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10, 1941 THE MOUNT VFJ~NON, IO~VA. HA~VK1E,'E-11ECORD AND THE IJSBON HERAIA) Pm&~, qtlaa'e$ Frank Blinks went to the Uni- Mrs. John Klimo spent Saturday t Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Smith went to i i vcrsity hospital at IowaCity on ]in Clinton visiting friends I Manchester on Monday to spend ~D~ I fl~Ai A~B P~RqflNal l'l'uesday for observation. Joe Pospisil, jr submitted to anlsev(ral days in the hom.e of their Wi alll L1 IAv nL ~lv /a~a~al~ Laurance McKay of Des Moines appendectomy at Mercy h.ospital, I son, I)ean Smlthandfamuy:- ; ------------- s,~ent the Fourth in the home of l Cedar Rapins, btmaay evemng. Mr. ana mrs. rranK verwieoe anu ~.-.-.o,~.-o-4 -o-o-~0-o-o-o~ ~ ~ v ' 11 ar his mother Mrs. B. A. McKay Mr. and Mrs. Nell Hoover of Ce-fson Leshe, of Charleston, I - WMI went to t;mcago, I Miss Helen rurn.er oI ~alrnela Mr. and Mrs. Matt l)iek of (:hi-]dar Rapids were week end v!sitors !rived on Wednesday,for a VlSlt ~n ~a on Tuesday. spent the Fourth m the home. oI (:ago Ill spent the week end in the m the Mr. and Mrs. Lester J:aymr !the ~OmerOI l)r. anu mrs. pay . ru---mDaugn- was an over I her sister, Mrs. mac T. mltcneu home of ,Mrs Dick's sister, Mrs. l imme. i"~'=s " i 0f July visitor with ! Mrs. Richard Barker of Cedar ( harles Kleineck Dale Travis, son of Mr and Mrs. Week end guests in the home of ,~leago Ill Rapids was a guest Wednesday of Mr and Mrs Harohl Siders and Carl Travis, went to Chicago Ill l Miss Nellie Hartung were Mrs. W. ' " '~ ." * " -- -~- 'on Sunda'" for a visitwith rein I H Hartung Mrs Bert S. Ebernar~ [la Burke of Mill~ .~1,-~ I Mrs. Mary Jean Amxanoer, an(1 l~nl fatuity and Elmer Sioers ot uarm- .Y - ] ' : ' ' e~d visitor in the'ho'~'le and Ann spent the day visiting with son were Sunday dinner guests in [fives. I and Mr. an(l xtrs. uus arleen oI l)es ~t !friends. the home of Mr. "tnd Mrs. Joe Sed-I Miss Marian Scott of Chicago, a~. Lynn u?o~mve] ! Prof. and Mrs. Earl Kirkpatricklacek. I lli was an over the Fourth VlSit- r ~oyer .spent t nc ~Cnd t and f'lmilv of Sioux City were over Miss Gwen Smyth leaves today]Or m the home of her mother, Mrs. t~rirlenus vlr. a ~ ' " ' * * It B"" 2 ur {theFourth visitors in the home of { early in ~ncllsog. ( i." ~. ib- .~ { the former'smotner, x/rs.Houer~ '~. Roy Johnson of t;e-] Kirkpatriek' Were guests Sunclay ev- ] i n and he d Mls ' Mr and Mrs E F Nat'o ule or ~lr. an " " " I ,family spent the latter part of last I week visitingwith relatives at O. Hepner andMrs. Buckingham. Rapids werevisi-iSat day eveninThey returned home in the home of] Raymond Krumm and Charles I Svoboda, who were recently called and Miss Emma I in the draft, did not pass their final Sunday in the home examination taken in Des Moines brother, George iand have returned home. ! Mrs Angeline Gordon of North of Burlington was a ' "' ~. " . [,O)ertv spent the week end in the /'ollrth of July weeK' - hm c of M. and Mrs Emerson ' ' " r i of hls parents, M .1 Shotwell and in fhe home of her ,(2. Boyer. I . ulster. Miss Lydia Bishop. Nr~. C. M. Cumberland i Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Blaine and Mr. Sl~ent Sunday in the iand Mrs. John Neff joined a group (2Umberland s p u ents - "" ~ " " ;of Rural I,~tter Carriers from the Steve ~Vrlght ~t P tlo I ' : ~ '1 second district for a boat trip on Son, who was recover- I the Mississippi on Sunday Cent illness fell at his d " " i John Gilmore, his son and (laugh- aesda of last w.eek ter of Joliet, Ill called on former SeVeral fractured mhs. Mount Vernon friends on Monday. C. l (Hark and~t.Mr. Gilmore was in the photo- left last Friday for lgraphy business in Mount Vernon Clark's parents, Mr. I lhivty years ago. in New YorkI Mrs. ])irwin Mason, Cornell '91, Ralph Yeisley and rst, I11 were week n the home of Mr. ", Mrs. Susan Yeis- r, danghier of Mr. Qoodyear, is visiting f her grandpareuls, C H. Freeman, at rs. Glenn Stinger of Were visitors lmst he home of Mrs. ts, Mr. and Mrs. F. ir. Stinger returned r .but Mrs. Stinger a longer visit. ion iand daughter, Elizabeth, of Tuseon, Ariz were visitors on Wednesday