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August 24, 1959
'JPH]E MOUNT VERNON, IOWA, HA~V]KEYE-RECORD AND THE LISBON HERALD
l~age "Phial.
VERNON LOCAL AND
Mrs. Glenn Bones of
Were visitors Sunday
the home of Mr. and
Pson.
Misses Loraine
~iVheeless are enjoying
the world's fair in New
Week.
Mrs. C. \V. West and
of Elders were visitors
~Week end in the home of
mother, Mrs. Ely
Mrs. Earl Sinlpson and
Sunday visiting in the
Simpson's mother,
Helgerson at Clere-
LeNore Simpson ac-
them and visited in the
home.
URANCE
and Windstorm
Automobile
and Accident
Life
N. MERRITT
in Bauman Bldg.
0fc. 65; Res. 169J
Vernon, Iowa
Mrs. M. S. Greer of Omaha, Nebr.
was a guest last week in the hon]e
of her friends Mrs. Helen Schroed-
er and mother, Mrs. G. E. Bar-
tholomew.
I Mr. and Mrs. Allan Thompson
! and family of New Boston, Ill.,
were dinner guests in the home of
Mrs. Thompson's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. G. Walton on Sunday.
Prof. and Mrs. I']. E. Moots, Miss
Alma 5{cots and Elmer Moots mo-
tored to Kirksville, Me., on Sunday
lwhere they joined a group of fifty-
I three members of tile Moots family
for a reunion.
Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Heller were
visitors from Friday until Saturday
afternoon in the home of Mr. Hell-
er's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Heller. They returned to their
home in Council Bluffs, Saturday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence West and
daughter Janice returned home
Sunday from a vacation trip. They
visited New York City where they
l attended the fair; Niagara Falls,
Washington D.C.; Detroit, Mich.,
and in Canada. The weather was
'very warm while they were in the
east they report.
KE GOOD
OF" TNIS BANK
The successful farmer today
Ires to be a good "money-manager."
Guesswork in figuring income and
outgo is death to profits. Farmers find
o checking account an efficient help
in this respect.
Up-to.date market informa-
tion, also, will often tell whether it is
best to hold or sell a crop
in these and in other ways,
this bank has facilities which farmers
can use to good advantage. We in-
vite you to calf upon us for proper
banking cooperation. You will be given
our best service and attention
Mount Vernon Bank and
Trust Company
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $75,000
B. C. Neal, Pres. It. B. McConlog~le, Vice Pres.
D. U. Van Metre, Vice Pres. and Cashier
J. A. Fordyce, AssLstant Cashier
Miss Waunetta Sipple was a vis-
PERSONAL itOrlast week.with relatives near Iowa City
1 Mr. and Mrs. John Lowe are liv-
i ing in an apartment in the Mrs.
I Gertrude Midkiff home.
Miss Sue Kepler spent the week l
end visiting friends in Ames. I Mr. and Mrs. George Zinkula en-
tertained a group of thirty friends
Mr. and Mrs. W'. C. Horton at- at their home on Monday evening.
tended the All-Iowa fair in Cedar
Rapids last Thursday. I Mr. and Mrs. John Colon, jr.
spent the week end visiting in the
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e
}he Keen Kutter and Stanley Lines
Chisels
llack Saws
COping Saws
Putty Knives
Braces and Bits
Screw Drivers
Cold Chisels
Star Drills
Nail Sets
Files
Wrenches
Pliers
Squares and Planes
See Our Store Wide Values
PYrex Oven Ware Costs So Little Now
Our Stock Is Complete
Mount Vernon, Iowa
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Bus Depot
Phone 52
Low Fares like tkese out nOUNO
WAY TRIP
i)F:S MOINES .......... $2.80 $ 5.0,5
CMAHA .................... 4.9~ 8.95
SIOUX CITY . ......... 5.95 10.75
AMES ........................ 2.45 4.45
CHICAGO ................ 4.00 7.20
FP. DODGE ............ 3.55 6.40
1)AVENPORT . ......... 1.30 2.35
home of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Coff-
man in Ames.
