Bishop Magee to Speak at Marion Brotherhood Banquet
Bishop J Ralph Magee of Des Moines will be the speaker Friday at 6 30 p m for the thirty fifth annual Methodist Brotherhood banquet at the Marion church All men of Marion and vicinity invited William H Ray heads ticket sales with L O Dickey assisting Tickets on sale at Owen s Pharmacy and the Dickey Grocery Edward Manson is president Don De Vault vice president John S Johnson secretary Fred C Newlin treasurer Harry Robson chairs the program Johnson is membership chairman Newlin chairs the menu committee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ralph Magee
Des Moines
Methodist Brotherhood
Marion Church
Kota
Marion
Marion and
William H. Ray
L. O. Dickey
Owen's
Dickey Grocery
Edward Manson
Seaman William Hamilton Transferred From Ames Navy Hospital
Seaman second class William yy oe has been transferred from the naval hospital at Ames to the West coast. He is the son of Mr and Mrs William Hamilton of 1405 Fifth Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Yy
Naval Hospital
Ames
William Hamiltons
Fifth Avenue
Nellie Page to Return Home From Kalona Visit
Mrs. Nellie Page, guest of her son Cecil Page and family, will return to her Kalona home today after visiting them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Page
Cecil Page
Kalona
Tuckabache Club Welcomes New Member and Donates
The Tuckabache club met Friday with Mrs. F F Blackford. Mrs Ernest Decious was welcomed as a new member. The club contributed 1 to the 1943 Red Cross war fund drive and 1 to the blood plasma fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuckabache Club
F. F. Blackford
Ernest Decious
Red Cross
Wanted Furnished Room and Kitchenette Ad Seeks Heat
Short ad requests a furnished single room with kitchenette and heating. Contact via P O box 232 for inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. O
Mrs Schmidt Visits Gary and Chicago Relatives
Mrs Melvin H Schmidt returned from a visit with relatives at Gary Indiana and Chicago Attending the school of instruction Saturday of Malta chapter OES in Cedar Rapids were Ruth Maier and several Marion chapter Senhors members including Mrs Richard Bristol Mrs Lester Boettcher Mrs Elmer Stamy Mrs Arling Dice and Mrs Lee Vooroo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin H. Schmidt
Gary
Ind
Chicago
School of Instruction
Malta
O.es
Cedar Rapids
Ruth Maier
Richard Bristol
Lester Boettcher
Elmer Stamy
Arling Dice
Lee Vooroo Senhors
Marion
People’s Platform Announcement for City Election
City election set for March 29 with promises including steps toward free public garbage disposal and strict enforcement of city ordinances. Candidate Harry E. Hense highlighted in 4th Ward with call for cooperation with peace and improved maintenance. voters urged to support. Also notes Mrs. Frank Lafferty’s travel and a Handicraft club meeting Friday at 1:30 pm with Mrs. Charles Sweet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Hense
Handicraft Club No
Charles Sweet
Community groups lead first wave of 1943 war fund drive
Among the first to report full participation are Emerson grade school Milwaukee railroad and Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric with Mayor John C Mullin. Solicitation completed Monday All workers report to Mrs E E Parsons at the production rooms over Edison pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Red Cross
Emerson Grade School
Milwaukee Railroad
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electricing
John C. Mullin
E. E. Parsons
Edison Pharmacy
Bus Incident On Highway Diverts Traffic Northward
A bus was thrown toward the north bank of the highway during an incident. The bus driver’s name was not learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liston
Iowa State student Betty McBride visits parental home
Miss Betty McBride a senior in institutional management at Iowa State College spends the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs O W McBride at their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty McBride
Iowa State College
O. W. McBrides
Red Cross Meeting for Marion and Linn County Officers
Marion Red Cross officers are invited to a group meeting this afternoon at the Cedar Rapids coliseum. They will be seated on the stage with officers from the Linn County chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Marion Red Cross
Cedar Rapids Coliseum
Linn County
Sleeping room board if desired lady preferred
Sleeping room board if desired. Lady preferred. Phone 382W.
