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MaT I, 1941 THE MOUNT VERNON, IOWA, HAWKEYE-RF ~ORD AND THE LISBON HERALD Page lPlve Vernon Social Gardner Bennett Is Wed I ----- In Istanbul, Turkey Will meet Monday 5, at the home of Mount Vernon friends will be in- terested in the following announce- RUSSell Cole will meEt: Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dodd at their home on of Montclair, N.J are announcing COVers will be laid the marriage of their daughter Miss Edith Dodds, to J. Gardner Bennett on April 5, at Istanbul, Turkey. Pranklin Corn club The couple are at home in Istan- ed at the home of bul, where Mr. Bennett is a member Peddycoart, of the civil engineering teaching ng, May 3. staff at Roberts college. Mr. Ben- Industrial society of nett is a former Mount Vernon Church will meet'resident and is a brother of Mrs. of .Mrs. Josephine R. P. Ink. evening, May 6, at - : t --7 ~ The Friendship club will meet ~hlefs association w for a work meeting, Wednesday at- IIIllll ' nUal guest nig~lt ternoon, May 7, at the home of : ~: of p hall Friday ~Mrs. Evelyn Staskal. Mrs. Mildred Supper will be Blderm~tn and Mrs. Mary Wolra,b l will be the assisting hostesses. .'ry entertained her Mr. and Mrs R Van Tuyle and lelUb on Tuesday son Darwin, of Moline, II1. called I ~ ~i~'' fie Was played at Sunday at the L. M. Current home, refreshments were and on their son Richard who at- Stess. tends Cornell. Kathleen Current If yOU have been reading Big Town catch 'em adds, William Dunn of accompanied them to the Amahs but are unable to get to them, just visit our store dur- Were guests of Colonies where they spent the day. I I,[ I I rlOWard Johnston, The Auxiliary to Hahn-Howard ing National Hardware Open House week, and get a and attended the post of the American Legion wnl thrill of your life. You will be astounded at the many With Life Time Guarantee nell Little theatre, meet for their May meeting at the REAL bargains we have to offer. But its our treat, SWPplgmentsare ~. home of Mrs. Eva West, Friday at- I ~~~" (~'~ f~-g~ou~d . . . - SPITFIRE play Bridge ternoon, May 2 at 2:30 o'clock, and we are determined to show the public that the cover better. ] / gW on [}is t evening I bethis PlayedWeek atat threethe Members wishing transportation aregreatest values are right here in Lisbon. ~ I XN ~ SWP colors are(ff % ~" [ d Mrs. L. M. Cur- requested to meet at the city hall. I I $25.95 by refreshments.Mr. and Mrs. Dana Stearns an- club will meet for dinner on Sunday. included were:tertained a group of relatives at Set of 4 BUY AND SAVE I co lor-f~t. } ADMIRAL $28.95 of the club year Stanley Auger Bits Ball Bearing and $39.95 May 5. at the Mr and Mrs. l,ee Brock of Me- chanicsville; Mr. and Mrs. Ever- / Lawnmower--5 blade / S WP retains LADIES $27.95 ~arollne Hartung. ette Beatty and son Dennis of ~ 10-in. cut, 10-in. wheel I// ~- ~"'g~~ Will ,be enjoyed at Shellsburg: Mrs. Frank Keyers ~?bcmltbr ~ ] Easy Payment Plan ' D'A.R. will meet Boxwell of Martelle: Mr. and Mrs. 5.75 SWP k ly SPRING TIME SPECIALS ~ing at the home Kenneth Graver and family of Lis- Th, annual elec- of Boone. 