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August 24, I939 THE MOUNT VERNON, IOWA, HAWKEYE-RECORD AND THE LISBON HERALD Page 1vise SOCIALLY IN MOUNT VERNON Travis entertained at her home on Thursday of (~uests were: Mrs. Rob- of Tipton; Raymond ; C N Warren Ill., Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fred jr. IMustr~al society of the church will meet in Parlors, Wednesday, at 2:30 o'clock. Mrs. division will be hos- Mrs. Murton Kepler and Miss Laurene Kepler Wednesday evening of at a picnic supper at West of Mount Vernon. 'Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Me- Mich., Mr. and Hiekman of Cedar and Mrs. James Ms- and Mrs. E. C. Berg- M.B. Wain of erIlon. Kepler entertained a at dinner Sunday the Baker house. S. rainy day. Thirty-Iive were pres- ent for the picnic. Dr. and Mrs. A. R. King enter- tained at dinner at their home on Monday evening. Their guests were Cornell friends who are leav- ing soon, and included Mr. and Mrs. Phillip ttenderson who leave Saturday for New York City, and Miss Abbie Probasco who leaves Saturday for 1)elaware, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. J. D: Peet observed their thirty-eighth wedding anni- versary with a dinner at their home last Sunday. Those present were Mrs. Pest's mother, Mrs. May, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Felsman, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Peet and Jeanne, Junior Peet, Miss Helen Peet, How- ard Smith and Mr. and Mrs. J. F. May of near Anamosa. Mrs. Mary Caraway entertained at luncheon last Saturday noon in ------ honor of her sister-in-law and dinner guests of Miss niece, Mrs. R. L. Newbold and Young were Miss Lois daughter Mary of Morgan Hill, ~IOunt Vernon and Ockrel Calif. Mrs. Newbold, who was Forest Anderson of Miss Alma Spry before her mar- riage and a former resident of Mt. Vernon had not visited here for 30 Mrs. ffohn Lows enter-lyears. illner at their home onI mests were: Mr. and I Mrs. Merrill Burge was hostess to cl Huey and family of lher afternoon foursome in contract rs. Laura Huey, and Or- bridge Tuesday afternoon• Refresh. of Lisbon. ments were served by the hostess. For Friday and Saturday Kraftu VELVEETA. 2 pound box ........ 48c cry Medium 4 Bars ........................................ 23c tlills Bros., 2 pound tins ............................ 53c Extra large, 1 poun l pkg, 2 for 23c Baby Stuart, Fits Mason Jars, dozen .... 19c tIES, Sweet Pitted, 2 tins ................ 39c Rich Sweet pitted, No. 2 tin .... 30c Rich, Extra Special, 2 tins ........ 35c 'BERRIES The Giant New Berry No. 2 tin 23c Hills Dale Broken Slice, 2 tins ........ 38c Stuart, Bartlett Halves, 2 tins ........ 45c B. Stuart, Natural Segments, 2 tins 23c • Baby Stuart, quart jar ............ 28c WHEAT or RICE, Baby Stuart, 3 oz pkg 5e CLEANER, Baby Stuart, 8-oz bottle .... 10c Cocoa Flavor, tin ................................ 33c JUICE Richelieu Concord Grape, Qt. Bottle 32c New 1939 Crop Clover, Comb .................. 17c Wilson's Corn King, cello Sliced pound .... 25c beliver Mount Vernon, Iowa Phone 132 Mr. and Mrs.'Homer Emerson en- tertained at dinner on Sunday eve- ning. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Horton, and Robert Current, and Miss Gwen Nolan of Cedar Rapids• Miss Patricia Mitchell was host- ess at an afternoon tea on Wednes- day when the girls of the Junior and Senior classes of the Mount Vernon high school in 1939 were guests• Presiding at the tea table were: Mrs. Mae Mitchell, mother of the hostess, and Miss Geraldine Hughes. The Takonte group of Camp Fire girs, were entertained for a regu- lar meeting and election of offi- cers Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Letitia Beranek. The fol- lowing officers were elected for th( year of 1940: Alice Vodicka, presi- dent; Helen Culbertson, vice-presi- dent; Kay Current, secretary; Peg- gy Herring, treasurer. