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HAW]KEYE, VOIJUME LXX! NU31BEH, 25 " THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1941 ' 'MOUNT VERNON ~R,D, VOLU]KE XLIV, NUM~EB it4
THREE EVENTS TO
SENIOR --Fif r-Year-Farmer-- Will Resume Work On METHODiSi--:CHOIR: :Pfi S T;:EiST R gBON ;W MBER
S 33 :::: ::::::: ::: BRING PEOPLE TO Pavementi:nglner E EMayMootsFirSthas been ,ANS i0E'B ,
YEAR CORNELL THIS WEEKt:7=o: h'qD ( {IN( ERTS
"rod reports that it will probably be
'It le,~t May ], before work is re- Glenn L. an, Will
cement clans and Students may bo (lone but operations ou an Direct The Town
extensive sc ,e will not be started Band
May 22 Will Be Here unit, after May1.
13 members will be
Mount Vernon
Year. Dr. Jay B.
of the faculty at
Will presentthe
address to the
evening, May
SChool building.
of the class
it has nine boys
The class
the "Don
~re the names of the
MH. AND MRS. ~V. G. KLEINECK
Mark Hutchin- .
Son I "The hardest work for you when
Lillian Kirk- you get old is to try to quit," corn-
Patrick I mented Will Kleineek the latest
Claude Klimo member of the Hawkeye-Record
Don Lelghr Fifty-Year Farmers club.
Mary Mac- Mr. Kleineck was born April 21,
Gregor 11862 in a 12x16 foot log cabin
~harles McMil- south east of the Ivanhoe bridge,
len 20 rods south of the present site
Don Merritt
Ruth Minish
Don Minnick
Martha Jane
ROgers
Marguerite
Sievers
Irene Sipple
Marvin Tonne
0ren Travis
John Walton
CYnthia Winsor
ew Trial In
Hopkins
Case of LeRoy
Versus Ford
0 on April
7.
was
J in Which to
file
le instructions of
and motion
Buys
l:[ouse
Olin, has pur-
iSOn property on
north, posses-
30 days. Mr.
as an in-
to put a new
other ira-
PUrchase price
School Board,
~t of taxpay-
LeSday to apply
les teacher for
Dr. L E Bigger,
tlpt. C'lyd'e Linds-
Hampton Hall,
LIPS supervisor
sday evening.
teacher must
and approv-
of the sal-
state and half by"
~w department
school levy
SUpervisor for
met with
The board
this department
In
).rn. over radio
Jacques
Karl Andrist,
a Composition 'by
Onstitute a half-
is the second
of informal
hour, in which
3y discusses the
Cornell con-
Cornell con-
~Vill be featured
'~Iagee spoke on
to Cornell
Tuesday he
In Minneapolis,
in the new
the campus of
Wed-
at the Hotel Ft.
Moines, Iowa.
Methodist
Bnday Morning
Pastor of the
and Wesley
N. Dak will
the Methodist
rnon next Sun-
Cwin is the re-
Fellowship re-
is a great lead-
attendance is
of St Peters and Paul Church, and
spent the days of his youth along
the river. The son of George Klein-
eck and Laura Wolfe Kleineck, he
.was the oldest of ten children of
whom Isa Kepler and Mrs. Carrie
Pates, the youngest, remain.
PlSHED AND HUN~ED
Recalling hid childhood days was
~asy for Mr. Kleineck as he related
many of his experiences. He told
how they use to be able at times to
wade the river at any point in rub-
her boots without even getitng their
feet wet. On other occasions it
Would get to be 20 feet deep.
As a boy he dld a lot of fishing
and the catch consisted of mostly
bass and catfish. Hunting also oc-
cupied his spare moments and he
enjoyed making snares and catch-
ing his rabbits that way. But hard
work also was on the program for
Mr. Kleineck when a boy. He told
how they used to plow corn after
dark with one shovel and one horse.
They used to have to go through
between two rows of corn three
times to accomplish what they do
now in one trip. "In those days
we plowed corn until the ears 'be-
gan to fill out. Sometimes after-
wards if there was any grass be-
tween the rows."