Child Study club hosts dessert luncheon and talk
Mrs Edwin Beadle hosts the Child Study club on Wednesday at 1 30 p m with a dessert luncheon. The presentation Victory Gardens will feature a guest speaker. Robert Mitchell W R C No 126 meets Wednesday at 11 a m in Memorial hall to sew for the Veterans hospital. A 12 30 picnic dinner and a 2 30 meeting follow. Members asked to bring material for chair pads. Cary club meets Monday at 2 30 p m with Mrs Clara Wilson 679 Central avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Beadle
Child Study Club
Victory Gardens
Robert Mitchell W
Cary Club
Clara Wilson
Central Avenue
Laura Bailey W S C S meeting announced in town
Laura Bailey auxiliary of the Methodist W S C S will meet Monday at 7 30 p m with Mrs Carrie Reichert at 610 Tenth street Mrs R B Watters will lead the devotional and Mrs A A Hardin will head the program details for the gathering are given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Bailey
Methodist
Carrie Reichert
Tenth Street
R. B. Watters
A. A. Hardin
Grove City Rebekah Initiation Meeting Noted
Grove City Rebekah Lodge No. 35 will hold an initiation for candidates Monday at 7 30 p m Officers and degree staff are requested to attend and be present for the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove City Rebekah 1
Whitcomb sisters host dinner and garden club plans
The Misses Minnie and Metta Whitcomb will entertain at dinner today with guests Misses Louise Braska Mable Kearns Amy Dean and Lula Toms. The West Marion Garden club meets Wednesday at 2 p.m. with Mrs Will Kassler and Mrs John Fillmore and Mrs Fred Brenne man will lead the program. Weekend guests include granddaughter Mrs Mark E Tilton and Mr Tilton and their son Theodore of De Kalb Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie
Metta Whitcomb
Louise Braska
Mable Kearns
Amy Dean
Lula Toms
West Marion
F. E. Williams
Mark E. Tilton
Tilton
Theodore
de Kalb, Il
Ivanhoe Club Meeting Set With Mrs An drew P Munsen
The Ivanhoe club will meet Monday at 2 p.m. with Mrs An drew P. Munsen at 1700 Eighth Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivanhoe Club
Andrew P. Munsen
Eighth Avenue
Kensington Santay and Masonic Meetings Announced
Marion district announces its March Kensington Santay at the Mascaie temple with supper for Mrs. Ralph J. Williams. Linn chapter No 900 De Molay meets Monday at 7 pm in the Masonic temple followed by a dance. A. M. holds a special 7 30 pm meeting in the Major work. Food for infant feeding advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Kensington Santay
Mascaie Temple
Ralph J. Williams
Cac Seger Ae Eugper
Linn
Order of de Molay
Masonic Temple
Decorah Minister's Son Hero of Drama at Sea
Norman Bredesen son of the Decorah minister is hailed as hero after actions aboard a ship during its sinking. Shipmate Gordon Paisley credits him with twice going to the hold and back to the vessel after abandon ship, earning a high decoration. Bredesen is noted for adventurous feats from youth including hitchhiking to New York and traveling to South America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Gazette
Norman Bredesen
Alfred Bredesen
Near
Norman
Ciemponentman
Tman
Gordon Paisley
New York
South America
Marion musician joins Navy band in Honolulu
Lyle E. Manson, son of Mrs. Edward Manson of Marion Iowa, left Coe College in Cedar Rapids to join the Navy in 1939. He played bass horn and bass viol in the college band, toured the United States with Navy groups, then joined ship’s bands on a South American cruise. Now shore-based in Honolulu, he plays with the Royal Hawaiian Navy Band and appears with the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra and various Hawaiian ensembles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Honolulu
Lyle E. Manson
Navy
Cen Sea
Lyle
Edward Manson
Bones Avenue
Marion
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Washington Navy Band
United States
South America
Panama
Cuba
Royal Hawaiian Navy Band
Return Home for Roy Kellams After Cedar Rapids Hospital Nip
Roy Kellams is returned to his home at 888 Tenth Street from a Cedar Rapids hospital where he underwent an operation. Kenneth Silker is discharged to his home at 1225 Sixth from a Cedar Rapids hospital following treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Kellams
Tenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Silker
Miss Elsie Stewart Returns Home From Illness
Miss Elsie Stewart who has been convalescing at the home of her parents the J A W Stewarts returned Thursday to her home in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Stewart
J. A. W. Stewarts
Des Moines
Marion Nature and Garden Club Meeting Preview
The Marion Nature and Garden club meets Wednesday at 2 p.m. with Mrs. E. C. Hamm presiding. Mrs. C. A. Dykes leads the program and Warren Hoff, Marion victory garden chairman, speaks on Victory Gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Nature and Garden Club
E. C. Hamm
C. A. Dykes
Arren Hoff
Marion Victory Garden
Victory Gardens
Mrs L J Swift Visits Miss Rose Wilcox
Mrs L J Swift of Monticello spent Saturday with Miss Rose Wilcox in a casual social visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Swift
Monticello
Rose Wilcox
Carson Spends Sunday at Sioux City Home
O. M. Carson, employed in government work at Sioux City, spent Sunday at his home there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. M. Carson
Sioux City
Clayton Highway Employee Stricken in Elkader
William Clinton 68 of Littleport longtime Clayton county highway department employee died suddenly from a heart attack Saturday after reporting for work at the Elkader county garage. He was revived briefly then began homeward. two miles later he suffered a fatal second attack en route with William Madden of Garnaville and Ralph Odharn of Elkport helping him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkader
William Clinton
Littleport
Clayton County Highway Department
Clinton
William Madden
Garnaville
Ralph Oldham
Elkport
Blacksmith John Fagerlie Dies at Sea
News comes that John Fagerlie formerly a Decorah blacksmith died when a boat bound for Greenland was torpedoed. The sinking occurred about three weeks ago, according to the notice received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
John Fagerlie
Greenland
Battleship Iowa Silver Service Presented in Des Moines
Gov. Hickens announced that the silver service of the old battleship Iowa will be presented to Capt. John McCrea of the new Iowa at a 1:30 p.m. Monday joint session in the House chamber. The gift, on display at the state historical museum, originated from a 1897 purchase funded by a $5,000 appropriation and a later $25,000 to duplicate the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
B. B. Hickens
Iowa
John McCrea
House
State Historical Museum
Pearer
Iowa Deaths and Obituaries Notice Summary
Mrs. Helen Winters, 89, dies Friday at her daughter’s home. Services held this afternoon at Henderson funeral home in Toledo with survivors including four sisters, a brother, seven grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren. Also noted are Mrs. B. E. Rhinehart obituary from Anamosa Congregational church service and burial at Riverside cemetery. Rosa Martens, 68, dies Friday in Wheatland at sister Augusta Jeppe’s home. she leaves a son Walter and four brothers and sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Henderson Funeral Home
Helen Winters
Martin Christensen
Clara Willson
Salina
Kah
Susan Bean
Chicago
George Winters
Robert Smith
Gain Burke
Traer
Homer E. Dalrymple
Congregational Church
B. E. Rhinehart
Riverside Cemetery
Dover
Anamosa
J. A. Hartman
Congregational Church of
Anamosa Garden Club
Red Cross
Eastern Star
Wheatland
Rosa Martens
Augusta Jeppe
Walter
Gus Wischman
Litchfield
Minn
Jeppe
Louie
Otto Pingle
Herbert
Eastern Iowans Earn Degrees at State College Winter Graduation
At Iowa State College in Ames the largest winter graduation to date awarded 340 certificates and degrees. President Dr. Charles E. Finley gave the address and presented the diplomas. Eastern Iowa graduates include numerous Cedar Rapids, Monticello, Traer and Tama county students. Traer school board member Dr. C H Brown to be honored guest at faculty social. M H Bordewick chosen new board president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa State College
Memorial Union
Charles E. Finley
Eastern Iowa
Linn County
Robert Newman Ettinger