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Fisher en- tertained at supper on Sunday• Guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Nevin Nichols of Cedar Rapids and Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Fordyce of Mount Vernon. The annual picnic of the Home Social club will be held at Bever Park, Cedar Rapids, Sunday, Aug. 27. All members please bring pic- her afternoon card club on Tuesday afternoon. Bridge was played at three tables. Mrs. Harlan Levy re- ceived the highest score, Mrs. E1- ~don DeCamp second, and Miss Car- rie Kyle received the low score. Guests other than the regular club members were: Mrs. Roy Heady, Mrs. James Lodge, and Miss Carrie Kyle. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Jones. Weddings FUSSELL-OLBERG The chapel of St. Pauls Method- ist church in Cedar Rapids was the setting for the marriage of Miss Margaret Fussell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morriss Fussell of Ce- nic baskets and own drink. The graduates of Cornell college, Mr. next meeting of the Home Social Olberg in 1937 and Mrs. Olberg in club will be held at the home of 1936. She was a member of Phi Beta Mrs. Glenn Bachman, Thursday af- Kappa and the Delphi social group. ternoon, August 30. A bridge dinner was given by Mrs. F. A. Bauman and Mrs. Robert Bauman Tuesday evening in the home of the former• Bridge was played at six tables, after the din- ner. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Thompson, who were recently married, were guests of honor at a miscellaneous shower party following the regular meeting of the Hill City Rebekah lodge on Tuesday evening. To the strains of Mendelssohn's wedding march played by Mrs. Odette Slyer the bride and groom entered the room where hearty congraulations and good wishes were presented them by their friends. Many lovely gifts received by the couple were displayed on a table where every- one could view them. Refreshments were served by divisions No. 1 and 2 of the lodge and were in charge of Mrs. J. P. Haines and Miss Car- rie Kyle. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson were charivaried by their friends after which the bride and groom passed out treats of candy bars for all. Since 1890 210 Third Ave., Oedar Rapidc or portant Annual Au Phone 2-9852 OF BACK-OF-THE-PELT Every New Style for 1939-40 Is Here! nt $Choen's U n c o n ditionally GUarantees that any coat you I Urchase in the August Sale Will be definitely lower in Price than the same coat pur- chased later in the season! presents real "Triumphs" value! Sophisticated new that will be the fashion lead- the season to come! Allur- ng models that you'll in a great 'big way! See r ow ! %qVenlent Layaway Phm aa d k ~ • You may al~ use our ~q ~lget plan if you desil~e it! man and Howard Bennett were ushers at the wedding and Miss Elizabeth Bryant assisted at the tea table at the reception in the church parlors following the cere- mony. Mr. and Mrs. Olberg are both Don't discard your old l~w Cedar Rapids, Iowa We can re-desi,~ it into one the New Styles at a low cost dur- this Sale! Avenue Southeast She was a teacher in the schools of Hartwick and for the last year was a teacher of American history in the schools of Algona. Mr. el- berg was a member of the A. X. E. social group at Cornell and is now a research chemist for the Univer- sal Oil Products company in Chica- go, Ill. The couple will be at home after September 15, at 1404 Gilbert Ave- nue, Downer's Grove, Ill. Mount Vernon friends attending the wedding were: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Baird, Dr. and Mrs. C. F. Littell, Dr. and :Mrs. Russell Cooper, Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Culbertson, Mrs. Mary Tracy, Miss Alice Nauman, Miss Geraldine Bryant, Miss Fran- ces Keeler, Miss Margaret Hedges, ] Miss Florence Leighr and Donald Leighr. Joey