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HAAVKEYE, VOLIDIE LXXI NUMBER 39 TITURSDAY, JULY 24, 1941 ~[OUNT VERNON ]RECORD, VOLUM~ XLIV, NUMBER 48 AND HAIL Schools On Sep- 2nd of Supt. Clyde Linds- the Mount Vernon on Tuesday evening hearing on the pro- Contains a detailed of all school ac- Were no objectors meeting and the adOpted as published Fund account and of the Activity deficits because of Purchased which a period of years. equipment are choir robes, sound new football suits Pants. The choir by the chorus and members who pay them. Projector and sound ill be used for class and school assem- to members of e report says, "that does not Your present ad- Inherited a poorly and during Years has endeavored in the de- .Present the equip- and up-to-date, It appears the fu- be cut considerably made each year the equipment. suits have for the coming year are being made equipment." Selling activity tick- body and faculty worked out very will be continued year, Supt. Besides additional a better student events. The activity tick- MRS. MII/I~N B. VCALN Funeral services for Mrs. Milton B. Waln were held from the Pres- byterian church on Tuesday after- noon with burial in the family lot at the Mount Vernon cemetery. Mrs. Wain passed away at St. Lukes hospital at 11:20 o'clock Sunday morning at the age of 78 years following an extended Ill- ness. She had been in the hospital for a week. Born on Sept. 30, 1862 to John and Ellen Maybauer on a farm south of Lisbon, she was a daugh- ter of pioneer settlers who had liv- ed all of her life In Linn county except ten years spent near Gilmore City, in Humboldt county, immed- iately after her marriage to Milton B. Waln on February 26, 1890. Mr. Waln died in 1924. He occupied positions of trust in the community and was chairman of the Linn county board of supervisors when the present court house was built in Cedar Rapids. She was a long time member and active participant in the work of the Presbyterian church. She was a member of Vernon chapter P.m.s. In recent years she had spent sev- eral winters in Florida and Call- fornia. divided as follows: Music $60.66; "M" Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. 'st Curtain $15.16; Helen Bergmann, and a brother, $17.67.School As- Edward J. Maybauer, of Minnea- 6. ' polls, Minn. i Pall bearers were: Murton Kep- ler, Ottis Ellison, Arisen Burgs, Ens- for the 1941-1942 ley Strite, D. U. Van Metre and announced as fol- Yields Are From 40 to 50 Bushels of Fair Quality 9th to 12th Meeting, 9 a.m. 9 a.m, recess. 6----Ch ristmas vaca- First Semester. 2nd Semester. recess. encement. of school and Pal Buys At $2,200 Miller house, better Verne Jaynes rest- Third avenue, was auction on Saturday I~altban for $2200. active bidders, at $],400 and ad- increases at first increases. Walt auctioneer adding real estate Vernon friends A. Miller will be that he suffered a July 15, and to the Royal in New West- (~olumbta. Accord- this week by Prof. and on an auto trip at an auto court when the SUggested that a to Prof. Miller's a-sking him to come hOspital. Lands Mouth Bass Lynn Goodlove had Tuesday. Lynn inch small mouth, le Wapsie at ~,Vau- afternoon m'hieh main dish for the The fish wasn't at about tehell and Artie and the party found Waubeek and bass. Bait used inch bass was hell- Were used when *und. The bass bent about double be- the fish into shal- Attic Edaburn net. of James M. 24th annual re- Park on Sunday. present. James Vernon, the old- of the family Picnic was elected the coming year. Lisbon was elected TICKETS Fai r, Central and $. 