Daniel Rex Goodfellow
William Charles Roach
Eugene Devere Travis
Paul Harding Vavra
Jean Edith Miller
Barbara Anne Shepard
Shirley Sue Smith
James Sargent Potter
Cedar Papic
Eugene Kenneth Vick
Maxter Jones
Reed Howie
Robert Lee
Josephine May Rickle
Monticello
Tama
TRAER
C. H. Brown
M. H. Bordewick
Hunzelman Couple Marks Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Hunzelman celebrate their golden wedding day east of South Amana Iowa with a small private event between 2 and 4 p.m. The couple, married at the Hunzelman parents home in Iowa township near Conroy, includes a German-born husband who came to America as a child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
C. M. Hunzelman
South Amana
el A
Newae Siena Burgy
Clinton
Germany
America
Eastern Iowa cadets to receive silver wings in Texas
Four aviation cadets from Iowa join a 46 state and foreign crew graduating today at Gulf Coast training center Texas. Lieut Lyle Hartz of Blairs Town Lieut John Anderson of Iowa City Lieut Floyd Jenks of Lamont and Lieut Donald Spencer of Iowa City will receive silver pilots wings and commissions as second lieutenants. Some cadets join the 43 C class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Randolph Field
Iowa
Army Air Force
Lyle H. Hartz
Blairstown
Eagle Pass
John K. Anderson
Iowa City
Floyd R. Jenks
Lamont
Lubbock
Donald L. Spencer
Moore School
Gulf Coast Training Center
Columbia
Mexico
Canal Zone
Colin Kelley
Buzz Wagner
Legislature Limits on Capital Improvements Budget
Legislature continues on page one with a section that allows higher operating costs to be covered by prohibitions on new buildings, enabling funding of routine running expenses beyond the usual capital improvement allotment.
Unfinished Business in State Appropriations
The senate completed three department and board appropriations while the house finished only the board of control. On Friday they began departmental grants, amended them, and sent the bill back to committee. The board of education bill is slated to be considered next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Board of Control
Board of Education
Bill Yager
Dickinson County
Bill
Iowa House
Gerald Swisher
Leon
State Public Safety Department
Air Corps Reserve
Hickenlooper
Kraschel
Farm Credit
Republican State Central Committee
AAA
Allamakee County Seeks Supt With Three Candidates
WAUKON three candidates run for Allamakee county superintendent after Lois Grimm resignation. They are M. H. Goode principal of Waukon schools Joseph Brannon superintendent at Parnell and S F Truesdell superintendent at Leland Ia. Election set for April 2 in the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Allamakee County
Lois Grimm
M. H. Goode
Joseph Brannon
Parnell
S. F. Truesdell
Leland
Waves and Spars enlistment in Mason City
The second mass enlistment of women occurred in Mason City with 19 women taking the navy oath for Waves and Spars on Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
United States
Bald Mail Carrier Recovers From Frozen Foot
McGregor veteran rural mail carrier famous for driving 25 winters without a hat has weathered this winter hatless but suffered a frozen foot on a below zero day while making rounds. He is off the route recuperating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
McGregor
Art Durr
Iowa
Weitz Co. Gets Muscatine Grain Alcohol Plant Contract
The Weitz company of Des Moines won the general contract for construction of the Muscatine grain alcohol plant in Indiana. The $1.2 million project will cover 50 acres. Grain Processing Corp of Muscatine leased the plant, with DPC guaranteeing an $840,000 loan to be provided by a Chicago bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weitz Company
Des Moines
Muscatine
Defense Plants Corporation
Ralph E. Young
Grain Processing Corporation of
Young
DPC
Chicago
Gasoline War Guidance From OPA Chief Brown
Davenport AP Prentiss M. Brown head of the Office of Price Administration said tire safety remains vital but fuel supply conditions should allow driving for the rest of the war. He spoke in a train interview while en route to Chicago from Iowa City where they visited their son-in-law and daughter Ensign and Mrs Forest Evashev ski.
