Doris Eckhart Hosts Fifth Birthday Anniversary
Doris Eckhart celebrated the fifth birth anniversary of her daughter Doris Darlene with a Saturday gathering at 635 Fifth Avenue. Attendees included Mrs Ralph Watterson and Mrs Neil Sills of Cedar Rapids, Mrs F E Stimson and her daughters Carol and Shirley, Mrs John Petrusch and her daughters Joan and Donna, Mrs Vernon Tudeen and Linda Lou, Mrs Alice Nedrow, Judy Gipp, Beverly Nedrow and Doris Foley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Darlene
R. B. Eckhart
Fifth Avenue
Ralph Watterson
Neil Sills
Cedar Rapids
F. E. Stimson
Carol
Shirley
John Petrusch
Joan
Donna
Vernon Tudeen
Linda Lou
Alice Nedrow
Judy Gipp
Beverly Nedrow
Doris Foley
Community gathering marks Laura Fawcett birthday in Elgin
Mr and Mrs C. A. Garrison host a family reunion in Memorial hall for forty relatives. The dinner honors Laura Fawcett of Elgin Ill on her seventy fifth birthday and includes her sisters and brother from Des Moines Cedar Rapids and Cedar Rapids. Also notes poultry offerings from Gordon Hatchery and local club and lodge notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Garrison
Memorial Hall
Mr. Garrison
Laura Fawcett
Elgin, Ill
Fawcett
Frank Zeh
Des Moines
J. A. McCulloch
Harry Sisam
Cedar Rapids
Water-Proof Spark Plug Invented by 2 Brothers
George G. Burrell of Blairstown and Leo Burrell of Des Moines received a patent for a spark plug that fires perfectly under water and resists dirt and static. The water proof design prevents shorting, allows continuous water cooling while the motor runs, and enables point replacement without a new plug. The five year invention, demonstrated on George Burrell’s farm, marks a practical advance in automotive ignition.
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2 Brothers
Burrell
George
Community notices and visits from Marion area families
Howard Aupperle departs Monday for Camp Claiborne Louisiana after visiting here. Mr. and Mrs. William Aupperle host a family dinner with guests Francis Akerly De Wayne Marion and Miss Marie Morris Toddville. Josephine Kindig honors son Jack Kindig returning to Camp Claiborne. Present Maxine Kindig Oakdale Lyle Kindig Bill Kempshall Mildred Kindig. Melvin Dubbs ends furlough to join Camp Claiborne. Richard A Crew of Chicago visits his mother La Verna Crew and grandparents Walter H Applegate Merrill Brundage and Charles Landis. Mrs Landis visits Brundage home. Prop Busters model airplane club to sponsor contest Nov 2 at 2 pm. E V Carey and son David visit Ames for Kingsbury birthday dinner. Pleasant Grove No 11 Halloween program Oct 31 8 pm refreshments to follow. Frances Wahl Maud H Wheeler teachers. St Paul’s Lutheran council to circuit meeting at Trinity Cedar Rapids today 2 pm. Harley W Erwin Irvin Scott families travel to Milford NJ. Floyd Emmons observe 10th birthday dinner with J B Emmons George M Hibner Eleanor Locke. Ice cream specials at Owens Cut Rate Drug. PEO Chapter CS meets Oct 31 7 30 pm La Verna Crew host. Arlene Tow and Carol Vollum weekend guests at Tow home. J R Cruzan donates gas stove to Thomas Park. Marion Indian Creek Fish and Game Club meets Tuesday 7 30 pm with Robert P Burns.
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Howard Aupperle
Camp Claiborne
William Aupperle
Francis Akerly
de Wayne
Marion
Marie Morris
Toddville
Josephine Kindig
Jack Kindig
Maxine Kindig
Oakdale
Lyle Kindig
Bill Kempshall
Mildred Kindig
Marion High School Homecoming Events Planned
Marion high school will observe homecoming with a football game against Maquoketa at 7 30 p m Friday. Halftime will crown the homecoming queen from eight candidates. Events include a pep meeting Thursday at the city park and a bonfire at the field. The queen will reign at the dance from 9 30 to 11 30 p m in the gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion High School
Maquoketa
Phyllis Lanning
Eileen Schenken
Betty Peck
Marion Spence
Bonnie Ford
Leone Reynolds
Ruth Frederick
Mary Lou Thomas
Kindergarten Wins Marion Parent-Teacher Drive Prize
The Irving building kindergarten room earned the prize for securing the most members in the Marion Parent-Teacher Association drive, which closed Thursday. Chairman Mrs. Jack Oxley reports 290 members, a figure far below previous years, risking loss of a superior state rating if not increased.