of i last week in the home of Mrs. Alcy ['arsons. They also visited rela- tives in Marion. Mrs. H. M. Kelly of Columbia, Mo and her daught(n', Miss Kath- leen Kelly of Kansas City, M'o ar- rived last week to spend several weeks in the home of Mrs. John Blair Robinson. Don Krumm, who is employed in Kenmore, N. Y was called to Mt. Vernon the lirst of last week by the critical illness and death of his mother, Mrs. Jessie Krumm. He expects to return east the last of this week. :. line for Thermo Jugs, $1.19 to $2.95 HOT-COLD VACUUM BOTTLES LAWN CHAIRS AND BENCHES CROQUET SETS Reels, Lines, Floats, Tackle Boxes and Hooks Paper Towels -- Ice Cream Freezers AND CYCLING DAYS ARE HERE! Built Bikes -- own one with a small payment down and as low as $1.00 per week. LAWN MOWERS AT SPECIAL PRICES Hardware Mount Vernon, Iowa HEATING Blinks and Miss Gertrude Cowan h o Ill es. Mr. and Mrs. I,L 2. Woods of Washington, 1). C arrived last Sat- urday for "t two weeks vacation period ~dth her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Burge, and his mother, Mrs. Emma Woods. Mrs. Fred D. Mcrritt received en- couraging word this week from her son Donald, who has been ill for several weeks in a hospital in San b'rancisco. He is recovering from an iilne~ of pneumonia. Mrs. Fred D. Merritt and her guests, I)r. and Mrs. Ralph Byrne~ of Los Angeles, Calif who are spending the summer with Mrs. Merritt, were Sunday guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. (~. S. Meardon at Iowa City. l)r. and Mrs. Russell Cole and daughtcrs, Betty and Nancy, re- turned home Tucsday from Black- berry, Minn where they visited for soveral weeks with Dr. and Mrs. I,'rank Cole, who are spending the Nillnnler on their farm. Mr. and Mrs. Byron Jones and children, Barbara lx)u and Jackie, spent the Fourth visiting with friends in Vaverly and h.ft Satur- day for Two Harbors, Minn for a few days visit with relatives. Mr. Jones is enjoying a ten day vacation from his duties "tt the lIawkeye- Record office. William (loudy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Merle Goudy, who has just completed a course in electrical re- frigeration at Chicago Technical college in Chicago, Ill visited over the Fourth and the week end in the home of his parents. He has a posi- tion with a refrigerator company in ~'hi('ago and returned there Sunday evening. Miss Maria Aguirre, Rev. and Mrs. Walter Carhart, and Prof. Beck, all of Santiago, Chile, were guests on Wednesday of last week in the home of Bishop and Mrs. Thomas Nleholson. They were en route to conference in Mexico City. key. and .Mrs. C. F. Hartzell wore additional guests In the Bishop Nieholson home. Mrs. Charles Paul received a card from .Mrs. Nicholas Knight on Tu~day telling of their safe arriv- al in Sylvan Beach, N. Y. She said the trip was very tiresome and very hot. Their dog was lost in Handusky, Ohio. They did not dis- ~over he was not with them until they had traveled about 35 miles, but when they returned to Sand- ~:sky they found no trace of him. Recent visitors in the home of Rev. and Mrs. C. F. Hartzell were: Rev. and Mrs. W. D. Carhart of Santiago, Chile; Senorita Marie Aguerrie, of Northwestern Univers- ity. E'vanston, Ill.; G. J. Beck of Vheatou, IlL They were en route to Mexico City, where Mrs. Carhart and Miss Aguerrie will each address a meeting of the International Con- ~ress of ('hristian Education. land Mrs. Jay B. MacGregor. Handel of Mason City. They came Miss Ruth Messenger and Miss to attend the play at the Little Dorothy Ann Flint spent the week Theatre at Cornell, in which Mrs. end visiting in the Dr. and Mrs. Paul Handel was one of the par- Greener home in Alton, Ill. ~ ticipants. Verne Jaynes, proprietor of the MT. VERNON CHURCH NOTE8 Jaynes Soap and Chemical works, in Mount Vernon, is speuding a /ew METHODIST CHURCH days on business in LaPorte, Ind. Rev. W. G. l~wley, Past~r Miss Nell Steinbrermer of Cedar'The Sunday School in the church Rapids was a week end visitor in ! every Sunday at 9:45. Hill. Mrs. Brandau and Mrs. Hill icapacity" Next Sunday the pastor are sisters. :of this church brings the third in ~a series of sermons