Reception at New Providence Tonight Is Announced
New Providence residents are invited to a school gym reception tonight at 8 for teachers and Rev. and Mrs. Wheeler and daughter. A brief program includes readings and vocal solos from local women. a "school board meeting" will follow with other numbers possible and a social hour after.
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New Providence
Wheeler
Robert Glenn
Charles Svendsen
Fred Mitchell
Clarence Reece
Wilson Hadley
Earl Marsh
Warren Reese
Wilbur Davis
Roy Wilson
Banquet Held by Clover Leaf Club at Lawn Hill Church
NEW PROVIDENCE The Clover Leaf club ladies entertained their husbands and families at a banquet held Friday evening at Lawn Hill church with 50 or more people present. Ed Clark of Kalona led community singing and gave a talk after the meal. Committee in charge included Mrs. G. V. Clark Mrs. Evan Reece and Mrs. Robert Glenn. Red and white color scheme used in decor and menu.
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New Providence
W. C. T. U. Elects Officers Tuesday
NEW PROVIDENCE Mrs Homer Hunt hosted the W C T U meeting with 12 members present. Officers for the new year were elected: President Mrs Wilbur Davis, Vice President Mrs Walter Cook, Secretary Mrs Walter Rogers, Treasurer Mrs E F Morris. Plans for the Mother and Daughter banquet were announced with date September 30. The group will meet again October 6 at Mrs Walter Tatum's home.
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New Providence
Homer Hunt
A. H. Frazier
Walter Tatum
Isaiah Fiscus
Union Signal
Charles Wood
Wilbur Davis
Walter Cook
Walter Rogers
E. F. Morris
Walter Johnson
Ed Fiene
Maurice Cook
Earl Reece
Alice Pool
B. R. Wood
Farm Quartet to Sing at Des Moines
NEW PROVIDENCE Fred Mitchell leads the Hardin County Farm Bureau state champion male quartet with Floyd Crosley Harold Faust and Irving Faust of Hubbard to perform at the Iowa Poultry Improvement association convention banquet in Des Moines Wednesday evening. Mrs Mitchell accompanies. Mrs Harold Faust and Mrs Crosley will attend with the group.
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New Providence
Fred Mitchell
Hardin County Farm Bureau
Floyd Crosley
Harold Faust
Trving Faust
Hubbard
Iowa Poultry Improvement Association
Des Moines
Debate Squad Formed at New Providence High School
New Providence high school started a debating program on Thursday September 16 with forty three students at the first meeting. J Morris Christy vocational agriculture instructor will lead the effort bringing three years of debate experience from Iowa State College. The squad will debate other high school teams and attend one or two state tournaments while also performing debates for local groups to promote speaking and self expression.
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New Providence
J. Morris Christy
Christy
Iowa State College
September Meeting Of New Providence Friends Auxiliary
The Ladies Auxiliary of the New Providence Friends church met at the church on Wednesday afternoon with 21 present. Program chairman Mrs. Guy Heath led the session. performances included songs by Mrs. Wilbur Wooten and Mrs. Mervyn Wooten, readings by Mrs. Lawrence Beach on piano, and a travel talk by Mrs. Bert Wilson about the Black Hills and Canada. Hostesses Mrs. Harry Faris, Mrs. Clarence Reece, and Mrs. Warren Reese served refreshments.
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New Providence
Warren Reese
Missionary Society Begins New Book Meeting
New Providence Woman's Missionary society met at Mrs. Homer Hunt's home due to road conditions. Jessie Tansey led opening song. Lana Beach led devotion. Five members received two year reading contest certificates from Yearly Meeting. Twenty two members attended with one guest, Mrs. H. W. Andrews.
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New Providence
Miriam Branson
Temperance
Homer Hunt
A. H. Frazier
Ed Feine
Roscoe Hunt
E. F. Morris
Isaiah Fiscus
P. L. Butler
Butler
Child Study Club Discusses P T A
NEW PROVIDENCE Mrs. Fred Mitchell hosted the Mother's Child Study department of the Woman's club with 17 members and two guests, plus 13 children. Discussion covered Looking Forward and whether New Providence should form a FP T A, hobby talks, and an April hobby display.
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New Providence
Fred Mitchell
Chelsea Beach
Cecil Cook
Woman’s Club of
Mitchell
Charles Wood
Anna Carter
Jesse Broer
Harold Hauser
Eldora
Walter Tatum
Lowell Olson
Roy Clampitt
James McKenzie
Alice Pool
Clarence Beach
Wendell Clampitt
Maurice Cagok
New Pastor Fills Providence Pulpit
Rev. Eli S. Wheeler began ministry at New Providence Friends Church serving as pastor with his wife and their five year old daughter Ellena Ann. He moved from Kansas City where he pastored three years and previously led churches at Tonganoxie and Hesper in Kansas Yearly Meeting.