1941. are Get a sea~an every se~lon. The 1 each tf this damage would open pollinated corn. Larry Gouchee, who lives at the north west edge of Lisbon, sald he had walked thru a field and count- ed 200 broken stalks In two 80 rod rows. Right north of Mount Vernon the Carl Becker corn was damaged and the south of Lee Stinger's and Ottis Ellison's corn fields were damaged. South of town John Worrall and Mile Walrob had the leaves of corn stalks cut by the hail besides wind damage. Many trees were blown down and countless limbs broken. The streets and yards of the town were strewn with leaves and branches the next morning. Many an oats field had to be reshocked after the wind storm. Gates were blown down and barn doors wrecked. Last Thursday night's freak storm which brought a seventy mile an hour wind for a few minutes accompanied by varying amounts of hail did considerable damage over a spotty area in this vicinity. Coming with little warning, there were a few sharp flashes of light- ning and rumbles of thunder and the wind struck. Rain was forced under tightly closed west windows and rooms with a wtndow open only an inch were showered. The force of the wind which crumpled two radio towers north- east of Marion, broke many a corn stalk and it is believed may reduce the prospective corn crop in this vicinity. Farmers report tt is very diffi- cult to estimate the damage. Some say that the slit leaves may not affect the hybrid corn as much as The large crowd which had gath- ered at the Little Theatre for the world's premier showing of "Under Canvas" was caught by the heavy rain, with the play over just as the storm had passed its height. The strong wind had blown closed the open exit door to the west side of the Theatre, where near-by mem- bers of the audience had been watching the lightning and wind. ALUMINUM w o before the storm abated enough to allow the majority of the audience to leave. .Many of the audience spent worrted minutes over open m'indows at home. Obituary PHILIP H. ]KA ER Philip H. Kafer, son of Jacob and Catharine Funk Kafer, was born on a farm near Marion. Llnn Co Iowa, on Jan. 17, 1861 and nassed away at his home tn Mount Vernon, Iowa. at ]0 o'clock on the morning of July 20th, ]941, having attained the age of 80 years, 6 months and 3 days. On January 18th, ]886, he m'as united in marriage to Miss Ida Cath- arine Deck, and for two years thereafter, they resided on the farm of his father. In 1888, this young couple moved on a farm they purchased in Brown township, near Springvtlle, and for 29 years continued their residence on this farm. In 1907, they derided to retire from the activities of the farm life, and move to their home in Springville. On November 4, ]930, after nearly 45 years of marital re- lationship, the wife and boon com- panion passed to her eternal re- ward at the home of her sister, Mrs. Grant Kafer in Mount Vernon. Two daughters were born to this union. They are Edith Mac (Mrs. Mount Vernon will take its part tomorrow in the nation-wide col- lection of aluminum, under the auspices of the civilian administra- tion for defense of which Mayor LaOuardia of New York is th, chairman. On Friday afternoon representatives of the legion and the boy scouts will call at every home in Mount Vernon to gather up all utensils and articles of alum- inum that can be made available to be melted down for defense pur- poses. C. L. Rich is acting as local chairman, in the absence of Mayor Roy Nelson. He requests that all housewives gather up sneh pots and pans and other items made of aluminum and place them on the front porch on Friday of this week, so that the boy scouts can gather them together quickly. All the aluminum collected in this town ~will be weighed and Mount Ver- non will be given credit for it. Lat- er on we shall receive information on its ultimate destination and use. i Attention is called to the fact that old washing machines often have heavy aluminum castings, and one such machine wonld provide as mneh aluminum as many pots and pans. Look over the basement and the garage and the kitchen shelves, and collect every piece of aluminum that can be spared. If all this found consolation in his marriage hunting around the house can be [ to Mrs. Laura C. Platner of Mt. Ver- done on Thursday night and Friday non. which has since been their morning, and the resnlts placed on the front porch by Friday noon, the boy scouts can quickly carry out 'their assignment of collection dur- ing the afternoon. All are nrgently requested to at- tend to this matter carefully, so that a large amount of this vitally needed material can be gathered together in this national emergen- cy. This Is First Issue