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/, '/ HASVKEYE, VOLUME" LXIX, NU!MBEI~ 29 THUIINDA'F, MAY IS, 19'~9 .MOUNT VEliNON IU.~CORI), V()LUMI.; XLil, NUMBI,'JI 3g WILL BE HERE -.---____. Type Of Will Be ne Service will be in- town ,tnd rural now served by tile telephone exchange r, according made today manager for the Telephone Corn - Central office (quip- Installed in a snt¢lll Will be erected to Present telephones With dial role- Cost of the telepilonc PrOject will he :t;)out the manager. is nlodern service IlSe,, said Mr. Siutl)- skill is requir- a dial telephone. telephones call the eY wish to reach by dial at tile llase of l)ial systents in COmmunities have time the dial systeut OPeration, corn Idetc the use of the nex, v given to all custont- manager. ItATF~ ew System is placed telephone service in order to im- Which now is inade- all costs of providing ice, said Mr. Simp- hlts existed expenses have been efficient operation ,Present rates for Ce Were est,~blished ken the costs of fur- ~e Service for each than they are manager. Since investment in tele- nereased about 30 per tele- 28 per cent ha.ve almost dou- been increasing Syste,m is not re- rate adjustment. it makes possible in rates than if the present Were continued be- sYStem will ,bring orates in operat- Simpson. for business tele- ~lhaaged front $3.00 m, the net rate for e'Party telep,hone !r 'IIlonth and two- telephone service at ~ monthly net telephone ser- at a net rate Installation of the line with the aim company to serve equately, .~atisfae- )mic~lly at all the type of fele- tioh will be most eConontical in the tO.hi m unity reveal is the answer," Vets 'l°Yment for hun- War Veterans has the memorial Will be worn on May 27, in Id War dead, ex- imon(ls, Poppy m-Howard Unit Auxiliary, WOtn en prepared Servance of Poppy ~en made this government lary workrooms Where disa'bled do other work dur- Spring months. restricted large- ring little or no 'ensation and to families. The earned has gone 'families left in reran father be- ich 'will .be dis- on Poppy ~ade at the Des Vhere the disabled n engaged in red memorial een supplied Lby WOrkers paid from Auxiliary -rnings have ~been veteran's during pant are the rs in the Auxil- The women flowers serve ~ers and all con- eCeive go to the Welfare work of )n and Auxil- $50,000 Will notified ~by tile I-Ienry Pfeiffer Lege will receive Will of Mr Pfeif- April 13, i939 in MOWing end. REV. RUSSELL COLE TO SUCCEED FATHER AS FINANCIAL SECRETARY Rev. Russell Cole and Dr. Frank Cole l{ev. l~ussell Cole was n,amed by to assume the resl/onsibilitics and the ('ornell board of trustees Tues- duti(s of his n(w l>osilion After day, to I)econte filmneial s(,cre-Igradilation i','onl (!o,';wll {n 1922, tary of the college and take over for six years he was assistant secre- th~~ work of that office which h.as t'try of the Midland Mortgage Cotn- heen done by his father l)r. Frank i p'my of ('edar l{al,ids, in charge of Cole who hlts tendered his re- signation. I)r.('pie will eontinliethe City Ix)an del);trtIIlent operat- q.n president ofthe 'board of trus- ink in six cities. tees, chairman of the cxeculive ]{ostolt l;nivcrsity eou,n,ittee, ~qn(] fIN vice pFenil]ent 10ronl Cedar llapids Mr. ('pie of the college, ttnd will work closely went to Boston lhfiversity for fill'- with HeY. Cole when hc begins his tlter training, received the Master duties soutetime during the sunt- of Arts degree front Boston in 1931, mer. !and was graduated cunt laude frmn RELEASE PROGRAM FOR MEMORIAL DAY Mcmori:d (lay services will 1)e held in the Mount Vernon come- tory on Tuesday afternoon, May 30. The parade will form in front of the American [,egh/n post hall and will leave for t l, e n,arch to thc celnetery lit 1:30 o'clock. .ludge H. C. l{in~ of