for points in Michigan for 'several days visit with Mrs. Charlie Russell and family. Mrs. Russell is a sister of Mrs. Leigh and Roy Gamble• Mr. and Mrs. Robert Leigh are staying with Dorris Jane while her parents are away. Virgil Stoner and Harold Horn left the last of the week for Sioux City for an over Sunday visit in the home of Virgils sister and hus- band, Mr. and Mrs. Royal Parks. They expected to go on from there to the Black Hills and possible other points of interest. Mrs. Dora Kolberg Eggelston and sons, John, Robert, and Eddie and her sister Elinor of Hollywood, Chicago, were week end callers in the home of Mrs. Mary Reid and Mount Vernon Locals Mr. and MrS. Ray Corliss and family were visitors Sunday eve- ning in the Mr. and Mrs. Lyall Bryant home. Miss Ethel McCullough returned Tuesday from Delafield, Wisconsin, where she spent nine weeks in St. i John's summer camp. She spent the week end visiting in the home of Mrs. B. G. Fout in Chicago, Ill. Rev. R. A. Badger was a din- ner guest last Thursday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sadler. Rev. Badger, who was pastor of the Presbyterian church in Springville moved on Monday to Jesup where he will be pastor of the Presbyter- ian church. Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Bryant had as dinner guests on Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Brackney of Lincoln, Ill., and Mrs. James Bryant of Mt. Vernon. Mr. and Mrs. Brackney and Mrs. Bryant were dinner guests Wednesday in the Mr. and Mrs. Lyall Bryant home. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Christensen of Marion and A. H. Card of Nash- ville, Mich., were dinner guests Sunday in the Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Hart home. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Kennedy and Arthur Dunn of Ce- dar Rapids were evening callers in the Hart home. Mrs. Fannie Gill, and daughter Miss Bernice Gill of Cedar Rapids, left Saturday morning in company with Mrs, Ruth Whittier and son Kenneth of Marion for an extended trip thru the west including a visit to the exposition in San Francisco Calif. MT. VERNON CHURCH NOTES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Joseph W. Gray, Jr., Pa~tor Sunday 9:30 Sunday School. 10:45 Common worship. Sermon, "The Fruitless Tree." Wednesday 2:30 Ladies Industrial Society. Thursday 7:30 Union Young Peoples group Treasure Hunt and campfire pro- gram. FIRST METHODIST CHURCH Lloyd A Gustafson, Minister Sunday School 9:45 Morning worship 10:45. Dr. W. G. Rowley, superintendent of the Davenport district of the Up- per Iowa Conference will speak at the morning service. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH "Christ Jesus" will be the subject of the LessonSermon in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday. August 27. The Golden Text is from John 1:14. "'The Word was made flesh. and dwelt among us, (and we he. held his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father.) full of grace and truth." The Lesson Sermon comprises quotations from the Bible and from ths Christian Science textbook. "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy One of the Bible citations reads: "And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And. behold, there was a woman which bad a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and as dinner guests on Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Abe Hanson and family of Vinton and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Whitenack and Mrs. Edythe White- nack of Center Point and Mr. and Mrs. Norman Techau and Jeanne and Keith. Friends of the families will be interested to learn of the marriage i of Elizabeth, oldest daughter of Mr. : and Mrs. Art Houver of near Springville to Ralph Kuntz of near Lisbon; also Elinor, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Dvorsky, to a young man