LeGrand notes and club leaflets highlight youth work
Local items celebrate six leaflets on boy club work by Joseph R. Caputo with a long résumé of farming and livestock contest wins. Social notices report visits, illness, baptisms, vacations, and town events including a River View Park picnic and church attendance.
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Joseph Caputo
Joseph R. Caputo
LeGrand High School
Joe
J. R. Caputo
Angus Heifer
Poland
Caputo
Mr. Waltemeyer
Melbourne
Iowa
Dean Curtiss
Berkshire
Ames
International
Kansas City
Royal
Farmers’ Co-operative Livestock Marketing Association
Washington, Ia
Washington County
The Miser by Albert Lindley Beane
A memoir poem recalling a childhood moment when a grandmother jokes that the speaker will become a miser for beauty. The speaker vows to hoard dreamlike treasures of summer dawns forests seas and memories. Written by Albert Lindley Beane of LeGrand Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandpa
Grandma
Moving from Yellowstone Park to Bozeman for new job
Harlow Mills writes from Yellowstone Park to Corwin, enclosing a newspaper order and asking to change the address to 7228 Grand Ave Bozeman Montana. They will move July 1 to join Montana State College Bozeman after a profitable year in the Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlow
Community Movies Draw Big Crowd For Friday Night Film
A strong turnout packed the enclosure for the latest Community Movies showing despite frigid air. Promoters smile at the crowd, while a chair seating tweak and a missing prize winner keep spirits high. The Hoosier Schoolmaster leads the bill with Tomorrow's Youth in reserve, as the Parent-Teacher Association steers the program. Local social notes mention Miss Vivian and Master Louis Leech dining with Roy Hilsabeck, and Miss Wiletta Hilsabeck vacationing in Albion.
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Edward Eggleston
Parent-Teacher
Vivian
Master Louis Leech
Roy Hilsabeck
Wiletta Hilsabeck
Albion
W. W. Arey
T. M. Cripps
Lee Aldrich Recovering After Crash in Monterey Park
Editor R. E. Lee Aldrich of the Temple Times is recovering after a three week stay at Garfield hospital Monterey Park. He was seriously injured in an automobile collision in front of his home on May 27 and has been moved home Sunday in Amos Du Bois' ambulance. His recovery is rapid and full recovery is expected with careful nursing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Aldrich
Garfield Hospital
Monterey Park
R. E. Lee Aldrich
Temple Times
Amos du Bois
Aldrich
LeGrand Garden Club June Meeting Highlights
The LeGrand Garden Club met at Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Johnsons with eleven members present. Programs included readings on plants and garden growing, a piano solo by Myrna Jonson, a talk on Cross Blood Berries, and a weed contest listing about 25 weed varieties gathered from Mr. Johnsons farm. Visitations included the Christenson and Banwell families, and a large all day gathering at Mrs Emilys home featured baskets and a cafeteria dinner.
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LeGrand Garden Club
O. W. Johnson
Kingdom of Heaven on Earth Sermon Reflections at Friends Church
Reverend Taylor Guthrie leads a service outline at Friends Church with John Rhodes Jr bringing the message and a ministry meeting. The sermon argues that daily labor from farmers to printers contributes to the kingdom of heaven unfolding on earth, challenging sacred secular work divides.
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Bible School
O. W. Johnson
Gospel Service
Christian Endeavor
John Rhodes, Jr
Christ
Kingdom of Heaven
God
Heaven
Welcome to all at Christian Church service
The item notes a morning service at the Christian Church with 10 a.m. Church School led by Mary Higinbotham, no evening service, and extends a welcome to all. It also quotes Fred A. Turner of Alhambra criticizing idle gossip as damaging to the town and urging a pledge not to repeat unkind neighborly talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary’ Higinbotham
Fred A. Turner
Alhambra
Chapel Street
Post-Advocate
Dunham Family Reunion Held at Highland Township Home
A Dunham family reunion and birthday anniversary for Lewis K. Dunham was hosted at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas Dunham in Highland township. About thirty people attended a bountiful dinner including extended kin from LeGrand Findlay Montour Hartland and Ferguson communities. Teachers from Ferguson schools also gathered at Claude Deed’s home for a 1928 29 reunion, led by Miss Edith Gaunt with a report of a pleasant time.
