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lumInInInInuuululuulullII"IIIIIIIIIllesnuIIIIIIIIIIIIluluululunlluIuIMI"IIn:InnlmInIIIII"nullIII-Illulunnu NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS 'lIII"IHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINIllIlllIOIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII“Mlll‘llllllilllfllllllIllillllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllbllllIlllll' Solon Mrs. Ann: Zeller ME. AND MRS. PESHEK TO HAVE 50TH ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Peshek, prominent Johnson county farmers will observe their fiftieth annivers- ary of their marriage, Sunday, April 27th. Mr. Peshek was born in Czecho- slovakia December 12, 1864, and came to the United States in March of 1871 and settled near here. Mrs. Peshek, the former Joseph- ine E. Vitengl, was born in Cedar county, near Cedar Bluffs Novem— ber 27, 1873. Her parents moved to Linn county when she was eight years old and located near Ely. Mr. and Mrs. Peshek were united in marriage at Solon, Iowa, April 27th, 1891, and have made their home tvvo miles west of here for the past fifty years with the ex- ception of five years during which time they resided in Cedar Rap- ids. Their eldest son, Frank, passed away when. nine years of age. Their children are Emil A., and Jesse J.', at home; George A., of Lucadale, Miss, and Dr. Fabian S., at Cedar Rapids. STUDY CLUB MEETS “Mrs. Ronald Kessler and Mrs. R. W. 'Umbdenstock were hostesses for the Study Club at the home of Mrs. Kessler Thursday afternoon with 16 members and two viistors present. The affair was directed by the newly elected president Mrs. Orpha Zajicek, who appointed a program, committee consisting of Mrs. H. D. Elliott, chairman, Mrs. Emil Up- meir and Miss Velma Beck. A report was given on Guatemala and Honduras‘ by Mrs. Ronald Kessler, and Mrs. Helen Meyers gave a report on Nicaragua and Costa Ricap The song, “God Bless America," was sung by all. An interesting talk was given by Dr. H. Babney Kerr of the department of Radiology from the University of Iowa Who also presented slides. The next meeting will be held Thursday, May 15th with Mrs. R. L. Belt and Mrs. Charles Meyers, hostesses. The Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist church will hold their regular meeting on Thursday afternoon, May 1st. Host- esses at luncheon will be Mrs. R. K. Adams, Mrs. Emma Meyers, Mrs. E. W. .Olmstead, and Mrs. Kent, who‘will be chairman and a program will be given. A‘ surprise party was given in honor of James Barta at his home Sunday evening when a group of relatives and friends gathered to celebrate the event. Cards were played during the evening after which Mrs. Barta served a lunch- eon. Thgse present were Dr. and Mrs. J. Y. Netolicky, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Bednashek, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Hartman, Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Slofer and Mr. and Mrs. James Barta. Mrs. Wayne Penningroth and in- fant daughter Sandra Sue have re- turned from St. Luke’s hospital in Cedar Rapids to their home here. W Free Prompt Removal of all DEAD STOCK Call Our Nearest Phone Collect Cedar Rapids 4612 Anamosa 542 Stanwood 800 Mt. Vernon llOOO SANITARY RENDERING CO. Cedar Rapids, Iowa Iowa Dept/of Agriculture License No. 1 Sunday dinner and supper guests of Mrs. Mary K. Zenishek were Mr. and Mrs. George Healy of Los Angeles, Calif, Mr. Frank Healy and Miss Margaret Healy of Iowa City, and Mr. and Mrs. Arch Noel of Cedar Rapids and Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Zenishek. George Dvorsky and daughter of Iowa City were also supper guests. Evening visit- ors were Mr. and Mrs. Stark and daughter and the latter’s sister of |Iowa City. . Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Goodlove imade a trip to Waubeek Sunday [where they were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Boyse. Mrs. Charles Schmidt of Lowden Saml was a visitor Monday at the home iof Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Penning— =roth. 1 Mrs. Ed Reinhard and Ed Vislisel gvisited with Mrs. Ed Vislisel at _Oakdale, Sunday evening. A Mrs. Anna Beck and Miss Velma Beck entertained at dinner Sunday lFrances Paintin of Iowa City. Miss Isabelle Bruce, who has been seriously ill for several days, has lbeen taken to Mercy hospital, Ce- dar Rapids. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Zenishek and son Alvin have gone to Excelsior .Springs, Mo., where Mr. Zenishek is taking treatment. Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Ulch were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Heady and son of Mount Vernon and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Han- ,sen and daughter Sally of Clinton. I Scotts Mill Mrs. Gerald Scott I Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Albaugh entertained their family on Easter ,Sunday in their home. Those pres- lent were Mr. and Mrs. Clair Booth of Cedar Rapids, Mr. and Mrs. Clar- rence Flitsch and two daughters of Alburnett. Mr. and Mrs. Max Al- baugh and two daughters of Mar- ion; Myrle Albaugh of Cedar Rap— ids and Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Hawk and Donald of Louisville, Ky. Mrs. Hawk and Donald remained for a visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Hillis Whitenack of Center Point spent'Sunday in the Gerald Scott home. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Klump and Mr. and Mrs. Merle Robinson and Calvin of Mar- ion were callers. The Emmons school pupils and iteacher have been raking the school yard and Wednesday noon enjoyed a weiner roast. Merle Boxwell of Ridgewood, N. J., spent the week end with his mother, Mrs. Sophia Boxwell in lMarion and in the Argene Allbee iand Emmett Albaugh homes. Em- mett Albaugh took him to Des Moines on Monday. Mrs. Gerald Scott spent Monday with her daughter Mrs. Floyd De- cious and Mr. Scott and Joe were supper guests in the Decious home. l l Linn Grove Mrs. Edwin Harris On Saturday night Mr. and Mrs. Paul Strother of Eldon and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sweltzer and family of Muscatine came to assist at the Strother home. Maynard Strother phoned his folks from Missouri when he heard of the storm. Mrs. Paul Sweitzer and daughters will spend the week in the Strother home. Mr. and Mrs. Clint Johnston, Bobby and Jean were Sunday at- ternoon callers at Marvin John- stons. Jennie Clark of Davenport visited at home Sunday. SUTLIFF SCHOOL NEWS Mrs. Whittington, Teacher Margery Yeggy, Editor Mr. and Mrs. Henry Yeggy took Vivian to Ottumwa High academy. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sueppel and children visited Kate Mc- Laughlin, Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Milo Krob and family, Mrs. Richard Krob and daughter, and Bruce McCullough went to Martelle Sunday to see the damage done by the tornado. 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Mr. and Mrs. George Healy of Los Angeles, Calif., were week end visitors at the J. J. *Zenishekhome. 1 Mrs. John W's.an TEACHERS SIGN CONTRACTS The Martelle School Board has re-elected all the teachers and their contracts have been tendered for the coming year. To date the fol- lowing teachers have returned sign- ed contracts: Miss Jessie Boxwell, grades 3 and 4; Miss Doris George, grades 5 and 6; Miss Imogene Bates, grades 7 and 8; Miss Odelia Best, English and typing and girls’ chor- us; Mrs. Elsie Ives, Home Econom- ics and History; Earl Silka, Man- ual Training and boys’ athletics; F. A. McCoy, mathematics, band and girls’ athletics. for Mrs. Lillian Robinson and Mrs, HONOR MISS ARMSTRONG The following ladies were enter- tained on Saturday afternoon at the Jack Armstrong home at a miscel- laneous shower in honor of Miss Zella Armstrong, whose marriage to James Miller will take place April 25: Mrs. Claire Armstrong and daughters, Mrs. Kenneth Gor- don and daughters, Mrs. Geo. New- man, Mrs. Clarence Miller, Mrs. Esther Kohl, Mrs. LeRoy Schoon of Center Junction, Mrs. Chloe New- man, Mrs. E. D. Armstrong, Mrs. Claude Peet, Miss Merle Peet, Mrs. Evelyn Brown, Mrs. Jennie McCon- aughy, Mrs. Glenn Strother, Mrs. Arthur Siver and daughters, Mrs. Guy Martin of Central City, Mrs. Merle Stewart and Eleanor of Viola, Mrs. Roy Martin and Miss Alma Shotwell of Mount Vernon, Mrs. Link Roberts and Miss Edna Rob- erts of Marion, Mrs. Jack Miller of Anamosa, Miss Madeline Buckner of Goa, Mrs. Darwin of Cedar Rap- ids. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. White of Springville were dinner guests of their daughter, Mrs. Leonard Gor- don on Wednesday. Roy Allen of Anamosa was a call- er in town Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. lven Remington and Carole, Mr. and Mrs. Lolen Rem- ington and Phyllis were shoppers in Cedar Rapids Wednesday after- noon. Miss Lottie Peet of Rochelle, ml, was a recent visitor in the Glenn Peet home. Mrs. Will May, Mrs. Zoe Plum— mer, Mrs. Floyd May and Rose Marie were callers in Cedar Rap- ids Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Merle Meeks visit— ed friends at Crawfordsville, Sun— day. Mr. and Mrs. Don Meeks and Howard visited in the Marvin Mal- lie home near New Boston,, lll., on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Meeks were callers in the Ray Stivers and Will Hay homes, near Antioch Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Nosley of Lisbon