Marion News Polls Open for City Election on Monday
Polls open at 8 a.m. and stay open until 8 p.m. for mayor and council races. Voters in ward districts will cast ballots at city hall library auditorium Legion hall and city fire station. Candidates span two tickets with names for mayor and council positions across four wards. Also noted is a spring meeting of the Marion Iowa Association of California in Los Angeles with officers and attendees listed.
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First Ward
Public Library
Legion Hall
John H. Pazour
Frank Simon
Claude Knapp
H. B. Leasure
E. B. Castle
J. E. Homans
Edward Jones
George W. Burns
Henry N. Miller
Lewis Weis
Citizens
C. A. Garrison
Harry E. Hense
John C. Larkin
Fay W. Bailey
B. E. Beiber
Louis A. Klumph
Marion Iowa Association of California
Sycamore Grove Park
Los Angeles
Walter Rowe
Jack Woodward
Bentley Scott
J. W. Cassidy
Sayde Scott
C. H. Albaugh
Margaret Albaugh
J. D. Barker
Frank Beach
Nettie Brown
Mel Case
Jack Case
Claude Clark
Gertrude Collar
Mary Courtney
Ruth Crowell
Harry Dye
Katy Gray
Jennie Harrison
Robert Harrison
Charles Hall
Nell Hazen
C. E. Hurt
C. O. Ingersoll
Charles Ingersoll
W. H. Ink
Charles Ives
Fred Johnson
G. W. McElwain
Addie McGowan
Bob McGowan
Frank McGowan
Local clubs hold meetings and plan events in Marion
The Athenian club reelected Mrs. Koppenhaver as president and outlined a busy slate including a style show for April, a donation to the general federation foundation fund, and attendance at the Linn County Federation meeting on April 12. Other groups like Musical Literary club Electa circle King’s Daughters Laura Bailey auxiliary and several study and fellowship circles announced sessions, talks, and venue changes with members listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athenian Club
Marion
Walter Reinsch
W. G. Koppenhaver
Camp Fire Council
Fay Bailey
Sid Cary
Linn County Federation of Women's Clubs
Walker
General Federation Foundation Fund
Washington, D. C
Lyle Shellenbarger
Charles Hood
Young actors stage The Romancers at Lincoln High
The Lincoln auditorium hosts a Tuesday 8 pm presentation by the high school dramatic club directed by Miss Elmira Russell featuring Sylvette played by Helen Biddick Bergamin by Edward Conrad and Pasquinot by Melvyn Arp. Other cast members include Earl Fulton Frank Travis Neal DeWees Wayne Carpenter and more. Three additional one act plays Box and Cox The Turtle Dove and End of the Rope accompany the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmond Rosland
Lincoln Auditorium
High School Dramatic Club
Junior High Varieties To Be Presented Friday
A program titled The Junior High Varieties will be presented Friday at 7 45 p m in the Lincoln auditorium by members of the junior high school under the direction of their teachers The public is invited The program includes selections by the junior band songs by the eighth and seventh grade glee clubs tableaux a play The Stolen Prince and a second play In the Good Old Days Miss Anna Helen Martin a University of Iowa student is visiting her parents in Marion Mrs Melvyn Oldfather of Iowa City accompanied her to Marion for the weekend Also numerous local notices and advertisements appear in this issue.
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Lincoln Auditorium
Glee Club
Anna Helen Martin
University of Iowa
G. L. Martin
Melvyn Oldfather
Iowa City
Marion
Martin
To Discuss Democracy at Methodist Church
The Methodist church Brotherhood meets Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. panel on Can Democracy Survive Lyle N Warren chairs with Leslie Miller Harry Robson D H Smith and Rev E T Gough. Music games and refreshments. All men and friends invited. Also notices of relatives visiting and local social events follow with brief names and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood of the Methodist Church
Lyle N. Warren
Leslie Miller
Harry Robson
D. H. Smith
E. T. Gough
Sioux City Seeks 10 Million For Missouri River Channel
Rep. Vincent Harrington and George R. Call urged a House subcommittee to fund completion of the Missouri river channel to Sioux City. Engineers say a navigable link should reach Sioux City by 1940, tying to Fort Peck dam opening in 1941. About 10 million dollars is needed to finish work already begun to prevent undoing progress.
