Benjamin Bulkley dies at 78 in Marion after long railroad career
Benjamin Bulkley 78 of 2810 Tenth avenue Marion retired railroad conductor died Wednesday at 5 am in a Cedar venue Fulton, April 2 1866. He retired in June 1937 after 52 years in rail service with much time on the Milwaukee line. He belonged to several Masonic and veterans bodies including Marion lodge 6 A F and A M Marion chapter 16 RAM Patmos Commandery 27 KT the ORC and Milwaukee Veterans. Survived by wife Ethel R Ellison two daughters Pearl Bulkley and Ruby Bulkley Powles and a son Pvt Howard Ellison of Fort Meyers VA. Services Saturday 2 pm Yocom chapel with Rev Vernon H Carter and Rev C V R De Jong burial Oak Shade cemetery. Friends may call.
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Benjamin Bulkley
Tenth Avenue
Marion
Fulton
Alee
Marion Lodge
A. F
A. M
Patmos
K. T
Milwaukee Veterans Association
Ethel R. Ellison
Pearl Bulkley
Ruby Bulkley Powles
Pvt
Howard Ellison
Fort Meyers
Yocom Chapel
Vernon H. Carter
C. V. R. de Jong
Oak Shade Cemetery
Culbert Family Informs Loss Of Father Sidney Culbert
H A Culbert Marion merchant learned Tuesday of his father Sidney Culbert's death at 77 in Cresco after a long illness. Mr and Mrs Culbert and daughters Virginia Mary Ruth and Betizine plan to travel to Cresco Thursday. Local notices mention store ads, church activities, 4 H club meeting, farm bureau dinner, and routine community updates.
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H. A. Culbert
Marion
Sidney Culbert
Cresco
Mrs. Culbert
Virginia
Mary Ruth
Betizine
Marion Man Promoted To Lieutenant Colonel
George C. Merkel of Marion is promoted from major to lieutenant colonel at Camp Polk. He is an Iowa State College graduate in agricultural engineering 1933. His brother Capt. Howard Merkel was reported missing July 10, 1943 over Babo New Guinea.
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George C. Merkel
Charles A. Merkel
South Tama Street
Marion
Camp Polk
Merkel
Iowa State College
Soil Conservation Service
Bethany
Shenandoah
Fort Sill
Okla
Kent
Alan
Highland Drive
Cedar Rapids
Howard Merkel
Army Air Forces
Babo
British New Guinea
Marion clubs plan invasion day prayer event in library
Members of all clubs and organizations in Marion will meet Friday at 2 30 p m in the public library auditorium to make plans for a day of prayer on Invasion day Miss Emma Klein president of the Marion Federation of Women's clubs announced Tuesday.
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Marion
Public Library
Emma Klein
Marion Federation of Women's Clubs
Fourt C club guest day at K V cafe marked by flowers
The annual Fourt C club party was held Tuesday at the K V cafe with 34 members and guests at tables shaped as tiny flower gardens. Mrs Havey Trimble welcomed attendees as Miss Lillian Voorhies spoke. Readings by Mary Carlson and others, plus vocal numbers, filled the program. An ad notes Toilet articles and gifts for Mother's Day. Pvt Stanley Minor moved from Camp Dodge to Camp Hood Texas. High school honors will be awarded Friday at 3 15 p m in Lincoln auditorium. Chief Pharmacist Mate C F Gowans arrived for a 21 day leave and will accompany Mrs Gowans back to Norfolk.
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Fourt C Club
K. V. Cafe
Havey Trimble
Lillian Voorhies
Mary Carlson
Clyde Kearns
Jay Stookey
Jesse Scott
Miles Sutera
Milo Petrak
Richard Straley
C. F. Gowans
Mrs. Gowans
Norfolk
Mrs man to spend summer in Miami
Mrs man plans to leave Friday for Miami Florida to spend the summer season away from home.
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Mrs. Man
Miami, Fla
Clergy and committees named for church duties at meeting
The Rev. B. H. Shaw was elected elder Harford and Raymond Eck A. Lagerquist deaconesses Homer Soden, Dewey Lint, E. Beryl Fuller, Mrs. Shaw and Janice McKee were appointed to the music committee. Herbert Harford was elected Sunday school superintendent through May. An improvement fund of 1000 dollars was set aside. The Lakeside Literary club to remember mother with a gift from Storm’s. No meetings of the A and L club will be held this month.