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New Providence
Eli S. Wheeler
New Providence Friends Church
Ellena Ann
Kansas City
Mr. Wheeler
Friends Church
Tonganoxie
Hesper
Kansas
Teachers and Pupils Get Acquainted at New Providence High
The annual opening party at New Providence High School was held in the gym Friday. Students and teachers filled the auditorium for games and stunts, then moved to the community room for refreshments. A tie in judging left juniors and seniors equal, but a draw gave the seniors tickets to Alexander's Ragtime Band.
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New Providence
Dorothy Bower
Ida Mae Stevenson
Irene Peterson
Robert Rowley
Alexander
Supt. Ellis
Mrs. Ellis
J. Maurice Christy
Bernnard Reece
Harold Guthrie
Has Scholarship in Boston University Has Scholarship in Boston University
Gilbert Martin left Thursday for Boston Mass where he has been given a philosophy scholarship with an assistantship at Boston University He will graduate in June from DePauw University in Greencastle Indiana New Providence news covers trips vacations and local incidents including an auto trip by Mr and Mrs Clinton Barnes to visit relatives and oil station duties by Lawrence Rogers and Barnes parents. A fall sprain and a knee injury from a cow and a horse are noted as part of a weekend sequence. An Iowa Yearly Meeting heads of departments gathering in Oskaloosa is described along with visits by Mrs Homer Haworth and family and a train involved accident near Crosby Minnesota that killed a six year old child.
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Billy
Pound
New Providence
Henry Winslow
George
Lois
Joy
Cedar Falls
Winslow
Ruth Thornton
Edith Crosley
Jewell
Bessie
Wray Furlong
Anna Carter
Margaret
Auto
Michigan
Monas Squires
Bay City
Mich
George Felt
Detroit
Carter
Roy J. Clampitt
James Yount
A. V. Hobson
Lowell Perisho
Newton
Frances
Barbara Ann Yount
Edna Knight
Hobson
Lee Rash
Alexandria
Minn
G. V. Clark
Edith Clamnitt
Denver
Marshalltown
Chicago
Lilla Wallace
Gilbert Winter
Henry Meier
Lois Meier
Wayne Meier
Hubbard
Walter Rogers
Charles Rogers
Alden
Teslie Rogers
Charles
Walter
Ed Clark
Kalona
Ed Thompson
Sully
Clark
Hunter
Guy Thompson
Cole
Ruth
Frank Rhodes
Jean Strayer
Waterloo
Lowell Olson
Dickie
Mr. Olson
Guthrie Center
D. W. Gibbs
Cecil
James Chase
Ackley
Eldora
Pauline Gibbs
George Bailey Home
Chase
Frances Gibbs
Claire
Keith Rowley
Claire L. Ellis
R. D. Rabenold
Elizabeth
Owasa
Lenna Lundy
Fonza Winters
Whitten
Ray McLuen
Perry
Mr. McLuen
Oswald Carr
Alice Compton
Ida Mae Stevenson
Queete
Ralph Clampitt
Gon
Amy
Iowa College
Ruth Hobson
Phoenix
Ariz
Wesley Hobson
Helen Jane
Susan Hobson
Ames
B. C. Dean
Clyde Andrews
Lamont
Vernon Graves
Dean
Bernnard N. Reece
Keith
Arnold’s Park
Waldo H. Reece
Vernon
Maynard
Earlham
Mildred
Webb
Reece's
Kermit Whitehead
Reece
Leota Walton
Homer Haworth
Gilbert Martin
Boston
Mass
Boston University
DePaw University
Greencastle
Ind
New Providence News
Clinton Barnes
Barnes
Kansas City
Ozark Mountain
Tulsa
Oklo
Lawrence Rogers
Mr. Barnes
Harold Rash
Rosa Rash
Ada Wood
E. C. White
White
Guy W. Harvey
Lawrence Tatum
Walter Tatum
Clarence Hinshaw
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Boulder
Colo
Glenn Walton
Ralph Walton
Haworth
Minnie Walton
Walter Johnson
Luther Pound
Crosby
Elza
Ted) Pound
Elza Pound
Philbrook
Ludemann Jacobs Case Settled After Fatal 1937 Crash
The Grundy Register notes out of court settlement of the Ludemann Jacobs damage claims stemming from a September 1, 1937, accident near the county line east of Steamboat Rock. George Ludeman died at Eldora hospital after a collision with OBE Jacobs of Beaman, who received 600 dollars in full satisfaction. Both parties carried liability insurance.