Miss Clara Niles of Free.port,
Ill., arrived Saturday and is a
guest in the home of her sister,
Mrs. J. F. Keve.
Opal and Alyce Paul are spend-
ing this week visiting their grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert John-
son in Cedar Rapids.
Miss Florence Jeffcries of Clinton
and Miss Ivyl Bowman of Ft. Madi-
son were visitors Sunday in the Mr.
and ,Mrs. Dick Busenbark home.
,Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Horton and
son Don spent Sunday in the home
of :Mrs. Horton's brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. F, W.
Domer, in Central City.
Mrs. J. J. Kidder and ,Miss Joyce
Kidder visited relatives in Straw-
berry Point last Friday night and
spent the week end visiting Mr. and
Mrs. C. J. Kramer in Manchester.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Sipple and
daughter Bernice spent several
days last week visiting in the home
of Mr. Sipple's brother and sister-
in-law, Dr. and Mrs. Chester Sipple,
in Peoria, Ill.
Miss Maude Worral leaves the
middle of next week for French-
burg, Ky., where she is a teacher
in the mission school. She has
spent the smnmer vacation with
her mother, Mrs. Grace Worral.
Mrs. Thomas, Rogers and daugh-
ter, Miss Dorothy Rogers, who
haxe spent the summer in the Mr.
and Mrs. Bayliss Cummings home
in Lewistown, Mont., are expected
to arrive home about September 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde IAndsley and
family returned home Monday
from a short visit with Mrs. Linds-
ley's mother, Mrs. Fred Ioerger in
Ellsworth. Mrs. Ioerger returned
home with them to spend several
days.
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Mason had
as guests over last week end Mr.
and Mrs. Walter N. Byers and
children, Biliie and Mary of Mil-
waukee, Wis. Mr. Byers is ath-
letic coach in the Milwaukee
schools.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Busenbark
visited the former's sister, Mrs.
Florence Berry of Chicago, Ill.,
Monday evening in the home of
Mrs. Berry's son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Melsh in
Cedar Rapids.
Mrs. Effie Butler and Leo, Mrs.
Frank Gage and Dorothy and Tom
and "Will Joriman returned Monday
forenoon from a few days visit at
Lake Okoboji and in Jefferson at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Me:
Quillen, and family.
Mrs. Edmund Thom.pson ~nd her
sisters Mrs. Ralph Starks of Ce-
dar Rapids, and Mrs. Laura Ander-
son of Bertram went to Chicago
Ill., on last Friday afternoon and
visited their sister, Mrs. Mertie
Maher until Monday afternoon.
Prof. and Mrs. C. C. Tull have
left Flagstaff, Ariz., where Prof.
Tull was a member of the summer
school faculty in the State Teachers
college, for their home in Mount
Vernon. They were expected to
arrive Wednesday or Thursday.
Miss Dorothy Scroggie received
her master of arts degree in
English at Northwester Uni-
versity, in Evanston, Illinois
last week. Miss scroggle is a
University. She spent one week in
New York City attending the fair.
The many friends of F. W.
Dance, in Mount Vernon and Lis-
bon will be sorry to learn of his
illness. He is confined to his home
in Cedar Rapids, suffering with
rheumatism. Mr. Dance observed
his 82nd birthday Wednesday of
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Biderman,
Ruthanne and Leo, and Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Kosek and family of
Cedar Rapids spent ten days
in a cottage at the Upper Palisades.
They had as their guest .Mrs. Mary
Haldy of Alhambra, Calif. They
returned to their homes on Mon-
day.
Miss Gwyneth Young went to Chi-
cago, Ill., last Friday where she
met her mother, Mrs. Roy Young
who was returning from a sum-
mer spent at Lakeside, Ohio, along
Lake Erie. They visited friends in
Wheaten and Glenn Ellyn before
returning home on Monday after-
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Hughes and
daughters Jessie and Mary, and
Miss Bernice Reynolds of Edge-
wood left Monday for a. ten day
automobile trip to Toronto, Canada.
