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~lr 1, 1041 THE MOUNT VERNON, IOWA, HAWKEYE-RECORD AND THE LISBON HERALD Page Three
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VERNON
Hickman spent the
home of Mr. and
I'Iickman in Cedar
line Burge, of New-
Week end in the
Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
:rs. Glenn McArtor and
,rway Were guests on
home of Mr. and
~rdan.
C. M. Wilkey and
and Larry of Boone
last Week end in the
and Mrs. D. L. Stearns.
guests in the
Fred Mizaur
Mrs. Lester Morey
C. Paulson of
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Pictures
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after 6 o'clock
Card to Box 493
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PERSONAL
Mrs. F. D. Merritt is expecting~,
her brother-in-law and sister, Mr.L
and Mrs. C. R. Carpenter, of Fay-[
ette for a few days vhslt the last
of the week.
A group meeting of the O.E.S.
will be held in Tlpton, Monday af-
ternoon, and evening, May 5. Sev-
eral members of Vernon chapter
O.E.S. plan to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Dana Wilcox had
as Sund~ty guests, Mrs. D. B. Wil-
cox, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Balster and
family of Monmouth, and Miss Lu-
cille Balster, student at Cornell.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hunter and
daughters Margaret and Esther of
Sioux City were visitors in the
home of Mr. Hunter's father O. A.
Hunter from Friday until Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Clark, and
Mr. and Mrs. John McHugh spent
Tuesday and Wednesday in Des
Moines where .Mrs. Clark and Mr.
McHugh attended the Postmaster's
convention.
Mrs. Dan Travis and Mrs. Edgar
Neal accompanied Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Lacock of Tipton to Jeffer-
son last week end where they visit-
ed in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Lacock.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harten-
berger and family, and Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Hartenberger and Mr.
and Mrs. Leon Nichols and son
Bobby of Cedar Rapids enjoyed a
steak fry Sunday at the Palisades
state park.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Anderson,
who have lived in an apartment in
the John Yeisley home this win-
ter, returned the first of the week
to their own home in Bertram. Mr.
Anderson is a member of the sec-
tion crew on the C. & N. W. rail-
road.
Sheaffer Pen and Pencil Sets
l( aks, Snap Shot Albums, Memory Books
Leather Goods, Book Ends, Toilet Sets
ltI I IINGTON PORTABLE TYPEWRITERS
Miss Helen Walker spent the
week end visiting .Miss Florence
Walker in Clinton.
Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Bryant attend-
ed a reunion of cousins held in'
[Miles last Sunday.
R. P. Ink will attend a meeting
of the Linn county draft board in
Cedar Rapids on Sunday.
Dr. Russell Cole will occupy the
pulpit in the Methodist church in
Marshalltown on Sunday.
Miss Eva Kadera, of -Tipton,
spent the week end visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kadera.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Uthoff and
family of Fairfax were visitors last
Sunday in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. George Uthoff and family.
Miss Betty Jane Lee of Tipton
was a visitor last week end in the
home of her aunt, Mrs. H. W. Scott,
and attended the Grex at Cornell.
Nancy Cole, daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. Russell Cole, plans to spend
the week end with her grandmoth-
er, Mrs. F. W. Bush in Van Horne.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Watson, of
Council Bluffs were week end
guests in the home of Mr. Watson's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wat-
son.
Mrs. Gusts Minott spent last
Friday in Cedar Rapids. In the
afternoon she visited the ladies In
the Home for Aged Women where
she was nurse for many years.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Dreibelbis,
Mary Eleanor and Roy of Center
Junction, were Sunday afternoon
:visitors in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Mizaur and family.
Luncheon guests on Friday in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dana
Stearns were: Mrs. E. B. Cook of
Riverside, Calif and Mrs. Elson
Needles and Mrs. Joe Bennett.
Mrs. Jack Townsend, who was
called to Mount Vernon by the
death of her mother, Mrs. H. F.
Hahn, is spending this week with
her sister, Mrs. Hazel Chlsen, in
Denver, Colo before leaving for
her home in Valdosta, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. John Garrett and
Mrs. Glen Chapin of Mason City
were guests Sunday in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. C. V . Holler and
m's Book Store
Mrs. J. P. Hainen. Mrs. Garrett is
a sister of Mrs. Heller and Mrs.
