Marion Christian church auditorium remodeled in open house
The Marion Christian Church hosts an open house from 3 to 4 pm to unveil a remodeled auditorium. Rev Living E Wade leads the congregation in celebration with new Celotex walls, a fourteen foot ceiling, slate colored panels, colored windows, and a lowered dome with six lights.
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Marion Christian Church
Iiving E Wade
Emide
H R. Livingston
Ray McCalley
Elda M. Kemp
J. B Emmons
R. E. Leidigh
Post Office Hall Construction Nears Completion
Text describes a post office hall nearing completion on a street in a city block with a front of extended length and a large concrete rear platform. About thirty men are employed on the project, mostly local residents.
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Tdewalks
Euros Cor
E.grth
Fieve Enth Street
Ermy
Local clubs hold meetings across town this week
The Tennyson Study club meets Tuesday at 2 pm at 1008 Eleventh Street with Mrs Harold Phillips hosting and a review of Country Kitchen by Delia Lutes. Theristmial club gathers 7 30 pm at 1595 Eighth Avenue hosted by Mrs H O Allen. Townsend club No 1 meets Tuesday at 8 pm at 1565 Bert Dean residence.
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Tennyson Study Club
Harold Phillips
Eleventh Street
Norman Waffle
Delia Lutes
H. O. Allen
Eighth Avenue
Ameigo Club
W. S Campbell
Fourteenth Street
Townsend Club
Bert Dean
Seventh Avenue
Dysart and Surrounding Cities Hear Local Elections
In Dysart Susan Creps of Waterloo was reelected president of the Gnagy Cemetery association. Winthrop sees Kenneth Harrington assume weekly paper interests from Mrs J N Gray. Jesup presents a junior play Skidding. Sigourney court set to hear auto liquor cases and more grand jury matters. Coggon high school concert featured instrumentals and vocal numbers. Monona adult school opens with farm management topics and consumer buying class. Marengo cast announced for high school carnival minstrel show. Decorah fish hatchery finds 600 plus young goldfish in pond. Riverside Legion oyster supper marks new home and membership drive. Marengo rural teachers rural meetings set with Lucy Shepherd leading sessions.
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Monona
Carl Malone
Northeastern
Iowa Farm Dustress Association
Wll
Jesson Wll
Marengo
Marengo High Schools
Supt
H Hill Marlowe Burgy
Russell * Toar' Freeze
Gordon Ferguson
Eugene Slaymaker
Joseph Franey
Carol Bogear
Joyce Burm
Jane Furlong
Marion Kramer
Ruth Jacobs
Katharine McBride
Joyce Meyers
Roberta Myers
Laurene Possefl
Rosettas
Sievers
Riverside
Riverside American Legion
Iowa County
Victor
North English
Williamsburg
Lou Shepherd
Town State Teachers College
Alice DeSpain
Noted Pianist To Present Recital At Cornell Friday
German pianist Walter Gieseking tours America and Europe presents a Cornell college recital Friday evening as part of a transcontinental program. He combines music and butterfly study and is celebrated for Debussy and Liszt interpretations. The program includes Italian Style Concerto, Mozart Sonata, Debussy Reflets dans l Eau and other works, with noted praise for his memory and technical fluency.
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Mount Vernon
Walter Giessking
Cornell College
Giesiking
French Riviera
New York
Cornell
Debussy
la Villa
Leaf Couple Mark 50th Wedding Anniversary in Springville
Mr and Mrs J H Leaf celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a family dinner at the Roosevelt hotel in Springville. Attending are relatives from Los Angeles Davenport Marion and Morley plus grandchildren. Orpha Crow born 1871 in Linn county and J Harold Leaf born 1867 in Linn county are the couple’s parents and long time Linn county residents.
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Gazette
Springville
J Hy. Leaf
Roosevelt Hotel
J. V. Patten
Pearl Fowler
Los Angeles
Calif
James Breckenridge
Nancy Leaf Breckenridge
Davenport
Ethel Hart
Marvin
Marion
J. V Patten
Joan
Fred Leaf
Elaine
Orpha B. Crow
Linn County
Viola
Morley
Ethel Harte
J. Vv. Patten
Fred _ Leaf
Irene Breckenridge
Hawkeye Man Turns Out Six Hand Made Violis In Year
E. Dungey a local barber has produced six Stradivarius model violins in the last year. Each instrument features a hard maple back and spruce front. The wood has aged over fifty years and is imported from southern Alps slopes. Noted violin makers have observed his craft.
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Hawkeye
A. E. Dungey
Alps
Dungey family musicians teach Hawkeye band leader
Mr Dungey trades violins valued at up to 500 dollars each and notes their fine tone. He directs the Hawkeye municipal band and has taught band and orchestra in Hawkeye and Lawler schools. His wife and children are all musicians with training in piano, cello, voice, and clarinet.
