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in the na-
~etition, have
of their
Year's Which he
furnished the
With at
Year since
in
Capacity and
of 1931 he
ish Olympic
eOuntry, s top
students of
~ere Claude
Oyd Apple-
team has
Pin which
~eck's Put-
the Army
i that suc-
and Dean
wOuld any
future set-
epartment be
returns from
Ifornia late in
Y Dean and
Zoda,
member of
Died
Feb. 9
Lds received
e death of
of Iowa,
home in
9.
mbered as
Ver-
Operated a
Years, in
by the
registering 10 and 12 degrees be- tian Principles be Followed in In-
lOW in early morning. The report
is continued cold. Garage men
were kept busy servicing and start-
ing automobiles and the plumbers
had many more calls than they
would conveniently care for.
Entire Pfeiffer Hall
Addition Now In Use
The Pfeiffer dining hall addition
was opened to meals for the first
ttme Sunday noon, accommodattng l
ternational Affairs?"
Churches To Join In
World Day Of Prayer
Friday, February 28
The Methodist and Presbyterian
churches will join for a service in
observance of the World Day of
Prayer, Friday afternoon, Feb. 28,
at 2 o'clock in the Methodist
church. M:rs James Killian of Ce-
at the. pre~ent five extra tables, dar Rapids will be the speaker and
seating eight each. The new dor- special music will be furnished by
mitory addition is now complete- both churches.
ly filled with Cornell women. Men ----------
students have moved into the fe- ~ ~ ]|]' ~B ~[~,I[~ ]U[||~|~
male vacated Guild hall {~.~ IWi V H ~ I~llI.M|.
" ""-"""----
Tw.o Local Students GROUPS IN CONEST
The Mount Vernon high school
The Purple Masquers, Cornell
honorary dramatics society, lmtiat- . . . "
. will have only a few entries this
ed el h year in lne spring lnusic contesEs
g t pledges on Tuesday night ; . '. '
In the Little Theat~ incl - {accora]n;~ to ~v J~ L,'mmr airccror
e, . using . " ' r '
~ of Inus1c in the Mount crnon pub-
o~ne Travls and Elwood Young o~ .
hc s~ hool~ ,~mce the gn ls glee
Mount Vernon. Others initiated" " ' " ' "
chib and mixed chorus participated
were Barbara Carr, Barbara Bick-
ctt, BIll Dodds, Doris Boerema, Bet-
ty ffean Hunt and Lenore Taylor
After the ceremony refreshments
were served in the candle-lit
"green room." The pledges were
asked to give an impromptu panto-
mime scene for the group Then
the Hamlet east entertained the
pledges by giving a skit of their
own, a farce of one of the scenes
from "'Hamlet."
Mrs. Cynthia Belknap
Died In Chicago
10st yea]" in the national music con-
test held in St. Paul, Minn those
groups are barred from entering
this year. :Mr. Fuller states that
the band, a soprano, a mezzo-so-
prano and a baritone solo may bc
entered in the spring district con-
test which wi/] be held in Monti-
cello on April 3, 4 and 5.
The mimic groups including the
Girls and Boys Glee clubs, the
orchestra and the mixed chorus
will participate in the invitational
high school music festival to be
held at thc State Vniversity of Iowa
in Iowa City on May 1, 2 and 3.
good who finishes a three y,ar ]es sitting, standing and sprawling
term is nominated for re-election.
The annual school board election
will occur on the second Monday
in March, whieh comes on March
1 0, at the Mount Ve,'non city hall.
The menlbcrs on the board whose
terms do not expire nre: Dr. I I'].
Bigger, Mrs. J. B. Culbertson and
Vernon Jaynes.
200 Tons Ice Cut
From Ink's Pond
on the sunny banks of the Missis-
sippi river. The pickaninnies cut
capers and break into a clog dance
while others sing and exchange wise
cracks. The darkies have all come
to see tbe Show Boat which will be
"comin' round the bend" any min-
ute. A couple of deep toned "toot-
toots" are heard in the distance
and everyone breaks Into singing of
. "H,re Comes The Show Boat."