Hainen and Mrs. Chapin is their
niece.
Miss Mettle Robinson and sister,
Miss Nellie Robinson of Mounds-
yUle, W. Vs arrived Friday and
are guests in the home of Mrs. John
Blair Robinson. They are sisters
of the late Dr. Robinson. The
Misses Robinson's plan to spend
the summer visiting in California.
Senator and Mrs. James E. Mac-
9ift for your
Slomour 9irl. 69c
appreci-
os 79c
OWn sift from
wrolo them ever and
$1
,Murray, of Pasadena, Calif were
,~~- MAY 11th week end guests of Dr. andMrs. F.
F. Ebersole. They were enroute
home from Chicago, Ill and
planned to stop in Salt Lake City.
~Mrs. MacMurray will be remember-
ed in Mount Vernon as Mrs. Kath-
i ryn Smith.
I :Mrs. L. B. ~att of Storm Lake
was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. James
McCutcheon on Friday night. She
accompanied her" daughters, Eliza-
beth and Mary Ellen, to Mount
Vernon for the CorneU Grex. Mrs.
Watt was a member of the class of
1917 at Cornell. Mr. Watt is pub-
lisher of the Storm Lake Register.
Dr. E. C. Prall will leave for
Des Moines Sunday to attend a
meeting of the House of Delegates
of the State Dental Society that af-
ternoon. Dr, Prall was one of ten
men elected from the University
District Dental Society to repre-
sent that unit of the State Society
at its annual meeting May 3, 4, 5,
and 6th.
Dr. Frank Cole received word
the first of this week of the death
of his brother', John Cole, which!
occurred in a hospital in Los
Angeles, Calif. Dr. Cole did not go
to California for the funeral. Dr.
and Mrs. Cole, who are spending a
few weeks at their farm near
Blackberry, Minn plan to return
to Mount Vernon for the May Music
festival.
Mrs. Charles Maybauer, returned
home Friday after a two months
absence. One month was spent at
St. Petersburg, Fla where she met
several friends including Dr. and
Mrs. H. C. Yates and Mrs. J. B.
Robinson. Enroute home Mrs.
Maybauer visited in the Mr. and
Mrs. Willard Maybauer home in
Chicago, Ill and in the Mr. and
Mrs. LoweU Kraft home in Towan-
de, Ill.
S
Mount Vernon, Iowa
the low cost
Step.up your
menus
Q Wednesday, May 14
At City Hall
too
,will find. it delightfully, easy to prepare healthful, appetizing
l)a. once you gain the time-saving secrets and short-cuts Mrs. Velma
u will reveal at the Mt. Vernon Cooking School. Mrs'. Danner shows
heal+[ .W.to save money and, at the same time set a table with a etizin
,PP g,
[rie, ZUl food. Make Wednesday, May 14, a red letter day. Call your
us now! Make up a party to attend.
New 1941 Estate Gas Range
to be demonstrated at the School
Mrs. D. U. Van :Metre went to
Chicago on Sunday to spend a
week visiting.
Howard Emerson of Iowa City
was a week end visitor In the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hartung.
Mrs. Belle Thompson spent sev-
eral days this week In the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Busenbark near
Marion.
Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Hodgson, of
Cedar Rapids were visitors the first
of the week in the home of J. M.
Thomas.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Baird spent
a few days this week in the Mr.
and Mrs. John Baird home in
Omaha, Nebr.
Mrs. J. G. Ennis of Tams is visit-
ing in the home of her son and
daughter-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. J.
Harold Ennis.
Mrs. James Lodge attended the
wedding of her niece. Miss Norms
Ritt4ner, to Leo G. Bona, at Ke-
nosha, Wis on Saturday.
Mrs. Edward Vandenberg, of
Sioux City, arrived on Tuesday af-
ternoon, for a visit with her grand-
mother, Mrs. S. L. Chandler.
Mrs. Roy Young returned Mon-
day evening from Hudson, Ohio,
and Chicago, Ill where she spent
several ;lays with Mr. Young.
Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Kindred and
family of Fayette were visitors last
week in the home of Mrs. Kindred's
parents, Rev. and Mrs. E, G. Hunt.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Cumberland
brought their son Verle, home from
Mercy hospital, Sunday, where he
submitted to a mastoid operation.
Mr. and Mrs B A. Smith are
spending this week in the home of
their son and daughter-in-law, Mr.
anti Mrs. HOward Smith near New
I B6ston, Ill.
Rev. and Mrs. F. C. Scott of
Toledo visited Thursday and Friday
in the home of Mrs. Margaret
Gormly and sister, Miss Dessie
Sommerville.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester BoRon and
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman BoRon of
Tipton visited in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Donald BoRon In West
Union over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mallie, and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Svoboda of
New Boston, Ill were visiting for-
met neighbors and friends In Mt.
Vernon on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Travis, Dale
and Betty and Mrs. Emma Steln-
;brenncr were week end visitors in
~the home of Mr. and Mrs, A. J.
Vandemoon in Anawan, Ill.
Dr. F. F. Ebersole will attend the
meeting of the North Central sec-
tion of the American Student
Health association to be held In
Ames on Friday and Saturday.
Prof. and Mrs. Harold Still mov-
ed this week to the apartment in
the Fred Travis home. They had
lived in Mrs. Luella Ninde's apart-
ment in the Thomas apartments.
Glenn Stoner last week added 25
Hereford steers weighing around
850 lb~ each to the 25 head weigh-
ing around 1,100 lbs which are on
feed at his farm northwest of Mt.
Vernon.
The residents in the vicinity of
Fifth avenue and First street ap-
preciate the replacement of the
mail box on the corner at the Grill
after having been without this con-
venience for several months.
Rev. E. G. Hunt spent Wednes-
day in Clinton and in the evening
he was a speaker at a Fellowship
supper in the Methodist church in
Camanche. Rev. Hunt was pastor
for two years in the Camanche
church.
Mrs. Roy Young spent Wednes-
day in ~Vater]oo. She was guest
speaker at the Woman's day meet-
ing, which was a part of the weeks
program, dedicating the new Edu-
cational unit of the First Method-
ist church.
Mrs. Dale Seben of Milwaukee
Wis was a ghost of Miss Geraldine
Bryant, at the home of her par-
ents, Dr. and Mrs. J. B, Bryant,
over the week end. Mrs. Seben
wiU be remembered at Corncll as
Miss Lois Wilkinson.
Harry Hudelson expected to leave
today for Florida where he is a
supervisor for the Mill Owners in-
surance company. Mrs. Hudelson
and the children will join him prob-
ably in Jacksonville Beach, Fla at
the dose of the school year, to
reside permanently.
Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Todd, of
Waterloo, were in Mount Vernon
last week end looking for a house
preparatory to moving to Mount
Vernon to reside. Mr. Todd has
been assigned to replace Howard
Boc'khaus, as representative of the
Northwestern Bell Telei)hone con]-
pany here.
Mount Vernon friends will be in-
terested in the announcement of
the birth of a son, James Hunt
Hayes, to Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Hayes
of Chicago, Ill last Thursday, April
24. Their little daughter Alice is
slrending several weeks with her
grand parents, Roy. and Mrs. E.
G. Hunt.
Dr. L. E. Bigger will attend a
reunion of his dental class at the
University of Iowa at Des Moines
on next Monday and the state
dental convention. He will this
year become a life member of the
Iowa Dental Society for having
been a member for 25 years since
his graduation in 1916.
Prof. F. M. McGaw spoke to the,
members of the high school Ep-
worth League Sunday evening, at
the I)rof. C. F. Littell home. He
illustrated his talk with slides. On
Tuesday afternoon he gave a dem
onstration of how to paint slides
at the meeting of the Vaealion
s:'hool workers in the Mount Ver-
non Methodist church.
l)r. and Mrs. Russell ('GoFer re-
turned home Sunday night from a
live day trip to ~tshington, D.C.
and New York City. l)r. Cooper at-
tended a meeting of the Am, ri,'a'~
soei-ty of lnternallonal law i.~
J V'tshin -ton Secret,try of St Jte
Cordell Hull, presented thc o;roning
~'tdtlrcss at thc mceting on Thurs-
i day evening. One day was spent in
New York City.
