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VOLUME LXXI, NUMBER 13
Will Observe 79th
Birthday On Monday
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BISHOP THOMAS NICHOLSON
On Monday, January 27, Bishop
Thomas Nicholson will observe his
79th birthday. In honor of the
occasion Bishop and Mrs. Nicholson
extend a general invitation to any
of their friends who wish to call
from 3:00 o'clock until 5:00 o'clock,
Monday afternoon.
Dr. J. B. Bryant Is On
Program At State
Veterinary Meeting
Dr. John B. Bryant will join
the vetcrinarians of Iowa and those
from many other states to partici-
pate in the program of the 53rd
annual meeting of the Iowa Veter—
inary Medical Association in Des
Moincs, January 28th to 30th. Dr.
Bryant will take part in the section
on swine clinics. Also on this pro—
gram are Drs. Walter L. Biering
and Carl F. Jordan, Iowa Dept. of
Health, who will take part in the
discussions which mutually con-
cern the M.D. and the Veterinar-
ian. Such meetings are of great
value to practitioners in keeping
abreast of new developments in
the field of research into both
human and animal diseases and
their control.
NEW PROGRIiiI 0F
PILOT TRAINING
PLANNED __I_IERE
Offer Advanced
Course At Cornell
And Airport
With the opening of second se—
mester. a second C.A.A. course will
begin. It will consist of 90 hours
of ground school work and 35 hours
of flight instruction. Four hours
of credit will be given for those
completing the course satisfactor-
ily.
Students who have passed the
required physical examination and
are now enrolled in the course are
John Granger. John Titus, Rich-
ard Carbce, Harold Weed, Paul
Roberts, Marcus Daley. Harlan
Ricd and Charles Younker. The
quota of students is 20, just as it
was for the first semester.
An addition of one hour credit
has been made because more
ground school work is now requir-
ed. Prof. Roy Nelson will give 72
hours of instruction which will in-
clude regulations. navigation, and
meteorology. Peter J. Klimek, air—
port manager, will give 18 hours
of instruction in aircraft operation
and maneuvers. In connection
with the ground school, a com-
plete aircraft will be located in a
convenient place on the campus
where C.A.A. students may study
it.
OFFER ADVANCED COURSE
Also beginning next semester, an
advanced course in aviation will
be offered for six hours credit. Pre—
requisites for this course are com-
pletion of the primary course and
passing a more complete physical
examination.
The advanced course will consist
of 126 hours of ground school and
from 40 to 50 houns of flight in-
struction. Aircraft theory, naviga-
tion, power plants and aircraft op-
oration will be studied in the
ground school. Flight instruction
will be chiefly acrobatic flying and
maneuvers. with some night flying.
The type of plane used in the
advanced course will be a Waco-
165, while the Taylorcraft Cub and
Acronca Trainer are used in the
primary course. The quota of stu-
dents for the advanced course is 10.
John Titus and Harold Wecd
have recently passed physical
exams for the U. S. air corps. They
will enter June 30 as flying cadets.
After a 9 months training period,
they will be eligible for second
lieutenant commission.
Karl Andrist Will Present
Recital At Frances Shimer
Professor Karl Andrist will ap-
pear in a recital at Frances Shimcr
college Saturday evening, Jan. 25.
He will be accompanied by Mrs.
Helen Schroeder.
Cornell Will Wrestle
Kansas State Here Jan. 30
The final home wrestling moot
of the season, between Kansas State
and Cornell, will be held in the
Cornell gym on next Thursday eve-
ning, Jan. 30th. Kansas State has
a strong team and with Gene Torn-
quist out of the Cornell line up
the odds will probably favor
Kansas.
“The play’s the thing . . .
Shakespeare's Hamlet, Cornell Lit-
tle Theatre, Feb. 7th and 8th.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1941
MARTHA ROGERS
WILL REPRESENT
LINN COUNTY
Selected _In D.A.R.
