Marion High School Plans 63rd Commencement Tonight
Marion high school holds its 63rd commencement Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Methodist church. Seventy-six seniors receive diplomas as the program follows last year’s format with music by the bands and choirs, remarks by C. B. Vernon, and diploma awards by A. A. Schenken and Delbert J. Pugh.
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Marion High School
Methodist Church
G. L. Lyman
Ralph Hall Collis
Rose Wilcox
C. B. Vernon
A. A. Schenken
Board of Education
Delbert J. Pugh
Gaylord Ward
W. E. Fisher
Marion Garden Club Meet Discuss Flower Show Points
The Marion Nature and Garden club meets Wednesday at 2 30 at Mrs John Cone home. Mrs William Bleakly presents Study of Flower Show Jud Points and Mrs W H Booze leads Plan for the Sha Garden discussion.
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Marion Nature and Garden Club
John Cone
William Bleakly
W. H. Booze
Melvin Clark to Discuss Crime at Evening Meeting
Melvin Clark will speak on crime at the Presbyterian Christian Endeavor meeting this evening at 6 30. The talk will address community safety and moral responsibility.
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Melvin Clark
Presbyterian Christian Endeavor
Memorial Day Talk and Parade in Marion
Memorial day services will be held in the city park with Harold E. Davidson of Clarinda as speaker. A morning procession from Memorial hall will move under Marion Post commander W. H. Balster to the park with color bearers firing squad school band and many veterans and civic groups. The program includes speeches songs and Gettysburg address and ends with a benediction. rain plan moves to a church.
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Harold E. Davidson
Clarinda
Memorial Hall
W. H. Balster
Marion Post
American Legion
Robert Mitchell Woman’s Relief Corps
Sons of Veterans
World War Veterans
Legion Auxiliary
Soldiers’ Monument
W. E. Fisher
Marion
G. L. Lyman
Harry J. Rose
Harold Phillips
Ralph Fitzgerald
R. E. Lehdigh
G. O. Pyle
Flanders Field
R. J. Williams
Davidson
Herbert O. Allen
C. E. Krog
Emerson kindergarten May fete at Thomas Park
The Emerson kindergarten pupils under Mrs. Violet Brenneman host a May fete on Friday at 10 a.m. Beverly Nedrow is elected queen arriving in a chariot drawn by Jimmie Wallace and Stanley Kepros with footman Jimmie Dunlop. Attendants Iane Brenneman and Carol Jane King, flower girls wind the May pole, with folk dances and a Marilyn Bristol reading. Quentin Bogart serves as announcer.
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Emerson Kindergarten
Violet Brenneman
Thomas Park
Beverly Nedrow
Jimmie Wallace
Stanley Kepros
Jimmie Dunlop
Iane Brenneman
Carol Jane King
Marilyn Bristol
Quentin Bogart
Circle hosts picnic at Springville home and plans June guest day
The U. S. Circle enjoyed a pic nic luncheon Thursday at Mrs. Dennis Taylor's home near Springville with fifteen members and guests. They then attended the Springville commencement exercises. Plans were made for a guest day party on June 10 at the home of Mrs. Irving Drake.
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U. S
Dennis Taylor
Springville
Irving Drake
Cafeteria Supper Planned After Ladies Day at Marion Club
A cafeteria supper is to be served at the Marion Golf Club on Wednesday after the ladies' day activities. Tables will be arranged for cards in the evening.
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Marion Golf Club
Marion Chapter to Host Kensington at Masonic Temple
Marion Chapter No 183 O E S holds its monthly Kensington at the Masonic temple on Monday Needlework and card games begin at 3 p m with prizes for progress Dinner served at 5 30 p m by co chairmen Mrs C A Ward and Mrs F J Hard Brook
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Marion
Kensington
Masonic Temple
C. A. Ward
F. J. Hardenbrook
Woman's Relief Corps Meeting Plans Memorial Day
Robert Mitchell Woman's Relief Corps No. 126 will meet Wednesday at 2 30 in Memorial hall. Plans for Memorial Day will be discussed.