the Linn ('()linty l)istrict ('putt will 1)resent the Mou,oritll day address. [ The following progralu will be given at the cemetery: Selection by the Mount Vernon baud, "March (Inward ('hristian Sohliers*': In- vocation, Hev. IAoyd (lustafson ; lAn('oln's Gettysburg address, Charles Ho(lge: ]¢ea,ling" of Gen- eral Logan's Order. Howard ()rnls; Address, Judge tt. C. t{inK; Bene- diction, Bey. ,I OScl)l, (l ray, Jr.; "Anlerit'a", by the band: firing" squad sqlute; taps; song, National AIII ]ieUl, aceoin l)a uied 'by I}IC band. I ............. ,Announce Program For Graduation Exercises The graduatiou exeruiscs of tlle Mount Vernon high st'heel will tie held ill the high sc]lool aliditoriuul I II~+xt Thursday ev(,niit~', M:,y 25, ;tl 8:0o o' eloek. ] I)r. ~V. (l. ltowley, sui, crintend- ent of the 1)avenport district of th( t:pper ]owIi (.oufereilCe of the Methodist ('hurt'h, will speal( to the gruduates o,, the Sii,})j el'L, '"Kn¢~w Thyself". 10olh)wing" is the prograln : l'roeessional lligh School Band Invocation l{uv. .losel,t~ (}ray "Night ttn(l I)ay" ]tayden Girl's Sextette Address I)r. Glenn l{owley Seleete(1 Girls' Sextett e Award of Honors, l>rin, l¢alph ('arl Presentation of Class - Supt. Clyde T. 1Andsley Presentation of 1)iplolnas Pres. A. J. Rogers I~enediction - Rev. IAoyd Gustafson l{eeessional High School Band M.V.H.S. Senior Class Will l)r. Col(+ J)egan his career qs a i the Boston l,niversitySchool of minister on l'eb 5 1895 at 10ort "tcolo "v it, ,", Present Play Friday Eve • ' ' ; , g. 133~, withthe degree Smith, Ark., where he rcmained for i of llachelor of ~acred Theology. The senior class of the Mount two and a half years before tr'tns- tAt commencement this year Cor- Vernon high school will llresent a ferring to the Upper Iowa confer- once. As a direct testimony to l)r. [nell will award him the honorary eontedy "Early to lled--F:arly to Cole's efficieney and .guidance to]degree el' Doctor of l)ivinity, lose", in the hig'h school auditor- the churches he has served, he held l~ev. ColCs Methodist pastorates ium on Friday evening, -May 19. only four charges during about 38 include Charlton City, Danvers, Genevieve Ann Snyder will play years of service in the II'pllt,r h)wa tleading, Winchester, all of ,Massa- the leading part, of Patsy li'uller, iconferen,ce. I ebusetts, Since 1937 'he has been :Othersa mischievoUSin ttteeleVCncast :u'e:year ohlHowardChihl. His congregations were so well : a field representative for Boston Oruts, Charles Hedge, l~etiiia Ber- satisfied with his work that they University, working in connection anek, ('ornelia Brooks, l)avid Hull, were always .anxious for Iris return, with the Century of Service for the l'atricia Mitchell, Elhm Sutliff, i)on let.ont tinte to time he w.as selected University School of Theology. TheKrumm, Violetta ('ook, and iIow- for nlore responsilde charges. Pan- torates he has served are North-cantpaign in which he bas :been ard Fisher. wood, Waverly, V~raterloo and l)av-iw°rking will be contpleted in ,June. enport. Athlete • : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : -- : -- : W,hile at ~Vnterloo he was instru- Mr. Cole is ma,','ied, has two Was Wed Tuesday mental in the tmihling of the beau- daughters, aged 14 and 6 and is a tiful ieirst Methodist church therc.. Mason. He is fond of travel aud • : : : -~ : : = : : = = = : : ~ : : : : ~ : : -~ lcroln 1921 to 1927 he w.as district ]toured Europe in 1934. While a superintendent of the ('edar I{apidsstudent in (~ornell college he was district, an outstanding athlete, competing It was a fortunate (lay for ('.or- both in football and track. He was nell college when ])r. Cole beeante track captain in lq. '2. '~ and was a vice president and finan.cial secre- tary of the collegein the fail ofI member of the relay team that 1927. /~()n in the ])rake, Illinois,and He first became a n~em.berj l'enn Relays. of lhe .board of trustees in 191'2 .