DID FARM WORK BY HAND
"Every thing was done by hand
in those days. I bound grain be-
hind a cradle and cocked hay by
hand, We didn't have the machin-
ery to work with then." Mr. Klein-
eck feels that the way man has
harnessed nature and built ma-
chines to do his work for him is
the greatest change in his lifetime.
"In those days people worked with
a hoe and used their backs, today
the young folks have to use their
brains but machines do the work
for them."
As an airplane circled overhead,
he related that bis father once told
him about a machine that they
were trying to make fly through the
air, but he didn't believe it was
[possible. To Mr. Kletneck this is
Just one of the many things man
has done since that time to re-
lieve the hardshilm of the earlier
days.
BOUGHT FARM 58 YEAP.~ AGO
When he was 19 his parents mov-
ed to what is now the Harry Sting-
er farm Two years later he struck
out on his own by purchasing his
present farm of eighty acres from
Monroe Kepler where he has re-
sided ever since. Part of his farm
had never been broken-up and it
had no ,buildings. He started farm-
ing with a team and wagon. Later
he bought some young stock and
by raising things he gradually got
ahead. He always paid as he
went and feels that credit is one of
the evils of modern times.
In 1887 he married Lucy Stod-
dard to which union two children,
Mrs. Ray Hartung and Merrill
Klelneck, both of .Mount Vernon,
were born. He has three grand-
children, Milford Hartung, Wanita
Plainer and Robcrta Hartnno% chil-
dren of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hartung,
and two great grandchildren, the
twin son and daugher, Meryl and
Marlyn, of Mr. and Mrs. Milford
Hartung.
Mr. Kleineck received his earlier
education in country" schools. Lat-
er he went to the Mount Vernon
public school and started to Cor-
nell, 'but dropped out to take a
course at the Cedar Rapids Busi-
ness college. Outside of spending
one or two winters as a clerk in
stores of Mount Vernon, he has al-
ways farmed. He has always liked
the farm best.
"I made the most when hogs
were $8 per hundred and I've seen
them as high as $22.50 per hundred
and as low as $1.85 per hundred.
When I was a boy, corn was 50
cents, since then it has been as high
as $2 and lower than I0 cents "
He attributed his long life to
hard work and a hardy appetite.
He has never had a doctor in his
life unless it was in his early child-
hood. Because he always feels the
best when working, he still does a
good day's work. They used to
Speaker
ion
Who Was grad-
Iowa Uni-
fifty years ago,
COnvocation ad-
on Sunday.
him to
where they will
of their son-
Rev. and Mrs.
family, over
B.A M.A.
rein Upper Iowa
will preach
'rning at Grand
sedan. See
Garage. ad.
I Public school administrators
i from sixty citiesand towns of
Iowa, Illinois, andMinnesota, will
! participate on the program of the
ninth annual schoohnan's confer-
enee, to be held at Cornell college
on Saturday.
The program of the conference
will center on the matter of de-
veloping a mor(~ effective program
of general education in the high
schools of these states. The prin-
cipal speaker will be T. H. Broad,
one of the most distinguished pub-
lic school administrators in the
United States, principal of the
Daniel ~Veimter high school of Tul-
sa, Okla. His school is known all
over the country for the effective-
ness of its program.
MUSICIANS ENTER
get up at 2 or 3 o'clock in the
om' ?:oil~g ::gnbe tlt~e thefimel:r bYn4
ISTATE CONTEST
t::ldwiCrt~'l'~:: it: ? etl ~k?Yr~ngl ~Mount Verno'~ "~gh school music
they have been staying in a little groups, who won first place ratings
longer.
Warren Seobey Is Awarded
Fellowship At Cal Tech
~qidewalks, which were torn up at
intorsections when grading of the
streets to be paved was started, are
being repaired by Bert Sutliff.
Steps are being built in numerous
cases on the south side where the
street is at a different leved from
the sidewalks.
