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4lille 8, 1939
THE MOENT VERNON, IOWA, ilAWKEYE-RECORD AND THE LISBON R~P, JklhD
Pe~¢e Three
Geraldine Heiek of Bennett was
VERNON LOCAL AND PERSONAL w++k ,n t.o .omo of
!her uncle and aunt, .Ms'. and Mrs.
i George VVallick.
Miss Florence Keve accompanied
!by Miss Mary Margaret Chandler
Mrs. Irl Hoodmaker and ! Mr. and Mrs. Clair Watson
and iof Sioux City, motored to Danville,
flatted tile stale park laug'hte,' Marilyn of (~arrison were~
Sunday. visitors la:~t Thursday in tile t]ome]11t'' on Tuesday to remain until
l,q'iday
gnnis presented the i°f Mrs. elite l)lmean. Miss Gwyneth Young e~pects to
ent adlh'ess ,lalne:~ Kraner, xxho has been in { go to lowa City Saturday to enter
ell lastThursday ~ihley on business for. several sumnler school in tile State Uni-
w,,eks, spent tile week end ssith [ versity of Iowa. She will stay with
Mrs. Kranor ill Mount Vernon and ] the t'rof. Wendall Smith family.
LiRa Young and daugh- lefl tile livst of the, weel~ for Man-
exlaeeted to leave this chester. Miss I,Hsie Gaide, who has lived
a visit with relatives in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. J.
Mr. and Mrs. la,on:trd Khqneck i ()sgood for two years while a stu-
and Mrs. ('. ('. [(leinock m(itored to [ dent in (?ornell, was graduated on
~rs. Ellis Seobey of N,,~ I{oslon, Ill., Sunday and vis- i Monday and returned to her homt
, are spending two it,.!t in tilt' M v. and Mrs. Hobert ! in I,aPorte (.'ity.
hOrue of Mr. Scobey's lh.~'Rm:~n home. Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Mary Traey and grandson
and Mrs. G. H. ~eo- B¢,ckman wer.e o.bse+'ving their sil- i Donahl I.eighr, motored to Red
Jv,.r xteddi i1{' a+lllivtq'Stll'V ()~tk today a,ld ,,',rill be aceompan-
We make automobile loans at at-
tractive rates that will compare favor-
ably with those quoted by any outside
finance company. In addition, we can
give you a kind of friendly service that
you can not get from strangers.
Let us help you to finance the pur-
chase of a car. You can save money,
build future credit, and benefit in other
ways by dealing with this bank.
Mount Vernon Bank and
Trust Company
CAPITAIJ AND SURPLUS $75,000
I]. C. Neal, Pres. It. B. M~Jonlogue, Vice Pres.
b. U. Van Metre, Vice Pres. and Cashier
J. A. Fordyee, Assistant Cashier
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Bugs, Blight, Leaf Hoppers and
Just to kill the bugs is not enough,
be controlled. +
Potato Mix provides a control for both
repeat applications to be applied as
formula including a recent discovery
ionize Bordeaux spraying.
Lead Arsenate, Calcium Arsenate,
:tare, Slug ShoL Garden Guard, Mildew
Sulphur, Paris Green.
Use Gypsy Cream for Sunburn
and Minor Skin Irritations 49c
Powder for Prickly tleat,
Oak Irritation, large can 50c
i.t home by Miss Ida Traey, who
i]as taught ill the schools of Red
Oak this year.
Mr. and ,Mrs. Willard Hoffman,
i.Mr. and .Mrs. Paul Ewart, of
,qpringville, and Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph i)uncan and family were
dinner guests Sanday ill the heine
of iMrs. Ollie Duncan.
Miss Margaret ttedges, who was
a menrber of the puhlic school
faculty in Algona this year, arriv-
ed home IOriday morning to spend
the vacation in the home of her
pa!'ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hedges•
Roy. and Mrs. b'. C. Scott of
Tel.ode were conm~eneenlent visit-
ors Monday in the home of Mrs.
