Senior events and commencement planned at local high school
The senior play Ghost of the Redskin runs Thursday and Friday. A Junior-Senior banquet is set for Saturday at the Tallcorn hotel in Marshalltown. Baccalaureate is Sunday at 8 pm in Friends church with Rev. Floyd Hinshaw delivering the sermon. Eighth Grade commencement is Monday May 10 at 8 pm. PTA meets May 11. The senior class offers a program of parting rites, followed by a school exhibit in the gym. Commencement Day May 12 with Supt. Jordan Larson of Ames as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallcorn
Marshalltown
Friends Church
Floyd Hinshaw
Eighth Grade Commencement Program Highlights
Eighth grade events include piano solo Dorothy Olson invocation Rev Hinshaw valedictory Betty Peterson humorous reading Jack Gaunt operetta The Magic Hammer fifth and sixth grades class history Norman Johnson humorous reading Oscar Rhodes vocal solo Mr Miller dramatic reading Betty Peterson salutatory Oscar Rhodes humor s reading Norman Johnson class will and prophecy Jack Gaunt commencement address Mr Shutt presentation of diplomas Mr Shutt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Olson
Hinshaw
Betty Peterson
Jack Gaunt
Magic Hammer
Norman Johnson
Oscar Rhodes
Mr. Miller
Will and Prophecy
Mr. Shutt
Card of Thanks from Helfenstein Family
Mrs. D. M. Helfenstein and children Anna Alva Ethyle and Roy express sincere appreciation for the sym pathies shown in their deep sorrow over the death of a devoted husband and loving father. Telegrams letters and cards of sympathy and friends at the funeral were a touching tribute to his life. The Helfenstein Family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Helfenstein
Anna
Alva
Ethyle
Roy
Helfenstein
PTA May Meeting Presents The Last Round-Up
The May PTA meeting will be held Tuesday evening May 11 at 8 in the school auditorium. The senior class presents The Last Round-Up with a 6 30 basket dinner in the gym preceding the program and an exhibit on display. Public invited. Com, Chairman.
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P.T.A
Bird Banding Permits Issued For Study By Conservation Commission
The conservation commission may grant bird banding permits to individuals for scientific study with no charge. The town has no existing law prohibiting bird capture for tagging. The L.T.L. will meet at 4 PM Wednesday May 14 at Bobby Phipps home. bring friends.
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The
Conservation Commission
Towa
L.T.L
Bobby Phipps
Local News and Personals Highlights from Marshalltown
Mrs. Bessie Hilsabeck made a business trip to Marshalltown Thursday. Notices list lost items, sales, and farming ads. The Wildlife School session at McGregor Ta will be held August 2 to 18 1937. Local visits include Mrs. Wayne Humphreys and two children in New Providence and Miss Bernice Moore in Marshalltown. The community notes mention bus service resuming, ticket sales, and light editorial corrections in this issue.
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Bessie Hilsabeeck
Marshalltown
Kerwin
S. van Dorn
A. R. Cary
W. E. Weitzel
W. M. Gaunt
Jack
Elgin Powers
Bernice Moore
Ray Duncan
Bessie Hilsabeck
The
Wildlife School
McGregor, Ta
Wayne Humphreys
New Providence
J. W. Piper
Elwood Ankrum
Clarence Hartwell
LeGrand
Betty Gaunt
Mabel Gaunt
Telephone Co
John Case
George Case
The Fragrant Earth by John A. Stover
The poem reflects on the odor of fresh turned earth as a nostalgic link to childhood and past springs. It contrasts memories of endless spring with later seasons of frost and cold, suggesting soil’s scent brings hope amid dark skies and fading years.
Main Street Melody and Small-Town Anecdotes Parade
A collection of light vignettes from LeGrand and nearby places. notes about a hiking boy seeking work in Washington with calls for billions, two LeGrand women stopped by a highway patrolman, Glenn Mills and Cobb's pond fish comparisons, children debating farms, Lyell Johnson morning glories, and a humorous tale of stepping on a cold snake and rolling into a creek in a barrel that vanished.