On the second choru~ a big boat
rolls onto the stage carrying a
chorus of trombone players dress-
' ed as nigger sailors and blowing
A crew of men working for the io beat all ----. At the end of this
F. J. Pctcrson Inc put up 200 number, the Show Boat whirls
tony of lee last Sunday. The ice lar und revealing 'i minstrel eir-
was obtained from InICs pond:Cle, complete with an interlocuter
north of Mount Vernon. The pond (Bob Beranek) who say~ "Gentle-
was not frozen solid around the men, be seated." The end men
edges and had to be left but theswap some hot ones and the circle
ice through the center was all the!ruing's several numbers, featuring
way from 8 to ]0 inehcs thick, iAi Morrissey in "Eloise," and a
Twelve trucks (lid the hauling. If speciality number by Betty Chiquet,
the weather continues cold this Cornell student, in "Can't Help
week Fred Mizaur. local manage]', I,ovin' That Man," The circle
says they will cut another 100 tons i really ~oes to town on "Java Jive"
next Sunday He said the ice ha.d
frozen five inchcs in two (lays the
first of the week.
Iowa Income Tax Man
To Be Here Mar. 11
G. J. Bondurant, field auditor for
the State Tax Commis.~ion, states
that there will bc a representative
of the commission "~t ~hc City }Ial]
in Mount Vernon on Tuesday,
March 11, to assist ~axpayers in the
filing of state ineome tax returns.
Thorc is no charge for this service.
The Tax Commission office at
629 C. R. S. B. Bhlg Ced'L.r It'~pi(ls,
and tops off in "l)ark Town Strut-
ters' Bali" with Nell Miner doing
some fancy hoofing.
The Minstrel set .closes with the
fall of the oleo drop which, follow-
ing a specialty number, again rings
up revealing a barber shop and the
famous Lion's quartet showing off
with a shave, shine and shampoo
in Saturday night rhythm. This
act closes with A1 Morrlssey out
like a light on the floor, sniffing a
bunch of red roses.
Next comes the cotton pickers'
, act, featuring IAonesscs Essle Mae
Hill and Peg Johnston. The oleo
conies down again for another spe-
('i'~Ity featuring 1)pug Hudelson and
Jean Smith, a couple of "kids
about town." They do a burlesque
on the adagio dance and encore
with a song from Noel Coward's
"Red Peppers."
The oleo rings up and several
couples dressed in nineteenth cen-
tury costumes dance to the Blue
lished their home there, where Mr.
Leinbaugh was associated with the
Elwood creamery for fifteen years
In 1906, he purchased a lumber
yard at Martelle, and with the
family, Martelle has since 'been
their home He continued in busi-
ness until his retirement about four
years ago.
Their children are: Clyde E
Mrs. Harry Newman, Mrs. Merle
Murfield and Mrs. George Barner
all of ,Martelle; Mildred A. I~ein-
i baugh, of Cedar Rapids: Mrs. W~il-
lard Russell of Clarence and Mrs
Thomas Laverty of Laurel. They
also have seven grand children.
A general invitation is extended
their friends to call on Wednesday
afternoon or evening. No other in-
vitations are being sent
Lee Stingers Hosts To
Franklin Twp. Bureau
The extremely cold weather on
Tuesday evening kept many Farm
Bureau members from attending
the regular meeting of the Franklin
Township Farm Bureau at the Mr.
and Mrs. :Lee E. Stinger home.
Those present enjoyed a delightful
evening preceded 'by a delicious pic-
nic supper. The program consist-
ed of a piano solo by Joan Blinks;
a guitar solo, by Dorothy Gaines:
A paper on "American Achieve-
ment" by Mrs. G. A. Stonebraker;
extracts taken from minutes of the
Franklin Township Farm Bureau
meeting of years ago were read by
Mrs. Anna Gormly; "Pasture Im-
i provement" was the subject for a
talk by R. P. Ink who led a dis-
cussion following his talk. Group
singing led ,by Luther Plattenberger
with Lyall Bryant at the piano con-
cluded the program.
Farm Loan Assoc.
To Hold Annual
}any. Fun- Danube. This number is followed bv Meetina" Wednesday
February afternoon, a specialty dance act featuring, v -------
~Y Holly- Methodist chnrch. Hc was aceom- Mar. 10, AnaInosa, Court House. Genevieve Snyder After this num- Wednesday, March 26 has bee
: was In Merry Lou 4-H Club Meets {panied by Bev. Trevor Baskcrville, Mar. ~1, Mt. Vernon, City Hail. ber comes A1 Morrissey singing set ms the date for the annual meet-n
With Mary Plattenberger i pastor of the Methodist church in Mar. 12, Marion, City tIall. . "Old Man River" with the entire ing of members of the Iowa Na-
;Martelle and Rev. I.oerch of Ben- Mar. 14, Springville, Bank. l eompany in on the chorus The cur- tional Farm .Loan Association, H.
