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Page Eight TE[E MOUNT VERNON, IOWA, HAV41LEYE-REOORD AND ~ LISBON I]HE~ ~hursday, Ja~H i i i I I na ~"~- " i i i ,'- -~--~-f-'l ~ ,ill rl r'tt Fll1 --. .~ PHONE 4312 MOUNT VERNON Deliveries at 9 and 11 a.m.; 2 and 5 p.m. FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Coconuts, each 10c Ilea(l lct4nce, head 8c Celery, bunch 8&10c l'arsnilk,% 3 ll~ 14e (;ralms, 2 Ilks 25e Texas Juice Oral~ges, dz .23e CalifomHa oranges, dz 19-25-39-49 {~rup(,fmtlt, doz 17e-25e-33c Jonathan Apples, 5 lb bag 25c Celery Cabbage 10c&15c Carrot~ bunch 8c Delieions Apples 4 lbs 25c Cauliflower, head 19c to 25e Sweet Potato(~, Bnassell Sprouts, .Green Peppers, New Cabbage, Boiling Onions, To- mat~s, Cucumbers. BII{DSEYE FROSTEI) FRUITS AND VEGETABLES: ~ln,ltz Fresh I[orseradisli, jar . 10e Cha,~ & .~anlx)rn I)ated Cnff(,e, lh 22e li'l~sli ())nntl'y l{nn ]'ig~S, 2 dozen 39(: Mr. llol~" l~ulghnrn Che~"2~c, pound 25c Fr('sh Ci~unlery Butter, l~ound 34e Pecan Nut Meats, Vi ]b 15e Brazil Nut Meats, lh 20e Ginger Snaps, 1~ lb Ill~, 19e (?h(x~nlate or Batter ~'oteh Puddilig, 3 likgs 17C Ritz Crackers, htr~ size 23e .~)da Crackers, Majestic, 2 IM)und box 19c Cunlld~n's Tnnlalo ~%r)up, 3 ean,~ 2~e Nivlft's (}hill (}oil Carnie, 2 ('alLu 17e GAV.C. l{ed Beans, 2 cans 19c Canlplxql's Tomato Jui(~, 3 eans 25e tGAV.C. Peas, Nn. 2 cans, 2 cans 25c G. lid C. Kraut, No. 2 cans, 2 earls 17e Tiny %Vhole Beets, No. 2 (,an ~ 18c Yacht Club Tant, ~ lb, 2 cans 35e Cocoanut, ]~esh, ll) 23e Green Split Peru, lb pkg 1Oe Dried Ai)rieot% ]b lge Cornstarch, 2 I)kgs tTe Navy Beans, 3 lbs 17c Quaker Pearl Barley, pkg 10e Wax Paper, 125 ft roll, package 19e lJaii'ran(~, 3 pkgs 25e Vanish Bowl Cleaner, cn 22c Lax ]Flakes, small, 2 pkg 17c Sllper Nnds, junlbo, l)kg 17e Oxydol, rcg size 19e l{ln.~), giant size with di~l towel 57c Bl~mh, G.%V.C gal 49c Toilet Ti~ue, 1o00 .~tcet, 4 for ll~ CLOSING OUT DRY GOODS STOCK! Misses' Wool Flannel Skirts, Navy, Brown, Black and Red $1.39 and $1.69 Infant's Pajamas, pair 43c and DIAL 3121 MO'UNT VERNON, IOWA COFFEE, Maxwell 25c House, Drip, lb TEA, Orange Pekoe I[ C Vz pound pkg PEACHES, Del Monte, 2 size 18c SYRUP, Log Cabin 17c 25c size JUICE, Grapefruit or QO Orange, pint bottle O Y.UP rys,a, or l)ark, gai TOMATOES, 1 tic No. 2 Vz size w PORK & BE&NS c No. 2 V2 size PINEAPPLE JUICE Qe No. 2 can J" KRAUT, Libby's 1A No. 2 size 113c PEACHES, No. 10c size, Sliced or Halves JJ 10c Pound FLOUR, Occi- $179 dent, 49 lbs ox .oL 19c 25c size pkg. Neighbors Crib 600 William Adams Sale Bushels Corn At Was Held On Monday Roy Stewart Farm $6 was pa|d b--y- Ji--'-n, Smyth of EIy for an old stock cutter at the Wil- On Friday afternoon, Jan. 3, 49 liam Adams sale north of Mount friends gathered with twelve teams Vernon on Monday. This was a and wagons at the Roy Stewart single row horse drawn stock cut- farm in the Linn Grove neighbor- ter, a machine ,which has recently hood, and finished husking his been in demand at sales. Emer corn. They cribbed about 600 Slater paid $71 for a 7 year old bushels of corn. Thin work had John Deere manure spreader. A been delayed by illnessin the wagon box brought $21, mower $3'0, Stewart home. side delivery rake $20 and corn The huskers were as follows:planter $33. Clelland Port, Ralph Stewart, Fred O.R. Hovie of Monticello paid Woods, James Stewart, H wardl$4.10 to $4.30 for 23 fall pigs Taylor, Jens Pedersen, Carl C. weighing arouml 30 pounds each. Hutton, Irvin Penn, Cecil Lewis, Two very thin Hamp sows sold for Jim Baker, G. H. Richardson, Hat- $18.50 