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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.
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