Gas Plant Planned for Toledo from Marshalltown Facility
J P Walters district manager of the Iowa Railway and Lights company announced plans for a Toledo gas plant with a pipeline from the Marshalltown plant. Maps are drawn bids sought for materials and construction. Toledo voters approved a gas franchise May 15 for operation within eight months.
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Toledo Chronicle
J. P. Walters
Iowa Railway and Lights Corporation
Toledo
Marshalltown
Walters
LeGrand Falls to Haverhill Amid Umpiring Disputes
LeGrand lost 11 to 10 to Haverhill after disputed calls in the ninth inning. Perry and Navare led LeGrand with five hits allowed by Lempker who struck out four. Next Sunday hosts South Side A C on the M and St. Louis Diamond at Marshalltown at 2 30.
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LeGrand
Haverhill
Haverhill ii
Perry
Navare
Lemp
Rhubarb Contest Heads Toward Records in County Fair
Reports show rhubarb entries swelling with a 53 inch stalk claimed by B H Beane from O W Johnsons garden north of town. Mrs A L Haynes of Faribault holds the length record at 4 inches while a gathering at the Haynes home in LeGrand featured local families and refreshments.
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B. H. Beane
O. W. Johnson
Local News and Personals Highlights
Local notes report painting at Jack's restaurant and many visits and travel. Mrs Phoebe McCarel visits at son Glen's Newburg home. Ray Duncan returns from Dallas area. Beane siblings attend a funeral in Vinton. Ida Burns family visits from Buhl and Gilman area. several residents host or visit relatives in Buffalo and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoebe McCarel
Glen McCarel
Newburg
Ray Duncan
Dallas Center
Albert, Burnice
Raymond Beane
Vinton
Gunder Olson
Buhl
Ida
Gilman
Wm. Gregg
Rheta
Buffalo
Willis Cutler
Anna Kempe
Chester Tweet
Verlyn
Chicago
Alma
Wyona Rosedale
California
Ladies Aid
Quarry
Lars Omundson
Fern Reed
Marshalltown
Walter Reed
Cedar Rapids
E. M. Mills
Ralph Mills
Andrew Vandervelde
Marian
Ernest Mills
Ames
L. E. Bigelow
Oliver Rosedale
William Selmer
Friends Ave
Whittier
Selmer M. Rosedale
Hoover names Legge to Federal Farm Board setback in unity
President Hoover appoints Alexander Legge as chairman of the Federal Farm Board and reaffirms commitment to agricultural relief. Legge accepts and signals continued effort to make relief work while Senate confirmation looms. The decision highlights a clash with Julius Barnes led grain dealers who oppose strong farmer cooperatives.
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Hoover
Alexander Legge
Federal Farm Board
Legge
United States Chamber of Commerce
Senate
Julius Barnes
Idulius Barnes
Hoover J
Homecoming committees named for August event planning
At a Reporter office meeting last Friday an outline was set for a second Homecoming. August 14 and 15 were chosen for the celebration with an executive committee named. Officers and committee heads include President J F Rylander and Vice President B H Beane, plus chairs for Finance, Entertainment, Program, Invitations, Advertising, Sports, Grounds, Music, and Concessions with several supporting members.
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J. F. Rylander
B. H. Beane
Chas. Dunham
H. C. Herbert
C. T. Keen
Rosa Beechout
T. G. Gibson
Joe Haynes
Marguerite Tweet
Mabel Gaunt
D. D.‘Latham
C. H. Beane
Rev
Taylor Guthrie
Ursula Johnson
Zelma Blodgett
A. A. Wolken
Mabel Rhodes
Maud Gaunt
C. O’neal
A. L. Beane
Wm. Dunham
Gordon Meltvedt
A. J. Ludwig
C. Q’neal
P. A. Sanders
Jesse Tow
H. E. Gibson
J.R. Manship
C. D. Harvey
Glen Smaha
Raymond Manship
Raymond, Beane
Grounds
I. M. Gaunt
D.N. Ferguson
W. E. Weitzell
L. E. Jones
WM. Gaunt
L. C. Knudson
Ala
Wolken
John Krughel
Cassie Wolken’s 89th Birthday Celebrated in Dillon Home
Mrs. Cassie Wolken marked her eighty ninth birthday Sunday at her daughter Mrs Dan Brucklachers home with over one hundred relatives and friends attending. The roll call listed five sons, one daughter, twenty grand children, twenty one great grandchildren, and many others. A two course cafeteria style noon dinner was enjoyed. Several Wolken families and friends from Dillon attended along with distant relatives from Marshalltown Green Mountain and Lancaster. The article notes local road improvements and fencing along the county line near Waltz schoolhouse as a future project.
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Cassie
Henry) Wolken
Dan Brucklacher
Wall
Harry Walken
Clarence Funke
James Wignall
Walter Wignall
Herbert Wolken
John G. Wolken
Irma
Arthur Wolken
Geo, Brennick
John RB. Wolken
Theo. Hinck
Harry Brecklacher
Harold
Fred Garment
Dan Wolken
Carl Nuese
Wim. Nuese
George Wolken
Walter Wolken
Wilbur Gummert
Monroe Goodman
Loretta Humphrey
Wao. Wolken
Lawrence Knott
Marshalltown
Leo Wortenburgher
Green Mountain
Mire
Wolken
Trinity Lutheran Church of
Dillon
Word of God Theme At Morning Worship In Church
Friends Church led by Rev. Taylor Guthrie with 11 Junior C.E. and 8 Baptism items. Edna John presides morning worship theme the Word of God. Christian Endeavor and cordial welcome. Love truth knowledge are forces of Christianity and peace. Poetic line about truth and scaffold.