The Merry Lou 4-H club met Sat- nett. Charles Boss, chairman of Lain rings down on a grand finale N. Rockwood, president, has an-
-T0 urdaYleader atandthethrechOmeguestsof MarYanswcredCarol i the general conference conunission S~ BU
Platten'berger Eight members, one]in n w rl" ]numbers. The date was set hy the associa-
'a. ,iee(O peaco conducted the Dana ilds a medley of the show's nounced.
Forty-five ministers were
the roll call The guests were threeli s "
Drc, Ont.
girls from Cornell college who ob- ]
Rubber Cutter [ tion directors at a meeting tn the
Thomas i ]~O~llr~ ~d~,~r~ ~ farm loan office in Cedar Rapids.
th, ----- ,~,~a--~. x ~. vv ~ x~x annual
e firstserved the meeting as a project fm "r~o ~ . ~ ~ ~ ,~s h,~ rcventlv i)uiit { Mr Rockwood said the
' lll be on? of their ?lasses vlsnDeln ros ponea rubber cuiti,g m ,ch,e for I Death Ot Wm. Codhng get-together this year .is expected
at 8 30 Among other numoers on the lar est gatherings
)n ' : - --" Midland Rubber company in Ce- I ~ to be one of the g ,~
Cemetery program was an illustrated tall< The lecture of Morris Fishbein !a t~,n~a. ~vhioh o,t~ hnth rnh i Word of the death of William of land-owners in the associations
retired rain- "Color in a Girl's Room" by the who was seheduled to speak on the I bl,- hos,~ and flat picccs of rubbcr. I Codling on January 1, at his home history. It will be held in the
~Onferenee club leader, Miss Sarah Kirkpat- Corncli oonecrt-lectlLre course on The cuHin~ is i'one by "L revolvin~ in TIflsa Okla was received in a Roosevelt Hotel Cedar Rapids, ne-
was grad- rick March 3, has been indefinitely pout- I~ ~ - ~ hb~a~ ,~-l, loh ~ n~er- letter from Prof Leo Haak of Tul- 'ginning at 10:30 a.m.
:ge in 1889 Plarm for the county-wide 4-H poned. Mr Fishbein is president a a,~,-, h, ,),~ns of a!Sa to his parents Mr and Mrs C Detail~ of the program will e
Y churches l banquet were discussed The ban- of the American Medical associa-I;;;~ ;~(1;l~'" ~P'h~' m~((in'g'~})lade is A.' Itaak this w~ek ' Mr Codiing announced later, he said
Was a ire- I quet is to be held this coming Sat- Lion. and will appear here some- l entircl~ ~surrounded by a guard. ] will be remembered by many M0untl
mater andurday evening In the Methodmt hm, dmLng" the comln s(mestm ' ~ ,
g h se or flat ieces of rub V rnon ]emdents 10L many years
" "'" ' " " "," Strips of'o " p " ' " ' " " " eel As
he had Trinity church in Cedar Rapids.-- ------------------- he ,'as a builder and eontraOor ,arc -- Nam
Preceded Owen Smyth, reporter CAR1 el TItANKS t r,o+ in Mount Vernon At th~ tim~ a [ ]F~4-^ 4~, ~ ,n~ Clnh
.- u~"~'^ was ~" We wish to (*x"r,v w~ t, ur sincere"-,can De leo into the cu~;teI'. ~ I h;s * death he and hi' ~L~ ~.
]L~l~L ~d~U.la~o --~-
[Ae '81 ' The Cornell college freshman gratitude to all our friends and{before the blade starts to cut the lom ,~;,: s son. Har.ry]~E~l ~t~ g.~4~
,O -ars
basketball *e~-~- --'" -'---- *~- -"-- n(i-hhors for *~-^ ~ :'~--' ~rubber, a fine stream of water ts,ateu a contracting ousmess in] ]~l~L1011 Ut ~.~axavv
, ' ~ .v~ayt,e ~oe ~,- t e~UL]2m *mrm ]played on it by a jet built into the )Tulsa. He was 75 years old. Bur- " ------- ,
1~.~ .~ xresnman team on the ~;oe floor o~er]ngs ana many acts or Kin(lneSSof)guard.t " The stream is turned off as ~ i"' --'~s ~,~ '~,~ a-,~ far the aTlnilal
n~=~aker Friday afternoon February 21 at Idur ng the sickness and death The tenta nve
,:t~y -=f offi;;rs of
~ Goun-,' ' ~ ' the foot pedal is released and the l ~ meeting ano eLecuon u
,- 4:00 O clock Coe won the first i our dear husband and father. I .- "- " '. - -' n I isbon Country
v|ln on ~mm. chtoo~ao.~. ~. +~a o,I M-~ r~.~]* xx~', I cutting Dlaue returns to its normal ~ MissI~ella HueDsch dietitian In tne Moun~ ver,m - .