near Marion, and George Marak, son of Mrs. Agnes Marak of near Marion, to Florence Finn, which occurred on Wednes- day morning. We extend con- gratulations to these young couples. Mr. and Mrs. Emil Mallie and Lloyd and their guest Robert Spros- ton, Mrs. Mallie's nephew of Mar- ion and Mrs. Joe Pospisil of Mount Vernon drove to Muscatine on Thursday to make the acquaint- ance of the new daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Mallie, born on Monday, August 14.She has been named Ann Marie. Mrs. Milton Koch and June Ann were supper guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Street north of Springville Tuesday in honor of their third wedding anniversary• Rev. and Mrs. C. F. Hartzell had as their guest last week Miss Bessie Howland, who formerly worked with the Hartzells when they were in Chile, South America. Other guests in the Hartzell home on Tuesday evening were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lacock of Jefferson. They also called in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Horn. Mr. and Mrs. Emil Mallie and Lloyd attended a family picnic at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Don Meeks near Martelle on Sunday• Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Sproston of Springville; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Flockhart and family of Marion; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sproston and family of New Bos- ton, Ill.; Mr.and Mrs. Ernest Sproston and daughters of Mar- telle; Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Achen- bach and family of Tip(on; Mr. and ed by Mrs. Norman Techau at the home of her mother, Mrs. Milton Koch, on Friday afternoon. There was a good attendance. Mrs. Fran- cis Conner and children, Jean and Ruth Minish and Carolyn Neal were guests• The next meeting will be in two weeks with Mrs. Wm. Hoffman. Ruth Ann Ruble visited a few days last week in the home of her friend Clara Marovek in Mount Vernon. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Minish and family visited near Dysart with a group of Archie's relatives in hon- or of Mr. and Mrs. Burton Minish of Kansas City, who are visiting relatives here. Mrs. Minnie Neal was an over Sunday visitor in the home of her sister-in-law Mrs. Mary Reid. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kearns and family were visitors on Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Mallie and family near Solon. Mrs. Mallie and Mrs. Kearns are sisters. Mrs. Edythe Whitenack return- ed to the home of her son, Don, in i Center Point, on Wednesday after i several days visit in the home of her sister Mrs. Milton Koch and family• Mrs. Koch accompanied her as far as Cedar-Rapids. The Independent Threshing ma- chine is still trying to finish at the Roy Bowman farm between rains. Roy had oats, barley, flax and tim- othy. The hard rains have made the threshing very difficult as well as damaging the grain and straw• Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Coppock and family were visitors Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Baldridge in Vinton. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Koch, June Ann and Junior were Sunday eve- ning callers in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hoffman. Ardis Stinger was a visitor sev- eral days the first of the week with her aunt Miss Goldie Van Tassel in Clinton. Doris and Shirley Stinger play- ed Saturday afternoon with June Ann Koch. Mr. and Mrs. Emil Mallie re- ceived word Monday that a little daughter arrived in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Mallie at their home near New Boston, Ill. i Ruth Minish is spending a few days with relatives near Dysart could in no wtse lift up bersel[ and Cedar Falls. And when Jesus saw her. he calle(II Visitors on Wednesday in the her to him, and said unto her. i home