Widow Virginia Keen Dies After Illness at LeGrand
Mrs. Virginia B Keen widow of Ogier Keen died after a short illness at 2 30 am last Friday at her daughter’s home near LeGrand She had lived in LeGrand for 58 years born August 28 1851 in Baltimore MD she married Ogier Keen February 17 1875 and they moved to LeGrand She is survived by five of seven children George W Keen Charles Thomas Keen Margaret Hoover Irene Gibson and Elizabeth Hoover along with 13 grandchildren and four great grandchildren Funeral services were held at 230 pm Sunday at the Friends church following a prayer service at the Hoover home conducted by Rev Taylor Guthrie with Rev G W Harvey of Marshalltown assisting Pallbearers were grandsons Howard Leland Keen Eugene Gibson Walter Dale Keen Donald Hoover Flower bearers included Mrs Ward Buchanan Mrs Howard Keen Mrs Leland Keen Mrs Eugene Gibson Miss Esther Hoover Miss Maxine Hoover and Lora Keen Burial was in Friends cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia B. Keen
Ogier Keen
C. E H. Hoover
LeGrand
Keen
Virginia B. Payneer
Baltimore
George W. Keen
Charles Thomas Keen
Margaret Hoover
Irene Gibson
Elizabeth Hoover
Howard Keen
Leland Keen
Eugene Gibson
Esther
Maxine Hoover
Lora Keen
Friends Cemetery
Life Is 80 Short A Plea For Patience And Kindness
A short verse-like selection urges readers to value life, practice patience, love, and forgiveness, and replace hate with kindness. Attributed to Margaret Scart Hall, it extols smiling, generosity, and gentle conduct to brighten a troubled world.
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Slighta
Margaret Scart Hall
Card of Thanks and Bank Deposit Debate
The keens extend thanks for kindness after bereavement and flowers. The note opines on bank failures, endorsing government guaranteed deposits to remove money from hiding, contrasting with Canada’s chain banking plan and noting Canada’s few failures versus the US.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Roosevelt
Canada
Gladbrook Northern
Local News and Personals Highlights from a Small Town
Local items note births and visits across families including Cora Bales in Golo, Richard Lee Sharp born April 22 to Mr. and Mrs. Glenn W. Sharp, and Fern Andrews with daughter Dorothy moving to Portland to pursue advanced X-ray work. Nearby towns mentioned include Marshalltown, Knoxville, Dunkerton, and Dunbar Elevator Company advertising insurance. Barber shop hours listed with modest prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn W. Sharp
Richard Lee
Fern Andrews
Dorothy
Portland
Ore
Sherman Forbes
Town Poly Red Town Beautifies Circular Town Square Plot
Town authorities and LeGrand Garden Club beautified the circular plot at the town square around the flagstaff and Joseph Davidson memorial boulder. Black dirt was dumped, granite boulders arranged, then Garden Club members planted flowers and perennials to create a summer display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeGrand Garden Club
Joseph Davidson
Garden Club
High School Gagette Highlights And Dates
The school board met Tuesday with full membership. Senior class play Boots and Her Buddies earned about 75 dollars. Commencement is set for May 11 in the high school auditorium, with Baccalaureate at Friends church on Sunday at 8 pm. Eighth grade commencement and a play follow on May 17. Track team enters Guernsey meet Friday. senior class funds aid the team. Faculty dinner at Chester Tweet home. school exhibit moves to PTA next Tuesday and then to commencement night. Adkins spoke on Citizenship to grades five through eight. The senior class hosted a hob o party at Eugene Hoover’s Wednesday evening with costume prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kibbie
Marshalltown
Friends Church
Guernsey
Chester
P T. A
Adkins
Eugene Hoover
Hoover Place
Youths Dry Convention Draws 4000 Attend In Marshalltown
Youths County Dry Convention at the Baptist Temple Marshalltown drew 4000 young attendees as Drake University student Harold Browne spoke on Prohibition. Rev Browne urged participation in the All Iowa Dry Convention in Des Moines on May 5 and 6 with 4 000 reservations already made. The parade begins 9 30 Saturday. the event will halt city activity for two hours to showcase youth commitment to dryness. Thirty local youths who attended expressed enthusiasm for the state convention and LeGrand’s potential representation.
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Baptist Temple
Marshalltown
Harold Browne
Drake University
LeGrand
Funnygrams Improvised Student Reads My Own Body
A teacher tells students to write honestly but a pupil responds with a humorous miswriting about inner organs and food. The piece lists stomach, lungs, heart, liver, apples, mince pie, candy, peanuts, and dinner as content.
Boy reports telephone repairman talking to heaven
A small boy watched a repairman climb a pole and connect a test set. After trouble obtaining a connection, the boy rushed inside crying that a man on the pole was talking to heaven. He recalled the man shouting Hello, Hello, Good Lord, what's the matter up there.
Lucky Leaf 4 H Club Meeting Notes at Lena Erickson Home
The 4 H club met on January 29 at Lena Mary Erickson's home with good attendance. Members answered roll call with new plans for their rooms as Lois Gaunt gave a talk on wall finishes and Martha Garrett presented a picture study on the Souvenir of Italy. Mrs Knudson shared a talk on Winter Bouquets, Betty Gaunt read Master Musicians, and refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Mary Erickson
Lois Gaunt
Martha Garrett
Italy
Betty Gaunt
Death of Knudt Thompson in Dunbar
Knudt Thompson died Tuesday morning at his Dunbar home after months of poor health. Funeral services are planned at the Stavanger Friends meeting house and the full obituary will be printed next week in the Reporter.