Warren Scobey, son of Mr. and
Mrs. O. H. Scobey, has accepted a
teaching fellowship at the Cali-
fornia Institute of Technology, at
Pasadena Calif for next year. Mr.
I * '
Scobey is an instructor in the geoi-
ogy department at Dartmouth, lo-
cated at Hanover, N.H. this year.
He had offers from the State Uni-
versity of Iowa and the University
of Illinois but chose the California
school.
Put Out Truck Fire
The l~'rnnklin township fire truck
answered a call from the G. W.
Gaines trailer, parked beyond the
Midway, 6 miles west of Mount
where a truck wa~ on fire at)out
12:30 o'clock Monday and used a
tank of foamite to extinguish the
blaze and some water on the
I cushions. The fire started from
an unknown origin. The body of
:he truck was saved.
Dawson Sehlemmer. Harold Cur-
rent, Harold Beach, Ray lCarr, Joe
Cooper and Hewer,1 Boxwell went
with the truck
The Cedar /rapids fire depart-
ment was first called imt told the
person turning in the alarm to
call Mount Vernon, which he said
was closer.
The spene of the fire was in Ber-
lram township, several miles be-
yond the Franklin line which is
near the Mrs. Ollie Duncan farm.
The Franklin township fire truck
has answered lnore calls froth
V;ertram township than it has from
Franklin township since the truck
"~V [1 S pllr?has(,d.
Soveral weeks ago when the roof
at the house on the Needles farm
on the s~,edling mile, operated by
I,'. S. and D. I,'. Yanda, was on fire,
the Cedar Rapids department was
palled and said they would have to
ask the chief before the truck could
leave the city.
! With the house on firo, Mount
Hugh Roberts Photo
]Plrst Row, reading left to right: Catherine Dahn, I~nore Fmerson, Louise Smyth, Ethel ~Mae Big-
ger, Mrs. Carl I)ahn, Mrs. Veto. D. Bostron~, Mrs. Gale Frink, Peggy Fh-in&, Catherine Brig~, Rolmrt hitts,
Orvin Kent Frisk, George Hill.
Second ]Row: ~V~ndl~ I~au Rletzel, Martha Ann Bigger, Dorothy Gish, Carol Glsh, Eleanor Briggs,
Constan(~ Johnson, Mrs. Harry Sizer, Ethel Jolmson, Gordon Rahn, hynn l~h'lnk, Melvin Crocker, Rich-
ard Frink, Ralph Bostrom, Gene Johnston, Kenneth Siggtns.
Third Row: Zola Mac Rietzei, Donna Faye Dtinn, Wilma Beasmore, Fanny I~m Sandlot, Joyce Ann
Dnnn, Constan~ Gardner, Raymond Jones (organist), Mrs. G. L. Hill (dire~qor), Norton Lifts, Donald
Mennlng, Harvey Smyth, Eugene Emerson, Donald Siggins, Harry Bigger.
On Easter Sunday morning, the
Senior Choir, the Junior Girls'
Choir and the Boys' Choir of the
Lisbon Methodist Church united in
a chorus of forty voices to present
an inspiring program of Easter
music, which was arranged in can-
tata form and directed by Mrs. G.
L. Hill, as the musical climax of
the Centennial year in the Lisbon
Methodist church.
The large audience, which in-
cluded many out of town visitors,
and former mem'bers of the church,
was thrilled and inspired both by
the appearance of the group in
their black and white vestments,
and by their splendid singing. The
Reverend Wm. D. Bostrom, who
~acted as narrator, and Raymond
Jones, organist, both added much
' to the effectiveness of the program
by Stainer. After the story of
Christ's triumphal entry into Je-
rusalem on Palm Sunday and his
going to the temple, Gordon Rahn
rang as a solo "Open the Gates of
the Temple" with the Junior Girls'
Choir "telling the glad refrain"
with the song "Hosanna, Loud
Hosannas, the Little Children
Sang." The Boy's Choir then con-
tinued with the challenging "O
Thou Eternal Christ of God, Ride
On, Ride On, Ride On."