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Irving Building
Marion
Parent-Teacher Association
Jack Oxley
Social gathering and local notes from Marion Iowa period
Mr and Mrs C Bonne foi of Chicago and Mrs D A Rees of Hazleton were hosted by Mr and Mrs Arthur E Fairhurst for a buffet supper with guests including Mr and Mrs Lloyd Stark Mr and Mrs Fred Winston Mr and Mrs Charles Trask and Mr and Mrs Joe Dede. Additional items note Bee son visit to Fort Des Moines, prices at Fry's Milk Bar and meetings of O E S and Ivanhoe club plus family travels to Omaha and Hazleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Bonnefoi
Chicago
D. A. Rees
Hazleton
Arthur E. Fairhurst
Lloyd Stark
Fred Winston
Charles Trask
Joe Dede
Cedar Rapids
B. Earl Beiber
Marion
Upper Iowa Queen Irene Alderson Crowned Homecoming
Irene Alderson, a Denison senior and 5 foot 6 inch, 120 pound student with dark hair and brown eyes, was crowned Upper Iowa University homecoming queen at the Upper Iowa Loras football game Saturday. She leads Kappa Eta Beta and Pi Rho Zeta, studies for a bachelor of music with English and commercial minors, and participates in the Upper Iowa Singers, Town Symphony, and band as a violinist and bassoonist. She is the university board cast studio pianist and wife of Dale Alderson, a senior athlete. The couple has two daughters, ages 3 and 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Iowa University
Alderson
Dale Alderson
Upper Iowa
Bonnefoi Guests With Fairhurst in Chicago Visit
Mr and Mrs J C Bonnefoi of Chicago, guests in the Fairhurst home, will accompany them on accompanying activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. J. C. Bonnefoi
Chicago
Fairhurst
Local W C T U and related groups schedule events
The W C T U meets Tuesday at 2 30 pm with Mrs A E Blinks. Mrs G L Martin and Mrs Adella Hobart lead the program Temper ance and the Church. The Loyal Temperance Legion meets Monday after school with Mrs W J Trimble at 708 Fourth Avenue. Methodist W S C S holds a prayer and self denial service Wednesday 2 to 4 pm with the theme Pray intelligently and having prayed have faith and having faith act. Handicraft Club No 2 hosts a Halloween party Tuesday at 7 30 pm with Mrs W E Smith. Laura Bailey auxiliary of the Methodist W S C S meets Monday at 7 30 pm at the home of Misses Alta and Elva Emerson with Mrs George Hutchison in charge of the lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C.T.U
A. E. Blinks
G. L. Martin
Adella Hobart
W. S.C.S
W. E. Smith
Laura Bailey
Methodist
W.S.C.S
Alta
Elva Emerson
George Hutchison
Mount Auburn Farm Youth Runs Own Short Wave Station
Vern Petersen a 28 year old Mount Auburn farm youth operates amateur station W90JD from his home on a wind powered charger. A member of the American Radio Relay League he maps relay routes and views radio as drill work for civilian defense. He aided Red Cross tests connecting to St Louis via Missouri Emergency Network demonstrates third party relay usefulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Auburn
Vern Petersen
Jim Petersen
Petersen
Mount Auburn High School
Technical Radio
Kansas City
Radio Relay League
Red Cross
Jefferson
Missouri
St. Louis
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Local Events and Club Meetings Notice Summary
Attendances include Donald Beadle Harold Beadle and Benjamin Nollsch at a De Molay meeting in Waterloo. Mrs Charles Burch hosts a family dinner for Mr Burch birth anniversary. St Josephs Catholic guild plans a Wednesday bazaar and entertainment at 8 p.m. Garden club meets Wednesday at 10 a.m with Mrs Carl Wallace for an all day session. Farm Bureau lesson titled Food Needs of the Body.
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The
Order of de Molay
Waterloo
Donald
Harold Beadle
Benjamin Nollsch
Charles Burch
Mr. Burch
St. Joseph’s Catholic Guild
Church Recreation Room
North Marion
Tilford Academy Books Donated To Library At Vinton
Special to The Gazette. Vinton receives 700 to 800 Tilford academy books donated by T. F. Tobin and 70 years of Vinton Eagle issues bound for the library. The old academy volumes will be catalogued and circulated shortly in the basement club room. Eagle volumes from 1855 to 1925 enhance local history and legal notice records. The library adds to its 35,000 annual circulation as residents use reference and fiction.
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Gazette
Vinton
Vinton Public Library
H. T. Holck
Tilford Academy
T. F. Tobin
Academy
Vinton Library Board
E. K. Allen
Library Board
Establish
Dysart to Host Tama County Sunday School Session
The Tama county Sunday school convention meets in Dysart at the Methodist church starting Thursday at 9 am. County president J. R. James will lead the morning session with talks by Rev. A. E. Coe and several listed speakers. L. E. Crippen of Garwin to teach song and praise in the afternoon. officers to be elected.