G 0 o (1 Citizenship
Contest
Martha Janc Rogers. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Glcnn Rogers and a
scnior student in the Mount Ver—
non high school, has been selected
to represent Linn county in the
Good Citizenship Pilgrimage con-
tcst sponsored each year by the
National organization of D.A.R.
Three girls are chosen first by their
local senior class. The high school
faculty then selects one of the three
according to specified qualifica-
tions. Their choice is sent to the
superintendent of schools
who chooses the county winner.
In Linn county Martha Jane
competed with girls from the senior
classes of the Cedar Rapids and
Marion schools, and was chosen
winner because of her qualifica-
tions.
The winning contestant is chosen
for her dependability, service, lead—
ership and patriotism, with leader-
ship as the greatest asset. The
principal qualifications specified
under leadership are: personal abil—
ity. responsibility, unselfish inter-
est in family. school, community
and nation. Martha Jane's cre-
dentials have been sent to the state
superintendent of schools in Des
Moincs where the state winner will
be selected by the state board of
education. The award to the state
winner will be a trip with all ex-
pcnscs paid to the National con-
vention of D.A.R. which will be
bold in Washington, DC. in April.
Martha Jane has previously won
the homo-makers certificate and
the American history award given
by tho local D.A.R. chapter each
vear. Her many friends and school
mates offer congratulations and
will hope she will be successful in
attaining the final award.
M.V.H.S. Cast Will
Present “June Mad”
Can you imaginc Miss Martha
Jane Rogers trying to remove
wrinkles by using a Cleopatra
Beauty Mask? Or can you ima-
ginc Mary MacGrcgor sitting in
a strawberry pic? Or can you see
Mark Hutchinson Jr. reciting “In-
dia's Love Lyrics?” Well the
authors of the new Velvet Cur-
tain play, “June Mad," imagined
all this and everything else that
a slightly swacky girl of fifteen
years would do.
Martha Jane is playing the part
of Penny, the fifteen year old
problem child. Also in the cast
are many of the Velvet Curtain
members that have tread the
boards of the M.V.H.S. stage for
quite a while.
The date of the play is Febril-
ary 4. 1941, in the High School
Auditorium at 8:00 p.m.—DH.
Hawke—ve Will Print
Board Proceedings
By an agreement made Tuesday
between the publishers of the Mar—
ion Sentinel, Central City News-
Letter and Mount Vernon Hawk-
eye-Record, the Linn County Board
of Supervisors were asked to ap—
point all three newspapors, official
papers of Linn county. The board
proceedings will be run in the
three papers and the compensa-
tion for two newspapers divided
equally among the three, as is pro-
vided in the Iowa Code.
Weather Cuts Down
On Attendance At
K. of P. Meeting Here,
More than fifty Knights of Pyth—
ias were present Tuesday evening
at the district meeting held in
Star of Bethlehom's lodge rooms
in Mount Vernon. More were ex-
pected but because of the very bad
weather and icy roads they were
kept at home. Three Grand offic-
ers were present. including Grand
Chancellor, H. W. Barnhart of New
Hampton; Grand Keeper of, Re—
cords and Seals. R. R. Hibbs of
Marengo: and H. C. Wells. Grand
Outer Guard of Brooklyn. District
Deputy Grand Chancellor, Frank
D. Sheppard of Cedar Rapids,
presided at the meeting. The rank
of Page was confcrrcd on two can—
didaics from Anamosa. Five other
candidates from surrounding towns
were expected but wore unable to
be present. Representatives from
the following lodgcs were in attend-
ance. Anamosa, Brooklyn, Cedar
Rapids, Marcngo and New Hamp-
ton.
Lunch was served by Mrs. Lois
Mitchell, Mrs. Alta Neff. Mrs. Helen
chf, Mrs. Frances Beach, Mrs.
Marguerite Burgc and iMI‘S. Hazel
Bobst, local Pythian Sisters.
Dr. Magee Has Full Schedule
With mid-year graduations loom-
ing in most of the larger high
schools, Pres. John B. Magee be-
comes one of the «busiest men in
this part of Iowa. Thursday Prexy
Magee addressed the group of mid—
year graduates of the Cedar Rapids
high school system at the Coliseum
at Cedar Rapids.