----- orne -- L son Monda eve
s subject 2,' ' ~ ! ~"~ "" ""~'~:.'2" "~ --'--r "- ! position Timing of the control to i charge of the dining halls at Cor- club has been set for ~Y "
l.lOur ] .virana ,Mrs, r~mll ~, alter t ' " . - I "" - "~ " " "*" -~ 10 The annual meet-
1 M, ~ a ' turnthe water stream on ataust~ncu went to Minneapolis Minn on nmg march ~
~~-~ i [ . ,~'~ 2,1rs, ]lyron %~*lLSOn !,' * " ' "' ' r on FeDru-
. An alarm from the E N Blood! Mr and Mr~ xxrt]h.'a x~ ^:, I the right point was one of several I ~,ednesday evening to attend a ing was held last yea
$ ~,wy Ot conl]lct~
U~mitted residence summoned the Mount] ~." 2.-." ".;." ":?'.;;.:"' '[ticklish situations worked out by aeries of lectures by the American ary15 but on account
I . iLlltl . vlrs. virgil WILSOnI I " ill ,be helO a iew
g at the Vernonfire company about 7 15 x~, ,U.o axr . - ' ~Mr Stearns tn building this ms-il)]otetic association to 'be held on thisyear it w . -.
Vt ' ~ u /Vlto. ,avne JUay. " ~ - " U Van Metre na~
~wa City o clock Wednesday evening. An ( -----~ chine. I q hursday, Friday and Saturday at weeks later. D. . . - ,~ ~. ^^
te as can over-heated furnace pipe was the Mrs John Leise of Albion is a The cutter 1~ painted with alum- the Center for the Continuation of been president and J~Y ~y[~uy~:~.
confined cause of the alarm No damage [ guest in the homo of her aunt Miss ] inum paint and appears ltke the t Study at the University of Mlnne- secretary and treasurer tor tne pa~t
Weeks. was done " ~ teams Lathe. ' [last word in modern machinery tsota, year
l
t
The Federated Board of Man-
Bill Brown. recently transferred
agers will conduct an auction s~le
from the Lisbon to the Marion ~t 2 o'clock Saturday, Feb. 22, of
Iight Company Wednesday after / h r
' - -[lhe Reformed chure and its pa -
noon fell from a pole 16 feet to T urch ~fll
. t sonage, in Lisbon. he ch "'
the grounu and ~as taken to St
. ~ ' ' ]be sold separate from the lot, and
] ukcs hospital m C(dar Rapids for t
~ then the lot will ,be put up at auc-
treatment of head and 'back injur- ition At the same time the todd-
ies. Mr. Brown, with two other ern parsonage, which will make a
men, was going up a light pole lovely medium sized home for the
with a roll of wire in his hands
He stopped to hook himself around
the pole, and, in place of hooking
to his belt, his hook fastened in the
wire, Ieaving him unsupported His
head struck a steel corner post and
several stitches were necessary.
Jean Van de Berg
Wed To M. 01dorf
The marriage of Miss Jean Van
de Berg and Melvin Oldorf is be-
ing announced ~by the bride's par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Van de
Berg The groom is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Oldorf of Stan-
wood. The ceremony was perform-
ed by the Rev. E. F. Hempel at
average family will be sold. W.E.
'Challis of IAsbon will be the auc-
tioneer.
Auction To Close
Van Fossen Estate
In order to close the John Van
Fossen estate, the all modern
home on south Washington street
will he sold at auction, Wednesday
afternoon, Feb 26, at 2 o'clock.
This home has many advantages.
It is only two and a one-half blocks
from main street and on a paved
street. A full description appears
in the ad on page four. W. ~.