They expected to visit in the home
of Mrs. Hugh~s' brother-in-law and
• sister Mr. and Mrs. William Tom-
linson.
Miss Signs Falk, who is spend-
ing the summer vacation in Mount
Vernon in the Prof. and Mrs. C. C.
'Tull home, has been granted a
leave of absence from Colby Junior
~college, New London, N. H., and
Iwill enroll for graduate study in
the University of C'hicago, Chicago,
Ill., in October.
Mrs. A. A. Bauman and sister
Mrs. J. E. Luckey, who spent sev-
:u'al weeks in Mount Vernon this
smnmer, left last week with Mrs.
I,uckey's son R. G. Lackey for St.
iPeter.~burg, Fla. Mrs. Bauman and
Mrs. Imckey expect to locate at
Fort Meyers for the winter. Mr.
Luckey will return to his home in
Exeter, N. H.
W. J. Miller local gardener is
pr~)nd of his garden stuff and in-
forms the Hawkeye-Record he sold
seven dozen ears of sweet corn last
week which went to Houston,
Texas, a distance of about 2000
miles. David Safely was the buy-
er, and Mr. Miller says he knows
his vegetables was the reason he
patronized the Miller gardens.
Mrs. Jessie Coleman returned
home Sunday from spending the
summer with her son-in-law and]
daughter ,Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Baker in New York City. Mr. and
Mrs. Baker will attend the wedding
of Miss Lois Nyweide of Muscatine
to Lester Coleman son of Mrs. Jes-
sie Coleman on September 3, in
Muscatine and Mrs. Baker will
come to Mount Vernon to spend
several weeks. Rev. and Mrs. Earl
Baker and Marjorie Baker of Cedar
Falls are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Baker now in New York
City.
Mr. and Mrs. John Cory of Mar-
ion were dinner guests last Thurs-
day in the Mrs. Nettle Duncan
home.
Miss Lois Kelly of Tulsa, Okla.,
arrived last Saturday and is a guest
this week in the home of Mrs. Hat-
tie Miller.
:Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Beranek, Mr.
and Mrs. R. A. Busenbark attend-
ed the Mississippi Valley fair in
Davenport on Sunday.
Col. and Mrs. W. C. Rigby of
Washington, D.C. were recent call-
ers in Mount Vernon. They were
cnroute to Laramie, Wyo.
Mrs. Nettle Duncan and Mr. and
Mrs. John Cory of Marion spent
Friday and Saturday at the Wil-
liam Wiekey home iu Muscatine.
1Clmer Moots went to Detroit,
Mich., on Monday to spend several
days. He was especially interest-
ed in seeing the automobile factor-
ies.
Miss Olive Plattenberger leaves
Saturday for Davenport and will
begin her second year of teach-
ing" home economics in the schools
of Buffalo.
FMye Duncan, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Duncan, is visiting
i this week in the home of her uncle
and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Willard
Hoffman, in Springville.
Mr. and Mrs. James McCut.cheon
drove to St. Paul, 'Minn., on Friday
and visited until Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Paul H. Lynch. Mr.
Lynch is Mrs. McCutcheon's broth-
er.
J. S. McMachan who has been
a guest for several weeks in the
home of his sister, Mrs. Jessie
Hughes, expects to leave sometime
this week for his home in Yakima,
Wash.
Ehner Millet' and friend. George
Picknell, who have been visitors in
the home of 'Mr. Miller's mother,
Mrs. Hattie Miller for several
weeks, expect to leave next Tues-
day for New Canaan, Conn.
,Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Stinger of
West Branch were Sunday evening
supper guests in the home of Mr.
and M'rs. Lee Paul. !Mr. and Mrs.
Perry Knapp of Cedar Rapids were
evening callers in the Paul home.
