Franchises Renewed For Iowa Nebraska Light Power Firm
The Iowa Nebraska Light Power Co has secured multiple franchise renewals in Gravity and surrounding towns as service expanded. The Aug 10 election will decide renewing Gravity’s franchise, which is non exclusive and allows street use for lines and poles. The company pledges to overhaul aging poles and wires to improve service and reduce radio interference.
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Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Company
Magnolia
Iowa
Pickering
Missouri
Riverton
Craig
Nebraska
Burlington Junction
Clyde
Ravenwood
Elmo
Barnard
Clearmont
College Springs
Iowa- Nebraska Light & Power Company
People of Gravity
Town-Nebraska Light & Power Company
Frog Valley Picnic Plans Nine Annual Event Details
The Frog Valley Ninth Annual Picnic will be next Wednesday August 12 at the Witte grove, east and south of the Frog Valley school house. Prizes for oldest pupil and teacher traveling farthest. Dinner at noon, program in afternoon. Attendees should bring table service and a basket lunch. Frog Valley school is Dallas No. 7, east of New Market.
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Frog Valley
Witte Grove
Frog Valley School
Dallas No. 7
New Market
Birthday Surprise for Mrs. Fred Keith
Mrs. Fred Keith planned a complete surprise for her husband on August 2. Friends arrived with baskets and a table of food. In the late afternoon ice cream and cake were served to Edgar Wainwright and wife, Jim Ackley and wife, Guy Campbell and wife, Harry Morley and wife, Bobby, Beverly, Fred Keith and wife, and Wendel. Everyone enjoyed a traditional visit and wished many happy returns.
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Fred Keith
Edgar Wainwright
Jim Ackley
Guy Campbell
Harry Morley
Bobby
Beverly
Wendel
M E Ladies Aid Meeting At Methodist Church Basement
The M E Ladies Aid met in the church basement with 29 present. Devotions by Mrs. Carl Hopson and business led by president Ms. Iona Heninger. Mrs. O M Buckner chaired a Bible contest and a musical reading. A Buckner quartet and other members performed. Refreshments by Damewood Dug an Hopson and Heninger. Next meeting August 20 at Mrs. Jesse Johnger’s home. Mrs. Ray Walker invites Aug 18 gathering in memory of her mother Mrs. L J Phillips, former Aid president.
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Methodist Aid Society
Carl Hopson
Iona Heninger
O. M. Buckner
Donella Warner
L. W. Nixon
T. R. Hefley
All
I. M. Damewood
Milo Dugan
Jona Heninger
Jesse Johnger
Ray Walker
L. J. Phillips
Aid Society
G20 Beamer Taken Ill Last Night
G20 leader Beamer fell seriously ill during the night prompting health checks and precautions. No further details were released about the condition or causes.
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Beamer
Webb and Brown Drive to Savannah Missouri
Mr and Mrs Welter Webb and Elmer Brown drove to Savannah Missouri on Monday.
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Welter Webb
Elmer Brown
Savannah
Missouri
Hicks Reunion Brings Happy Hixes to Clarinda Park Picnic
The Happy Hixes gathered at Clarinda Chautauqua park on Aug 2 for their seventh annual picnic with relatives from several states. Two older members, Elizabeth Gartrell and John Gartrell, died in 1936. Mrs C C Hicks was missed. A young Wendell Wyatt was briefly injured by a car but only bruised. Officers for next year chosen. next meeting set for Aug 1987. Numerous Hicks relatives from Bedford Gravity New Market Clarinda and other towns attended.
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Clarinda Chautauqua Park
Elizabeth Gartrell
John T. Gartrell
C. C. Hicks
Novah Weaver
Vida Hicks
Dorothy Weaver
Little Wendell
Wyatt
Myra Davison
Pearl Davison
Clarinda Chautaquita Park
Wendell
Stockton
Kansas
Pauline Davis
Red Oak
Bert Meyers
Marion
Northboro
J. Allen Hicks
Elsmere
New York
McAlpin
Clara Hicks
Long Beach
California
Elizabeth Ann
Claude McAlpin
Chicago
Silas Munn
Nehawka
Nebraska
Elizabeth Davison
R. M. Hicks
Willis Weaver
Clarinda
Gravity Electric Rates Cut by Over Half Since Franchise
Electric charges in Gravity have not risen under the current franchise, and rates have been reduced by more than 50 percent during the franchise period, reflecting substantial price relief for consumers.