each and milk cows sold ry ,Snyder, Will Stewart, I,oren up to $60. A team of smooth S'te~'art, Bruce Frantz, Galen El-mouthed horses, 21 years old, sold dred, Homer Pollock, Maurice for $40 each. Armstrong, Ray Martin', Harry I Connie Mohn bought the ap- Stewart, Edwin Harris, Merrill i proximately 800 bushels of corn Garrett, Paul Armstrong, Will Fer- i for 54 l~ cents a bushel and Enos guson, Cuyler Reed, ])avid Taylor,Stepanek part of the hay for from Vernon Wadsworth, Ray Alien, $7.40 to $7 a ton by measure. Oats Truman Newhart, George Drips, sold for 39 cents a bushel. Clifford Larson, Allen Mitchell, Will ] Glenn Adams, son of Mr. and Clark, Merle Stewart, Chris Peder-, Mrs. Adams, will farm the place. sen, Ray Penn. Ivan Reed. John Reed, John Port, Leonard Klein- eck, Gene Reed, Louis Wickham, Herbert Pollock, John Strother, Floyd Clark, Lynn ])riFFS, Charles Sellers, Arthur Uthoff, I,ee Arm- strong and Glenn Stewart. ,Mr. and Mrs, Adams have rented the Fred Bear cottage in IAsbon. %V E Challis was the auctioneer i and W. M. Bennett of IAsbon the clerk. ]Prof. MeGaw Talks To Rotary Mrs. Hoffman Funeral On Development of Telescope Held Wednesday The Develor~t of the Tele- I seope was the subject of an inter- Mrs. Elizabeth Burge Hoffman, I csting talk at the Rot~:ry club on member of an Iowa pioneer family, Tuesda.~' evening at the Goudy Tea passed away at 11:15 p.m. S,qtur- Room, by F. M. MeGaw. A four day at her home in Mount Vernon. foot model was used to demon- strate some of the points of the talk and slides showed what a telescope would do in studying the sky. The development of telescopes from a small lense was traced to" the 200 inch reflecting telescope now under construction in Cali- fornia ~vhich Prof. MeGaw visited last summer. She was born on a farm South of Mount Vernon, May 21, 1857 and departed this life Jannary 4, 1941 at the age of 83 years 7 months and 14 days. She was the daughter of James M. and Sarah McRoberts Burge, who were among the early settlers of this community. Her Father came to Iowa as a boy of 16 from Pennsylvania in 1937, the journey having been made ,by boat down the Ohio and lip the Missis- sippi rivers to Museatine. In the spring of 1873 she was united in marriage to John H. Hoffman and to them seven chil- dren were born, four of whom pre- eeeded her in death. She is sur- vived by one daughter, Mrs. Elsie Mack, of Cedar Rapids, and two sons, Fred R. Hoffman, of Des !Moines, and George H. Hoffman, of Cedar Rapids, and 18 grand- children and 21 great grandchild- ren; one sister, Ethelda Burge, of Corvallis, Oregon, and four broth- ers, George ,H. Burge, of Redonda Beach, California, James R. Burge, 13". Elmer Burge and Anson S. Burge, of Mount Vernon. She was active i~ the First Pres- byterian Church, of Mount Ver- non, inhere funeral services were held Wednesday, January 8th con- ducted by the Pastor Rev. Joseph W. Gray, jr. Interment was in the Mount Vernon cemetery. Pall bearers were: Howard Hoff- man, Willard Carney, Clarence Wil- son, Willis Carney, .Marvin Wilson all grandsons of Mrs. Hoffman, and Frank Becieka. Lions Club Sees Color Film On Bottling Industry Mr. Ferguson, a representative of the Coco-Cola company of Cedar Rapids spoke to the Lions club on Tuesday evening, at the Baker house following the usual dinner. Techni-eolore(1 films were shown Harold Baltz Attends NASM Meeting in Cleveland Murray, Ky.