Then came the story of the lastI
supper, and the choir singing "Tis
Midnight and On Olive's Brow"
with Gordon Rahn as soloist, fol-
lowed by "Into the Woods My
Master Went," sung by Ethel and
Constance Johnson, as a duet.
"He Was Despised," from the
"Messiah," sung by Mrs. Win. D.
Bostrom was the climax of that
part of the cantata which dealt
with the dark hours before the
crucifixion. Then came probably
the most moving part of the pro-
duction, when the choir sang "Be-
by their sympathetic interpreta-
tions.
The ehoir entered in an impres-
sive processional, singing "God of
Grace and God of Glory," following
which they sang "God So Loved
the World" from the "Crucifixion"
Vernon was called and the Franklin ly NAME 13 MEN FOR
truck answered the call. Cedar Jim Da Directs
New Spring Play
For Cornell Theatre TWO CALLS
From the sublimity of the Ham- Calls for draftees to report for
let tragedy to the gay ridiculous- training are coming with increas-
hess of music comedy is the mete-ing regularity. Linn Draft Board
orie leap taken by Jim Daly, re- No. 3 has called 13 to report at
cently graduated Cornellian, as he Marion today and on Sunday. In-
steps from the role of Shakesperian eluded in the group are four Mr.
actor into the capacity of director. Vernon and Lisbon young men, Leo
tion groups, according to the sizes I may be one reason why Cedar Rap- Jim Daly, who recently played Kirkpatrick, Merle D. Caraway and
of the communities from which ids was not anxious to send another "Halet, Prince of Demnark" so con- Eugene Clark of Mr. Vernon and
they come. truck into the country, vineingly that he won portending John Francis Van Fossen of Lls-
This newspaper has been inform- favor with a scout for the Lynn bon.
Fontanne-Albert I,unt Company, isCalled to report at Marion at 2
diti (,d that the Franklin township trus-
Music Au ons tees expect to consider the matter matching his deep feeling for trag-
Scheduled For Friday, "r answering fi,-e calls from edy with a distinctive flare for
Bertram township at their next comedy as he directs "Don't Spur
Saturday At Cornell meeting and that a policy in that Th:mH :Sith'"sothne ned f:~nce n~e!lt"
regard will probably be worked out " .' ". .' " . . -
' ten Dy Prof. Alnert aonnson for
Over 80 high school seniors are ~.~,H ~ ~---~'~ ~,-"~-~,--. perfor,nance in the CornellIAttle ion board at 2 p.m. Sunday, April
expected to participate in the 1 !141 ~']~ ~'|'~| ~'~ ~'~ I Theatre over Grex week-end, April } 20, to be sent to an induction sta-
competitive auditions in music, to ll],~i~ K}| ~lJl~l~ ~'~1~ i tion at Fort Des Moines are:
be held on the Cornell campus this
week-end, April 18-19. Don Cur-WEST OF TOWN
rent and Mark Hutchinson will
compete in the voice group. Other
groups open to contestants are: The stolen car of George ~Sehil-
piano, violin, pipe organ, wood- hon, of Cedar Rapids, was found
wind instruments, cello, compost-in the ditch near Alexander's
tlon and brass instruments. First / crossing, west of Mount Vernon,
prize in each group is a $120 schol- 'by Denny Neal who notified Mar-
arship, with a $60 scholarship as shall Ed Gilt that a car in the ditch
second prize. Talented music stu-
there gave the appearance of hav-
dents from all over the midwest ing been abandoned.
will ,be in competition. Marshall Gill drove the ear, a Betty Laughlin who plays Prima lMarion.
Donna Bells Donna, the barnstorm- i521 Henry Romans Gelski, R.F.