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Dysart
Tama County
Methodist Church
J. R. James
A. E. Coe
Tracer
B. T. Schwab
Tracr
WN. D. Frerking
Lincoln Church
Walter Tomlinson
Amity
Jeanette Hadley
L. E. Crippen
Garwin
Monnett Golden Anniversary Observed At Dinner
PVT RETAMSRUEG-Mr. and Mrs. Jasper J. Monnett celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a dinner. Married Oct 24 1891 in Williamsburg they farm south of town and are parents of five daughters and nine grandchildren. He from Crawford County Ohio born Nov 2 1851 came to York township as a child. she, Mary Brown, a Marengo High School and Iowa City Academy graduate, taught before farming.
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Jasper J. Monnett
Williamsburg
Here
Ruth Grubb
Saskatchewan
Wilma Cooper
Omaha
Donald Gibbons
North English
Clarence Smith
Mae
Mr. Monnett
Crawford County
Ohio
York Township
Marengo High School
University of Iowa
Mary Brown
Iowa City Academy
Ida
Iowa
Calmar Couple Mark Golden Wedding Anniversary Today
Mr and Mrs Edward L Winn celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at home in Calmar with children and relatives attending a family dinner. Edward Lester Winn and Louise Kapler wed October 28, 1891 in Spillville. They spent 43 years in Calmar where Winn worked for the railroad. they have seven children and eight grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calmar
Edward L. Winn
Edward Lester Winn
Louise’ Kapler
St. Wenceslaus Church
Spillville
Father Riley
Winn
Fred. C. Winn
Minneapolis
Lester He
St. Paul
Virgil J
Detroits
Irma
Lloyd Stobaugh
Marion
Eddie
Burlington
Hare Rieth
Earl
Rapid City
Othmar
Kapler
Mr. Winn
Frederika, Ia
Nelson Winn
Witwer CIO Truce Ends Court Battle in Ottumwa
Ottumwa Iowa The Witwer wholesale grocery and CIO reached a truce dropping court actions after a conference between company and union reps The Witwer AFL contract was voided as most drivers were CIO members A new contract will be negotiated with the majority group The current contract expires in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witwer
CIO
Ottumwa
Casey
Unio
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Lloyd Klopp
Old
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Harriet Gard
Sioux City
Klopp
Charles Luse
Carmichael
Lou Kassler
Luse
George Pierce
Cora Archer
Marie
Pierce
Mrs. Gard
Miss Gard
Mrs. Klopp
Rebecca Street
Letha Marie Vaughn-Archer
Topeka
Kan
Harriet
Betty McBride
Nancy Ellen Hanscom
Iowa State College
Carmichael, Pa
Gard
Doris Eckhart
Garrison Family Reunion
Gordon Hatchery
Linn
Masonic Temple
Pvt
Donald Dukek
Earl Dukek
Alburnett
Harold Krause
Springville
Everett Brunscheen
Wyoming
Dukek
Boston
Grove City
Rebekah Lodge No
I. O. O F. Hall
A. E. Granger
7Th Avenue
George Burrell
Leo Burrell
Melvin Dubbs
W. C. Dubbs
Monay
Richard A Crew
la Verna Crew
Walter H. Applegate
Merrill Brundage
Charles Landis
Clinton
Landis
Brundage
Prop Busters Model Airplane Club
Pleasant Grove
Pleasant Grove School No
Frances Wahl
Maud H. Wheeler
Council of
St Paul's Lutheran Church
Trinity Lutheran Church
Harley W. Erwin
Irvin Scott
Jack
Margaret
Milford
N. J
William Erwin
Virginia
Floyd Emmons
J. B. Emmons
George M. Hibner
Eleanor Locke
Hutchinson
Owen
Central Avenue
K. V. Murdoch
Arlene Tow
Town State College
Carol Vollum
Albert Lea, Minn
Miss Tow
Mrs
Emmet Tow
J. R. Cruzan
Thomas Park
Katz Salvage
Indian Creek Fish and Game Club
Robert P. Burns
Marion School
Fairhursts
J. A. Beeson
Albert Bragg
Fort Des Moines
the Beesons
John A. Beeson, Jr
Fort Sill
Okla
Fry's Milk
Kensington
Karl J. Kassler
W E. Wilber
Ivanhoe Club
Glenn E. Kinser
Ninth Avenue
J. B Fosdick
Ivanhoe
Leo Levasseur
Leona
Dorothy
Mr. Levasseur
Mary Levasseur
O. J. Gerwig
U.I.U
Irene Alderson
W.C.T.U. Meetings
Mount Auburn Farm
Betty Mevers
Ofen
Thomas Wilkinson
Fry’s Milk Bar
Dan Enich
Iron Mike
Hawkeye
Dan
Davenport
Hallowe'en
Paramount Theatre
Bob Hope
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