Death and Burial of Former Resident Ivan Harrison
Ivan R. Harrison, 38, a former Marshall county resident who served in the 80th engineers gas and flame division in France during World War I, died at his farm south of Newburg after a week with pneumonia. He is survived by his widow, two children, his father, a sister, and a half brother. Funeral services were held at the Congregational church in Newburg with military honors, burial in Newbury cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan R. Harrison
Marshall County
France
Newburg
Harrison
J. L., Harrison
LeGrand
R.R. Reisinger
Glen Mendenhall
Marshalltown
80Th Engineers
Walter Howard
J. W. Wilson
Green Mountain S
Congregational Church
Newbury Cemetery
Green Mountain Ball Thrillers See-Saw in Twin Games
Tuesday night at Green Mountain featured two tight ball games between girls and boys. LeGrand won both contests with the girls 82 to 31 and the boys 35 to 84, delivering a see-saw battle from start to finish.
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Green Mountain
Dover Friends records reveal ancestor line from Beane family
This week we publish notes from the Dover New Hampshire Friends meeting courtesy of Albert Beane. The antiquarian identifies James Beane as the ancestor and Curn of ER CIl B as great great grandfather in the traced lineage.
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Albert Beane
Dover
N. H
Friends Monthly
James Beane
Ercil B
Thanksgiving Gatherings Dot a Busy Iowa Town
Local notes list visits and family gatherings across multiple households during Thanksgiving. Guests include Olen Irons and Witzells in Garwin, Ruth Olson in Cedar Rapids, and many relatives from Marshalltown Cedar Falls Tama Toledo and beyond. Several households hosted kin from Des Moines Chicago Omaha and other towns, with extended family meals and reunions noted.
When Wild Geese Southward Fly Poem by John A Stover
Poem notes seasonal change as wild geese head south signaling winter. Autumn tasks like harvests and canning persist while nature remains a vivid illusion of warmth. Recurrent imagery of frost, cellar stores, corn shocks, and drifting spider webs contrasts with the coming cold.
Wedding bells for Gaunt Smaha at Green Mountain church
Miss Betty Gaunt daughter of Mr and Mrs W M Gaunt LeGrand and Archie L Smaha son of Mr and Mrs Will Smaha Green Mountain were married at 2 30 Sunday at the Congregational church Green Mountain with Rev H S Mills officiating. Attendants were Miss Wilma Gaunt Montour and Max Smaha Green Mountain. The bride wore wine silk and carried carnations and roses. Mrs Smaha a 1986 LeGrand high school graduate has worked in Marshalltown and Le Grand. Mr Smaha a Green Mountain high school 1931 graduate has farmed and now works at D K Gettle store Green Mountain. They will live in LeGrand after a short wedding trip.
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Betty Gaunt
W.M. Gaunt
LeGrand
Archie L. Smaha
Will Smaha
Green Mountain
Congregational Church
H.S. Mills
Wilma Gaunt
Montour
Max Smaha
D. K. Gettle
WCTU December Meeting Set for December 6
The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union will hold its regular December meeting on Tuesday the 6th at 2 p.m. Mrs. Kate Sanders will be present, with Mrs. Prrisho and Mrs. Peak in charge. Gifts for the Benedict Home should be brought at this time.
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Kate Sanders
Pre-Nuptia Shower for Mrs Gaunt Hosts Betty’s Wedding
Mrs W M Gaunt hosted a Friday evening pre nuptial shower at the R N hall for her daughter Betty who wed on Sunday November 27. About 65 guests attended with gifts exchanged and several games and balloon messages shared. Refreshments followed, served by the hostess and family with several out of town visitors noted plus college students home for Thanksgiving and local teachers and relatives visiting in the area.
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W. M. Gaunt
R. N. Hall
Betty
Miss Gaunt
Mildred
Wilma
Lois
Rosa Richards
Gilbert Swenson
Margaret Woodard
Clinton
Neil Springer
Albion
Will Smaha
Garwin
L. E. Gaunt
Charlotte Gaunt
Earl Gaunt
Oren Butler
C. C. Woodmansee
E. L. Powers
Marshalltown
John Rhodes Jr
Ozark
LeGrand
A. L. Goecke
Leona
Hartland
E. W
Robert Dillman
Dale
Glen
Montour
Cai Dougherty
James Dougherty
Marilyn
George D. Rouska
LeGrand Friends Church announces services and activities
Leonard E. Wines serves as pastor at LeGrand Friends Church inviting all to attend Sunday School at 10 morning worship at 11 Christian Endeavor at 6 46 and evening service at 7 30 Choir practice scheduled Monday and Wednesday evenings at 7 30 A thought to think Blessed is the man Whose watch keeps churel time as well as business time.
