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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1934
Page
3
The plan cuts electric charges to 8.5 c per kWh for the first 30 kWh, 6.4 c for the next 80 kWh, 3.7 c for the next 40 kWh, and 2.9 c for all over 100 kWh monthly, minimum $1.00 per meter. Delinquent bills may incur a 10 percent increase on the first $10 and 2 percent on amounts over $10 to cover collection costs.
County Treasurer Lampman spoke of his Wheaton College son and of Dr. Emerson, Dean of Men at Wheaton, born near LeGrand and raised at the Salisbury grandparents’ home, where the Hoover girls now reside. The Oberlin connection and a marriage to Rev. Emerson were mentioned, with familial ties to LeGrand roots.
The county Y P B rally gathered Tuesday in the Dunbar gym with representations from the Dunbar Green Mountain and LeGrand societies. The program opened with a devotional by Mrs Pemberton followed by a vocal solo by Stephen Guthrie reading by Wilma Thompson and a Dunbar Y P B Song I Would Be True. After the program the group moved to yard games and enjoyed refreshments, noting a dog fight on the street and a recent shower that brought a bit more rain than April and May.
Local notes report visits by families and friends across Marshalltown Tama and Des Moines with pitchers of social calls and travels. A Riverview Park church picnic is planned for June 21 and Ernest Beane earns an A B from Penn College amid local shifts.
A reflective verse desires return to boyhood days and youth’s precious hours. The speaker laments wasted time, dreams of reliving mornings and evenings, and hopes to recapture the golden hours before memory’s driftwood shores vanish.
LeGrand Iowa picnic attendees gathered in Central Park Whittier California on May 30. A bountiful 12:30 dinner preceded a talk by Robert White about a trip around the world. John R. White, former Friends Academy principal, noted for his long life, was praised as the event's enduring memory. Many participants were unable to attend due to illness. The group noted aging members and a shrinking, multi generation turnout as the LeGrand picnic era slowly passes.
Mrs. Annie Reed celebrated her 81st birthday with a Sunday gathering at her home. Surrounded by children and grandchildren from Marshalltown and LeGrand, a surprise cake by Mrs. Chas Reed marked the event. Attendants included Wayne Reed family, Chas Reed, Mildred, Clifford Reed, Will Reed, Walter Reed, Fern Andrews and Dorothy.
Mrs. Mary Zatechka 67 died at her home in Marshalltown at 2 30 p m Monday from kidney disorders. Born Mary Prokop in Moravia Bohemia February 26 1867 she came to America at 14. Married to John Zatechka January 12 1884 they lived in Dillon and LeGrand areas before moving to Marshalltown two years ago. Survived by husband four sons and three daughters Rosa Vancek Mrs Fred B Pepper Mrs E T Mulcahy Edward Merrill Jan Wis Fred Dillon John Jr Donald Marshalltown seven grandchildren. Funeral 2 oclock Wednesday Estes funeral home Rev C Bacon Methodist burial Riverside.
Notice from Farm Bureau Service Station run by Lewis K. Dunham Mer offering a stock of Goodrich tires in all sizes for inspection and pricing. The ad emphasizes that good tires save time, trouble, expense and lives and notes capability to vulcanize inner tubes at low cost.
The Y P Bis announce an ice cream social on Friday evening on the Friends church lawn. The cream will be home made and available by the dish pint quart or gallon. It invites the public to attend and support the young folks’ work and fundraising efforts.
The Northwestern quarry began Monday with several men already employed after months of idleness. A number of small shots have been fired and there is rock visible for about two weeks of work. The duration beyond that is uncertain, but hope is to extend the summer.
Club members and families gathered June 6 at Riverview Park for a picnic totaling seventy five people including nineteen current members with families and sixteen former members with families. A basket dinner was served at noon.
Friends Church led by Rev. Taylor Guthrie hosts Bible School and Gospel Service on Wednesday. O W. Johnson announces a sermon, The Captain of Our Salvation, with a Christian Endeavor meeting and a prayer session. A thoughtful reflection encourages faith over fear and reliance on God’s peace.
The notice invites attendance at Christian Church with Church School at 10 a.m. and Worship at 8 p.m. It stresses the Sabbath observance and references the synagogue custom of attending on the Sabbath day.
Notices in LeGrand require all dairy cows within corporate limits to be secured in stanchions or tied for the tuber culin test to be administered Monday morning June 18. Included are local births and visits, funeral attendance, and travel notes mentioning J A Jensen D V S, Mr and Mrs Melvin Rasmus, and others as well as a Temple City Times publisher Lee Aldrich arriving via bus for a short visit.
A travel sketch contrasts life in Palestine, noting vast poverty among native villagers vs expatriates' comfort. It describes sanitation neglect, high child death rates, large family sizes, and limited care for children, though a small minority are well cared for. It also mentions a custom of rubbing newborns with salt.
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