New license plate numbers assigned by county
Union county will use 77 for 1928 plates replacing 79 as Jasper and Lee move to the letter system. Adair Adams keep 4 and 2. Clarke 18 and Decatur 24. Madison 53. Ringgold 70. Warren? Wapello moves to 79 next year. plates will be black on white. 660000 pairs ordered, 70000 truck numbers. 651475 cars and 52290 trucks registered last year. 10208674.84 in fees for 1926. current receipts higher. Four carloads shipped from Anamosa facility, Union tally shows 4071 plate pairs sold to date, 4375 in 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County
State Motor Vehicle Department
Jasper
Lee
Adair
Adams
Clarke
Decatur
Madison County
Ringgold
Wapello County
Anamosa
Guy H. McCornack
Final Program Presented By Grade Children
A farewell program at Jefferson grade school featured sixth grade pupils preparing to enter junior high next fall. Fifth graders attended. The program included solos by Eva Nelson Earla Schaffer Lillian Vansickle Darlene Manielson and Marjorie Boswell a piano duet Mary Butts and Louisa Wells readings by Elmore Porter Maxine Metz Roceda Roberts Merna Woods Eleanor Wenn and Glen Foster a bari tone horn solo by William Ribbey cong Paul Long Gerald Laughlin Glen Herzog and Neal Harmon a farewell song by Margaret Coakley Catherine Gross Arlene Miley and Edith Davis and a farewell exercise by Irsle Mulwee Horace Boyd Henry Twyford and Bernard Krueger Eva Nelson read the class property and Leonard Peterson recited the class will both amusing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
Eva Nelson
Earla Schaffer
Lillian Vansickle
Darlene Manielson
Marjorie Boswell
Mary Butts
Louisa Wells
Elmore Porter
Maxine Metz
Roceda Roberts
Merna Woods
Eleanor Wenn
Glen Foster
William Ribbey
Paul
Junior Feeders To Try Judging In County Tour
The fame bureau with county club leaders plans a baby beef and pig club tour for June 9. F P Reed will accompany members and parents. The day includes a noon picnic and judging at members' homes, focusing on beef cattle Herefords Shorthorns and Angus. All interested youths may join. parents should accompany to compare calves and pigs. Tour begins 9 am at the farm bureau office in Creston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fame Bureau
F. P. Reed
Farm Bureau
Creston
Agent Outlines Plans For Tour To Ames Iowa State College
L A Nordhausen county agent outlined plans for the Union county farm tour to Iowa State College at Ames on June 15 during the Sand Creek township farm bureau meeting. He also discussed the need for the third fruit spray. The gathering was held in a church two and a half miles east of Arispe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County
Iowa State College
Ames O
Sand Creek
L. A. Nordhausen
Arispe
Initiation at Creston A M O S Meeting Attended by Local Members
Five candidates were initiated last night by Gaza Sanctorum No 236 of the Ancient and Mystic Order of Samaritans at the I O O F hall. New officers installed include H E England as collector and Louis Brown as grand monitor among others. Azag Chapter Zuanna women’s auxiliary hosted a post initiation dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaza Sanctorum No 236
Order of Samaritans
I. O. O. F. Hall
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Fred C. Hill
Osceola
Lloyd D. Martin
H. Armstrong
Creston
William Carl
E. J. Little
Murray
Malolo Liner Collided Off Nantucket During Trial Cruise
The Matson liner Malolo with 310 aboard remained afloat after a collision 15 miles southwest of Nantucket lightship on the first day of its trial run. The ship, largest U S passenger vessel, was rammed by the Norwegian freighter Jacob Christensen in heavy fog and awaited clear weather to transfer passengers and crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Matson
Mailolo
Gibbs Brothers
American Merchant Marine
United States
San Francisco
Honolulu
Madison Women Have Big Day
With 300 women from all six teen townships attending, Madison county farm bureau Achievement Day drew a large crowd. Fifteen townships exhibited and about eighty-five posters were shown. Lincoln township won first place followed by Douglas and Jackson. A two day calf pig and lamb feeding contest tour will visit junior club members homes on June 1 and 2 with a picnic dinner both days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winterset
Advertiser