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The
Grundy Register
Ludemann-Jacobs
Steamboat Rock
George Ludeman
Jacobs
Beaman
Ludeman
Eldora Hospital
Register
Ludemann
Hardin to Open Pheasant Season in Iowa Counties
The state conservation commission announced pheasant hunting will be allowed in Hardin and 40 other Iowa counties from November 12 to 14. The bag limit is three male birds and possession limit six male birds. Each open day runs from noon to five. Grundy and Franklin counties are included in the open territory.
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Hardin
Iowa
State Conservation Commission
Grundy
Franklin
Iowa Falls OKs 85,000 school bond on third try
Voters in Iowa Falls approved an 85 thousand dollar bond issue for a new school building on the third attempt. The margin was 1049 to 547 with a government grant covering 45 percent of project cost. The facility will include a grade school high school gymnasium and auditorium.
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Iowa Falls
Ackley approves municipal hall plan in special election
Ackley citizens vote 537 to 95 to erect a municipal hall on Memorial park. The 38 by 72 foot building, estimated at 30000 dollars, will use 13500 dollars in PWA funds. The hall will house a library, fire department and city offices with a small auditorium.
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Ackley
PWA
Memorial Park
Executions Reach 194 in United States in 1936
The U S census bureau reports that one hundred ninety four persons were executed in the United States during 1936.
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United States
U. S. Census Bureau
Big Demand for Movie Quiz Books
At the New Grand theatre manager Leo F Wolcott reports high demand for free movie quiz contest booklets. Over half of the initial batch has been distributed and a fresh supply has been ordered. The national contest for the motion picture industry runs to December 31 with 250000 in cash prizes including a 50000 first prize and 5408 other awards. Booklets detail rules and are available at the theatre.
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New
Grand Theatre
Leo F. Wolcott
State School Loses To Marshalltown In Hard Football Battle
The training school football team battled Marshalltown in Marshalltown Friday evening but lost 35 to 0. Marshalltown struck three times in the first half and added two touchdowns and a safety in the second. Starting linemen included Amsbarry, Hanson, Ampey, Giles, Fretter, Gordon, Anderson, Baker, Parker, Mallett and Schoenrock.
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Marshalltown
Amsbarry
Hanson
Ampey
Giles
Fretter
Gordon
Anderson
Baker
Parker
Mallett
Schoenrock
Union Boy Wins Calf in Scramble at Marshalltown Fair
Charles Williams of Union won a free Hereford calf in a calf scramble at the Marshalltown fair. twelve boys raced to calves, haltered them and moved them to waiting trucks. James McDonald and Robert Walters of Eldora also captured calves to buy at cost on a payment plan for 4-H club projects.
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Charles Williams
Union
Marshalltown
James McDonald
Robert Walters
Eldora
Clay Country Cousins 4-H Picnic at Pine Jake
The Clay Country Cousins 4-H club held a picnic at Pine Jake on September 9. Nine members joined one visitor, Mrs. Dan McCaw, for the outing.
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Clay Country Cousins
4-H Club
Pine Jake
Dan McCaw
Lightning Fatal to 409 People in U S in 1936
The U S census bureau reports that lightning claimed 409 lives across the United States in 1936. Researchers note weather patterns and regional risk areas as contributing factors.
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United States
U. S. Census Bureau
Big Time Features Coming to Eldor
Several outstanding pictures fill the six weeks calendars distributed Friday by the New Grand theatre. To Hot to Handle tops the list with a October 30 to November 1 screening, praised by Jimmy Fidler as the outstanding adventure picture of the year. Boys Town, featuring Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney, runs October 23 for three days, while Marie Antoinette with Norma Shearer Tyrone Power, John Barrymore, and Anita helps cap the slate.
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New Grand Theatre
Jimmy Fidler
Father Flanagan
Omaha
Spencer Tracy
Mickey Rooney
Marie Antoinette
Norma Shearer
Tyrone Power
John Barrymore
Anita
October Film Lineup Highlights Stars and Shows
Louise arrives October 9 11 Sonja Henie stars in My Lucky Star October 2 4 Music and football comedy Hold That Co ed features Joan Davis and Marjorie Weaver October 16 17 Midweek pictures include Janet Gaynor Three Loves Has Nancy Bing Crosby Fred MacMurray Wallace Berry Mickey Rooney Jones family Safety in Numbers Bobby Green Charlie Ruggles Irene Dare Breaking the Ice
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Louise
Sonja Henie
My Lucky Star
Joan Davis
Marjorie Weaver
Janet Gaynor
Nancy
Homicide Count in 1938 US Reaches Ten Thousand
The United States census bureau reports 10,232 homicides nationwide in 1938. This figure reflects a high level of violence across the country during the late 1930s, with fatalities recorded in multiple states and cities.
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United States
United States Census Bureau
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