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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1944
Page
4
The first killing frost of the season occurred Monday night. Farmers report late corn benefited from the frost while unripe stalks damaged, and cooler weather plus frost are seen as overall beneficial for maturity and help for the corn pickers.
Mrs John Wright fell at home on Tuesday night and broke both bones in her right arm. Jim Anderson was appointed Scout Master of the local group and accepted the position. The first meeting was held at the school building Tuesday night.
Lee Sullivan of Grinnell visited with his brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Ed Loek from Sunday until Tuesday evening. He returned home to prepare for employment in Europe under civil service.
Mr and Mrs Albert Parks report their grandson Lt Geo Parks has been transferred from Moses to Providence Rhode Island.
Kenneth Parks spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Albert Parks in Keokuk, visiting family and sharing time together.
Mr and Mrs Bistle Parke Eve lyn and Lowell spent Sunday in Bedford with Mr and Mrs Joe Pace and children Mr and Mrs Dannie Pace and son and Mr Mrs Ray Gammel of Hopkins Missouri.
De Luxe Studio plans a portrait session at Miena Mary Gill's residence in Grivi ty next Thursday October 19 from 1 pm to 8 30 pm. Look for the thin paper advertisement for details.
Mrs Roscoe Dunn who had been ill at the home of her sister Mrs C C Hill was taken to her home near Conway on Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Lock of Cedar Rapids visited this Sunday to see Kenneth and his brother Glen Lock who is home on a furlough.
Mr and Mrs Merle Richmond of Kansas City Missouri visited here Sunday with Mrs Richmonds mother Mrs Sarah Martin. They were accompanied home by Mrs Faye Lane who had visited here the past week.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Brokaw and son and Mr and Mrs Fry and son of Wichita Kansas and Mrs Anna Brokaw of Clarinda visited Sunday evening with Mrs Iona Heninger.
Mrs Bruce Hicks and Mises Annabell Stephens spent the weekend in Des Moines at the home of Hicks' uncle, Barty Haldon.
Lt and Mrs Maynard Stogdill of Lemoore California are expected to arrive Friday night to visit their relative Mrs M C Stogdill and Mr and Mrs Ray Walker.
Misa Leema Walker is due this week to travel from Washington D C to visit her parents Me and Mia Ray Walker and other relatives.
Chaplain Charles M. Buck recounted the wreck of a army craft in the Aleutians where nine crew survived a harsh day as four soldiers waited at the weather station. Three weather station men died in the Arctic storm before a rescue brought the shipwrecked nine to safety. Surviving are Corporal Clarence B. Clements and others, with Buck injured by waves during the rescue.
The St Louis Cardinals beat the Browns to win the five game set in St Louis Missouri. The Browns won game one 3 to 1 and game three 6 to 2, but the Cardinals captured games two four and five by 38 to 2 2 to 1 and 2 to 0 with homers fueling the victories.
Wednesday evening visitors at Ted Selders home included Harold D. Brown Ph M U S S Texas Harold Campbell GC C S Fido Beach New York and Mrs Harold Campbell of Detroit Michigan Seaman Brown served on the Texas which led the invasion across the English Channel and Jane won leave from service Campbell served two years on the African front and is home on leave He flew from Africa to Detroit.
The first quarterly meeting of the year convened Monday evening at the Methodist church. District Superintendent R. W. Swick from Creston attended and led the conference business.
Deville Humphrey reported to the office last week a branch from a young cherry tree at his place southeast of Gravity. The branch was covered with well developed blossoms and he said the tree is currently full of blossoms as they would be in springtime.
Mr and Mrs Ed Lock Mr and Mrs Glen Lock and Kenneth Lock drove to Omaha Tuesday where they spent the day.
Fall planting of most ornamental trees and shrubs is discouraged with spring preferred. Some perennials like crocuses and hyssop may transplant in October. Roses can be fall-ordered and stored. otherwise, fall plantings require mulching moisture retention and root protection.
A dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs Arthur Meyers honored Mrs Emma Pfander of Clarinda on her 85th birthday. Attendees included Mrs John Loudon of Council Bluffs Mrs John Lawson of Clarinda and Mrs I M Damewood of Gravity along with Homer Pfander and other locals from Clarinda Gravity and Davis City.
Malvern residents witnessed a fire when welders repairing a leak near the outlet pipe used a torch too close to packing by the bottom plates. The resulting flare drew onlookers as firefighters responded to the incident.
Joe Oberbreckling of Deversville narrowly escapes an explosion at the Du buque Packing Company plant when a flat tire delays him from entering the building. The blast injures several men and kills two. Oberbreckling later reports to work unharmed after being delayed.
Knoxville artist G D Remy shows an egg pressed flat on one side to reveal a precise rising sun outline encircling the flat area, creating a striking display of symmetry and color variation.
Mrs. Laura Spencer rode from Sioux City toward Hawarden on a horse when a Erie trucker named Blankenburg offered a lift. The horse slipped into the ditch then into the truck, carrying rider and horse some distance before they resumed the ride to the Ray Dale farm near Hawarden.
In a Greenfield area field at Bert Johnson farm one group operated a mole tiling machine while another baled hay with a pickup baler. A third group hauled loose and baled hay to a nearby barn.
Historical notes describe 300 year old French hedges splitting fields and peasants claiming grain blight from rust spread by bushes. The claim predates scientific proof that these hedges carried black stem rust, a disease noted for causing European crop losses.
Mr and Mrs Olver Posten traveled to Des Moines on Sunday to spend a few days with their daughter Mrs Leonard Gallagher and family.
Private Glen Lock from Little Rock Arkansas arrives for a fortnights stay with his parents Mr and Mrs Ed Lock in Corning and with his family here.
Last week Mrs. Harry Morley learned that her brother Orville Mor rizon sustained a wound to his left eye and was receiving care at a hospital in Europe.
Gene Erickson 17 of Kent and his great grandfather are set to join the navy soon. H W Hagemeister 74 of Philadelphia, retired 16 years, is recalled to train gunners.
In Rolfe, brothers Roger Phil lips and Billy Phil lips aged 10 and 13 along with Donald Ferden and Alfred Miller, both 10, have crafted a complete miniature town at the Bill Phil lips home parking. It features stores, homes, a depot, railroad tracks, streets, vehicles, and an airport for the future.
Me and Mrs Green Moore and son Estis Spriggy visited last Thursday and Friday with Mrs Green a sister at Melbourne Missouri.
David J. McDonald, financial secretary of the Sidney Hillman Political Action Committee, urged supporters to “get out and get the dough” to ensure political action success in Pennsylvania.
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