Marion Bride Anna Helen Martin Weds Charles W Joiner
Anna Helen Martin daughter of Mr and Mrs G L Martin Marion becomes bride of Charles W Joiner Des Moines Friday evening in Christian church Rev Irving E Wade officiates in presence of about 100 relatives and friends. The couple depart for a Wisconsin wedding trip and will reside in Des Moines at 1308 Sixteenth Street.
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Anna Helen Martin
G. L. Martin
Fifth Avenue
Marion
Charles W. Joiner
Des Moines
Irving E. Wade
la Crosse
Wis
E W. Richardson
Lois Richardson
Cedar Rapids
Robert Blaylock
Iowa City
Richardson
Melvin Oldfather
Betty Howell
Helen Crambler
Otis Joiner
George Prichard
Ed McCloy
Old Father
Johanna Hill
Miss Howell
Hutchinson’s Gingham Package Ice Cream Ad
Healthful ice cream sold at Owen’s Drug Store in 13c pint and 25c quart sizes advertised for shoppers.
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Hutchinson
Owen’s
Hold Antique Exhibit Shines at Mrs Gritzner Home
An antique exhibit was held Friday at 990 Eighth Street under the Presbyterian church Ladies Aid first division. Mrs. W D Shank led the dish collection while Mrs F E Wilbur handled old books. Mrs Mary Baker oversaw the gay nineties gown and antique furniture displays. Miss Elsa St John directed miscellaneous pieces and Mrs J L Gritzner managed war relics and the Indian exhibit. Refreshments for about 70 were provided by committee members Mrs Fred Reimers Mrs C L McDonnell and Mrs J M Albright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Gritzner
Eighth Street
Ladies Aid Society
The
Presbyterian Church
W. D. Shank
F. E. Wilbur
Mary Baker
Elsa St. John
Marion prepares for pep meeting before Cedar Rapids game
A Thursday evening warmup includes a 7 p.m. band assembly and 15 minute concert at the local athletic field ahead of Marion high school versus Wilson Cedar Rapids under lights. Alumni, Coach Eldon Coffman, captain Bob Carey, Joel McCrea and Barbara Stanwyck feature in Union Pacific at the Garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion High School
Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Eldon Coffman
Bob Carey
Health Roundup For Marion School Children Oct 4
The Marion P T A medical dental committee will hold a health roundup October 4 in the Lincoln school home economics room. Morning and afternoon clinics open at 9 a.m. for immunizations and examinations for first time entrants, with free service supported by local clubs and individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Dental Committee
Marion Parent-teacher Association
Marion
K. E. Cornell
E. C. Hamm
Neal Bunting
W. G. Koppenhaver
Phil Crew
J. J. Keith
Graeme Linkletter
George Hutchison
C. B. Vernon
Lincoln School
Vernon
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
State Board of Health
Red Cross Drive sets goal for Marion drive day
The Red Cross aims for 500 memberships in Marion on Thursday with a single day roll call. Elsie Michel chairs the drive with precinct leaders A R McElwain Lulu Secrist R M Clark and L R Boettcher. A Friday noon Methodist church meeting will report progress and stores urged to display the American flag.
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Red Cross
Marion
Elsie Michel
A. R. McElwain
Lulu B. Secrist
R. M. Clark
L. R. Boettcher
Funeral services for Winfield Scott announced
Funeral services for Winfield Scott 91 pioneer resident of Jones county will be held today at 1 30 at Yocom chapel with Rev S C Bretnall. A second service at 3 pm at the Methodist church in Olin will be conducted by Rev J J Kidder and Rev P R Brown. Burial in Olin cemetery. Scott survived by two daughters a son three grandchildren and two sisters. His wife preceded him in death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield Scott
Jones County
Willis Jordan
Sixth Avenue
Yocom Chapel
S. C. Bretnall
Methodist Church
Olin
J. J. Kidder
Mount Vernon
P. R. Brown
Payson W. Scott
Cedar Rapids
Burdeen Mavis
Frank Lewis
Herbert S. Cooley
Anamosa
E. L. Tuttle
Pacific Grove
Calif
Rena Russell
Birmingham
Ala
Centennial Encampment Plans Meeting and Socials
Local notices show Centennial Encampment No. 91 I O O F meeting 7 30 p m in the hall with members and families. Various gatherings include card parties picnics and visits by Doris Flockhart and guests, plus musicians touring with the Navy band.