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Lewis K. Dunham
Chas. Dunham
Highland Township
E. W. Dunham
George Dunham
Charles
Raymond
Ralph
Junior
L. K. Dunham
George Arnold
LeGrand
T. Richard Dunham
Betty
John
James
Findlay
Ohio
Robert Dulman
Dale
Glen
Jonas Dunham
Flossie
Montour
Highland
Albert Goecke
Hartland
Ferguson
Claude Deed
Edith Gaunt
Fine Pulpit Orator Delights Friends Church Audience
Rev. T. Richard Dunham of Findlay Ohio preached at the Friends church on Sunday morning to an attentive crowd. Compliments praised the sermon and the speaker’s vigor as a Bible scholar now lecturing nationwide. Dunham, son of William and Mrs. Dunham, grew up in LeGrand and Agra Oklahoma before training at Moody Bible Institute and pursuing evangelistic work. The Dunham family left LeGrand Monday for Chicago, with further lectures planned. Blanche Himes of Marshalltown visits Gilbert Swenson’s home for the week.
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W. E. Sharp
Green Mountain
Elmo Sharp
W. B. Hewitt
Shirley
Earl Gaunt
Des Moines
Patricia Strine
Marshalltown
M. A. Stainbrook
Lubbock
Texas
Lone Star State
LeGrand
Albert Goecke
Leona
Betty
Hartland
Friends Church
Dunham
Sam Iverson
Glenn Mills
Thomval Thompson
East LeGrand
Mabel Rowlison
Clement Thompson
Eldora
Pine ‘Lake
B. Page
Council Bluffs
C. D. Harvey
Page
N. J. Garrison
Pasadena
Calif
E. E. Benedict
Garrison
May Benedict
W.benedict
T. Richard Dunham
Findlay
Ohio
Nebraska
Herman Wolken
Ernest Mills
William Dunham
Agra
Okla
Moody Bible Institute
States East
Chicago
Truman
Brand New Industry Starts at Le Grand
After selling his barber shop C. D. Harvey launched a doormat factory in Le Grand. The mats come in various sizes with a sloping frame and are pitched for public buildings and homes. Local interest grows as the venture aims to establish a strong market in the territory.
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LE Grand
Council Bluffs
C. D. Harvey
LeGrand Wins Again In Tough Tama Encounter
LeGrand defeated Marshalltown Mission 5 to 3 on Sunday after a mix up with opponents. Specht and C Perry partnered for LeGrand while Stanfield and Doyen starred for the Missionaries. Perry allowed 6 hits and struck out 9, Doyen 8 hits and 9 strikeouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tama
Marshalltown Mission
Tama Indians
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W.C.I. U
G. C. Ovier
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Jesse Tow
Lake Okoboji
Raymond Case
Liscomb
George Case
Cecil Baer
George Richardson
Edwin Humphrey
Chas. Richards
Carlton
Literary and
Riverview Park
A. I. Holtsclaw
Betty Jean
New Orleans
Holtsclaw
Mildred Hansen
Jessie Hansen
Rosa Beechout
Ray Dunncan
Everett Emmett
Little Daughter
Grinnell
Mrs. C. D. Harvey
C. R. Durland
Connie
Indianola
Dr. Mills
Wanda and
Ramona Reed
Walter Reed
C.C.C
Illinois
Ralph Duncan
Ray Duncan
Mga
the Miser
Albert Lindley Beane
LeGrand, Ia
Chris Christenson
Jewell
Ray Banwell
Clarion
C. B. Adair
Christenson
Mary Shellenbarger
Butnerville
Taylor Guthrie
Christian Church
Dunham Family Reunion
Blanche Himes
Gilbert Swenson
Charles Harvey
Weitzel Building
Pet Erickson
Manship
Mahle
Radloff
I Keen
Hibb
Rusgseil
Specht
Perry
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