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HA~KEYE, VOLIDIE ]bXXI NUMBER 22
THURSDAY, 27, 1941
[OUNT VERNON RD, VOLUME XIAV, NUMBER $1
BEING Todayis 58thA " Wedding P V H.S. HAS TEN !John Merritt's 91st
nmversary Of Mr. ,H i Birthday Is Today
FOR And Mrs. John Wolrab i Nlliilk5 IN l'Kl LllYi ' John. Merritt----: father of Mrs
JOB,Today, Thursday, ,Mareh 27, is ~USIC CONTEST
the 58th wedding anniversary of
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wolrab. On
wi ;
account of their ill health nospe- B-e held At
So ll cial observance of the day is be-
Amos
gg
son of Amos
grand old man
of the candi-
serious con-
the two coach-
it be-
Stagy, who
yesterday,
Cornell ad-
Played quar-
Years Under his
of Chicago,
team. He
from reliable
nt John Benj.
Mr. Stagy in
~.A. degree at
and assisted
of the
ago, when
at Spring-
Mass
el for
and
Which have
athletic
Dr. Magee
the campus
Tuesday af-
will
the new ath-
COnsulted in
of the
be sup-
.physical
ig. All men
have some
ell as in non-
and
te Program.
committee
emphasis on
golf, tennis
com-
erence swim-
zrestltng be
giate
ing made A cherished and appre-
tciative gift received in honor of
i their anniversary today was a
(lovely decorated cake baked and
Wolrab, who was Miss Anna Ku-
chera before her marriage, is a na-
tive of Solon, while iMr. Wolrab
who was born in Bohemia, came to
the United States with his parents
when he was six weeks old. They
have been residents of the Mount
Vernon vicinity since 1902 when
they moved from Johnson county,
where they farmed the first 20 years
of their married life. The com-
munity extends congratulations to
this worthy couple.
Several Local Dogs
Have Rare Disease
An epidemic of meningocepha-
litis, a very rare and almost always
fatal disease, has been contracted
by several pet dogs in Mount Ver-
non. One fatality has been report-
ed. Jim Daly, a Cornell student
lost his pet setter dog a couple of
weeks ago. Prof. Mark Hutchin-
son's Dashund, Laurance West's
bull dog are both very sick from
the same trouble
The cause of the disease is un-
known and is therefore difficult for
a veterinarian to treat. The first
stage of the trouble is the loss of
appetite, dullness and nervousness
which gradually becomes worse and
finally continues into convulsions
which are often fatal, according to
Dr. J. B. Bryant, local veterinarian.
The animals do not run a tempera-
ture. The disease is very prevalent
at the present time in Cedar Rap-
ids and vicinity. There has been
one case reported from the country
near Mount Vernon. Dr. Bryant
expects to attend a small animal
clinic on April 3 where he hopes to
obtain more information on the
disease.
more than 100
aUtomatica,ly Harry E. Hudels0n
basis of their Promoted; Will Go To
~aekgrounds.
Probably be Jacksonville, Florida
ext two weeks. -----
Harry E. Hudelson left Wednes-
,rein day morning for Atlanta, Georgia,
otor Co. },'here today he met the field super-
i visor of the Mill Owners Insurance
MUscatine is
at the Coop-
:rause has had
all makes
Otor Co in
and Mrs.
Bill Brown
look
Mr.
rein injuries
from a light
expect to
On when they
Buys
Minneapolis,
and taken
Shoe Re-
nSon will live
e rear of the
Years of" ex-
repair work
SChool in ad-
process shoe
Co preparatory to taking over the
i position of field supervisor in
Georgia and Florida for this com-
pany.
This position is similar to that
which he now holds with the com-
pany covering the territory in
northeastern Iowa and Illinois. His
work here will be divided between
R. F. Nelson and J. T. Sharp, jr.
The new position is a promotion
for Mr. Hudelson and will place
a larjge territory under his supervi-
sion. He expects to spend three
weeks looking over the territory and
I return to Mount Vernon. The fu-
ture home Of the Hudelsons will
I probably be established in Jackson-
i ville, Florida. The family will re-
main here until the school year is
completed
The trip to Atlanta was made via
streamliner. Mr. Hudelson hoard-
ed the Chicago streamliner at Cc-
dar Rapids early Wednesday morn-
ing, changed to the Florida si,ream-
liner at Chicago, and reached' At-
lanta about midnight the same day.
