Music Week Programs Delights Kent And Creston Crowds
Large afternoon audience in the business district enjoyed martial music as Creston band adds two out of town players. Recitals by Creston pupils at the high school followed, with a Kent cantata and variety program drawing about 1,000 at the auditorium. The week’s events featured cantata solos, piano numbers, glee clubs, and an Easter cantata praised for quality and training.
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Creston
Eva Wallace
Zion Quartet
Murray
Christ
Fontanelle
Kent
Ferne Lininger
Karl McIntyre
Kent High School Glee Club
Marie Sweeney
Marista Walsworth
Russel Neville
Tsrake University
Nevinle
Pes Stuhlmiller
Foninelle
Polk
Vivian Anstey
Charles A. Hayden
C. J. Fiddick
Fiddick
Harriete Lewis
Melvin McCurdy
Opal Hai Edith
Betty Quackenbush
Josephine Graham
Helen Brown
Milen Ide
Shirley Richardson
Albert Farrell
Horace Boyd
Ruth Snyder
Treva Clayton
Helen May Luce
Frances Dwyer
Helen Louise Liehty
William Minefield
Vivian Goodfellow
Mrnday
Black Cat Sereneaers
BE. L. Carroll
Evelyn Thlughes
Mary McLeod
Windmills of Holland
Crestor Junior High
Glee Clubs
Summer School Tours Planned by Chamber Members
Two chamber tours for the summer school program were conducted today visiting southern cities. Jimo Roper and James McCoy planned stops in Lenox Clearfield Bedford Malcy Diagonal and Shannon City. George B. DeWolfe and Fred Ide drove to Mt Ayr and additional towns.
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Chamber of Commerce
Cheston
Jimo Roper
James McCoy
Lenox
Clearfield
Bedford
Mal Cy
Diagonal
Shannon City
George BE. DeWolfe
Fred Ide
Mt. Ayr
Do You Know Iowa Supreme Court and Constitution Facts
The questions ask which Iowan served on the U S Supreme Court which year Iowa adopted its present constitution how many counties Iowa has which Iowan ran for president in 1892 and where a French community once existed in Iowa including its location.
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Associated Press
Iowa State Historical Society
United States Supreme Court
Iowa
Contest Seeks Slogan From Readers for Daily Advertiser
Six more days remain for the slogan contest offering a $5 prize. Residents from Cromwell to Creston may submit entries. slogans are placed in a sealed box numbered for merit based judging by a committee led by Harry Coen Elmo Roper and Arthur Glick.
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Cromwell
Lorimer
Kent
Afton
Creston
Daily Advertiser
Harry Coen
Elmo Roper
Arthur Glick
Union
Gray Testifies On Attack In Snyder Murder Case
Henry Judd Gray described using a sash weight to beat Albert Snyder and recounts strangling attempts with wire while under what he called magnetic influence from Ruth Snyder. The testimony, amid unruly crowds, portrayed Pinkerton-like coercion as he claimed no intent to kill on his own.
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Queens County Court House
New York
Henry Judd Gray
Albert Snyder
Ruth Snyder
Gray
Legion Bugle Corps Approved in Creston Plans
Creston's American Legion post approved a municipal drum and bugle corps to be built from World War veterans. Dr W P Jones named president. Elmer Hardman secretary. James McCoy treasurer. Initial unit to include eight snare drummers two bass drummers eight buglers two herald trumpeters with Lute Bartlett as drum major. An outside director will train the group and practice several nights weekly. May 19 declared Legion Day with events at McKinley Park and hopes to invite Ralph McGinnis to speak.
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Creston
American Legion Post
W. P. Jones
Elmer Hardman
James McCoy
Lute Bartlett
Legion Corps
Potter Post Hall
George Newcomb
Legion
World War Veterans
Legion Day
McKinley Park
Kywa
Ralph McGinnis
Leon
Wterans
Cleo Clayton
Fred Kunath
The
Playground Plans Abandoned for This Summer Creston
Harry Coen, general chairman for four grad school parent teacher associations, announces that supervised playgrounds planned for Creston this summer are dropped for the year. Aimed to raise about 60 to 700 dollars, the project was started too late to finalize details. Next year the committees will push to adopt the program with school board and club cooperation.
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Creston
Harry Coen
Coen
Sermons by Rev. Owen Thomas Noted in Mason City
Rev. Owen Thomas of Fontanelle delivered sermons at the Odd Fellows' home in Mason City last Sunday morning and afternoon and spoke in the First Presbyterian church that evening. District court sessions resumed in the afternoon with Judge Warner A Fuller presiding after a recess for Creston lawyers in the supreme court. Forty Rebekah lodge members from Creston plan to drive to Fontanelle tomorrow to observe Fourth of July degree work if weather remains fair.
