Miss Dickey to wed Lester Webber at Presbyterian Church
Miss Katherine Dickey daughter of Mr and Mrs Floyd C Dickey of 933 Ninth Street Marion will marry Lester Webber of Alburnett son of Mr and Mrs A H Webber of Alburnett on October 11 at 8 p m in the Presbyterian church Marion details from a local society notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Dickey
Floyd C. Dickey
Ninth Street
Marion
Presbyterian Church
Lester Webber
Alburnett
A. H. Webber
Emma Kendall
Priscilla Guild
The
Congregational Church
Adeliza Daniels
Karl Kendall
Twelfth Street
Miss Byers to Speak at Marion Federated Club Luncheon
Miss Ruby Byers of Cedar Rapids former principal of Benjamin Franklin Junior High will lecture Tuesday at noon on American Women of Today during a Marion Federated clubs picnic luncheon at the Christian church dining room. All women of Marion invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Byers
Cedar Rapids
Benjamin Franklin Junior High School
Federated Clubs
The
Christian Church
Marion
Methodist Church
Marion Golf Club
Claude Knapp
Ethel Harris
Board to retire $13,000 in bonds in October
A board of education passes a resolution to retire 13000 in bonds due in late October and waives the full school tax on the old Biggs hotel to satisfy county tax requirements before selling the building. The rest of the item lists clubs and social visits in Marion with members and hosts named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Biggs
Garden-Boxed Winter Blooms From Mrs Larkin Saga
Mrs. Catherine Larkin of Linn County keeps a busy winter garden system born from sixty years of practice. She starts slips from geraniums in spring to bloom in winter, pots foliage slips in fall, and even amaryllis bulbs bloom up to three times a year. She cans dozens of jars, sews, does laundry, and helps St. Joseph's women’s guild while caring for her son James.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amber Travis
Ace Frost
Catherine Larkin
Fourteenth Street
Marion Flower Gardens
Joseph Zachary
Linn County
James
Women’s Guild of
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Weekend Visitors Plan Local Travel and Visits
Mrs Irene Schultz will accompany relatives to their home Sunday evening then return to Chicago. Mr and Mrs George Reichard Mr and Mrs W S Campbell Bill Campbell and Miss Daisy Straley visit Maquoketa today with Elwyn Miller in their home. R O Shively heads to Perry with his son and daughter in law to make his home there. Mrs Hazel Sheldon and her daughter Jeanne plus Melvin Shively of Chicago and Mr and Mrs Frank continue plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standish
Davenport
Roman Crush
A. E. Granger
Ames
Molly
Town State College
Lucille ‘Cone
Bernice Gough
H. C. van Worm
Clara Bittner
Marion
Pequot
Minn
John F. Coakley
Orlando
Fla
Clyde ‘Kearns
Nettie White
Long Beach, Calif
Minnie and
Metta Whitcomb
H. G. Stitzel
Miss Lois
Des Moines
Irene Schultz
Chicago
George Reichard
W. S. Campbell
Bill Campbell
Daisy Straley
Maquoketa
Elwyn Miller
R. O. Shively
Perry
Robert Shively
Hazel Sheldon
Jeanne
Melvin Shively
Frank
Irvin Scott
Fred Backman
Clarence
H. W. Erwin
Form Campus 4-H Social Tees Up Youth Leadership
Fayette notes Grover Miche Maynard and William Diamon lead a campus 4-H social in the county, focusing on 4-H work and young men and women leadership development. The group aims to strengthen youth leaders and community involvement through 4-H activities.
Marion notices and club meetings fill local schedule
Shively family returns from Marion after a death in Milwaukee. Residents attend visits with Iowa City families and plan U S circle and Rebekah lodge meetings. Card party tables filled, DeMolay and King's Daughters circles announce gatherings and picnics with host homes and dates.
Weekend Visitors Include Wade Family and Out-of-Town Guests
Crist remains confined in the University hospital. Miss Helen Wade visits her parents the Rev and Mrs Irving E Wade over the weekend. Dr and Mrs Kenneth Weaver and daughters from Union stay with the Wade family for the Iowa homecoming. Mrs Oliver Fahey returns from Chicago after her sister’s illness. Thomas Fairhurst arrives in Marion to live with his son Arthur E Fairhurst and Mrs Fairhurst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Wade
Postville
Irving E. Wade
Kenneth Weaver
Daughters of Union
Iowa
Oliver Fahey
Chicago
Thomas Fairhurst
Marion
Arthur E. Fairhurst
Mrs. Fairhurst
Iowa Democrats Sprint Ahead in voters travel
Iowa Democrats accelerate campaigns with Secretary of State Robert O Brien among the most active. Governor Kraschel and Senator Gillette have stayed busy but trail Parker in miles and speeches. Observers say top races for governor and senator could split between parties.