DR. AND MRS. RICH
BUY HUDEIJ,~K)N HOISSE
and son planMr. and Mrs. C. L. Rich have pur-
Redfield, S.chased the Hudelson residence, on
in will enter North Fifth Avenue, and will take
aesS.Redfield Mrs.andir possession of it June 1st.
' ek home, Mr Prowl
Jn Car Several cars in Mount Vernon
were prowled sometime Saturday
s $738 I night and an overcoat and gloves
lwere taken from the D. U. Van
Metre car, which was parked
in front of the Van Metre resi-
dence. A pair of galoshes were
taken from the front porch
Mr Van Metre had thrown the
coat in the back seat on Saturday
afternoon when it was warm and
did not think of it when he got out
of the car.
Five gallons of gas were taken
from the Chas. Kubiehek car
a flashlight was taken from
the Lynn car and a pair of
dress gloves and a box of matches
from the Hugh Roberts car. Five
gallons of gas was drained from
the C. E Hedges ear.
A bottle of cream, which had
been delivered late at the Dr. F.
G. Brooks residence was taken
Cooper to from the porch, the contents drunk
beat him. and the bottle thrown away near
Mrs. Cooper the house
~-Lisbon gun Marshall Gill suggests that peo-
Ed Butler ple take the keys oat of their cars
of the first 20 and that they lock them at night.
Wake~, a better I SEARCH HUSTON IA)OT
e~ae~t the first I FOR IA)CAL ARTICLES
~:?its gun. ,~ Deputy sheriff Larry Condon was
a~,~--- "tin Mount Vernon Tuesday evening
th~-"'~' sc re-/and made a list of articles
taken
Joe el(1
t
I here last Saturday evening and dur-
~ stOW lOOK- '.
tr ,- mga previous prowling, to see if
~m ~v~rs. any could be located in the loot
Cannot excell obtained from Bob Huston who was
a car load of
the Hedges
this Week and
nesday was
o, C.&N.W.
the largest
Car he has
earWas an
an automo-
Led103,260
Wasshipped
~on.
Very
hthe con-
ads for be-
Coach. He
In
1, daughter of
~nted a very
in the Cor-
evening.
of selections
and English.
RUth Pinker-
of
junior
Ill ac-
Frederic
Pinker-
recital, l-Its
Jones.
arrested by Missouri state police
Monday Huston was in Cedar
Rapids Saturday evening and might
have visited Mount Vernon.
Junior Music Dept. Will
Present Recital This Eve
The Junior music department of
Cornell college will present a group
of pupils in a music recital this
evening in the Cornell chapel at
7:30 o'clock.
Mrs S. L. Chandler went to De-
Witt on Monday of last week to at-
tend the funeral of her aunt. Mrs.
William Smith. ~h~ rct':rned homo
on Friday evening.
Monticello on April
4th and 5th
A large group of Mount Vernon
music students are preparing for
the preliminary Music contest
which will be held in Monticello
next week on Friday and Saturday,
April 4-5. Seven entries have been
made in the solo division and in-
clnde: Marian Fisher, Contralto
solo; Irene Sipple, Mezzo soprano;
Peggy Magee, soprano solo; Don
!Current baritone; Mark Hntchin-
i son, bass solo; Audrey Jean Nelson,
I baritone euphonium horn solo; and
Kcith Lusted, flute solo.
The orchestra, band and the girls
glee club, are the musical groups
entered in the contest this year and
are busily engaged in rehearsals
i under the supervision of Richard
t~Fuller. The irstrumental divisions
will compete on Friday and the
vocal divisions on Saturday
The state contest for the schools
in the Northeast district of Iowa
will be held at Waverly this year.
The Mount Vernon contestants do
not plan to go to the state contest
this year, but will instead take part
in the Music Festival at Iowa City
on May 1-2-3, according to Clyde
Lindsley, superintendent of the
local school.