Friday night at 8 p.m. in the cha- 1931 DeSoto, to a local garage ing star with a French accent, and I No. 2 Cedar Rapids.
pel, students of the Cornell conser- Monday afternoon. When he flag- Betty Chiquet, who plays Grub I D'524 Myron Walter Johnson, At-
vatory of music will present a con- ed a Highway Patrolman going
cert for the auditions visitors. Any- thru town Monday afternoon and Stake Sady, the chap-wearing, kins, Iowa.
one interested is welcome to at- asked to see the list of stolen cars, hash-slinging lady of the west, lead 555 John Francis Van Fossen,
tend this recital, he found this car on the list. The off with the Huston songs and are Lisbon.
Auditions will begin promptly at license number was reported tc joined by the cow hands, cow girls 558 Lumir Rohlena, Fairfax.
9 p.m. Saturday, with piano, voice the Sheriff's office when it wa~ and visiting show girls in lively 582 John Burnard Cummings,
and organ auditions in the chapel, discovered but they did not have a climaxes. Springville.
and all others in Armstrong hall.record of it having been stolen. Froshy Dick Head, playing The The following named men may
Prof. Chester Williams is in The owner came for the car Mon- Ragtime Kid, who does tt'Icky stuff be required as replacements:
charge of the local arrangements,day evening, at the keyboard of the upright, is 631V Lynn Gaaseh Differdlng.
The car, with license 57-22035, the pitch and beat of all the singing 576 Vernon Morton Clark.
Iowa Methodist ,as stolen in Cedar Rapids Satur- and dancing. Pretty and spirited 583 Floyd Gersham Booth.
Student Movement day night. It Is assumed that the dance routines including every-
thief probably left it near the i thing from can-can to shag are be- Discuss Farmers
Meets Here This Week
crossing and boarded a freighl ing set to the music by director Jim
train at this point on the grade Daly and Gen Snyder, frosh, who
Situation At Linn
where they sometimes move rather plays Tappy, the slap-happy girlie ~ ,~
Bureau
Meeting
Mount Vernon will be host toslowly, from girlie land. ~'l'Wp.
about 100 young people on April 18. Recently the car used by con- Besides the new songs, scintil-
19 and 20, when the Iowa Method- viets who escaped from the Ann- lating tunes from the gay nineties An animated discussion of the
/ farmer's status in the present world
ist Student movement meets here mosa Reformatory stood on the and the rosy glow melodies from I situation' led by Rex Conn, county
for a three-day conference. Stu- streets here from 10 o'clock in the favorite light operas are woven into
dents from every c:tmpus in Iowa evening until the next noon when tbe gay and lively story wbich
have been invite(]. Marshall Gill discovered by read-spoofs the old time "Westerns," and
The main conference speaker will ing a newspaper item that a cat takes in a lot of folks and things
be the Rev. John C. Irwin, pastor- by that number had .been stolen, for good natured kidding, home of .Mr. and Mrs. George Rose,
director of the Wesley Foundation Formerly the Reformatory used to In addition to the evening per- !south of Springville, on Wednesday
at North Dakota State college, Far- notify the Marshall here when formances of "Don't Spur The ;evening. The discussion was live-
go, N.I). Theme for the meeting there was a jail break there. Horses," a special matinee will be ly and full of action. All consid-
is "That Cause (?an Neither Be
Lost Nor Stayed." The local Meth- presented on Saturday, April 26, for ered it very helpful. The farmers
odist church will be the scene of Grade Pupils Will tbe high school students who areconcluded that their situation was
on the campus that week as Grex rather precarious and that they
the conference meetings. Present Operetta guests The matinee will not be should make preparation for the
Registration will start at 4 p.m. open to the general public. Re- aftermath which usually follows a
Friday, with Friday evening, all day
Saturday and Sunday morning fully "The Magic Bean Stalk," an op-
eretta b~sed on the well known
scheduled for the guests. R ms fairy story, "Jack and the Bean
for the conference visitors are be-