Madison County Farm Bureau
Lincoln Township
Douglas
Jackson
Fiers Elected To Head P T A
Cc E Fiers was elected president of the Lincoln school parent teachers association at a business meeting held with the picnic at McKinley park yesterday evening. Mrs H J Trusty was elected vice president, Mrs James Cronan secretary, and Mrs David Hughes treasurer. Fifth grade girls performed a May pole dance directed by Mrs C C Rambo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cc. E. Fiers
Lincoln School Parent Teachers’ Association
McKinley Park
H. J. Trusty
James Cronan
David Hughes
C. Rambo
McCreary In New Location
The McCreary Motor company now operates from 224 North Pine Street after a full remodeling. Charles McCreary runs the business and Paul Wolfe will open the service shop next week after relocating from Creston and working in Council Bluffs. The firm sells Oakland and Pontiac cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCreary Motor Company
Charles McCreary
North Pine Street
Paul Wolfe
Creston
Council Bluffs
McCreary Company
Oakland
Pontiac
Lindbergh Parade Draws Unprecedented Paris Ovation
Paris crowds greet Captain Charles A. Lindbergh with massive cheers as he tours the city after arriving at Le Bourget. He vows to remain a plain aviator and donates 150000 francs to French aviators families, earning French admiration. Officials deploy troops to manage crowds as the hero plans to visit Brussels and London. Ambassador Herrick praises Lindbergh as a fine representative of America.
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Paris
Charles Lindbergh
Woodrow Wilson
Lindbergh
The
Aero Club
America
Nungesser
Coli
Brussels
London
Herrick
County Corn Planting Far Ahead Iowa County
County Agent LL A Nordhausen reports eighty five percent of corn acreage in the county planted while Iowa's state average stands at fifty eight percent. Some fields are being cultivated while others are plowed for early maturing seed beds. Warm weather aids germination and sprouting with recent showers boosting crop prospects. Wheat acreage is small but in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County
LL. A Nordhausen
Government
Iowa
Nordhausen
Shannon City
Arispe
Legion Proposes Lindbergh Honor for Boone Post
The American Legion post in Boone Iowa proposes honoring Capt. Charles Lindbergh by inviting him to Paris as a guest of the legion with all expenses paid, and to accompany the second AFEF home trip. National headquarters in Indianapolis was notified of the Boone resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
American Legion
Charles Lindbergh
Boone Post
National Legion
Lindbergh
Paris
A. FE. F
Legion
Indianapolis
Hearst to Speak at eighth district bureau conference in Bedford
Charles Hearst president of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation will deliver the principal address at the eighth district bureau conference in Bedford on June 2. All Union county farmers are invited to attend the meeting. Electroliers in the business district are being repainted dark green by the Iowa Southern Utilities Company. Mrs Dayton Tripp and Grace and Jessie Stripp of Kent visited on business Thursday. Mrs Oscar Peterson and son Carl left for Hamburg to visit relatives and attend the alumni banquet Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hearst
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Bedford
Union County
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Dayton Tripp
Grace
Jessie Stripp
Kent
Foreston
Oscar Peterson
Carl
Hamburg
Peterson
Minister Will Talk to Grade School Pupils
Eighty seven junior high pupils will graduate to the senior high school at 8 o'clock tonight in the senior high auditorium. Rev W Graham will deliver the address. Music includes Miss Thelma Lane piano solo by Charles Hickok and Shirley Richardson, with a 16 voice girls chorus. Certificates presented by L L McGregor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Ll. McGregor
Board of Education Gradutes
John's
Billy Walker
Edward Lamb
Dorothy Stearns
Kenneth Carney
Wayne Smith
Lloyd Holmes
Harry Kiesling
Obert
Maud Fisher
Ruby Johnson
Mary Brennan
Lulu Hartson
Monica Birkner
Hazel Reed
Blanche Easton
Thelma Lane
Poppy Day Sale Directed by Mrs Spriggs in Creston