The preliminary contest is the
first round. The same plan will
be followed this year as was follow-
ed last year. The district contests
have been eliminated, and the state
is divided into four districts for the
state contests, the same as last
tv~r,
Music Groups And
Soloists To Present
Pre-Contest Concert
The soloists and the musical
groups who will participate in the
preliminary contest at Monticello
April 4-5 will present a precontest
concert in the M.V.H.S. auditorium
on Wednesday evening, April 2, at
8 o'clock.
The concert will be directed by
Richard Fuller, supervisor of music
in the local school. The money de-
rived from this concert will be used
to help pay for the transportation
of the contestants to the contests
Following is the program :
Girls' Chorus--
Adoramus Te Christo
O My Lord, What Shall I Do
The Nightingale
But the Lord is Mindful of His
Own
Let Their Celestial Concerts All
Unite
Orchestra--
Largo ,from The New Worlds
Symphany--Dvorak.
Minuet from F. Major Concerto--
Handel
Norwegian Danee--Grieg.
Mezzo Soprano--Irene Sipple.
Bass Solo---Mark Hutchinson.
Baritone Solo--Audrey Jean Nelson
Mixed Chorus--- Jerico
Lost in the Night
Gloria from the Twelfth Mars
Flute Solo--Kieth Lusted
Baritone Solo---Don Current
Soprano Solo--Peggy Magee
Contralto Solo--Marian Fisher.
Band--
I Bradf6rd MacGaw, is observing his
i ninety-first birthday today at the
i home of Mrs. Ida Haun Kettlesen
Jwhere he has made his home for
several years. Mr. Merritt has been
in good health until about ten days
ago when he contracted a cold
~which has made him very uncom-
I fortable. A birthday dinner had
been planned by his daughter but
has been postponed on account of
his illness.
Mr. 'Merritt was 'born in Salem,
New York, and came to Iowa in
1876. After worklng in Cedar
Rapids for a short time he came
to Mount Vernon where he was a
clerk in the Ltddle drygoods store.
In 1883, Mr, Merritt went into
partnership with W. J Alexander
in a grocery store in the location
now occupied by J. M, Kaliban.
Seven years later he disposed of
his intere~ in the store and went
to Chicago for a brief time. Later
he owned a hardware store in Me-
chanicsviIle. Forty-one years ago
he returned to Mount Vernon. Dur-
ing eighteen of those years he own-
ed and operated a well known gro-
cery which he sold to J. A. Kemp
in 1918. Since then he has enjoyed
retirement from active 'business.
Name Committee
On Food For The
Small Democracies
Members of a local committee on
Food for the Small Democracies,
have been announced by Dr. Harold
Ennis who is local chairman. The
committee is one of many in the
United States formed for expression
of American feeling that steps
should be taken to prevent starva-
tion in Finland, Norway, Holland,
Belgium, and CentraI Poland. Be-
fore the next harvest, the Commit-
tee says, theirs will be a tragic
problem of the los~ of lives of mil-
lions of children, of women and of
men, and the aftermath of a stunt-
ed and diseased generation
The stated purpose of the com-
mittee, "is to raise a voice on be-
half of the people of the small de-
mocracies so that agreements may
be made by the German and British
governments with a neutral organi-
zation--by which their domestic
food supplies can be protected from
the occupying armies; by which the
supplemental supplies can be im-
ported thru the German and British
blockades and protected; to secure
the efficient operation of such a
neutral organization; to the end
that the lives of millions of chil-
dren, women and men can be sav-
ed from the inevitable famine and
i pestilence which confront them
and that renewed hope may be giv-
en to them in the ideals of man-
kind."
The work of the local committee
will be to distribute literature and
iwork for public sentiment in favor
of sending food to the democracies.
On the local committee are Dr.
i J. B. Magee who is also a member
of the national committee, Dean J.