Margaret Gormly. Their daughter,
Miss Harriett Scott, who was en-
rolled in Col'nell this year, return-
~.,t home with them,
l Warren Sco~bey, who has had a
reselling fellowship at Syracuse
1 niversity, in Syraeuse, N.Y., is
expected to arrive today to spend
a two weeks vaeation in the home
lit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. H.
S('obey.
Asher Thomas of Rapids City,
S. l)ak., was a dinner guest Mon-
day ill the home of his cousin Mrs.
l,]mma PlattenJberger. ,Mr. Asher
livbd in fAsbon about thirty-eight
years ago and will be remembered
by "lnany.
Mrs. Grace Rigby Cameron of
tlglon Rouge, I,a., was a com-
men*'ement visitm' ill Mount Ver-
non and was a guest ill the Charles
Hig%y home in Stanwood. Mr. and
Mrs. Archie Rigby of Conrad were
also COlUlllenoenlent visitors in
Mount Vernon.
Charles Itigbie and John Mac-
Gregor left Wednesdaj morning
for New York City where they ex-
pected to have employment at the
\Vorld's Fair. They accompanied
l l'rof, and Mrs. Eugene Devereaux
[who were motoring to Rhinebeck,
N.Y. for the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Dreibel*bis
;and daughters Dorothy and Mary
' Gleaner of Center Junction and
Louis l)reibelbis of Anamosa at-
[elided tile COUlnlencenlent exer-
cises at Cornell on Monday and
n: visited in tile home of Mr. and
Mrs. 10red Mizaur. Merlin Dreibel-
bis, a brother of Mrs. Mizaur, was
a member of the Cornell graduat-
ing class.
REXALL DRUG STORE
Prof. and Mrs. Chester Williams
left Wednesday for Oberlin, Ohio,
where they planned to attend the
10lh anniversary of Prof• Williams'
('lass at Oberlin college, and to visit
in : the home of Prof. William's
parents, in River Forest, Ill. Later
they expect to go to New York
'ity for a visit with Mrs. Williams
mother, Mrs. W.I~. Sprague and in
the letters sumuler home in the
Adriondaeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Young, Elwood
Young, and Don Krumm, who left
three weeks ago for a motor trip
south, have written Miss Gwyneth
Young of some of the places they
have Visited which included Marin-
ers Museum. IIampton Roads,
• Newport New~, Old Point Corn-
If err, Fort Monroe, I~%ngtey Field,
Williamsburg, Yorktown, James-
• [ town, Lexington and Richmond.
• They also toht of the very ,beauti-
• l'ul~ flowers, I,aural, rhododendrom
, and honeysuckle blooming in the
Mount Vernon, Iowa •
i Illl mountains. I,ast week end they
illlllUmlllllllnlliHllllUl[i spent ill Washington, D.C.
HYDRAULIC BRAKES-
162 sq. inches of braking surface;
st ever used on a low-priced car.
ADVANCED STYLING-Ford
Ford V-8 are recognized style
of 1939 low-price field.
ENGI N E8 in any low-priced car.
responsive~ more fun to drivel
"8AS MIrEAGE-85 h.p. Ford V-8
Gilmore-Yos~elnite Economy Ran
miledge among all lead-
cars. : ;
LIZ E D R I D E-only low-priced car•
r- °rque-tube drive and radius rods front
. ear i n other low
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tpri,,~ ~ar; 12 5 inches beeween front and rear
t "~glk
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EXCELS IN H lrNfN@S TIfAT COUNTI -
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"AND ~ A PORD V.II
YOU CiK)~ IfOIM NiW CJUtl
MARTIN SCHWAB
• ; I, ISALES SERVICE
Mount Vernon
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Mrs. Oscar Wash'burn and ehil- Rev. Hillis Culver of Nashua was M:rs. J. F. Barrett left last Thurs-
dren of Cedar Rapids were Sunday a comnleneement visitor in the day via the strea'mliner for a visit
visitm.s in tile home of her mother, hmne of Mr. and Mrs. it. H. l,owe, of ten days or two weeks with re-
Mrs. Jane West. Jim Caraway on ,Monmouth was latives in Carney and IAneoln,
.Mr. and ,Mrs. R. M. Gunn of a visitor .Sunday in the home of Nebr.