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Robert Mitchell Woman’s Relief Corps
Memorial Hall
Mrs Neal Bunting Hosts Child Study Club Meeting
Mrs Neal Bunting will host the Child Study club Wednesday at 7 30 p m.
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Neal Bunting
Mrs Dale Levasseur Improves After Pneumonia Illness
Mrs Dale Levasseur of Los Angeles visiting Marion relatives has been ill from pneumonia but is now improving.
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Dale Levasseur
Los Angeles
Marion
Tea for Linn county King's Daughters at Cedar Rapids church
Presidents of the King's Daughters circles in Linn county plan a tea at the Congregational church in Cedar Rapids 361 Seventeenth Street SE on Monday afternoon. All members are asked to attend as a county president will be elected.
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King’s Daughters
Linn County
Congregational Church
Cedar Rapids
Seventeenth Street
Ivanhoe Club Meeting Postponed Indefinitely
The Ivanhoe club meeting scheduled for Monday has been indefinitely postponed.
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Ivanhoe Club
Mrs Jay Albaugh to Host Wednesday West Marion Garden Club
Mrs Jay Albaugh will host a Wednesday afternoon gathering for the West Marion Garden Club. The event invites members to share gardening tips and plans for the upcoming season.
Cedar Rapids and Marion Couple wed at Federated Church
Miss Helen Kibbie of Cedar Rapids and John Hyde of Marion married May 16 in the Federated church parsonage with Rev L W performing. Attendants were Mr and Mrs D D Cory of Marion.
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Helen Kibbie
Cedar Rapids
John Hyde
Marion
Federated Church
Eee
D. D. Cory
Cedar Rapids Bride Weds Marion High School Graduate
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Kibbie of Cedar Rapids and a Grant High School graduate. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alva Hyde, a Marion High School alumnus, now a pressman for Russell's Railway Guide. They will live at 708 Fourth Avenue.
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Bride
W. A. Kibbie
Cedar Rapids
Grant High School
Alva Hyde
Marion High School
Russell’s
Railway Guide
Marion High Shines In State Academic Tests
Nineteen Marion high school students will travel to Iowa City June 1 and 2 to take state academic tests. Marion ranks eighth among 227 schools and fourth among 66 class B schools. Students include Helen Hamm Frank Travis Marjorie Lary Robert Hense LeVernon Backer Billy Thomas John Granger Wayne Wells Blanche Hamm Verlee Trimble Sam Jackson Melvin Clark John Titus Edward Hanna Betty Marchant Lillian Harding Kathryn Klink Helen Pyle. Community circles and clubs note meetings and events around Memorial Day week.
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Alice Ella Barkwill
Raymond E. Barnes
Clair Beach
John A. Beeson
Donald E. Bragg
Gladys Brenneman
Louise Elaine Cippera
Melvin D. Clark
Esther Elnora Cunningham
Elmerine E. Davis
Richard C. Derflinger
Bobbe Barbara de Vore
Dorothy Arline Drake
Ross W. Edwards
Maxine Elkin
Arline M. Fernow
Lloyd W. Fernow
Mahlon Fleisher
Margaret W. Forbes
Winnifred M. Newlin
Naomi Nickeson
Florence L. Oakley
Annabelle Oxley
Wallace K. Oldfather
Mary E. Ozburn
Sam Patterson
Harold G. Perley
Robert D. Price
Helen Elizabeth Pyle
William R. Reed
John O. Sheets
Delbert E. Skow
Laura Elizabeth Smith
Alyce M. Stone
Verlee Trimble
Helen E. Terpkosh
Alice Marie Va
Marion High School
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Marion
Helen Hamm
Frank Travis
Marjorie Lary
Robert Hense
LeVernon Backer
Billy Thomas
John Granger
Wayne Wells
Blanche Hamm
Sam Jackson
Melvin Clark
John Titus
Edward Hanna
Betty Marchant
Lillian Harding
Kathryn Klink
Helen Pyle
Hanns Host Prairie Union Agriculture Club Meeting
Mr and Mrs Orlan Hann will entertain the Prairie Union Agriculture and Literary club on June 5. Osceola lodge No 18 I O O F will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. in I O O F hall.
