Marble Rock High names seniors at commencement
Commencement exercises honor Marble Rock High School seniors with awards. Valedictorian Mary Merfeld, salutatorian Janice Krueger, high scholarships to Merfeld and Douglas Truex, American Legion and Iowa Bar Association citations to Truex, Study Club character award to Connie Grahlman, and American Cancer Society nursing scholarship to Krueger.
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Marble Rock High School
Mary Merfeld
Janice Krueger
Marble Rock Study Club
American Legion
Douglas Truex
Iowa Bar Association
Connie Grahlman
Iowa
American Cancer Society
Won Trip For Drivers From Standard Oil Progam
A group of men left Tuesday morning for a three day stay at Vacation Village Lake Okobogi. The trip is awarded by the Standard Oil Company to the pay off winners of a Motor Oil Sales Program.
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Don Krambeer
Lake Okobogi
Standard Oil Company
Union Feeders Hold May Meeting at Marble Rock High
The Union Feeders 4-H Club met at Marble Rock High School on May 8 with 16 members present. The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance, minutes and roll call, guest Dale Staudt county Extension Director attended, and funds from light bulbs were collected. Larry Kelly moved to adjourn. Larry McNeilius seconded the motion. Reporter Leslie Chambers.
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Union
Marble Rock High School
Dale Staudt
Larry Kelly
Larry McNeilius
Leslie Chambers
Missionary Geraldine McRoberts to Speak at Faith Baptist
Miss Geraldine McRoberts on furlough from Venezuela will be guest speaker at Faith Baptist Church during both services on May 26. The English and Spanish services will feature her address as part of the church’s outreach program.
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Geraldine McRoberts
Venezuela
Faith Baptist Church
Summer Chicks Grow Faster with Balson's Starter
Summer baby chicks reach maturity sooner using Balson's Chick Starter. It contains dried eggs fish meal five antibiotics and bifuran along with top basic ingredients. Buyers report quicker development when using Balson's feed.
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Balson
Balsons
Bolson's Poultry Farm Advertises Growth Promises
Grow stronger pullets with Bolson's Pullet Grower or Bolson's 37 percent Poultry Concentrate. Bolson's seeds and concentrates touted for better poultry. Visit Bolson's Poultry Farm to see chicks growing pullets and layers and be convinced. Buy Bolson's.
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Bolson
Baptist Missionary Society Met Thursday at Bethel Church
The Bethel Baptist Missionary Society met Thursday afternoon with Mrs Gene Bass as hostess. Mrs Malcom Ott led devotions and Mrs John Falconer presented the lesson, which included a skit titled Well Springs of Life by Pearl Knoop and Mrs Malcom Ott. Pearl Knoop gave the Love Gift program and an afternoon lunch was served by the hostess.
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Bethel Baptist Missionary Society
Gene Bass
Malcom Ott
John Falconer
Pearl Knoop
Bridge Club Hosts Mrs Marcus Staudt Entertainment
Mrs Marcus Staudt hosted the Wednesday Bridge Club at her home with a 1 pm luncheon. High score honors went to Mrs Ralph Wilson and second to Mrs Wallace Berry.
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Marcus Staudt
Ralph Wilson
Wallace Berry
Eighth Graders Tour Des Moines From Marble Rock School
Sixteen eighth grade pupils and their teacher Mass Creger with Mrs Clarence Barr drove to Des Moines. They visited the State Capitol the State Historical Building the Register and Tribune Building and the Des Moines Art Center along with Bishop Cafeterla.
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Marble Rock
Des Moines
Mass Creger
Clarence Barr
State Capitol
State
Register and Tribune
Bishop Cafiterla
Kulow Family Welcomes Sixth Child In May Birth
Mr and Mrs Merlin Kulow of Riceville announce the birth of a six pound son on Monday May 13. Mrs Kulow formerly Dorothy Harrig of Marble Rock. This is the Kulow family's third son.
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Merlin Kulow
Riceville
Kulow
Dorothy Harrig
Marble Rock
Golden Rule Class Met At C Swants
Mrs Cecil Swant hosted the Golden Rule Class from the Methodist Sunday School at her home on Tuesday evening. Mrs Floyd Wilson assisted. The evening included a devotional period, games, and a luncheon served by the hostess and helper.
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Cecil Swant
Methodist Sunday School
Floyd Wilson
Missionary Circle Honors Bride After Post-Nuptial Shower
The Faith Baptist Missionary Circle met Tuesday at Mrs Charles McElroy's Rockford home with Mrs Vern Prugh giving devotions. Refreshments were served by the hostess as the group honored Mrs Alvin Schlick with a postnuptial pound shower during the gathering.