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Washington
Vincent Harrington
George R. Call
House Appropriations
Sioux City
Call
Joint River Committee of
Fort Peck
Harrington
Survey On Overlapping Of Work At Three State Colleges Now Under Way
In Des Moines AP Dr Samuel P Capen of the University of Buffalo is in Iowa to survey the state university state college and state teachers college for the state board of education The preliminary report may be ready in May The board plans to consolidate activities if overlapping appears The legislature dropped a proposal to discontinue Iowa engineering and move it to Ames as the board arranged the Capen survey.
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DES Moines
Samuel P. Capen
University of Buffalo
Iowa
State University
State College
State Teachers’ College
State Board of Education
M. R. Pierson
Capen
College of Engineering
University of Iowa
Ames
Dr. Capen
Vinton Voters To Decide On Control Of Utility Plants
Vinton voters head to the polls Monday to choose city officials and decide whether the municipal electric light and water system should move from the city council to a mayor appointed three man commission. If approved, members will serve six year terms with pay capped at 100 dollars a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
George W. Reynolds
J. C. Jack
Earl Ervin
L. E. Whitcomb
Ivan Davis
James Ludden
Carl Knutson
Fourth Ward
Charles J. Kline
C. W. Rowe
Belle Plaine Couple To Celebrate Anniversary
Belle Plaine hosts the golden wedding anniversary of Laura Swafford and Fred Swafford after fifty years of marriage. Open house runs 2 to 5 p.m. at their home in Walnut Creek. A 6:30 p.m. dinner at Commercial cafe honors the couple with about sixty relatives. Both are long-time Walnut Creek church members. Mrs Swafford is 69, born May 24 1869. He is 71, born in New Boston Illinois, moved to Walnut Creek as a child. They have one daughter Mrs George Schoening and two grandchildren, Mrs Arnold Grieder and Fredric Schoening.
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Gazette
Belle Plaine
Foster Winslow
Walnut Creek
Laura
Fred Swafford
Benjamin P. Swafford
George Schoening
Arnold Grieder
Fredric Schoening
Swafford
Walnut Creek Church
Mrs John Gould 89 dies after 71 years married in Marengo
Mrs John Gould aged 89 who would have turned 90 on July 25 died at her Marengo home Saturday after a life spent in Iowa county. Had she lived until April 27 she and her husband would have had their seventy second wedding anniversary. Nine of their children grew to adulthood and are living, one died in infancy. Children include Mrs Eva Cotant Idaho, James Emmett Idaho, Mrs Mary Vaughn Victor, Mrs Cecil Newmire, Mrs Nora Wanamaker, Mrs Elsie Zahrt, Albert and Earl all of Marengo. Eliza Elizabeth Talbott eloped with John Gould at 17 and 20. They moved to Marengo 23 years ago. Robert L Ripley invited them to appear on Believe-It-Or-Not a year ago. They have 25 grandchildren, 47 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
John Gould
Iowa County
Homestead
Eva Cotant
American Falls
Idaho
James
Emmett
Mary Vaughn
Victor
Cecil Newmire
Nora Wana+maker
Elsie Zahrt
Albert
Earl
Eliza Elizabeth Talbott
Mr. Gould
Robert L. Ripley
Debtor Examination of Earl Miller Postponed
DES MOINES AP District Judge Joseph E Meyer postponed a judgment debtor examination of Secretary of State Earl G Miller from April 1 to April 22. The examination was ordered at the request of H S Dugan who holds a 4500 dollar judgment against Miller and E E Waters arising from a false arrest damage suit. The judge granted the postponement at the secretary of state's request.