I B. MacGregor, Dean Alice R. Betts,
i Mrs. C. F Lttteil, Dr. W. G. Row-
low and Rev. J. V . Gray, jr.
l On the Cornell student commit-
+tee are Helen McKendry, Ruane
McCoIlister, Phil Hanna, Richard
i Sampson, Florence O'Kieffe, and
Don Johannscn. This group will
distribute literature to students be-
fore vacation
Karl Andrist Recital
Excerpts from the press follow.
meat speaker at-the Mount Ver- Johan S. Egllsrud writing in the
non high school graduation exer-
cises, Thursday evening, May 22, "Morning Tribune states: "Tem-
peramental fire and virtuosity . . .
in the high school building, charging the listeners with vitality
Rev. Joseph Gray, pastor of the and enthusiasm. No matter what
Mount Vernon Presbyterian church
this dynamic musician played, it
will deliver the baccalaureate ad- was intensified hy an emotional
dress to the Mount Vernon high energy that carried all before it.
school senior class, in the Methodist The recital left a deep impression
church on Sunday evening, March of a forceful and masterly art of
lSth. exceptional power."
r~ John 1~. Scherman in the "Star-
Wills,r. Has Journal": "Fine authority and
6 99
Picture In Tost maturity in his playing, and offer-
ed a substantial program that ex-
A half page phot---'--~graph of Wil- plotted a fluent style, serviceable
technic and commanding tone . . .
lard Hank, Jr in natural colors, brilliant bowing, superb attack and
taken with him posing as asleep at
the International IAvestock ShowI well negotiated pyrotechnics."
at Chicago last December, appears~ Grace Davies in the "TImes-Trt-
in the current Saturday Evening bune": "A program of fine pro-
Post in an article entitled, "Howlp rti n " " welcome visitor . . .
They Keep 'Era Down on the great spirit and manifest sincerity
. temperamental display pyro-
technics and sentiment." '
feeding when he was ten years old,
in 1938 The first year he showed
a Holstein heifer at the Linn Coun-
ty fair, the Iowa State fair and the
Dairy Cattle Congress where he was
awarded a first, third and second
place respectively. The same heif-I
er was shown the two successive
'years where the animal was placed
champion both times, at the Linn
county fair thus showing she was
'not defeated in the three years en-
tered in the county fair.
In 1940 Willard won the trip to
the International Stock chow with
his market pigs which took a blue
ribbon at the Iowa State Fair after
placing first at the IAnn county fair
He had won a 'blue ribbon at the
Iowa state fair the preceding year
witih market pigs. Last year he
showed a Hereford ba'by beef calf
which was reserve champion at the
Linn county fair and placed third
at the All Iowa fair. Willard was
not really asleep in the picture, he
was only playing opossum.
T+CIST--I~tPe fitting tools. Find-
(,r r, tu,'n to Dale Johnson, Hard-
ware store. 22c
Mrs. Schroeder was characterized
as "a very responsive and musician-
ly pianist" by the "Tribune" and as
"an excellent accompanist" by the
"Times-Tribune "
Mount Vernon High
School Calendar
.------
Following is the Mount Vernon
school Calendar for April and May:
April 4-5 Preliminary Music con-
test, Monticello
April 8 School Board meeting
April 11 County Music Festival,
Mount Vernon
April 18 Grade School Operetta.
April 25 Junior-Senior Banquet and
Prom,
May 18 Baccalaureate Services.
May 22 Graduation Exercises.
Fine Truck Driver
Ellis Nealy, of Rock Falls, Ill
driver of the semi outfit which up-
set "tt the foot of the East First
Street hill on last Tuesday evening
was fined $100 and costa by Justice
T. I. Mitchell on Monday afternoon
when Nealy appeared in the local
justice's court A charge of
less drivina, had been filed by high-
way 0atrolmen. $5(I of the fine
was remitted.
RECOVER
CAR WHICH WAS
STOLEN SATURDAY
Two Escaped Con-
victs Took It From
Campus
The Cornell debating group al-
most didn't leave for their south-
ern trip on Monday as scheduled.
Saturday evening, Dr. C, F. Lit-
tell and Eloise attended the con-
cert 'by the Evansville college choir
and drove down town where Dr.
bittell made some purchases at the
Bauman store. On the way home
they stopped for a short time at Dr.
!lAttell's office in Main hall, the
car being parked near the west door
in the usual parking space. The
ignition key was left in the ear.
While in his office Dr. IAttell
heard a car motor raced and a
car drive away :but did not think
anything of it as cars are parked
there and driven away frequently.
When they started home, soon after
9 p.m. the ,car was gone.
After checking with Marjorle
Littell, who was at the gym, to see
that she had not taken the car,
Marshall Ed Gill was called.