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Orlan Hann
Prairie Union Agriculture and Literary Club
Osceola Lodge
I. O. O. F. Hall
Chitaya Camp Fire Group Heads to Library Auditorium
The Chitaya Camp Fire group will meet Friday after school in the auditorium of the public library.
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Chitaya
Concord Agriculture and Literary Club Meeting Notice
The Concord Agriculture and Literary club will meet June 12 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred McShane.
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Concord Agriculture and Literary Club
Fred McShane
Tennyson Club To Host May Breakfast at Thomas Park
The Tennyson club will hold a May breakfast at Thomas Park on Monday at 9 30 a m. Members and guests are invited for a morning gathering in the park setting.
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Tennyson Club
Thomas Park
P E O Chapter CS Dinner At Rob inson Gill Home
Chapter CS of P E O continues with a dinner Tuesday hosted by Miss Henrietta Robinson and Mrs John Gill at their home. Mrs Marvin Edison will present a report on the state convention and initiation will also take place.
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Henrietta Robinson
John Gill
Marvin Edison
Laura Bailey Auxiliary Meeting At Mrs Reichert Home
The Laura Bailey Auxiliary of the Methodist church will meet Monday at 7 30 p m at the home of Mrs Carrie Reichert. Mrs George Schrimper and Mrs A J Cahn assist hostesses. Mrs Howard M Titus leads the devotional period and Mrs Harold Phillips is the lesson leader.
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Laura Bailey
The
Methodist Church
Carrie Reichert
George Schrimper
A. J. Cahn
Howard M. Titus
Harold Phillips
Epworth League Institute July 13 at Clear Lake Methodist camp
The Clear Lake Epworth League institute will be held during the week of July 13 at the Methodist camp at Clear Lake. To begin preparations a meeting for all interested youths and their parents will be held after church on May 31.
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Clear Lake
Epworth League Institute
Hardenbrooks to Visit Lincoln and Belleville
Mr and Mrs F J Hardenbrook and their son Creighton will depart late this week for a visit to Lincoln Nebraska and Belleville Kansas.
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F. J. Hardenbrook
Creighton
Lincoln
Neb
Belleville
Kan
Evangelistic Services At Free Methodist Church Planned
Evangelistic services are set at the Free Methodist church from May 31 to June 14 led by Rev. H. O. Hubard of Illinois. The public is invited to attend.
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Free Methodist Church
H. O. Hubard
Illinois
West Marion Garden Club to Meet Wednesday at 2 P.M.
The West Marion Garden club will hold a meeting on Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Jay Albaugh.
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West Marion
Lions Club State Convention Reports Scheduled at Michel Tea Room
Reports of the state convention will be given at a Tuesday evening meeting at the Michel tea room. W. C. Sheets was named deputy district governor at a Fort Dodge gathering.
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Lions Club
Michel Tea Room
W. C. Sheets
Fort Dodge
American Legion Pool Set to Open May 30
The American Legion pool will open on May 30, offering a start date for the community swimming season and outlining the hours and admission policies for the public.
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American Legion
Rural Garden Club Meeting at Fernow Home
The Rural Garden club will meet Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. C. L. Fernow.
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C. L. Fernow
First Meet At Marion Golf Club Opens Season
The season opener will be held at the Marion Golf Club today at 1 p.m. with guests from Wapsi Pinicon Country Club of Anamosa.
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Marion Golf Club
Wapsipinicon Country Club
Anamosa
Memorial service participants gather at Memorial Hall
Members of a patriotic organization meet Sunday at 10 45 AM at Memorial Hall to form a line for the Memorial service at the Methodist church. The Rev Ralph Hall Collis will deliver a sermon on Soul Prospered.
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Memorial Hall
Methodist Church
Ralph Hall Collis
Prosperi Hed
Mrs Edward Hochreiter to Attend Winfield Commencement
Mrs Edward Hochreiter will travel to Winfield on Wednesday to take part in the commencement exercises at Winfield.
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Edward Hochreiter
Winfield
Henry Geiger Carves Model Iowa Farm
Cedar Rapids carpenter Henry J Geiger builds a seven by eight foot model Iowa farm in his basement workshop on Waveland Drive NW. He carves animals vehicles and farm buildings from apple wood and molding plaster soil, adds mechanized windmill and tractors, and plans a painted backdrop to deepen the scene.