Buckingham were guests of Miss his brother 1.ester Caraway and Mrs. James Macaulay returned
Mac Fairbanks during Cornell col-family. , Wednesday of last weekfrom La-
lege commencement. 'Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rail- of nark, Ill., where she was called
Mrs. Eliza*beth Bennett of Cedar Union were dinner guests Sunday
Rapids was a eommeneement week in the home of Mr. Bair's sister
end guest in the home of Prof. and Mrs. Mae Foster.
Mrs. Charles Keyes. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Johnson and
Callers Monday in the home of family motored to Earlville Sun-
'Mrs. S. L. Chandler were: Rev. and day and spent the day visiting re-
Mrs.' Jerrill, 'Mrs. T. W. Large and
Mrs. Alice Large of DeWitt.
Miss Hortense Hunt principal
of sehools in Fulton, I'll., arrived
Tuesday afternoon for a visit with
her sister M~iss Mattie B. Hunt.
Mrs. Mary Caraway is expecting
her daughter, Miss Faith Johnson
from Highland Park, Mich., soon
to spend a two weeks vacation.
Mrs. Frank Moynihan of 10airfax
was a guest of her brother Miss
l,klna Moynihan Monday and at-
totaled Cornell commencement.
latives and friends.
Mrs. Carrie Pates and daughter
Miss Suzanne left Saturday morn-
inn by motor for Pasadena, Calif.
to spend the summer.
Mrs. Jessie Coleman, head resi-
dent at Guild hall, moved Tuesday
to her apartment on First street
west, to spend the sunl+ner.
Mr. and Mrs. ~V. J. lAttle and
family of Belle Plaine were visitors
over Cornell eommeneeulent in the
home of tile former's mother, Mrs.
H. F. IAttle.
Mrs. Frances Bickle went to Iowa Mrs. J. F. Reach was a visitor
City today to spend two weeks in over the week cod in the home of
the home of her .brother-in-law and her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. stone National park. Mrs. Need-
sister, Mr. and Mrs. Art Winter. and Mrs. Clarence Bohlander, in ham of Cedar Rapids Is spending
Sunday afternoon callers in the
Jonathan Kohl home wore: Mr+
and ,Mrs. I. L. Cork of Lisbon, and
Mr. and ,Mrs. Lester Caraway of
M~)unt Vernon.
Minear Sargeant and son Fred
jr., of Ewmston spent last week
end visitiug tile formers parents,
Mr. and .Mrs. Fred Sargeant, north
of Mount Vernon.
several weeks ago 'by the serious
illness and death of her mother,
Mrs. Landt. Miss Kate Skinner of Algeria and
Galliard Reranek. 1,udwig Hedge, Mrs. Anne Smith Shelley of Ma-
Donald Krumm, Donald Merritt kota, Minn., were over commence-
and Robert Smith, Register carrier ment guests ill the home of Mrs.
salesmen in .Wounl Vernon will go hia Haun Kettleson.
to Des Moines next 'Monday 'morn-
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Maudlin and
inn to attend a carrier's convention
and frolic, daughter Eleanor of Aurora, Iowa,
were guests Sunday anti Monday ill
Roy. and Mrs. F. M. Swaney of tilt- honle of Mrs. Mac Foster. Miss
Libertyville, Ill., were commence- l)orothy Maudlin, who was a fresh-
ment week end guests in the home
+lien ill Cornell last year, returned
of Rev. and Mrs. J. J, Kidder. Their home with her parents and sister
daughter Miss Elizabeth Swaney to spend the summer vacation.
took part in the Sunday evening
recital of tile conservatory of music
students.
Mr, and Mrs, Bradford .MaeGaw
oceupylng the Prof. N. A.
Miner residence during the absence
of tile Miners who left this week
to spend the su~n.mer at Yellow-
Roy Beck who had spent three
weeks at the home of his uncle
John Klimo, went to M:aochester
on Sun4ay where he has ,employ-
nlent.
