Railroad Employes Picnic At Siloam Springs July Fourth
Rock Island shopmen will hold a July 4 picnic at Siloam Springs with attendees from Cedar Rapids Estherville and Iowa Falls. A pavilion dance will raise funds for Dakota division athletes plus a Kansas City meet on Sept. 28. Valley Junction orchestra to play.
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Town Falls
Tra
Rock Island Road
Cedar Rapids
Estherville
Iowa Falls
Siloam Springs
Rock Island
Kansas City
Valley Junction Orchestra
Finois Central
Waterloo
Osage Youth Sets New Scholarship Record for Town
Abe Blinder son of Mr and Mrs H Blinder with an average of 96.7 percent for his four year high school course set a new scholarship record at the school since it became accredited He is valedictorian of the class which was graduated last evening and will receive a scholarship at University of Chicago Sixty received diplomas in last evenings exercises in the Congregational church where Dr Charles S Medbury gave an address Prizes in sewing cooking and manual training awarded to many named students Bernadine Hovelson 15 made her debut as a doll in Tales from Hoffman in Kansas City Civic Opera company and received acclaim Lions club convention will be in Miami Fla bus line between Charles City and Owatonna Minn planned Tea room opened by Althea Dominick Memorial day program led by American Legion at courthouse 10 a m July 4 celebration planned by American Legion with concessions baseball and other features.
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Abe Blinder
H. Blinder
University of Chicago
Congregational Church
Charles S. Medbury
Rodemaker
Hildegarde Frese
Dorothy Best
Agatha Cook
Arthur Teach
Albert Luther
Clarence Coonradt
Bernadine Hovelson
Bert Hovelson
Kaeneas City Civic Opera Company
Dena May
H. H. Matt
National Lions Club
Osage
Miami
Fla
W. W. Quaintance
Jefferson Highway Transportation Company
Charles City
Owatonna
Minn
Clarissa Odden
Albert Lea
Althea
Dominick
Josephine Dominick
Grinnell
The
American Legion
Clarksville
W. A. Slefkes
Loutheran
A. W. Satory
Evangelical Church
Clarksville High School
W. T. Smith
Iowa Falls
Albert Huber
Cc. C. Smith
Theu
B. M. Smith
Ruth Hodsdon
Minnie Hodsdon
Mond Pringle
William Turner
William ‘Turner
Navy
Great Lakes
Staten
Chicago
Cline Boll
Carol Ashley
Marguerite Bolenbaugh
Mabel Yokmeier
Martha Brust
Marguerite Bell
Edna Fritz
Adan Haberichter
Ina Henry
Donald Huntz
Minnie Loveless
Dorothy Morgan
Thelma Palmer
Utah Purdy
Lucille Kauhauser
Joberta Mosnauer
Noma Rupprich
Glen Ritter
Mary Simpson
Helen Sweet
Bernice Wilson
Morris Yarrow
Myron Anton
Laurence Brown
Carelton Fultz
Lloyd Haberichter
Gilly Hummel
James Kelley
Ernie Lassen
Bernhardt Ohland
Ernest Nies
Raymond Pringle
Willian Turner
Mra
Mabel
Brown
J. F. Brown
Fred Frosauer
Walter Brandt
Ww. Cc. T. UU. Merta
G. M. Hunter
Special Services and Band News in Allison Church
In Allison Ja May 28 services will be held at Immaculate Conception church May 29 with First Holy Communion at 9 am and evening sermon by Rev W J Barter Jesup Ia. Non Catholics invited. Church renovated with oil paintings and new electric lights. Allison school band of 16 under Prof C J Ball shows progress and will rehearse through summer. High school graduation at American Legion opera house lists seven graduates including Bertha Aries and Raymond Allen.
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Allison
Immaculate Conception Church
W. J. Barter
Jesup
C. J. Ball
Waterloo
Allied Arts Conservatory of Music
Dike
Esther Schmidt
Allison School
Rochester
Minn
American Legion Opera House
Bertha Aries
Raymond Allen
Austin Feltus
Hiko Folkers, Jr
Vincent Franke
Lucinda Kramer
Carroll Wild
Fayette Masons to Have Picnic at West Union
North Fayette masons plan a county picnic on Tuesday June 21 at West Union with northern teams from Clermont Hawkeye Waucoma and masters from Oelwein Arlington Maynard meeting. W G Ingersoll rushed to Iowa City for his brother’s serious illness. Mrs Thomas Maclean visits town for son Homer Biddinger’s law commencement. Two men in part uniform claimed to be British marines traveling Galveston to Halifax. Lovelands attend funeral of Alfred R Loveland.