98c G E. Trouble Free I SgERwm-Wg.u Come in and Get a Souvenir Will be held tel- Miss Mac Falrbanks was hostes for the Ingleside club meeting at Electric Refrigerator Shopping Bag E. V. R. Dvorak her home on Monday evening. Mrs. SUrprised by a C. C. Tull presented an interesting last Sunday, in review of the book, "Gentlemen of Wedding anni- Stratford," by Brophy. The club money was pre- endorsed a Resolution approving the proposal of the National com- rkers club met at mittee to aid the suffering people Richard Hoke, in the small democracies of Europe. ~" good attendance. The Past Noble Grands will meet vas SPent sewing, for their annual guest day meeting Will be with Mrs. next Thursday afternoon, May 8 8th. ,in the I.O.O.F. hall. Co-hostesses Iwill be Mrs. CEsta Minot Mrs. I,ulu of the W.S.C.S. Blaine, Mrs. Hattie Miller, and Mrs. ie luncheon on Odette Ringer. Each member is at 1:00 o'clock asked to bring a guest, a picture of rs L. M. Current, your mother and something which Members please belonged to your mother. COLOGNE $1.00 sandwiches and NOME SOAP 3 ]hrs Cologne PERKINS and SPICE 0 bars $1.00 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Watson had as their guests on Sunday: Mr. and ,Mrs. Francis Watson of Council Bluffs, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Stinger of West Branch, Mr. and Mrs. A. L , Van Fossen of Lisbon. In the after- ! noon other guests were: Miss Stella Bova and 'Mi~ Carolyn Kepler of Lisbon. Ice cream and angel food cake was served to the guests in the afternoon in honor of Mrs. Francis Watson who was cele,brat- ing a birthday. Mr and Mrs. Howard Neal were hosts for the regular meeting of the Presbyterian Guild at their home last Thursday evening Dur- ing the business meeting the fol- lowing officers were elected: Mrs. Dick Busenbark, president; Don Goodyear, vice president; Mrs. Richard Fuller, secretary and How- ard Neal, treasurer There were twenty present for the picnic sup- per and meeting. Dick Busenbark was in charge of the program and presented an interesting talk on printing. Mrs. John Knapp and Mrs. Amos Leguire were joint hostesses Friday evening at the Knapp home for the R. & N. circle. Mrs. Har- old Ringer, a recent bride, was an honored guest. Mrs. Ethel Coster, president presented Mrs. Ringer with a gift from the Circle. Sixteen members were present and one visitor, Mrs. Ella Knapp of Cedar Rapids. Delicious refreshments were served, the guests were seat- ed at two long tables. The next meeting will be held in the I.O.O.F. hall May 23 with Ethel Coster and Margaret Knapp hostesses Mrs.1 Lauranee West was hostess for the meeting of Sorosis on Mon- day evening Mrs. Mollie Cole, who was scheduled to present the pro- gram, was out of town and unable to be present so an informal pro- gram was presented. A general discussion on, ' How to spend lei- sure time" was discussed by the members Mrs. Lloyd McCutcheon .$L00 gave a report of the meeting of $'1.00 the Linn county Federated clubs held recently in Central City The next meeting on Monday evening, May 12, will be a guest meeting and will be held at the home of Mrs. $3.00 J. ] latrd, The New Century club met at the A J. Baird. Ch ~ New. home of Mrs. J F. Keve on Tues- $2.00 day afternoon at three o'clock. Mrs. Flora Buck was in charge of the program. A very impressive Moth- Shaws er's Day pantomine was presented EXcellence the characters representing famous mothers and daughters who were l~ 60C influential in the history of Ameri- 1 lb~ $1.00 ca. Members of the cast who were assisted by Mrs. Edith Current and Mrs. Buck were as follows: Mrs. ll'b~ Agnes Dvorak, Mrs. Helen Cart, $1.00 Mrs. Mae Blaine, Mrs. Hattie Mill- er, Mrs. Cornelia Penn, Mrs. Alta 1 ib $1.00 Neff, Mrs Helen Neff Mrs. Grace 'Wilder and Mrs. W. Richard Full- er. :Mrs. Kathryn Penn of Victor, Pkg. lb $1.00 Iowa, former member of New Cen- $1.00 tury Club was a special guest at the m eetlng. At the meeting of Hill City Re- bekah lodge on Tuesday evening of~ last week Mrs. Odette Ringer, a recent bride was honored as a spe- cial guest in conjunction with the members celebrating birthdays in January, February and March A delicious picnic dinner was enjoyed with the guests