Proxy Magee will, on Feb. 4, ad-
dress the mid-year graduatidn class
of Iowa university at the Memorial
union. This convocation address
will be during an evening's activ—
ities at the union.
Dr. Ernest Hutcheson Will
Be Guest 0n Cornell Campus
Dr. Ernest Hutchcson, president
of the Juilliard Foundation of
Music of New York City, will be a
guest of the college Tuesday, Jan.
28. Dr. Hutchoson is on a tour
of the colleges which are of special
interest to the Juilliard Foundation.
"Bitter Sweet" Strand, Sunday.
M.V.H.S. Team Will
Play Springville
And Lisbon Here
The Mount Vernon high school
basket-ball team will meet two
neighboring teams on the local
floor within the next week.
i On Friday evening, Jan. 24,
lSpringvillc and Mount Vernon will
play at 7:30 o'clock and on Tues-
day cvening, Jan. 28th, Lisbon will
,mcct Mount Vernon in the high
’school gym. The local student body
has given their home team very
fine support even though they have
not been on the winning side many
times this year. according to Super-
intendent Clyde Lindsley. A good
crowd at these games will be ap-
preciated.
Tickets For Chamber
Dinner To Be Sold
Tickcts for the Mount Vernon
Chamber of Commerce annual din-
ner will go on sale on next Tuesday,
Jan. 28th, according to Mrs. Laura
Hoffman chairman of the ticket
committee. Mrs. Hoffman says
that in some years when the ticket
canvass is made people are not
certain whether they can attend
the dinner. This year the com-
mittee is waiting until a few days
before the date for the dinner so
that the tickets can be sold prompt-
ly.
The dinner will be served in the
Hahn-Howard post Legion hall at
6:30 o’clock on Friday evening,
Jan. 31st, by members of the Le-
gion Auxiliary unit. Tickets are
50 cents.
As stated in last week's issue the
main speaker on the program will
he Albert Franklin Johnson, of the
Cornell speech department, who is
an excellent entertainer. Music will
be furnished by the Lions Club
quartet. E. J. Osgood will direct
group singing.
GIVE INTERESTING
FIGURES ON POST
OFFICE II_II_SINESS
Last Quarter Busi-
ness Showed A Big
Increase
The Mount Vernon Post Office
was a busy place during the last
quarter of the year when there
was an increase of $370.03 over the
same quarter of the preceding year.
From December 15 to December 25
there was a 84.8% increase over
the same period the year before,
according to Postmaster Mrs. Mar-
ley D. Clark.
In spite of the great increase of
the last quarter the receipts for the
third quarter of the year were con-
siderably below those of last year
and accounts for the slight drop of
$2.88 in the total postal receipts
for the year.
There was no count made on the
total cancellations but the postal
sales for the year were $14,576.92.
This is an increase of $2409.97
since 1935.
USE AIR MAIL
Mount Vernon residents are mak—
ing good use of the air mail ser-
vice. The rate of Go for each ounce
is only 30 more than the regular
rate and saves much time. The
bcst time for air mail is 3:15 p.m.
A letter sent at that time should
reach either coast the next day.
5000 letters is a very conservative
estimate of the number of air mail
letters sent this past year.
Bond sales for the year increased
$9,243.75 over 1939.
STORES ANNOUNCE
ROAD PROGRAMS
MADE BY BERTRAM
FRANKLIN, BROWN
Three Year Plans
drawn up by the Franklin town-
the City Hall. Trustees are J. F.
Bowers. chairman, Ben Neal and
Emil Biderman. Chas. Paul is
clerk.
Petitions were received for sev-
eral township roads. Some peti-
tions have been returned to 'be
made out in correct legal form.
Mr. Bowers was named voting
delegate to attend the county road
meeting.
The roads included in the pro-
gram are:
The Relmer road, south—east
from Lisbon to the county line
and east 8. quarter mile to the Co—
dar county line beyond the Carl
Sailor place. 3% miles.
