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Marion switches from the phrase number please to direct dialing starting November 2 as Northwestern Bell implements dial service. The town, with 3 356 phone connections, has evolved from crank and operator systems to common battery lines since 1916, expanding from 13 to many times that number and employing 24 operators at the nine position switchboard. County history notes long service by key staff. numerous community notices follow including club meetings and local ads. The piece captures the transition, historic growth, and staff dedication surrounding Marion's telephone evolution.
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Marion
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Marion Telephone
Cedar Rapids
Home Telephone Company
H. R. Livingston
Open House Planned by High School PTA Tonight
The Junior-Senior High School PTA schedules an open house Tuesday from 7 to 9 pm in room 209 with a brief business meeting at 7. Supt. John Messerli Glen Nicholson and John Fowler will be in their offices. A period adjustment due to calendar conflicts is noted.
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Parent-Teacher Association
John Messerli
Glen Nicholson
John Fowler
Rites Planned Monday For Mrs Sadie Knodle
Funeral services for Mrs. Sadie L. Knodle of Marion widow of Lincoln Knodle will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Rohn funeral home Cedar Rapids with Rev. Frank Ward officiating burial in Oak Shade cemetery Marion. Born July 12 1871 in Marion she lived in Maquoketa and later returned to Marion twenty years ago She was a member of Golden Rule lodge 486 L A to the B of R T Surviving are a sister and two brothers. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Sunday.
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Sadie L. Knodle
Marion
Lincoln Knodle
Rohn
Third Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Frank Ward
Oak Shade Cemetery
Oliver S. Hall
Maquoketa
Knodle
Golden Rule Lodge
L.A
R. T
Harry Snell
Patty Hall
Green Forest
Ark
Lyndon
Del Minehart Retires After 41 Years at Central City Tel Co
Del Minehart, 81, forced to retire as manager of the Central City Telephone Company after 41 years of service beginning in 1916. He remains a director and treasurer while Lila Drexler becomes bookkeeper. The firm seeks a new manager and lineman as automation looms.
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R. D
del” Minehart
Central City Telephone Company
Minehart
Bell Bishop and Farmers Telephone Companies
del Minehart
10Th Street
Mr. Minehart
John Wager
Ben O’meara
W. V. Brown
Lila Drexler
Central City
Bridge group pushes plan to replace aging Mehaffey span
A Solon led committee urged preserving the Mehaffey bridge or replacing it with a new downstream crossing to connect Solon North Liberty and Lake Macbride areas. Projections show costs of 930000 for a 701 elevation bridge or 1800000 for a 715 height span. The effort cites fire rescue, farm traffic, mail routes, and growing lake recreation as key needs. The group plans to lobby Rock Island engineers and the Bureau of the Budget while expanding support from local towns, boards, and farm organizations.
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Wilson
save-the-Mehaffey
Solon
North Liberty
Johnson County
Leonard J Reyhons
Solon Company
Coralville Am
Lake McBride
Iowa City Fire Department
Rural Electric Cooperative
Marion
Cedar Rapids
G. M. Ludwig
Tiffin
Iowa Board of Regents
Oakdale
Board of Conservation
Farm Bureau Service Group
Lake Macbride
State agency reshuffles as Democrats push personnel changes
The article details post election staff overhauls across Iowa agencies. Loveless and Safety Commissioner Brown fill and vacate key posts while Fitzgerald’s appointment remains unofficial. The Tax and Liquor control commissions report numerous dismissals, retirements, and new hires aimed at economy and efficiency with Democrats often favored for top jobs.
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Amber Travis
Mr. Livingston
Livingston
Blanche Mullin
Marguerite M. Smith
Ethel Card
Mt. Vernon
Exchange
Iton
Trojan Lodge
Pleasant Grove Community Club
Lou Milburn
KCRG
Highway 150
Daniels Hotel
Cary Club
Ed V. Carey
Carey
Ralph Rashbine
Liturates
Rural Book Club
Harold Peterson
Blanche Clemons
Snell
West Fifth Avenue
Miss Clemons
Prairie Chapel Immunity Club
Prairie Chapel Church
Rudy Novak
Vernon Nelson
WSA Club
Victor Folkers
The
Marion Woman's Club
Carroll Roberts
Robert L. Stonebraker
Neil K. Garnatz
Lorraine
Ces
Dar Rapids
Living Masonic Temple
Lee Voorhies
Miles Sutera
Walter Hill
8Th Ave
Marion Linn
Dar
Margaret Paul
Gene Burd
Loyal Melton
Jesse Howell
Paul
Mt. Varnan
V Waren
Town Securities Company
Call Christiansen
Adv
Milwaukee Woman's Club
Mac
Eric Hender
Denmark
Will Ipeak
Cleveland
Herbert G. Kohl
International Conferences of Christian Churches
Linn County Building and Loan Association, — Adv
Tuck-a-Stitch Club
Bruce Robinson
New Art Club
Raymond Kent
General Electric
Motorola T.V
Marion T.V
Marvin A. Edison
Cornelian Club
Mrs. Howard Britton
Ta” Me
Gazette
Johnny Melver
PTA
Martin J. Behel
Sandy Lenzen
Portland
Ore
Miss Lenzen
Marion High School
Happy Lassie Blue Bird
de Wayne Dickey
Nancy Soden
Glenn. Dahms
Myron Fagel
Karen Foster
Judy Rueben
Chicago
Iowa State College
Miss Foster
Carl Foster
A. S. Circle
John Roberts
Methodist Official Board
Friendly Guild
J. D.simon
Enth Street
Methodist Church
Norman J. Waffle
Jerry Lewis
Marion Theater
Methodist Wscs
Storm
BIG Cannon
BEN Franklin Stores
Marion, Jowa
AAA Radio & TV
Sadie Knodle
Henry J. Grady
Arnolds Park
Stanley C. Thomas
Fifth Avenue
Thomas
Perry
Milwaukee Railroad
Thomas E. McGowan
American Legion Auxiliary
Jon Robert Mann
Harold Hanna
Nancy Ross
Suer
Finland
Marion Nature and Garden Club
Guttenberg and
McGregor
Public Library
Peo
Harriett Gibson
Emery J.miller
Robert C. Gross
Edison Pharmacy
Linn County
American Red Cross
City Hall
Del
Jack-of-All Trades
St. Jude's
Women’s Guild of
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Ralph Martin
Eighth Street
Miss Flossie Bailey
Lloyd F. Bailey
Familly
la Porte City
Robert Mitchell
W.R.C. No
Memorial Hall
Iowa
Bell
Gazette Photo
Coralville Dam
John L. Wilson
Rock Island Corps Fer Engineers
County Board of Supervisors
Highway Commission
Martin
Bureau
Budg
Corps of Eeers
Rock Island
Washington, D.C
Stanley Beranek
Ronald Kessler
Jus Wilson
Roy Maletek
New Port
Mort Kaser
L. D. Post
Penn Township
Louis Kral, Sr
Big Grove Township
Milo Drob
Cedar Township
Jess Fuhrmeister
Madison Township
Horace
Oxford
Jess Musgrove
Ernest Buresh
Swisher
John Stock
G. F. Clark
Krebs
First Avenue
Loveless
Safety Department
Alvin Hudson
Fitzgerald
Russell Brown
Polson
Brown
Executive Council
Tax Commission
Commission
George Eischeid
Norwalk
Elmer F. Heckinger
Des Moines
Henry Evers
Thomas Keleher
Council Bluffs
Ray Johnson
Muscatine
Emlin Bergeson
Sioux City
Johnson
Liquor Control Commission
Balster
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