Services Were Held
Sunday For AI Meakin
A. J. Meaktn, 75, pioneer resi-
dent of Linn county passed away
last Friday at the family home fol-
lowing a last illness of ten days. He
suffered a stroke about four years
ago and had been in ill health since
Mr. Meakin was one of Mount Ver-
non's first electricians and had fol-
lowed this profession for many
years as long as his health per-
mitted. He wired many of the
houses in Mount Vernon, helped
build the electric lines, and was one
of the first men in charge of the
local electric plant.
Alfred James Meakin was ,born
the son of George and Lucy Bliss
Meakin, in Linn county, January
27, 1866, and died in Mount Ver-
non, April 25, 1941. He was united
in marriage to Emma Kamberling
who passcd away in 1916. To this
union was born a daughter L. Lot-
one. who died at the age of one
year. On I)ecember 13, 1925 he
was married to Ethern Taylor, who
survives.
Funeral services were held Sun-
day afternoon from the Johnston
Funeral home. Rcv. Gray Jr pas-
tor of the Mount Vernon Presby-
leyterian church and Rev. W. G.
Rowley, pastor of the Methodist
church, officiated. Pall bearers
were: T. I. Mitchell, G. A. Hunter,
I,eo Kaliban, Marley Clark, Ward
Horton and Frank Bet.reek. Bur-
ial was in the Mount Vernon ceme-
tery.
CAILD OF THANKS
The kindness and symp'tthy of
neighbors and friends in our re-
cent sorrow will always remain
with us a precious memory. Our
sincere thanks and gratitude for all
those comforting act~.
Mrs. A. J. Meakin
Mr. and Mrs. Austin Legge
and family.
Cornell Orchestra
To Present Spring
Concert On May 7th
Several facnlty members of the
Cornell conservatory of music will
be involved in the annual spring
concert of the 55 piece Cornell sym-
phony orchestra, with Lloyd Oak-
land directing, Jacques Jolaa piano
soloist, and an orchestration by
Eugene Devereaux. The concert
will be presented on Wednesday,
May 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the King
Memorial chapel. There will he no
charge for admission.
This year marks the 38th season
for the Cornell orchestra, this con-
cert being the third appearance of
the orchestra for the current year.
Mozart's rarely heard Concerto in
E flat will feature Prof. Jolas as!
piano soloist in the first public
performance of the concerto any-
where in Iowa. The orchestra
music is the personal property of
Prof Jolas.
The Somerset Rhapsody, a work
by Gustav Hoist, gets its first Cor-
nell performance at this concert.
The music is based on folk songs
collected by Cecil Sharp in Somer-
set. The harmonic treatment is
modern. L'Ar]equin by Gordon
Bach Nevin, of Wcstminister col-
! lege, was orchestrated by Prof.
Devercaux especially for the Cor-
nell orchestra.
Other compositions to be played
on the program include: Magic
Flute Overture, Mozart; Symphony!
in D. Minor, Cesar Franek.
Francis German To
Present Recital
The Cornell Conservatory of
music is presenting Francis Ger-
man. haritone, voice professor, in a
recital at ~ o'clo('k Sunday evening,
May 4. The unnsual program will
be comprised of all American
songs, affording an opportunity for
hearing the wide range of art
songs which have been composed
I)y Amerie'tns
The program ranges from the
first American song written hy
Francis Hopkinson, a friend of
George Washington, to a presenta-
tion of "Ballad for Americans" in
which Mr. German will l)e assisted'
by a group of students. Poems by
~Va]t Whitman and Sara Teasdale
have been set to music by Ameri-
cans and will 'be included on the
program. Miss Itelen Venn will
bc accompanist.
The pnblic is cordially invited
to attend.
Fish & Game Club To
ebuild Ink's Pond
All the men,bets of the Frank-
lin Township branch of the l,inn
c'ounty Fish and Game Restoration
club are requested to be at Ink's
)end at 8 :riO o'clock, Sunday morn-
ing, May 4, to assist in the rebuild-
ing of the por~d iu prel)aration for
foster,king of fish. Members arc
asl