POLI~E BROADCAST
He promptly telephoned the
sheriff's office and a description of
the car was broadcast immediately
over the Cedar Rapids .police radio
i Sheriff Jim Smith, who was about
a mile north of Mount Vernon, com-
ing this way, heard the ,broadest
and came into town so quickly that
Marshall Gill couldn't figure out
how he had driven from Cedar
Rapids in such a short time
The campus and roads in this
vicinity were searched in the belief
that some student might have taken
a ride
Marshall Gill took the number of
a car parked near the Dr. John
Bryant residence on west Main
:street. The next noon when he read
a Sunday paper he found that the
car at Bryant's was the one two
i convicts had taken who escaped
from the Anamosa Reformatory,
thru a ventilator, at 8 p.m. Satur-
day. This was reported to the
sheriff's office This car had the
uniform and number of one of the
escaped convicts in it
Sheriff Eichorn of Jones county!
and the owner came after it Sun-
day.
ATrEMI~ TO TAKE
Dig. BRYANT CAR
There is little doubt but that the~
convicts attempted to take the Dr.
Bryant car after leaving the one
they took in Anamosa. Strangers
were seen around the car but the
ignition key had been taken from
it. The two men must have walked
from there thru the campus look-
ing for a ear.
Phyllis Pearson, Cornell junior,
telephoned Mr. Littell Sunday after-
noon and said that her father was
here from West Branch and had
happened to mention that a car had
been stolen from her uncle, who
lives near V~est Branch, and a car
with a Linn county license number
abandoned near there.
Dr. Llttell telephoned to Spring-
dale and found from the license
number that the car near Spring-
dale was his car. He and Marshall
Gill went after it Sunday afternoon
and brought it back, reaching here
about five o'clock. It apparently
was unhurt by the drive.
The Littell car was abandoned
when the gas supply ran low. The
escaping prisoners were thoughtful
enough to turn off the ignition.
Thus the Cornell debaters, who
will drive thru southern states with
Dr. Littell, during the spring vaca-
tion, were able to start on their
trip as scheduled on Monday.
A recently purchased overcoat of
Dr. Littell's is the only thing which
The men worked together as
trusties in the prison yard and had
never been guilty of infraction of
rules. LOrraine was sent up in
December 1938, for ,breaking and
entering. Wilbore was sentenced in
March 1940, on a false pretense
charge
The car taken at Springdale was
abandoned at New Liberty and one
taken there was found in Daven-
port.
CAPTURE CONVICTS
The two convicts were captured
by a posse near Clarkeville on Tues-
day where they Intended to board a
Traffic has taken the hill on East
Main street and curve near the
cemetery at a slightly slower rate
since "No Passing" signs were
!erected in that vicinity by the State
Highway Commission last week.
Following the accident in which
a heavy loaded semi outfit over-
turned at the foot of the hill on
last Tuesday evening, Maintenance
engineer Johnson of Cedar Rap-
ids and foreman George Lutes,
of Marion, visited the scene of the
~ectdent and conferred with local
officials who requested a guard rail
be built along the south side of the
street at this point where there
is a very steep embankment
Floyd B. Moody
To Speak Tonight
" Floyd R./Moody will speak on the
subject, "Washington and Pen-
sions" at the Mount Vernon city
hall this evening at 7:80 o'clock.
The ,public is invited,
Mrs. Oscar Wash:burn of Cedar
Rapids spent the week end with
her dan~'hter Ja~o Margaret, at the
Mrs, Ely West home.
Hugh Roberts Photo
CHAR~ES A. ALEXANDER
Farmed Southeast of Lisbon
For 60 Years
Identified with a single farm for
over 81 years, Charles Alexander
has been chosen this week for ad-
mission into the Hawkeye-Record's
fifty-Year Farmers club
Mr. Alexander's land, known as
the old Alexander homestead, is
situated three miles southeast of
Lisbon His father, James Charles
Alexander, acquired the original
acreage in 1853, the year that Cor-
nell college was founded and soon
after the Pennsylvania Dutch set-
tled at Lisbon.
Mr. Charles Alexander was born
on the farm and resided on the
)lace consecutively for over 60
rears. Today he lives in retirement
at 517 North Second Street West in
Mount Vernon, but he still owns
the Alexander homestead, 185
acres, which has ~been farmed for
20 years by Earl Leigh.
