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I 0N HAWKEYE, ' CAR I BY SAND ’ IN MOTOR finned One efinest Tricks .1 a le l e m esllicablc acts the angd was per- lgh 3°“ 0f W. R. Full- breachOOI faculty, last the" 0&9 was re— 3a (“at steel filings, a .. f theOnglaSS put into 11m 0m outh car. ma hp . £6 to the car r0"‘m‘itelv $150 and ‘b c y ins“X‘ancc as no x‘an . thin: Dolley would eved that , the Car . the 30110 lie mm the material While it was 01 house dur- ening_ : aPWeek ago cal. - 4uller did wheznfi“ the following ~- 0 e drove to the '1 leaving the “Oticed the oil mg and drove Smith Garage. first that the 6“ frozen. When disco 0” the foreign amuvered in the that find the breather . t pointwas put in the re: bearings. pistons. wmca'm shafts were " mom mlike installa- 1m 8m" necessary. Tina t luvestigatcd 0’ me is said to Tom 12 to 15 e glint? Dart- ed and given a 5. r I 11118 i I 5: how Will OLFeb. 27-28 read Lion DI‘QSe 3.1 y been started 8 9111b show, “ted in the Cor- hursday and A show- igand down the the scene of “ Prepared by son and Mrs. hoWboat will Don}; Van— It will be of A1 and r Lloee'dy r(Shearsing ‘1 Oakland, Al ea“ and mar Doug \male quar— the was 001 building on and %upel‘intendent cum emon Jaynes Qtl'lc omittee to pur- the yell“ and a gas ; . 0 . Tthme econom- I n Wed 8 amides were OWE. lanesday morning "He Light and Will be in- ‘5 remainder w sIntake“ up with thg routine bills. e 0vens and in the 1941 \ i J \Convocation g; Magee of Cor- Ve. the formal malty of Iowa's n of Feb. 4. be 8e}, ee .. an . f at eet ‘3 room is Pfhob.and Will be used 9 doing 0 Dh and Joe t cafpenter I) eel} placed on "1 the John- thls wcek, thegreatly to the store. Laur- ‘ . \carpemer in k l °Cal M . P l‘ CCOI‘m1ck- “Heme!”rtg the follow- Deavch of'man Model M (Erick ofihe following: “d ‘5. Vernon; Clarence Miller of .. “8 win he held Friday eve— Ste furnish- e ra. Those (Tufted t0 Ibring Elven“ for coffee. 0 Will orchc 1‘ and M" M I" . mete ruination I VOLUME LXXI, NUMBER 13 Will Observe 79th Birthday On Monday I I I 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. I I .1 County am! The Lisbon Herald 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.