of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Con- Woman, thou art loosed from thine nor were Mr. and Mrs. JobsConner Infirmity And he laid his bands and Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Conner on her: and immediately she was and Patricia of Lisbon, and Mrs. made straight, and glorified God" (Luke 13:10 13) Among the selections from the Christian Science textbook is the following: "The physical healing of Chris. tlan Science results now, as in Jesus' time, from the operation of divine Principle, before which sin and disease lose their reality In human consciousness and disappear as naturally and as necessarily as darkness gives place to light and sin to reformation" (Pref. xl). 311 Frst Avenue North. Norman Techau and children, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bowdish and family of Cedar Rapids were Sun- day evening callers in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Coppock and Mr. and Mrs. Milton Koch called Tuesday evening. A?OUND IOWA INFW I ET-- ttere's a different kind of snake story. When I,'rank Boot, 1)ella farmer, found a big bullsnake while threshing last week, hc caught it and took it home. Released in the Boot corn-crib, the three-foot rep- tile will now devote the rest of its life to keeping out the rats and nxice. And Mrs. Boot. no douht. ~O)ll,; MORTGAGF In case you're worried about lifting themortgage on the old homestead, you may find consola- tion in the sad case of the Northern Natural Gas Co., wltich has just filed a mortgage for $50,000,(100.00 (ftfty million to you) In a num- ber, of Iowa counties. The mortg- age, in favor of the Harris Trust Co., of Chicago. is filed In every county through which the com- pany's pipe-line passes, from Texas to Minnesota. Filing fee for the 4i)0-paga docunxent Is $14S. N(Yr NO DUMB Anglers have long praised the :shrewdness of the trout. Just to show that this confidence is not recovered the typewriter which a, visiting check-artist "borrowed" for a trial--and failed to return. ICirst, however, Mr. Morrison had to pay $18.70 to "})ail out" the ma- chine from an Omaha pawn shop. The typewriter was recovered duo to a Nebraska law which requires txawu shops to report to the police every thing on ~.:ich they loan ttloncy. lION I,]N'I'~Lr PAYN! "Grub Sale--This stuff ain't so hot but we have it and we'rc get- ting tired of looking at It. You Itrobably won't bc "title to eat any of it })tit We sure will express our appreciation if you will buy some of thin junk and make yourself a penny rich er."--(t ronx a grocery advertisement 111 the l)ows, Iowa, Reporter. I.~I NH NT()I{V Mrs. Anna Sqnlres, of Clnrinda, wont wadinK in the l'a.-afic ocean recently while visiting In Oregon. A fish happened to swim by so she ~rabbed its tail and pulled it up on the beach, l,ocal e×perts l~entifiod the fish as a barracuda, fiercest fish that swims. Five :xnd a half feet long, and with teeth that would do credit to a Jungle leopard, the fish might easily have torn off a hand. TIiACTOR I)EATH The ordinary farni tractor has : proved to be one of Death's lethal' weal)ons this season. Another vie-i tic was clahned re'enlly when Speros Athlnaslou, of near Beck b'alls, was hurt by a tractor which ul)set as he was cutting weeds, pin- toning his left shoulder. The trac- tor" went up in flames but ACt- Inasiou tnanage(l to crawl away, but died a few hours later in a Mason City hospital. NEW MAII~ BOX Joe Crossctt. of \Velhnan, a for- mer rural mail carrier, has just patented a new rural mail box. Among its features are a coin-con- tainer which will enable the post- :nan to get the coins easily, even with his mittens on; an automatic in 1892. l,ater Mr. lOroilich help- ed organize the Waterloo Traction company which later became the John l)eere Tractor Company. ()AT YARN An eighteen-man threshing crew turned out 4.626 bushels of oats in one day . . . in (?alhoun eounty