ing provided by Mount Vernon Stalk," will be presented .by pupils
from the 4th, 5th and 6th grades
homes. The W.S.C.S. will serve
in the Mount Vernon high school
breakfast and lunch to them on
Saturday, with the supper planned auditorium on Friday evening,
as a picnic at the Palisades State April 18. The following characters
park. will participate, David Dean, as
Jack; Wilton Levy, as Jack's moth-
er; Bobby Wolfe, as Capt. Kidd;
Dean Lusted, as the Magician;
Helene 3olas as Gypsy Ann; Floise
Littell and Nancy Dean as Juliana
the cow; James Hawker as the '
giant. The cast will be supported
by the Junior High chorus and
pupils dressed in Japanese, Dutch,
Hawaiian costumes. Beans, will The one-story part of the frame
in the preliminary music contest at be portrayed 'by five children fromThe embargo on trucks of over i)uilding, just west of the furniture
Monticello three weoks ago, h,tve the primary grade including Davidfive tons was lifted from the Frank store, on south side of Main street,
made application to enter the Music Wolfe, Bobby Penn, Dwaine Mel- Anderson road east from Bertram in IAsbon, owned 'by Win. M. Zim-
Festival, which will he held in Iowa chert, Albert Gaines, Billy Yeis-on Monday. This was the only roadmerman, was taken down on Tues-
City the first week in May. ley. in this part of the county which day of this week. Mr. Zimmerman
The groups which plan to take The operetta will be produced was embargoed. The 'board of sup-is arranging to erect a new building
part in the Iowa City Festival are under thc sup~:rvision of Miss Marie ervisors has passed a resolution to on the premises for rental pur-
the band, orchestra and Mixed Yaryan and Richard Fuller, lift the embargo on all county )oses.
Chorus. roads which have been embargoed,
The soloists who were awarded Jaetmes Jolas Named Music on April 20th. Closing Out Sale April 22
first place ratings will probably eu- Chairman By Federated Clubs
ter the state mnMe contest in Wav- A.J. Meakin, suffered a stroke, Walter Scott will hold a closing
erly next month. They are: l'cggyProf. Jacques Jolas this week re- Wednesday while in the basement out sale at his residence between
Magee, soprano soloist. Aodrey ceived the honor of being appoint- at his home, and is completely help- Lisbon and MeVllle on Tuesday,
Jean Nelson, euphonium horn; ed the chairman of tousle in schools less. Mrs. Meakin's sister, Mrs.April 22. An ad appears on page
Don Current, baritone soloist andand colleges of the Iowa Federation Frank Cleveland of Marion, came 7. W. E. Challis will be the auc-
Mark Hutchinson ,bass soloist, of Music clubs, today to assist with his care. tioneer and John Carvllle, the clerk.
hold the Saviour of Mankind" from
Este's Psalter, followed rby Peggy
Frink's solo, "Art Thou the Christ."
The theme was continued in the
i sOng "There Is a Green Hill ~ar
tawny" by Gounod, which Mrs. G.
L. Hill sang as a solo, followed by
"The Stone Is Rolled Away," a
duet by Mrs. Gale Frisk and Peggy
IFrink. The triumphant "I Know
That My Redeemer Liveth" by the
entire combined choirs brought the
cantata to a thrilling climax.
The audience joined in singing
the final hymn, "Christ the Lord
Is Risen Today," thus bringing to
a close one of the most beautiful
and inspiring Easter services which
has ever been held in the IAsbon
Methodist church.
The vestments for the Junior
Girls' Choir were made especially
for this occasion and presented to
the group by the director, Mrs. G.
L. Hill, who also wished to express
publicly her appreciation to all
tho~e who participated in the pro-
gram.
Receive 2400 Mile
Auto Trip As 50th
Anniversary Gift
To receive an automobile trip for
a golden wedding present was the
experience of Rev. and Mrs. Hugh
i Robinson. The trip was a gift of
their son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank S. Kraemer of Min-
I neapolis, .Minn. Rev. and Mrs.
I Robinson will observe their 50th
anniversary on Monday but the
trip was taken last week in ad-
vance of the actual date so that
their grandson, Hugh Kraemer,
could accompany his parents, dur-
ing his vacation from school.