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Faith Baptist Missionary Circle
Charles McElroy
Rockford
Vern Prugh
Alvin Schlick
Auxiliary Met With Anna Hart Hosts Poppy Day Plans
Mrs. Anna Hart hosted the Legion Auxiliary at her home on Tuesday with Mrs. Clare Knoop assisting. A short business meeting set plans for Poppy Day on May 25 and a bake sale at the Legion Hall the same day. The hostesses served an afternoon lunch at the close of the meeting.
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Anna Hart
Legion Auxiliary
Clare Knoop
Auxilary
Legion Hall
John Deere Rotary Chopper Powers Farm Cleanup
The rotary chopper also chops shreds and spreads stalks and brush, making bedding of cornstalks and straw. It handles many other jobs. See us for complete details.
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John Deere
Lions Club Meeting Postponed Amid Commencement Busy Week
Marble Rock notes show Lions Club postponement due to commencement program. Numerous Char les City and Greene area residents visited, hosted, or travelled for events, with many guests in homes of Grahlman Truex Shultz and Munshower families.
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Lions Club
Andy Turner
Charles City Western Railroad
Alfred Grahlman
Hollis Merrick
Wiliam Greene
Art Grahlman
Charles City
Thomas Raey
Sumner
Ernest Hammisch
Earl Nicewarmar
Rockford
Max Handley
Town City
Ted Kenyon
Greene
Truex
Douglas Truex
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
Carl Friedrichs
Richard Abben
Hudson
Sholtz Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Art Parker
Edgar Parker
Mary Campbell
Dows
Maude Vorkes
Bird Keith
George Newell
Blossom Wadey
Frank Nikolas
Des Moines
Herman Nikolas
Marble Rock Public Library Receives 150 Traveling Books
The Marble Rock Free Public Library recently received 150 State Traveling Library books, about 90 for children. New library acquisitions include The Promise by Esther Kellner The Answer is God by Elsie M Davis The Trembling Hills by Phyllis A Whitney The Home Ranch by Ralph Moody The Last Angry Man by Gerald Greer The Land They Possessed by Mary W Ereneman and The Crisis of the Old Order by Arthur M Schlesinger Jr.
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Marble Rock
Family That Nobody Wanted reviewed at Study Club
The Study Club met Friday evening at Mrs Arnold Haller's home. An eight o'clock dessert luncheon followed. Mrs Haller presented a book review titled The Family that Nobody Wanted.
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Arnold Haller
Decorah residents and area visitors share news
Mrs Hilda Erickson of Decorah and Robert Eaton, who graduated Thursday evening, works as a mechanic at the Jerry Lord Company. Mr and Mrs Vivian Patton hosted a weekend visit from Paul Patton of Great Falls Montana. Charles City visitors included Mr and Mrs Lowell Lines, Mrs Lila Lines, and Mrs Pearl Hubbard. Mrs Emmet Graves and Mrs Ruth Patton of Mason City dined with Mr and Mrs Vivian Patton. Russel Parker and sisters, Mrs Leroy Kingery and Mrs Harry Merfeld of Greene, visited their father Arthur Parker in Iowa City hospital Tuesday.
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Frank
Des Moines
Raymond Shultz
D.le Shultz
George Shultz
Dean Shultz
Greene
Don Shultz
Myrtle Shultz
Lowell Shultz
Charles City
Olive Toll
Nashua
Edith Shultz
Ham
Schwartz
Herman Nikolas
Charles Handt
Jeffery Handt
Joe Nygard
Bristow
Carl Truex
Nygard
Truex
Wilbur Munshower
Ed Batty
Jack
Bessie Wray
Nelle Munshower
Rockford
Ruth Eaton
Esther Payne
Daisy Payne
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Pearl Schafer
Hilda Erickson
Decorah
Robert Eaton
Jerry Lord Company
Vivian Patton
Patton
Paul
Great Lakes
Montana
Lowell Lines
Lila Lines
Pearl
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Bolson’s
FEED
Baptist Missionary Society
Bridge Club
C. Swants
Missionary Circle
Gabe & Hamilton Implement Co
Greene, Iowa
Marble Rock Personals
Public Library
Hamilton
Gene Nettleton
Ipsen
Harry Ipsen
Frank Buhr
Jack Cole and His Orchestra
Jules Herman
Wayne King
Adm
Hamiltons Funeral Chapel
G Reifs Ught Specianss
Meat Department
Jack Spratt
Oleo
del Monte
Mrs. Tucker
Jack Spratt Pancake
Florida
California
Yacht Club
Glen Shaffer
Davis Oil CO
Lowa
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