INSURANCE
Fire and Windstorm
Automobile
Health and Accident
Life
S. N. MERRITT
Office in Bauman Bldg.
Phones: Ofc. 65; Res. 169J
Mount Vernon, Iowa
Mrs. Ethel Jaynes of Parkers-
burg came last week end and is
spending several weeks in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Vern Jaynes.
Mrs. Bertha Hart of Central City
was a guest from Friday until Sun-
day in the home of her son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. R.
G. Hart.
Prof. and Mrs. Harold Ennis
motored to Tama Monday and
spent the day visiting in the home
of Prof. Ennis's mother, Mrs. Ed-
na Ennis.
Mrs. M. S. Jordan left Monday
night to spend several days on
business in Chicago, Ill. She ex-
)eeted to return home Friday or
Satu rday.
Mrs. Frank Frick went to Mlar-
ion on Wednesday to spend a week
visiting in the home of her brother-
in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. ,Moothart.
Mr. and Mrs. Clell Port and fam-
ily of Springville were callers Sun-
day afternoon in tile home of Mrs.
Port's brother-in-taw and
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bair.
Miss Mary Jane Bird of Roches-
ter, N.Y., was a visitor with for-
mer college friends over com-
mencement at Cornell last week
end. She left for her home on
Monday.
Miss Laurene Frick is spending
this week at the home of her par-
ents, ~Mr. and Mrs. Frank Frick.
She returns to Iowa City next week
wfiere she is a teacher in the Uni-
versity high school.
.Miss Maude Worral arrived last
Saturday evening from Freneh-
bu:rg, Ky., where she taught last
year in a mission school, and will
spend the summer with her mother
Mrs. Grace Worral.
:M~'. and.~Mrs. Lloyd Snyder and
daughter Marilyn visited Sunday
afternoon in the ,Mr. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Beckman and Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Mollie homes, in New Bos-
ton, Ill. Marilyn remained for a
visit.
'Mr. and M~rs. Hobart Bair who
are living in the Williams apart-
m0nts plan to move the first of
next month to an apartment in the
home of the former's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. S. :I~. Bair, north of Ash
crossing.
:Dr. H. C. Stanciift left Sunday
for Chicago, Ill. He expected to
spend two days there and go on
to Niagara Falls, Ithaca and Spen-
cer, N.Y., and other places in the
east. He will return to Mount
Vernon in Septem.ber.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dee of Sioux
Falls, S.D. and ,Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Maxwell of Chevy Chase, Md.
were commencement visitors on
the Cornell campus last week end.
They are visiting in the Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Dee home near Me-
c hart i e svill e.
Louis West and his mother, Mrs.
Jane West left Tuesday by motor
for a visit in the south for two
weeks. Mrs. West will visit her
consin, Mrs. (?leo Martin, in Mus-
kogee, Okla., and Louis will visit
his daughter Miss Martha Ann
West, at Ft. Worth, Texas.
Mrs. E, J. Osgood and two
daughters Katherine and Martha
spent last week visiting in the
home of Mrs. ,Osgood's brother and
sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. E. N.
Roberts in Clarksville. Mr. Os-
good motored to Oiarksvilte on
Sunday and brought them home.
Prof. and Mrs. F. M. McGaw
entertained several guests last week
end. Miss Ruth Eveland, mission-
ary from India, was their com-
mencement guest and on ,Monday
evening they entertained at sue-
per, Rev. and ,Mrs. Temple of Du-
buque, and Mrs. Harriett Hogle
Swanson of Rowley.
Mrs. S. L. Chandler returned
home last Thursday from a visit in
Odeboit and in the home of her
son Harry Chandler. ~he was ac-
companied home by Mrs. Harry
Chandler and Miss Mary M~rgaret
Chandler who was graduated from
the State University of Iowa at
Iowa City last week. They will re-
turn to their home in Sioux City
on Saturday. ,.