From the rock road below Ivan—
hoe bridge, south to the Johnson
county line not far from St. Pet-
er's and Paul's church. 99's mile.
Smythe road, west from the Emil
Dolezal farm to Bertram township.
1% miles.
Hoffman road. west from Merrill
Hoffman farm to Bertram town—
ship line. 1% miles.
Burt NcaLHarlan Ellison road
from Marley Clark corner east on
township line to Springville road
at Paul Zingula corner, 1% miles.
Road from No. 261 at Milo Wol—
rarb‘s, wcst past Joe Henik farm to
gravel road near the O. P. Dill farm
formerly known as the Tom Mil-
holin place. 1% miles.
One mile west from Sailor
Phelps farm in south-east corner
of township, a bad stretch of a
Lisbon rural route. 1 mile.
Total mileage 8% miles.
BERTRAM PROGRAM
The Bertram township trustees
met at Bertram on Monday after-
noon and adopted a three year road
program for the township which
will be sent to the Linn board of
supervisors. The trustees are
Frank Rena, chrm., Frank Ander-
son and Adolph Biderman. Henry
C. Clymer is clerk. Mr. Bena was
named voting delegate to attend
the county road meeting at which
time a program for the county will
The adopted.
Petitions were presented for a
number of roads and in some cases
old petitions were on file. Two of
the roads connect with Franklin
township roads and one is a joint
road in Linn and Marion townships.
The program is as follows:
First road to be improved South
from No. 30 at the Harry Stone-
king farm, past Ray Hartung‘s to
near Roy Whites, east and south
to the Tom Hunter farm where it
connects with Franklin township.
2% miles.
From Smyth estate farm West to
old Palisades station and White
No. 5 school connecting with pres-
ent road road. 1 mile.
From Harry Horn’s south short
distance in Marion township and
on Linn-Bertram township line to
No. 30 a few rods east of Caraway
school. 2 miles.
From the Brick school at Indian
creek north a mile to Marion town-
ship. 1 mile.
From the old Indian creek bridge
near the Penningroth Dairy east,
south-east, and east to the Charles
Berry corner. 1% miles.
From the Charles Berry farm
above. north at half mile to No. 30.
54; mile.
From No. 30 at Harry Stone-
king's south and west past the El-
son R. Needles farm, south a half
mile to Sherwin Caldwell's, west 3.
half mile and south-westerly to the
Maurice Kerns corner where it
SALES THIS WEEK
Some of the most important news
in this issue of the Hawkeye—Re-
cord will be found in the advertise-
ments.
Heading the list of sales for this
week end is the well-known White
Elephant sale of Bauman & Co.
The regular high grade merchan-
dise of the Rauman store is offered
at very attractive prices in this
sale which many people look for-
ward to. The ad appears on page
six.
Ralph Henstv, proprietor of the
Walgreen Agency drug store, an-
nounces an Old Fashioned Drug
sale on page three.
Charles Nutt. proprietor of the
Mount Vernon Variety Store, an-
nounces a “9 Cent Sale" and lists
a few of the many special items in
an ad on page five.
The advertisements of other
regular advertisers contain inter-
esting merchandise news.
Turn to the offerings of the
Mount Vernon food stores on page
cight when you ‘buy your grocer-
ies and meat.
Mount— Vernon Bank
Has Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Mount Vernon
Bank and Trust company was held
on Saturday. One new director was
elected. S. W. Wilder, president of
the Wilder Grain Co.. of Cedar
Rapids, who had formerly been a
director.
Directors besides Mr. Wilder
are: Mrs. W. C. Stuckslager, Dr.
Frank Cole. E. A. Johnson of Ce-
dar Rapids, W. G. Kleineck, Ben
C. Neal, and D. U. Van Metre.
Officers were re-elected, Ben C.
Neal president, Mrs. W. C. Stucks-
lager, vice president, D. U. Van
Metre, vice president and cashier,
and J. A. Fordyce, assistant cash—
fer.
