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Page Two THE MOUNT VERNON, IOWA, HA~YE-B~EOORD AND THE LISBON HERAI~ Thursday, ! i + THE HAWKEYE-RECORD "'+--:: ::::::::: DEDICATED TO ALL ::::::::: : [tion for a regular fire department NOTICI; ()1,' Ai'I'OINT31ENT ()t' ~,~,~~~'~~- " ---~1 and THE I,ISBON HERALD HALK MARK THE S NIOR WAY BACK WHEN with pay for the men while ou AO, TI ATR,X. ] + . n. TAIT 104 2nd Ave North. Mount Vernon, Iowa We are thirty-seven seniors of the !duty His idea is to pay the men a ' [ .J lYlJPJLal J[r.a llJr ll J kl J lPJJ[ V 1 ][1 | 0fieia] Newspaper Mount Vernon ~nd : : : : : : : : : = : : = : : : : : = = : : : : intelligentia; Items of Interest in Mount Vernon !dollar for every run, and a stipu'lat- State of Iowa, IAnn County, ss: ~. ~ gIILI"tl]D]L'~DO I[~.TOI2"I~lffMD ~l~rl~Ip a ]r lt~ " " Ltnn County You needn't tell us that we're And Lisbon 10, 20, 30 Years Ago ed amount for each hour on duty [ N()TICt.] IS HEREI~Y GIVEN,[~ ,~. ~l[l~lViJL~lL~O-ll~OJ~]P~]Palt- " P]L-It|~,J2~JL~ ~.-~ Editor Mary Mcgregor smart because we know we are I Fries is in "o--'L of "~"s~ Rose lthat tile unde "signed has been on [ 1~,~1;~, l~,a ~ James W. McCnteheon, E~liter Assistant Editor Mark Hutchinson SPEECH Baker will be glad to hear of thethin 29th day of November, 1940. ~ .)~1 .) ! ~+ ~ 1~ ~'~ 1 PubfiS~dnna~ouMO~yntI:ernOvneryn~hLt~l~o Manager Jean Heasty Yes, they say "Silence is golden in- T]EN yEARS AG?,recognition which her talents have dmy. apDo]n!ed jH]d quahi~ed as ~ u O~o ool:~, ~u~I " " Reporters--Jean Houstman, Don deed," :Novemoer a, l~u :received in her appointment as in A(lnllnis[r~l[rlx oI tile osiaio of ~ The State Highway commission struetor of oratory in the University Floyd I). Buller, late of IAnn (:om~- i THE MOUNT VERNON HAWKEYE Founded in I~89 by S. H. Bauman THE MOUNT VERNON" REMARKER Founded in 1893 by Minurd Loziet THE LISBON HERALD Founded in 1894 by W. F. Stahl Subseriptlon Rats One year, in Linn and adjoining counties, per year $1,[,0 One year, outside Linn and adjoining counties, but within the state, per year $1.75 One year, outside the state SZ.00 Member, Iowa Press Association, National Editorial Association, Foreign Advertis- ing Representative, Iowa Newspapers, Inc 405 Shop~ Bldg. Des Moines, Iowa Entered as second class mall matter at the post office of Mount Vernon, Iowa, and Lisbon, Iowa. Notices for entertainments or other gath- erings to which a charge is made, lC cents per line, minimum charge 25 cents. Card of thanks and resolutions of respect l0 cents'a line, minimum charge $1.00 Display advertising rates furnished on ap- plication to responsible advertisers. NATIOblAL 6DITORIAL-. [0All AS S. )CIATION FI Commerce Commission Deprives Communities Of Better Freight Service B. M. Richardson, member of the IOWa Colllnlerce Commission of Ce- dar Rapids, who wrote the majority opinion which on Monday refused railroads the right to operate truck lines along their own lines, said in his opinion: "We have consistent- ly refused to grant certificates of public convenience and necessity where it appears that the territory proposed to ,be served was at the time adequately served by existing facilities." The issue at question was the per- mission of the C. & N. W. Railroad to operate a truck line between Ce- dar Rapids and Clinton which would deliver less than car load freight, which had been taken from Chicago to Cedar Rapids during the night, the following day. Other railroad requests for franchises were also involved ,but it is the local franchise in which the busi- nessmen of the Mount Vernon and Lisbon communities are interested. As it is understood here, the rail- road planned to have the freight from their truck left at the de,pot and delivered by the local dray- ~nan, John Hoodmaker, who de- livers the railroad freight now. Under such a plan the informa- tion about freight shipments or arrangements could be made with the local station agent. If a per- son had a shipment he could noti- fy the agent and have it picked up. The plan would have enabled the railroads to combine long distance movement of freight by rail with truck operation to give much speedier service, and reduce through truck travel on the high- ways. Now ,Mr. Richardson implies that the service as now furnished 'by a freight truck company, whose name .has been changed so many times that we do not know its present one, is satisfactory. If Mr. Richardson would come to .Mount Vernon and spend a half hour trying to make arrangements to have a freight shipment from Mount Vernon to Cedar Rapids ~)lcked up by this truck line he would learn by experience that his statement that the "territory was adequately served by existing fa- cilities," is