,~lrs. Alice Scatliff, and daughter
, Mrs. Alice Louise Kitterman and
,baby daughter Nama Lou of Chi-
cago, Ill.; arrived last Thursday and
were g, ue~ts in the G. A. Hunter
home until today when they return-
ed to their home. On Sunday the
Hunter family and their guests en-
joyed a visit to the fish hatchery at
Manchester, the ice caves at Edge-
wood, and to the Hunter farm in
Delaware county.
Mr. and Mrs. Seville Gaston and
family of Naperv'iUe, Ill., Mr. and
Mrs. Sanl Gaston and family of
i.ineus, Me., and Mr. and Mrs.
Jo~hn Gaston and family of Cedar
Rapids were guests over the week
end in the •Mr. and M;rs. J. F. Gas-
ton home. Seville Gaston and fam-
ily expect to leave next Sunday for
Lexington, Ky., where Mr. Gaston
will be enrolled in the summer
session at the University of Ken-
tucky.
Rev. E. G. IIunt went to Hawk-
eye last Sutlday where he took part
in the fiftteth anniversary service
of the building of the church. Rev.
Hunt was pastor at Hawkeye when
the Methodist church was built
fifty years ago, az~d was given cre-
dit for much of the effort toward
the new building. The chureh
has grown from a membership of
26 ,members fifty years ago to a
membership of 275, according to
Rev. Hunt.
Cedar Rapids. the summer with her cousin J. H.
Mrs. Edna Masterman of Los Merritt.
Angeles, Calif., arrived last Thurs- Marvin's grocery has added their
day for a visit in the home of her own delivery service this week.
brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and They purchased a new l)odgo truck
Mrs. Charles Ford and family, last week, and Harold Ehle and
Miss Mary I,ittle, member of the Kenneth Edabarn will do th0 de-
school faculty in Duluth, 'Minn,, Is livering of groceries. Refore, they
expected to arrive Saturday eve- had shared delivery serviee with
Add up the amount of money you have paid
out in rent during the last few years. Quite a
niug for the smllmer vacation in
tile home of her mother, Mrs. tI. 1,:.
L.i~tle.
Mrs. Gusta Minott had as guests
last Friday, Alibert Pal,mer, Mrs.
Kitty "["Olman of Wichita, Kansas,
M:rs. l,'annie Lemon of Cedar Rap-
ids and Jesse Beeehley of Mount
Vernon.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Travis and
family, and Mrs. Will Travis spent
Sunday with 'Mr. and Mrs. Quincy
Travis and family near Marion, and
called on ,Mrs. l,'lora Basenbark in
Marion.
Miss Ads Itodgson plans to ell-
ter the su,mmer session at the State
University of Iowa at Iowa City on
Monday. She will spend tile week
ends in the home of her sister, Miss
Lillie Hodgson.
Mr. and Mrs. Vreeman Current
wlio had spent several weeks ill
the home of their son-in-law and
daughter Mr. and M, rs. Herman
Sehultz in Lost Nation, returned
home on Sunday.
Miss Florence Chambers return-
ed last week end frmn Clinton
where she was a member of the
high school faculty and ex.peets to
leave next week to attend summer
school ill Northwestern University,
Evanston, Ill.
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Morrow of
Audu'bon were guests Sunday in the
home of the former's brother-in-
law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Busenbark. ~Mr. and ,~rs. Wilson
Morrow and family of Pale wore
additional guests.
Mr. and Mrs. C. It. Obye of Ak-
ron were eolnnleneelnent visitors in
the Mrs. Lloyd MeCutehoon home.
They expected to visit at theb" for-
mer home at Tipton before ,'e-
turning to Akron, wilere Mr. Obye
is superintendent of schools.
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Rogers o~
Burlington were visitors last week
!in the home of Mrs. Rogers par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Frick.
The first of this week they left for
I)etroit, Mich., where they expect-
ed to visit Mr. and Mrs. Clair Neal
and drive home a new car.
Bruce Mullen joined Mrs. Mul-
len, Ward and Kay at the T. I.
Mitchell home last week end for
visit of a week. They plan go re-
turn to their home in University
Park on Sunday. 'Miss Ethel Mc-
Quown of Marion will aeeompany
them home for a few days visit.