~lrs. Col(' and was elected preside.nt of the Mrs. Cole, w'ho will /)e remora- board in 1926. He has ;been a bered as Miss Arrola Bush of Van lnell3ber OI" the ext'('tlti\'e OOllllnit- }Ioruc, is tin a]uninus of (~ornel] tee since 1916 ~ltl(l ('hilirlllltn since(in(] a person oi' ohttrllling" l)erson- 1927. "tlity. tTn(ler his sound, conservative, After she had a fantily she re- and shrewd nlanagenlent, ttle Cor- nell endowl,lent has*'}leen w sely in- turned to Cornell for a sunluler vested and tile reitl estate holdings sessiol/ and coinpleted work for her ellTi('iently opcra'ted unlil (h)rnell is ] A.B. degree whic'lt was awarded in the best financial condition of in 1.q31. She became interested in its history, writing during' a course under Not all "~re familiar with the Prof. and Mrs. Tull in sumnter fact that I)r. C.ole tllks ,worked long school and her stories and verse hours daily and has visitcd tim 34 ]lave ,been printed in The ttusk. ('ol]ege fill'IllS, sortie of whiCil are.. 3110 miles from here, at regular Writing radio ,prog'rauIs ,for a intervals. The average return nalional hookup is It highly s]te('ial- front the farms according to his ized activity Io ,which lnany are MRS. I)ALE ,IOHNSTON last report to the trustees vv,as 3.28 called and few chosen 'l)ut Mrs. Cole Miss ,lean IiHizabeth llttrge, only per cent. The ave.rage net re- is making a decided success of it.d,aughter of ~Mr. "~nd Mrs. H'trold turn on the $2,269,996 en~lowment She writes most of the programs Burge, bccante tlte ,1)ride of Dale l'or the fiscal year ending last August 1938 was 4.12 per cent. for the leleischmann's Yeast hour Income from investments is ab- listed under the name of William sohttely vital to the operation ofI, Stidger, which ean be heard a college and in handling Cm.nell Monday to Friday at 9:45. Accord- finances in such It sound and .~lfe ittg to the, ('rosley rating there are parsonage in Mount Vernon, on Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. m,anner i)r. ('ole has performed afour nil]lion listeners. There areThe Rev. Joseph Gray officiated. work of great value to the college a l)out 2,000 fan letters a week, 'Phe conple was attended iby Mi~s and to education, many from l,]ngland and h.elandt~oberta Johnston, sister of the Rev. Cole both by training Itnd where it is picked up on the short groont, and ,by Vernon Burge, experience is extremely well fitted wave. brother of the bride. Witnessing t'he eerentony were: Mr. and Mrs. Mount Vernon Is 49th In Sales Of Baby Bonds A release from the Treasury De- partment lists the total sales of Savings Bonds at $2,4a7,108,850. Chicago leads the nation in sales for the first class offices-- Calu- met, Mie,higan leads the second elass offices and Horse (?ave, Ken- tucky for the second consecutive year leads the third class offices. ?) Approximately 22,000 post of- fices throughout the United States sell Savings Bonds. Antong the 113 second class offices in Iowa, Mount Vernon ranked 4.qth in per ~'a pita sales. Rev. Joseph Gray jr., pastor nf the ~{ount Vernon Presbyterian church, expects to leave Monday for Columbus, Ohio, to attend the Presbyterian general assein bly meeting. I~.ev. Gray was chosen commissioner to the assem,bly at the Cedar R.apids Presbytery held in Cedar Rapids last month. He will return home the last of the month. Dr. A. t{. King will supply in the Presbyterian pulpit a week from Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cole of On- t~rio, Calif., were visitors on Tues- day and Wednesday at the home of l)r, and ~VIrs. Frank Cole• Mr. ~ole is a brother of Dr. Cole and Call it was ~he first time they Im,d seen 28-3t each other for 35 years. [ Burge, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice John- High School Band Will stnn and chihlren, Mauroen, Joan, Play Concert Saturday Eve Marilyn and Carolyn; and ('barlcs Johnston. • On Saturday evening, May 20, The bride ,wore a (Ire.