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Dungey
Durrgeey
Thaler School of Music
American Conservatory of Music
Chicago
Vandercook School of Directing
Upper Iowa University
Department of Music
Hawkeye Municipal Band
Hawkeye
Lawler
Fredericksburg
Waucoma
Hazeldell
Alene
Grace Ellen
Kimms Mark 56th Wedding Anniversary in Blairstown
Mr and Mrs A S Kimm of Blairstown celebrate their fifty six year marriage with a family dinner at home. The couple have deep ties to Blairstown Watkins and farms in Watkins area and northwest Iowa. Children grandchildren and great grandchildren are listed among attendees and kin.
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Blairstown
A. S. Kimm
Kimm
Watkins
Mr. Kimm
New York State
Iowa
Norway
Earl Kimm
Otto Schaub
Ross Kimm
Rachel Kinzenbau
Cemetery association notes balances and new land purchase
At the annual cemetery association meeting the secretary reported a $7500 trust fund and $270 in checking. A year earlier the checkings stood at $943. The decrease comes from buying two and a fraction acres from H C Aschenbrenner for $1000. Receipts for the year totaled $1071 with lots sales as the largest item. Expenses were $1745. Directors elected: Mrs S A Klemme, Mrs H R Miller, Mrs H J Von Lackum, Miss Christina Bloss and Mrs Henry Jabens.
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S. A. Klemme
H R Miller
H. J von Lackum
Christina Bloss
Henry Jabens
Cornell Student Preachers Visit Four Towns for Services
Cornell Oxford Fellowship members travel in a car convoy to Norway, Walford, Fairfax, and Palo to lead Sunday services in Methodist churches under Dr Allison R. King. Each preacher delivers rehearsed sermons, revised after written critiques, in a four Sundays rotation. Participants include Edwin Maynard, Neil Swanson, Trevor Baskerville, Delbert Tildesley, Draper Bishop, Robert Swenson, Don Scott, and others from multiple states.
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Mount Vernon
Norway
Walford
Fairfax
Palo
Carnell College
Oxford Fellowship
Allison R. King
Camel
Edwin Maynard
McCausland
Neil Swanson
Minneapolis
Minn
Trevor Baskerville
Manchester
Delbert Tildesley
Syracuse
Draper Bishop
Walnut
Robert Swenson
Ottumwa
Don Scott
Dike
Virgil Corey
Morning Sun
Leslie Bishop
Ill
Robert Putnam
Chicago
Floyd Lembaugh
Lisbon
Robert Giloe
Clinton
Edward Daniels
Tracy
Ow Faynard
Draper
King
Palo Methodist
Fair Ehurches
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Glenn Miller
Additon
Fred Lutz
Beverly
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General 44 Society of the Methodist Church
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Veen
Ter
Maron
Thoes
J J Keith Moes
Helen McBarrett
W.nette
Masini
Mare
Ard
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Celan Ronse
Rolhrs Reates
Mort
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Irving E. Wade
PTA
Association
Home Service Department
Marion Gas Company
Vernon
H B Peck
Ro J Williams
LR Fitzgerald
Cixde Derflinger
EF J. Fredericks
Cecil Seger
Seerast Paubuerty
F Tagernuis
Neal Bortngderte
Row Houser
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Coeence Mone
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Legion
Athenian Club
Paul Kruger
Seventeenth Street
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Kathleen
McGregor
George Busby
Tenth Street
D H Smith
J Lo Panes
J J Wallace
Walter Kennedy
Robert
Iowa City
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L H Biddick
Palmer Vaughn Wiss Varge Hayden Dole Biddick
Oxford Juneton
L Sen Vte
Cedar Rapid
Derton
Els Pearson
Runetyres
Holvika 4
Ohvate
Ahera
Jenny Rearick
India
Fred Nelson
Alaska
Mary Clements
N. A Baker
Ralph Wiliams
Harry Hart
Fairfield
Judith Ann
Hart
Entre Nous Club
James Bromwell
Twelfth Street
Bert Day
Maxine Day
Marjorie Talley
Jack Bowdish
Jean Bowdish
Hallowe'en
Little Head School
Caray Hagerman
Elwyn Miller
John
Maquoketa
George Reichard
Bertha Miller
Earl Welsher
Knoxville
Mr Welsher
Ashley Welsher
Priscilla Guild of
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Donald Torrence
West Seventh Avenue
Emma Kendall
Jams Curtin
Eighteenth Street
Iowa News
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Susan Creps
Waterloo
Gnagy Cemetery Association
Winthrop
Kenneth B. Harrington
Winthrop News
J N Gray
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Jesup
Playcraft Club
Dorothy Schommer
Romayne Rogers
Clayton Swinbank
Paul Baldwin
Roman Bahl Gwends
Miller
Roberta Eck
Pat Call
June Temeyer
Robert Fatten
Sigourney
J Seigere Newton
Rt Alderson
William Shield
Washington
Ross Polton
Ira Nester
Grand
Harold Wilson
J. H. Leaf
Montlour Photos
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Hawkeye Man
Kimms
Belle Plaine
Benton County
Consult
Alfred F. Schneck Co
V. Shepherd Agency
National Life Isurance Co
Montpelier
Vermont
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