Garden Club Contest Draws Community Attention
The Marshalltown area hosted a garden club contest on a dry day with 13 entries across lawn, flower, rock, and vegetable divisions. Judges, led by Mrs. Ray Reimer, awarded top spots to C. N. Thulin, L. C. Knudson, Louis Mertka, and others, while observers praised gardens at Knudson, Mertka, Thulin, Kibbie, and O Neal for color, design, and production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown Garden Club
Ray Reimer
Clair Mason
C. E.zink
Marshall
C. N. Thulin
L. C. Knudson
G. W. Kibbie
Louis Mertka
Geo. W. Kibbie
Roy O’neal
P. A. Sanders
George Kibbie Rock
Local News and Personals from the Fourth Visits
A note of social rounds and Fourth of July guestings appears with visits to Riverview park and various households. Mentions include Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy hosting, Ruth Stephenson visiting Ida Carver, Donlea and Kibbie families, Tarvestad and Dana Tarvestad, Harrison hosting Ed Meier, and Lasson and Evans family ties, along with a community column about rock pile ideas and a union meeting near Gilman on July 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie Carey
Cecil Baer
Riverview Park
Cole
Jos. Kennedy
Ruth Stephenson
Ida Carver
Montour
W.C.T. U
Gilman Union
Gilman
Guthrie
Hollis Richards
Marshalltown
Iown
Iowa Business College
Roy Hilsabeck
Lyell Johnson
Joe
Johnson Boys
LeGrand Man Survives Fourth of July Wound
Ben Holland, a LeGrand resident, was injured when his Ford backfired after a fishing trip. A wrist laceration opened an artery, causing heavy bleeding. Mrs. Holland alerted Dr. Mills. Holland fainted from blood loss and remained in bed until Tuesday morning as he recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeGrand
Ben Holland
Ben
Iowa Junior State Fair set for eight day 4-H events
Officials announced the 1983 Iowa Junior State Fair runs August 25 to September 1 with nearly 1,000 4-H Club boys from 99 counties and girls in a parallel division. Prizes total thousands across livestock, crops, home crafts and demonstrations, plus a health contest in a statewide program expected to draw over 2,000 youths.
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Iowa
United States
Dunbar ISD invites bids for 1933-34 back drivers
The Consolidated Independent School District of Dunbar will accept bids for back drivers for school routes 1933-34 until July 18 at p.m. Bidders must verify route changes before bidding. The board may reject any or all bids. Delmar D. Latham, Secretary. Also notes: Miss Leona Specht of Marshalltown and Miss Ruth Adair of Marshalltown are home for a few days due to illness.
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Consolidated Independent School District
Dunbar
Marshall
Tama
Delmar D. Latham
Leona Specht
Hotel Talleorn
Marshalltown
Ruth Adair
Andrews
Whither Bound and Sabbath Reflections from Friends Church
The sermon outline from Friends Church and Bible School lists services including Morning Service on Sept 11 with the topic Whither Bound, plus Junior C BE Gospel Service and Wednesday Christian Endeavor. A note invites a cordial welcome and highlights Sunday as a restorative day for poise, judgment, health, and spiritual well being amid daily grind.
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Bible
O. W. Johnson
Nature
The Restoration of Belief Theme at Morning Service
Christian Church opens with 10 a.m. church school led by Doris Baumgartner the superintendent and 11 a.m. worship. No evening service. Parish ladies staged a Thursday surprise for the pastor with social time music by the junior choir and lunch served. Guests included Mesdames Fredrickson and Ford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Baumgartner
Mesdames Fredrickson
Ford
Quarry Chapel Services Announced by Pastor Hibbs
The clipping from Impartial Reporter notes Quarry Chapel in Ennaiskillen Ireland inviting all to a Sunday School at 10 a.m. led by Lucille Lawrence and worship at 11 a.m. with an evening service to follow, and welcomes a cordial audience. It contrasts U S bank failures with UK protections and Bank of England security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy O'Neal
P. A. Sanders
Lucille Lawrence
Reporter
Farmers’ Journal
Ennaiskillen
Ireland
United States
Bank of England
Cronk Bros Hammer Mill Grinding Offer
Custom grinding note announces hammer mill use and a special price of 100 pounds with a five cent per 100 pounds increase until July 10th. Cronk Bros promotes the offer to customers seeking bulk ground material.
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Cronk Bros
Life Long LeGrand Resident Dies at Home
Matilda Rubenbauer a lifelong LeGrand resident died at her farm home two miles west of LeGrand at 5 30 am after two years of heart trouble. Born May 19 1861 in LeGrand she married Rudolph Rubenbauer Feb 16 1882 and survived by three sons I F Charles Emmet of LeGrand a daughter Mrs How Searle of Rock Valley five sisters and a brother. Funeral services will be held at Trinity Lutheran church Dillon at 2 30 Friday after a 1 30 prayer service from the home Rev Theodore Hinck officiating burial in Rock Valley cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matilda Rubenhauer
LeGrand Township
LeGrand
Fred Handorf
Dillon
Rodolph Rubenbauer
Rubenbauer
I. F
Charles
Emmet Rubenbauer
How- Searle
Rockvalley
Emma Jacobs
Tipton
Stella Handorf Ferguson
Marshalltown
Gladys
Trinity Lutheran Church
Rain brings relief after hot June and yields two inches
A Northwest storm gave a heavy rain that cooled the area last Friday night and into Saturday morning. Reports vary from one inch to nearly two inches, with Uncle Davis Hoover claiming scant two inches. The rainfall saved gardens and helped crops especially potatoes while oats and corn show mixed impact. A Tama City Park reunion for Alfred and Jennie Weitzell’s descendants drew about fifty relatives, with a basket dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis Hoover
O. K
Alfred
Jennie Weitzell
Tama
W. E. Weitzel
Lot LeGrand
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Frank Donlea
Winthrop
A. L. Tarvestad
Dana
Toledo
C. B. Adair
Rudy Snyder
H. O. Harrison
Louis Lasson
Floyd
Erwin Evans
Dunlap
Ed Meier
Barnum
Arthur Richards
Franklin
N. H
Bob Myers
Roseburg
Oré
Thoryal Nodland
Minnesota
Verdi
Gallup
New Mexico
George Cronk
Billings
Ole Larson
Texas
Frank Houseman
Vincent
Ben Halland
Friends Church
Taylor Guthrie
Christian Church
Sarah M. Piper
L. T. Hibbs
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