Elmer's band grows from Viola high school jam sessions
A Viola resident pushes for a name band on Main Street sparking weekly summer concerts by a high school trio. Galen Robertson leads the juniors and seniors to perform popular tunes and marches while funds go into a kitty for saddle shoes or college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess Sherman
Ana
Anamosa
Elmer
Main Street
Lois
Gene
Viola
Galen Robertson
American Legion
J. D. Olson
Anamosa High School
JoAnn Story
Lois Raver
Aud Sherman
Joanna Dufloth
Catherine Maudsley
Milton Smith
Gene DeLancey
Jay Steele
Books Ready for Circulation at Public Library
Librarian Miss Metta Whitcomb lists new arrivals: adult nonfiction Price of Free World Victory by Wallace, Sweets Without Sugar by White, Practical Mathematics by Hobbs. adult fiction Little Tower Than the Angels by Sorensen, The Children by Fedstones, Song of Bernadette by Werbet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metta Whitcomb
Wallace
Sugar
White
Hobbs
Sorensen
Fedstove
Weret
Students enter senior year and enlistments noted
Mary Ellen Granger leaves Saturday for Cornell. Others depart this weekend for Mr Vernon to enter college include Theola Gordon Dale Thomas Melvin Meggers and Lyle McConaughy. Harold Miller son of A E and Mrs Miller, Fort Sam Houston Texas, has enlisted in the navy as petty officer second class and will be stationed in Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ellen Granger
Cornell College
Mr. Vernon
Theola Gordon
Dale Thomas
Melvin Meggers
Lyle McConaughy
A. E. Miller
Harold Miller
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Navy
Houston
Janette Roberts to Be Married School and family announce engagement
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll F. Roberts of Marion announce the engagement of their daughter Janette to Keith Jacobs son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Jacobs of 525 Tenth Street. The couple, both Springville High School graduates, plan a late September wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll F. Roberts
Marion
Janette
Keith Jacobs
H. C. Jacobs
Tenth Street
Miss Roberts
Mr. Jacobs
Springville High School
Four Generations Gather For Weekend at Coon Home
Four generations will be represented in the guests spending the weekend in the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Coon. They are Mrs. Coon's mother Mrs. W. J. Bean of Coon Rapids, her daughter Mrs. Emil Hachmeister of Council Bluffs, and Mrs. Hachmeister's son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Stages and their son Billie of Red Oak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred G. Holsinger
Denver
Robert Gunn
el Paso
Texas
J. E. ‘Homans
Homans
Robert Nass
Waterloo
L. C Coon
Coon
W. J. Bean
Coon Rapids
Emil Hachmeister
Council Bluffs
Hachmeister
Mrs. Sherman Stages
Billie
Red Oak
Public Library Offers Surgical Dressing Classes
Classes in surgical dressings will be held this week in the public library auditorium at multiple times. Monday at 7 p.m. with Mrs Lumer Lorence, Wednesday at 9 p.m. with Mrs Herbert Dunn, Thursday at 2 p.m. with Mrs Louis C Ross, and Friday at 2 p.m. with Mrs M H Biddick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Library
Lumer Lorence
Herbert Dunn
Louis C Ross
M. H. Biddick
Local clubs plan meetings and visits in Monday events
The Mary Lowe Dickinson circle of King's Daughters begins season with a 7 30 p m meeting at Miss Ruth Engstrom's home. Devotional and program titled Gods Hand in War will be presented by Engstrom. Various church groups announce Thursday meetings and a De Molay Mothers circle picnic Monday at 6 30 p m at the Masonic temple. Several residents travel or move addresses in coming days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
Order of de Molay
Masonic Temple
The
Methodist Church
Lucille Bailey
Seventeenth Street
Irving Drake
Mary Lowe Dickinson
King’s Daughters
Ruth Engstrom
Fourteenth Street
Carl J. Kassler
Engstrom
de Molay Mothers Circle
Social notes and visiting arrangements in Marion area
Guests visited Owen Turner and Marvin Edison at their homes while the Oliphants hosted Mr Earl N Boyd’s sister Mrs Earl N Boyd. Bert Stafford traveled from Long Beach to Marion then Perry before heading to Los Angeles. Mrs C W Edwards, returning to Washington Kan, after visiting relatives in Marion Cedar Rapids. Marion lodge No 6 meets Tuesday at 7 30 p m. Grove City Rebekah lodge No 35 meets Monday 8 p m. Tuck-a-stitch club meets Tuesday at 2 p m. Mrs Lee R Fitzgerald to be discharged from Cedar Rapids hospital to 1150 Twelfth street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Turner
