Airplanes Parade Dims LeGrand Hopeful Sign Feud
Des Moines began an airship marathon with forty planes heading toward Marshalltown. LeGrand marked the route with a large yellow sign and a new airsign to draw notice. A gusty gale rattled the procession as the $80,000 Stan-O-Lind H suffered a minor storm injury and did not join the flight.
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LeGrand
Des Moines
Iowa City
Marshalltown
Sawyer Building
A. J. Ludwig
Mary
Register
Kansas City
Baby Killdeers Found and Returned After Road Incident
On a road trip northeast of town Ray mond Beane and Lloyd Omundson caught two of a covey of young killdeers after parent birds tried to steer them away. The youngsters, alert and quaillike, were returned to the site for further care by their parents. The Christian church Ladies Aid plans a hot chicken sandwich supper Saturday evening in rooms west of the post office from 5 p.m. onward, 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Beane
Lloyd Omundson
Papa
Mamma
Ladies Aid of the Christian Church
Local News and Personals Highlights Town Visits
Miss Jessie Manship visits Crystal Lake while friends gather there. Glen Hoover and family from Clinton call on relatives nearby. Sanna Tweet and son Myron of St Paul visit the Joel Olson home. The John Manship family spent Sunday at Pine Lake with friends. Dorothy Specht goes to Marshalltown for a few weeks employment. Earl and Mrs. Gaunt of Marshalltown call on uncle W M Gaunt. Mrs. Eric Ericson returns from Eldora after treatment for sciatic rheumatism. Lena Mary Ericson returns from Des Moines after two weeks visiting relatives. Corney Leech to Oakdale Sunday to visit niece Mrs Hart Piper at the sanitarium. Hazel O’Neal of Des Moines and William Bratt of Shelby visit Corwin O’Neal’s home. Joe Haynes and daughter Helen visit Albion and attend Richards reunion at Alva Richards’. A joint WCTU P and LTL meeting is planned at Mrs John Kaizand’s on Tuesday July 2 with a picnic lunch. Mildred Gaunt begins at Deaconess hospital but falls ill with acute appendicitis and is operated on. recovering. Mrs Julia Gunderson has sold her town property to Rev A J Hanson of Salem. Hanson family to keep the place as a home for now. Mrs Sarah Frederico of New Orleans arrives Monday from Ohio and Illinois and will visit aunt Mrs Rosa Beechout and relatives. Frances Beane departs for Lake Okoboji with summer employment. Chas Beane Lois accompany her via auto to Iowa Falls and New Providence. Ethel Rhodes breaks her arm after a cowboys play incident involving a boy lassoing her while riding a mule. She vows to avoid such play.
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John Manship
Pine Lake
Dorothy Specht
Marshalltown
Earl Gaunt
W. M. Gaunt
Eric Ericson
Eldora
Lena Mary Ericson
Des Moines
Hazel O'Neal
William Bratt
Shelby
Corwin O' Neal
Joe Haynes
Helen
Albion
Richards
Alva Richards
P. B
John Kaizand
Mildred Gaunt
Deaconess Hospital
Julia Gunderson
A. J. Hanson
LeGrand
Salem
Hanson
Sarah (Hansen) Frederico
New Orleans
Ohio
Illinois
Baby Lorrane
Rosa Beechout
Frances Beane
Lake Okoboji
Chas. Beane
Lois
Iowa Falls
New Providence
Ethel Rhodes
John Rhodes
First Aid for Swimmers Warns of Dangers and Rescue Steps
A State Department of Health bulletin urges precautions as warm weather lures swimmers to lakes and rivers. It covers safe use, avoiding after meals, polluted water, typhoid vaccination, and detailed artificial respiration steps to revive drowning victims, plus guidance on keeping the victim warm and orderly after rescue.
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State Department of Health
Deviznikhek Devig Wedding in Marshalltown
Miss Sarah Alverda Devi daughter of Mr and Mrs Gus Devig married John Fred Zednichek of Marshalltown at 8 PM Saturday in the Friends parsonage Marshalltown officiated by Rev H W Cope. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Joel Olson. Mrs Zednichek is a LeGrand high school 1926 graduate and has worked at the D C Elder home the past year. Mr Zednichek is a tool maker at C A Dunham company. They will reside at 709 East Church Street.
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Zednichek—Devis
Sarah Alverda Devi
Gus Devig
John Fred Zednichek
Marshalltown
Friends Parsonage
H. W. Cope
Joel Olson
Zednichek
LeGrand High School
D. C. Elder
C. A. Dunham Company
East Church Street
Who Pays the Damage from the Field Landing
Herman Wolken raises a question sparked by an airplane landing in a west town field of oats. Engine trouble forced a landing on a crop that was damaged in both landing and takeoff. A just claim exists. the issue is who pays and how the farmer can collect. Also a wanted ad seeks housework or child care at once by Maxine Mahle of LeGrand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Wolken
Quaker Lane Social News and Local Incidents
From Our Special Correspondent records a Sunday visit by the Perisho and Johnson families to HH Sharp home, a Q L Club meeting with eleven members sewing and talking, and haytime activity as farmers harvest. Chas Rubenbauer injured by a hay fork, and Verdi Minn summer trip plans involve Nodland and companions. State Christian Endeavor delegates from Holland attend Newton event. Holland store door left open last Saturday with no loss found.