Brooklyn Hosts District K of P Convention
Brooklyn prepares to host the fifth district convention of the Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters with delegates from sixteen towns. State grand officers Phil Dietz and Robert Hibbs attend. events include receptions, installations, a supper, street drill, entertainment, talks, and a dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters of Town
Frank Shepard
Poweshiek Lodge No. 198
Howard Patten
Jodge
Clyde Irwin
R. J. Breckenridge
Harold Murphy
S. J Holland
Fred Fowler
Scally Smith
Marion Thompson
Delmar
Wellman
Pythian
Esther Butts
Ackley
Leah Blatchley
Maquoketa
Effie Parsons
Lavinia Forsythe
Bertha Buffington
Cedar Rapids
Ida McNally
Grinnell
Pythian Sisters
McNally
Martello
Alta Steinberg
Center Point
Dorothy Johnson
Emma Niswander
Edna Cook
Knights
Pythian Hall
Phil Dietz
Luther Homecoming Set For This Week
Special to The Gazette Decorah alumni and friends of Luther college will celebrate the seventy seventh anniversary with homecoming events Friday through Sunday. The schedule includes an alumni banquet Friday evening in Co K Preus gym, a bonfire and pep meeting before the football game with Valparaiso on Saturday, chapel services by Rev J F Yivisaker on Saturday, and a reunion lunch for the Alumni Association followed by the 1936 band performance in Loyalty Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Luther College
Co. K. Preus
Valparaiso University
J. F. Yivisaker
Zululand
Saeaday
Nine living former sheriffs shown with current officeholder
Allamakee county hosts nine living former sheriffs plus the present sheriff at Corn Day in Waukon. Include the only woman to serve, Mrs Gunda Martindale, appointed after her husband’s death. The group, photographed at the festival, includes siblings and a politically balanced mix of five Republicans and five Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Allamakee County
Gunda Martindale
Iowa
Clayton
Dubuque County
John
Golden Wedding Celebration Draws 500 At Oxford Junction
About 500 neighbors and friends attended a dance at the Z C B J hall honoring the golden wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs John Kleineck. The couple renewed vows with Roy Morrey as speaker. They have five children and ten grandchildren. Mrs Kleineck enjoys quilting and gardening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Junction
Z. C. B. J. Hall
John Kleineck
Roy Morrey
Frank Shimanek
Otilla Ruzicka
Soton
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Royal Neighbors
Mr. Kleineck
Solon
Mary
Christian Kleineck
Sacred Heart Church
John Zlepshek
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Mt. Vernon
Olin
Center Junction
Kleineck
Kleinecks
Edward
Onslow
Robert
Springville
Rot
Victor
Monmouth
Josie Barrett
Pick Class Officers At Cornell College
MOUNT VERNON Class elections at Cornell College elected senior class president Robert Swenson of Ottumwa a noted basketball and track athlete. Jeannette MacDonald of Hinsdale Illinois was named senior class vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Cornell
Robert Swenson
Ottumwa
Jeannette MacDonald
Hinsdale, Ill
Student class officers and senate chosen in Davenport area
Gertrude Holmgren Davenport serves secretary and Clark McNeal Clarion treasurer. Juniors elect Richard Heine Chicago head, Dorothy Courson Belmond vice president, Howard Jeske Boone treasurer, Corinne Anderson Lake Forest secretary. Gene Ferris Des Moines president with Helen McKendry Oak Park vice president, Jessie McKerrow River Forest secretary, Jake Walters Casey treasurer. Freshmen select Lauress Ackman Clinton president, Mary Hubbard Rolla vice president, Beverly Anderson Sterling secretary, Robert Marshall St. Charles treasurer. Byron Nelson Batavia elected freshman Men’s Senate member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Ann Holmgren
Davenport
Clark McNeal
Clarion
Richard Heine
Chicago
Dorothy Courson
Belmond
Howard Jeske
Boone
Corrine Anderson
Lake Forest
Ill
Gene Ferris
Des Moines
Helen McKendry
Oak Park
Jessie McKerrow
River Forest
Jake Walters
Buchanan County Courthouse PWA Grant Approved
Buchanan county receives 45 percent of the new courthouse cost as a PWA grant totaling 105 975 dollars, 6975 dollars above the original estimate. The Omaha PWA office orders wage scales settled before contract, and bonds must be sold to cover the county share prior to construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Buchanan County