Mrs Walter Spriggs named general chairman of the annual Poppy Day sale set for Saturday in Creston with Ward chairmen and Campfire girls handling downtown and residential districts. Proceeds aid local war veterans and dependents. flowers produced by Knoxville government hospital patients. Mayor Newcornbl proclaims Saturday as Poppy Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Spriggs
North Oak Street
Lula Blazek
Creston
American Legion
Bernice Herring
Sale Ward
Ida Schrader
Arthur Glick
H. ©. Harvey
Victor Blazek
Pauline Hurlburt
Moss Blazek
Government Hospital
Knoxville
Satuday
George Newcormbl
Hearing On Cromwell School Dissolution Delayed To June 6
Attorneys for petitioners and objectors consent to a continued hearing on the dissolution petition of the consolidated independent school district of Cromwell. The session before county superintendent Mira Day is reset for Monday June 6 at 9 a.m. Objections filed by Kinkade total ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidated Independent School District
Cromwell
Mita Ella Day
Mira
Miss Day
Kinkade
Hogs and Cattle Entered in State Contests on Union Farms
Union county farms displayed hog and cattle feeders in a statewide tour arranged by L. A. Nordhausen. Ten litter entries were shown at the Hartman and Applegate farms, with 235 farmers entered and $1000 in prizes for the heaviest litter in 180 days. The cattle contest includes 33 entrants with $1000 in cash prizes, requiring 20 calves fed for 15 months and weighing the top 15 for profit. CC W McDonald spoke for Iowa State College Extension to start records for the tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County
Farm Bureau
L. A. Nordhausen
FL O. Hartman
Lorimer
P. E. Applegate
Dodge Township
Jlartman
Applegate Place
B. L. Tyler
Fred Day
Union
CC. W. McDonald
Lowatute College
British White Paper Exposes Soviet Espionage Ties
London May 26 The British government releases a white paper detailing documents from the raid on the Soviet trade delegation Arcos Ltd and a Soviet clerk Anton Miller. The papers allege hostile Soviet activities and a propaganda network linking the Third International to British and American communists. Washington reports no new official comment, noting prior U.S. surveillance of suspected agents and interest in the London revelations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Documenta
Arcos, Ltd
Great Britain
Unite Rtates
Anton Miller
Baldwin
House of «Ot
Teley
Piom Ar Pauldwin
Amertes
Tetaye
Alieper Soviet Ac
Hanes
Laidwin
Areos, Ltd
Sub
Rvice
Washington
Department of Justice
I.udon
Talmage Picnic Well Attended
A community picnic in Talmage Iowa on May 26 hosted by teachers Miss Irene Brown and Miss Edith Thompson drew a large crowd. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Harry Siddens Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miler and numerous local residents such as Mrs I S Harris Opal and Wanda Harris Mrs Roy Rees and many White and Knotts family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Rees
Jimmie
Richard Rees
Walter Fimpson
Mary Siiresen
Helen Thornburg
Charle Ames
Pert Hewett
John Pettett
B. B. White
Abbert White
Theola
Pauline White
F. Knotts
Betty Mae
Audrey
Neva Knotts
Revival Draws Large Crowds in Local Church
The revival meeting of the assembly of God church draws strong interest as Texas evangelist preaches engaging sermons. Last night he spoke on the prodigal son with humor and pathos. Pastor Rev. C. R. Dobson urges the public to attend as he will present a sermon using a colored chart on Thursday night about the Garden of Eden fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelist
Garden of Eden
Glick and Royce Advance to Crestmoor Golf Finals
Arthur Glick and RBM Royce won their Class A semi finals at Crestmoor Golf Club in the annual spring tournament. Glick beat Clair Diy 8-2 to reach the final, while Royce defeated J G Macrae to set up the final match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Glick
Rbm Royce
Crestmoor Golf Club
Giik
Clair Diy
Royce
J. G. Macrae
Mrs Sloan dies. longtime Creston visitor quoted
Mrs Elizabeth Sloan of Galesburg Illinois died at her home Tuesday morning. Funeral services were to be held in Galesburg this afternoon. She was a frequent visitor at the home of her sister in Creston and well known in Creston society.
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Elizabeth S Oea
James McKee
North
Spruce Street
Galesburg
Sloan
Creston
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