were callers in town Tues— day. Mr .and Mrs. Lawrence Stabenow and son of Lisbon were callers at the Allen Mitchell home on Sun- day. The Will Frantz family spent Sunday in the Bruce Frantz home. Mrs. Dick James, Mrs. Wilmer Larson and Mrs. Jack Corn start- ed work at the Produce company in Mount Vernon on Monday. Gwendolyn Reed, Garth and Kar- en Reed spent the week end in tile Clifford Larson home. Mrs. Helen Sherman and Nancy Jane are visiting in the L. R. Bobst home. John Macek entertained his cousins from Belle Plaine and Chelsea on Sunday. Mrs. Alva Barber and son of Ana- mosa called at the Mrs. Martha Barber home Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hurt and Bar- bara of Cedar Rapids were dinner guests of Mrs. Millie Hurt on Sun- day. Mr. and Mrs. Jens Pedersen visit- ed in the Chris Pedersen home on Sunday afternoon. Walter Hurt family of Cedar Rap- ids and Onias Hurt family of near Anamosa spent Friday evening in the Tom Hurt home. Harvey Barber and family were dinner guests of Mrs. Martha Bar- ber on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hartford and June of Marion spent Sunday in the Philip Bobst home. Mr. and Mrs. Neil Norton of Anamosa called at the Mrs. Millie Hurt home on Sunday. She return- ed home with them for several days visit. Mr. and Mrs. Lake, Mr. and Mrs. Waters of Anamosa spent Wednes- day evening in the Mrs. Evelyn Brown home. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Gordon and Bob and Roger spent Sunday with H. F. Gordon at Mount Vernon. The Christian Aid society will meet Thursday afternoon. Hostess- es will be Mrs. Cleo McConaughy and Mrs. Alice Armstrong. The society will also have a shower for Miss Zella Armstrong that after— noon. Mrs. Evelyn Brown, Mrs. Jennie McConaughy spent Sunday after- noon in the Claude Peet home. Willard Ellison fell from his house roof Monday and received several cuts and bruises. Mrs. El- lison fell down cellar and received quite a bad shaking up and lots of bruises. Both of them are feeling better. Maple Grove Mrs. Edwin Becicka. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Reif and family visited Sunday evening in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Krob near Mechanicsville. Sunday dinner and supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Becicka were Mr. and Mrs. James Hall, Ar— lene and Maynard and Gladys Favre of Cedar Rapids; Mr. and Mrs. Lumir Becicka and Marcella, Mrs. Joseph M. Becicka, Lorraine Studt, and Frank Becicka of Ely, and Stella Klouda and Alvin. Ad- ditional evening visitors were: An- lna Becicka of Ely and Mr. and Mrs. Bohumil Mallie of Martelle. Gladys Favre and Arlene Hall played sev- eral selections on electric Hawaiian guitars. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fencl, Mar- tha and Arthur Vislisel, and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Becicka attended the wedding dance for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Vislisel in Cedar Rapids last Jennie Reif has taken over the household duties of Lillian Dlouhy in the Dr. J. Y. Netolicky home in Solon. Mount Vernon Hawkeye-Iwcord Want Ads PAY. Central Lmn Mrs. Milton Koch Mt. Zion Community club will meet on Friday evening, April 25. There are several interesting num- bers on the program, so plan to be present. Movies will be shown by Ralph Bachman. Needlecraft club will be enter- tained in the home of Mrs. Lyall Bryant on Friday afternoon. Veda Mae and Donald Pollock of Springville were visitors from Fri— day until Sunday in the home of their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Coppock. Eighth grade students in this vi- cinity plan to take their final ex- ams next week. Rev. and Mrs. C. F. Hartzell had as their dinner guest on Sunday: Miss Margaret Beck, a Cornell stu- dent, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Beck, formerly of Concepcion, Chile. They were friends of Rev. and Mrs. Hartzell when they all lived in Chile, where Miss Beck was born. Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Koch and family were their former neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sedlacek, now of Central City. During the afternoon they‘viewed the destruction wrought by Thurs- day evening’s storm in the Linn Grove vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Ruble and family were Sunday visitors in the home of Mrs. Ruble’s brother, Ed- die Brokel and family near New Boston, Ill. Friends of the family will be interested to know that their daughter, Helen Brokel, sang a solo in the Illinois state music con- test on Saturday at Glen Ellyn. Helen is a member of the graduat- ing class of Joy High School. Rev. and Mrs. C. F. Hartzell at- tended a tea at Anamosa on Tues- day afternoon given by the W. S. C. S. of the Methodist church for the ladies of all churches. It was held in the spacious parlors in the home of Mrs. Davis, wife of the warden of the state reformatory. About 125 ladies attended. Rev. Hartzell gave a talk on South America. These talks prove very interesting, as the Hartzells were at one time residents of this coun- try we are to learn so much about in the future. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Leigh and Dorris Jane called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gamble on Sun- day afternoon. Their son Lewis is in camp in Minnesota and reports he is feeling fine and is enjoying camp life. Darrell Stoner was host to the last meeting of the Busy Bees, boys’ 4-H club. Arlene Edwards was a Thursday visitor in the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Conner and children accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dorcas of Mechanicsville to near Amber and were Sunday din- ner guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sveika. Morley Mrs. Ella F. Austin CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR HAS WEINER ROAST The United Brethren Christian Endeavor enjoyed a weiner roast in the timber near Center Chapel, Monday evening. Rev. and Mrs. Carl Windsor and Miss Lucille Mc- Mullen acted as chaperons. Games were played and weiners and marshmallows were roasted at the huge bonfire. Everyone reported an enjoyable time. FOLLOW UP MEETING ON “PERSONAL DRESS” Mrs. Lois Pulver was hostess to a group of women at a follow up meeting at her home Tuesday after- noon. Mrs. A. R. Embree gave the lesson on “Personal Dress.” Those present, other than the hostess and leader, were Mesdames Ruby Bro- kaw, Ethel Bailey, Lydia Windsor, Hallie Hay, Marjorie Bixler and Ella Austin. Mrs. Pulver served a nice lunch at the close of the les- son. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Hunter and Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Hay spent Sun- day with Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Hun- ter near Stone City. Mr. and Mrs. Eldo Stingley, Don— na Rae and Larry were Cedar Rap- ids shoppers Saturday evening. Mrs. Cecil Hay and Colleen of Forest Chapel vicinity spent Tues- day in the L. E. Hunter home. Sunday callers in the Chas. See- ger home were Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Remley and C. W. Wurzbacher, all of Anamosa, and Mrs. Ella Grass- field. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Austin, Flor— ence, Kenneth, Leonard and Leland spent Sunday in the Frank Smykil home in Cedar Rapids. Mrs. Louis Hora and son Howard of Olin spent Monday evening in the F. L. Shankland home. Mr. and Mrs. Burl McAtee, Judy and Richard were Sunday dinner guests in the Ernest McKinstry home near Fairview. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Deamer ac- companied Mrs. Deamer’s parents, Mr .and Mrs. C. C. Blough of Ons- low and the R. J. Ringsmuth fam- ily of Cedar Rapids to Chicago where they spent the week end with Bruce Blough, who is a radio op- erator on the United Air Lines. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Switzer, Bet- ty, Dickie and Jackie, Mrs. Wilda Switzer and Lois Southard Were Sunday dinner geusts in the Ethan Switzer home at Cedar Rapids. The Harlan Tallman family of Center Chapel vicinity were Mon- day evening callers in the J. N. Parks home. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Peck of Olin were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Seeger. The Peeks had just returned home after a winter's stay at St. Petersburg, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Domer of Tip- ton spent Friday evening in the C. B. Angus home. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. J ensen were Anamosa callers Monda af- ternoon. Supt. of Schools and Mrs. Willard Murrin and daughter Marlys of Mt. Union were overnight guests in the home of Mrs. Murrin’s sister, Mrs. R. H. Bickerstaif. On Sunday the Murrin and Bickerstaff families were dinner guests in the Willis Boots home at Springville. A broth~ er, Sydney Clarke and family of Whittier, were also guests in the Boots home. Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Pulver and Nelda and Miss Katie Sunday mo— tored to Oelwein Sunday where they were guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Riedel, Patsy and Lois. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hora, Bobby and Darrell were supper guests on Sunday in the parental Louis Hora home near Olin. Born to Mr .and Mrs. Donald Hef- flefinger, a daughter at Mercy hos- pital, Cedar Rapids. C. B. Angus spent Thursday and Friday in the Earl Domer home near Tipton. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Shankland, Jimmy and Judith spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Duncan and Doralee in Cedar Rapids. Mrs. Mary Tallman, Lester and Buddy spent Saturday in the par- ental John Smith home, northeast of town. Both Mr. and Mrs. Smith are in very poor health. Miss Sue Gordon of Troy Mills was a week end guest in the home of Mrs. Ella Austin and Harold. Mrs. C. O. Hay, Mrs. A. T. Free, L. E. Hunter and H. W. Austin re- ceived the news Monday of the passing away of a cousin, Walter Coker of Center Point. Funeral services will be held at Center Point Wednesday with burial in the Mayflower cemetery at Oxford Junction. Workmen are busy clearing away the debris from the old house on the Dr. H. 0. Young farm northwest of town preparatory to the erec- tion of a new house. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pulver and Carol of the Brookside community were callers in the parental J. A. Colton home Monday, enroute to Anamosa. C. E. McCleary and J. R. Bicker- staff were business callers Monday at Anamosa. Steve Motz, overnight guest Saturday W. B. Pye home. Mrs. Ruth Smith, Francis and Gene spent Monday evening in the Fred Austin home, northeast of town. Mrs. Evah Bennett and family of Olin were callers in the Ruth Smith home Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Austin and family were at Anamosa Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Bixler, Mrs. Ella Grassfield, Mrs. Myrtle Bix- ler, and Mrs. Chas. Seeger were business callers at Cedar Rapids on Wednesday. MECHAAlcsvlllla INITIATE CANDIDATES The Rebekah Lodge held initia- tion on Friday evening in their lodge rooms. Two candidates, Frances Brown and Mrs. Minor were taken into the order. At the conclusion of the work, refresh- ments were served. About 40 were present. Eldridge was an in the FRANK BOYLES BUYS HOUSE Frank Boyles has purchased the property on Main street, where he and Mrs. Boyles have lived for a mother, Mrs. Boyles Jackson. The price paid was $900. Frank has sold the barn and it has been re- moved. He plans to make a num- ber of other needed improvements. TEACHERS RIB-ELECTED At a recent meeting of the local Board of Education, Superintendent Hammer and all of the teachers were re-hired for another year and each one was given a raise in sal- ary. We understand Miss Britten will not return. Mrs. Agatha Miller is seriously ill in the home of LeMar Hines on South street. No hopes are enter- tained for her recovery. Mrs. Henry Stoffell of Portland, Ore., is visiting in the home of her husband’s people, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stoffell and Mrs. Alberta Krumroy. The Gracia Guild of the Presby- terian church will meet with Mrs. Gilbert Dutton Friday evening, April 26th at 7:30. Mrs. Joe Schmidt came up from Iowa City on Friday noon to the home of her uncle, T. L. Feyen. Her infant son is seriously ill in the University hospital under the care of a specialist. Mr. Schmidt came down from Dubuque Sunday and Mrs. Schmidt accompanied him home. The W. M. S. of the Presbyterian church met in the home of Mrs. Sam Wilson on Friday afternoon with Mrs. Len Hines as assistant hostess. Mrs. Herman Bock gave the devotions and Foreign topic and Mrs. Al Smith the National. Re- freshments were served. Guy Gleason returned home a few days ago from a trip to Cal- ifornia. Rev. C. W. Tyrrell and Rev. R. Supplee went to Mount Vernon on Sunday afternoon to hear the lec- ture given by Dr. Irwin. Clement Wilson and Mrs. Wiley came down from Cedar Rapids on Sunday to visit his mother, Mrs. F. L. Wilson. In the afternoon they drove to Maquoketa to call on friends. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Homer and Howard Campbell drove to Des Moines Sunday to attend a meeting of a group of undertakers. Rev. C. W. Tyrrell went to Cedar Rapids on Tuesday and Wednesday to attend Presbyterial. Mrs. Glenn Kern and baby re- turned home from Mercy hospital in Cedar Rapids Friday. Both are in fine condition. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Crock and Mrs. Bridget Fairley, of Minneapolis, drove to Iowa City on Friday to visit with relatives. The Legion auxiliary met Thurs- day afternoon for their monthly kensington. The time was spent sewing. Refreshments were served. Mrs. Frank Boyles, who is cook- ing in a restaurant in Tipton spent Sunday in her home here. John Kerwin was taken to Mercy hispital in Cedar Rapids Thursday where he submitted to a surgical operation. Mrs. Kerwin visited him Monday and said he was in fine condition. The Mechanicsville fire company was called to the Sam Ferrington home Saturday night where a fire had started in the bottom of the chimney. Mr. Ferrington was