All Iown Fair Winners and Local Civic Notices
The item lists winners and candidates for Marion area elections including councilmen in second and third wards, unopposed officials, and civic notes. It also covers social events, student moves, church and club activities, family reunions, and local visits with names and places throughout the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Hinderman
Art Kremer
H. W. Tillman
A. W. Vandevort
W. B. Jamison
Art Vandevort
Vandevort
Citizens
Milton Hunter
C. M. Donaldson
R. E. Barr
Diphtheria Deaths Rise Sharply in Iowa in 1938
AP reports a 300 percent rise in Iowa diphtheria deaths in the first half of 1938. Through June 30 nine deaths occurred versus three in the same period last year. 1937 total was eleven. Dr. J M Hayek urges immediate immunization campaigns and fall campaigns to counter winter danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Health Department
Iowa
J. M Hayek
Division of Maternal and Child Health
Hayek
Schick
All Wapello City Officers Reelected
The Gazette reports that in Wapello the regular city election returned all incumbents to office. 787 votes were cast, the highest in history, with W. R. Marshall defeating J. G. Keck for mayor. Robert Lewis won city marshal, W. J. Stroup became park commissioner, and councilmen races in the first ward elected Burns McNeil and Glen Buffington among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
W. R. Marshall
J. G. Keck
Robert Lewis
Fred Beilke
Howard Carter
W. J. Stroup
James Johann
W. J. Bishop
R. E. Russell
Burns McNeil
Glen Buffington
B. F. Peitis
R. C. Rukgaber
Cedar Rapids area couples receive marriage licenses
James A. Reed of Springville and Jessie Robinson of Cedar Rapids. Arthur Larimer and Maxine Hansen of Cedar Rapids. Vincent C. Hart of Iowa City and Grace Cira of Marion. Ellsworth Jakubec and Hazel Shoudy of Cedar Rapids. L. C. Arey and Mabel L. Drew of DeWitt. Walter H. James of Cedar Rapids and Helen E. Crane of Monticello. Howard W. McLaughlin and Lucile M. Reynolds of Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Reed
Springville
Jessie Robinson
Cedar Rapids
Arthur Larimer
Maxine Hansen
Vincent C. Hart
Iowa City
Grace Cira
Marion
Ellsworth Jakubec
Hazel Shoudy
L. C. Arey
Mabel L. Drew
DeWitt
Walter H. James
Cedar Rap- Berg
Helen E. Crane
Monticello
Natex Revives Central City Farmer Louis Brown
Louis Brown a prominent Central City farmer credits Natex with reversing a crippling decline. He states constipation headaches and fatigue vanished after a 30 day course restoring weight strength and stamina enabling him to work like a tireless Trojan and recommending Natex to friends. The Natex representative markets the remedy at Mays Drug Store 215 Second St SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Brown
Central City
Natex
Mays Drug
Second St. SE
Brown
Mays
Second Street SE
Marion City considers building a water plant with federal aid
Marion moves toward a city owned water plant and distribution system via a possible PWA grant. City Clerk Lothian will confer with engineers on plant cost and grant size while a private water company currently serves the town. A street corner bus stop will be relocated and a property alley conveyed to owners. A hotel sale offer is read and sent to the city attorney for legality review. Local residents and visitors join relatives of Miss Kemp and Mrs. Doolittle in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines. Lost yellow Jersey cow offered for reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
W. K. Lothian
PWA
Lothian
Eleventh Street
Seventh Avenue
First National Bank
Balster Furniture Company
Congregational Church
Hadsell Salvage and Wrecking Company of
Cedar Rapids
Biggs
Sixth Avenue
Olive Mills Johnson
Des Moines
Elda M. Kemp
Edith Russell Ellis
Olive Russell Williams
Milldale
Conn
Johnson
Miss Kemp
E. E. Doolittle
Mary Jane Russell Kemp
Givens Transferred Between Milwaukee Railroad Offices
W C Givens, superintendent at Marion since 1936, will move to Savanna Illinois on September 16. W G Bowen of Ottumwa may join the Marion office though not officially advised. A J Elder, former Marion superintendent now at Savanna TfL, has been shifted to Milwaukee as general superintendent, replacing P H Mee who died recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Givens
Milwaukee Railroad
Marion
Savanna, Ill
W. G. Bowen
Ottumwa
A. J. Elder
Savanna
Tfl
Milwaukee
P. H. Mee
Cary club opens year with luncheon meeting and new president
The Cary club held its first meeting of the year at Mrs. Clara Wilson’s home with fourteen members and guest Mrs. Mary Baker. Mrs. Carrie Reichert passed leadership to new president Mrs. Cecil Seger. Members shared vacation reminiscences of Fairhope and Yellowstone Carlsbad Caverns trips. The Rural Garden club met at Mrs. William Sherman’s home with ten members and guests Mrs. David Doyle and Miss Marilyn White attending. A picnic in the woods near Mrs. Susie Secrist Berry’s home will precede the next gathering, with a noon Sept 16 picnic at Mrs. John Wilds’ residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cary Club
Clara Wilson
Mary Baker
Carrie Reichert