recently. NEW COIK)RS Iowa's 1940 license plates, with blue numerals on an orange hack- ground, are now being shipped out to county treasurers, IVHO'S NEXT? Irvin IAnquist of McGregor is the leading candidate for Iowa tall corn honors, reports the Iowa I)ress Association• He .produced a 14 foot, 7 inch stalk last week. Any other claimants for the title"~ WHOA I If you mention the word "well" "well" to Joe Havcl, of neat' Des Moines, get rcady to duck. Mr. Havel spent considerable timc re- cently digging a well. He dug and dug and (lug, struck no water, fin- ally gave it up as a bad job and started to fill it in. But his trnu- bles were not yet over. One of his horses got too neat' the edge of the well, hmged around and finally fell down the shaft. The other horse. caught in the harness, made a game fight but fin-ally he too was dragged over the edge into the deep pit. Mr. Havel tried to ,save his scraper but tt followed the horses. Both mimals were killed, and even Mr. Havel is not feeling roy "well." (1()O]) YIELD Arnold Larson, Postville, farm- er, threshed 11 bushels of timothy ,~eed off a six-acre tract. MAN-BITES-DO(; When a customer won three blankets consecutively, Harry Seroggins, operater of a "game of chance" concession at a Wayne county old Settler's i)icnic, com- olained that no one could win like !that from his machine boncstly, so i he pulled up stakes and quit, White Oak The annual reunion of the Abra- ham Grimm descendants will be held Sunday, Aug. 27 in Bever Park povilion in Cedar Rapids• Bring requirements for a picnic dinner. The Manly reunion was held Aug. 20 at Byrnes Park in Waterloo. The following from this vicinity at- tended: Mr. and Mrs. Glen Siver and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Otis Siver and son Floyd, Mr. and Mrs. John Slyer and daughters Velm5 and Janette, Miss Myrtle Manly, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Slyer and family, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Siver. Tkere were 46 present. Miss Dona Busch and Geraldine Gunn were Monday visittors in the Tom Gunn home at Mechanicsville. Mr. and Mrs. Raymon Stearns were called to Cedar Rapids Mon- day on account of the serious ill- ness of the latter's mother, Mrs. Miss Verda Belle Miller of Clar- ence was a guest of Lurine Rus- sell from Wednesday until Friday• Lurine accompanied Miss Miller to her home for the week end. Mrs. Emma Stearns came Tues- day to spend a few days with her grandchildren, while Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Stearns were in Cedar Rap- ids. John Mathes of Marion who is in[ COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS St. Lukes hospital, where she un- Mount Vernon, Iowa. August 7, 1939 derwent a serious operation a week The Council of the Town of Mount ago. , Vern )n. Io%va, nlet tn regular session tat the City Hall. Jimmie Gunn, from Mechanics- Members present ville, Miss Geraldine Gunn and ~ ) R(y A. Nels()n, Mayor. George Gunn of Missouri Gene and! Councihnen: Lh)vd" Snvder, A. E. John Stearns Dorothy and Shirley! Kudart, C. L. Ri('h, E, t. Prall and • ,* ,~÷o . l.lohn B Bryant. .~fo rn~ ~ r~ ax7 e;,rl~i_t~ea_~u,sc~e.h~am~e.Mnn.:~t su~.s~.~ in The t~inutes of the ....... tings held t)n clay night. I the 3rd and 10th days of .luly were road Mrs. Ira Kohl spent Tuesday in,and a])l)roved. The followin-" bills were )rt st n ( d the Raymon Stearns home. . ~ - '-"' :~ • I [OF pavtnent: Verlon Baker threshed timothy i lqld )n "I)eCaml), sewer-lal),)r ... $ l 1.40 for Lewis Kohl last Wednesday. J. \v. Bloont, office SUpl)lies .... 1,74 Perry Russell was a Cedar Rap- J. B. (?ull)ertson, Mi k a xa ys s.. (;.75 ids caller last Saturday. Hillside Press, Ellveh)lxes ~ ..... 2.81 b]. M. (Jill. marshall, etc . ....... 101.3t Wm. Simonds, PUmt)ing . ....... 75.00 Jay l~urge, sewer, lah()r ........ 4.80 Jay t~urge, water, lahor ....... 