Haold Baltz arrived home last
evening from a year's graduate
work at Columbia University. En-
tente to Mount Vernon he visited
his ,brothel', l)r. James Ballz, at
Detroit andspent a day in Chi-
cago. Prof.Baltz will teach dur-
ing the Cornell sum,mer school ses-
the Dilley grocery, and the City
meat market.
Mr. and Mrs, Wesley Trleseh-
man and daughters Lois and Mary
Ann of Waynes.boro, Va., will ar-
rive Sunday for a ten day visit In
the home of Mrs. Triesehmann's
)arents, Mr. and 'Mrs. T. I. Mitchell
and with Mr. and Mrs. Bruce MuD
Ion at l'niversity Park, and with
relatives ill Wellman.
Prof. Leo Haak and son Avery
of Tulsa, Oklahoma, were visiting
this week in the Mr. and Mrs.
George Kirkpatrick home. Miss
Bonnybel Kirkpatrick will return
to Tulsa with them the last of the l
week to spend several weeks. Miss
Kirkpatriek will not enroll at
Iowa State Teachers college in Ce-
dar Falls until tile fall term.
Prof. and Mrs. Al, bert Franklin
Jollnson had as their guests over
night, Tuesday, Mr. and Mrs. John
Ross V4innie of Des Moines, where
Mr. Ross is manager of the Com-
munity theatre. They were enroute
to Europe on their honeymoon
where ti, ey plan to attend many
:heatre festivals. Mr. Winnie was
graduated from Cornell '36, and
spent three summer sessions at
the Cornell Little Theatre.
Mrs. Odette Slyer ex~peets to
leave Monday for a few days visit
with her eousin Miss Louise Zi, mp-
fer in Walker, and on Wednesday
she will accompany ,Miss Hazel
Midkiff and her mother, Mrs. Ger-
trude Midkiff to Sioux Falls, S.
I)ak., where the Midkiff's will visit
in the home of Arehie and Cecil
Midkiff, and Mrs. ,Slyer will go to
Agar, S. ])ak., to spend the sum-
mer with her sister, Mrs. J. H.
RoL~bennolt and family.
Mrs. Laura Hoffman, aeconvpan-
ted by her niece Mrs. Viola Floyd
Melsh of Cedar Rapids, will leave
b'riday afternoon on the Pacific
Lhnited for a trip to the west coast.
They plan to visit Salt Lake City,
Boulder I)am, and will visit rela-
tives ill San Berne,dine, Calif. They
will take the glass 'bottom boat trip
to Catalina Islands, will visit Coro-
nado Island, San Diego, in the
home of their brother and uncle,
Alvin Albeek. Other pleasures they
expecting to enjoy will be pecan
and mountain trips, a visit to iMex-
tee and to the Worlds fair in San
b'ranciseo, Calif. Mr. and ,Mrs. V.
L. Beuter will be in charge of the
hotel for three weeks during Mrs.
Hoffman's absence.
sum, isn't it? And the ion er you continue
to pay rent, the larger the sum will become.
Yet you have nothing tangible to show for
it. Your rent mone.v will make it possible
to have a home of your own in a few short
years. Why not com in today for a free
estimate?
EVERYTHING TO BUILD ANYTHING
PHONE 212
Mount Vernon
1938 V-8 Deluxe tudor with radio and heater, over-
hauled and in first class condition.
1937 Dodge Deluxe tourin sedan
1937 V-8 85 Standard tudor
1936 V-8 Standard tudor
1936 V-8 Fordor sedan
1935 V-8 Tudor
1936 Chevrolet 1 Vz ton truck, sleeper cab, hydraulic
brakes, 157-inch wheel base.
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FORD SALES AND SERVICE
Martin Sehwab Mount Vernon
I Illll II I I Ill I Ill I I Ill I I
Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Miller of
Waterloo, iVQr. and Mrs. Paul Han-
dle of Mason City, Dr. and Mrs.