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Owen Thomas
Fontanelle
Odd Fellows
Mason City
First Presbyterian Church
Warner A Fuller
Creston
Supreme Court
Rebekah Lodge
County to blade grade 100 miles of Union roads this year
Union county will blade grade about 100 miles of county roads in 1927 under county engineer Guy A. Perry. The work includes ditch cleaning, surface leveling, drainage improvements, and maintenance plus bridge work. Seven township bridges failed in recent floods, needing steel trusses or wood replacements. construction will begin once materials are obtained.
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Union County
Guy A. Perry
Perry
Lincoln Township
Pleasant
Jones
County
Twelve Mile Creek
Creston Man Sentenced 39 Days for Variance Charge
L M Curry of Creston began a 39 day jail term after arraignment yesterday before Justice of the Peace Ross Peterson on a variance charge.
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L. M. Curry
Creston
Justice of the Peace
Ross Peterson
Union County Red Cross Fund Drive Nears Quota
Union County flood relief efforts expand as four Creston banks report 885.10 in donations plus added Rotary Kiwanis totals pushing county aid over 5 200. The initial 700 quota grew to 1 400 with rising disaster needs. List of donors incomplete and canvass ongoing.
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Union County
Red Cross Fund
Mischvaipp Valley
Creaton Banks
Kiwanis
Rotary Cabic
Ben
Creston
Rotary-Kiwanis
Rotary-Kinacia
Crete
Hoon
Red Cross
Rotary Club
Richard Fils
Hatch Motor Co
Burlington Mrt
House
Fred Keehn
Elliott x
L. C. Mitchell
SENSE
Sevee
Earbgeck
Joe Crowder
James Hawks Liat Seokinees
Farmers’ Union
Mark Noble
Frad Worsley
A. Woreley
Joe Worsley
Ed Wallace
Fred Peterson
Evelyn Heessel Wins Recognition at Conservatory Contest
Miss Heessel of Creston has won the preliminary contest of the American music conservatory, earning a place in the final on May 14. She may play with the Chicago orchestra on the commencement program. She is noted for rapid progress and wins in piano and plane department contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hivelyn Heessel
Creston
George FP. Ogden
American Music Conservatory
Deer Movies Register
John Heese
West Jefferson
Miss Heesell
Chicago Orchestra
American Conervatory
MacDowell
Webb Held For Car Accident
G. A. Webb of Creston posted a $1,000 bond on a charge of driving while intoxicated. County Attorney Adam Pickett announced the preliminary information filed by E. B. McCaun alleges Webb drove the automobile which crashed into the Mcptoun car near the county farm on the night of April 26.
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G. A. Webb
Creston
Adam Pickett
E. B. McCaun
Webb
Mcptoun
Correction to Red Cross donors listed in Daily Advertiser
A correction notice clarifies that the Baptist church gift was from the Agenda class and that Mr and Mrs John McNees gave $4 instead of $2 in the Wednesday issue. The Advertiser notes changes to donor attributions in the relief list.
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Red Cross
Daily Advertiser
Baptist Church
The
John McNees
Mrs. Cline Returns Home From Villisca Visit
Mrs. A. Cline arrived home this afternoon from Villisca after spending the past week with her daughter Mrs. E. C. Adkins and family.
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A. Cline
Villisca
E. C. Adkins
Rescue Effort Races As Flood Threatens 3000 Victims in Louisiana
New Orleans reports 50 000 people displaced by the Mississippi flood. Lifesavers and navy planes assist in refugee rescues across northeastern Louisiana and Mississippi. Frightened families cling to shelters, trees, and rooftops as crews divert water to protect sugar cane belts while levees are reinforced and livestock risks rise.
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New
Orleana
Louisiana
Mississippi
Ight House Department
Atlantic
Gulf
Great Lakes
Monroe
Ounehita Parish
Ounehita
New Orleans
Red River
Alexandria
Ouachity
Monron
D M Moore Dies At Shannon City
David M. Moore longtime Creston resident dies suddenly at his daughter Mrs John Potes Shannon City home at 5 am He lived with his daughter since 1925 after wife’s death He was 74 Survived by two daughters Mrs John Cole Shannon City and Mrs William Otinger Columbus Oh two sons Dr H O Moore Leon and A R Moore Tarkio Mo one sister Mrs Mary Winston Greenfield Funeral at 2 pm Saturday at Roland funeral home Creston conducted by Rev Moore Interment Graceland cemetery
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David M. Moore
Creston
John Pote
Shannon City
Moore
Oak Street
Mr. Moore
John Cole
William Otinger
Columbus
H. O. Moore
Leon
A. R. Moore
Tarkte
Mary Winsten
Greenfield
Roland
Graceland Cemetery
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Bkt
Zion and Murray
Neville
Drake
Snyder
Perry Gray of
Yasoo
Sunflower
Yazoo City
Miss
Red Cross National Guard
Boy Scouts
Salvation Army
Yazoo
Mississippi Delta
Loyal Legion
Adam Bogg
West Adams Street
Adam Begg
Gealie Near
Evelyn Heessel
D. M. Moore
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