Le Grand Garden Club Meets at Mertka Home
The Le Grand Garden Club met Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Mertka with fourteen members present. Members B. H. Beane and Corwin O Neal gave improvised talks on gardens and a Montreal trip, and plans were discussed for the state tree contest and photograph sharing. The next meeting will be at Corwin O Neal's on September 4 to avoid Labor Day conflicts.
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le Grand Garden Club
Quarry
Lewis Mertka
B. H. Beane
Corwin O'Neal
Beane
Des Moines
O'Neal
Montreal
Meeting Recap with Kathryn Buchanan Among Local Group
The gathering opened with the song Hear the Brooklet and a devotional led by the group leader. Kathryn Buchanan gave a pledge talk, Myrna Johnson read, Oscar Rhodes played guitar, and Ruth Guthrie helped serve refreshments. Next meeting set for Doris and David Guthrie home on Tuesday, August 7.
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Lmet
Kathryn Buchanan
Myrna Johnson
Oscar Rhodes
Ruth Guthrie
Doris
David Guthrie
Local Achievement Day of LeGrand 4-H Club Held
The LeGrand Lucky Leaf 4-H club met at Rosaline Haynes home on Wednesday July 25. Officers opened with the pledge and roll call. Loretta Humphrey and Rosaline Haynes demonstrated pillow making to earn a spot at the County Achievement Day on August 3.
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LeGrand
Lucky Leaf
Rosaline Haynes
Hilda Rylander
Berniece Simms
Miss Klar
Miss Berends
Wilma Handorf
Gladbrook
Chicago
Loretta Humphrey
Miss Handorf
Roy Shipton
Cookinham
Wanted tractor plowing in LeGrand area
Local notice lists Neil Hoover of LeGrand seeking a farmer to plow with a tractor. The item sits amid a long column of social notes including callers in Marshalltown and Montour, travel, meetings, and local events such as W C T U activities and family visits.
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Neil Hoover
LeGrand
The Sweetest Lives by Mrs Browning
The verse proclaims duty as the core of a fulfilled life where acts both grand and humble bind love to virtue. It envisions a life enriched by service and reciprocal care as the world remains quiet in praise.
LeGrand Nine Beats Tama Redskins In Thrilling Win
The LeGrand nine defeated the Tama Redskins 10 to 9 at Tywin City park in a thriller that stayed tied until the final out. Perry and Specht led with four hits each, while LeGrand totaled 17 hits and seven strikeouts. LeGrand meets Garwin Sunday on Garwin diamond.
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LeGrand
Tama Redskins
Tywin City
Indians
Redskins
Pusch
Stewart
Perry
Specht
Wastskuk
Bob White
Garwin
Dunbar Bank Affairs Wound Up in Liquidation
The Dunbar Savings Bank, operating under Senate File 111 since March 1938, is liquidated by the state banking department. Depositors receive 100 cents on the dollar. no assessment on stockholders. Joel M. Olson becomes cashier of the Citizens Savings Bank of Gilman and moves to that town. Alfred P. Burke remains president, SM Knudson vice president.
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Dunbar Savings Bank
Senate
State Banking Department
Alfred P. Burke
SM. Knudson
Joel M. Olson
Ie Dunbarbank
Citizens Savings Bank of
Gilman
Joel Olson
Gilman Institution
Dunbar Bank
Joel
Viaduct Opens to Traffic and Local Travel Continues
The viaduct is now open for traffic and deemed passable after grading by the county. Mr. and Mrs. H O Harrison drove to Iowa City on Wednesday for Mrs. Harrison to enter hospital for surgery and medical care. The LeGrand elevator property will be sold at 2 PM August 3 at the M W O Riley office Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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Tie Public
H. O. Harrison
Iowa City
Correction clarifies bridge accident details and Wagner lineage
A correction restates that Harry Wagner, linked earlier to the LeGrand connection, is not a Wagner child from the old hotel property but the son of a Mrs. Wagner in Marshalltown. Wagner is recovering at the hospital, with no prior LeGrand residence, and a thresher outfit damaged paving as it crossed into LeGrand.
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Piper
J. R. Hawhecker
Sac City
Maurine
Lorraine
Jimmie
Towa
Harry Wagner
John Crow
LeGrand
Wagner
Jos
Smaha
State Highway Commission
Man's Genial Environment and God's Giver at Friends Church
At Friends Church Rev. Taylor Guthrie leads 10 Bible School and church services with a open air C E meeting led by Maxine Hoover. The topic asserts God's interest in temporal needs and the giver of all things including bread and wealth, urging gratitude and recognition of divine provision.
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W. Johnson
C. E
C. E. Maxine Hoover
Christ
Regular church meeting announced for August 8 service
The Christian Church announces a regular business meeting for Wednesday evening August 8 at 7 30. All members are urged to attend in their places as the church welcomes all to services.
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Wa.m
Spam
Washington Letter from Camas Valley Oregon Front Porch Notes
A Camas Valley reader asks for P L Ford's address and shares weather and crop notes plus greetings. Lydia Paulson and Lee Stanfield of Iowa Falls report a visit by a local family, and relatives in LeGrand relay news of William Webb's death in Peoria Illinois due to central heat. The writer requests a complete obituary and mentions Coos Bay Highway near Roseburg.
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Camas Valley
Oregon
Corwin O'Neal
le Grand
Iowa
P.L. Ford
Pete
Coos Bay
Roseburg
Lydia Paulson
Lee Stanfield
Iowa Falls
H. Harrison
Peoria
William Webb
LeGrand
Will Dunham
Marshalltown
Webb
Central States
Mr. Webb
Mark Webb
A. H. Pemberton
A Norwegian Pioneer Home in Prairie Faith and Life
The piece reflects on the home as a Christian refuge rooted in God’s plan. It recalls pioneer life on the prairie, Norwegian honesty, and simple travels by ox teams, emphasizing church life, mutual aid, and hope for better times as a lasting legacy. It ends noting a continuation on another page.
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Norway
America
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le Meeting
J. W. Piper
Buffalo
N. Dak
Here
Glen Stafford
Marguerite
Marshall Town
Albert Hoskey
Montour
Phoebe McCarel
E. E. Benedict
D. W. Richards
G. D. Harvey
Joyce Johnson
Forks
Wash
C. M. van de Venter
Robert Dillman
Dale
Glen
Albert Goecke
Hartland
I M Gaunt
Charles
Lewis Dunham
I. M. Gaunt
George Kibbie
Joe Kennedy
Kennedy
Cole
Geo. Coffin
George
East Main Street
Mrs. Browning
Joel Dison
Citizens Bank
Friends Church
Taylor Guthrie
Christian Church
J. A. Caskey
Washington
Hegger
Malinda Thompson
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