Printed On Newly Installed Press residence. She has been a faithful true and loving comnanton to him during their married life together. Hts long residence of four score ve,~rs, lived exclusively in this vi- cinity, has won for him many friends and acquaintances who at- test to his high ideals and sterling qualities of character and conduct fn his relations in business and industry. His passing rs deeply mourned by his sorrowing companion of nearly ten years, his two daugh- ters (previously mentioned), his two grandsons, Weldon and John White, his brother. Grant Kafer of Mount Vernon, his sister, Mrs. Anna Perkins, also of Mount Ver- non, hts three step-sons, H. C. Plat- net of Mechanicsville, Glenn E. Platner of Marion: Leon Platner of Cedar Rapids, his step-daughter. Mrs. Alma R. Decker of Crookston, Minn his several nieces, nephews and step-grandchildren. A wide circle of friends and in- timate acquaintances mourn his passing and revere his memory. For man)" years he had mem- bership in the Elpidon Lodge No. 24], K of P at Springvtlle. Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon, July 22nd, at 1:30 at the home in Mount Vernon, and at the Hunte Funeral Home in Sprimrvllle, conducted by Rev. M. l~ Hill of Mount Vernon, after which interment was in the Spring- ville cemetery. The pall bearers were Pearl Clark, Ross Clark, Merle Kafer and Howard Safely, nephews of the deceased. This is the first issne of the Hawkers-Record and Herald to be printed on the Miehle press which has been installed during the last week. A picture and description of the press and the Omaha attach- ed folder appears on page two, This equipment makes it possible to print four pages of the Hawkeye at one time and for the sheets to go directly into the folder without being handled. Eddie Staskal Sells 1230 Pound Cattle For $11 Cwt. Edward Staskal delivered 25 head of black cattle averaging 1230 rounds to Wilson & Co in Cedar Rapids, yesterday. The cattle had been sold Monday for llc straight. Frank Dvorak, Emil Biderman and Waud Mlnnick have built a gar- .age on the lot of the home now oc- cupied by Dick Busenbark. Hawkeye-Reeord Photo Charles IVickhan~ (right) and Charles Alexander (left) are shown surveying an o~ts field at the Wiekham farm, north of ~Iount Vernon, which shocked up heavily. The oats on the right are Vanguard while those to the left are Iowa 105 52 select with about a third wheat. There are about 39 acres in this field which was in corn last year. There is a fine stand of clover which ~as sowed with the oats. The binder used to cut the oats is 29 years old and has cut on an average of 100 acres each year. Harvesting of oats has gotten un- der way here this week with most of the threshing machines starting up. Combines were used tn fields in which the wind and storms had taken the oats down badly. The :oats seem to be of good quality and yield about an average one. Ed Pitlik threshed at his own farm last week, getting a yield of 60 to 65 bushels. This week he is ,on the Ivanhoe run. The company machine north-east of town started at Enos Stepanek's on Monday and threshed for Frank Riehards on Tuesday. This ma- chine will go around the usual route the north way this year prob- ably ending up at Herman Sehmidt's. Connie Mohn had a field of oats which took six pounds of twine to the acre to cut. Louis Reyhons started his thresh- ing machine at the home of War- ner Peterson on Saturday. He threshed at home on Monday and will thresh for AI Pisarek, Emil Dolezal, Leo Henik, Everett Jor- dan and Fred Mebaughlin. That is the ring at home. Louis has a ~small run over in the Merrill Hoff- man, Kaplan Bros and Cook neighborhood. Milholin Bros finished their combining Monday. They combin- ed over a hundred acres. Starttng at the Chas. Ford home they m, ent to Waiter Evitts, their own and finished up at the Oliver Dill home. The Biderman machine started Monday at Anton Biderman's, and was at John McClelland's. It will thresh for Geesey's, Frank Bider- man's Krejci's, Austin Armstrong's Joe Michalek, Mrs. Sam Harmon Floyd Kitchen, August Pospisil and Joe Mikulecky. Everyone says