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Des Moines
Joseph E. Meyer
Secretary of State
Earl G. Miller
H. S. Dugan
Miller
E. E. Waters
Carl Flick Paintings Shown At Cornell Arm strong Hall
Twenty three Carl Flick paintings are on display until April 8 in Armstrong Hall of Fine Arts at Cornell College Mount Vernon. Flick, born in West Amana, presents Amana Funeral from the All State Exhibit in New York City last summer alongside photographs and watercolors by Wayne Barber of Cedar Rapids who graduated from Cornell last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Carl Flick
Armstrong Hall of Fine Arts
Cornell College
Flick
West Amana
Amana
New York City
Wayne Barber
Cedar Rapids
Cornell
Optional Audit Law In Force This Week
DES MOINES reports say the states optional audit law becomes effective this week. All cities above 2,000 must audit, with boards choosing state staff or private auditors. Municipalities under 2,000 may petition for audits or hire private auditors. School districts over 5,000 must audit and may use either state or private auditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Indianola Herald
Knoxville Journal
Iowa
Veteran Superintendent And Wife Celebrate Anniversary
Central City honors Prof. and Mrs. Frank S. Hill with a 50th wedding anniversary dinner at 1 30 today in Cedar Rapids. They will host relatives at home later. Hill, a 1906 Iowa State Teachers College graduate, spent 37 years in school administration, serving at Salem Birmingham Bonapart Central City Menlo Olin Mechanicsville and Brandon. They have five children, two daughters in Cedar Rapids, two sons married in Cedar Rapids, and two granddaughters. Guests this weekend include Mr. and Mrs. T W Van Scholack and Mrs. R Fullerton from St. Louis.
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Central City
Frank S. Hill
Wurster
Cedar Rapids
Agency
Prof. Hill
Iowa State Teachers College
University of Utdand
Iowa State College
Hill
Salem
Birmingham
Bonapart
Menlo
Olin
Mechanicsville
Brandon
Dorothy Hill
Homer
Victor
Iona
Doris
Towns Library Needs Filled When Coach's Wife Gets Busy
Mrs. R. B. Pollock started a Wyoming library from a church class backing, after moving with her husband the school coach. A traveling library plus local donations built 400 books and 80 memberships. The library opens Wednesdays and Saturdays with 5 cent weekly rentals and ongoing community support.
State Auditors Optional in Small Districts Policy
The text states no audit is required in districts with populations under 5,000. If petitioned, boards may use state or private auditors. All state departments and counties must have annual audits conducted by the state auditor staff, with no alternative.
Iowa News in Brief highlights local events and justice items
Special to The Gazette reports funeral services for Thomas P. Turner at St. Patrick's church. Surviving are his wife and four sisters. Other briefs note Mrs Isia Haight's mother's 84th birthday, Independence Fourth of July plans, a five month jail term for Wilford Mueller, and a 55th wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. John Downs. Manchester election races and local sentencing are also covered.
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Manly
Calvary Cemetery
Ryan
Isia Haight
Smith
Fifth annual Pike Fry set for April thirteenth
Unopposed candidates face an election with a special proposition on a one half mill tax to aid the city band. Manchester plans the Delaware County Fish and Game protective association event in the Empire ballroom with 300 tickets limited. state and out-of-town sportsmen and conservation officers will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Delaware County Fish and Game Protective Association
Empire
Court authorizes payment of Maytag legacies
Newton Iowa district court approves specific legacies from F L Maytag estate paying 364000 in cash beginning Monday to 194 named beneficiaries. Executors Bailey and Campbell set up trusts totaling 110000 for YMCA Salvation Army and YWCA with 50000 each to YMCA and Salvation Army and 10000 to YWCA. estate valued around 10 million, 50 thousand to pass residuary to L B Maytag.
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Newton (Ap
P. J. Siegers
F. L. Maytag
L. B. Maytag
Ray O. Bailey
T. J. Campbell
Salvation Army
Maytag
Maytag Washing Machine Company
Nothing Easy In Lawmaker S Life
A veteran lawmaker endures a grueling schedule with committee duties from early day to late evening. He chairs the committee on committees and ranks on rules, handles judiciary tasks, and attends meetings for building and loan, cities and towns, insurance, interstate cooperation, and public utilities. Evenings center on senate group sessions and public hearings, with dinners and banquets reduced to routine parts of a demanding grind. He ends each day by 9:30 pm, then relaxes with radio and a newspaper before another full day.
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Committee On Committees
Rules Committee
Judiciary Committee No. 2
Building and Loan Committee
Public Utilities
Tipton Couple Marks Sixty Years Of Married Life
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McCormick of Tipton celebrate their sixtieth wedding anniversary with dinner at Hotel Tipton for twenty-two relatives. He was born in Pennsylvania July 31, 1853 and moved to Cedar county in 1867. she, Nettie Neiman, born May 16, 1859. They recall hard times, including high interest on the farm mortgage, and credit their success to frugality, paying cash, and living within income. They were married March 27, 1879 and have two children, Mrs. Waddell and Charles McCormick, a Colorado electrical professor.
