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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1926
Page
11
Community members visit Bedford on the weekend including E Burrows Mrs C E Martin and Miss Audrey Taylor. Gravity Oil Co. adds a second tank and will operate two drives to ease busy periods. Prof A J Lunde returns from Iowa City. Des Moines visitors Darrell Reed and wife stay with relatives. Gravity telephone exchange hours set for July 5 from 5 to 12 noon.
Bill Wagoner comes back to Omaha on Saturday following a brief stay with relatives and friends in town.
Union Park hosts weekly outdoor union services as churches unite in the park for summer evenings. Pastors take turns delivering sermons while town choirs sing, with comfortable seating and lighting provided. All residents are invited to attend and support the lively summer program.
Hal Lyon and Lyle Young returned Monday from Crow Agency Montana after a 2,400 mile auto trip to the battlefield commemorating General Custer's last stand. Thousands including Indians soldiers and civilians gathered for ceremonies over Thursday through Saturday, described as a magnificent, unforgettable scene with tire troubles but no other auto problems.
The Hopkins Missouri bank closed its doors last Friday amid a wave of failures in Burlington Junction and Shenandoah. The pattern suggests northern Iowa and eastern Nebraska may mirror southern Iowa and northern Missouri as stress grows. The Christian church Missionary Society meets July 7 with Mrs. Whiteman leading. Mrs. Richardson assisting. Mrs. Crawford and children from near New Market attended church at the Christian church Sunday.
The Royal Neighbors will meet on Saturday July 3 with good attendance desired. Mrs A D Neville and Mr and Mrs D E Peck and family from Burlington Wisconsin are expected to arrive Saturday for a visit at the home. On Tuesday afternoon July 6 at 3 30 o clock Robert and Miss Dorothy Damewood will broadcast vocal selections from KFNF. The new Overland car at the G C Mill garage, advertised as Whippet, attracts attention and demonstrations are offered. Farmers report good progress with corn, hay, wheat, and fruit. favorable weather supports a bountiful crop outlook for the year.
Thursday the Loyal Bereanis class met at Mrs Roush s country home for officer elections and other business. F Batten and Mr John Moore traveled to Missouri. Batten seeks treatment. Mrs Lowie and Mrs Harley Palmer of Carbon are visiting here for the week.
Al Carpenter of Paoli Colorado visited with his mother Mrs Eva Carpenter but Dow Carpenter was away visiting friends in Villisea. Ina Thompson and two, from Nebraska, were visiting with her parents Mr and Mrs Morley. Mr Thompson is in California this summer for university work Clyde Hill and family from Grand Island Nebraska arrived Thursday and will stay several days. They will visit relatives near Sharpsburg and Bedford.
A Ford touring car from 1923 is offered in good condition. Inquiries welcomed at the Free Methodist parsonage in Gravity Iowa.
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