. . the purpose of playing,
Whose end, both at the first and
now, was and is, to hold, as
’tWere, the mirror up to na-
ture;"
Shakespeare's Hamlet, Cornell Lit-
tle Theatre, Feb. 7th and 8th.
connects with the surfaced Frank
Anderson road. 2 miles.
BRO‘VN TOWNSHIP
The following roads were recom-
mended by the trustees of Brown
Township for improvement on the
county three year road program:
Starting at the SE. corner of
section 35 then west three miles to
County road C.
Starting one mile west of the
town of Whittier north two miles
to N.W. corner section 6, then one
mile east to County road C.
Starting 15 mile east of the town
of Viola then south to paved high-
way No. 151 Approximately 11,4
miles.
Starting at Julius Van Sickle resi-
dence north 14 mile then west one
mile north 7/4 mile east 1,4, mile
north 1% miles to town of Whit-
tier. Approximately 31/; miles.
Starting at N.F.. corner section
then west three miles, then
south one mile to Township line
Approximately four miles.
The Brown township trustees are
J. L. Stewart, C. F. Todd and J. L.
Plumly. F. M. Bailey is township
clerk.
\VIIIII BIC SUBMITTED
TO SUPERVISORS
The programs as outlined by the
Township Trustees will 'be sub—
mitted to the Linn county board of
supervisors.
will go over each township pro-
gram before time for the county
road meeting which will be after
February lst, depending on how
fast the township programs are
submitted. Trustees are to get
their plans in by February 1.
The county engineer‘s office is
studying each plan and will check
each with aerial maps of the town-
ship and add data indicating where
spurs of up to a. quarter of a mile
or slightly longer will connect
other farm residences with the
roads on the program for improve-
ment. The idea is to give as many
farms as pOsslble a. surfaced road
connection.
The programs submitted by the
trustees will be acted on at the
county road meeting. One trustee
from each township has one vote
at this meeting.
“You’ll Find Out"—Kay Kyser,
Strand—Now showing.
Trustee?— In Each
Township Map Out
A three year road pregram was
ship trustees on Friday evening at
The county engineer
Services For Mrs.
Rebecca Stewart
Were Held Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. Rebec-
ca Stewart were held Sunday af—
ternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the fam-
ily home in Springville and at
2:00 o'clock in the Linn Grove
church, with Interment in the ad-
joining cemetery. Rev. Lloyd Mor-
ris pastor of the church was in
charge of the services. The obitu-
ary follows:
Mrs. Rebecca Watson Stewart,
daughter of William and Martha
Watson, was born June 22, 1854,
in Philadelphia, Penn., and passed
away at her home in Springvllle on
Friday, Jan. 17. 1941 at the age
of 86 years, 7 months and 25 days.
On February 17, 1879, she was
married to James W. Stewart of
Kenne, Ohio, where they made
their home for 4 years. moving to
Iowa 58 years ago.
To this union were born 6 chil-
dren; David, Harry, and William,
Anna May, and an infant son and
daughter. Her husband. James M.
Stewart, passed away at their
home in Springville, Dec. 24, 1933
at the age of 81 years.
For the last 24 years, Mrs. Stew-
art has been a resident of Spring-
vllle. She has been a faithful
Christian since an early age, and
a member of Linn Grove Presbyter—
Ian church, bringing her letter
from their Ohio Church.
There remain to mourn her de-
parture, two sons, William of
Springville, and Harry of Martelle;
four grand-daughters, one great-
grandson, and two sisters. Mrs.
Esther Montgomery and Mrs. Lil-
lian Dunn of Philadelphia, also
many nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Stewart was a loving and
most devoted wife and mother, and
a kind neighbor and friend: and
will be greatly missed in this com-
munity, by all who knew her.
CARI) OF THANKS
To those Who expressed their
sympathy in so many beautiful and
practical ways during our recent
bereavement, we extend our heart
felt thanks.
Mr. and Mrs. W‘lll Stewart
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stewart.