sick in bed at the time and the fire com- pany responded promptly and put a stop to what might have been a serious fire, as a strong wind was blowing. The intense smoke pene— trated every nook and corner and the whole interior will have to be redecorated. They were grateful to the fire company for their quick response. A large crowd attended the sale at the Walter Scott farm on Tuesday. The young people of New Olivet church are having an old fashioned box social at the church Friday night, April 25th. It is hoped a large crowd will attend. The Se-Dar~Moc, 4-H club met Saturday afternoon, April 19, with Georgia Dennis. Those on the pro- gram were Patty Herring, Mary Rose Crock, Norma J. and Jean Nicol]. Large crowds attended the fire- Tuesday nights. It was well worth TORNADO DAMAGE (Continued from page One) them could do to hold a basement window shut, they said. The fur— nace chimney was knocked down but the house escaped serious dam— age probably because of protection given by the evergreen trees. About 12 rods south of the elbow bridge, north of the church, the storm crossed to the Edwin Har- ris farm where between 30 and 60 trees were destroyed. A new 8x18 foot brooder house was completely blown away. Five hundred chick- ens were killed by wind and fire. Many charred boards were found near other buildings. Another brooder house, less than two feet away, with 550 chickens was not damaged. The barn was moved on the east foundation and a large hump arose in the roof. Doors were blown from the corn crib, machine shed, and garage, win- dows broken in the house, two storm sash ripped off, chimney blown off, pictures blown from the wall, two hog houses damaged and six hens and 35 geese eggs upset. DESTRUCTION A'I‘ GARREI'I‘S The storm struck its hardest again at the Butcher-Garrett farm, where every building on the place was badly damaged. The farm was strewn with wreckage. Furni— ture was upset in the house and more than 20 windows broken. The large porch was torn off, hen house and hog house destroyed. Only the south and east sides of the barn were standing and the double corn crib was twisted and the north roof and doors were torn off. Mrs. Dutchcr was upstairs and Mr. and Mrs. Garrett were down stairs but neither was able to open the door to the room they were in because of the wind pressure. Mrs. Dutcher received a cut on the car from flying glass. Although the brooder house was moved ten feet, turned a quarter around and ripped from the skids, only five chicks were. killed when a sack of feed fell on them. The grove north of the buildings was nearly destroyed. Four horses and nine cattle in the barn were not injured although the upper part of the barn was de- molished. It was 36x56 feet. BUNTING PLACE HIT Ben Bunting, who lives north of number of years, from the latter’s Garrett'sv and his hired many Wil- lard Thompson. had a narrow es- cape. They were at the barn when the storm struck. but managed to get to the house and went to the basement. Mr. and Mrs. Bunting purchased the farm, known as the former H. E. Smith place, this spring and moved on it in March. They came from Coggon. Windows were blown out on all but the west side and shingles were torn from the Bunting roof. let- ting water pour into the dining room. All of the out buildings ex- cept the corn crib and barn were demolished. Doors of the barn were blown in and one side was damaged. Mrs. Bunting saw the cyclone coming. It was shaped like a black funnel. She rushed the two boys, Clifford and Donald, into the basement. She lost her brooder house and 200 of her 300 chicks. The Chris Pedersen place suffer- ed broken windows, and damage to the trees. The cupola was blown from the barn and the damage, while extensive, was not as severe as at the neighbors. DAMAGE TO BARNERS The George Barrier farm, which is well known for its neatness and well kept buildings, was strewn with wreckage. A cedar tree car- ried from the Will Ferguson farm, a quarter of a mile south, had been dropped in the ditch near Barriers. The storm struck Barriers without warning. The lights went out just before the fury hit. Nine windows Went out and both chimneys caved into the roof. Rugs and pictures were damaged by wind and rain. Mr. Barner said it was over in a. very short time. The garage and machine shed were demolished and the combine and corn picker damaged. The car received some dents and scratches. The large barn was twisted five inches out of line and a hog house upset. The sow and pigs were ap— parently uninjured and the stock in the barn was unhurt. The grove north of the house was wrecked. Mr. Barner's other place just east, the former Judge Anderson farm, was nearly out of the path of the storm and had