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Oelwein
North Fayette County
South Fayette County
West Union
Clermont
Hawkeye
Waucoma
Arlington
Maynard
W. G. Ingersoll
Iowa City
W. J. Ingersoll
Thomas Maclean
Detroit
Town City
Homer K. Biddinger
Galveston
Halifax
Willam Loveland
Willam Loveland and Mrs. Wilson, Coggan
Alfred Rh. Loveland
Robinson Funeral Held for Anthony O. Robinson
Anthony O Robinson son of Delaware county Moners was buried at the family home in Adamstown township yesterday afternoon Rev E D Wells of the M E church conducted the service at the residence officials noted the private funeral in Manchester Ta May 28 special report from the local desk
Twelfth District Christian Endeavor to Meet
Plans are under way for the Twelfth District Christian Endeavor convention to be held in Charles City Iowa on June 6 and 7. The district includes Mitchell Howard Winneshiek Allamakee Chickasaw and Floyd counties with talks by Rev O Whitely Mrs S N Ramige George Gibson Everett Robie and Harry J Creviston. The Girls Reserves farewell meeting and a balance of 135 in the treasury are noted. A bus line study between Charles City and the Twin Cities is announced with a hearing by the state railway commissioners pending approval. Funeral rites for Mrs W W Malone are set for Sunday at Lindaman Bros. with interment in Riverside. Wiliam Bolander was fined or jailed for intoxication.
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Charles City
Christian Endeavor
Mitchell
Howard
Winneshiek
Allamakee
Chickasaw
Floyd
O. Whitely
Oskaloosa
S. N. Ramige
George Gibson
Valley Junction
Everett Robie
Iowa Christian Endeavor
Harry J. Creviston
Des Moines
China
Marion Fredrickson
Lake Okoboji
Quaintance
Minneapolis
Jefferson Highway Transportation Company
Twin Cities
Orchard
Osage
Owatonna
State Railway Commissioners
Red Ball Transportation
Mason City
Rochester
Minn
Malone
W. W. Malone
Tucson
Arizona
Lindaman Bros
George Hess
Riverside
Wiliam Bolander
Gray
Memorial Day Observances Highlight Clarksville News
Clarksville Indiana plans Memorial Day services with church tributes by Rev W A Slefkes and Rev A W Satory as business houses close. The Clarksville High senior play The Whole Towns Talking drew an overflow crowd and 19 diplomas were awarded with Ruth Hodsdon named top scholar, amid many Smith family mentions.
Town Students to Rule Council of US U Next Year
Fayette May 28 seven of next year’s student council members are Fayette students. Four juniors Marion Hamilton Dorothea Orr John Lyford Fred Lyford will join, with president chosen from them. Sophomores Henry Galbreth Plymouth Wilma Finch Eugene Harvey Fayette, and freshmen Azalia Ixnight Fayette and Millard Nelson Clermont. Freshman class enrolling next fall will add one member, bringing council to ten. Retiring president Clifford Headington Decorah.
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Courier Special Service
Fayette
Marion Hamiston
Dorothea Orr
John Lyford
Fred Lyford
Henry Galbreth
Plymouth
Wilma Finch
Eugene Harvey
Azalia Ixnight
Millard Nelson
Clermont
Clifford Headington
Decorah
Family Party Honors Nine Keith Kin Who Are 1927 Graduates
Traer and Goldfield Ta residents celebrate nine Keith relatives graduating in 1927. Seven Traer seniors Kenneth Nelson Francis Brooks Keith Robert Grawford Elizabeth and Stevenson Earley received diplomas Thursday night. The two Goldfield graduates attend Goldfield High School. A Keith family party is planned in Goldfield this weekend as seven travel Friday to join.
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Traer
Keith
Goldfield
Kenneth
Nelson
Francis
Brooks Keith
Robert Grawford
Elizabeth
Stevenson Earley
Fayette Memorial Rites At Methodist Church
Memorial services will be held at the Methodist church in Fayette Sunday and Monday. Rev. John D. Clinton will deliver the memorial sermon as Fayette post of the American Legion attends in a body. Monday the service will be conducted by the Legion with patriotic music, a reading by Marierle Lyford, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, and G. C. Vander Veer of Waverly as speaker. After the services, at 4 p.m., baseball teams from Luther College and Upper Town University will play.
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Couriar
Fayette
M. E
John D. Clinton
American Legion
Marierle Lyford
Lincoln
G. C. Vander Veer
Waverly
Luthar College
Upper Town, University
Patriotic Orders Join Worsnip of Lutheran Parish
Cedar Falls May 28 All patriotic orders of the city are to have representation at the services in St Johns Lutheran church tomorrow at 10 39 a m when the pastor Rev F W Siefkes will deliver a memorial sermon The memorial day program will be at Regent theatre The music will be by Cedar Falls concert band and the Teachers college faculty quartet Commander David A Finley will preside The afternoon address will be given by Rev Thomas Anderson pastor of First Baptist church Graves will be decorated Details from the orders will visit rural cemeteries and mark each grave with an American flag and a wreath Two local post deaths are noted and a homecoming at United Brethren church is planned.
