Annual High School Commencement Ceremony Highlights
The high school commencement exercises were held in the auditorium with a packed crowd. Students, teachers, and dignitaries including Rev. Guy Harvey and speaker Robert L. Finch of Des Moines gathered as the class motto Not Evening but Dawn appeared with purple and white decor. Finch delivered a dynamic address on Shifting Gears, the program included a girls glee club, the orchestra, and diplomas were awarded by school board president Mr Fy F Hines. The class roll lists Jason Thurston and others among the graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Gaunt
Guy Harvey
Robert L. Finch
Des Moines
Harvey
Friends Church
Primrose
Pfingston
Finch
Fy F.’ Hines
Sweet Home
Alumni Banquet Brings Gymnasium Celebration Tonight
The high school alumni dinner filled the gym with a yellow and white decor. Toasts honored The Public School, The Alumni, The Graduates, The Teachers, The Building, The Playground, and Friday Afternoon Program. Toastmaster Harlow Mills. music interludes by W. H. Coughenour. Officers elected: President Mrs. Geo Keen, Vice President Mrs. H E Gibson, Secretary Mrs. D Harvey. Letters from absent members were read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlow Mills
Helen Mills Grimes
Eunice Arnold Sawyer
Vietrola Music
W. H. Coughenour
Chicago
Old LeGrand
Geo. Keen
H. E. Gibson
D. Harvey
Decoration Day Observances And Local Movements
Decoration Day programs planned at LeGrand and Montour with a 10 a.m. service at Christian Church featuring Dr. L E Follansbee and Rev Guy Harvey, a parade to cemeteries, and flowers for veterans graves. Montour at 2 p.m. hosts Dr. Folansbee on “The Debt America Owes to Her Defenders.” Local residents travel for visits, trips, and family events. a Bangor meeting delegation and a Penn College student visit are noted. Wood grading crew completes north quarry work, moving to Gifford with 40 000 cubic yards moved and heavy crusher output increasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montour
American Legion
U.S
Folansbee
America
F. F. Hines
Clifford Hines
Hines
Gretchen
Tom Magee
Bangor
Chas. G. Johnson
A. H. Pamberton
J. F. Rylandar
Clyde Hoover
Wins
Burying Grounds of Iowa Settlers Highlight Memorial Day
The piece urges honoring early Iowa settlers buried on a Tama County hill near the Iowa river by restoring fences marking stones and recording graves. It recounts dates from 1854 to 1867, noting infant deaths, veterans from Iowa and Ohio units, and the lack of modern memorial practices. Historical societies are called to preserve, document, and teach patriotism through these gravesite records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ibig
Towa
Tama County
Towa River
Iowa
Tion
East
West
Jonas T
Joseph C
James M
Anna
Naomi
Rachel
Anne
Katie
Racheal
Mississippi River
Meyers
Iowa Infantry
Dallas Lawton
Ohio Infantry
China
Friends Church Service Schedule and Youth Groups
The Friends Church outlines a Sunday schedule with 10 a.m. Sunday School led by L. T. Hibbs and 11 a.m. Morning Service. Junior Endeavor is led by Hattia Hibbs at 1i te 124, m, while Senior Endeavor is presided by Irena Hibbs at 8 p.m. A Wednesday 8 p.m. prayer meeting is announced. The Men’s Gospel Team will lead the Sunday evening service in a song and praise format, inviting all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.T. Hibbs
Hattia Hibbs
Irena Hibbs
Friends Church
Christian Church Service Notes and Local Notices
Christian Church schedules morning worship at 11 with a discourse on the American Dollar and evening service at 3 on Would-be Christians. Edith Gaunt presides over a World’s Need study. Ardella Richards leads Junior Endeavor. notices mention local improvements, store hours, moves, commencements, births, and a baby born May 19 in a log-built home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Herbert
Thame
Christian Endeavor
Edith Gaunt
Ardella Richards
Mary Higinbotham
Lena Hahntein
Millard Dillman
Elnora Elizabeth
Freakish Weather Slams Iowa Crops in May Fever
A dramatic weather shift in Iowa from 100 degree heat on Friday May 22 1925 to a freezing 28 degrees by Monday damaged crops especially in low ground. Frost and light snow fell in Cedar Rapids and Clinton, chilling corn potatoes strawberries and tomatoes and prompting heated stove use as residents awaited spring rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denisons
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
W. C. T. U. Institute At LeGrand June 2
The LeGrand W C T U branch will hold an Institute on June 2 at the Friends meeting house starting 2 o clock p m The program includes songs devotions short study of Iowa Teaflet piano solo talks on Mothers Problem reading duet and a social hour featuring a benediction and congregational singing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeGrand
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Friends
J. W. Piper
Iowa
P. A. Sanders
Earl Simms
Fern
W. C. T. U. Benediction Social Hour
Evening Session At Christian Church Features Prohibition and Jury Talk
Church program lists songs and talks including White Ribbon Rally Song The Prohibition Marching Song and The Sick Baby play. Rev L E Follansben gives devotional The W C G T U pledge and a talk on Women and Jury Service Miss Ardella Richards discusses Why LeGrand Needs a W G C T U A bidding notice seeks school route bids by June 9 1925 with current drivers named
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church
L. E. Follansben
I. M. Gaunt
Ardella Richards
LeGrand
Guy Harvey
W. M. Gaunt
Twelve Ladies
Harvey
Sec
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jason Thurston
Lewis Beane
Joyce Oatland
Forrest Wilson
Leola Dougherty
Raymond Manship
Donald Reed
Maxine Gaunt
Belden Richards
Lillian Tow
Lucille Winterowd
H. F. Pfingaten
L. E. Follansbee
Wayne Humphreys
New Providence
Nancy Hill
Atlantic
Millie Hoover
Alice Phillips
Whittier
Calif
N. O. Kéen
C. B. Adair
Max
Ruth
Harry ‘Horn
David
Marshalltown
Will Hahlenlein
Lena
Ray Smith
Carlton
QC. S. West
Paullina
James Marsh
Ralph Beana
Penn College, Oskaloosa
Homer Thomas
Marjoria Mills
R. L. Grimes
Estes Park
Kinge Hill
Idaho
Yellowshese National Park
Blackills
Pioneers
Maude C. Davidson
Joseph Meyers
Co. F
28Th Town Infantry
Maria
Harriet
Guy W. Hangey
L.E. Fennayssex
CG. B. Adair
Meredith
Parson
Kodak
Brown & Olson
Dunham & Son
Holland
E. Shelton
Jessia Manship
Ames
J. R. Manship
Times-Republican
Edith
Maxina Gaunt
Mildred Gaunt
Acklay
Wilbur Lowry
Boxhbotm
Lucilla Winterowd
Misa Winterowd
Edward Hertle
Vancleve
W. C. T. U. Institute
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!