Dr. and Mrs. Francis F. Ebersole.
who have been traveling through
the far west and Canada, report a
most delightful trip with fair
weather and good health all the
way. They expect to reach home
some time next week.
Mrs. R. L. Newbold and daugh-
ter Mary of Morgan Hill., Calif.,
who visited last week end in the
home of Mr. and ~"Mrs. M. S.
Hughes, is visiting this week in
the home of her brother Walter
Spry in Mechanicsville.
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Emery of
Cedar Rapids were visitors Sunday
in the home of Mrs. Emery's moth-
er, Mrs. R. A. Scroggle. They
were enroute home from a business
and pleasure trip to the New Eng-
and states and to New York City.
Dr. and Mrs. C. F. lAttell will go
to Belmond, Saturday where Dr.
IAttell will officiate at the wedding
of Miss Dorothy Coarsen and Clark
MeNeal. Miss Courson was a jun-
ior in Cornell last year and Mr.
McNeal was graduated from Cor-
nell last spring.
Mr. and Mrs. Cephas Miller who
have been summer visitors in the
home of MYs. Miller's mother, Mrs.
Mary Caraway, left Monday for
their home in East Chicago, Ind.
They planned to leave at once for
the north for the benefit of Mr.
Miller's hay fever.
Lloyd Appleton, Cornell '28, who
is head wrestling coach at the Unit-
ed States ,Military Academy, West
Point, N. Y., was 'a guest over the
week end in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Macaulay. He was en-
route to Edgewood to spend this
week in the home of his parents.
Rev. Lloyd Gustafson has written
friends that Mrs. Gustafson, Janice
and himself are enjoying their so-
iourn tn California. tie writes that
they recently spent three days at
Lake Tahoe, with the Rev. Ray-
mond Grant and family and had
enjoyed a morning of deep sea fish-
ing, with no luck he said.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Caraway
!and son Dean, Mrs. Nettle Duncan
and Mrs. Eva Truvis were guests
last Sunday in the home of Mrs.
Maye Dean at Amahs. The oc-
casion celebrated the birthday of
Mrs. Dean. Others present were:
M,'. and Mrs. J. E. Selma and Bar-
bara of Cedar Rapids: Mr. and
YIrs. J. C. Caraway of Monmouth;
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Hoffman of
Springville, and Lloyd Hamilton of
kmana.
Dr. and Mrs. C. F. Littell receiv-
ed a postal telegram last Friday
evening from their son, Franklin
Littell, saying he and Mrs. IAttell
had landed in New York City, after
several weeks spent in Europe,
where Mr. Littell was a delegate to
the World Christian Youth con-
ference. They expect to come to
Mount Vernon about the first of
September. Miss Marjorie Littell,
who has been in Philadelphia, Pa.,
this summer, is expected to return
to Mount Vernon with them.
Mrs. J. J. Kidder and daughter
loyce returned Monday evening
from a three weeks vacation. They
were accompanied by Rev. Kidder
and Miss Esther Kidder for a two
weeks at Lake Okoboji and one
week with relatives in Estherville.
Rev. Kidder left the first of the
week for Canada to look after land
interests and Miss Esther Kidder
stopped in Ames to attend a
Smith-Hughes conference at Iowa
State college. Miss Kidder ox-
fleeted to take part in the program
at the conference.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Young and
family attended the Iowa Electric
Light company Power House union
picnic held in Bever Park on Wed-
nesday. In the forenoon they call-
ed on their sister-in-law Mrs. Le-
Roy KIinefelter and two daughters
Leota and Winffred who were vis-
iting in the home of Mrs. Kline-
felters son-in-law and daughter
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Lubbers in Ce-
dar Rapids.
Miss Helen Warren and Miss
end for a reunion of the Fife ram-i
ily and returned to Mount Vernon
Sunday evening and with Miss
Mrs. E. J. Osgood has been con-
fined to her home this week with
a case of influenza.