Relic of Pioneer Tavern Days Along New Scenic Route
Special to The Gazette describes the Golden Calf tavern near Garnaville and McGregor, a white pine frame building from the fifties. Once a popular refreshment stop on booming steamboat days, it hosted a dance hall and storied performances. Now a hay barn owned by Wilbert Harnack, its wall features a gaudy painting of a drinking scene.
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Mestecor
Garnaville
McGregor
Mississippi
Iowa
Golden Calf
John Harnack
Louis Bunker
Louis
Wilbert Harnack
Powers celebrate 50th wedding anniversary in Waterloo and LaPorte City
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Powers of LaPorte City observe their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a Monday luncheon at the Hotel President in Waterloo for relatives, then an open house from 7 to 10 p.m. at their home. Mrs. Powers, formerly Anna Clay, wed on October 2, 1889, at Gilman. They have four children Vera Schmidt Sioux City Paul McCullough Minneapolis Neva McHale and Frank Powers. Seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Laporte City
Thomas E. Powers
President
Waterloo
Here
Powers
Anna Clay
Joshua Clay
Gilman
Vera Schmidt
Sioux City
Paul McCullough
Minneapolis
Neva McHale
Frank Powers
Elem Pt
Wedding Anniversary and Apartment Rental Ad
Wedding anniversary notices list Mr. and Mrs. John Schultz of Fort Madison Miss Dorothy Schultz of Mechanicsville and Mrs. Gladys Wildman and her son Billy of Cedar Rapids. For rent 42 room adults only newly decorated $25 1070 Eighth avenue Dial 2 9443 advertisement Baptist church hosts all day meeting in church parlor with Mrs Jerry Layer as hostess picnic lunch served True Blue division Ladies Aid meets Wednesday 2 30 at 383 Twentieth street assisting hostesses named.
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Claude Knapp
Ladies Aid Society
The
Methodist Church
Marion Golf Club
Glenn Cheadle
F. A. Hawkins
Fred C. Newlin
Eighteenth Street
Rainbow Division
Newlin
W. J. Goodyear
Louise Schweitzer
Mary McKean
Ora Crowner
Endeavor
Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church
H. O. Young
Comforter
Alta
Elva Emerson
Sam Bear
John Schultz
Fort Madison
Dorothy Schultz
Mechanicsville
Gladys Wildman
Billy
Cedar Rapids
Eighth Avenue
Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist Church
Jerry Layer
Leonard Taylor
Twentieth Street
W. J Fleisher
C. E. Drummond
R. B. Eckhart
Keystone
Frank Clark
John O'Kelly
John Knapp
Fred Beebe
O. E. S. card party and many local notices
Local clubs and civic groups hold events this week. Marion Chamber of Commerce dinner and golf at Marion Golf Club Monday. many meetings announced at homes on Seventh Avenue and near Sixth Avenue. Families from Florida and Michigan head home or travel for weddings and seasons.
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Marion Chamber of Commerce
Marion Golf Club
City Council Meeting Change Set for Tuesday at 7 30 PM
The city council will convene Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. in city hall replacing the usual Monday schedule. Mrs Amber Travis will assist as hostess and Mrs La Verna Crew will lead the program with Mrs W H Applegate conducting the devotional. Each member may bring one guest.
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Robert Mitchell
Woman's Relief Corps No. 126
Memorial Hall
A. E. Blinks
Cary Club
Irvin L. Ford
Nue
Amber Travis
la Verna Crew
W. H. Applegate
Legion Auxiliary Committee Names Stir Iowa Districts
Iowa Legion Auxiliary announces yearly committees led by Winterset president Mrs. John K. Sawyer. Members cover Americanism child welfare education finance and more with district conferences set for Oct 10 18-26 in Leon Bonaparte Decorah Waterloo Wheatland and related sites.
