Tipton Searchlight club marks 50th anniversary
PPE TON the Searchlight club of Tipton observes its golden anniversary with a Oct 21 event. President Mrs. Furnish hosts a 10 a.m. coffee and 3 p.m. tea at the Tipton Public Library with guest groups The Nineteenth Century Modern Fiction and Triple Four clubs. Surviving charter member Mrs. Huber gives a history. former member Bess Streeter Aldrich and husband lived in Tipton prior to 1909.
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John Reynolds
Searchlight Club
Tipton
W. M. Furnish
Tipton Public Library
Nineteenth Century Club
Modern Fiction Club
Triple Four
H. L. Huber
Arthur Reeder
Forest Chamberlain
H. J. Harris
Jane Willard
C. W. Cowan
Mason City
The
Huber
F. W. Adams
P. R. Pine
M. I. Shipley
W. A. Hamm
Anna Yates
Hamm
Hollywood
Calif
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Mt. Vernon
Bess Streeter Aldrich
Katherine McKee
C. S. Miller
Clarence Kuhn
A. L. Dean
Lisbon Couple to Celebrate Their 71st Anniversary
The seventy-first wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Peiper of Lisbon will be observed Monday. He is 94, Lisbon's oldest resident, and she is 86. Friends will call, with no formal open house. The couple, born in Jones county and near Columbus City, Ind., retired from farming in 1917 and have two children, nine grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren.
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Lisbon
Henry Peiper
Peiper
Columbus City
Ind
Jones County
Marion High Hosts Homecoming Week Events
Marion High plans a Friday homecoming with a pep rally Thursday night in the city park and a homecoming assembly at Lincoln Auditorium at 3 20 p m. The football game vs Manchester High is Friday at 7 45 p m. A homecoming dance will crown the queen among Patricia Benedict Joanne Crew Jo Anna Dumbalton Bonnie Ford Ruth Frederick Joan Gibson Margy Ostrander and Mary Lou Thomas. Alumni and guests may attend the dance.
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Marion High School
Lincoln Auditorium
Marion
Manchester High School
Patricia Benedict
Joanne Crew
JoAnna Dumbalton
Bonnie Ford
Ruth Frederick
Joan Gibson
Margy
Corporal Barkwill Returns to Davis Monthan Field
Corporal Charles W. Barkwill has returned to Davis Monthan Field Tucson Ariz after visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Charles E Barkwill An extension was granted due to an accident involving his sister Mrs D W Gardner who suffered a compound fracture of the left leg Oct 9 in a motorcycle collision She is a patient at Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids and is reported to be recovering satisfactorily.
Excelsior club elects Martin president at Friday meeting
Guy Martin was elected president of the Excelsior A. and L. club at a Friday evening gathering hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Russell Singleton. Ralph Hoskins became vice president with Mrs. Irving Drake secretary and Mrs. Oscar Martin treasurer.
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Guy Martin
Excelsior A. and L. Club
Russell Singleton
Ralph Hoskins
Irving Drake
Oscar Martin
Harry Dunn
Clifford Burns
Carl L. Wiley
Claude Scott
Bertha Hoskins
Richard Ware
Field Secretary to Address Older Boys and Girls in Marion
The Rev. Tom Foglesong, state field secretary of the state council of religious education, will address Linn county’s seventeenth Older Boys Older Girls conference on October 29 at Marion Methodist Church. He succeeds the late Walter Huston and will present the message Builders. Dr. David I. Berger of Coe College will speak in the afternoon. The banquet theme is Build today for a Christian world tomorrow. Registrations come from across the county.
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Tom Foglesong
State Council of Religious Education
Des Moines
Linn County
Methodist Church
Marion
Foglesong
Walter Huston
Bill Kempshall
Norma Helbig
Wayne Wilkinson
Prairie Chapel Church
Masonic and club meetings scheduled in town
Local Masonic lodges plan Simultaneous Meetings Night at 7 30 p m in the Masonic temple under Grand Master Ford L Van Hoesen All resident Masons invited The O O P club meets Tuesday at 7 30 p m with Mrs Ida G Hall Mrs O M Carson to lead program Weekend visitors to Dwight Ill Arthur E Granger anniversary dinner honors Red Cross sewing room hours listed plus nursing classes Robins Robins schoolhouse and Marion Chamber of Commerce posts on Tuesday meetings and officer elections for 1942 43.
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Masonic Temple
Grand Master of Masons of
Iowa
Ford L. van Hoesen
O. O. P. Club
Ida G. Hall
Thirteenth Street
O. M. Carson
Marion Chamber Calls 9 A.M. Store Closures for Scrap Drive
The Marion Chamber of Commerce asks all city businesses to close at 9 a.m. Tuesday so workers can join the scrap campaign in Marion and Monroe township. Meet at the city park at 9 a.m. to man trucks. lunch will be provided later. Stores to reopen at 4 p.m.
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Marion
Statewide meetings on amendment No. 8 price rules
Commerce hosts a series of educational meetings for coal dealers across Iowa to explain amendment No. 8 to maximum price regulation No. 122. Local dealers gather Friday at 7 30 p m in Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce with attendees from Benton Linn Jones Cedar Johnson Iowa and Poweshiek counties.
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Marion Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
Benton
Linn
Jones
Cedar
Johnson
Iowa
Poweshick
Local clubs hold conventions and notices across Linn County
Miss Sara Nott chaired a two day Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs meeting in Maquoketa with district honors given to the C O P club Marion. Local members R G Adams Emma Brewer Earl Welsher and O M Carson attended. Also notices on food ads Red Cross sewing events Electa circle and various military moves including Donald Benedict at Camp Dix and Lowell Randall returning from duty.
