Honors Day at Iowa State College Awards Prizes and Scholarships
Iowa State College awarded certificates prizes and scholarships at the thirteenth annual honors day convocation. Dr Charles E Finley presented awards and Dr Thomas N Barrows delivered the address. Recipients include Katherine Taube Myron Berry Theodore Silker and Calvin Knight with other prize winners listed. The Marion school band and glee clubs performed as diplomas were awarded by Supt C B Vernon and A A Schenken.
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Ames
Iowa_ State college
Charles E. Finley
Thomas N. Barrows
Lawrence College
Appleton
Wis
Mary F. Rausch
Katherine Taube
Marion
American Society of Civil Engineers
Myron Berry
Charles Lathrop Pack
Theodore Silker
Lane-Wells
Ryerson European
Calvin Knight
Sigourney
Max Wiese
Estherville
Diplomas Awarded To 74 Seniors In Marion Commencement
Marion High School awarded diplomas to 74 seniors at its sixty fifth commencement held at the Methodist church. Dr Ermil B Frye delivered the address The Mantle of an Unfinished Task praising community leadership and urging graduates to embrace ongoing world tasks.
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Marion
G. L. Lyman
Rose Wilcox
Supt
C. B. Vernon
A. A Schenken
Board of Education
Delbert J. Pugh
William Winsor
Supt. Vernon
Bernice Gough
C O. Monroe
Free Methodist Church
Marion High School
Methodist Church
Ermil B. Frye
First Methodist Church
Madison Wis
Iowa
Mount Pleasant High School
Frye
Local social notes honor brides and graduates at multiple homes
Miss Katherine Dickey and Miss Gweneth Knight entertained at the Dickey home 933 Ninth Street for bride elect Mildred Elkin with guests including Lillian Voorhies Mary Elkin and others. Jacquelyn Clay honored at a family dinner for the high school graduation with ten covers and diploma place cards. Mrs Pinch hosted a shower for Ruth Pinch Guessing contests were held with several hosts including Mrs Hempy Tilton and Fred.
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Katherine Dickey
Gweneth Knight
Dickey
Ninth Street
Mildred Elkin
Lillian
Alberta Voorhies
Mary
Madeline Elkin
Bernita Sebern
Alicé Wallace
Marjorie Towers
Lois Mollenhauer
Helen’ Wescott
Arlene Starry
Elsie
Eleanor Nelson
Dorothy Drake
R. Dd. Elkin
Elkin
John A. Clay
Jacquelyn
C E, Mershon
Martelle
Earl Aubrey
Jessie Fix
Rock Island
Marvin Neilson
R. Q Pinch
Central Avenue
Bruce Tharpe
Ruth Pinch
Donald Hempy
Clara Tilton
Fred
Memorial Day Feasts and Local Social Notices
Memorial day services planned by Marion post 298 American Legion with procession to city park monuments and cemetery visits. Local residents attend graduations and weddings, while shops close for Memorial Day. Community events include church choirs practice, nurse Miss Maxine Kindig at graduation, and various visits across towns.
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Marion
American Legion
Springville Memorial
Legion Hall
Shiloh
Dunkard
John H. Pazour
Driver braves snow to reach Cornelia before storm
Andy races from San Bernardino through a blizzard toward Arrowhead hoping to reach Mrs Lane and Cornelia. Julia urges him to hurry as morris calls about Jenny she has disappeared and lines are out. The suspense builds with a perilous mountain drive.
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Los Angeles
Doctor Lane
Julia
Andy
Mrs. Lane
Jenny
Morris
Cornelia
San Bernardino
Arrowhead
Growing of Orchids program led by Mrs. Cone
Miss Lula Toms reports the orchid program The Growing of Orchids led by Mrs. John Cone. Members visited four neighboring gardens. Miss Mable Irene Kinkead healed after surgery and home improving. Rev. Irving E Wade officiated a relative’s marriage in Blairsburg and will travel home via Postville with his daughter Miss Helen Wade returning to Marion.
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Lula Toms
John Cone
Mable Irene Kinkead
Cedar Rapids
Irving E Wade
Blairsburg
Marion
Postville
Helen Wade
Poppy Sale Held by American Legion Auxiliary Leaders
Mrs Frances Wahl chairs the Auxiliary poppy committee and Mrs Bertha Larkin heads the Auxiliary in charge of a Saturday sale. Poppies are made by disabled veterans at the Iowa veterans hospital providing winter employment. Auxiliary members with Camp Fire girls will sell on Marion Springville Viola and Alburnett streets.
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Frances Wahl
American Legion “Auxiliary
Bertha Larkin
Auxiliary
Iowa Veterans’ Hospital
Camp Fire
Marion
Springville
Viola
Alburnett
Olin Alumni to Mark Fifty Years of School Founding
Mr Willis Jordan and Mrs Jordan attend a banquet in the high school auditorium honoring the fiftieth anniversary of Olin schools founding. Mrs Jordan is a graduate and former teacher. her father Winfield Scott, over 90, is a former member of the first Olin board of education and guest of honor.
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Willis Jordan
Church School Opens Tuesday in Marion
The vacation church school will open in Marion on Tuesday with Mrs. Roland Fowler named superintendent of the beginners class. The announcement notes the program aims to guide young learners through early Christian instruction.
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Marion
Roland Fowler
Church based youth school organizers map departments
Registration opens at 9 a.m. with a 25 cent fee for children ages 4 to 15. Miss Helen Crane heads the primary, Miss Emma Klein the junior, and Mrs A G Beckman the intermediate departments. The Rev E T Gough directs, Rev Irving E Wade is registrar and treasurer, Rev C V R DeJong is playground supervisor, and Miss Frances Stewart is general secretary. Sessions held in Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian churches. Scholarships available for those unable to pay.
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Baptist Church
Helen Crane
Emma Klein
Methodist Church
A. G. Beckman
Presbyterian Church
E. T. Gough
Irving E. Wade
C. V. R. DeJong
Frances Stew
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