Gibson Barn Burned Last Thursday in LeGrand
Fire destroyed the H E Gibson property barn in east LeGrand last Thursday afternoon. The blaze quickly consumed the structure before help could arrive, despite neighbors rushing with pails and antols. The landmark building, long tied to local history, burned despite efforts to save it.
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Gibson-Barn
H. E. Gibson
East LeGrand
Riley McCool
Jonathan Reed
McCools
Mn Fazaily
Plummer-Hoover-Mote Macy Family Gathering In Marion Twp
Miss Winifred Plum mer of Topeka Kan visiting brother Myron Plummer. Plummer home hosts a family gathering in Marion township with Mr. and Mrs. Will Macy and family, Mrs. Sue Macy of Bangor, Jas Mabie family of Whitten, G A Mote of Marshalltown, Jas W Wilson family, H D Hoover and Elizabeth Mote of LeGrand enjoying a noon cafeteria style dinner and homemade ice cream and cake. lively social time.
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Winifred Plummer
Topeka Kan
Myron Plummer
Marion
Plummer-Hoover-Mote- Macy
Plummer
Angel
Will Macy
Sue Macy
Bangor
Jas. Mabie
Whitten
G. A. Mote
Marshalltown
Jas. W. Wilson
H. D. Hoover
Elizabeth Mote
LeGrand
Homecoming Meeting Notice and Local Ads
Executive committee of the Home coming to meet at the Reporter office Saturday night June 28 to transact business. All interested invited. New potatoes for sale. Roy O Neal seeks any work. L T L regular meeting Friday at 2 pm with Georgia Berry. H T Eberhart of Long Beach Calif visited Ludwig home. We sell Kellys Famous flour $1.90 per sack and Careys salt by block or sack. Advertising committee for Homecoming issuing a letterhead. write letters and leave orders at Reporter office.
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Reporter Office
H. T. Eberhart
Long Beach
Calif
Kelly
Carey
Weitzell
Local News and Personals Highlights and Visits
Born to Mr and Mrs Brady Long a baby son on Saturday June 21. Mrs S Brown of Gilman was a Sunday guest of sister Mrs Lars Omundson. Miss Ethel Rank visited Art and Mrs Ludwig. Burt Minnish of Peoria Illinois visited Rosa Richards. Anna Kemper stayed with sister Mrs Felix Jubeck in Quarry. Blanche Emley visited at C T Keen's. Prof Jones and family were in Cedar Rapids last Friday. Miss Hollis Richards joined them. Wilma Gaunt visited relatives in Marshalltown Thursday. sisters Betty and Lois were there Wednesday. Orley and Lewis Leech of Montour visited grandparents Corney Leech and wife. Hans Hill and sons from Waterloo visited Theo Mable. Corney Leech and wife left for Rochester Minnesota for health consult. G B Adair attended Grow family reunion at Shady Oaks Park. Over 100 attendees from various places. Joseph Smaha Sr purchased residence on Main Street from John Haynes. property now Michener Reiterman Dobson. Harry Horn visiting brother Glen Bump in Hilton California, stopped here. Jesse Tow and daughter Frances with Merle Frundle and Mabel Gaunt left for Paullina to visit relatives. Mabel Gaunt to stop at Graettinger to see Walter Kellogg. Tenus Olson showed editor a flint arrowhead, nearly perfect. Reporter seeks government census sheet for Tama County borrowed years ago. Photo pages from 1922 homecoming mention Isaac Asher family. inquiry for info. J M Carr of Poplar Grove Illinois visited LeGrand. Carr spent boyhood near Salem. They plan to attend church services but may not.
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S. Brown
Gilman
Lars Omundson
Ethel Rank
Art Ludwig
Burt Minnish
Peoria
Ill
Rosa Richards
Anna Kemper
Felix Jubeck
Quarry
Blanche Emley
C.T. Keen
Prof. Jones
Cedar Rapids
Theo Mable
Corney Leech
Rochester
Mimn
G. B. Adair
Grow Family
Shady Oaks Park
Sonie
Out of the States
Joseph, Smaha
John Haynes
Main Street
Alma Kempe
Michener-Reiterman-Dobson
Harry Horn
Glen Bump
Hilton
Calif
Chicago
Jesse Tow
Frances
Merle Frundle
Miss Mabel Gaunt
Paullina
Graettinger
Walter Kellogg
Tenus Olson
The Feller Me Mudder T'inks I Am
A short moral piece recounts a street overheard child’s wish to be the man his mother thinks he is. The reflection urges readers to live honestly and strive to become the good person their mother believes they are.
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Wil
Adkins
Muskrat Attack Turns Harmless Creek Outing Sour
Little Robert Johnson, son of Lyell and wife, was bitten while playing in a creek near their barnlet. He grabbed what he thought was a harmless object but was bitten as a muskrat in the shallow water clamped onto his hands, causing them to bleed. He was rushed to Dr Mills for dressing.
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Robert Johnson
Lyell Johnson
Johnson
Robert
Dr. Mills
Wade Post
Auto Cow Collision On Rural Road Near Quarry
Around 5:30 Monday morning Mrs. Millard Dillman drove her husband to work when a cow from the G C Ogier place dashed into the highway. The crash damaged the car heavily, with a jammed radiator and crumpled fenders. The cow, owned by Pony Kempe, was sold to the butcher after the incident.