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Harold Perisho
Artille Johnson
HH. H
Holland
Friends Church Program and July 1 Event
Rev. Taylor Guthrie leads 10:00 Bible School in the church basement and 11:00 Gospel service in the Community hall with the topic Holiness. At 7:00 C. E. meets in the hall and 8:00 sermon on A Wise Choice. Wednesday prayer meeting in True Blue classroom. C. E. social event and indoor track meet on July 1 at Lauretta Bigelow’s home. Poem praises good-hearted helpers and warns against snobbery.
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True Blue
C. E
Erand
Lauretta Bigelow
Christian Church Weekly Schedule and Activities
The Christian Church posts a full weekend program with a 10:00 Sunday School led by Mary Higinbotham, 11:00 Morning Worship, 7:00 p.m. Christian Endeavor led by Mabel Gaunt on Heroes for Christ, 8:00 p.m. Evening Service, and a Wednesday Prayer Circle at 8:00 p.m. All are welcome. Eagles 8. class picnicked at Riverview park with Rosa Beechout. Rev. Cope from Marshalltown led a union service Sunday night.
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Mary Higinbotham
Christian Endeavor
Mabel Gaunt
Matt
John
Mig. Herbert
Eagles
Rosa Beechout
Riverview Park
Rev. Cope
Marshalltown
June Meeting of P B Welcomes Three New Members
The June meeting at the Meltvedt home had thirty one attendees. New members were welcomed and the program featured a devotional led by Mrs Pemberton, a poster talk by Maurice Johnson, song by Maxine Mahle, readings by Virgil Horn, and musical numbers by the Hawaiian sextet Hawaiian trio and a Ruth Guthrie Mildred Meltvedt piano duet. Refreshments followed served by a committee. Next meeting set for the Hoover home.
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Ruth Guthrie
Mildred Meltvedt
Donald
Kenneth Hoover
Birthday Party for Faye and Perry Longs With 25 Children
A crowd of twenty five youngsters gathered at Mr and Mrs Brady Long home to celebrate Faye and Perry Longs sixth and ninth birthdays. Gifts prizes and games delighted the children with Maynard Johnson Donald Beane Robert Johnson and Marjorie Rosdale among the winners. Balloons hid before a table adorned with two large angle cakes and flowers. Mrs Lyell Johnson and Mrs Harold Millard assisted with serving while relatives visited nearby. Clarence Scott and a boyfriend from Correctionville are visiting the grandmother Mrs E A Shelton this week. Mr and Mrs C B Adair and Mrs Rosa Richards traveled to Nevada on Thursday for a Crow Fry and Adair family reunion.
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Brady Long
C. B. Adair
Rosa Richards
Nevada
Crow, Fry
Adair
Le Grand Team Still Heads the Bunch in Baseball Clash
Green Mountain pitchers Fry and Gaunt faced strong LeGrand hitters with Gaunt earning fourteen strikeouts and Fry nine as LeGrand holds lead after early scoring surge. The game opened with six LeGrand runs in two innings, then stabilized with defensive plays and repeated outs. Continuous fielding and timely hits defined a tight contest, with Gaunt and Fry delivering strong pitching performances and key fielding plays shaping the outcome.
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Green Mountain
LeGrand
Fry
Gaunt
Sparkie
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Iowa
Baby Killdeers
Jessie Manship
Crystal Lake
Glen Hoover
Clinton
Mrs. Corney Leech
Oakdale
Mrs
Hart Piper
Sanitarium
Maxine Mahle, LeGrand
Theorval Nodland
Verdi, Minn
Ja Farm
Elma Rosdale
Camey Meltvedi
Newton
Rev. Dykhuis
Evelyn Dykhuis
Edith and
Maxine Mahle
Loretta Bigelow
Ruth Piper
Zella O'Neal
Friends Church
Taylor Guthrie
God
Christian Church
Edward Dykhuis
Clarence Scott
Correctionville
E. A. Shelton
LE Grand Team
H. Nichol
Radloff
Estal
W. Fry
Mendenhall
Hibbs
Hines
Smaha
Manship
M. Gaunt
Keen
Burt
R.burt l
Weitzell
D. Gaunt
G.nichol
Heifer
H.nichol
Mahlon
Short
Dean
Merrill
C. Burt
Pitcher
K.fry
R. Burt
J. Manship
Heifner
HH. Nichol
Himes
Estallt
Nichol
Don Radloff
Dean Gaunt
M. Radloff
Wilson
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