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Henry J. Geiger
Waveland Drive
Cedar Rapids
Washington, D. C
Dallas
Tex
Chicago
Iowa
IOWA News in Brief Highlights Local Graduations and Gatherings
Special to The Gazette Mont Vernon funeral for Mrs Catherine Parks Myers 88 widow of Civil War era pioneer resident of Bertram township. Ind 16 Boy Scouts advance ranks at court of honor with troop 46 members earning star and second class. Monticello baccalaureate by Rev Gutensohn with local clergy assisting and Monti High program details. Columbus Junction Royal Neighbors define 1937 convention in May with Columbus Junction officers. Wyoming class of 16 graduates eighth grade. Genevieve Carson valedictorian. Decorah Luther College Prof Talle speaks at Winneshiek county eighth grade commencement. 258 graduates. Strawberry Point Chapter ER PEO annual picnic at Backbone state park. report on state convention. Anamosa 200 car owners notified for failing to register vehicles. 4712 licenses sold to date. Wapello surprise wedding of Miss Ruby Fry and Norbert Cross at Rock Island Swedish Lutheran church. Palo Farm Bureau plans for Achievement Day at Marion June 2. Delaware high school commencement. Brooklyn junior senior banquet circus theme. Marengo high school 65th commencement. Buckingham Geneseo graduation and baccalaureate. Castalia Irene Meland and Fred Eiick wedding Postville. Lisbon Lisbon high physics class wins state academic meet.
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Decorah
SOLON
Will Loventinsky
Clara Loventinsky
Mark Stahle
Ellen Stahle
Loventinsky
Stahle
Solon High School
Ruckmick
University of Iowa
Lorna Mae Kas
Ruby Zimmerman
Elizabeth K. Ruess
Milton Northcuff
Harold Beranek
Monona
Monona High School
Harry K. Newburn
J. P. Lambert
J. Frank Church
W. Baskerville
la Verne Garrs
Lyman Ferguson
Monticello
Samuel G. Gutensohn
Congregational Church
William J. Macaulay
Methodist Episcopal Church
William J. Grossheim
Presbyterian Church
Monti High
S. G
William D. McLaughlin
Lucile George
Dorothy Sawyer
Doris Cotton
Columbus Junction
Royal Neighbors of America
Louisa
Muscatine
Mary Owens
Myrtle Jennings
Hazel Billings
Ethel Gabriel
Wyoming
Carl Broderson
Genevieve Carson
Maxine Cook
Crystal Demoss
Hilda Freidricksen
Raymond Garside
Alice Hansen
Ronald Holtz
Arthur Holub
Imogene Jurgensen
Paul Koch
Hazel Levsen
Margaret Luke
Richard Rohweder
Robert Rohwedder
Vertus Rohwedder
Marietta Story
Christal Stoffel
Mildred Usher
Donna Waggy
Evelyn Benda
Burr Oak
Ruth Krumm
Pleasant No
Helen Stortz
Frankville
Helen Lotvedt
Strawberry Point
Backbone State Park
Lucille Dunfrund
Ottumwa
Elsie Bull
Belle Davis
Mary King
Dorothy Gill
Marjorie Mantz
Hattie Davis
Carrie Slagle
Maud Springer
Jennie Howard
Myrle Schmidt
Edith Matthews
Alwilde Howard
Kate Lee Nell
Kate Westa
Anamosa
Jones County
Sheriff’s Office
Wapello
Ruby Fry
Norbert Cross
Gg Sigg
Rock Island
Carl Landrum
Bernard Parsons
Mildred McChesney
Thomas Fry
Wapello High School
Mr. Cross
Inez Wiele
Grandview
Palo
Farm Bureau
W. C. Wright
Marion
Fayette Township
Aes
Ay D. Dyer
J. H. ‘Eee
Alice Lewis
C Wright
William Krueger
Gary Railisback
Lucille Gove
Brooklyn
Marion Edwards
Matthew Calderwood
Richard Hall
T. R. McGeorge
Marjorie Barron
Reading
Joan Koons
la von Montgomery
Jane Karns
Virginia Anthony
Marengo
Marengo High School
E. S. Menoher
Frank Paul Hla
John M. Grimm
Cedar Rapids
Buckingham
Geneseo High School
Harry
John Haggen
Robert Butler
William Irvine
Rolland Mitchell
George Daringer
Zella Hook
Zora Hook
Evan Gardner
Castalia
Irene Meland
Peter Meland
Postville
Fred Eiick
Ben Eiick
St. Bridget
Father Hogan
Mabel Ewing
Harold Meland
Minneapolis
Lisbon
Lisbon High School
Supt
Lloyd N. Rahn
Benjamin
Township High School Built And Maintained Without Tax Levy
Sharon Center reports the township high school in John son county was built without levies and funded by community contributions. A $12 monthly tuition or $108 yearly per pupil supports 36 students under Superintendent G. W. Schantz with two instructors. The 90 by 45 foot three story building cost about $14,000, aided by farmer loans and local fundraising. The debt stands about $5,200 as improvements continue.