Linn Township
Farm Bureau Has
Standard Township
Linn township was awarded re~
cognition as a. standard township
Farm Bureau organization with a
score of 371 out of a possible 1000
points, at the Iowa. State Farm
Bureau convention in Des Moines.
To be awarded this honor the
township must qualify in several
respects. They must have regular
meetings. their officers must be
active in the township organization,
the Boys and Girls 4-H clubs must
have officers who are active and
the officers of the ladies project
organizations must meet the same
qualifications. For these accom~
plishments they are given merits.
1000 merits qualifies them for a
superior township organization. Ar~
lo Stinger is chairman of the Linn
township Farm Bureau.
Mrs. Briggs Attends Meetings
At Indianapolis, Washington
Mrs. Harlan Briggs, state presi-
dent of the American Legion Aux-
iliary, went to Indianapolis, Ind,
today to attend a National execu-
tive meeting. From there she will
go to Washington, DC. for a three
day patriotic conference on Na-
tional Defense. This meeting will
have representatives from thirty
six patriotic organizations. The
Mayflower hotel will be the meet-
ing place.
Miss Catherine Williams
Is Honored At Shower
Miss Catherine Williams was
honored Tuesday evening at a
miscellaneous shower given by Mrs.
Leroy Graft and Mrs. Margaret
Burke in the Graft home. Euchre,
bridge and Chinese Checkers was
entertainment for fifty-two guests.
Miss Sara Vail and Miss Maxine
Umlbdenstock of Cedar Rapids
assisted the bride—elect in open-
ing the many gifts. Refresh-
ments were served by the hostess-
es. Out of town guests came from
Cedar Rapids, Mount Vernon and
Solon.
Maurice Gamble [sacsident
Of Spring Creek Club
Spring Creek club met with Mr.
and Mrs. D. W. Morningstar last
Friday evening. During the busi-
ness meeting officers elected were
Maurice Gamble, president; Mrs.
Roy Burge, vice president: Norma
Hinricbsen, secretary and treasur-
er. The next meeting place, un-
decided. will be announced later.
Glen Hinrlchsen and Joe Ronek
furnished guitar music during the
social hour, and an oyster supper
was served by the serving commit-
tee. Guests were Mrs. Nattie Wil—
son of Cedar Rapids. Miss Lois Abel.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Morningstar and
children and Joe Ronek.
Inauguration Occurred
At Washington Monday
Franklin D. Roosevelt was in-
augurated for a third term as presi-
dent of the United States on Mon-
day and Henry Wallace, a former
Iowan was inaugurated as vice
president of the United States.
Mount Vernon friends will be
interested to know of the birth
of a seven pound baby daughter
the first part of January to Mr. and
Mrs. Earl D. Kingan. in Angola,
New York. Mrs. Kingan will be
remembered as Miss Ruth Bow-
man, Cornell ’34.
Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Frlnk of Ce-
dar Rapids were Sunday visitors of
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Frink. Visitors
on Tuesday were Mr. and Mrs. Les-
lie Frlnk and Bobby Dean.
“Bitter Sweet" Strand. Sunday.
@Iic would Demon anhcpcallictuw
V MOUNT VERNON RECORD, VOLUME XLIV, NUDIBEB 32
Assigned Heavy
Committee List
DR. J. R. GARDNER
Dr. J. R. Gardner, member of
the house of representatives from
Linn county, was named chairman
of the Public Health committee
and given a. heavy schedule of com-
mittee assignments for his third
session of the legislature. He
writes that the session is getting
under way rapidly.
Besides the Public Health com-
mittee, Dr. Gardner has been ap-
pointed to the following commit-
tees, by speaker Robert Blue:
Departmental Affairs
Child Welfare
Board of Control
Pharmacy
Military Affairs, ranking member
State Education Institutions
Railroads.
HARRY SIZER JOINS
LISBON BANK; ADD
THREE DIRECTORS
Harry Sizer, who has been with
the Washington State Bank at
Washington for 12 years, will join
the Lisbon Bank and Trust com—
pany about the middle of February.