--H. W. Baltz, Di- : rector of the Cornell College Con- Iservatoryof Music, Mt. Vernon, Iowa, was among those represent- ing member schools at the meeting of the National Association of Schools of Music held in Cleveland, Ohio, ]Dec. 26-28. This Association is the only ac- crediting body for music schools, and has been organized for 18 years. It numbers 122 schools among its members, including some of the best music departments in the country. Cornell College is an Associate member of the Associa- tion, and bas been affiliated with it for one year. Mr. Baltz is a member of the Sinfonia. Will F. Knous, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bloom has been sick with a severe cold and was taken to St. Lukes' hospital, Sat- urday night for treatment. He was taken home Tuesday night, and went back on duty Thursday. ,Mrs. J. ~vL Bloom was with her daugh- ter, Mrs. Knous during the whole time. James B. Hodgson, son of Rev. and Mrs. James B. Hodgson of Coe college, returned home Friday from National Music Fraternity, Alpha Phi Mu Symphonic, conven- tion in Cleveland, Ohio, during the holidays. He is a member of the Coe Chapter. James also visited 9 to illustrate his talk which showed DUST MOPS, C the growth and expansion of the O'Cedar Complete bottling industry. V' Mr. Ferguson said the film shown was the first BROOMS, 91 C commercial film in technicolor 2 fri,mds in .D ctroi t. Five Sewed i Nineteen Forty-one??? ] IVORY SNOW, ;i 25e Size with 2 Med- ium Ivory Free LO !! OCEAN CAT FISH, BULK DATES 1 ORANGES, Wash Pound liJ " C r' : ! :' Navels, lge size doz ri: [i DILL PICKLES, 0 PASCAL CELERY Full Quart lO large stalk IU" ii i Specials For Frrtay and Saturday CRISCO, Vegetable Shortening, 3 pound tin 49c ! TOILET TISSUE, Baby Stuart, Soft White, 4 rolls 29c |l ,RICHELIEU Whole Peeled i 1 EACH It ,RAGGEDY ANN)Apricots, Pineapple] OF 5 TINS II JV- ,FRUITS iPeaches, Pears, 1 II,i I LARGE TINS fFruit Cocktail f q .oo i[ ---------- --, . I PEANUT BUTTER, Baby Stuart, quart jar 28c l[ [ I LL TUNE )ow i -THATl5 THE MOST I MACARONI, SPAGHETTI Richelieu 2 12-oz pkgs 21c i[ M OUT THE IMPORTANT THING [ TEA, Richelieu Orange Pekoe Vz pound tin 45e l[ [ ALKA- YOU'LL HEAR TONIGHT ][ [ ,COFFEE, Butternut, Regular or Drip, 2 pound tin 49c II I SELTZE ! ASPARAGUS, Baby Stuart, Cut Green, 2 tins 35c I I ffASN0USCE E'6T [N I CARROTS, Richelieu TINY whole No. 1 tins, 2 for 25c |l ,GREEN BEANS, Baby Stuart Cut 2 No. 2 tins 27c I1 i SOAP, Ivory Large Bars, 2 for 15e i l m TF1 ]11 } PANCAKE FLOUR Griddlemix Wheat orBuekwh't 23c l[ lllll g lL%J2. ,SYRUP, Log Cabin, Cane or Maple, 12 oz tins 17c |1 ,SARDrNES, Richelieu Natural or Kippered, 2 tins 25c I/ lllll ,xx WlPli# I LARD, Armour's Star, 1 pound package, 2 for 18c il IIIII . [ GRAPEFRUIT, Texas Seedless, large size, 8 for 25el[,Xyo I ORANGES, California Navels, 200 size, dozen 26e l[. exxreY iWe Deliver Mount Vernon, Iowa Dial 4012 /I ill -:--- -: -- - --- - - -------- -- ------- i/ .i--:~-= -- ----= -~= - -- --~ -~ ----: = --- --~-= =~ [ I ~ ILLIONS suffer less from Headache, Acid Indigestion, Distress i l / 1 " t of Colds "Morning After" and Muscular Fatigue because they 1 {2rlP&l il 9C~ Pr~P~ITI~IHg'~I lClL~C I| 1 have heard--and believed--Alka-Seltzer radioannouncements. ! ~l~f'~kl-llL~ t~ Ik.Jl~ Ir'~l~-l~'lUUt~r-~ l / I To these millions,the relief obtained by theuse of Alka-Selt~r ] I ] I is worth far more man me genuine enjoymem mey get from me Flowers w red everywhere broadcasts i !