of honor seated at a table decorated especially for them. Two lovely cakes centered the table. A wedding cake was baked by Mrs. Flora Buck, mother of Mrs. Ringer, and was topped with a miniature ,bride and groom. The birthday cake was baked by Mrs. Agnes Leguire Those seated at the table were: Mrs Ringer, Mrs Hattie ,Miller, Mrs. Gusts Minott, Mrs. Belle Thompson, Mrs. Laura Anderson and Miss 'Minnie Ristow of Cedar Rapids After the business meeting Mrs. Ringer was honored at a miscellaneous show- er, and received many lovely use- ful gifts for her new home. CAMERA Allsco. Set Special $9.45 $10A5 Jr. $11.00 $3.00 to $4.45 CAMERAS $1.00 $3.75 $4.25 $5.25 Salted Mrs. Harold Fisher was a guest at a luncheon at the home of Mrs. G. V . Gearhart in Springville on Tuesday. There were fourteen guests and included county and state officers of the Federated Womens clubs. There will be Red Cross sewing at the home of Mrs. Mac T. Mitchell this afternoon and Friday after- noon. The ladies are especially urged to come. Layettes are to be made and there will be garments I to featherstitch. Dairy Pails, 3 for 89c Large Assortment of Tinware Specials 9c FREE Shopping Bags For Lady Shoppers Garden Spade Wow What A Buy 98e SPEED QUEEN Washing Machines $39.50 Perfection Oil Cook Stoves Full Size Coaster Wagon $2.98 PAINT FOR EVERY PURPOSE Builders Hardware is Our Long Suit Hardware Lisbon, Iowa Prof. Baltz Discusses i Festival Program i Prof. Harold Baltz, of tile Cornell i~ FLAG DEDICATION The best of good paints-- Sherwln-Williams SWP HouuL Paint. What better proof of thi$~ could there be than the fact that More Homes are Palntod with SWP Than With Any' Other Brando House Po in t? NOW ONLY NOTICE: ]l~or yonr con- vcnien('e durir~ t h e ~llnlnler nlontbs we ~11 be open every evenittg except Tue~lay and Thursday. TAME TOUGH SURFACES Mth S WP Undereoa ter No. 450 New-type SWP Undercoater No. 450 seals, "blankets" and uni- forms toughest surfaces with a shale coat. Makes possible per- feet two-coat paint jobs. Foe details, see us l LET US SUGGEST A RELIABLE PAINTING CONTRACTOR 9 Mount Vernon, Iowa Hardware Plumbing and Heating iii bars, Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Brokel and now a member of Joy High School in Illinois, won a rating of second in the Illinois State Music contest at Glen Ellyn last week. She was also a member of the sextet which rated third. Eighth and seventh grade rural students will take their county exams on May 1 and 2. These are the finals, we wish them all the best of luck. Mr. and Mrs. Rhea Davis of Mt. Vernon were visitors Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Yeisley. Begin Repairing !Tornado Damage i V ork of eicanin up after the 4iornado north of to,VEal;: ro/Ts ,sing. .h)hn Stroth ,:" d "," 3e- idar trees to Mr. Pieper for saw logs. Many trees have been trilnvued iup and windows and shingles rc- i pl::teed on the houses. i Clifford I~,layney has completed a 3-pen hog house, "~nd work has i been started on a new poultry house ,' at the l)utcber and Garrett farm. Gracia Guild of the Presbyterian: Mrs. Jimmy Cook was taken to[ The R.E.A. repair truck was out church met with Mrs G. Dutton on St. Lukes hospital, Cedar Rapids on i following tiae storm for several Friday evening, Mrs. Dutton gave Saturday night, where she submitted i days, repairing the lines and ', the Devotions and Mrs. Becker the i to a surgical operation. She is re- ' straightening the poles. 