Marion News Delights Grants For Six Projects
Marion and Mount Vernon receive $21,197 in Works Progress Administration allocations for paving on Tenth Street from Seventh to Nineteenth and upgrades to Mount Vernon athletic field. The Mount Vernon project to hire 26 workers costs $19,150 with $4,660 funded. The Marion paving will employ 53 men with $11,833 allocated for a $13,126 project. Also reported are obituaries and local club elections.
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Des Moines
INS
L. &. Hill
State Works Progress Administrator
Seventh Avenue
Nineteenth Avenue
Tenth Street
Marion
Mount Vernon
Mellish Rites Set For Marion Man Died At Glenwood Sanatorium
Lawrence Ivan Mellish 28 died Thursday at 7 50 a m in the Glenwood sanatorium after two years illness. Born November 22 1906 in Savanna he moved to Marion at age five. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs H L Mellish Marion one brother Raymond Mellish Chicago and one sister Mrs Kessel Workman Burlington. Funeral Sunday at 2 p m Yocom chapel with Rev W E Fisher of the Presbyterian church officiating. Burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery.
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Marie Knudsen
R .A Travis
Mount Vernon
Mare Lassen
Denmark
United States
Linn County
Peter Knudsen
Cedar Rapids
Peter Lassen
Knudsen
English Lutheran Church of
K. O. Knudsen
Near Marion
Karen Travis
Mette Knudsen
Minneapolis
K Lassen
Marion
Yocom Chapel
C. N. Stratton
Presbyterian Church
Central City
Oak Hill Cemetery
William George Couch
Mount Pleasant
Yocum Chapel
W. E. Fisher
The
Oak Shade Cemetery
Marion Lodge No
Mr. Couch
London
England
Ont
Illinois
Lena Eisner
Couch
Dixon
Laurel
Neb
Marion Lodge
Patmos Commandery
Knights Templar
John Couch
Chicago
Fred Couch
Bayard
Fannie Nairn
Creston
Lottie Lite
Portland
Ore
Mac Summers
Emma Parriott
Mary Hames
Modesto
Lawrence Ivan Mellish
Harry L. Mellish
Glenwood
Savanna
H. L. Mellish
Raymond Mellish
Kessel Workman
Burlington
W E Fisher
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
U S Circle Meeting Honors Mrs Sloan with Shower
The US Circle gathered at Mrs. Harley Erwin's home Wednesday. Elizabeth Kershner Sloan was honored at a shower. stunts highlighted the program with guests including Mrs Sloan and several others from Cedar Rapids and Marion. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Frank Webber's home with plans for a Christmas basket drive.
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U. S
Harley Erwin
Elizabeth Kershner Sloan
Sloan
Mary Taylor
H C Achter
Luther Fuhrmeister
Nellie Fuhrmeister
Cedar Rapids
Carl Wallace
Alice Wallace
Marion
Frank Webber
St. Jordan
Carl Wiley
Local social notes and Legion plans in Marion area
The passage records deaths and visitors in Marion with Mellish kin expected from Chicago for Lawrence Mellish. It notes a Christian church Ladies Union luncheon for twenty three members and two guests, a plan to send a box to an orphans home, and a DeWitt Clinton county Legion formation involving R McElwain and H R Livingston. It highlights Iowa American Legion membership leading Second district and Marion post 298 surpassing targets. It cites Miss Mary Parsons reporting on PEO supreme convention and a Marion Red Cross chapter leadership slate. National Education Week coincides with a merged Parent Teacher Association meeting and parent night.
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Ladies Union of the Christian Church
B. E. Beiber
American Legion
Iowa
Marion Post
Evening gathering shifts school day and gym reception
The junior and senior high schools and the first two periods were held in the evening. Later the crowd gathered in the high school gym for refreshments. Over 300 people attended the affair.
Sorosis Club Hosts Linn County Women’s Clubs Meeting
Mrs. La Verna Crew hosted the Sorosis club at 1205 Twelfth Street with Miss Hazel Ross presiding in the president’s absence. A committee of Mrs. A A Hardin and Mrs. M W Courtney will buy dishes for the public library auditorium and kitchen. Reports on Linn County and city Federations were presented, and a paper on The National Youth Movement was read. Refreshments served to twelve. Next meeting set for Dec 12 with Mrs. L C Dow as hostess. Marion Post 298 American Legion and its auxiliary plan a 6:30 picnic supper followed by an executive meeting at 7:30.