positively ridiculous. If you want to stand on the street between a little after eleven until after one o'clock you can possibly flag down a truck driver and ask him to pick up the package. His truck is headed east. Maybe he is full and won't want to take it. He may say that he .will have the west bound truck pick if up if he sees the driver. If you call Cedar Rap- ids the package may be picked up and it may not be. It ought to be plain that ~uch service when there is no local rep- resentative can never compare to that where you can call the local railroad agent for definite informa- tion and made definite arrange- ments. The truck lines have successfully prevented the railroad from giving what it is believed would have been much 'better service. Now it ought to ,be up to the truck line to estab- lish a loading and unloading dock here. The railroads own their real estate and 'pay taxes on it. They could leave their freight on the dock and have a local drayman de- liver it with a small truck instead of stopping the huge trucks on Main street and daily blocking traf- q]c and creating a great hazard. The Council ought to forbid by law the stopping of the large trucks in the center of the main traffic lane on Main street while freight is loaded or unlo~ded. How anyone who is at all familiar with the two types of service can fairly say that, "existing facilities are adequate" is beyond compre- hension. One Of Iowa's Outstanding Weekly Editors Retires Torn Purcell, for many years edi- tor and (>wner of the Hampton Chronicle, has sold the paper to his son ])wight Purcell, 'who has been associated with him for several years. W~e hope [hat Tom will con- rinse to write editorials for the Chronicle as they will be missed if he doesn't Tom Purcell, as much as any one man, deserves credit for putting newspapering in Iowa on a sound business basis in the days when they were outgrowing the early ideas ~vbout a newspaper. Tom has stiffened the back bone of many an editor. Today Iowa has some of the best weekly newspapers in the world. There have ,been many factors in this development but not the least was the work of Tom Purcell and other editors of the old school who saw newspapering go thru the tran- sition from a printing press and a shirt tail of type to the well edit- ed and well printed weekly news- papers of today. Horton, Don Mlnnick, Betty Kohl, Ludwig Hedge, Peggy Ma gee, Carolyn Neal, Hallie Winsor Margaret Harris, Lois Bigger. Douglas Hudelson, Jean Thomas- sen, Darwin Cook. EDITORIAL A week ago Tuesday we had our first good snow" of the season. It snowed nearly all day and 'was sev- eral inches deep. One special fea- ture of it was the fact that it was a wet snow, just perfect for snow- balling. It's only natural for some of us to want to throw snowballs but why share your enthusiasm, byI pelting your schoolmates, many of: whom have no desire to throw back: and less desire to be hit. Almost l every year this question arises with the first snow. Again, we repeat that there is no objection to throw- ing snowballs but as in many other things, there is a de iniate time and place for it. It is hardly fair for those who stay for lunch or those who come back early to stand out in front and throw at the people who come back just .before the bell. Another thing, the fact that the girls can't throw as far as the boys should ap~peal to the boys' sport- ing instinct, but many times it works just the oppo,~lte. Besides, let's look at it from this angle, there are many fine sports such a.u sledding, skiing, and skating which are far more appropriate for snow and cold weather. We're sure the majority of us all enjoy a slide down the "Pre.'~s. Hill" far more than a hit on the '.back of the neck with a cold slushy snowball . ORCHIDS TO--- Long hard weeks of pxactiee; Nit. Hawker worrying; Peggy Mcgee missing cues; crew members slav- ing to get the set up in time; cos- tumes to find at the last minute but it was worth it because the jun- ior class play "Lavender and Old Lace" was a big success. Margaret Harris was splendid in her portrayal of an old lady. She held the attention of the audience from beginning to end. Lud Hedge and Betty June Hedg- es made a very appealing couple i to carry the love interest. I~eggy Mcgee was really funny. She couldn't have done a better :job. Si~e surely can keep her ,bal- ance. She proved this when Henry picked her up. Henry Carlton, as the bashful beau, played his part 'well. Together Peggy and Henry really stopped the show. Betty Jean Kohl and Esther Dvorak wore very classy (?) clothes and they both did a fine piece of work. Bob Pospisil made a grand doctor. He had a good part and he did a lot with it. As a henpecked husband