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Sara Nott
Maquoketa
Linn County
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
C. O. P. Club
Marion
R. G. Adams
Emma Brewer
Earl Welsher
O. M. Carson
Electa Circle of
King's Daughters
Red Cross
S. and
Bazaar Picnic Plans At 1590 Seventh Avenue
Robert P. Burns invites members to a picnic luncheon at that address. Attendees should come prepared to sew for the bazaar and bring their own table service sugar coffee sandwiches and a dish to pass.
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Robert P. Burns
Seventh Avenue
Marion Legion Post Auxiliary Picnic Supper Meeting
Members of the Marion Legion post and auxiliary with families meet at the Legion hall Monday at 6 30 p m for a picnic supper Separate post and auxiliary meetings follow at 8 p m Mrs Dayton Lininger is supper committee chairman Assisting her are Mmes Ed Boyanovsky John H Pazour W R Powell Ted Heath William Jackson Carl W Carver HO Young H N Strader Hugh Hutton Luella Hutton and Ina Dye Minor
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Marion Legion Post
Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Post
Dayton Lininger
Mmes
Ed Boyanovsky
John H. Pazour
W. R. Powell
Ted Heath
William Jackson
Carl W. Carver
HO. Young
H N_ Strader
Hugh Hutton
Luella Hutton
Ina Dye Minor
Wedding Plans of Miss Betty Wallace and Ray Wells
Mrs. Frank S. Skinner Mrs. J. J. Keith and Mrs. A. A. Hardin travel to Ames to attend the wedding of Miss Betty Wallace eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Wallace. The couple, both Iowa State College graduates, will live in Columbus Ohio.
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Frank S. Skinner
J. J. Keith
A. A. Hardin
Ames
Betty Wallace
J. J. Wallace
Wallace
Marion
Scrap drive progress noted across counties with unusual donations
Fayette holds final cleanup day on October 27 with many businesses and likely schools closing. Mt. Vernon will host scrap collection the next day chaired by Forrest Milliken. A holiday may be declared. A standout item was 24 old style razors from Germany Sweden England and Norway. North English collects over 100 tons, totaling 175 tons.
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Fayette
Mt. Vernon
Forrest Milliken
Winneshiek County
Merton Bucknell
Germany
Sweden
England
Norway
Hickenlooper speech at Moose convention urges united war effort
Lieut. Gov. Bourke Hickenlooper told the Loyal Order of Moose convention in Waterloo that Axis powers blackout Europe and warned the U S must win the war. He urged united support for the President through money labor and service to aid the national war effort.
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Waterloo
Europe
Bourke Hickenlooper
Loyal Order of Moose
United States
Bravery Award To Lieut Wheeler
Lieut Marion Wheeler son of Mr and Mrs S T Wheeler Webster has received the Army Silver Star for bravery. An Army Air Forces journal once called him the best bombardier in the Pacific. He has been missing in action since September 15.
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Webster
Marion Wheeler
S. T. Wheeler
Army Air Forces Journal
Pacific
Army
Wheeler
Castalia Farmer Dies by Own Action
DECORAH Hylas Stendel 34 Castalia farmer died Friday evening by shooting himself Despondency was blamed for the act His wife and two children survive
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The
Gazette
Decorah
Hylas Stendel
Castalia
Farm fall leads to fatal han dle impalement of 55 year old
Fred Mewes, 55, died Friday night from injuries after falling from a hay load on a Muscatine area farm and being impaled on a pitchfork handle. Funeral services were planned for today.
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Fred Mewes
Scrap drive in Shueyville piles 115000 pounds of metal
280 high school students organized a two week scrap collection ending Friday. They sorted aluminum copper zinc tin iron and steel and filled the school basement with paper rubber and rags. The effort involved two rival groups and drew praise from Principal Frances Seaton and Superintendent William Sedlak.
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Hueyville
Shueyville
Frances Seaton
Reds
Sedlak
Cedar Rapids
Shueyville High School
Clarence Netolicky
Leo Petrik
Marevin Ziskovosky
Leonard Zalesky
Grace Kroul
Marcelle Svoboda
Arlene Reyman
Irene Detert
Newhall Woman Suffers Quietly After Sons Depart
Mrs. Thompson reflects on her large Newhall house now emptied as sons serve in the war era. She praises their upbringing but credits inheritance over parenting. Everett plans marriage, Reede may be in uniform soon. She drives a tractor, attends church, and walks with limited mobility, sometimes aided by a car in the yard.
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Cedar Rapids
Reede
Robert Verness
Donald Dewey
St. Paul
Owatonna
Minn
Thompson
Newhall
Everett
Notable Drum Major Shines In State and National Contests
Marilyn Anderson rose from Marshalltown high to lead her school band to the state marching contest crown and a national regional second place. Despite a sprained thumb she won first in baton twirling, capturing football crowds with her self taught style.
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Hawkeye
Marshalltown High School
V. A. Anderson
Marshalltown
St. Paul
Marilyn
Marilyn Anderson Crowned Queen of St. Paul National Contest
Marilyn Anderson led Marshalltown High School and then the University of Iowa band as the first girl to twirl for both. She won over 100 competitors at the St. Paul national contest, performed daring baton tricks, two baton throws, and acrobatic routines, and suffered a broken nose from a baton mishap during a later event.
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King Boris
St. Paul
Miss Anderson
Marshalltown
University of Iowa
Charles B Righter
Marilyn
Moose Initiate Record Class at Convention
Two thousand Loyal Order of Moose members and wives attended the Iowa state convention in Waterloo. Initiation of 450 members Friday night set a state record, and 76 Women of the Moose were initiated. A convention parade is planned for 3 p.m. today.
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Waterloo
Loyal Order of Moose
Iowa
Women of the Moose
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