USED WALKING PIDW
Mr. Alexander recollects plow-
ing in the old days with a walking
)low.
"It took a week or more to plow
~0 acres, he says, and now that
much ground can be covered in a
few hours with a power plow.
"I also remember using a dou-
ble-shovel corn cultivator.That
was an implement taking more
)atience than most farmers have
these days. Before that, however,
they used single-shovel cultivators
which were even less efficient.
PITCHED BY HAND
"Nowadays hay is gathered and
pitched into the mow ,by mechan-
ical means, but we used to do it ~y
hand, pitching from the field to a
hay rack and then to the mow."
Mr. Alexander also remembers
when threshing was accomplished
by horse power and when men were
forced to work directly in the dust
during the threshing.
He recalls about 75 years ago
when he was a lad threshing was
done with chafer which dropped
the straw back of the machine and
it was dragged around the field
with a horse hitched to a pole, and
stacked like hay cocks
"At first I wasn't convinced that
machinery could do things better
and more thoroughly than we
could do by hand methods," he de-
clares, but I later realized that to
be a fact The machines not only
have relieved men of some of the
hardest work and drudgery but
they have cut down a lot of waste
and led to better quality products."
OUTIK)OK OPTIMISTIC
Mr. Alexander is optimistic about
the future of farming. Notwith-
standing the large overhead neces-
sary for operating today he con-
tends that relatively good prices
for most products will make a pro-
University of Wisconsin. He is now
working with the Wisconsin Tax-
payers Alliance at ,Madison, Wisc.
"Lisbon is a fine community in
which to live," Mr. Alexander de-
clares.
He also has enjoyed residing in
Mount Vernon during recent years.
Many local folks do not appreciate
it, he asserts, but the class of peo-
ple in these towns is far above that
found in most communities.
Milton Have
Sale On Wednesday
Milton Koch will hold a farm
sale at his residence north of
Grange Hall, on the Springville
rock road, on next Wednesday,
April 2. The offering is listed and
described in an advertisement on
page 7. W. E. Challis will be the
auctioneer and W M. Bennett the
clerk.
Real Estate Sale
Will Be Held April 3
A Guardian's sale of the Mary
Hasktns farm of 50 acres, a .mile
and a half southeast of Mount Ver-
non and the same distance south-
west of Lisbon, will ,be held on next
Thursday, April 3rd. The farm is
described in an ad on page 7. J.E.
Colton is guardian W. E. Challis
The annual school of instruction
for the members of Lisbon chap-
ter O.E.S. was conducted last Fri-
day in an afternoon and evening
session by Mrs. Betty Frazeur, dis-
instructress of Tipton.
The past matrons circle honored
Mrs. Frazeur at a luncheon in the
home of Mrs. E. M. Franks. The
luncheon table centered with, a
bouquet of spring flowers had fa-
vors and place cards for a party of
eleven. At the Franks home In the
evening the special serving com-
mates served a six o'clock dinner
to Mrs. Frazeur, Mrs. Harry Sig-
gins, Worthy Matron of Vernon
chapter, Mrs. E. P. Bigger, Worthy
Matron of Lisbon chapter, her of-
fleers and the four candidates, Mr.
and Mrs. Dean Clark, Mrs. E. H.
Zimmer and Dr. Bigger. The guests
were seated at one long table and
quartet tables decorated with spring
flowers, blue candles in Crystal
holders and blue nut cups.
The evening session was a love-
ly meeting. The hall was decorat-
ed with baskets of flowers, one at
the station of the Worthy Matron,
the Associate Matron, and at the
star points, these emblematic of the
color. The officers were dressed
alike in floor length white satin
dresses and each wore a shoulder
corsage of a rose center and mixed
flowers. The men wore red carna-
tion boutonnieres. The star points
and several officers put on a special
candlelight ceremony to introduce
the district instructor. ~uests were
present from the chapters at Tip-
ton Dayton, Mount Vernon, Mar-
ion, Vv'~shington, and Mechanics-
ville.