He will succeed W. F. Whiteman.
who will return to his former home
in Monmouth, 111.
Mr. Sizer is a
dent of Mount Vernon. Mrs. Siz-
er is the former Faye Gard-
ner, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
John R. Gardner of Lisbon. The
Sizers have two children, a girl and
a. boy.
The following paragraphs about
form er resi-
"Mr. and Mrs. Sizer are taken from
the Wednesday issue of the Wash-
ington Journal.
“Mr. and Mrs. Sizer are popular
in the community, and there will
be difficulty in filling the successors
in their community activities. Mr.
Sizer has been particularly active
in the Y's Men's clulb having been
treasurer for several years, a past
president of that group, chairman
of the playground committee. He
was treasurer of the 1936 Centen—
nial, has served the Chamber of
Commerce as treasurer at differ-
ent times and is treasurer now of
the Washington concert league.
Both are active members in the
Methodist church.
“Mrs. Sizer, a violinist. will be
missed tremendously in the musical
circles of the town. She has been
a. leader of the music department
of the Fortnightly club, and is now
president of the Lincoln Parent
Teachers assooiation. Their two
children are Patty and Harry, jr.,
Patty being a second grade student
at Lincoln."
NEW DIRECTORS
Three new members were added
to the board of directors of the Lis~
bon Bank & Trust company at the
annual meeting held on Saturday
They are R. P. Andreas of Ce~
dar Rapids, president of the Hon~
oymead Products 00.: Howard A.
Reiger, well known farmer living
north-east of Lisbon. and S. W.
Wilder of Cedar Rapids. of the
Wilder Grain Co.
The other directors, A. J. Baird,
Gale K. Frink, Mrs. W. C. Stucks—
lager, John E. .McHugh and D. U.
Van Metre were all re-elected.
OFFICERS RIC-ELECTED
Officers were all re-elected. Mrs.
W]. C. Stuckslager, president; D.
U. Van Metre, vice president and
G. L. Hill, cashier.
Lisbon High Grads
Score High In Test
Lisbon high school graduates
scored high in the English Place-
ment Test for Iowa Universities and
Colleges given each year to enter-
ing Freshmen and other students,
including 4-year college and junior
college students. The Lisbon stu-
dents given the'tests last fall are
Joe Bova. class of 1939, and Ellza~
both Frederick. Peggy Frlnk and
Caroline Kepler of the class of
1940. The following consistently
high averages require three things
for attainment: good English texts,
good teachers and good students.
Following are the averages of
4196 entering freshmen, of 2957
4—year college students, of 1239
junior college entrants. and of the
four Lisbon graduates:
4-yr. Jr. Lis-
Frosh Col. Col. bon
Spelling ...... ..10.4 10.1 11.2 13.0
Applied
Grammar 11.6 11.6 11.7 17.2
Punctuation 16.5 16.7 16.0 19.5
Formal
Grammar 9.9 9.9 9.8 13.5
Sentence
Structure 12.2 12.3 11.9 13.0
Vocabulary ..16.2 16.5 15.5 16.3
Reading .... ..16.1 16.2 15.9 18.5
Total .......... “192.9 93.3 92.0 111.0
Linn Rural Carriers Meet
With Mr. and Mrs. Warner
Linn County rural letter carriers
and their wives had their January
meeting with Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Warner on Saturday evening. Fol-
lowing a. 6:30 pot luck dinner they
had a business session and social
hour.
TEN PIIPIIS 100K
PART IN LISBON
DECLAMEONI‘IST
Interesting P r o
gram Was Given
Tuesday Evening
Ten Lisbon high school students
gave an interesting program, Tues-
day evening when they took part
in the home declamatory contest.
In the oratorical group, Bernice
Leln'baugh. reading “The Big Par-
ade" by Weseley Carty was the only
entrant.
Evelyn Kallban who read “Hon-
ey" by Leota. Hulae was first, and
Lois Roup who read “Pink and
Patches“ by Margaret Bland was
second in the dramatic group.