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LeGrand
Glenn Mills
Snake River
Idaho
Cobb’s Pond
Lyell Johnson
Lyell
Montour LeGrand Baseball Game Headlines and Local Notices
Montour defeats LeGrand 2 4 in a seven inning high school baseball clash on the local diamond. Erickson fans 11 Montour batters while Booth racks up eight strikeouts for LeGrand. Also notes a Green Mountain win for LeGrand and an Iowa livestock meeting planned in Marshalltown with showcase cattle and a feed lot film.
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Montour
Tama County
Chelsea
Concide
Erickson
Booth
LeGrandites
Clinton Perisho
Thomas
Hinegardner
Tisher
DeFrance
Green Mountain
LeGrand
Youngblood
Cattle Feeders Meet to Hear Aaberg Summary
A cattle feeding meeting is set for Friday May 7 in Marshalltown at 8 p m in the east court room of the Court House. Herman Aaberg field man for the Chicago Producers will discuss the spring survey summary noting when most people plan changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Marshalltown
Herman Aaberg
Chicago Producers
LeGrand Church Schedule Announces Services and Baccalaureate
LeGrand Friends Church urges attendance with Sunday School at 10 00 worship at 11 00 honoring the ideals of Mother and an 8 00 baccalaureate. Pastor Floyd L Hinshaw and O W Johnson oversee the program. Your mother will expect you to be at church Sunday. Will you disappoint her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
O. W . Johnson
Church Notice at 104.m. Sarah M. Piper Minister
Mary Higinbotham announces September morning service on the first and third Sunday each month. Welcome to all visiting worshippers at the Christian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Church School
Mary Higinbotham
Quarry Chapel Weekly Service Schedule
Rev. E. T. Hibbs presides at 10 a.m. Sunday School with Mrs. Jerome Lunde as superintendent. Services follow at 11 a.m. Christian Endeavor at 7:30 p.m. Evening services occur after that. The regular church business meeting is held the last Tuesday evening of every month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome Lunde
Christian Endeavor
Strand Lutheran Church Dunbar Iowa Service Times
Strand Lutheran Church in Dunbar Iowa lists Rev E A Bersagle as pastor with 10 am Sunday School and 11 am Morning Worship. Everyone is welcome.
No Closed Seasons for Certain Birds and Animals
A list states which species are not protected by closed seasons or may be taken anytime. Includes red fox gray fox weasel ground hog wolf coyote European starling English or house sparrow black bird crow sharpshinned hawk Cooper's hawk and great horned owl.
Betty Rhubarb Pathfielder Betty Betty Bet
Steps for a rhubarb betty layering buttered bread crumbs and rhubarb in a baking dish. Alternate layers, sweeten each, finish with crumbs and bake covered then uncover to brown. Do not peel rhubarb to keep red skin color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty
Parker Named to State Conservation Commission Seat
Des Moines resident Mrs. Addison Parker is appointed to fill the vacancy on the State Conservation Commission after Mrs. Henry Frankel resigned. Parker has long led conservation efforts in Des Moines, presided over the Garden Club, advocated tree conservation statewide, and contributed knowledge on parks and preserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addison Parker
Des Moines
State Conservation Commission
Henry Frankel
Parker
Pioneer methods of transacting business in early Iowa
The piece covers how itinerant salesmen once served rural Iowans before roads and railroads. It recalls agents selling cloth pins, wire, lightning rods, sewing machines, reed organs, Seth Thomas clocks, and books, often taking farm animals or notes as payment. An 1870s Atlas of Iowa and personal portraits are noted as preserved historic items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Davenport
Iowa City
Dubuque
Howe
Wheeler & Wilson
Singer
Seth Thomas
Dr. Chase
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Dudley Perry
Neil
Georgia
Cedar Falls Land Dunkerton
W.C.T.U
G. C. Ogier
C.S. Dunkle
James Foster
Gilman
Corwin O'Neal
Walter Kelloge
Lamoille
C. W. Kellogg
Deaconess Hospital
Shepherd
Avis
John A. Stover
Washington
Rex. Beresford
Ani‘inal Husbandman
Iowa State College
Iowa Livestock’ , Corporation
Iowa Livestock Marketing Corporation
LeGrand Friends Church
Floyd L. Hinshaw
Sarah M. Piper
E. T. Hibbs
E. A. Bersagle
Rhubarb
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