only a Ibroken window, broken barn door and damaged hog house. Carl Hutton lives on this place. Damage at the Will Ferguson house was not extensive although a hog house was upset and the grove near the house cleaned out. DAMAGE A'I‘ STEWARTS At Ralph Stewart's, just north of the Milwaukee tracks west of Mar- telle, the sheet metal roof of the cattle shed was peeled off and scattered for a half mile across the fields. Will Stewart's house suffered se— vere damage, part of the roof in- cluding the rafters, being swept away and many windows broken. Damage from water was heavy. Mr. Stewart and daughter, Kathaleen. were at the barn finishing milking when the cyclone passed their place. Mrs. Stewart was at the house. Mr. Stewart said the next time he went thru a cyclone he didn‘t want to be in the, barn. The barn was moved four inches east and four inches north by the force of the storm. 01' two chairs on the front porch, one was strewn across the field north of the house, while the other was untouched. A post and some railing were carried away and a storm door undamaged. Part of the garage was carried across the road north and a light 'bulb was found in a socket, undamaged. Most of the small buildings were demolished. Glenn and Delbert Stewart, who were in a car a short distance west of the Stewart corner, saw the storm pick up a cookstove in the Will Stewart woodshed and carry it 15 feet in the air over the Stew- art car. At the James Stewart place the yard was strewn with broken tree limbs, a large tree downed, the garage scattered thru Clelland Port's field, and the barn and cat— _ men’s benefit movie on Monday and “9 5119‘“ eXthSlvely damaged- A pair of pants in the garage seeing as well as helping a worthy were hung on a high tree limb. cause. Amphibian. The name amphibian, under which such vertebrates frogs, toads, salamander: and newt: are classl' fled, means “double life." [to up plicatlon to these creatures in due to the fact that they spend part of their life in the water and part on land. The car suffered two scratches when the garage was completely removed from it. gone. even ihe gable being de- molished. A ‘board was shoved thru the shingle roof of the com crib by the storm. On the ham a hay door was car- ried in one direction and the hay track in another. The hay track was taken out clean. The roof of part of the barn was completely A sheet metal roof on the corn crib at the Raymond and Howard Schley farm, west of Martelle, was scattered around. part of it across the road. Shingles were torn from the north side of the Schley barn. The barn on the Elmer Bixler farm. :1 little west and north of Martelle and in the north- east corner of Linn township, was completely demolished and three cattle were killed. Three corn cribs were badly damaged, the ma- chine shed and hog house damaged. The barn contained 12 tons of hay, 250 bushels of oats and a wagon. Besides a team there were 25 steers, 3 cows, a bull and a heifer in the barn. A number of trees on the place were uprooted. The fact that the barn basement was set about four feet in the ground and had a rock foundation around it helped protest the cattle. Mr. and Mrs. Bixler were in the house when the twister struck. They are very grateful to the neigh- bors and townspeople who help- ed get the stock out from under the wreckage. The Bixlers moved on the farm this spring which was op- erated last year 'by Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Lund. PART OF LOSS IS COVERED BY INSURANCE Although most of the farms suf- fering the heaviest loss had wind- storm insurance, such usually covers only the 'larger buildings. Windmills and small buildings and buildings on skids usually are not insurable. Nothing can cover the losses to trees and or- chards which only time can replace. FREAKS OF THE STORM A few freaks of the storm as re- ported by Mrs. Edwin Harris, Linn Grove correspondent for the Hawk- eye are: Gladys Earner and James Stew— art are hanging their clothes high. Gladys had a dress in a. tree and James a pair of pants. James was heard to remark he was glad he wasn‘t in the pants. John Strother says he could find only six boards from his new cattle ‘ shed. Straw was driven in a post at Strother's. The autos of John Strother and Isabel Minor were buried under the cedar grove, and there wasn't a scratch on them. At Will Stewarts, found a curtain in a tree. Kathalcen At Merrill Garretts a curtain was. found in the hay mow, and the table cloth on a tree in the orch- ard. As for me, I had corn stalks on the piano, twigs under the rug, curtains in the tree, on the fence and in a grape vine. Glass was also driven in an inside door. 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