Out Of Town Attendants
At Charley Stork Funeral
Out of town relatives and friends
who attended the funeral services
for Charley Stork last Friday af-
ternoon were .Mrs Andrew Reiger,
Mrs. Ella Ambrose, Betty, Ruth and
Robert, Mrs. J. T. Mulnix, Miss Ed-
na Johnson, Carl Johnson and
daughters, Helen, Lois and Marion,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Johnson, Mr.
and Mrs. Glen Courtright, Mrs. A.
Klein, :Mrs. Pearl Shults and Rev.
and Mrs. G. D. Neilson, all of Dixon,
Ill. Mr. and Mrs. John Damken
of Rock Falls, Ill Mrs. Arthur Got-
tle and Gladys of Sterling, Ill Miss
Blanche Wallick of Joliet, Ill Mrs.
Dorothy Andreas of Westfield, N.J
Mr. ~nd Mrs. Frank Benesh and
Mrs. Forrest Walters of Mount Ver-
non; Mr. and ,Mrs. Oren "Walltck
and Mrs. Ella Wallick of Tipton.
ON
The Reformed church is being
dismantled. Wednesday the steeple
was dropped from its location,
where for 64 years it pointed its
spire to the skies. Singularly the
steeple of the Evangelical church
was razed the same day, where it
stood since 1888. Prior, that con-
gregation worshipped in a church
building located on south street
and ~bullt in 1862.
It took but several hours to raze
i these towers, when they were erect-
ed several weeks were needed to
send them skyward, The Evan-
gelical church is now a garage, and
out of consistency the ,belfry and
spire were removed.
A ,bungalow is ,being considered
for the Reformed church site.
The Evangelical church bell was
sold to transients this week for
$45.00. It was ,bought for the
metal and was immediately broken
up in convenient pieces for ship-
ment.
Junior High Pupils
Give Mystery Play
A mystery play '~Hobgoblin
House" was given by Junior High
students in the school auditor-
ium on Wednesday evening. Char-
acters were Roland Hall, Eleanor
Briggs, Elaine Reiger, LaVonne
Vandeberg, Laurence Gouchee, Lois
Jensen, Ralph Bostrom, Ruth
Flockhart, Robert Roup, Jean
Johnston and Janice MilZigan. The
play was directed 'by J. Harvey
Smyth, Junior High instructor,
Musical numbers were group sing-
ing by the class and guitar selec-
tions 'by Norman Nesley, Joe Ronek
and Glenn Hinrichsen.
Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Briggs and
daughters Catherine and Eleanor
were in Tipton, Monday evening as
guests at the Auxiliary entertain-
ment for the Legion Post. Mrs.
Briggs was speaker on the pro-
gram obsering the 22nd anniversary
of the post. On Wednesday evening
Mr. and Mrs. Briggs were in Bur-
lington, and Mrs. Briggs was guest
speaker at an Auxiliary dinner for
the post.
Members of the Auxiliary unit to
Cyclops Legion post are urged to
attend the Linn county annual con-
ference of the American Legion
Auxiliary to be held in the Pres-
byterian .church in Mount Vernon
on Friday March 28. Registration
i will be at 9:00 o'clock a~m.
Miss Ions Smith, music instructor
in the Wyoming school, and her
brass sextet and soloists gave the
chapel program at Cornell on Wed-
nesday morning. Miss Smith and
auctioneer and D. W M ueller, clerk, her students have been invited to
present a half hour program from
The Spring Creek club had their station WSUI
March meeting with Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Ferguson and family on
Saturday evening. Ashort program
was given and menu committee
served refreshments.
Mrs. J. W. McAleer of Monticello
is visiting with friends for several
days this week.
Btg western--Cherokee Strip and
IA'I Abner--the famous comic strip.
Strand--Friday and Saturday
George Oldfeld family in Cedar t
Rapids.
Mrs. W. C. HoeltJe of St. Paul,
Minn is visiting this week with
her sister Mrs. Fred Downing and
the Bowers families.
DAMAGED
Post ,Office and Wil-
son Graham Grocery
Windows Hit
The Lisbon Post office, a public
place of business has become a
loafing place for school children
and others, which is contrary to all
th6 rules made and provided for the
care of the government public
buildings Last week end some one
of these loafers, who use the lobby
for a play room after the regular
ho,urs of business, shot a hole in
the plate glass front from the in-
side with a BB gun, thus damaging
a valuable plate glass.