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B. H. Shaw
Marion visit notes and local ads cue
Lou Soldan Jr a Harvard medical student visiting Chicago parents arrived in Marion Wednesday to visit fiancée Theola Gordon at the Gilberts home. Classifieds note advertisement for dishwasher needed, a cooking school Thursday at 2 15 pm, and a furnished room for rent at 1340 Fifth Avenue.
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Lou Soldan, Jr
U.S.N.R
Harvard University
Chicago
Marion
Theola Gordon
Gilbert Gordons
Marion Gas Company
Wedding for Sgt. Robert E. Kline and Lucille Armeman
Mr and Mrs H P Kline attended the wedding Sunday at the Christian church Waterloo of their grandson Sgt Robert E Kline to Lucille Armeman. Sgt Kline will return to Camp Atterbury Ind later this week. Coast to Coast Store advertises Burpees table talk and orange jubilee tomato plants. Handicraft club No 2 will serve the May breakfast Friday at 9 30 am at the Butterfly tea room Cedar. Stella Fevery is ill at 849 Fourth avenue. Presbyterian choir meets tonight at 7 30 at the church.
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H. P. Kline
Christian Church
Waterloo
Sgt
Robert E. Kline
Lucille Armeman
Burpee
Butterfly Tea Room
Cedar Rapids
Stella Fevery
Fourth Avenue
Birthday party honors mother at Marsh home
Mrs. Fay Marsh Mrs. Raymond Cara way and Mrs. Mildred Allen hosted a birthday gathering for Mrs. David Newman at the Marsh home 1748 Tenth Avenue. Fifteen relatives and friends attended the refreshments were served.
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David Newman
Fay Marsh
Raymond Caraway
Mildred Allen
Marsh
Tenth Avenue
Credit Men Elect Kucera President
Leo Kucera of the Western Grocer company was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Association of Credit Men at the Y.M.C.A. meeting on Tuesday. Retiring president is Glenn Mobry. New officers include L. W. Striesky, Frank Mekota, Milo O. Hanzlik, and directors John Tiedreight, Carolyn Scannell, and Nelle Coe Lagomarcino-Grupe.
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Leo Kucera
Western Grocer Company
Cedar Rapids Association of Credit Men
Y.M.C.A
Glenn Mobry
Welch-Cook-Beals
L. W. Striesky
First Trust and —Bank
By Grey
Harper and Kintine
Frank Mekota
People’s ~— Bank
Milo O. Hanzlik
John Aalowa Tiedreight
Carolyn Scannell
Otis Company
Nelle. E
Coe Lagomarcino-Grupe
Kiwanis Host to 50 C.R. June Graduates
Kiwanis club members hosted about 50 June graduates who completed a two year business course and about 15 teachers at a Wednesday noon event. All area high schools were represented.
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Kiwanis Club
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Richard Schrim
Linn
Lois Brockman
Linn County Junior Farm Bureau
O. K. Drive In
Ray Beckman
Storm's
Methodist Friendly Guild
Paul Kruger
Eighteenth Street
Clair Strickell
Schick Hospital
Western Auto Associate Store
Pfe
Eugene Strachen
Fort Benning, Ga
Ft. Mead, Md
Carl Struchens
Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society
C. L. Wescott
Seventh Avenue
L. C. Popenhagen
Helen Wescott
Marion Man
Col. Merkel
D” Day
Owen
Stanley Minor
Camp Dodge
Camp Hood
Texas
Lincoln Auditorium
Amos
DOME
Gall Park
Williams
Baptists
Lakeside Literary Club
Oo A
L Club
Hallwood Cafe
Keith Collier
Gladys Collier
San Diego
Harry Snell
Pfc
Raymond Wells
Fort Wright, N. Y
Mrs
Leslie Wells
5Th Ave
Trojan Lodge
Presbyterian
Donald Hoglund
le Roy Nelson
Hogland
Eighth Avenue
Amos Stewart
Montrose Otel
J. T. Galliven
Milwaukee
Sheboygan, Wis
Margery Price
Mrs. Ray Price
Sixteenth Street
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England
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Fort Devens
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Robert E. Peterson
Edna
Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Columbus
Edna H. Hoagland
New York City
Joseph J
Robert E. Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
Alben W. Barkley
U. S. Senate
James J. Farley
Democratic State Committee
Pescara
Italy
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