"Phe trip covered about 2400
miles. Memphis, Jackson, Vicks-
burg, New Orleans, were among the
interesting old cries visited in the
south. A trip along the gulf from
New Orleans to Pensacola, Florida,
and visits to Muscle Shoals at Flor-
ence, Ala and the Hermitage near
Nashville, Tenn were very de-
lightful features of the trip. Rev.
Robinson said he and Mrs. Robin-
son were very grateful for the vaca-
tion which was the nicest they had
ever taken.
Rev. and Mrs. Robinson have
.been residents of Mount Vernon
for more than a year, moving here
from Lisbon where they retired in
1937. Rev. Robinson was born in
'Newton Ards, County Downs, Ire-
land on June 16, 1863, and came
to the United States with his par-
ents, when seven years olcl. His
father was a carpenter ,by trade
but later farmed near Cascade.
Mrs. Robinson was Miss Anna
Sinclair, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
A. Sinclair, pioneers of Scotch
Grove, Iowa. They were married
at Scotch Grove fifty years ago
next Monday.
Rev. Robinson says he had one
. busy month in his life. He was
graduated from McCormick Theo-
logical Seminary in Chicago, li-
cenced to preach, installed as pas-
tor and married all in the same
month.
He has spent 46 years in the min-
istry, and served in charges in Illin-
ois and Iowa. His first pastorate
was tn the Scotch Grove Presbyter-
lan church and his last one preced-
Ing his retirement was at Edger-
ton, Ill. He also served three years
from 1894 to 1897 as acting presi-
dent of Lenox college, located at
Hopkinton. This was very hard
work, Rev. Rolainson said, due to
the financial condition of the col-
lege, which had no endowment. He
also taught mathematics in the col-
lege.
They have two daughters, Mrs.
Kraemer of Minneapolis, and Miss
Katherine Robinson, secretary in
Memorial hospital, New York City.
Neither of their daughters will be
with them for the occasion which
will he celebrated at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Lacock at
Scotch Grove this week end.
Dr. Gardner Will Speak At
Toledo On Memorial Day
Dr. John R. Gardner has been
invited by the American Legion at
Toledo to deliver the Memorial day
address there on May 30th. Dr.
Gardner served in both the Span-
lsh-American and World wars, and
was a member of the reserve corp~
for many years, being a colonel on
his retirement a year ago. He is
a member of the Iowa house of
representatives from Llnn county.
Mrs. Lloyd Peterson was hostess
WTedneaday to the Young Married
ladies afternoon club, entertaining
them at the Ooudy Tea room in
Mount Vernon. Mrs. Harry Sizer
was a guest.
~Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Challis en-
tertained Mr. and Mrs. Tom Challis
and Everett and Francis Van Fos-i
sen at a dinner Friday evening for!
the Van Fossen boys, leavtng this
week for Des Moines.
Miss Helen Wishart g- nt the
week end at her home in Baring,
Missouri.
The IAsbon Chamber of Com-
merce met on Monday evenin.~.
Along wtth the regular routine of
business were several special items
Plans were made for a soft ball
league. W. C. Conklin is commit-
tee chairman to look after the
lighting and other necessary equip-
ment. Anyone who is interested
in organizing a team, contact Mr.
Conklin. The school athletic field
will be the playground for the
games, which will start the last
week in May.
Glenn Lyman, director of the
acheD1 band, was hired to direct the
town band for the annual summer
concerts. The season will open the
first Wednesday evening in June
and continue through the sum-
mer with twelve concerts.
Glenn Cunningham
To Speak At Lisbon
Activity Banquet
, Plans are being made for the
annual activity 'banquet to 'be held
in the Lisbon school gymnasium on
Tuesday, April 29.
Glenn Cunningham, director of
student health of Cornell college,
will be the guest speaker, talking
on his experiences ms a world
famous runner His subject is,
,Runing Around the World."
Rites For A. E.
Ringer Held Monday
Funeral services for Mrs. Albert
E. Ringer, in charge of Rev. Wxn.
D. Boatrom, were held in the
Methodist church on Monday after-
noon. Interment was made in the
Lisbon cemetery. Pallbearers were
Lucian Gish, Justin Albright, Ray
Minick. Byron Umbdenstoek, Ber-
hal Walmer and George McCall.