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Bible School
C. W. Johnson
C.E. Edna Johnson
La.m
Christian Endeavor
Christian Church Schedule and Activities Notes
The Christian Church offers 10:00 Church School with Mantle Gaunt and Sipt, 11:00 Morning Worship on Cardinal Virtue, 7:00 p.m. Christian Endeavor led by Cloris Ludwig on How Jesus Made Leaders. verses Mark 1 17 35 18 20 6 7 Acts 14 8. 8:00 p.m. Evening Service on An Exegesis of Genesis. Prayer Circle Wednesday at 8. Mission Circle meets Thursday afternoon at 2 led by cradle roll superintendent Mrs Roy Hilsabeck and Mrs Anna Duncan.
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Gaunt
Sipt
Cardinal Virtue
Cloris Ludwig
Pres
Jed
Higinbotham
Mission Circle
Aftenoon
Anna Duncan
Roy Hilsabeck
Mystery lawn spot inspires garden club members
Garden Club members are asked to inspect a tiny two to three foot diameter lawn patch at the Corney Leech home. The mat of fine, hair-like grass appears not to be blue grass and has killed nearby dandelions and plantain. Members are urged to report their thoughts on the origin and nature of this unusual growth.
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Garden Club
Corney Leech
Corney
Quarry Chapel Sunday School and Service Schedule
Quarry Chapel announces Sunday School at 10 a.m. with Clarence Hartwell as superintendent and church service at 11 a.m. A cordial welcome to all. Tuesday evening activities at 3:00 p.m.
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Clarence Hartwell
Picnic Dinner Replaces Prayer Meeting at Friends Church
A Wednesday evening event at the Friends church featured a 6:30 picnic dinner with music from the high school orchestra. A biblical contest, a debate on mandatory military training, and an oratory on Jews of Today highlighted the program aimed at boosting weekly prayer meeting attendance. News of social visits included Mr and Mrs Chas Brisbois of Marshalltown spending Sunday with Rosa Richards, and the Haynes family visiting Faribault relatives and Oscar Carter in Glidden due to poor health.
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Joe Haynes
LeGrand
A. L. Haynes
Faribault
Minn
R.F. Haggard
L. H. Moore
Glidden
Olen Irons
Harold Welton
Garwin
Ralph Gettle
Green Mountain
Carl Parsons
Fred Wallen
Marshalltown
Carver Haynes
Helen Haynes
Joe Haynes Ideal
Friends Church
J. F. Rylander
C. T. Keen
Taylor Guthrie
Rev. Guthrie
Victor Guthrie
B. H. Beane
O. W. Johnson
C.R. Dougherty
Lucille Wagner
Chas. Brisbois
Rosa Richards
Aaron Haynes
Gertrude
Oscar Carter
Mrs. Eliza Lowry Mourned in Carlton Township
The community mourns the sudden death of Mrs. John Lowry at home in Carlton township from heart trouble. Born Eliza Haynes in 1859, she married John Lowry in 1882 and is survived by husband, six children, four siblings, and seven grandchildren. Funeral held Tuesday at Carlton Church of the Brethren with large attendance.
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John Lowry
Carlton Township
Lowry
Eliza Haynes
James and
Rebecca Haynes
Haynes
Carlton
J. L. Beane
Joseph Smaha, LeGrand
Etta Parson
Des Moines
Wilbur Lowry
Boxholm
Grace Welton
Pearl
Glenn
Garwin
A. L. Haynes
Faribault
Minn
Joseph Haynes
LeGrand
Reta Carter
Glidden
E. P. Lowe
Scotts “Bluff
Neb
Carlton Church of the Brethren
Alvin Moyer
Russell
Chapel Church
Chas. McCune
Chas. Richards
Fred Ambler
D. N. Ferguson
Ralph Hall
John Friedley
Edith Haggard
Cordie Irons
Anna Dobson
Reba Ambler
Dora Wallen
Ada Rank
Gertrude
Jacob Lowry
Samuel Lowry
Moulton
Della Mohr
James Leonard
Fern
Dennis Peak
Ottumwa
Orval
Card of Thanks From John Lowry and Family
We express our gratitude to all who offered help and sympathy after the death and burial of our beloved wife and mother. Thank you for the beautiful flowers and support. John Lowry and Family.
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John Lowry
Teachers' Examination Held in Marshalltown for 1980
The regular June teachers examination will be held in the county superintendent's office in Marshalltown Iowa on June 25 26 and 27 1980 beginning at 9 o'clock a.m CC E Shutt County Superintendent.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Ro'clocka
M. CC. E. Shutt
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S. G. Higinbotham
Leova Crow
Jack’s
Glenn Smaha
Truman Manship
Iowa State College
Ralph Hibbs
Penn College
Oskaloosa
Ralph
Penn
H. D. Hoover
Carl Malmsten
Jennie Farnsworth
Minnie
Fremont, Neb
Jos. Knapp and Son
Calif
Elizabeth Cozzi
Herman D. Orazio
Phillip Cozzi
D. Orazio
Cassie Wolken
Edith Gaunt
Fairfield
Parsons College
Stanley Drury
Chas. Specht
Archie Dougherty
Johnny Olson
Lake Okoboji
Graettinger
Walter Kelloge
Shen
Waltz
Christian Church
Sarah M. Piper
Quarry Chapel
L. T. Hibbs
Pastor
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