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Knudt Thompson l
Dunbar
Stavanger
Presbyterians Back Prohibition Amendment Support
The Fort Dodge Presbytery meeting at Rockwell City voted to endorse efforts to preserve the eighteenth amendment and urge anti liquor sentiment and voting. The 41 Presbyterian churches comprise the Presbytery as stated. The resolution notes that popular elections do not alter their convictions on alcoholic beverages and calls for active promotion of prohibition in the coming campaign.
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Des Moines
Presbytery
Fort Dodge
Rockwell City
Card of Thanks from Shelton Family
The family expresses gratitude for the kindness and sympathy shown during the illness and after the death of their husband and father. Mrs. E. A. Shelton and children extend thanks. Mrs. L. R. Grimes of Green Mountain spent Thursday at the Dy Mills home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Shelton
Quaker Heritage Sermon and Church Events
Friends Church announces Sept 11 morning service with O W Johnson topic Quaker Heritage. A baccalaureate sermon by Rev Sarah Piper precedes a monthly business meeting at 8 pm Wednesday. The pastor quotes a Bible verse and extols divine guidance for leaders and the church as the salt of the earth.
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O. W. Johnson
Sarah Piper
Christian Church Weekly Meeting Notes and Services
The Christian Church offers 10 a m Church School led by Doris Baumgartner and morning worship at 11 o'clock with no evening service. The Mission Circle met at Mrs Cecil Baer's home on April 27 with Miss Della Richards directing a program on China and Japan, Manchurian topics, plus discussions, music and scripture. May meeting led by Mrs Ruth Scriven with hostess Mrs Florence Emley.
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Doris Baumgartner
Mission Circle
Cecil Baer
Della _ Richards
China
Japan
Roy Hilsabeck
Ruth Scriven
Florence Emley
Inn operator to appeal for 3.2 beer permit
Ruth Stewart operator of Lighthouse Inn ten miles north of Iowa City says she will appeal to the courts for a permit to sell 3.2 beer. The Lighthouse Inn in North Liberty is a popular student rendezvous but North Liberty council and mayor have decided to grant no beer permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Ruth Stewart
Lighthouse Inn
Iowa City
University of Iowa
North Liberty
LeGrand School District Calls Bids for 1953 34 Routes
The LeGrand Consolidated School District seeks bids on bus routes for 1953 34. East, west and north routes remain as now while the southwest route will include Johns Kaisand and Sam Iverson children and the current driver E J Larson route will be discontinued. Bids due by p m Tuesday May 16 with right to reject all bids.
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LeGrand Consolidated School District
John Kaisand
Sam Iverson
E. J. Larson
C. D. Harvey
LeGrand Parent-Teacher Meeting And Auction Sale
The LeGrand Parent-Teacher Association holds the final meeting of the year in the high school auditorium on May 9 with a 6:30 event in the gym. Coffee is provided and baskets with sandwiches and service are requested. High school displays run through commencement. 4-H Club plans a musical program. An auction sale of Dr and Mrs Mills household goods from Cylinder will be held at the LeGrand home of their daughter on Monday May 8 with bidders welcome.
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LeGrand
Parent-Teacher Association
4-H Club
BE. M. Mills
A. E. Shelton
Cylinder
A. Vandervelde
Boots and Her Buddies Delights Local Audience
Senior class drama Boots and Her Buddies entertained Thursday and Friday at the school auditorium. Miss Edith Gaunt directed the eighteen cast members led by Marian Kouba and Kenneth Perry as Boots Boyd and her father. Kenneth Cutler and Stephen Sanders provided strong humor as Bill Thompson and Percival Manners, with Norman Dunham as Jed Harding. The cast also included Mildred Rasmussen as Mandy and Mary Perry, Loretta Humphrey, Ruth Guthrie, Jeannette Perisho, and others. Two glee club numbers opened the program and solo performances followed, including Robert White who later won praise for a Marshall county contest selection.
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Boots
Edith Gaunt
Ned Boyd
Boots Boyd
Marian Kouba
Kenneth Perry
Kenneth Cutler
Stephen Sanders
Bill Thompson
Percival Manners
Norman Dunham
Jed Harding
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Virginia Keen
Dunbar Elevator Company
Joe Kennedy
Cora Bales
Golo
Eli Inman
State Center
Rosa Beechout
Will Deising
Jessie Hanson
Phoebe McCarel
Newburg
Glenn McCarel
Ralph Mills
Knoxville
Joe Hazel
George
Thomas Perry
Dunkerton
Dudley Perry
Wilma Gaunt
L.E. Gaunt
D. . Harvey
Cal Dougherty
Clemens
James Dougherty
Ardella Richards
Elizabeth Hayes
G. C. Woodmansee
Town Poly Red
High School
Gagette
Ruth Guthrie
Beryl Keen
Hilda Rylander
Ciara Lamb
Fred Peterson
Dan Glidewell
Lucky Leaf
Club
Knudt Thompson
Presbyterians
Taylor Guthrie
Church
Christian Church
Sarah M. Piper
Northwestern
Parent-Teacher Meeting
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