Cecil Seger
Wilson
Fairhope
Ala
Owen Fernow
Yellowstone Park
Carlsbad Caverns
N. M
Rural Garden Club
William Sherman
David Doyle
Marilyn White
Sunday School Talk by Miss A Des Jardins in Marion
Miss A Des Jardins of Philadelphia a member of the church board of Christian education will speak on Sunday School and Christian Educational Work. Mrs Mark Tilton of Rochelle Illinois visits relatives in Marion with her grandparents Mr and Mrs E Williams and Mr and Mrs Dan Tilton. Norman Bunting from Wichita Kansas and Nettie White of Long Beach California visit Effie M Miller and Isabel Miller. Dean J Litchfield returns home from Cedar Rapids hospital still confined to bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth L. Winter
Chicago
Neal Bunting
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Moore
Betty Smith
Sigourney
Mrs Moore
A Avenue
A. Des Jardins
Philadelphia
Board of Christian Education of
The
Church
Mark Tilton
Rochelle, Il
Tilton
Dan Tilton
Rochelle
Williams
Effie M. Miller
Isabel Miller
Dean J. Litchfield
Inquest Called in Covadonga Death Case
An inquest was ordered Wednesday for Friday into the auto crash death of the Count of Covadonga in Miami Florida. The driver Mildred Gaydon a 25 year old cabaret dancer and last of a string of attractive women associated with the count is held on manslaughter charges pending the inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Count
Covadonga
Mildred Gaydon
Count of Covadongay to be buried in Florida by royal wish
The Count of Covadongay will be buried in Florida at the request of Queen Mother Victoria Eugenia. The burial location reflects a historic connection to the former Spanish empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Count of Covadongay
Florida
Spanish Empire
Victoria Eugenia
Powell Faces Serious Abdominal Operation
William Powell, famous screen star, entered Cedars of Lebanon hospital where he will undergo an abdominal operation on Thursday or Friday. Dr Clarence Moore called the operation very serious and noted a prior abdominal surgery a year earlier, with the second operation needed to complete the corrective process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mnollywood
INS
William Powell
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Clarence Moore
Powell
City Council Awards Sweepers and Coal Contracts
The city council awarded two street sweepers to Elgin Sweeper Company of Elgin Illinois for 15 278 88 under a one year rental with option to purchase. W G Block Company won the coal contract at 470 per ton. Both resolutions become final after seven days. A Seventh Avenue SE petition for bituminous surface was filed for seven days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin Sweeper Company
Elgin
W G Block Company
Seventh Avenue
Fifteenth
Sixteenth Streets
Petition Denied To Rezone F Avenue Properties NW
At a city plan commission meeting on Tuesday, the petition by A C Stewart to rezone properties at 400 and 330 F Avenue NW from residential to commercial was denied. Owners, including L A McFarlane at 400 F Avenue NW and seventeen nearby property owners, protested citing lack of need and the impact on a woodcutting business run by a resident family with three cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Plan Commission
A C Stewart
F Avenue NW
F Avenue 13
L A McFarlane
F Avenue
Fourth Street NW
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. E. Leidigh
Hazel Stewart
van Gorkom
Bess Golden
Sylvester Curtis
Fred Lang
Archie Milner
Amber Travis
LaVerna Crew
Irving E. Wade
E. C. Ham
Lois Lehdigh
Lang
Miss Lehdigh
Emma Williamson
Omaha, Neb
W. J. Goodyear
Mrs. Goodyear
Bunting
Thomas Park
Retta Knapp
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers College
Mabel Howard of
Ames
A. G. Beckman
S. T. Legvold
Oskaloosa
Gaumer Family
Andrew Neilson
Raymond
Margaret Nevills
Davenport
McFadden’s Coffee
Dickey's Foods
Mary Parkhurst
Long Beach
Calif
Vinton and Grundy Center
Carolyn Kahler
Emerson Building
Harlan
J. A Beeson
Board of Education
Thomas William
Myron Wood
Wood
Clementine Schminke
John Clay
Fourth Avenue
Methodist Women’s Home Missionary Society
Mother's Club
W. E. Peddycoart
D C. Marchant
Sixth Street
Penn Champ
Owens Drug Store
Charles Duke
Evelyn Ruth
Ruth Edleman
Omaha
Neb
Joseph Tichacck
Clyde Kearns
Macksburg
Mary Ellen Ford
Tenth Street
Jean Boyson
Presbyterian Church
Elton Melberg
Norway
Fayette County
Blakedale Gold Edgewood
Richard Blake
R. C. Blake
Oelwein
Wendell Willer
Tipton
South View Monarch
S. M. Salisbury
Ohio State University
John Doughty
Gazette
Jack Duncan
Columbus Junction
Howard W. McLaughlin
Lucile M. Reynolds
MR. Louis Brown
Marion News
Mildred Daniels
Effie Gaumer
S. T Legvold
Givens
Missionary Circle
Grace H. Starr
Bendix
Bendix Home Appliances
Paul Kelly
Third Street SE
Iowa Theater
Bill Powell
City Council
F Ave. NW
Tere
Pama Ter Ae
Omparison
Byron K, Anderson
Lem
Oscar A, Anderson
Merchants Bank Bldg
New
Boston
New Boston
Third Street
Krall Shoe CO
Foot and Shoe Research Department
the Makers of Health
Spot Shoes
Ali
Cnclosive Yuth Krall Shoe Co
First Street
Cedar
Renae Ja
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