on the general Opal Paul, daughter of Mr. and l Mrs. Lee Paul, expects to go to question "What has the church to ,say to a world at war?" The sub- Rock Island, Ill on Sunday to1 spend a week with her aunt, Mrs. iject of the sermon is "Don't Faint Now!" John Penney. i The young people meet in the Mr. and Mrs. John Carbee andI Methodist parsonage next Sunday the Misses Carrie and Bertha Kylelevening at 6:30. The Rev. Joseph were dinner guests Sunday in the ! Gray will lead the discussion. There home of Mrs. Isaiah Pearson in lwill be a time of fellowship after tl~ough days. disturbing to 4~ muthm d ~e. bank n~na~ We ~R oon- lind meet yo~u~ needs d today. Springville. the devotional meeting. Unless Mr. and Mrs. James Kraner and lthere is a decision to continue the son, Mrs. J. F. Keve, Miss LuciUe!union Sunday evening meeting for Keve and Vincent Keve spent Sun- youth, this will be the last for the day in Clinton in the C. A. Crum-]summer. The young people of baugh home. i both churches are invited. I Plan now to take time to attend ~wr. ana Mrs. rorres~ DlgglnS anuj ~ ~ " ~ e more in cnuren anu, m ao ev n family, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Busen-i . .- t vile omers bark and daughter Judy picnickedI at Fejervary park in Davenport~ PRE .~ YTERIAN.~ -- ~.t~lJ~ tt on the Fourth. Rev. Joseph W. Gray, jr Pastor Guests in the home of Mrs. Gusts, Thursday (tonight)-- Minnott on Wednesday of last week l 6:30 Guild picnie at the Lower were: Mrs. Fannie Lemmon of Ce- Palisades. dar Rapids and W. H. Tallman of Sunday-- Wichita, Kansas. 1 Mrs. C. V. Anderson and daugh- 9:45 Church School. 10:45 Union Service of worship. ter Jane of Chicago, IlL, are guests iSermon by Rev. W. Glenn Rowley. this week in the home of Mr. and l 6:30 Young Peoples meeting at Mrs. Verne Jaynes. Mrs. Ander-Ithe home of the Sipples. son is Mr. Jaynes' aunt. ed on Friday evening at the Sam Kohi home. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ciha and fam- ily, and Mr. and Mrs. Willard Light and children enjoyed an ice cream supper at the John Light home the night of the 4th. Mr. find Mrs Roy Light, Helen, Faye, Ralph and Dorothy, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Light and Glenn Dean were Sunday dinner guests in the George Light home. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Blessing, Mar- jorie Bob.r, Joyce and Richard, Mr. and Mrs. John Light, Marvin, Mar- garet, Rose Marie, Mary and Nor- bert, Mr. and Mrs. Win. Bohr, Har- old Bohr, Dean and Don drove to Crystal Lake near DeWitt on Sun- day for a family picnic. They were met there by relatives who joined them. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Stoneking picnicked with relatives at Ana- mesa on the Fourth. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kohl were din- ner guests on Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Lehr. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Fischer visited with Mrs. Carrie Fischer iast Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Charley Wagaman called at the George Briggs home on Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Stout, Betty and Bob visited Sunday afternoon at the Edd Lahman home near Buchanan. Mr. and Mrs. LaVerne Seivers of Mechanicsville were Sunday callers at the Charles Bailey home. Miss Betty Stout and Joyee Ann Bohr are spending a week's vaca- tion with their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Fischer. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Fischer call- ed on Audrey Stout who is working in Cedar Rapids. Mr. and Mrs. WiUard Light, Dale and Doris called on Mr. and Mrs. Anton Novak on Monday evening. MAR NEw! Mra. John Wain SUNDAY DINN---~-GUESTS Mr. and Mrs. emir Vrooman and son, Miss Helen Wood of Olin; Earl Phillips of Oxford Junction; Misses Irma and Elizabeth Wood of Wa- terloo; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Cruise of Hale; Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Deere of Davenport, Miss Mary Dorothy Pospishel, and Edward Mallie were Sunday dinner guests in the Jerry Blythe home. The W. S. C. S.