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Winterset
ICPA
Iowa American Legion Auxiliary
John K. Sawyer
L. L. Woodke
Schaller
Urban Ott
Davenport
T. A. Toenjes
Waterloo
Olaf J. Hanson
Decorah
F. W. Niggemeyer
Fort Madison
Harry Smith
Spirit Lake
Judge Advocate
R. B. Laird
Sidney
Rexford Day
Iowa City
Walter Shirk
Greenfield
George R. Whisler
Coon Rapids
National Defense
Oscar Hanson
Sioux City
Parley
M. Myrton Shelley
Des Moines
Poppy
National News
Victor Mohr
Harlan Briggs
Lisbon
R. R. Williams
Eldora
George Prichard
Onawa
Thomas Carr
Clarence Ellis
United States Veterans’ Facility
V. C. Black
United States Veterans
Knoxville
American Legion
Leon
Bonapart
Wheatland
Mesdames I. E. Drake
Williamsburg
E. V. Riedesel
Forrest Flynn
Toledo
Thomas A. Tracey
Manchester
J. Turner
Grinnell
National Health Experts To Speak At Nurses' Meeting
Des Moines hosts the 36th annual Iowa State Association of Registered Nurses convention at Fort Des Moines hotel Oct 10 12 with national speakers Frances Brophy Muriel Thomas Naomi Deutch Virginia Teens and others. sessions for private duty public health Catholic sisters office nurses and student nurses include a visit to Smouse opportunity school and the Iowa League of Nursing Education meets Oct 9 with Dr Walter Abbott Clarabelle Wheeler and others on the program.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State Association of Registered Nurses
Fort Des Moines
Frances Brophy
National Tuberculosis Association
Muriel Thomas
Minnesota
Virginia
National Organization For Public Health Nursing
Irving J. Lee
Northwestern University Division of Speech
Arnold Jensen
Council Bluffs
Smouse Opportunity
Iowa League of Nursing Education
Walter Abbott
Clarabelle Wheeler
National League of Nursing Education
M. Berenice Beck
Marquette University School of Nursing
Blanche Graves
Alesch Warns Cash and Carry Plan Invites Attacks
Rep Gustave Alesch of Marcus warns in a letter to Senator Gillette that adopting a cash and carry munitions policy would make the United States a partner of the Allies and invite attacks on industrial centers and transport routes. He says Americans value lives over profits and blames the Versailles treaty for current war tensions.
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Marcus
Gustave Alesch
Luxembourg
Guy M. Gillette
United States
Alesch
France
Germany
Leading role for Cedar Rapids girl in Teacher College homecoming play
Meriwyn Pollins of Cedar Rapids will star as Mary in Famil Portrait at Iowa State Teacher College for the Oct 19 and 20 homecoming. Pollins, daughter of C C Pollins, has prior leading roles and holds positions in Kappa Theta Psi Playcraft Theta Alpha Phi and Cecilian glee club. Cast includes Ronald Moeller Joseph Horace Hoover James Bob Kamm Simon Joe McPherson and others from Cedar Falls West Union Newton Well, Dama scus an Mary Eveleen Richards.
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the Gazette
Cedar Falls
Meriwyn Pollins
Cedar Rapids
Mary
Jesus
Iowa State Teacher: College
Hazel B. Strayer
Miss Pollins
C. C. Pollins
Bever Avenue SE
Emily Bronte
Kappa Theta Psi
Playcraft Club
Theta Alpha Phi
National Honorary Dramatic Fraternity
Cecilian Glee Club
Miss Strayer
Ronald Moeller
Joseph
Horace Hoover
West Union
James
Bob Kamm
Simon
Joe McPherson
Fort Dodge
Judah
Esther Duffus
Newton
Mary Cleophas
Edna l Landsiedal
Wellsburg
Reba
Betty Schu
Chert
Naomi
Florence Hansen
Reinbeck
Sclima
Dennis McDonald
Waterloo
Eben
Leland Zimmerman
Mesere Vey
Helen Church
Hepzibah
Leslie Fry
Fairbank
Appius Hadrian
Dugan Laird
Rockwell City
Rabbia Samuel
Duck Hunting To Be Good This Fall In McGregor Area
McGregor report by ranger John Lundberg says this fall should yield plentiful ducks across the Mississippi valley near Wisconsin and Iowa. He notes abundant feed, favorable water, and a high hatch are likely to bring many ducks downstream, with teal, mertail and pintails already in evidence as dam projects raise water and expand marshes.