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Christian Endeavor
Sunday services at Christian Church with Sarah M. Piper
The Christian Church invites all to attend with Minister Sarah M. Piper leading a 10am church school session and an 11am preaching service. A prayer meeting is held every Wednesday at 8 o'clock evening as part of the church’s outreach.
Quarry Chapel Sunday Services Schedule
Sunday School starts at 10 a m with Mrs Jerome Lunde as superintendent. Services follow at 11 a m. Christian Endeavor meets at 7 30 p m and Evening Services conclude the day. The monthly business meeting occurs on the last Tuesday evening.
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Jerome Lunde
Christian Endeavor
LeGrand Elevator Co change of ownership on Thursday
Business change occurred Thursday December first with Bertram Sawyer and Carl Tow taking ownership of LeGrand Elevator Co replacing Jesse Tow and M. T. Tostenson. The note adds local Thanksgiving visits and dinners from Ozark Missouri to LeGrand and surrounding households including the Rhodes, Dunham, Goecke and Weitzell families.
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Messrs
Bertram Sawyer
Carl Tow
Jesse Tow
M. T. Tostenson
LeGrand Elevator Co
Quaint Friends Meeting Wedding in LeGrand
Maxine Hoover daughter of Clyde and Margaret Hoover and Ercil Beane son of Charles and Edna Beane wed at the Friends meeting house in LeGrand in a ceremony guided by the Quaker tradition. The event featured prayers by Oscar W. Johnson, music by Mrs. L. E. Johnson, and songs by John Watland of Chicago. Attendants included Esther Hoover and Donald Beane with ushers Kenneth Hoover and Ernest Beane. A reception followed at the bride’s home on Quaker Lane.
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Friends Meeting
LeGrand
Maxine Hoover
Clyde
Margaret Hoover
Ercil Beane
Charles
Edna Beane
Order of Friends
LeGrand Friends’ Monthly Meeting
Oscar W. Johnson
L. E. Johnson
John Watland
Chicago
Esther Hoover
Donald Beane
Kenneth Hoover
Ernest Beane
Des Moines
Marjorie Elliott
Alice Piper
Quaker Lane
Lora Keen
Lois Beane
Gladys Outland
Albion
Wm. Hamilton
Elizabeth
Howard Parsons
Luella Hanson l
Mason City
Family gathers at Ferneau home for Thanksgiving
Mr and Mrs Harry Ferneau hosted a Thanksgiving family gathering at their home. Present were Mr and Mrs Leon Levien and two children of Sib ley, Mr and Mrs Wyman Stanford and children of Toledo, Mr and Mrs Clark Ferneau of Montour, and Darold Ferneau of Dus buque. The Levien family and children stayed over the weekend.
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Harry Ferneau
Leon Levien
Sibley
Wyman Stanford
Toledo
Clark Ferneau
Montour
Darold Ferneau
Dusbuque
Levien
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ian Roy Harrison
Olen Irons
W. E. Weitzell
Cedar Rapids
Ruth Olson
Raymond Weitzell and Son
A. J. Laurie
Cedar Falls
G. C. Ogier
Max Radloff
Helen
Bette
Humboldt
Omer Manship
Maurice Smith
Carl Smith
Tama
Ralph McCreary
Norman
Rebecca Graham
Grace Ray
B. H. Beane
Oklahoma
Gilbert
Lincoln
Ray Duncan
H. &. Gibson
T. G.gibson
Ward—Buchanan
Jessie Hanson
Nellie
Henry Jr
Rosa Beechout
Harold Duncan
Hugene Gibson
Max Duncan
Blanche West
Clara Russell
Thompson
Charles Dunham
Kernal Thompson
Herman Thompson
Vernon Thompson
Nard Russell
William
Norman Dunham
Donald Dunham
Dorothy
de Moines
C. H. Beane
William Hamilton
Luella Hanson
Arthur Travis
Vinton
Everett Trossem
Howard Outland
Gladys
Ralph Beane
A. L. and
E. M. Mills
C. R. Durland
Omaha
Max Mills
Ernest Mills
Harlow Mills
Bozeman, Mont
Ralph Mills
Rosamond
Adel
Andrew Vandervelt
Emmetsburg
Roy Grimes
Glenn Mills
Kathryn
Grinnell
Gavor
LeGrano
Bernice
Onigy
Washington
Aire
John A. Stover
Smaha~—Gaunt
Bertha Rasmus
Dena Woodland
Lisa Omundson
I. MM. Gaunt
Lloyd Campbell
Mrs. Gaunt
George C. Welker
Waterloo
Arlene Hibbs
Louise Johnson
Hilda Rylander
Donald Radloff
Ames
Neil Perry
Bruce Baumgardner
Iowa City
Jack Long
Irena Hibbs
Greatfinger
Edith Gaunt
Vancleye
Montoury
Kenneth Perry
Sheffield
LeGrand Friends Church
Leonard E. Wines
Sarah M. Piper
L. T. Hibbs
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