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Independence
Buchanan County Fair Association
B. O. Gates
Independence Band
Wilford Mueller
Buchanan County
R. W. Hasner
Mueller
John Waller
Littleton
Waller
Fairbank
Dubuque
John Downs
Rowley
Downs
Lina Spece
Monroe
Wis
Byron Township
Owen Downs
George Gibbons
Sioux Falls
S. D
Alvira Downs
Chicago
Manchester
George Whitman
George W. Wood
Whitman
Karl Meinhard
Gazette
Tipton
J. M. McCormick
Hotel Tipton
McCormick
Pennsylvania
Cedar County
Lee County
J. A. Waddell
West Liberty Store Expands Floor Space
The Ben Franklin Stores, owned by CHH McDermott, lease and expand into the Burkhart building adjoining their current premises. The pool and billiard hall run by Axel Engstrom will relocate as partitions are removed and interiors redecorated. The east side will house a five-cent to a dollar line, while the west side gains dry goods. Engstrom plans to move to another site in town.
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West Liberty
Ben Franklin
CHH, McDermott
Burkhart
Axel Engstrom
Engstrom
Newkirk Church Property Sold for 450 Dollars
Delta reports the Newkirk place donated to the Christian church years ago by the Newkirk heirs was sold last week to Burley Roberts, a local real estate man, for four hundred fifty dollars.
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Delta
Newkirk Place
The
Christian Church
Newkirk
Burley Roberts
Capitol Currents From Des Moines Heavy Senate House Feud
Capitol Currents reports a souring tone between Iowa's senate and house over the teachers pension bill and adjournment timing. Microphone-heavy senate setup eyed, costs tagged at 1200 to 1400 dollars, governor dismissive of a loudspeaker link, and farm tenancy issues flagged with three strikes, no hits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joun H H. Chapman
Associated Press
Tes Moines
Senate
House
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Martha Raye
Garden
Helen Lake
Guttenberg
Musical Literary Club
Emery J. Miller
Sixth Avenue
Electa Circle of
King’s Daughters
Willis Jordan
Rl Welsher
Bertha Barnes
Ivanhoe Club
Andrew P. Munson
Eighth Avenue
Oxford Club
Methodist Church
Epworth League
Edward Conrad
Richard A. Crew
Western Auto Associate
Laura Bailey
Ninth Avenue
J. H. Moothart
George Hutchison
C. J. Newlin
Sacred Heart Study Club
Margaret Healy
Eleventh Street
Thompson
Ed Conrad
Melvin Arp
Earl Fulton
Frank Travis
Helen Biddick
Hutchinson's
Mike Cira
Kensington
Fred Lang
First Avenue
Margaret Miller
Ethel Bulkley
Effie Cherry
Masonic Temple
Harry Winter
American Legion Auxiliary
I. O. O. F. Hall
R. J. Williams
Owen’s Drug Store
Mrs
Frank J. Cleveland
Lester
Linn
Order of DeMolay
11Th Street
James Vernon
C. B. Vernon
Grove City
Rebekah Lodge
I. O
F. Hall
Martha Jane Snell
University of Town
Hazel Snell
Glenn Casey
Primghar
Lee Voorhies
Earl Welsher
Knoxville
Ruth E. Kinney
M. Nielson
Nielson
Thirteenth Street
H. M. Kyle
Robert Peet
Martelle
Mable Nielson
Orval, Myron and
Fay
Springville
Fred Stack
O. E
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Gilbert Gordon
Marion Chapter No. 183
School of Instruction of
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Masonic Hall
Earl Miller
F. 8. Hill
Jessie Koch
New Library
Wyoming
R. B. Pollock
H. W. Farnham
Wesleyan Bible
Don Wherry
Farmer
Wallaces
T. J van Dyke
W. M. Bissell
Pollock
Imogene Jurgensen
Legion Auxiliary
Lasswell
Iowa News
Shannon
Charlton
John M. Brayton
Frank A. Lundell
T. Doug May
Capitol Currents
Wilson
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Lature
Winfred Mighell
Assembly
Highway Patrol
Rutledge
Circuit Court
E. H. Birmingham
E. C. Eicher
Securities Commission
Otha Wearin
Communications Commission
Wearin
Eicher
Gillette
Bienham
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