~s of pew- ihe Mount Vernon hgih s('hool band der i)hle htee, with accessories of under the direetion of l{iehard navy blue und pink. Her corsage 10uller, will present a short ntusical wlts of pink rosebuds, and lilies ' prograltl on the high school l~wn. of the v:tlley. Shc wore It dianmnd In case of bad weather the pro- lavalier that had bclonged to her gram will be presented in the high grandntother Burge. The ,brides- school uuditorinm. This will be maid wore a tan lace drens. Her the lirst opportunity forMount corsage was of gladiolis and lilies Vernon peolde to see the band in of the valley. its new unifornts. After the The .bride was t)orn lln(i raised program ~by the 'band the Scttool in the vicinity of ~Mount Vernon .Mosic Sponsors, who were respons-and has spent her cntire life in ihle for lhe 1)nrcimsing of the uni- this community. She was graduat- fort:IS, will have an ice creaul so- e(t fronl the Mount Vernon high eial. The spoi,sors lteed &bout scltool in 1938 aud h'is been active twenty (lol]ars to COml)h,te the pay- in 4-H Girls clu't) work. m~qlt for the unifornis and are hav-Mr. Johnston was grluluated inF" lhe social for that purllose, from the lA,~l)on high school in - ......... 1935 and is engaged in farming Students of Miss Pinkerton with his father. The new hOnle Will Present Recital May 23 has tleen established on the John- ston esta.te farm near IAsbon. The Cornell (,olle£c conservatory Thirty-five relatives and friends of Music will present a group of were guestn at a reception given at students of Miss Huth Pinkerton the Burge home at 8:15 o'clock in a song recital Tuesday evening.Tuesday evening. 'Phe home was M~ty 23, at 7:1t11 o'clock in the Cor- beautifully decorated with bou- nell chapel. I"trticipating \viii be: qnets of white lilacs, lilies of the I)orothy Beach, Winifred Neal an,dvalley, and narcissus. The color Robert Bryant front Mount Ver- schente of green and white was non; Margaret Pierce Neva Kluss !carried out in the decorations and F'htvis H.icha~xls, Marjoric Humby, ]refreshments. The Misses Mar- Laura Halvorson, June ,Mathison garet Siggins, :Margueritc Bear and Bernice Goagh, John Crouse, Chat'-Helen [Agh,t, friends of the bride, lotte I~einke and Edith Carver. The and Miss Clara Brown, a cousin, public is cordially invited to at-assisted with the serving of the tend. refreshments. Plans Are Made For Alumni Banquet The Mount Vernon high school ~It]nnlni i)anquot will be served by the Industrial Society in the l>res- byterian ehllrch on l,'riday evening, May 26, at 6:30 o'clock. The 1939 high school gr~tdu:lting ('htsn will be g'llests Of houor ~il,d will I)e in- dueled into the Uhlliini association. Mrs. tlazcl (llllln, nlcllll)er of the ('laSS of '21), will be toasItllistress. l)auciltK will ,lie ill the high school gylllnasiunl after tile bqln(|llel• At It lllecling hehl recen'lly by the* ofl'ict!rs, t|le folio,whig eonlulit- tees WeFe appointed : l) I'Ogl'all I, ~ll's. (}linll,Mrs. ,~,lHe l,'oster, Mr. all(t .~[rs. }lowttl'd Neal; noininttt- ing, IAiurence ]llinter, Mrs. ]~ldon I)e('anlp, Miss Vera Wicl. IIertha Bittle has b:,en the .MFS. ,leroule, t,:dntonds, W;a~bing- oIIly lUC|nber residing in I,isbon ton; \.\rill l{upert, I,,'ugone, ()regon, for 0. n|lluber of ve:lrsI,'()tlt' or rtmle 4; Mrs. Jantison, Shell Rock, live nlcnl}~ersof the eluss :ire ex- Io\~a; Mins I)odd, Cilarles City; ipecled to be pvesent at the b;tn-Miss Davis, lies Muines, 61i3 l','liclid jqllet, .\l~ty 26. , Axe; Mrs. Bittle, l,inboll.