Humberts Return to Tennessee for New Home
J B Hambert and family Wanda Wilma Harold and Rowens depart for Kingport Tennessee to establish a future home after returning to Tennessee several years ago and again migrating back to the south. The note links decline in midwest crops and shifting farming patterns to the families’ move and broader regional concerns about conditions in the agricultural belt.
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Humberts
Tenn. M
J.B. Hambert
Wanda
Wilma
Harold
Rowens
Kingeport
Tennessee
Middle West
Dakota
Kansas
Colorado
Towane
Gravity School Set to Open on Sept 7
The Gravity school will begin classes on September 7 with two new teachers Miss Helen Smith for grades three and four and Miss Ada Mae Woodruff teaching Home Economics and English. Supt Hefley expects a profitable year and asks community support to ensure students receive the best educational opportunities.
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Gravity
Helen Smith
Ada Mae Woodruff
Supt
Hefley
Methodist Church Notes 54th Anniversary Home-coming Aug 16
The 54th anniversary of the church organization and Home-coming will be held August 16 with Rev. C. W. Proctor delivering the anniversary sermon. A basket dinner at the church follows. Afternoon program includes talks by congregation members and former pastors, with Rev. W. A. Warrior giving the closing message. Next Sunday services: 10:00 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship 7:09 p.m. Epworth League No Evening Service.
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C. W. Proctor
W. A. Warrior
Epworth League
Leaving For The West To Seek Work In Camas Washington
Leaving for Camas Washington Mr and Mrs John Parks and children Dwayne Fayne and Nadine depart with plans to rent the old Sam Nev ille farm nearby until March Then they will drive in two cars along a northern route staying in cabins rather than camping Relatives in Camas welcome them and anticipate work in paper mills or on fruit farms Paul Price and Amos Shipley accompany the family A farewell party was held with about 125 neighbors bringing cake ice cream and a gift of eight dollars and forty five cents to buy keepsakes for the Parks family The party featured music by Geo Salter and family and the Parks family plan a new life in the west including table silverware as a memento of home
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Wester
John Parks
Dwayne
Fayne
Nadine
Camas Washington
Sam Neville
Mr. Parks
Cabing
Camas
Paul Price
Blair Price
Amos
Geo, Salter
Parks
Harley Nickell
Estle Parke
Jim Hamilton
Clarence Harland
Joe Morgan
Earl Morgan
Lee Morgan
Elvin Parsons
Ralph McPherron
Morley Family Visit Spreads From Farm To Des Moines
Harry Morley and family drove to Des Moines Friday morning and visited relatives there through Monday. Homer Morley left for California Saturday. Fraware ll and wife tended the Morley farm chores during the absence.
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Harry Morley
Des Moines
Homer
California
Frarewell
Morley Farm
John Goodhue Leaves Carlisle After Weekend Visit
John Goodhue and his wife with their young son departed Monday morning for Carlisle after spending the weekend visiting relatives here. They were guests at the Mark Young home on Sunday.
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John Goodhue
Carlisle
Mark Young
Glen Lock Travels to Lincoln for Barber Shop Work
Glen Lock went to Lincoln Nebraska on Thursday of last week to work in a barber shop.
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Glen Lock
Lincoln, Nebraska
Bruce Monahen and Wife Return from Excelsior Springs
Bruce Monahen and his wife returned Sunday from a brief trip to Excelsior Springs Missouri where they had been staying for a few days.
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Bruce Monahen
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
Young Democrats Meeting in Lens Iowa August 10 1936
The Young Democrats of Taylor County will hold a meeting in the dance hall at Lens Iowa on August 10 1936. A national speaker will attend and give a talk. The meeting starts promptly at eight. Everyone is invited. Jim Vivman
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Young Democrat
Young Dmocra 3
Taylor Co
Lens
Iowa
Jim Wi Vman
Wheat straw pile for sale by Stuart Jamigon
Notice offers a wheat straw pile for sale with services for tractor plowing or disking. Contact Stuart Jamigon to arrange pickup or work details.
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Stuart Jamigon
Sigourney Traveler Visits Home Folks After Colorado Trip
Lyle Young and his family from Sigourney spent last week visiting relatives in town, staying at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Tom Young and other kin after their journey to Colorado.
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Lyle Young
Sigourney
Colorado
Tom Young
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