W. J. Gaines and family of West-
ern, formerly of Mt. Vernon have
moved this week to Cedar Rapids
to reside.
Mrs. Arthur Lahman of Cedar
Rapids was a guest the first of the
week in the home of her father,
Herbert Hogle.
Pitt Manning was a visitor Mon-
day in the home of his brother-in-
law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Dilley in Bennett.
Miss Huldah Peet returned Wed-
nesday from a motor trip through
the Ozarks with Miss Marjorie
James of Thorington.
Mrs. Charles Hartung returned
home last Friday from a visit in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Francis
Hartung in Madison, Wis.
Miss Elizabeth Bryant returned
last Thursday night from New York
City where she had spent several
weeks in Columbia University.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Risser of
Waterloo were visitors the first of
this week in the home of Mr. Ris-
ser's mother, Mrs. Grace Risser,
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Kellams
of Marion were callers last Friday
in the home of Mrs. Kellams' grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Har-
tung.
Bob Hartung returned home on
Monday afternoon from a visit of
several days in the home of his
grandmother Mrs. Amelia Westing-
house, in Belle Plaine.
Mrs. Ann Chaffin, missionary in
Korea, was a guest Saturday in the
Mrs. Mac Foster and W. H. Bair
home and in the Russell Bair home
near Mount Vernon.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Johnston
and son Norman, and Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Plattenberger of Lisbon were
callers Sunday afternoon at the
Homer Emerson home.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Stegall and
the latteffg brother G. W. Cox at-
tended the 18th reunion of the de-
scendants of Samuel Males, held
in Marshalltown last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Heller enter-
tained as dinner guests last Satur-
day, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Heller of
Council Bluffs, and Mrs. Anna
Manning Case of Norwich, N. Y.
Mrs. Hart Foster of Seattle, Wash.
is very ill at her home, according
to word received by Mrs. Mae Fos-
ter this week. Mrs. Foster is a for-
mer resident of Mount Vernon.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Brackney
left Wednesday morning for their
home in Lincoln, Ill., following a
visit in the home of Mrs. Brack-
ney's mother, Mrs. James Bryant.
Mr. and Mrs. Burton Minish left
Sunday for their home in Kansas
City, Me., following a visit in the
home of Mrs. Minish's mother, Mrs.
James Bryant, and other relatives.
Miss Velma Hill is expected to
return home the last of this week
from a visit with relatives in Dix-
on, Calif., and in San Francisco,
where she attended the exposition.
Miss Faith Johnson left last Fri-
day for Highland Park, Mich.,
where she is a registered nurse.
She enjoyed a two weeks vacation
with her mother Mrs. Mary Cara-
way.
Miss Ruth Messenger who has
spent the summer on a bicycle tour
of England is expected to land in
New York City Saturday, and will
return to Mount Vernon some time
next week.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry McGill and
son Virgil, and Mr. and Mrs. Mel-
vin McGill of Vale were visitors
Tuesday and Wednesday in the
home of Mrs. Harry McGills uncle
Herbert Hogle.
Mrs. A1 Babcock and daughter
Betty went to Maquoketa last
Thursday for a visit in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Hamilton
and with relatives in Oxford Junc-
tion and Onslow.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sadler and
son Durward were dinner guests
Sunday in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. P. Anderson and family at
Geneseo, Ill., where their son Ver-
non Sadler is employed.
Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Kindred
and family returned Tuesday morn-
ing to their home in Decorah fol-
lowing a few days visit in the
home of Mrs. Kindred's parents,
Rev. and Mrs. E. G. Hunt.
Mrs. H. J. Burgstahler will leave
Saturday, in company with Miss
Abbie Probasco for Delaware, Ohio,
where she will join Dr. Burgstahler
in their new home. The trip to
Delaware will be made by auto.
Mrs.. Alice Merritt and daughter
Blanche of Niobrara, Nebr., spent
several days last week in the home
of Mrs. Merritt's brdther-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Peet
where she also visited her mother
Mrs. May.