Challis of Lisbon will be the
au ctioneer.
St. Paul's Imtheran church in
Stanwood They were attended bY lGive Last Lesson Of
Mr ~nd Mzs P'lul Hasselbusch jrI, Furmshmg" "
" " "' ~nome
Course
of Clarenee. The couple will make i
their home on a farm north of
Stanwood.
Clint Johnson Buys
Sterling House In
Auction Saturday
The residence of H. C. Kurtz, one
of IA~bon's pioneer families, which
was sold by the Kurtz Estate some
ten years ago to Mrs. M~bel Ster-
ling of Olin, Iowa, for $935.00, at
public auction, was sold on last
Saturday by Col. W. E. Challis at
public auction for Mrs. Sterling
for $720.00 to Clint B. Johnston of
Lisbon.
This place was at one time one
of Lisbon's best homes 'but during
The last lesson of the Home Fur-
nishing course, for the LIinn-Cass
leaders was held at the home of
Mrs Glenn Agne on February 13.
New trends and development in
furniture, styles, draperies and
labels were studied. Because of
the war, prices of some furniture
is expected to advance.
Plans were discussed and com-
mittees appointed for Achievement
Day which will 'be held May 8 at
Tipton. There has been quite an
;interest shown in Cedar county in
the mattress program, 200 applica-
tions having been approved for the
mattresses.
Announce February 26 As
Farmers Day In Lisbon
a long' period of renting had become Free shows, free dinner, free
badly run dowu and in need of re- dance, interesting and educational
pair Mr. Johnston is going to re- lectures, door- prizes---all these are
model this residence into an apart- features of Farmers Day in Lis-
ment house, thus relieving the bon, to be held on %Vedncsday,
housing situation in Lisbon to some Feb. 26. ThTs event is sponsored
extent by Chris Petersen, dealer in case
/*'arm Implements, and Ben ])wire,
Townsend Club To Meet In dealer in Chrysler and Plymouth
. .- cars. An advertisement appears
City Hall Tnursoay, vem on page 4
The Lisbon - Mount Vernon -
To,vnsend club wiil meet in regular
[Cedar County Lambs Sell
e m the Mt |
session
at the usual pla e " . :. At Ch cago For $10.50 ewt.
Vernon Citv IIall on Thursday eve- --------
*~ "- :~" -- ~'cni~ s J,-er will / H. Maurer and Gale Maurer, Ce-
ning, v(9) t.~ ~,- ~ --,
a at 6 30 to which allldarcountystoekmenofTiptonmar-
DO SOCVt'u ,
- :"-th( usual picnic t keted htgh selling consignments of
present VIii lll'ilt~ ) ~ '
; " 'Pbis is not mere/y lambs in Thursday's trading at the
reqUL emcnts ~
- * embe, s of the Townsend /Chicag Stock Yards thls week.
rot L[I(~ lit " "
. " the ~enerall Both shipments consisted of 1 ] 5
organization, DUE lor,~:$ .
; "-siretO attend Fol- ~lambs and both sold for $10.50 per
pnDI1c Who ut:,
r the re~u /cwt H Maurer's shipment aver-
lowing the plcnl? SUp|IL",~
; - ~'i-- will be held i aged 83 pounds while Gale's lot
lal I)uslness met.L ~*~4 " ' I " ' "
d weighed in at 80 pounds ea(h
~hieh cmInes will be playe,~ .
~ILC! t~c
t ial t ne will be enjoyed --~
and a so' ,' l XLLSSeS Grace Bittle, Marie Hjello,
b all present h Mowte an
Y ~ ", I-" ~ Blanc e ~ y d J ilia Garling
Visitors are always InOS~ cor~m~t; ] teachers in the Waterloo schools
nv]ted to attend and partlmpa ' ". ~. "
1 ' . . . q . *spent tne week end with Mrs. Anna
m thc pro eedings or each .n~ }. "I B ttle As a court~ s
~ : . . " . i ] l=seL e i . -', y to her
ever~ y mecting~ ~ of the localclun. gucs~ ts ~M~s-. Bittle was" hostess at
~~i~vas guest t a luncheon Saturday with Mrs
g " -'/ " m on Mon dinner Mrs Peterson and Miss
in their school aUaltOrlU
Hart" Klahn ~ Garling taught together in the
day evening, ,~r~. ~ },
r m school at West Bend
wWS in charge of the prog a I
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