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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1938
Page
1
At a special school board meeting Monday evening Supt Hefley was reelected as head of the schools here. All teachers except the Commercial department will sign new contracts at present salaries. Budget for teachers remains the same and elected teachers have until May 1 to sign.
The Hickory Grove community club met Friday evening with 83 attendees. The program featured Hickory Grove Orchestra, pupils in A Day at School, vocal selections by Evelyn Moore Elvis Sprigge and Mary Alice Nelson, readings by Audrey Nelson, guitar by Orville Stevens and Jird Groves, acrobatic stunts by Mary Lorain Neely, tap dancing by Faye Martin, a dialogue Jonathan's Daughters, and refreshments of ice cream and coffee. The program committee included Mrs Eldon Valentine Wilma Bohey and Eivour Straight.
Relatives and friends gathered at the Jesse Johnson home Sunday to honor Mrs Bob Anderson Mrs Jesse Johnson and Lewis Walker in a birthday dinner. Attendees included families of Horace Ginn George Beck Ray Walker and Fred Keith plus Bob Anderson Vern Petersen Marie Fickess and Jesse Johnson.
Mr and Mrs Jim Ackley announce their son Russell has been reelected to the same position in the Rhodes Iowa public school system.
A Gravity parish invites the public to a dramatization of a Cleveland court room trial where a middle aged business man allegedly killed two young men and a young woman after drinking at a State Liquor Store and speeding through a safety zone. Ministers urge cooperation with enforcement officers to prevent such tragedies, with play direction by an Anti Saloon League representative from Des Moines and a local cast list in the Independent.
Funeral attendance listed many relatives and friends from Illinois Iowa Missouri and Missouri towns including Stronghurst La Harpe Oakland and Shenandoah with numerous Kern Lovitt and Livingston families among attendees. The fragment notes multiple attendees from various towns to honor Jessé Lovitt last Thursday.
The Merry Minglers club met Friday evening at the Baker home with Mr. and Mrs. Arvy Baker hosting. Four tables of card play occurred and refreshments were served by the hosts.
Farmers report pin feathers gone after a wax dipping method as the wax hardens and is peeled off. Illinois growers build temporary straw baled silos with 12 bale high structures using 14 bales per course. Silage may have stored better if the silo were lined with paper to block air ingress. Feeding calves with bucket meals is compared to an umpireless football game. Two small stalls in the gate of the corral gate are suggested for easier feeding from the near side.
A group of twenty one local citizens with Anti Saloon League present the Trial Drama Death Takes the Steering Wheel in Gravity Christian church on Sunday April 10 at 8 pm. The play based on a real case shows a liquor influenced driver killing two youths and crippling a woman, with the state seeking punishment. Cast includes Judge A J Bissinger State's Attorney C Max Buck and others, with a listed jury pool.
James R. Locke attorney and counsellor at law operates from Farmers & Merchants Bank Building in Bedford Iowa. He maintains a general law practice in all state and federal courts with special attention to the settlement of estates.
E C Heaton of Clearfield announces candidacy for county attorney. Heaton has resided in Taylor County since 1918 after leading Clearfield public schools as superintendent and later working in Clearfield business. A 1909 Drake University law graduate aged 58, he is married with two daughters, one a high school commercial head and the other a teacher in Kellerton. Heaton also holds a liberal arts degree from Simpson College and a masters from Drake. He has not held elective county office but has been active in county affairs.
We express sincere appreciation for acts of kindness and sympathy shown during our sudden loss. Your help at the funeral and home will be remembered with gratitude by Jessie Lovitt and family, Glenn Lovitt and family, Jay Lovitt and family, and C. E. Paul and family.
A brief notice promotes subscribing to The Independent Nadio and notes available tubes and drug-related content or services.
Rachel O ive Paul born March 24 1869 Terra Haute Illinois died March 29 1938 Gravity Iowa at 69 years 5 days She moved to Iowa at age one lived on a Bedford area farm before marriage On April 4 1889 she married Jesse Lovitt and later settled near Gravity They had three sons Glenn Paul Lovitt died 1918 Jay Lovitt and Paul Lovitt She was a Methodist and charter member of the local Aid Society Survived by husband two sons eight grandchildren one great grandchild and a brother Willis A Paul Funeral held at the Gravity Methodist church with a mixed quartet and pallbearers C A Burwell John Pickering G B E Smith Lee Berry A J Leighton T A Young Interment Gravity Cemetery.
The Gravity Iowa town council will convene as an Equalization Board at the town hall on Monday evening April 18 at 7:80. Taxpayers will be heard for or against the tax levy set by the assessor.
Mrs. Wilma Roush made a business trip to St. Joseph on Tuesday. Aladdin lamps are needed, and supplies can be obtained at the local Drug Store.
Miss Mildred Smith of Norwalk is visiting this week with her sister Miss Helen Smith.
A two inch soaking rain hit dry Iowa starting Tuesday afternoon and continued for over 24 hours with a cold northeast wind. The moisture is expected to benefit crops and soil conditions overall.
The Women Study club met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. T. R. Hefley. Miss Orra Masker and Mrs. Arthur Meyers selected topics. The county Federated club convention will be held at the Methodist church here April 27.
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Howard Perdew on April 3. The announcement notes the new arrival but provides no further details.
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