their oats so far are going just fair. Some say it is all light this year. Lyall Bryant has combined his oats and those of Glenn Ferguson. I4e cut Earl I~eigh's oats with the windrower and combined them from the windrow. Hts oats had a good stand ef clover and were difficul~ to combine straight, The Independent threshing ms. chine of Grange Hall vicinity start- ed at the Douglas Ruble place Thursday. Combining in that re- gion is mostly finished. OBITUARY MRS. CATHERINE Fvneral services for Mrs. Cath- erine Loft were held from the Neff funeral home on Monday morning, in charge of the Rev. H. A. Bassett. Burial was in the Mount Vernon cemetery beside her husband. Catherine Patterson was born near Hayworth, Ill June ]6, 1864, and passed away at her home in Mount Vernon, Iowa, Jnly 17, 1941, after a long illness. She was united in marriage to Chas. G. Lott on December 29, 1881. To this union were born seven chil- dren: I)r. R. H. Loft. Carroll, Iowa: Mrs. Ernest Velfe, Nit. Vernon, Iowa; Dr. Elmo H. I,ott, Baton Rouge. La.: Valter C. Loft, La Jol- la, Calif.; Albert C. Lott, Portland, Oregon; Mrs. XVilliam Bole, Boze- man, Mont.; Mark Lott, San Fran- cisco, Calif. They with their family moved to Fremont, Iowa, in March, 1895, and lived there until March, 1906, when they then moved to Mount Vernon. This was their home from then on. Her husband preceded her in death March 18, 1912. She leaves to mourn her death her cbildren: font grandchildren: three great-grandchildren; one sis- ter, Mrs. Vernon Holder of Maple- wood, N.J.: one brother, J. B. Pat- terson, of Seattle, Wash.; and a host of friends. She was laid to rest by the side of her husband in the Mount Vernon. Those present for the funeral were: children. Dr. R. H. Lott, Mrs. Ernest Wolfe, Dr. E. H. Lott, Al- bert C. Loft: her sister, Mrs. Ver- non Holder: one granddaughter, Mrs. Dau Gunderian: one great- grandson, Louis Gunderlan; two nephews and wives, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Van Deventer of Evanston, Ill.; and Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Van Deventer of Ames, Iowa. Members Can Qualify For Eastern Iowa All members of the Mount Ver- non-Lisbon Country Club can quali- fy for the Eastern Iowa golf tourna- ment at Monticello on August 10th between Sunday, July 26 and Sun- day, August 2nd by playing 27 holes on the local course with at least two other members and having a score card signed by one of the players. ~10 men with lowest qualifying score of 27 holes, will make up the team to represent Mount Vernon-Lisbon country club. Obituary FRANK BLINKS Funeral services for Frank Blinks were held at the Presbyterian church Tuesday at 2 o'clock, Rev. Joseph W. Gray officiating. The Johnston Funeral Home had charge. , Frank Blinks, son or Thomas and Joan Spitzer Blinks, was born on October 19, 1867, near Elgin, Ill. When about four years of age he came with his parents to this vicin- ity where he has lived the re- : mainder of his life. On March 28, 1900 he was mar- ried to Sarah Cowan. Since 1907 the couple have farmed the land 'where their home ts still located, south of Lisbon. On January 22, 1901, a son, Albert, was born to them. Mr. Blinks was received into the membership of the Presbyterian church of Mount Vernon on Easter Sunday of 1914, and has been a faithful member. Early Sunday morning of July 20 he passed away. He is survived by his wife, Sarah, his son, Albert, his sister, Clara, and four grandchil- dren all of this community; by a grandniece, Doris Patschke, of Mar- don, who grew up tn the home like :a daughter; and by other relatives ,and many friends. R.P. Ink, who was knocked off a hay stack at his farm north of concussion and slight compaction of two upper vertebraes near the base of the skull. The mishap occurred when a loose bnnch of hay fell from the fork and knocked h'im off the stack. He was working near the low end and fell about eight feet on his head. The wind was knocked out !of him but he was conscious and told John Colon, jr. and Walter Kohl, who were summoned from the golf course by James Kilts, who was helping wtth the haying, that he