Marion News Briefs Highlight Local Events and Races
The text notes regular meetings at 6 o'clock and Mrs J E Homans hosting the Woman's Foreign Missionary society. Mrs George Gaines underwent surgery at Mercy hospital Iowa City. Roy Grumman is linked to Roy Grumman. Richard Bristol leads in Marion. Donna Mary Coons tops a Legion sponsored district baby contest. Nora Collins of Dumont visited Miss Gwen dolyn Newlin.
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George Gaines
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Gaines
Roy Grumman
Richard Bristol
Iead
Marion
Donna Mary Coons
The
Legion Auxiliary
Whistle Removed From Boy's Lung in Chicago
Six year old Donald Lecak cured Friday of a six week wheeze cough after Dr. Richard A. Perrit used a bronchoscope to remove a tin whistle embedded in the lower left lung. The case highlights a remarkable foreign object retrieval from a child’s airway in a Chicago hospital.
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Chicago
Donald Lecak
Richard A. Perrit
Donald
Van Sweringen Liable for Missile Losses in Missouri Pacific Case
O. P. Van Sweringen and five Missouri Pacific officials face examination next week over deals causing a loss of 3 438 016 dollars in stock and bond purchases. A federal court special counsel says Van Sweringen is personally liable for the losses.
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van Sweringen
Missouri ‘Pacific
ST. Louis
O. P. van Sweringen
Cleveland Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Federal Court
Fred L. Williams
Clark Gable and Second Wife Part Ways
Hollywood AP reports a new milepost in Clark Gable’s romance saga as the star and his second wife Rheta Lachman Lucas, once a wealthy Texas widow, have separated. The actor announced the breakup by long distance call from New York.
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Hollywood
Clark Gable
Gable
Rheta Lachman Lucas
Texas
New
Gable Separates From Mrs Gable in West Los Angeles
In West Los Angeles Mrs Gable left behind as the actor began a two month vacation and conferred with her lawyer Ivar Parker on a divorce. Mrs Gable mother of two and eleven years the actor's senior, married him in 1931 and they have separated before for seven weeks. Gable told studio officials a property settlement has been reached and offered no further comment.
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York
Divorce Petitions Referred To Mrs. Gable
In the record, a divorce matter is noted to originate from Mrs. Gable with petitions reviewed for accordance. The brief entry identifies the principal party and the procedural step without detailing case specifics.
Earl Cusher Martelle Farmer Dies in Des Moines Hospital
Earl Cusher Martelle farmer died early Friday in a Des Moines veterans hospital from peritonitis after an operation to amputate one hand due to infection. Survived by wife and three children. Funeral services set for Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Christian church.
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Martelle
Earl Cusher
Veterans’ Hospital
Des Moines
Christian Church
New Yorkers Lose Sunlight to Smoke From Chimneys and Boats
New Yorkers lose about 21 percent of their sunlight due to smoke from chimneys and steam boats. The figure reflects early 20th century urban air pollution concerns and its impact on visibility and daily life.
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WE Cooper
G O Pyle
Joe Coakley
Florida
Jeanette Mann
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Methodist Church
Sarah Dwire Handley
S. N. Parsons
California
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Blodgett
Squaw Creek
Woon
Sterie
Ralph Morlot
Priiasday
Rosmord
Bern Om
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Ted
W. G. Couch
Culbert’s Market
Tamiesohn
Kours
Kour
Fleming’s
Marion, Iowa
Lawrence Mellish
Virginia Parvin
A R. McElwain
H. R. Livingston
le Roy Barber
DeWitt
Clinton County
Mary Parsons
Supreme Convention
J. J. Booth
Richard Barber
Grace West
Keith Vawter
Elmer Hollingsworth
Red Cross
C . Owen
Mildred Titus
M. W. Courtney
E. E. Parsons
Elmer Michel
Harry Murphey
Mason City
Parent-Teacher Association
Milwaukee
Western Grocer CO
First Street
Town
Sorosis Club
Legion Hall
Post
J. E. Homans
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Nora Collins of
Dumont
Gwendolyn Newlin
Dr. Doherty
Star Jewelry CO
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