1Aghts and 'lesson. i ported improving, elecl rie s( rvicc was out 24 hours. The Monday bridge club met The Freshman class had a "skit- with Mrs. Clifford Ayres, April 28. ing- party at the Rink near Clar- Mrs. Angel of Sterling, lll whoI ence Friday night. Each member in- is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Paul vited a guest and a happy evening Thomas was a guest and won the passed all too quickly. Conservatory, spoke to the Lions i A large and appreciative audience prize. Club Tuesday evening, discussing gathered at the M. E. Church Sun- Clyde Onstott received a graduat- ~ the history of the May Festival, Iiday morning to attend the "Flag iing announcement the last of the [ Central Linn which dates back to 1899 He spoke Dedication." It was a worth while lweek from his neice, in Sturgis, S.i Mrs. Milton Koch of the obstacles which had to be '. program from every viewpoint and D The u ~ a v " e '"" I " yo no l d is th daughter!coMMUNitY CLUB MEETS overcome in order to present the ~, all wee attenoeo tell well repalo zor For t')nst (T k s o I of roll art oo. ) a h wasi . . festival continuously, other music !the effort. A large American Flag~ familarily called when living here. festivals which were started in this lfor out door use, the property of the I They left here some years ago but Mt. Zion Community Club met part of the country early in this cen- i late Mayor Frank L Miller who for I it "'-s Ua"m- h,m, oh~ +~,* '+~,~ FridaYbusinesseVeningsessionAprilthe25. After a tury having dropped out long ago. imanyyears was S.SSupermtenen" : has;assedUso qui*c~iyand~'~a t's~esh rt following Mr. Baltz also discussed some of the i and whodidmuch'for theChudrcht. Donna Yeisley. Movies on a trip to artists who will appear among them iwas presentea ~y hiS wile ~ rs'l has finished her high school work. program was given Piano solos, ' Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Dorman of Yellowstone Park were shown by Lowden were Sunday dinner guests Ralph Bachman and several hum- in the home of the litters parents bers were sang by the Linn County roles T D " !being attached to Hula dolls. Ruff- lme In Washington, . ". " ]led tablecloths and fiesta napkins, Mrs R P Ink returnea rest r rl . - I printed with "Isle of Paradise", and ida evens from Washington D C [ Y ' g ' ntal memory booklets in the class color, where she attended the Contlne i Garnet Red and Stone Gray added to Con ess of D A R and served on gr " ' " !1 the theme. Nut cups were also mini- 'the reception committee at a tea for s shack ature gras s. national officers'in the Mayflower ~ hotel which was attended by 4000~ ,e room na~ a Ialse caning oI ,",I red and silver crepe paper, with uests and was one of the most g !streamers attached by a chandelier lamorous features of the congress g lot balloons, in the center Lowered While in Washington she attended ' " I lattice and a rainbow of blue, pink services on Easter Sunday in the L and yellow streamers completed the Lincoln church and on Easter Man- ~age. l a wn iurnlture, DeautllUl day witnessed the Easter egg rolling . plants, palm trees, and huge flowers on the White House lawn . decorated the gym. The guests en- Mrs Inks visitedwith Pgaa tered an arch way of crepe paper Morehouse Cornellex'12wEe is , . anu eaen was given as a Iavor a director of radio advertising in me ^^,~ t.OlOlltAl lel ~O wear walzresses Trade communications building and ' ' wu~c uu~uxeCI blouses fine multi- Leo Paulger, Cornell '06 who is dir- colored grass skirts. ector of the examiners in the Feder- The toast mistress was Kathlin al Reserve board. She also visited a Keihl, Jr.: Mary Jean Wethington, session of the senate. Mrs. Ink ae- Sr; responded for the class. John Sauer gave the class prophecy, and Don Davidson the class will. Supt. W. B. Hammer and D. C. Gember- ling, Prin spoke. Supt. Hammer presented medals to Lena Aaron