Marvin Edison
The
Oliphants
Mr. Oliphant
Earl N. Boyd
Bert Stafford
G. W. McElwain
Long Beach
Calif
Marion
Perry
Los Angeles
Grove City
Rebekah Lodge No
Lee R. Fitzgerald
Twelfth Street
Cedar Rapids
U S Troops to Take 15 Day Leaves From Alaska
Soldiers from the combat base in Alaska will receive 15 day leaves after arrival in the continental United States. Officers and men plan to visit hometowns from Ephyr Hills Florida to New Mexico as they await homecoming. Families prepare fried chicken and meals as news of the policy spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hartford
Wilfred Craig
Lewisville
Ark
George Rister
Fred Kuhlman
Seattle
Continental
United States
Alaska
Ephyr Hills
Fla
Grady Peeples
Iowa
Donald Heiser
la Porte City
Arkansas
Neil Snyder
Camden
West Virginia
James McCallister
Saint Albans
Nebraska
Freeman Klein
Fairbury
New Mexico
Manuel Sisneras
Ledoux
Sioux City Man Inherits 57500 From Late Brother
Charles T. Hopper, a Sioux City furniture maker, was informed he will receive 57500 from his brother Edward Gordon Hopper, who recently died in Brooklyn New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Charles T. Hopper
Edward Gordon Hopper
Brooklyn
N. Y
Blood Serum Factory Saves Lives In Iowa
The Des Moines AP report details a state capitol annex laboratory that converts donor blood into universal serum. Since January 1, 1342 volunteers donated about 671 pints to supply emergency serum used across Iowa and, if needed, for military hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Capitol
Iowa
State Health Department
Burlington
Davenport
Council Bluffs
Ames
Sioux City
United States
Wisconsin? Religious Education Week Proclaimed by Wilson
Iowa Gov George A Wilson proclaims September 27 to October 3 as Religious Education Week saying efforts to strengthen moral and spiritual forces are vital in stressing times. He urged all the resources of the people to fortify free institutions and support the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
George A Wilson
Iowa
Wartime weddings endure as couples marry and persevere
Dr. Hanscom notes optimistic wartime marriages among American couples at The Little Brown Church and beyond Pearl Harbor. Wives join the war effort, buy bonds, and plan a future home front, proving love and marriage survive even amid conflict and loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanscom
Little Brown Church
Pearl Harbor
Two Sets of Twins Enter Mt Vernon Kindergarten
Mt Vernon welcomes 19 children to kindergarten including two twin pairs. Ringer twins Larry and Jerry share a crown in Larrys dark hair and attend class with their sister and other twins. Johnston twins Jane and Janet ride to school with their parents and enjoy farm life observations. Both twin groups are noted for retelling stories from Mrs Hammonds lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Ink
M ™ Vernon
Mt. Vernon
Davids
Russell Hammond
Larry
Ringer
Jerry
J. B. Ringer
Sutherland Dows
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Cedar Rapids
Johnston
Jane
Janet
Julian Johnston
George Wilsons
Hammond
Monticello Scrape Drive Yields Large Scrap Mountain
Monticello residents joined a Friday and Saturday scrap drive with a parade and school participation. C J Matthiessen reported about 125 tons collected by Friday night and eight tons from the WWI cannon donated by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, with proceeds to war activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Monticello
Main Street
Sacred Heart School
Triple-A
First Street
C. J. Matthiessen
Veterans of Foreign Wars
J. J. Egger
X. Ray Childress
B. B. McLaughlin
Matthiessen
MacArthur Cousin A WAAC Graduate
Mrs Gretchen MacArthur Thorp of San Francisco a distant cousin of Gen Douglas MacArthur leads WAAC third officers leaving Fort Des Moines for active duty. She keeps the relation modest and vague noting a connection through her great great grandfather who settled in New York after coming from Scotland. She said she met MacArthur once at West Point during his tenure there. She is Grinnett College 1930 graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Des Doines
Gretchen MacArthur Thorp
San Francisco
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
South Pacific
WAAC
Fort Des Moines
Thorp
Scotland
New York
Manchester Birth On Marine Father’s Birthday
A son named John Jr. was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Cox in Manchester this week on the father’s birthday. The father serves as a marine in foreign service. Mrs. Cox is Betty Howard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Howard of Manchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