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Cedar Falls
St. John’s Lutheran Church
F. W. Siefkes
Regent Theatre
Teachers College
David A. Finley
Grand Army Post
Thomas Anderson
First Baptist Church
Greenwood
Fairview
Hillsdale
Highland
Washington Chapel
Finchford
Gerholdt
Union Township
James Brownell Post
S. W. Remington
Shell Rock
Wiliam H. van
United Brethren Church
Washington Township
A. F. Polk
J. B. Newman
Ernest L. Shafer
Wilbur H. Bender
Ames
Carl S. Missildine
Polk County
Des Moines
Eugene Smith
Carl W. Miller
K. S. Olesen
Robert H. Corning
Oscar Opsal
Harold Milversted
Russell Glassener
Burness Eiler
Edna M. Shutt
Dorothy Corning
Carrie Watson
Alyce Cain
Benjamin Boardman
Seerley
H. H. Seerley
Gilchrist
First Presbyterian Church
L. S. Alexander
K. §. Olesen
J. B
Harry C. Culver
First M. FE
J. D. Winding
Calvary Baptist Church
R. D. Echlin
Ralph Eller
G. L. Bergman
Methodist Church
William G. Crowder
First Congregational Church
Wis
Everlasting Hills
Warry C. Culver
First Methodist Church
Traer
Community Opera House
Cyrenus Cole
Cedar Rapids
A. R. Grant
Geneseo Methodist Church
Geneseo Cemetery
F. H. Shedd
West Union
A. W. Martin
Buckingham
Opera House
American Legion
Buckingham Cemetery
Anton Wilimek
Arnold David Ward
Thomas H. Keith
Glenn Witwer
Clair Finch
George Wieben
Harold Harrington
Spencer Cemetery
Geneseo
David, Clark
W. L. Stone
Daniel Tierney
Blessing Cemetery
Black Hawk County
Woman's Auxiliary
Women’s Relief Corps
W. L. True
Maxine Remington
George Adair
V. Williams
H. S. Ward
George Hughes
George Benning
Jim Stevenson
Carl Stevenson
Thomas Austin
Keith Stevenson
Paul Towne
William and
George Cain
Roscoe Lashbrook
Herman Spear
Lawrence Bowen
Harm Jungling
Ralph Young
Glen Kocher
St. Ansgar Band
M. E. Waldeland
Lincoln's Gettysbore
Marie Smesrud
Lois Nicolson
Flanders Field
Justin Lund
T. F. Solem
Osage
American Legion Post
Dunkerton
Courier Special Service
Communities dedicate Monday to war memory
Memorial day observances span Traer Cedar Rapids and nearby towns with ceremonies in four cemeteries. Congressman Cyrenus Cole will speak in Traer’s opera house while local ministers lead grave dedications and a flag ceremony at Buckingham. World War veterans and Civil War heroes will be honored with wreaths and parades by American Legion units and auxiliary groups.
Dinner and dance at Hotel Black Hawk marks junior event
Friday evening at Hotel Black Hawk a three course dinner for 170 covers was presided over by Frederick Merner president of the junior class. Toasts were given by Miss Margaret Rait Dalton Johnson and Stanley Wood with W F Sarles retiring principal also responding. The remainder of the evening was spent dancing. George Pepin awarded a home contract for Sam Diamond at Eighteenth and College streets costing about 10000 dollars.
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Black Hawk
Frederick Merner
Margaret Rait
Dalton Johnson
Stanley Wood
W. F. Sarles
George Pepin
Sam Diamond
Eighteenth
College Streets
York Praises Lindbergh At John Fletcher Gym Opening
Sergeant Alvin C. York praised Capt. Charles Lindbergh as the greatest hero during the dedication of a new $50,000 gymnasium at John Fletcher College in Oakaloosa Ta on May 28. York, a World War I hero from Tennessee, attended the event and spoke to the crowd about Lindbergh’s feats and impact.
La Porte Graduates With High Honors In 1927 Class
La Porte City May 2 The commencement program for the class of 1927 at La Porte High School featured Prof. Bird Baldwin addressing on The Joy of Accomplishment. Eleven took normal training while most graduates pursued college prep. First honors went to Eulan Purdy and second to Noma Rupprich. Athletics honored many male graduates, including Lloyd Haberichter and Morris Yarrow.
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la Porte City
Bird T. Baldwin
Town City
F. J. Moore
O. V. Hernworth
Board of Education
Eulan Purdy
Noma Rupprich
Helen Sweet
Ernnest Nies
Bernica Wilson
Martha Brust
Myron Anton
Lucille Rauhauser
Carol Ashley
Dorothy Morgan
Mary Simpson
Lloyd Haberichter
Morris Yarrow
James Wesley
Ray
Farmer in Serious Condition From Poison Infection
Plainfield Iowa May 28 Special Chris Juht a farmer north of here is in serious condition with poisoned arms and face after infection contracted during fencing work.
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Chris Juht
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