for music; Kathlin Keihl for scholar-! ship; Herbert Platner for athletics;i and John Sauer for citizenship. Joy Scott, Dixie Lee Mason, and Louise Creamer were on the entertainment program Music for dancing was fur- nished by Herbie Westman's or- companied four other Iowa D A. R state officers including Mesdames C. A. Karlock of Fort Dodge; A. S. Elder, Sioux City; John L. Hull, ~oone, and Jerome Adams of Shen- andoah. They returned to Iowa via the southern route, visiting histori- cal places of interest. The trip covered 2500 miles. Mount Vernon friends will be interested to learn Mrs. Ink called on Mrs. Loren Lind- say Cockrell, the former Miss Josephine Sherwood and her baby chestra which was greatly enjoyed. daughter, Mary Lindsay Cockrell, at A large crowd of visitors, enjoyed Charlottesville, Va. ~,i watching the young people dance. Mr.-lEd ~-~r.~]--~-. ~ I eterson left ISENIOR CLASSP--L-AY last 1 riday for ~ visit in the home m~e c ' ' ~ "~ -- ; I ~n ~enior ulass play WIll De of Mr and M~s A~thm I o~tll m . " " ' ". '',i given in the school auditorium on I Karts us C~ty Me tEd ~lth eli ~ ' ,~ " ' " " ] Friday, May 9th. They have selected tires in W~ch~ta Kansas '' ' ", i a three act play entitled 'Smokey Vic Blaine arrived home last I Joe." week from Baltimore, Md whereI The Baccalaureate services will be he was employed, and is waiting held for the graduating class in the his call in the draft He expects school gym, on Sunday evening, May to be called between May 1st and 18. Rev. C. W. Tyrell of the Pres- byterian church will have charge of 10th. I the services, special music will be~ Myron Ellison who is confinedI given A most cordial invitation is In the Cottage hospit-0, Santa Bar- I extended to the public to attend. bars C~lif ill with rheum'ttic fever . ='~'7-- . .' :' . . rdI mrs ,:mma Miller went to west us. Imp10vlng, actor(ling to WOand ~ ~.io-- -erty" Fri-aa y and in" company w'thl received by his parents. Mr [ her cousin ~wrs oases weir orove Mrs. Ottis "Ellison. the first of the week. Cordon EUison, who was lt Des MelEes in the afternoon to visit friends Miss Gordon, of the school facul-* ty, was an over Sunday visitor withI her people at Glidden, Iowa. I Clyde Onstott went to Belle Plaine [ on Monday where he will redecorate / both inside and out, at the home/ of the late Mr. Sankot. / Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lehrman, north Woman's Chorus. This was a very east from town i good program. Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Feyen went Mr. Lee Howard and family to Dubuque Sunday afternoon to mourned the death of Mr. Howard's visit Mr. Feyen's sister, who was brother who was buried on Thurs- confined to her home suffering from i day of last week a dislocated knee They returned' Mr. and Mrs Milton Koch spent1 home late Sunday night, i Friday in the home of their daugh- The McVille fire Company was lter, Mrs. Norman Techan at Grand called to the Hanlon Farm east from sauna, r~elm aria Jeanne came town on Monday afternoon where!h me with them and Mr. and Mrs. the men from the Nicoll Hatchery lTechan and Sandra came up after were shelling corn and the eno~neithem on Sunday Others visitors on caught fire and burned. This was lSunday were Mr and Mrs Francs the extent of the damage done. i Conner and family, Mr:Milton Rice Rev C W Tyrell attended Pres i ann his cousin t~eorge race at ~tan- b- ter " in IVIt Vernon on Monda-I wood and Mr. and Mrs. Milt Stone- Y Y . " . . Y i king of Bertram. and Tuesaay ~n Monoay evening t ~t.c ~ ~-t7 tf~nd~ Rev. White, from the University of i meeting'0"f Ce ~,~?11 o~e.~idt2 Dubuque gave the address which he i ^.