couldn't move his arms. They helped remove him to the house Auxiliary L a d i e s Plan Door To Door Campaign Responding to our country's call for scrap aluminum for defense purposes, next Saturday will be aluminum day In Lisbon. The ladies of the American Le- gion Auxiliary are putting on a door-to-door campaign, to acquaint the housewives with this drive. Please gather up all the old alum- inum you can find, put It in plain sight in your front yard and on Saturday afternoon, the city truck with Boy Scouts assisting, will come by to gather it up. People living in the country are asked to bring their aluminum to town Saturday night. A bin has been placed in front of the City Hall to hold the aluminum. Members of the American Legion Auxiliary who are assisting with the Work are: Mrs. Grace Graver, Mrs. Hazel Johnston, Mrs. Thressa Robertson, Mary Florence Robert- son, Mrs. Mildred Davis, Mrs. Helen Frink, Mrs. Constance Davis, Mrs. Pauline Maiden, Catherine Briggs, Hills Return From 3200 Mile Auto Trip Thru The Northwest Mr. and Mrs: O. L. Hill and sons, George and Tommy, returned home Sunday evening after a 3200 mile trip through Minnesota, North Da- kota, Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota. Leaving here two weeks 'ago, they drove to Minneapolis and St. Cloud, Minn calling on Mr. and Mrs. Warren Kaseh, former Cornellians, at St. Cloud. A half day was spent with friends at Bis- marck, N. D where the new state capital building was visited. Nearly a week was spent in the ranch home of Mr. and Mrs. Wil- bur (Pete) White at Two Dot, Mont. The ranch consists of over 17,000 acres, part of which controls the headwaters of three or four size- able mountain streams of the Crazy Mountain range. Mr. White, a former Cornelllan, was superin- tending a crew of ten men putting up approximately ]200 ton of hay for the winter feeding season. In the neighborhood of 2000 head of cattle are on summer range now. From the Montana ranch, the Hills went south to Yellowstone Park where points of special inter- est were visited. They left through the east entrance and the Shoshone ~eanyon to Cody, Wyo. From Cody ~he route included the beautifu' drive through the Big Horn moun- tains west of Sheridan, and the Eleanor Briggs, Mrs. Blanche Glsh. southern edge of the Black Hills to Rapid City, S. D. O ~M~ [ Driving conditions were report- |!/4]|| r~ ] ed to have been the best for several l years in the states visited. The weather was favorable and roads in excellent condition. Sufficient SUNDAY .m:rhcee i L ~?::s ~m: ~r n~fe y c~mll game at 6 p.m. on Sunday, July 27th on the Lisbon diamond. Chamber of commerce players will be Roy Plattenberger, Glenn "Plattenberger, Lee Crelly, Mile Kaliban, John Buell Miller, Lyle Cappcr, W. C. Cokltn, C. R. John* ston. Charles Wagaman and Rob- ert Bova. They will play Citizens of Lisbon with the following team, Severin Sorensen, Lee McHenry, Jack Davis, Marvin Brokel, Pete Ran- dall, Tommy Stoneking, A1 Wilson, Leon Morningstar, G. L. Hill, Har- ry Sizer. A preliminary feature before the game will be given by Tom King, Oklahoma cowboy, who will present a ten minute act of rope spinning and whip cracking with the trained donkeys. Don't fail to see this grand old man of the rodeo arena. Rules for the game which is said to be funnier than a circus are: All players except pitcher and catcher ride mules. When the bat- ter gets a hit he must mount his donkey and ride around the bases in proper order--if he can. There are no strike-outs or walks. Field- ers must ride to within a step of the ball before dismounting and must remount before throwing the ball. Soft-ball is used. Nine play- ers on each team. Game plays 5 to 7 Innings--approximately one hour and a half. and a physician was called. On Monday he was taken to St. Lukes hospital. Use of his arms and legs is gradually coming back. He was endeavoring to finish haying so he could start threshing NAVY ASKS FOR on Monday. The neighbors are looking after threshing and helping ENLISTMENTS wiih the m-ork at the farm. The Ink machine started at Phil Car- neys and has threshed for Harvey Elltson, Frank