-~ill meet Thurs- day afternoon. Hostesses will be Mrs. Eva Peek, Mrs. Verdi Peder- sen, Mrs. Ira May and Mrs. Vlvian May. -- *:~n "d Soclet met The cnrisu--. Ai " y last Thursday afternoon. Hostesses were Mrs. Dora Holcomb and Mrs. Evelyn Brown. Mrs. Julia Branchflower enter- mined her niece and family from Washington, Iowa on the 4th of CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH July. Miss Helen Risser and room-mate Miss Martha Wenstrand, of CedarI 'Sacrament" will be the subJee! Harvey Barber family spent Sun- Falls were visitors over the Fourth l of the Lesson-Sermon In all day in the Luther McQuerry home in the home of Miss Risser's moth- Churches of Christ, Scientist, oll at Williamsburg. er, Mrs. Grace Risser. I Sunday, July 13. [ Mrs. Millie Hurt spent the week Mrs. L. B. Steinbrenner went to~ The Golden Text Is from Jolmlend with relatives in Anamosa. Anawan, Ill last week to spend aI 13: 34, 35, "A new eommandment i Mr. and Mrs. Tony Metz and Lin- give unto you, That ye lova on~ da of Indianapolis, Ind spent the week end in the Lolen Remington and A. L. Hoffman homes. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Moffitt and "Science and Health with Key tc son Dickie, and Mrs. Moffitt's lath-, the Scriptures" by Mary Baker er, August Sander of Clinton, spent Eddy " -- -"- tatlons r~d~ the week end visiting with the One or tar ~ule cl Delbert Sander family in South "And by the hands of the apostl~ Dakota. Mrs. P. W. Peterson spent sev- eral days last week at her former home, Belle Plaine. Mr. Peterson were many signs and wonderl wrought among the people; Ther~ came also a multitude out of th~ cities round about unto Jerusalen~ bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one" (Acts 5:12, 16). ~tmong the selections from th, Christian Science textbook Is th~ following: "We walk in the footsteps o! pmnic in Cedar Rapids. I Truth and Love by following th~ Mr. and Mrs. S. Yaeger of Me-I example of our Master in the un derstanding of divine metaphysics line, Ill were dinner guests Sun-I Christianity is the basis of tru~ '| day in the home of Mrs. H. W. I Scott. Robert Scott of Moline wast healing. Whatever holds humat a week end visitor in the home of/ thought in line with unselfed love his mother, Mrs. Scott. t receiveS(p. 192). directly the divine power' Mrs. Catherine Clinch, mother of! Mrs. W. G. Kruckenberg, and Mrs. 311 First Avenue North OF C0NBITION H.G. Nelson, aunt of Mrs. Kruck-Soll~~~--~klill enberg expect to leave Saturday for their home in Elgin, I11 after Mrs. Will~rd Light a two weeks visit in Mour~t Vernon. GOOD CHEER CLUB HAS Mr. and Mrs. E. R Ristine re- FOURTH OF JULY PICNIC turned home on Tuesday from a The Good Cheer club held its visit of a month with Mrs. Flora annual Fourth of July picnic at Smediey and Miss Dorothy Smed-IDickey Park, last Friday. A fair- AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS JUNE 1941 $370,017.81 Resomces U. S. Government Bonds $ 50,600.00 Other Bonds 34,800.00 Cash and Due from Banks 284,617.81 l,oans and Discounts 547,797.80 Overdrafts 85.47 Liabilities $917,901.08 Capital $ 50,000.00 Surplus 25,000.00 Undivided Profits and Reserves 49,131.62 Unearned Discount 2,857.05 DEPOSITS 790,912.41 Mount Vernon Bank and ley in McKeesport, Pa. They spent the week end visiting in Cleveland, Ohio. Rev. and Mrs. Joseph Yates, of Lime Spring, Mrs. Glenn Andreas and son Peter of Cedar Rapids, were visitors Tuesday in the home of Rev. and Mrs. Yates' son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Busenbark. ltev. C. 1,'. Hartzell accompanied a group of Boy Scouts to camp at ~Vaubeek last week. All the boys were advanced one rank during their week's stay. Included were: Daic Stinger, Jack Lorenee, Junior Koch, l)avid Fischer, George Mln- ish and Darrell Stoner. Work of redecorating ann re- modeling the Ellison house, recent- ly purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Verne i I Jaynes, is progressing rapidly. Be-: sides these improvements a new heating system will be installed. When it is finished the Jaynes ex- to rent the upper apartment. An enjoyable picnic was held on he Fourth, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Lahman. Included in the group were: Mrs. W. J. Flint Mrs. W. R. Wilder, Mrs. Grace Risser, Mrs. B. A. McKay, Miss Mir- iam Freer, Miss Doris Montgomery, Miss Martha Lahman, G. L. Franks, Laurance McKay, and Bob Lindsey. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Maybauer and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Quinn of Chicago, Ill were brief visitors in the home of Mr. Maybauer's moth- l er Mrs. Charles Maybauer on the Fourth. They were enroute home I from a three weeks motor trip to California, the Grand Canyon Boulder Dam, Yellowstone park, Seattle, Wash and Portland, Ore. H. Wyman Wilson, of Syracuse, N. Y arrived Friday afternoon for a brief visit in the home of Rev. and Mrs. M. L. Hill. He returned on Sunday forenoon accompanied by his wife and son Robert, who had spent several weeks in the~ home of her parents, Rev. and Mrs. Hill. They went by way of De- troit, Mich for a brief visit with Mrs. Wilson's brother David L. Hill and Mrs. Hill, then to Niagara Falls, N.Y. They expected to arrive at their new home, 935 Ackerman Ave in Syracuse on Wednesday. dzed crowd came to enjoy the quietness and splendor of a lovely day, one that could not have been more perfect. After doing great justice to the hayrack load of food the crowd seated themselves to enjoy a short program in charge of Mrs. Wilton Gunn, Vice-Pres.; Wlll- ard Light, Pres.; and the secretary, Mrs. Harry Gritton. The woods rang with the opening number, "America," by the crowd. A very meaningful talk was giv- en by the Rev. G. S. Hamilton on the meaning of the 4th of July and what it should mean to us. At this point at 3 o'clock the group joined in the national hook-up in celebration of July 4th, brought there by means of a car radio. President Roosevelt's speech being heard, the crowd joined in with the program in repeating the Pledge to the Flag. After this event a music stunt was given by all the old school teachers present, in charge of Will- ard Light. Mrs. Willard Light then picked a men's quartet from the audience. Without any practice they sang, "Sweet Adeline,"; and a women's quartet picked at ran- dom, sang a hymn. The men's quartet was made up of: John and Theodore Light, Frank Ciha and C.O. Anderson. The women's quartet was Mrs. George Light, Mrs. C. O. Anderson, Mrs. C. M. Stout, and Mrs. Wilton Gunn. Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Anderson were chosen to sing a duet. The children also sang a popular piece in a group. The remainder of the day was spent in games and contests. A song sketching contest, rainy day race, Turtle race, Hoop race, and necktie race. Prizes were given to the winning teams. The menu committee was an- nounced for the next six months. They are the Mesdames Wilton Gunn, Charles Johnston, Dale John- ston, C. C. Kerslake and Ray Kohl. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolf Notbohm. Mrs. Willard Light, Dale and Doris called on Wednesday after- noon at the Anton Novak and Roy Light homes. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Light call- O.&PITAlh AND SURPLUS $75,000 B. O. Noel, President D. U. Van Metre, Vice President and Cashier J. A. Fordyce, Assistant Cashier $917,901.08 Bob and Roger spent Sunday in the Frank Gordon home at Tipton. Bob remained in the Gordon home for a week's visit. Vic Miller and family of Colfax were dinner guests in the A.L. Hoffman home on Saturday. Roger Gordon went to the Per- ry White home on Monday evening, where he will spend several days. Mrs. S. H. Ellison and Miss Ev- elyn Dragoo of Martelle and Violet Burman of Chicago, Ill spent Mon- day afternoon in Cedar Rapids. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Walters, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Lake, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Belknap and Mrs. Anna Pren- tice were supper guests Friday eve- ning of Mrs. Evelyn Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Mitchell and Mose Mitchell called in Olin Sun- day afternoon. Mrs. Roberts and Edna of Marion were dinner guests last Saturday in the Mrs. Chloe Newman home. They were supper guests that eve- ning of Mrs. Katherine Peer. Carl Drach family of Lisbon call- ed at the Allen Mitchell home Sun- day evening. Mrs. Carrie Bell and children of Davenport spent several days in the Dewey Peterson and Herbert Thomas home. Mrs. Bell is a sis- ter of Mrs. Thomas and Dewey Peterson. Rex Brady and Melvin Deeious were business callers in Lowden Saturday. Miss Vivian Ann Bobst and Patsy Myers were guests of Violet Bur- man of Chicago in the Sam Ellison home on Saturday afternoon. In the evening they accompanied Mrs. Ellison to Anamosa. Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Kohl and Rena and Jackie Sue Moenck spent! Thursday and Friday in the John Lamb home at Rock Fall, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Thomas and children spent Friday in the Al- bert Thomas home near Anamosa. Mrs. Claude Peet and Merle call- ed at the Mrs. Evelyn Brown and Jennie McConaughy home on Men- day. Arlo Stinger of Mount Vernon was a caller in town on Tuesday afternoon. George Fetter of Cedar Rapids spent several days with his daugh- ter, Mrs. Albert Bobst. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Bobst of Anamosa called at the Phil Bebst and L. R. Bobst homes, Monday af- ternoon. Albert Bobst is decorating the Farmers Savings Bank this week. The C. J. Darsee and A. L. Heft- man houses are being painted this week. Rev. and Mrs. Maule had as their guests several days his parents from East St. Louis, Me. Argus and Merle McConaughy had as their guests over the week end, their sister, Ann Etta, with her husband, Vincent Dawson, and their six children from Detroit Mich. Mrs. Anna Nosley of Lisbon call- ed at the Mrs. Chloe Newman home on Saturday. and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Decious Melvin were dinner guests of Mrs. Anna Richard at Lisbon on Sun- d~I~rs.-'" Wears spent Sunday with her brother at Center Junction. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Kuhn of Mar- ion called at the Albert Bobst home on Sunday evening. Mrs. Anna Nosley, Miss Agnes Baird and Mrs. Nellie Plattenber- ger, all of Lisbon, called on Mrs. Katherine Peet on Saturday. Mrs. A. C. Port of Springville called on Mrs. Callie Newman on Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Port and Paul and Mr. and Mrs. Roland Port were Sunday dinner guests in the Clelland Port home. Rev. Robert McDonald and fam- ily of Prairie City, Iowa, were call- ing on friends in town Saturday. They are also visiting in the Add Rich home near Springville. Mr. and Mrs. Robert May of Rock Island spent Sunday in the Will May home. Mrs. Floyd May and Charles, Bob, Rose Marie returned home Satur- day from a visit with relatives at Moline and Quincy, Ill. I Mrs. Earl Peet called in the Low- I ell Kohl home, Sunday morning. I Mr. and Mrs. F. A. McCoy andI Rev. and Mrs. Hewitt were dinnert guests in the Will Frantz home on Friday. Misses Laura May of Omaha, Nebr and Agnes May of Cedar Rapids, are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will May. Mrs. Mae Slyer and children call- ed at the Mrs. Evelyn Brown and Jennie McConaughy home on Sat- urday. Mrs. Iven Reed has been quite sick for several days, but is getting better. Mr. and Mrs. John Ricketts of Springville were Wednesday din- ner guests of Mrs. Martha Barber. Mrs. Anna Smith called on Mrs. Mina Mitchell on Wednesday a~er- noon. Mrs. Anna James and the Dick James family called in the Claire Newlin home in Marion on the 4th, and spent the evening in the Wands Newlin home in Viola. ~IItE THOSE WOP~ ~l~O]J~ of yours going into another season with worn and broke~ soles? Brini them in for ~- pairl~. ~ Anderson Shoe Service Shoe Repairing Mount Vernon O' Have reached increased importance during the last few years. With decreased farm profit it becomes more necessary to avoid losses through improper housing. A slump in milk or egg production, or the need to replace expensive machines through lack of proper care, may mean the difference between a small profit and no profit on a whole year's operation. Consult us about new or modernized old farm structures which pay for themselves in very few years. 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