/I r, o program, both to you and I Phan 11 IJalmn t/ I to us, are the commercial announcements. Once you have tried ' |/ I Alka-Seltzer we believe you will agree with us. -- 1 ],But try Alka-Seltzer because it is an unusually effective medi- "-- ~ ~,I cine not because you enjoy the radio programs. ./ I WHY ALKA-SELTZER IS SO EFFECTIVE / 1 The pain-relieving analgesic in Alka-Seltzer is in complete solu- T~21~/ff~ lit l~llq~m 1~[~ ~ [,tion, ready to ease the distress as soon asyou sw.allow it. The ~t, aim, m.~, v~m~ ~v~* / painrelie.ving.acuon is maae more e~eczive Dy alkaline buffers. ,1 ,T~ alkalizing eleraenta in Alka-Seltzer reduce excess stomach / ~. acidity. i t- .I/I . l~ 'Iltocustomerseometome. Idon't l/ I -.~,'::Z~ Sm~ ~a~kage ve to go out hunttng for them. i [~]k~J~----~f~ Try a glass of Alka-~ at your I DIAL 2431 l/ ,~ ~ - - ~L ~ .l.:a V V J." ~-IJL~ VJL JLILV ~J U I ~ = = = = = = = = : : = = = = = = = = ===7.====== =-~-4~-4~ i~awKeye-iZecor d Photo A. R. Embree is the owner of this fine new honle h)cated Oil the Morley-.M arteUe road near Morley. The house has nine r(x)ms, bath, water system~ and electricity. It is painted white with a blne t~im, and cost $5000. Promising Grappler SPRINGVILLE NEWS Mrs. Harry Freeman MAIU()N %V I NTS Marion played [it Springville on Tuesday evening. Marion High de- feated Springville High herc on Tucsday evening 21 to 24. High for Springville, Cooper. High for Marion, Martin. Seore at half, Springvillc 15, Marion l 'L Second team game: Marion 11, SpringviIle 4. Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Bloom spent Sunday in the home of their son- in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Vill Knous in Cedar Rapids. Mr. Knous is confined to St. Lukes hospital, suffering with a near case of pneumonia. Too Late To Classify Torn to Pa~e 7 for l{egular Classified Ad ,%cotton FOR SAL]~]: Duroc boars that are hard to equal. Heavy boned, good hammed, thick, dark red, and immuned. Also 6 choice gilts that are litter mates. Make your selec- F~E~) g/SM/a P Fred Bishop is one of the most promising sophomore wrestlers. A native of Maywood, Ill he is a 136-pounder. He won his first match of this season against Con- zett of Dubuque when Cornell tied that school 14 to 14 on December 17. Mount Vernon friends will ,be in- terested to know that Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Whannel, Cornell '34 and '35 respectively expect to sail January 17, from New York, for Balboa, Canal Zone, where Mr. Whannel will ,be employed on an engineer- ing 'project. Mrs. Whannel will be remembered as %Vinifred Witzig- man, when in Cornell. Mr. Whan- net passed the civil service tests and is now a junior civil engineer. There are many .Christmas seals still out and the committees are very anxious to make a final check up and will appreciate the return of seals or money for same, at once. X5 JI lqO Ia NO! For Friday-Saturday Jan. 10 and 11 FREE ! 3-1b bag J.S. Pancake Flour with each 49 lb sack J. S. Flour, for $1.59 Cake Flour, Jack Sprat, pkg 19c Sugar, Brown, 2 lbs 11c Cocoanut, 8 oz 10c Pork & Beans, 15 oz cn 5c Corn, 2 No. 2 cans 15c Peas, J.S. Wonder Sweet, 2 cans 27c Standard Choc. Drops, pound 10c Peas, Mayflower, 2 No. 2 cans 21c Sugar, Granulated (with grocery order) 10 Ibs 46c Cherries, Mayflower, Red Pitted, 2 cans 25c Syrup, J.S. Light or Dark, Your choice, gal 27c Baking Molasses, Green Brer Rabbit, 1 Vz Ib can 15c Josephmne s Grocery T" "" BUSINESS Dial 6212 We Deliver U Dr) ADVERTISE Mount Vernon, Iowa ,4 dve "s Live in WHAT they promise in their advertisements, and what they deliver in their merchandise, are tight there for all to see. If they deliver what they promise, they make friends and steady customers. If not they make enemies, lose patronage