In the humorous group first went
to Catherine Briggs reading "Geo-
graphy Lesson" 'by Alma Foss and
second to Betty Mohn reading
“Sparkin’” by Ellsworth Conkle.
Miss Jeanette Carlson a. speech
student at Cornell college was
judge of the contest.
The music selection was a trum-
pet solo by Bill Yount.
John Miller Will
Have Big Day Friday
John H. Miller's annual big
John Deere Day, will be held in
Lisbon tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 24,
starting at 10 o'clock with a movie
program in the old high school
auditorium on Main street. A free
lunch will be served to farmers and
their families at noon.
G. L. Lyman Will
Direct Lisbon Band
At a. regular school board meet-
ing on Monday evening, G. L. Ly-
man was elected director of the
Lisbon school band, giving one
entire day. Wednesday to this work.
He is director of the Marion
School band. Mir. Lyman has a.
splendid reputation as a 'band
master. Several years ago the
Blairstown band, under his direc—
tion, was National Championship
winner.
Red Cross Ofiicers
Are All Re-elected
Red Cross officers were all re-
elected at the annual meeting for
election held on Tuesday afternoon
with Mrs. Guy Johnston in the
Gardner office. The officers in-
clude Mrs. S. G. Fouse, president;
Mrs. Guy Johnston, first vice presi~
dent; Mrs Josephine Kettering, sec-
ond vice president: Miss Daisy
Burd, secretary: and Mrs. John
McHugh, treasurer. Mrs. Ketter-
ing was also appointed chairman
of the knitting project. She has
material for any who wish to help
with the knitting of sweaters.
Rev W. D. Bostrom
Prepares History Of
Lisbon Methodism
Under the Title, "100 Years of
Methodism in Lisbon." Rev. Wm.
D. Bostrom has prepared a. sixty
page book covering the history of
the looal Methodist Church.
This publication entailed the
reading of a trunk full of Church
records. old newspapers, and con—
versatlons with a goodly number of
older folks in the community. It
is the most complete story of the
church ever written, and will be
preserved by many as reflecting not
only the history of an institution,
but as well the religious history of
numerous families, whose descend—
ants still reside hereabouts.
A great many names reflected in
its pages, still abound in our com-
munity: the Kepler-s, the Hoffmans.
the McClellands, the Kynetts, Keto
terings, Sfuckslagers, Johnstons,
Briggs, Hartungs, to mention only
a few.
According to the Table of Con-
tents, there is included something
of The Early Membership. The
Ministers of the Church, History of
Equipment and Property; of
Meeting places and Parsonages,
lists of subscribers to building
funds, original articles of incor-
poration. statistical summaries, etc.
The history of the Sunday School.
of the Epworth League. of the
Ladies Aid, and of the Women’s
Foreign Missionary Society is giv-
en in some detail.
One of the interesting chapters
included in the volume is the story
of “Music in the Life of the
Church," in the writing of which
Mrs. G. L. Hill took part.
In addition to the historical pic—
ture, there is also presented var-
ious lists of present day constitu-
encies, boards, etc. But not the
least interesting, are the actual let-
ters written by early Pioneer
preachers, and which are still in
the files of the Lisbon church.
In all. the story is an interesting
one; a. side-light upon the history
of the Community itself. It
abounds in tribute and suggestion
relating to the vital ministry the
church has given to Lisbon.
In addition to this history, Rev.
Wm. D. Bostrom was the author of
the Christmas pageant, entitled,
“Christmas Through One Hundred
Years" which was presented on
Christmas Eve. It is hoped that
the author will be able to prepare
a Historical pageant reflecting the
entire history of the church for
presentation before this Centennial
year passes.
_..
Mrs. Re ecca Richard received
word Wednesday of the death late
Tuesday night of her sister. Mrs.
Kate Fetterman Goin in Chicago.
She had been in ill health for a
long time. but pneumonia was the
cause of her death. She is aura
vived by .her husband, one sister.
and one brother Isiah Fetterman
of Marion, also several nieces and
nephews. Funeral services and
burial will be in Chicago on Friday
afternoon.