Miss Maxine Davis, teacher in the
Ward school who has been a mem-
ber of the playground staff in Ce-
dar Rapids this summer, left Tues-
day to spend the remainder of the
summer vacation at her home in
Oskaloosa.
Mr. and Mrs. Irl Hoodmaker and
son Francis returned Tuesday eve-
ning from a motor trip. From Mc-
Gregor they followed the Mississip-
pi river road almost to Winona,
Minn., and also visited St. Paul and
Minneapolis, Minn.
Rev. E. G. Hunt attended the 50th
anniversary o f t h e Methodist
church at Alpha last Sunday where
he was pastor fifty years ago. He
was accompanied to Oelwein by
Rev. Arthur Kindred of Decorah
who occupied the pulpit in the Oel-
wein Methodist church.
Monday dinner guests in the
home of Mrs. Mac Foster and fath-
er W. H. Bair were: Mr. and Mrs.
John Foster of Jewell and Mrs.
Charles Foster of Des Moines. The
latter's husband submitted to a
major operation at the University
hospital in Iowa City on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Carney, ac-
companied by Mr. Carney's broth-
er-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
Mark Roseberry of Center Point,
returned home Saturday evening
from a pleasant vacation trip. They
motored to the Black Hills, the Bad
Lands, Big Horn mountains, over
the Red Lodge, Cooke City high-
way. The Yellowstone National
Park and many other points of in-
terest were included in the trip.
Prof. and Mrs. S. J. McLaughlin,
who spent the summer in Missoula
Mont., where Prof. McLaughlin
was a member of the summer
school faculty at Montana Univer-
sity arrived in Mr. Vernon Sunday
and are staying at the Prof. and
Mrs. Lloyd Oakland home. They
will occupy the Mr. and Mrs. Gee.
Barbour home about Sept. 10 while
Mr. and Mrs. Barbour are in Bos-
Warren left Monday morning for itch, Mass., where Mr. Barbour has
Galva Ill and South Bend Ind t a fellowshx
, ., , • "p at Boston University.
Mr. and Mrs. Kellogg Hunt of
Iowa City spent the week end at
the home of the former's parents,
Rev. and Mrs. E. G. Hunt.
Mrs. Mary Rollins came Saturday
andis a guest in the home of her
brother and sister-in-law Mr. and
Mrs. Barney Peddycoart.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Parks and
daughters, Kathryn and Margaret
of Chillicothe, Me., are guests this:
week in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
E. R. Ristine.
Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Peddycoart
and son Robert of Cedar Rapids
were dinner guests Sunday in the
home of their grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Barney Peddycoart.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Nagel and
daughters Kay, Sandra and Jeanne
of Strawberry Point were dinner
and supper guests in the Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Henik home last
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jones, Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Proctor and Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Estill and daughter
Esther of Alburnett called Sunday
afternoon at the Mr. and Mrs. Bar-
ney Peddycoart home.
Mr. and Mrs. Leland Brandau
who have been guests for a month
in the home of Mrs. Brandau's
parent's, Dr. and Mrs. H. J. Burg-
stahler, expect to leave Saturday
afternoon for a few days visit in
the home of Mr. Brandau's mother
in Dysart, before leaving for Den-
ver, Colo.
MECHANICSVILLE
Mechanicsville public school will
open on Monday, Sept. 4th, 1939.
A goodly number from this place
went to Mount Vernon Saturday
to attend the sale at the home of
Mrs. McGrax~.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Paider and lit-
tle son John went to Cedar Rap-
ids Sunday and spe~t the day with
their people.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Johnston and
family west from town, were din-
ner guests Sunday in the home of
old time friends and neighbors near
Olin.
The baseball team from here
went to Martelle Sunday to play,
but were obliged to return home
on account of the rain.
Mrs. Rose Beeman of Cedar
Rapids came down Friday night to
visit in the home of her sister, Mrs.
Gemberling and with friends.