~=~ ~. ~. ~. ~,;m,~ ~. ~i states was most interestmg. Rev. a~. ~ ~,~ ,~o,~ ~ tMk on Fred D. Tyrell of Center Junction !,~,~:;~=~,~' 2.';,~hs~'~ '~o;~, a orotner el ttev C W 'l~reu was - - i Mr and Mrs. P. D. Archibald were licensed and will be oroaine~ in a!calle~l to Decatur Ill by the death few weeks Mr and "Mrs Robert Helm have of Marion Archibald a nephew, a '" "~ "; am n th first lyoung man about 27. They left on mase~ me norm re s o e I Sunday and returned Tuesday noon. Iloor m tee t)la Hotel Dunumg ann [ Social Circle club will be enter- will move there this WeK. ' tained in the home of Mrs. Francis Mrs. C. W. Tyrell was stricken Stinger on Thursday afternoon May ill at Church Sunday and is confined 8 Betty June Hedges of Mr. Vernon was a Tuesday evening dinner guest of Carolyn Neal. They then attend- ed a recital in Mr. Vernon in which Peggy Magee sang. Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Coppock and family had as their supper guests Monday evening Mr and Mrs. Har- lan Coppock's, Irwins parents and his brother Willard who was leaving on Tuesday for camp and training. Rolland Neal brought his parents to her bed at the Presbyterian: Manse. Old time friends in this place were saddended this week when they learned of the death of Samuel i D. Buell, 34 years of age, which re- sulted from burns which he received Sunday morning as he was cleaning out a water heater at the city laun- dry where he had been employed as maintainance man for the past 6 years. He is survived by his wife and four children and his father Samuel K. Buell of Independence also. The Buells were residents of this place for many years. The Self Culture club met Monday evening. Mrs. Guy Gleason gave the lesson on the history of Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Neal to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Neal on Saturday for a brief call. We are glad he is able to ride out. Friends of the family will be interested to know that Helen Bro- keI daughter of our former neigh- Proud you'll bc to place a ring like this upon her lovely finger! Its diamonds shine clear and true each one beautiful! The modern setting shows each prccious stoae fm its full, radiant beauty! ~ieat Pavmen~ Prastka Jewelers ()l}lx)site Paramount Theater in (.~:~lar Rapids Diamond Wedding Rings $12.50 up Engraved Gold $2.50 up summoned to Santa Barbara hy his :brother's illness expects to leave for home on Saturday if Myron's con- dition continues to improve. Hc will be able to leave the hospital in a few days but win have to reet quietly for a few weeks before re- turning to his work. Mount Vernon, Iowa DRUG Store Union III Mr. and Mrs. J. ~V. LeTar and daughter of Central City, moved to Mount Vernon on Monday and are located in the Charles Hedges tenant house on Sixth avenue, North. Mr, l~cTar is an insurance salesman. The daughter plans to enter Corncll nexl fall. Chevrolet Sales Recent Chcw'olet deliveries made by Travis Chevrolet Co,include a roupe to the Iowa Electric IAght & 1lower Co four door sedan to Harry Siggins, town ~edans to Rex Brady, Leo Henik, and Mark Hutchinson and special deluxe town sedans to S. F, Emerson and Will Robinson of Meehanicsville. Mrs. Clifford Conner is recover- ing from a log injury received Wed- has(lay of last week when she struck it on the running board of her car. As Mrs. Conner ,backed from the curb on Main street, one of the doors of the car opened and her little three years old daughter, Mary, fell out. ~Vhcn she got out of the ear hurriedly to rescue Mary, she supposed she set the brake but the car ~darted rolling down the street. In getting back into the car ~o stop it ,she cut a gash in her leg below the l