Mrs. Albert E. Ringer was born
Ermina Swafford the daughter of
Jeremiah and Julia Swafford, on a
farm in Johnson county, near Solon,
on June 16, 1866. The youngest
of seven children, she was the last
survivor of her family. On April
I2, 194/, she entered into her
final rest at nearly 75 years of
age.
On January 8, 1895, she was
united in marriage to Albert E.
Ringer at Cedar Rapids. In to
their home came four children,
Harold R. Ringer of Lisbon, Mrs.
Geraldine Wright of Davenport, J,
Burnett Ringer of Mount Vernon
and Mrs. Berniece Bickness of
Shell Rock. All of the children sur-
vive their mother, together with
'two grandsons, Larry and Jerry
Ringer of Mount Vernon. Mr. Ring-
er passed away on October 31, 1929.
Mrs. Ringer was active and bu~y
throughout her whole life, taking
i part in several organizations. She
was a charter member of the one-
time Lisbon lodge of Rebekahs, a
member of the Woman's Relief
Corps, and its president for some
time. But above all other organi-
zations was her church. At a very
early age she participated in the
life of the Antioch church near
Solon. Later after moving to lis-
bon in 1892, she made the Method- "
ist Church her spiritual home. She
was very much in love with her
church and not only received in-
spiration from it, but gave of her-
self to its many enterprises and
interests. She was throughout a
faithful member of the Ladies Aid,
having served in an official capacity
~from time to time. She was secre-
tary from 1924 to 1938, a period of
14 years. In addition she was a
member of the Women's Foreign
Missionary society.
Another of those who 'built this
church is gone from us. Its future
is dependent upon those who follow
after. But above all else, it may
be said that Mrs. Ringer devoted
herself loyally and whole-hearted-
ly to her home and family. In
this respect those whom she has
served will rise up and call her
~blessed.
Out of town relatives and friends
who attended the funeral of Mrs.
Ringer included Mr. and Mrs. L. E.
Williams, Woodward; Win. Umden-
stock, an~l Mr. and Mrs. Byron Um-
denstock, Marion; Mr. and Mrs.
George Barnes, De Smet, S.D.; Mrs.
Nellie Minick and Ray, Mechanics,
ville; Miss Doris Blessing, Eau
Claire, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. L. E.
Blessing, Mrs. F. G. Brink, Miss
Barbara Ringer, Miss Glenna Van
Wormer, Frank K. Hahn, Mr. and
Mrs. Justin Albright, Mrs. Liewelyn
Hoyt, and Mrs. Arthur Fisher, Ce-
dar Raplds; Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Hoyt, Dr. and Mrs. Ernest Brown-
ing, Claude Haegge, Mrs. Errol
Miller, Roy. James Ballz, Mrs. Her-
bert Smith, Harold W, Baltz, Mrs.
H. ~,V. Scott, Mrs. E. G. Hunt, Roy.
and Mrs. M. L. Hill, Mr. and Mrs.
Marley Clark, Mrs. Flora. Buck,
Mrs. T. I. Mitchell, .3~rs. Belle
Thompson, Miss Carrie Kyle and
Mrs. Dana Wilcox, Mount Vernon;
Mrs. W. L. Porter, Mrs. J. W. Hum-
mer, Mrs. F. G. Morris and :Mrs.
V. D. Pa~rish, Davenport; and Mrs.
F. S. Radcliffe, X,e~laire.
CARD Ol~ THANKS
We sincerely thank our many
friends who were so kind and
thoughtful during our mother's
long illness, and our recent be-
reavement.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ringer,
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wright
Mr. and Mrs. Burnett Ringer,
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bleknese.
Two Brothers Leave
For Training Camp
Mr. and Mrs. A. I~ Van Fossen
have two sons going to Des :Moln~
for induction into the army. Ever-
ett left on Wednesday the 15th,
and Francis will go on Sunday,
the 20th.