Wolrab and John Thorrington. It is at Larry Gou- chee's today. Ottis and Gordon :Ellison are looking after the ma- chine. Parade Of Modernism Will Be Feature Event At Fair 12 trained Texas mnles furnish- ed by the Panhandle Company, of Crescent, Okla. These mules have played more than 100~ games of Donkey Ball in 16 of the central states. From the Gulf to Canada in six seasons and this is one of the first teams to present Donkey Base Ball. Explanation and account of game wtll be broadcast over a loud- speaker. The Donkey Ball game will be followed by a game between the Best Oilers of Lisbon and a good team from Cedar Rapids. An adv. appears on page four. Since Secretary Knox announced the enlistment drive for Uncle Sam's new Two-Ocean Navy several weeks ago, many young men have ,asked if they were eligible to en- list without a high school educa- tion. The answer ts that navy enlistees do not have to be high school grad- uates. Any ambitious and patriotic young fellow who wants to serve his country has that opportunity now by joining the United States Navy. Of course, he must be of average intelligence and good char- acter and able to pass certain phy- sical and mental examinations. Now, more than ever before, the Navy needs men of that type. The Navy has four excellent trade schools to which new recruits may he sent after a training period, pro- viding they pass entrance examina- tions with sufficiently high grades. At these schools they will be train- ed in any one of nearly fifty trades or vocations to which their aptitude suits them and will receive free schooling valued at $1,500 in addi- tion to regular pay. Such an edu- cation is valuable for advancement In the Navy and In later life. Ask at this office for book "Life In the IT. S. Navy." See advertise- ment on page seven. CARD OF THANKS We desire to express our sincere thanks to our friends and neighbors for their many acts of kindness and many expressions of comfort and sympathy .at this time of ouri bereavement. These testimonies are l all deeply appreciated, and will be cherished in our memories. 'Mrs. Philip H. Kafer, Mr. and Mrs. Rollo Bair, Mr. and Mrs. Perry White. Through the fair board, Linn County Fair. Central City, contends that the "Parade of Modernism" will be one of the feature events of the fair, they lay considerable stress upon many of the other fea- tures of the fair. as well. The fair dates are Jnly 31 as entry day, with Angust 1. 2, and 3 being show days. The "Parade of Modernism" is scheduled to take place on Sat- urday evening, Angust 2, at 7:30 and the horse show, which draws the same class of horses as the Iowa State Fair, Is held on Sunday. The fastest race track tn Iowa, lo- cated at Central City, will demon- strate some real speed on both Sat- urday and Sunday, with a big horse parade on Sunday night and a live- stock parade, without horses, for Frtday eventng, all parades taking place at 7:30. There will be ball games each afternoon and three big noisy bands will furnish the music. Of course there will be free acts galore and the Sunday night classic will close wtth a spectacular and amazing dis- play of fireworks. Mount Vernon, Lisbon and surrounding commun- ities, are cordially invited to attend as many sessions as is possible. Friday is 4-H and Farm Bureau day, when the great Linn County W~,oman'e chorus will sing. Fackler Estate Sale Saturday A closing out sale of the personal effects of the Josephine Z. Fackler estate will be held at the residence 321 N. 6th St. W. in Mount Ver- non on Saturday. An advertisement appears on page three. Anson Burge .is the auctioneer and D. H. Mueller, the clerk. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express to the many friends our thanks and apprecia- tion of the kindness and sympathy !shown us during our recent be- reavement (if our loving mother. The Lott Family. moisture in practically all sections visited was responsi.ble for good crops and pasture. Vocational Ag. Boys Plan To Judge At All Iowa Fair A judging team of six boys will be chosen from the Lisbon Voca- tional Agriculture class to go to the "All Iowa Fair" at Cedar Rapids, August ]1; where they will Judge both Dairy and Beef Cattle. Twen- ty cash premiums ranging from $15 to $2 will be given to the 20 high- est individuals. The judging contest at the Cedar Rapids Fair is open to all boys and girls who are enrolled in 4-H Clubs or High School Vocational Agri- cultural Departments. In order to select as good a judg- ing team as possible from the class a practtce judging trip has been plan'ned for Wednesday morning, July 30. The class will meet in front of the Dinner Den Cafe in Lisbon at 8 p.m. and go out to Mr. Bower's Dairy Herd where a class of dairy cows will be judged. From here the group will go to Burt Neal's place where they will judge four classes of beef cattle. This trip to Mr. Neal's herd should prove very interesting as Mr. Neal has been inbreeding his herd for the past 29 years. The class will therefore be able to observe the re- sults and effects of line breeding. Bert Miller, Lisbon purebred Duroc hog raiser, Saturday shipped to Havana, Cuba, three gilts bred for September farrow to Model A, the boar he purchased from Knotek Bros, at Riverside, last fall for $230. The gilts were consigned to Harper Bros. Havana. Mr. Miller shipped' a Duroc boar to the Harper's last spring. On Friday a buying agent for the Harper's visited the Miller farm and bought the three gilts which were shipped Saturday. Grud re Game Is Scheduled For Sunday, August 3rd. Cooper Motor Co wtll play the Best Oilers of Lisbon on the Lis- bon diamond at 2 p.m. Sunday af- ternoon, August 3, in what is said to be a grudge game. IAne-up for i the Cooper Motor Co. will be H. Strauss, p; Summons, c; H. Strause, lb; M. Strauss, 2b; Joe Cooper, 3b: Meeks, cf: Breedlove, ss; Ivan, rs; Prophet lf; and Pullman rf. Soft Ball Games Interest continues in the weekly soft ball games. Last Thursday evening Best Oil won from Peter- son Produce in a score of 18 to 4. The second game, Lisbon and Ce- dar Rapids Honeymead teams had a 3 tie score w, hen they were rained out in the fifth inning. On Tuesday evening Honeymead won from the Commercial club with a 11 to 0 score. Sutliff won from Peterson Produce 4 and 3 in the second rams. This evening the opening I game is between Best Oil and John Deers teams. The out of town team, Eddy Paper company from Cedar Rapids will play the Best Oil for the second game. Cyclops Post Elects The annual election of officers for Cyclops Legion Post was held at a regular meeting of the Post on Tuesday evening. The officers are Commander, Ray Frederick; vice commander, L. A. Davis; adjutant, Harold Davis, finance officer, Dr. E. P. Bigger; service officer, Harlan Briggs; sargeant-at-arms, Lucian Glsh; Chaplain, Harley Robertson; Trustees are Sherm McHenry, Dr. Bigger and Roy Kohl. Project Meetings Mrs. S. F. Emerson and Mrs. Russell Bair were in Cedar Rapids Tuesday to attend a meeting of home project Linn county officers and township chairmen. The meet- ing was held to make plans for the rear's home project work. Food and health for National Defense are the subjects for study and discus- aion to be used this year through- out the state. Mrs. Mac Larson of Ames, assistant home demonstra- tion leader met with the group. Territory N o r t h - East Of Town Hit TheWorst Under cover of night Thursday evening an old fashioned Iowa storm struck Lisbon and vicinity and came near 10:30. Black clouds had been gathering from sunset. They seemed solid as night fell, but when vivid lightening blazed in the skies the color green sifted in through them. As it neared the zero hour the heavens were lighted with continuous blaze, then came a hiss and a 70 mile gale. Trees bent, some fell and then gave up branch- es and the cracking was like unto a battle. When the wind lulled, rain !fell in torrents and in placed harm- ful hail. l~t was all over in ten minutes, then the record. Main street was blocked hy a tree just west of the business dis- trict and throughout the town many favorite trees were cruelly trimmed. The wind and hail were extra severe north and east of town, most destructive above the tracks on Hoosier lane. Here stur- dy oat