2a.40 (~. F. Sutliff, labor in (?ity Hall . 1:,.3') Joe f;lentxett, Itads ............... 21 Smith (larage, gas etc . ........a.72 ('. W.h)sty, sl)ray . ............ 1.2"~ t;. A.Beranek, fittings .........99 Eldon l)e('antp, cemetery, labor (;8.6(} Millard (]oodlove, cemetery labor72.00 J. F'. Snyd~,r, street work ...... 53.60 I)ale lo. J~hnson, fittings ...... 3.89 l)ale ]e. Johnson, Tank, city hall ,~.42 Miss Lueille Yount and friend tt. B. Current, street work .... 91.50 John Hitler of Monticello dined ~ Claudv "rh~ mpson gas ......... 4.40 Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. e ry [tawkeye-Becord, printing .... 36.98 P r !A. R. Gaines H.ock ............ 9. L6 Russell and family. , P, 1.M'tehell, wattq sup( ...... 50.00 Floyd Siver went to Montieoll~ iT" ["Mitchell, ('lerk, salary .... 40.(10 ....... I ~ " s " Tue w r ~ wlll" enter / ".I. =llt('hell,,~ewer tnkr . ..... 10.00 _._sday ,:~he..e h~ some I Bell Telel)hone C(,. tolls ........ 1.28 ualry catl;le in tne County Fair. la I.eaidue of Municipalities, dues 25.00 Floyd is a member of the boys 4-H la l,Hectrie Light & Power Co., club and will attend the fair all week. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Russell and daughters Rhelda and Lurine were in Iowa City Monday to make ar- rangements for their daughter Lur- ins to enter college there in Sep- tember• Miss Dorothy Stearns was a sup- per guest Friday night of Davidee Gilmore of Morley• Southeast Franklin Current for Ixumping . ....... 165.93 Ia Electri(! [.ight & Power (?o.. Street lights, et(' . ........... 181.25 ('handh,r C,)., pipe . ........... 51.27 .h)hn 1.:lime, band salaries ..... 176.97 A. J. Bol)st, 1)ainting, city hall 48.00 I']. Thorington, sewer labor .... ;I.20 Moved by (_'()uncihnan Prall, Serond- ed by b:udart, that the hills I)e alh)w- (!(1 and w;/rrants dl'aX~tl for sallle wh0n ttrol)erly t)K'd. 2d oti,)n carried. Moved by Councihnan l{ich, seconded /).'," b:udart, that there I)t.ing no oix- jectiun made, the Budget for 1940 be approved as I)ublished and the same terrified to the (?ounty Andit,)r. M" )ties carried. OI{I)INAN('E No. 133 Mrs. Wilton Gunn ~ The folh)wing Ordinance was offered . [iy ('curie 1 lltn Kudart, the saule was seconded hy Snyder. That the UNITP]I) GUNN REUNION S'I'ATF]S PUBIAC HI,]Al/l'tl SERVI('E q~h,~ ~;~+~, ...... ~~-, ......... :.._ ] MIIA( ORI)INAN('E I)e Itassed on its Wi,,,:, ~,,~y aLttL~a.t ,,2run~L~euxl~.onlthird and final reading, The Yea ,,r S nelcl at the home o1: Mr. and]Nay vote resulted as folh)ws. Mrs. Chas. Busch, south of MartelleI Ycas---Snyder, Kudart, Rich and on Sunday August 20th Although Pr~l~, . . . '* ) .... • i ;'i vs--N()IIC: AI),;ent---,]onn B. l~ry- l~ was a rainy (:lay, za were pres-]ant. " ent. A short business meeting was The Maw)r declared the (trdip.an(!v held and the old officers were re- elected as follows: president, Mrs. Hazel Guns; vice president, Mrs. Zella Busch; secretary and treas- urer, Harry Gunn, Walker. It was decided to hold the next reunion the third Sunday in August at the home of Mrs. Ella Gunn in Urbana. Those present besides the host and hostess and family were: Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Guns, George and Geraldine, of Kansas City, Me.: Mr. and Mrs. C,~ude Ridge and Wayne of Sumner; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gunn, Donald and Shirley of Walker; Mrs. Ella Gunn of Ur- bana; Win. Muck, of Clear Lake; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gunn and Mr. and Mrs. Nell Guns of Mechanics- ville; Mr. and Mrs. Wi~on Gunn and Jimmy of Lisbon. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Stork were guests Tuesday evening of Mrs. Ruth Stork and Billy. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Light, Dale and Doris, Mr. and Mrs. John Light and family and Theodore Light were Wednesday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Light. The occasion was hay mak- ing. Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Gunn and Jimmy and Mr. and Mrs. Than Dean attended the All Iowa Fair at Cedar Rapids Friday• Mrs. Lulu G. Read of Coggon, who had spent ten days visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Gunn, went to Cedar Rapids on Friday to visit friends. Doris and Clarice Border of Me- chanicsville were visitors of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Border, Friday. Mr. and Mrs. George Light were hosts for the annual Light reunion Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Kettering and John Clark were Sunday din- ner guests a[ the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Kettering in Lisbon. Jimmy Gunn spent from Sunday until Tuesday at the Chas. Busch home. Arthur Busch came Tues- day to spend a few days visiting at the Gunn home. Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Gunn had as dinner guests Tuesday: Mrs• Taylor Gunn, George and Gerald- ine of Kansas City, Me.; Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Gunn of Mechanicsville; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Busch, Carl, Dona and Arthur. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Kettering and John Clark were callers Tues- day evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Gunn. The group lis- tened to the Armstrong-Ambers fight, and then enjoyed ice cream and a birthday cake, in honor of John Clark, whose birthday was Tuesday• Mr. and Mrs. Karl Kettering of Pella were callers at the home of drily passed and adopted, and ordered the i)ul)lieation held up t() a later date. The F~)llowing Ordinance was ()fret'- t'(l I)y (*t)Hncilnlan Prall, who IXluVed its adol)tion, the sanle ~.V4[tS ; eeonded hy Kudart. ()I~.I)INAN('b~ No. 1,'14 AN OI~I)INANt'E Ol," THE TOWN t)l," .XI()UNT VI~]t(NON, IOWA, VACATIN(I A Pt)[{TI()N ()F AN ALI,EY IN SAIl) "I'O~,VN AND ,'qTATIN(; THb2 t'()NI)I- 'I'IONS el," SUCH VA('ATION. I~E 1T Ot{DAINEI) BY THE t'OI:N- C~L OF THE INCORPOI~ATED T()WN t)I,' MOUNT VERNON, I()D/A. Section 1. That all that part of all alley lying Northerly of the Northerly ~!de of S)uth 14*ollrth Street, West and "Westerly ,~f the \Vesterly line of 1~)ts Three and Four, I:;loek Eleven Hall's ~econd Addition. extended Westerly :lcr()ss said alley and further describ- -d as that portion of an alley adjoining .rid easterly ofthe Easterly line of I.,ts Five and -Six Block eleven, in H:~ll's set'end Addition to wholly with- in the To~,vIx of Mount Vernon. htwa. I;e, and the same horehy is vacated. I{eserving atall times unto the said To%vn of .\fount Vernon. Iowa, the USe hcre()f for the l)lacing of necessury IAght or Tclel)hone I)oles, and for Sewer Dtlrl)()ses, illeaniilg therelxy the right t() reDair or roplat!e l)oles, and gi} in on "lltd hi)on the sante for the I)Url)ose of Dla('hxtd". nlaintainin.~" and rel)airlng be- neath ti~e surface (}f vacated alley, ;cxveF hi,tines• laterals, stern( sewer sad ,utlets, and for the l)Url)OSt, (}f I)lacing ,r rel)airing electric light or teh,1)hont" wires. F, ee. 2. All Ordinall('es ~)r l)arts of ()rdinances in (,on flict h('rewith are !lere/)y repealed. Set. 3. This (~rdinance shall 1)e lit fult f~.it'Ct! and vffe('t upl)n its lUXSsage "~nd adoption and puhlication as hy law required. Passed and adopted this 7th day of AUgUSt, 193D. 'l'ttl'] Tt)XVN (~'," MOUNT VEH.NON, IOWA Ih)y A. Nelson. Mayor T. I. Mitchell Clerk The yea or nay vote hcing calh,d on the att~)ve Ordinance. Resulted as f(d- lOWS: Yeas---Snyder, Kudart, I{i('h,f'rall and Bryant. Nays ---None. AI)se nt---N()n(,. The Mayor declared the ordinance passed .n its first reading. Moved by Snyder, seconded by Ku- dart.that the rule requiring an ordin- ance to he read on three separated (lays1)(> suspended and the ()rdinance passed to its second reading. Vote resulted as follows: Yeas- Bryant, Pralt, I{ich, l