John Cox
John, Jr
Foreign Service
Cox
Betty Howard
H. L. Howard
Columbus Junction
E. M. Burnell
Cedar Rapids
Linn Grove
Muscatine
Burnell
Winneshiek County Jurors Are Drawn
Judge T. H. Goheen will preside Winneshiek district court opening Oct 5. The grand jury is to report that day with jurors including Earl Springmire Burr Oak G T Haatvedt Calmar W C McLain Canoe Ed Hoyme Decorah John C Schutta Frankville J B Mullaney Fremont Frank Jirak Jackson Herman Soukup Lincoln Gilbert Evenson Mili-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
T. H. Goheen
Calmar
Winneshiek County
Earl Springmire
Burr Oak
G._ T. Haatvedt
W. C. McLain
Canoe
Ed Hoyme
John C. Schutta
Frankville
J. B. Mullaney
Fremont
Frank Jirak
Jackson
Herman Soukup
Lincoln
Gilbert Evenson
Mili
Cornell staff reassigned amid navy training program
Gray, Cornell registrar, in St Louis on navy college program duties to be allocated with other faculty. Mrs Milford Newman health clinic nurse joins husband in service. Miss Mildred J Martzell will assume duties. Blanche Marquart replaces Marie Woerfel in physical education. Eunice McCart library duties taken by Mary Helen Morling. Charles Hokonson now ensign in navy in Iowa City. Alan DuVal former German teacher in air corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford Newman
Mildred J. Martzell
Blanche Marquart
Marie Woerfel
Eunice McCart
Mary Helen Morling
Charles Hokonson
Navy
Iowa City
Alan DuVal
Air Corps
Cedar County Draftees Sent to Camp Dodge by Bus
A Tipton report lists Cedar County inductees departing for Camp Dodge by chartered bus. Included are Max M. Biggs and several others from Tipton Lisbon Mechanicsville West Branch and nearby towns, with transfers from Jefferson and DeWitt counties among the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Tipton
Cedar County
Camp Dodge
Max M. Biggs
Raymond Fuess
Lisbon
Francis Mahoney
Robert Rehmke
Stanwood
James Rife
Mechanicsville
la Moyne Murray
Arnold Kahl
Clarence
Harold Ford
Ralph Yule
John Hemingway
West Branch
Louis Crock
Cedar Rapids
LeRoy Hansen
Cudgel Leaves Shenandoah for G A R Encampment
J M Cudgel aged 95, longtime commander of the Iowa G A R, departed Shenandoah Saturday for Indianapolis to attend the national encampment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
INS
J. M. Cudgel
Iowa G. A. R
Indianapolis
Ind
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anamosa Job
Farm Bureau
American Legion Auxiliary
Rotary
Topsy
New Lazette
Cornell
Hutchinson
H. R. Livingstone
Cedar Falls
J. E. Homans
Elvin Shirley
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
Charles Harlan
Anna Flickinger
Marion Fish and Game Club
Dye's
Fred M. Blakeslee
Bridge Club
L.e.fuller, Jr
Chicago
W. G. Bowen
Savanna
I. Js Mee
W. H. Ray
R. D. ‘@enley
Eighth, Avenue
Janette Roberts
Myron Sorden
Mrs. Sorden
Gilbert Voorhies
Webster
Mr. Sorden
K-V Cafe
Theristrial Club
N. A. Baker
Central Avenue
Canada
Elmer Hollingsworth
Martin’s Creek
Henry Boesenberg
Harry Snell
South Eleventh Street
Cary Club
Methodist
Child Study Club
Fay Bailey
Bernard Schenken
Neal Bunting
C. J. Newlin
Robert Newlin
Fitzsimons Hospital
Ladies Aid Society
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
William Fowler, Jr
Harry Fox
Ladies Aid and Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
J. Lawrence Bigger
Ben F. Gill
D. B Storck
A. J. Dahn
Rhoades Convalescent
First Avenue
Eighth Street
Jack Gibney
Mrs. J. A. Neff
Ray Newman
Roy Oliphant
Dearborn
Mich
Newmans
C. W. Edwards
C B. Vernon
Gordon Edwards
Washington, Kan
Dr. Drummond
Seventh Avenue
Marion Lodge
A. F
A. M
James A. Pringle
Alta Landolf
Charles Will
Vinton
D. A. King
English Boulevard
Arthur Shore
U.S
Anna Russell
New Philadelphia
Ohio
Frank
Eva Hied
Hosmer
S. D
Ervin
Blood Factory
Wilson
Little Brown
Vale
Nashua
William S. Pitts
Twins
Ringer, Jr
Dad
Eldon Johnson
Northern Ireland
MacArthur Cousin
Iowa News
Walker
Richard Jordan
Cherrys Pasture
Monona
S. Schoentag
Smith-Hughes
George Pederson
Froelich
Iowa State Teachers College
Jesse Cundy
NYA
Clinton
Dubuque
West Union
Fayette County
Schoolmasters’ Club
C. B. Christian
Russell Baker
Maynard
D. R. Roberts
C. J. Robinson
Elgin
L. F. Bachman
Randalia
R. D. Noble
Oelwein
W. J. Edgar
Stanley
Elkader
Henry Moen
Frank J. Geling
John Smpehl
Mildred Larson
Military
M. B. Arneson
Grant Hanson
Martin Solem
Henry Severson
Pleasant
George C Huber
Ed Shiral
Sumner
Marie Haugen
Joseph Jordahl
Springfield
Louis Bullerman
Edward Buchelt
Leo Volimecke
Washington
New Clinic
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