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Millard Dillman
G. C. Ogier Place
Pony Kempe
Vicksburg Bullets Gathered for a Local Relic Collection
Lewis Dunham owns Civil War relics with a storied past. He bought a Union and a Confederate bullet during a Vicksburg visit last summer while showcasing Pemberton’s Hampshire troops at Southern fairs. The pieces are vouched as genuine and could form a museum collection alongside other historic mementos.
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Lewis Dunham
Vicksburg
Burich
Pemberton
Hampshires
Grant
Lewis
LeGrand
Lundy’s Lane
Fort St. Augustine
Santiago
Band Concert Draws Crowd in Village
A Saturday night band concert drew a fine, orderly crowd with roller skating at the hall and street music by the high school orchestra. One driver sped away at about forty miles per hour. Prof Jones aims to link summer and school terms for a running start when the year opens. The concerts, with more brass, are an unqualified success.
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Jones
New Fangled Mower Draws City Attention On Street
On Saturday crowds watched a novel mowing machine arrive from the west and park before a restaurant. The device attaches to a highway commission auto and rides above ground while powering a wide swath along both road shoulders. Demonstration suggests farmers may soon mow fields from their sedans.
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Highway Commission
It Leads the Procession at Family Theater in Marshalltown
The Family Theater, one of Marshalltown’s two independent houses, will show talking pictures starting Monday, June 30 with new projection gear. Itwill feature major titles such as Cock Eyed World Romance of the Rio Grande Grand Parade Sunny Side Up and more. A large blower and water cooling system promise a complete air change every two minutes making it the coolest place by ten degrees. Admission will be 10 and 20 cents with a 10 cent matinee on Thursdays and 5 cent kids matinee on Saturdays. Alfred Omundson is in Denver undergoing government hospital treatment for long trouble and will be away several weeks.
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Marshalltown
Shekinah Theme At Friends Church Service
Rev Taylor Guthrie leads Morning Worship at 11 with Bible School and Junior C E. An 8 p m United C E service is scheduled, plus a Wednesday prayer meeting. The Quiet Hour idea is emphasized with biblical examples and a call to pause before each new day amid life’s pressures.
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Bible School
C. W. Johnson
C.E
Edna Johnson
United C. E
Moses
God
Gideon
Abraham
Isaac
Jesus
Christian Church Weekly Schedule and Picnic Recap
The Christian Church offers a morning program at 10:00 with Church School led by Maude Gaunt, and a 11:00 Morning Worship. Christian Endeavor meets at 7:00 p.m. with Chris Ludwig as president and a lesson on Great Missionary Leaders. Evening Service welcomes all. The Eagles and Willing Helpers Sunday School classes, taught by Rosa Beechout and J. W. Piper, shared a joint picnic Tuesday at Shady Oaks.
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Maude Gaunt
Clris Ludwig
Herbert
Rosa Beechout
J. W. Piper
Shady Oaks
Trinity Lutheran Church Dilion Sunday School Message
Trinity Lutheran Church Dilion hosts Sunday School at 10 a m with a sermon on The sin of Despising the Little Ones based on Mat 18710 11. A community dinner follows at noon and a social gathering in the afternoon. All are welcome to attend and support the children.
Quarry Chapel Sunday Schedule and Welcome
Quarry Chapel announces Sunday School at 10 a.m. with Clarence Hartwell as Superintendent and a Church Service at 11 o'clock. A cordial welcome is extended to all. Tuesday evening services start at 8:00 p.m.
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Clarence Hartwell
Blasts From North Quarries Crack Windows
North quarry work near the canal area stirs concern as blasts break a window at the telephone exchange and damage nearby farmhouses. Officials report a daily average of fifty loaded rock cars for highway paving with 84 cars Tuesday and the north quarry producing 20 cars on two shifts.
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al Stevens
Panama Canal
Supt
Ben Baumgartner
LeGrand memories and hometown ties in Gladbrook letter
Gladbrook Iowa June 20 1930 letter recalls LeGrand days and reunion notes from Whittier California migrants. Mentions Robi J White Owensmouth and Hia Heald academy romance, honoring old citizens Burt Marker Rudy Snyder Jr and Mrs Wilson. Celebrates Reporter obituaries and the LeGrand community’s lasting bonds.
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Gladbrook
Dave Simkin
LeGrand
Robi. J. White
Owensmouth
Calif
Hia Heald
Old Friends Academy
Auld Lang Syne
Robert
Davidson Creek
T. E. Mann
LeGrand School Seeks Bids for Bus Routes
The LeGrand consolidated school board invites bids on bus routes 2 4 5 6 formerly run by G C Johnson G W Dunham Amile Frundle and Rev Taylor Guthrie. Bids must be filed with the secretary by July 1 1930. The board reserves the right to accept or reject all bids. Mrs C D Harvey secretary.
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LeGrand Consolidated School
G. C. Johnson
G. W. Dunham
Amile Frundle
Taylor Guthrie
C, D, Harvey
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Théo
Mable
Roy O’neal
L.T. L
Georgia’erry
Brady Long
Tama County
Washington
Isaac Asher
J. M. Carr
Poplar Grove
Carr
Salem
Alfred Omundson
Denver
Friends Church
Christian Church
Sarah M. Piper
Trinity Lutheran Church
Dilion
Thao. E. Hinck
Quarry Chapel
L. T. Hibbs
Pastor
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