
R. J. Kendall
Sixth Avenue
Klatter Klub
Maxine Kindig
Oakdale Sanatorium
Josephine Kindig
Jean Dow
Manly High School
L. C. Dow
Ben Frank
Raymond Eckhart
Eckhart
Lathrop
Calif
Marion Public Library
Singin
Lost Hope Hollow
Thomas
Douglas
Mr. Chips
Hilton
Long
Loring
Emily of
New
Miss Rose Wilcox
Federated Club Meeting
Lion's Club
Moon
Montgomery
Lone Ranger
Striker
Lone Star Ranger
Grey
George S. Woodruff
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