PWA
Omaha Pwa
Board of Supervisors
WPA street project begins in Monona with eighteen workers
Work has started on a WPA road improvement scheme three miles north of town on the Kolbe farm. Eighteen men are employed including four from Monona two from Luana and others from Marquette and McGregor. Tasks include grading paving surfacing excavating and backfilling dirt streets of Monona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monona
Kolbe
Town
Luana
Marquette
McGregor
Anamosa Hosts District Legion Conference Thursday
The fall conference of the American Legion and Auxiliary for the Second district will be in Anamosa on Thursday. Delegates from Linn, Scott, Jackson, Dubuque, Clinton and Jones counties attend. State commander W. F. Sieverding and state auxiliary president Mrs. Oscar Hanson are principal speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Namosa
The
American Legion and Auxiliary of the
Second District
Anamosa
Linn
Scott
Jackson
Dubuque
Clinton
Jones Counties
W. F. Sieverding
Grundy Center
Oscar Hanson
Sioux City
J. E. Franken
Cedar Rapids
Harlan Briggs
Lisbon
Virgil van Kirk
Dorothy Corwin
Sioux City's Bars Running Wide Open in Temperance Era
The article notes a broad temperance push in Iowa but cites rampant logging and continued liquor access. It argues that Sioux City mirrors other river cities with weak enforcement and a lack of a workable statewide plan, contrasting with interior cities where prohibition had more success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Sioux City
Dentists Father And Son Recall Long Local Careers
The article chronicles Dr John and his son, prominent Dentists in McGregor and early Ringling circus connections. It notes a 1884 fire at the dental office, the doctor’s music hobby, and his parade debut on July 4 1876. It highlights his mayoral terms from 1897 to 1911 and roles in Iowa dental and municipal organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Dubai
Joh
Dr John
Dr. John
Water Family
Ringling Boys
Ringlings
McGregor
John
A. O. Hu
McGrego
Becn
University of Tordertal
Old Northern Iowa Dental Society
Iowa State Dental Assocation
McGre
Iowa League of Municipality
Whie
Th‘vegor Commercial Club
vaAluntarie Athe
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Miss Byers
Owen Drug
Opal
Freida Gordon
Tucson
Ariz
Edyth Gordon
Dickey’s Foods
Bill Mann
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Mrs
Adah Mann
Robert Mitchell
Woman's Relief Corps No. 126
Kalamazoo
2Nd Avenue
Dorothy
Arlene Pflughaupt
Maude Musser
Ed Boyanovsky
Ruth
Elton Remington
Milton Pflughaupt
Sebern
Loren W. Inman
Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society
C. L. Wescott
Seventh Avenue
Ivanhoe Club
Aun Miller
Harry Milligan
Marion Nature and Garden Club
John A. Clay
Fourth Avenue
May Lake
Masonic Temple
A. L. Tallman
W. E. van Fossen
Tallman
Louise Wormer Vanderbilt
Amelia Giffert
Eleventh Street
Mrs. C. D. Burns
Waltowien Park
Troy Mills
Musical Literary Club
J. W Bowman
Highth Avenue
S. F. Cary
Sydney Sue
Montezuma
Mr. Cary
Christian Endeavor of
Elmer Cherry
Blair’s Ferry
Robert Cessford
Reading
C., C. Carpenter
Citadel
L. A. Levasseur
Eighth Avenue
George A. Kindler
Lloyd Williams
J. M. Toms
Lula Toms
Miss Toms
Grace Denny
Edward Hines
Mildred Carpenter
Angola, Ind
W. B. Carpenter
Elmer H. Nelson
Muscatine
Thompson
Grover Miche
Maynard
LuNida West
Farmersburs
Sauith
Clermont
Elweed Ben
Randslia
U. S
Harry Hammond
Grove City
Rebekah Lodge No
I. O. O. F. Hall
W. H. Booze
Jack Ratliff
Tom Barkwill
Legion Hall
Klatter Klub
Bess Busby
Eighth Street
Mary Lowe Dickinson
King’s Daughters
Hazel Snell
H. F. Knight
Madison, Wis
Order of DeMolay
Electa Circle of
Georg
Sixth Avenue
C. E. McCannon
McCannon
Gayle Me
Crist
University Hospital
K. of P
Luther
Allamakee
P King
George Hall
James Baxter
Gunda Martdale
Best Larson
Vinton
Walter Hall
Leonard Bulman
B. O. Swebakken
Financi Waukon
Theodore Rumph
Ben Davis
Oxford Jet
Cornell College
Buchanan
District Legion
Don Sheldon
James Winn
C. C. Heysinger
Forrest Tomlinson
Eldridge
Arth Ladehoff
Mwm Moines
Depar
Worster
Sponse
Mrs. Oscak Hanson
Sieverding
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