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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1934
Page
1
Thanksgiving night brought a sudden blizzard that snarled travel and blocked highways. Snow piled high, winds at sixty mph, coal and supplies scarce, schools closed, and mail service halted as residents dug out for days. A remembered siege recalls a Rochester trip four years prior and warns against repeating it.
Thanksgiving gatherings filled many homes with kin from Ames Cedar Rapids and Marshalltown. Notable entries include Dr. and Mrs. Eb Mills hosts, the Adair family in Carlton, and Connie and Den a Nodland visiting Stratford. A December Royal Neighbor bazaar was postponed to Dec 13. Twin boys born to Grace O Neal in Red Deer Alberta mark a local note of joy.
Albert Lindley Beane of LeGrand selects his poem Two Conquerors for Paebar Publishing's 1934 magazine poetry anthology. Published in the American Friend, it frames William the Conqueror and his impact as history seen through a humane lens.
LeGrand reporters recount two events on the same date as Will Reed pays for a paper at the office for his mother Annie Reed in Gunnison Colorado and Clarence Carlson pays a year in advance, a longtime habit. The column notes a blizzard, family references, and a Thanksgiving reunion at the editor’s home with Hazel O Neal Karl Benson and Charles O Neal.
The High School Gazette lists students with perfect attendance over the last six weeks. Grade one and two names include Betty Olson, Lois Hartwell, Robert Perisho, and others. grade three lists David Guthrie, Duane Halverson, Edmund Kaisand, Lillian Mahle, and more. grade four features Glenn Carey, Inez Allen, Carey Humphrey, and Stanley Iverson. grade five names George Dunham, Leland Gibson, Dorothy Iverson, Wiletta Hilsabeck, Maynard Johnson, Emery Kaisand, among others. grade six includes Jack Gaunt, Cleora Kelly, Norman Johnson, Betty Peterson, and Oscar Rhodes.
Rev Taylor Guthrie pastor leads an event at Friends Church with Bible School junior class C E union service and temperance reform talk from a Florida speaker Des Moines high school. Evening gospel service and Wednesday meeting welcome all. The sermon urged living into harmony with God now to secure eternal life rather than awaiting death.
The Christian Church reports a 1Q a.m. church school and a union service at Friends church led by Mrs. Piper. The Mission Circle will meet at Mrs. Rosa Bee chout’s home next Thursday, December 13, with a welcome extended to all services.
Celebrate Silver Anniversary Saturday evening December 1 Mr and Mrs Charles Specht were honored at a surprise party with about thirty friends neighbors and relatives bringing covered dishes for a 6 30 dinner Coffee and cake followed and cards were played until late An engraved purse of silver was given as a reminder of the occasion Numerous attendees from LeGrand Ames Newhall Ana Moore Green Mountain Marshall Town Adair and surrounding areas.
Due to uncertain schedules caused by a snow blockade the December P T A meeting is canceled. Committee member Mrs John Meyer and her son Cecil returned Monday from Decatur Illinois where they visited Mrs Meyer's parents Mr and Mrs W E Moser the past week. It took three hours to drive from Iowa City to LeGrand.
B L Wick reflects on ocean voyages comparing steerage and first class, noting seasickness, varying lines, and the social bonds formed aboard. He sketches voyages as journeys through mountains, cities like Paris and Rome, and distant shores, ending with a view of lifelong passenger camaraderie and tales of travels.
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