Not quite satisfied with their
hunttng ambitions and game being
scarce they shot the front window
of the Wilson-Graham grocery in
the Stahl buiIding with an air gun,
thus damaging another large plate
glass window.
These are acts of malicious mis-
chief and are punishable by heavy
fines as well as recovery for dam-
age done. It might be well for
these owners of air guns to take
heed, for a repetition of this kind
may find some one in an embar-
rassing position.
John Miller To Have
Auction Sale Saturday
John H. Miller, Lisbon John
Deere dealer, wilI hold a public
auction of used and reconditioned
farm machinery on the lot a block
north of the Standard Oil Station
in Lisbon on Saturday afternoon,
March 29, commencing at 1 o'clock.
An advertisement on page eight
lists the machinery to be cold. W.
lB. Challis will ,be the auctioneer
and Lisbon Bank and Trust Co the
clerk.
New Lisbon Phone
Directory Will Be
Mailed Out Monday
Lisbon telephone patrons will
have a new telephone directory to
use beginning on the morning of
Tuesday, April 1. Manager E. E.
Hoover states that new directories
will ,be mailed to patrons on Mon-
day, March 31st. The directory is
being printed by the Hawkeye-Re-
cord Office this week.
As in past years the directory will
contain numbers for both the Lis-
bon and Oxford Junction exchanges.
Advertisement Of
Chas. L. Hoeft Given
Wide Circulation
Charles L. Hoeft, Lisbon hard-
ware dealer, received national rec-
ognition this week when an adver-
tisement written by him and print-
ed in this newspaper to advertise
National Hardware Open House in
April 1940, was reprinted in the
April 1941 issue of Publishers Idea
Exchange. This service is supplied
to newspapers all over the United
States and in foreign countries.
Outstanding and successful adver-
tisements are clipped from papers
from all over the country and re-
printed in convenient form by this
service for the use of other news-
papem and merchants.
Bill Sponsored By
Dr. Gardner Signed
By Governor Wilson
The amendment to the law pro-
viding for an election on authoriz-
ing township trustees to levy up to
a one mill tax for fire protection,
sponsored by Dr. J. R. Gardner, has
passed the house and senate at Des
Moines and was signed ~by Governor
George V~ilson on Monday. The
amendment changed the law to
read that the election must carry
,by sixty per cent of the votes cast
rather than 60 per cent of the vote
cast at the last general election, as
it formerly read.
~ARD OF THANKS
I want to express my apl~recia-
tion to all those who ,by calls, cards,
gifts or flowers, extended their
friendship and understanding to my
husband and to me this past year
during his illness, and for their ex-
[pressions of sympathy since his
death.
Mrs. Charley Stork
The D.T. clu,b of P.E.O. held its
annual BIL party at the House of
Fouse Wednesday evening. Sixty-
five were in attendance. The pent
up energy of winter ,burst into
spring and there was much Joy and
gladness from greeting through a
general sing on to the luncheon. A
feature was the presentation of the
Kansas play "Sod" by a quartette
from the High School dramatic
class under the direction of Miss
Whinery. The ~qollywoodem were
Bernelce Leinbaugh, Betty Mohn,
John Stone and Ralph Burgs.
The Methodist W.S.C.S. will meet
in the church parlors on Thurs-
day, April 3. Mrs. D. A. Bennett
is hostess, with assistants Mrs. Carl
Dahn, Mrs. Will Dugan, Mrs. W.
L. Kynett and Miss Verlyn Bess-
more. Mrs. J. B. Young will pre-
sent the lesson study.
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Kohl and
daughters of Cedar Rapids were
Sunday visitors were Sunday vis-
itors in the parental J. S. Kohl
home.
Mrs. Amelia Este~brook and
Donna Lou of Davenport were
week end guests of Mr. and Mrs.
L. E. Crelly.
Mr. and Mrs. James Callen of
Cedar Rapids were Sunday visitors
of Mr. and Mrs. John E. McHugh.
The Methodist W:S.C,S. will hold
a chlcken and noodle and bake
sale in Dr. Gardner's office, Satur-
day, ,March 29.