Pioneering in Canada A Twice Told Tale
A reminiscence recalls a 1907 Canadian emigration trip from Iowa to El Dorado Saskatchewan. Monroe Dimmitt drives horses and household goods aboard a shaky van, with a late night switch and a wreck near Montezuma junction injuring a horse. The narrator slept through the collision and continued onward.
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Saskatchewan
Canada
Regina
Monroe Dimmitt
New
el Dorado
Lynnville
Jasper County
New Sharon
North Country
Dimmitt
Montezuma Junction
Local News and Personals From LeGrand Iowa
Local items include visits from Carol y n Otten and Velma Fletcher, a Tama visitor at Mrs Abbie Beane, and Mrs Willis Miller’s Monday trip to her mother. Residents paint houses, a Grand Lodge session at Waterloo is noted, and a ground puppy curious find is recorded.
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Carolyn Otten
LeGrand
Velma Fletcher
Marshalltown
Blanche Sweet
David Hynek
Tama
Abbie Beane
Willis Miller
Rosa Richards
A. R. Cary
John Long
Mrs.Long
Bert Shipley
Oakdale
Rozak
Robert Phipps
Curio
Raymond Beane
Clifford Bush
Des Moines
Alethian Julian
Gale Ensminger
Westchester
KR Rodel Little Town
A poem by John A. Stover paints a model town with equal care and friendship. It envisions no rich or poor, no feuds, and all seek mutual aid, guided by the generous shade of giant trees that symbolize welcoming neighbors.
Index of LeGrand trees republished with numbered listings
A long neglected LeGrand tree index is revived to print an on card guide with numbers for each tree. The list names earliest owners or planters and includes species such as Eastern Hemlock Black Locust Concolor Fir and many others with owners like Beane Weitzell Ash and Gifford.
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B. H. Beane
Corwin O’neal
LeGrand
the Reporter
LeGrand Garden Club
Riley McCool
Rosa Beechout
Daniel Richards
Gilbert Swenson
Jacob Weitzell
C. B. Adair
Joseph Arnold
Jesse Ash
Delia Webster
John R. Manship
W. B. Gifford
J. F.rylander
Jas. Allman
Dwight Benjamin
Q_W. Johnson
Henry Searle
E. L. Condon
O. W. Johnson
John Mercer
Joel Beane
Abbie Beane
Kentucky
John Allman
Jos. Davidson
Walter Reed
John R
Gilead
William Farquhar
T. N. Squires
S. D. Goodrich
Sanna
Sassafras
Hiram Hammond
Hawthorne
Ezra Willits
Daniel Wood
Charles Beane
Joel Willits
John Haynes
Ammi Willits
Levi Sharp
Ogier Keen
D. D. McGrew
G. C Ogier
Old Academy
H. D. Hoover
M.M. Evans
Friends Parsonage
Jas. M. Salisbury
Cora Hoover
Bishop H. C. Stuntz
John Krughel
Ole T. Sawyer
Perry Morrison
T. G. Gibson
W. A. Welker
Nellie Moritz
R. Arnold
G. Higinbotham
Old College Grounds
Mark Webb
Mattie Pemberton
Geo. Hammond
Jos. Reed
Alice Finney
Catalpa
Jonah Sanders
P. A. Sanders
Colorado
C. W. Johnson
Call for Bids on School Bus Routes by LeGrand District
The LeGrand consolidated school district seeks bids for all bus routes to operate as last year. The west route, by Wm. Hoover, requires a long wheel base truck with a school bus body mounted and patrol inspection. Bids due with the secretary by 7 30 p m Friday.
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LeGrand Consolidated School Disltrict
Wm. Hoover
Board reserves right to accept or reject bids
On June 24 the board reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids. Mrs. C. D. Harvey serves as Secretary of the Board.
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C. D. Harvey
Teachers Examination Set for June in Marshalltown Iowa
The regular June teachers examination will be held in the office of the county superintendent in Marshalltown Iowa on June 22 23 and 24 1938 beginning at o clock a m C E Shutt County Superintendent.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
C. E. Shutt
LeGrand Friends Church Services Notices
Rev Floyd L Hinshaw to lead Sunday School at 10:00 with morning worship at 11:00 and 8:00 evening service. The Father of the Child cries I Believe help Thou mine Unbelief. 715 Christian Endeavor. The Trumpets. God pays the way everywhere shut to heaven.
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W Johnson
Christian Endeavor
Eternal Gift sermon at local church service
Christian Church announces Sunday program with Church School at 10 a.m. Morning worship at 11 a.m. Theme The Eternal Gift. Evening service at 8 p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 8 p.m. Minister Sarah M. Piper invites all to attend.
Quarry Chapel Services and Sunday Schedule
Regular church program led by Rev. L. T. Hibbs with Sunday School at 10 a.m. and services at 11 a.m. Evening services at 7:30 p.m. A monthly business meeting is held on the last Tuesday. Minnows are a distinct fish species and only they may be seined for bait. small game fish caught in the minnow seine must be released unharmed under law.
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Jerome Lunde
Christian Endeavor
Grasshoppers and wildlife babies caution in outdoor visits
Weather slows grasshopper activity with slight juvenile mortality in Iowa alfalfa and clover fields. Chinch bug infestations move through rye and corn in Fremont County. Wildlife babies are vulnerable to disturbance. observe with field glasses and avoid handling to prevent parents abandoning offspring.
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Carl Drake
Iowa State College
Iowa
Fremont
Flour Famine Recalled In LeGrand 1856 Quaker Sketch
The LeGrand Lucky Leaf Club staged a 15 girl playlet “The Quakers Get Their Belated Flour” recalling an 1856 flour famine. Cast included descendants of early Quaker founders with scenes of a Quaker meeting and villagers shouldering flour sacks from a delayed flour wagon on a Sunday.
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Times-Republican
le Grand
Marshalltown
LeGrand Lucky Leaf Club
LeGrand
Albert L. Beane
J. L. Beane
Ma. Beane
Iowa City
Johu Altman
Loren Bigelow
Friends’ Meeting
Allman Yard
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Janesville
Wis
Corney Leech
Iowa Grand Lodge
A. F
A. M
Waterloo
Harold Duncan
Ed Bailey
lTama
Duncan
Ben Strong
Lida Otterman
Traer
Ray Duncan
Max Duncan
Jessie Hanson
Henry Jr
Nellie
Harvey Hanson
Old Settlers
David Erickson
Mary Schultz
Rt. 5
Waukesha
G. D. Harvey
Bair
Chas. Bair
Clinton
Rodel
John A. Stover
LeGrand Friends Church
Floyd L. Hinshaw
Pester
Sarah M. Piper
L. T. Hibbs
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