H. L. Tschentke and daughter Mar-
garet of Chicago, Ill., were com-
mencement visitors in the home
I of Mrs. Cynthia Belknap. Mrs.
I Tschentke and daughter remained
for a longer visit.
Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Hart of
Mount Vernon, Mrs. Bertha Hart
of Central City; Mr. and Mrs. Don
Price and 'Mr. and Mrs. Niel Blok
and daughter Betty of Marion and
M:r. and Mrs. Gordon Bridges of
IAsbon were entertained last Sun-
day in the Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Gage home in Lisbon.
Franklin Littell of New York
City, who arrived Tuesday of last
week for a visit over eom,menee-
ment at the home of his parents,
Dr. and Mrs. C. F. Littelt, left Tues-
day morning for a visit with frienlls
in Denver, Colo., and in Great
Fails, .Mont. He will return to
Mount Vernon next week before
going east.
~Ir. and Mrs. C. J. Kramer and
dahlghter Christo,bel of Li:bertyville,
Ill., arrived last Friday for a ten
d~y visit in the home of Mrs. Kra-
mer's parents, Rev. and ,Mrs. J. J.
Kidder. Sunday guests were Mr.
~n+d Mrs. Guy Macom,ber and fam-
ily; and M, iss Esther Kidder of
Olin who came to spend the day
with the Kramers.
Mrs. George Oakley, sister of
Mi-s. 'Merrill Hugl]es, left Tuesday
after several days visit in the
H~ghes home. Mrs. Oakley was
enroute to San Franciseo, Calif.,
where she expected to meet her
daughter 'Miss Nancy Oakley who
attended ,Mills college in San Fran-
cisco. They plan to sail from San
Francisco for their hmne in Hollo-
lulu, Hawaii on June 17.
Miss Priscilla Williams who was
a mem~ber of the Cornell college
graduating class had the pleasure
of having her six sisters with her
for commencement. Her mother,
Mrs. H. R. Williams of Columbus
Junction, a former resident of
Mount Vernon, was ill and una.ble
ire attend. Those of the family
here were: Miss Marian Williams
of Maquoketa; Miss Virgilia Wil-
liams of Dayton; the M[iases Jean
and Corita of Cedar Rapids; and
Naomi and Aileen of Columbus
Junction. Mrs. W~illiams has many
friends in Mount Vernon who will
be sorry to learn of her illness &nd
will hope for her early recovery.
--OF--
I will sell at public auction my oroperty at the corner of B Avenue and Second Street
South, one from main street, just one block from the new high school building
in Mount Vernon, Iowa.
TIME---The first week in July at a date to be announced ia a
later ad
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY--This home consisting of 7 rooms all strictly modern
is one of the nicest located places in Mount Vernon, setting on perfectly level
ground aad very close in to the business section. Nice large living room, dining room,
kitchen, large down stairs bed room, 3 dandy bed rooms and nice bath t om sec-
ond floor, and toilet on main floor. All rooms have nice closets and nearly all floors
are hard wood. This home is in the best of repair and must be seen to be appre-
ciated.
The Heating System is of the best, being a rim fire Timken oil Imrner only used 2
seasons and installed at a cost of over $400.00.
The house has new asphalt roof and has been ecently painted a beautiful white; there
is a nice barn and garage which is in A-I repair, all newly shingled, and there is lots
of fruit of all kinds and beautiful shade trees; large cistern; cement basement.
The improvements are located on a lot 120 by 150 feet, which provides ample garden
space; cement side walks, and a wonderful lawn. Possession can be had on or about
September 1st. Terms to be announced in later ad v rtisement.
If you are thinking of buying a home in Mount Vernon, eome and give this a gamd
looking over, it will suit anyone wanting a nice home 4n a dandy neighborhood in as
good a town as there is, where they have a fine tollege, wonderful schools and alice
ehurehes.
Don't forget this property will be sold at auctioa the Atst+ eek ia ,Iuiy. Wa ch+for the
date. If interested see the owner or the auctioneer.
W. E. Challis, Aaetione,r, ,P&one ta0, Lisbon, Iowa