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Davenport
Prentiss M. Brown
Office of Price Administration
Rock Island
OPA
Brown
Chicago
Iowa City
Ensign
Forest Evashevski
Driver Convicted Of Manslaughter In Des Moines
Guy Jesse Hall 38 of Des Moines Tent Co faces April 3 sentencing after a Polk County jury found him guilty of manslaughter for a Sept 26 auto crash that killed Mrs. George Barlow while she waited to board a bus. Manslaughter carries up to eight years in prison and a $1000 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
INS
Guy Jesse Hall
Polk County District Court
Hall
George Barlow
Wildlife Conservation Aids U S War Program
G H Gill of the Manchester Fisheries station says conservation practices over the past decade support America’s war effort. National Wildlife Restoration Week runs March 21–27, highlighting fisheries that provide nearly five billion pounds of food and by products, crucial during meat shortages. Deer elk skins aid military needs, with by products used in munitions and gear for forces abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
America
G. H. Gill
U. S
Gill
National Wildlife Federal
United States
Alaska
Fish and Es Service
Capitol Currents: Iowa Legislature and Governors’ Conference
The Iowa senate and house clash looms over commerce commission appointive powers and school code revisions while bills on aid to dependent children and vaccination face fate in the house. Governors and officials wiegh appointments, salaries, and policy shifts amid Des Moines talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Senate
House
Senate
Commerce Commission
House Appropriations Committee
Quote of the Week on appointive offices and lame ducks
Rep. Anthony Te Paske of Sioux Center quips that expanding appointive offices adds more surgical splints for lame ducks, highlighting a political jab about government redundancy and reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Te Paske
R-Sioux Center
Lee Kyser Named War Man Power Director in Central Iowa
The Looking Ahead column notes Lee Kyser, ex Des Moines councilman and baseball club owner, may be appointed war man power director for portions of central Iowa. George Haskell, state OPA official, is also mentioned regarding a cap on statewide property valuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Kyser
Des Moines
Iowa
George Haskell
First girl to turn paper carrier in West Union
Marian Pape, 12, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Pape, began delivering in May 1942 and has not missed a day in the business district despite illness, hoping a heart shaped buckle keeps her steady on the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Marian Pape
William Pape
How to Apply for Brooder or Incubator in Iowa
AP reports Iowa residents must apply to the county USDA farm committee chairman for broader stoves and poultry incubators. OPA war price boards lack jurisdiction for purchase certificates, as clarified by the Iowa fuel rationing administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Office of Price Administration
United States Department of Agriculture
OPA
Reclaimed Rubber for Recapping Tractor Tires Ordered
Washington dispatch reports the Office of Price Administration requires all farm tractor and implement tires to be recap rated with reclaimed rubber when eligible. The rule amends prior policy that allowed rear tires to be replaced with new ones and clarifies that implement tires previously recap able with crude rubber must now use reclaimed material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Adminstration
Auction results near Elgin report varied prices
Pullets sold at 2.06 each in a Marior sale near Elgin. Cows topped at 169 dollars and sows at 72 dollars. Corn brought 1.05 a bushel and seed oats sold from 1.50 to 1.60. Bale hay brought 2 dollars a ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Farm Hands from Bahama Island to Work in Florida
Secretary Wickard announced an agreement allowing up to 15,000 Bahaman workers to enter the United States for agricultural employment in Florida and nearby states. The deal covers labor needs in the seasonal crops and supports farm labor demand in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Claude R Wickard
Bedgarhama
United State
Reilly Promoted to Major in Marine Corps
Lloyd H Reilly of oo City Ave is promoted from captain to major in the United States Marine Corps. The announcement lists his new rank and unit, reflecting a career progression within the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington (Ap
Lloyd H Reilly
Oo City
Ithe Marine Corps
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marion News
Brotherhood
Magee
10Th Avenue
Frank Lafferty
Yonkers
N. Y
J. Harold Lafferty
Philet
Springville
Hart
John Freeman
St. Paul
F. J. Donnavan
Owen
Lyle Manson
Clayton Highway Employe Stricken
Blacksmith
Battleship Iowa
Mrs. C. M. Hunzelman
Lieut. L. H. Hartz
J. R. Anderson
D. L. Spencer
F. R. Jenks
Wildlife Conservation Aids
Capitol Currents
George 8. Mills
Leo Duster
Nelson G. Mraschel
Farm Credit Administration
Omaha
Nels
Clyde L. Herring
Carl Wilkin
GOP
Edlier
pir _setienins
Canes Siertt of Agriculture
USDA
Bahama
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