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McGregor
Mississippi Valley
Wisconsin
John Lundberg
Upper
Mississippi River
Iowa
Mississippi
Lundberg
Varied Colors for Iowa Truck Licenses in 1940
Des Moines IA INL reports the 1940 Iowa truck licenses will come in five color schemes to differentiate truck types and six month periods. Six month licenses January July and semi trailer licenses will be blue on white. black on orange for trailers. orange on black for semi trailer six month licenses. blue on orange for full real truck and pleasure car licenses. Prices and availability begin December 1 at treasurers offices.
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Des Moines
INL
Towa
James Allen
Iowa
Sma
Allen
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Beirut
Syria
American School For Girls
Ladies Aid’ Society of the Presbyterian Church
Carl Wallace
North
Harlan Knight
Ralph Seager
Althea Seager
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Austin
Billy McCann
N. P. Vanderlinden
Red Cross Drive
A. Lutz
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Cleveland
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D. E. Voris
Fairhope
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Tennyson Club
Leonard Storm
Fourteenth Street
Norman J. Waffle
Woman's Auxiliary
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A. A. Hardin
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L. H. Long
W. W. Lary
George A. Hutchison
E. T. Hiams
E. W. McKean
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A Dahn
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J. F. Coakley
Scott
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Thirteenth Street
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Cornell College
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Ameigo Club
Ed Sigfred
Noble Grand Association
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Marguerite Smith
Hazel Smith
Margaret Pingrey
Reedstown
Mrs. O. M. Carson
R. L. Wager
Mr. Wager
Central City
Loraine Circle
Masonic Temple
R. J. Williams
L. R. Blinks
Doris Flockhart
Vivien Benedict
Roy Flockhart
Russell Benedict
H. E. Vander Linden
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Iowa State College
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L. B DeWees
Irvin Ford
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Washington, D. C
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Fred Holsinger
Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church
F. E. Stimson
Lillian Bleakly
Marion Shakespeare Club
C. D. Burns
W. W. Vaughn
Mrs. L. D. Johnson
London
O.es
Sid Cary
Max Berlin
Mothers Club
Oscar Busenbark
Prairie Chapel Agriculture and Literary Club
Prairie Chapel Church
Coast To
Glen Harman
Rural Garden Club
C. C. Scott
Twelfth Street
George Touro
Woman's Progressive Club
Marion Christian Endeavor Union
Mark Woodward
Holland
Mich
Detroit
Bert Donlin
Mr. Donlin
Callie Knapp
Livingston, Mont
W. A. Knapp
Scranton
N. C
Harry Kline
Companions Guild of the Christian Church
Neal Blok
Thomas Thompson
Theristrial Club
E. J. Esgate
Frank Strother
Fidelis
King’s Daughters
O.E.S
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Patmos Commandery No
Knights Templar
Harold Mullaly
Chatterbox Bridge Club
Reading Circle
L. A. Levasseur
Elwyn Miller
John
Maquoketa
George Reichard
Donald Arp of
Moline
Henry Arp
Byron Barnes
Fredericktown, Mo
Grace Fernow
Arthur Newman
Adeliza Daniels
Walter Hall
Drummond
Seventh Avenue
Clyde Kearns
St. Paul
James Clark
James Carol Clark
Julia Allen Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
C. G. Ellinger
J. L. Papes
O .O. P. Club
F. S. Skinner
Frontiers
W. J. Fleischer
Sidney Anderson
St. Petersburg
Fla
Kenneth Cornell
Cornell
J. W. Wade
Plainfield
J. L. Gritzner
Oregon
California
Gleaners
Addie Shumack
Grace H. Starr
Woman's Missionary Society of the Christian Church
E. E. Hamm
Sixth Ave
Legion Auxiliary
Teachers College
McGregor Area
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