and finally go out of business. Those are the cold, hard reasons why honesty is the best policy--especially in advertising. But the real fact is that advertisers as a class are humanly jealous of their good names. The trade-marks of manufacturers and the published recommendations of merchants are only ac- co. ded to products which they can offer you with co idence and pride. You can trust ads to lead you to sound nalum. Courtesy Budtwtt Ll Oai MlC~X~ l of Iowa to have a "~ I, Uttma ilr.ll, /milk supply. ,v. Lena Kepler Kohl P~ Pl gtm" -- - ]Butler tavern and to0) ' ~e ~y group of the ~V.S.C.S. I of it on November 30. will moot with Mrs. G. K. Frink on Thursday afternoon. Jan. 16. I,ead- er iN Mrs. C. B. ,Iohnston. Mrs. S. E. Arbinwast left Wed- ncs(lay night on an extended trip to the west. She will visit Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Arbin~ast in I,os An- geles, Calif nnd relalives in Seat- tle and other places in %Vashing- ton. REVIEW OF 1940 (Contiuued from page One) A pilot iraininK course of the Civil Aeromllflies Authority was of- fored for the first tiulc at Cornell this fall. with the est:d>lishment of the Cornell "lirpm't east of IAsbon. of interest amt advantage to 'Mount V('rDoI]. A leleiype machine was install- ed this fall in the Mcrediih Drug Stor- by the ~,V.stel'n l'nion. Txvo UloileFn ne v holll es %vent up durinE the year the new bun- ffalow of Mr. amt Mrs. Ehner Berg- mann and the modernistic home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Franklin Johnson. A new soda fountain, hluch counter and booths were added to the Meredith Drug store. The Mouut Vernon school board Durchased a public addre.~s system and electric recording machine for nse in the schools at their regular meetin~ iu October. The drivr~way leading to the Shell Service station was extend- ed 22 feet to the east to give a much 1)etter approaeh. Glen Harman sold the Harman Radio shop to Glen Dic]r, ey of ~qt. Louis, Me former resident of IAs- ben. Hc took possession Septem- ber 20. M. D. Droibelbis snoceeded Vic Blaine aM lessee of the D-X Ser- vice station in September . The latter left to enter an aviation ,s~ehool in Robertson, Mo. The interior of the Dilloy gro- cery was refinished and an outside rear stairway added. The Mount Vernon high school and Vnrd school were given a thorough eloaning before the open- ing of school in SepteTnber, and a new roof pl'lced on the high school buihlin~. Mr. and Mrs. E. 3. Hyde of Ce- dar Bapids, p'~wehased the DeLuxe Coffee shop from Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beach. Mrs. Edna Vatson cloned her Beauty shop 1)ecember 16, and joined Miss Hilda Bu]'ge, manager of the Modern Beauty shop, owned I)y Mrs. Joe Hsher. ].'dward Kent succeeded his fath- er ~V. J. Kent in the shoe repair shop at the East end of First street. Merrill I~urge was checked in as the new lessee of the East I~]nd Standard Service station in Octo- ber. In November, Mount Vernon was named the first town in the state Market Re Hogs, Chicago top Cattle, Chicago top Sheep, Chicago top .- Hogs, Cedar Rapids t Chicago Corn, per 1)u. %Vheat, per bu. Oats. per bu R. B. Volfe. day evcnin~t from where he had tax school sponsored Bar asso(.iation on VVednesday. To-Night - A Liberty l)iCtlH~ and on son's list of the 1940. Claudette Ray C~-nne enjoy and affair of a girl und a famoUS Sun. Men. Mat.! Sun. Eve. One of the and popular Tyrone Darnell, A d:~hing, tale of the bandit who l~ieh to help the 21c Tues. A new kind Rob't Constance Next Man how these BalI-BanCl RED BALL