fields were practically de- stroyed and corn stripped. Albert Gaines thinks his loss is total and scarcely $2500 will cover it. His neighbors lost in part as did farm- ers living on the highway north of him. Electric current in some sections '.was cut off and homes were left in darkness for the night. Most every lawn was littered with limbs and twigs and leaves and called for a man or woman with a garden rake. Damage to the Ira Mohn, Carl Mohn and Ernest Downs and Wil- liam H. Hoggard farms was much worse than the hail storm of two weeks ago. It is difficult at this time to tell just how much the corn will suffer as a result of the damage from both wind and hail. The grove south of the W. R. Rodman farm was nearly demolish- ed, cottonwoods and maples being down. ~Maple trees in the yard at the West Corners school house were blown down and some of them broke the school house roof. Corn fields on the farms im- mediately north of Lisbon, Frank Wolrab, Harry Siggins, Ed Rey- hens, and George Kreinbring look bad now but may turn out better than they look. Time will tell. WED FOR 50 At Fredonia, Kansas, July 16, 1891, John Carpenter and Miss Ella Ford were married, and last Wed- nesday marked their 50th wedding anniversary. Soon after the mar- riage they came by train to Iowa, ~where they spent a short time, then returned to Kansas. Again they came to Iowa, this time in a covered Wagon, three weeks required to make the trip. They engaged in farming, for some years on rented places in the vicinity of Olin, then bought the Reuben Andre farm five 'miles east of Lisbon. In December 1939 Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter retired and moved to the :home they bought on South Wash- ington street. They were the par- ents of five children, three of whom are living, Howard, on the home place, Mrs. Rena Sehott, south of town and Mrs. Marjory Herring of Mount Vernon. There are eleven grand children, Harry, Howard, Grace, Arthur, Francts and Bobby Sehott, Margaret, Betty, Don and Harold Herring and Sheryl Kay Carpenter, and one great grandson, Lewis Sehott. The couple were remembered on two occasions. Last Wednesday evening some of the town neighbors went in on a surprise party for them and presented them a gift. On Sun- day a large group honored them with a picnic dinner at Ellis Park. This group included Mrs. Carpen- ter's relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kellogg, Mrs. Dick Kellogg and Barbara, Mr. and :Mrs. John I(el- logg, Billy and Kenneth, Mrs. Fred DeBolt, lq'rederick and Erma Dell and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Kellogg and Thelma of Earlville and Hard- ing, Ill Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wigger of Olin, the Howard Carpenter, Ar- thur Schott and Ray Herring fam- ilies, Mr. and Mrs. Kruse of Cedar Rapids and some thirty neighbors and friends from the farm home vicinity. This group too presented them a gift. Elinor Ewins and Lean Gossett Were Wed On July 22 The following invitation has been received by relatives: Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ray Ewins request the honor of your presence at the marriage ef their daughter, Elinor Meyers, to Mr. Leon Gossett, Tuesday eve- ning, July twenty-second at eight- thirty o'clock. The Wee Kirk o' the Heather, Glendale, Calif. Dr. J. I~. Gardner went to Chey- enne, Wyo Tuesday to meet the family and take In the rodeo on Wednesday. Mrs. Gardner, Mrs. S. S. Dunn and Jack will return with him after a visit in Casper, Wyo with Mr. and Mrs. Raphael Gardner, who went with them to Cheyenne. Today they are stopping near North Platte, Nebr to visit a brother, H. M. Gardner, who is very ill. They plan to be home on Friday. The Linn County Postmasters As- sociation had a complete attendance of families on ~unday for the pic- nic dinner at Backbone State Park, near Manchester, and supper in the city park at Edgewood. The group visited the fish hatcheries and BIx- by park in that locality.Mr. and Mrs. Marley Clark and Mr. and "Mrs. John E. McHugh attended. The August meeting will be held at Kepler state park. ( / J; iiiii!i i!i/ i)i ii