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Sharon Center
Sharon
Township High School
Johnson County
G. W. Schantz
Nity
Mtis
Comelere
Colleges Rate High on Freshman Journalism Courses
Six Iowa colleges and universities receive Class A ratings for freshman-sophomore journalism courses in a National Committee on General Courses in Journalism report. Thirteen more institutions receive Class B. the assessments stress the need for better public understanding of news and the role of journalism in society.
McCreery to Speak for Senator Wilson in Des Moines
Dave McCreary former Linn county representative will speak Monday from 6 15 to 6 20 am over WHO Des Moines in support of Senator George Wilson Republican nomination for governor of Des Moines.
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Dave McCreary
Linn County
Des Moines
George Wilson
Help Wanted Ads Open Market for Domestic Work
Readers are invited to browse help wanted ads seeking maids and women for house work. The notice encourages running a work wanted advertisement to find household help.
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High School
Ruth E. Engstrom
Harry Emerson
Richard Little
Ralph Hanson
Donald Bragg
Ministerial Union
C. O. Monroe
Lincoln School
Harold Miller
Glenn McGowan
Wallace Oldfather
John Grancer
Ruth Murray
Grove City Rebekah Lodge
Marian van Fossen
Ray Stanton
Allen Edwards
Verle Breed
H. E. Davidson
George Koob
Dubuque
Fleisher Radio
Grove City
Rebekah Lodge
Jay Albaugh
Marion High
Electa
E. A. Barnes
Fidelis
Thomas Costello
J. T. Grayston
Sorosis Club
Diana Fret Club
Ruth Engstrom
Musical Literary Club
F. A. Shumack
Twelfth Street
Marion Shakespeare Club
Harry Snell
Roy Cooper
Ames
Henry Geiger Carves
Model Farm
Naomi Doebel
Poland
Geiger
Thompson Photo
Ruth Marie Grape
James Biesecker
Rayco Kent
Iowa News
Mount Vernon
Catherine Parks Myers
Bertram
Independence
Floyd H. Weed
W. M. Woodward
Dayton H. Winter
Clifford
James Kimball
William Smith
Donald Koeppel
Dale Koeppel
John Donnelly
Leo Donnelly
Paul Greif
Harold Hammelman
Arthur Evers
Clare Lorenz
Roland Netcott
Alva M. Norton
Howard L. Lynch
Jack Bickenbach
Paul Wood
Delaware
Delaware High School
L. C. A. Hall
Fred Smith
Gladbrook
B. A. Wendtland
Delhi
Laura Jean Woelschow
Robert Meader
Gerald Larson
Delphine Yelden
Marion Johnson
Billy Saunders
Howard Heiberger
Rbert Yelden
Jimmie Pitcher
Donna Ayers
Bill Boone
Laura Jean Voelschow
Sharon Township
Gazette
Urbana
Ill
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Lawrence W. Murphy
Coe College
Drake University
Grinnell College
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts
Iowa Wesleyan College
State University of Iowa
Buena Vista College
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