Pierre Ferguson is in charge of
the John Miller oil station, during
Mr. Millers absence in a hospital
in Missouri.
Mrs. Blazek came out from Chi-
cago Friday evening to visit her
nieces, Mary Evelyn Albaugh and
Florence Stiles, and with relatives
in Tipton and Cedar Rapids for a
week or ten days.
Mrs. Gallmeyer of Cedar Rapids
ig visiting in the home of her
daughter Mrs. Howard Rhoads,
south from town.
Miss Mary Reeder, who has been
taking special work in music in
summer school at Cornell College is
visiting at present in the home of
her uncle, Ed Moffitt south from
town.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Boyles went
to Tipton Sunday to attend bap-
tismal services of their little grand-
son, Norman James Boyles, son of
Mr. and Mrs. David Boyles, which
was held in the Presbyterian
church. 12 relatives enjoyed din-
ner together.
Mr. and Mrs. Willis and daugh-
ters Jane and Barbara of Virginia
and Mr. Willis, Sr., of Rock sland,
Ill., were guests Wednesday in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Jack-
son on East Main street.
Rev. and Mrs. Earl Hodgkins of
Plainfield were Sunday guests in
the home of the latter's brother,
Max Ferguson, northeast of town
Saturday. Mr. Hodkins preached
in the M. E. church at Hale on Sun-
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jackson
took their little daughter Joan to
Anamosa the last of the week
where she had her tonsils removed.
She is getting along well and is
glad she is over the ordeal before
the opening of school.
Mrs. Max Ferguson returned Sat-
urday night from Des Moines where
she spent several days with friends.
Dr. and Mrs. Earl Stoffell and
daughter of Wyoming spent Sun-
day with relatives in this place.
Mesdames Roy Greenwald and
Richard Greenwald and baby spent
Friday shopping in Cedar Rapids.
Mrs. Lois Jackson Von Hoene
and son Jackie of Alexandria, La.,
arrived Monday night from Wil-I
liamsburg for a visit with her par-]
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jackson.l
Mr. Von Hoene and son William]
are remainin~g for a longer visit
with his mother, and will comeI
here late in the week.
T. L. Feyen went to Cedar Rap-
ids Monday night to attend a spe-[
cial meeting of the Mid Con Oil
Co at the Montrose. ]
Mrs. Ida Furman Dennison ofi
Everett, Washington, is here for an
extended visit with her sister Mrs.'
Alice Page.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lampa and
Hallie, Mr. and Mrs. Stout and
little daughter Mary were dinner
guests Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Federson, near Central City.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Enck who have
been working for the Marak Stef-
fer company, and who were located
here for a time, are moving to Ce-
dar Rapids this week, where both
will have employment.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Conner and
son Keith, and Mr. and Mrs. Gee.
Conner spent Wednesday at the
Fair in Cedar Rapids.
Dr. F. M. Wilson wiI1 be a speak-
er on the program of the 76th an-
nual convention of the A. V. M.
IgECEIVER'S N(YI'ICE ()F SAIJI,"
OF' I'~EAL E~TATE
TO AIJ, WHOM IT MAY CON-
CI,]RN:
l'ublic notice is heroby given
that the application of I). \V. Bates,
Superintendent of Banking of the
State of Iowa, and Receiver of the
Northwest Davenport Savings Bank
of Davenport, Iowa, for authority
to sell real estate to one Thoma,~ V.
Davis and Ahline l)avis, his wife,,
for the sum of Twenty-six Hundred
(2600.00) Dollars in cash, comes
on for hearing before the l)istrict
C~ourt in said City of Davenport.
Scott County, Iowa, on the 2nd dav
of Sept., A. l). 1939, at ,q:30 o'('locl~
A. M.
Said application has been filed
with the Clerk of said Court, and
a.sks for the al)proval of the t'ourt
to said sale as outliued in said ap-
plication.
i"ot" further particuhtrs all inter-
ested parties are referred to ~tid
application sow on file and may
appear and show cause, if any,
why ~i