you did very well, Jim Peterson. Bernice Sipple looked very nice and ,made an attractive Bernice Carlton. All in all, everyone did a fine piece of acting. Being juniors, they will have several more chances to display their talent and judging from this 'performance, they will do a good job in the future. Seventh Grade--Helen Dvorak Shirley Kudart, Lucllle Melehert Catherine Osgood, Diana Pringle, Dorothy Ann Rogers, Jean Ann Trego. Eighth Grade--James Gillette Mariam Heasty, Opal Paul. Ninth Grade--Jean Hunt, James Laing, Keith Lusted, G~;en Smyth. Tenth Grade--Lois Bigger, Nao- mi Crumbaugh, David Ford, Doug- las Hudleson, Claire Littell, Bruce Rich, Don Sanderson, Marianna Vodicka, Roberta Wilson, Eleventh Grade--Henry Carleton, Esther Dvorak, Betty June Hedges, Lud Hedge, Betty Kohl, Carolyn Neal, Leland Peet, Bob Pospisil. Twelfth Grade--Don Current, Florence Downey, Louise E. Dvor- ak, Marian Fisher, Jean Houstman, Mary MacGregor, Don Minnick, M. Jane Rogers, Irene Sipple. COULD BE We have always thought of our~ faculty as the best of teachers, but, on second thought we can think of: other professions which would suit them too. Here are suggestions; maybe you have better ones but-- Couldn't you Just imagine Mr. Lindsley as a marathon runner? Mr. Fuller a~ a street cleaner? Mr. Fisher as a dravnatics teach- er? Miss Hughes as a chorus girl? Miss West as a trapeze perform- er? Miss Reynolds as a metropolitan star ? Mr. Carl a~ a jitterbug? Mr. Hawker as a prize fighter? Miss Johnston as a soda jerker? And then Mr Paul as a sym- phony conductor. HE/~D NF:~VS ABOIYr HEADGEAR It seems as though the style in headgear is widely varied this year. Now take for instance all the ker- chiefs. They certainly aren't alike We will admit that kerchiefs have been worn before but never in the many colors, sizes and shapes that the girls are sporting this winter. Peggy Mcgee .'braves the wintery blasts with earmuffs and scarf (pretty color of blue, isn't it?) A step in the other direction shows us Jean Hunt's bright red hood with a Puritan ,bow tied under her chin. Speaking of hoods, many of the coats have hoods already attached to them such as Jean Smith's. Marianne Vodicka's, Dorothy Ann Rogers', and numerous others Some brave souls wear hats out into the gales but they are very brave and afford good opportunities for hat chasing. I shan't say much on hats because if I did, this article would run into volumes instead of paragraphs. The boys evidently prefer earmuffs to hats and hats to bare heads because you scarce- ly ever see a boy without one or the other and sometimes both. The hats of the ,boys vary a great deal in style going from Don Ferzeson's to ,Skip Herring's. While I have given you a short resume of the M.V.H.S. headgear, I feel that I ought to add one final tribute to the fellow who, like me, just turns up his collar and hopes for the best. I hope now, my fellow students that you know the height to which the M.V.H.S. headgear goes.--Lois Big- ;er. Also they claim that ~ill water runs deep; But those thinking that or a similar creed, I fear me do hold conversation too cheap. Here I sit wondering just why I 'was ,born ; Yet I want to live, not die; Over in the chair near by Sleeps my dog; fie On you puppy! You know not enough or Should I say too much, to have to look disappointment in the eye. --Mark Hutchinson Wllm 'rlll'b Some people in M.V.H.S. have a faint idea of what they are going to do after school. (not really though) Here are just a few: Janice West -- usher at the Strand. Ruth Biderman--a nurse. Vernon Paul--ex~periment with atoms. Shirley Minnick---get married. Harriett Moffitt--old Maid. Eula Burnett--co-ed. Peggy Herring---ambulance driv- er. Irene Sipple--toe dancer. Doug Hudelson--starve in Green- wich village. OUR POETS 1N TIlE BUD There once was a crazy driver, No sense had he you'll agree, He put on brakes A little too late, And he wrapped the car around a tree. ---Bill Milholin. ] once knew a girl called Tu,bby, Who was, well, exceedingly chubby But she had a hunch, Used her "Joe Louis" punch, And hooked a man for her hubby. --Gwen Smyth. There was a great mouse called "Cap", Who were terribly afraid of a trap, But he found a piece of cheese In a trap if you please, But the trap made it~ place on his map. --Keith Lusted. There was an old man named Lu All the ladies he loved to woo, Ane night in his wooing And .billing and cooing In came his wife named Sue. --Harold Shakespeare. I WARD SCHOOL NEWS The kindergarden visited a groc- ery store in connection with Social Science. They are now building a grocery store and are kept busy supplying the Thanksgiving din- ners. They say the telephone keeps ringing all day long. They have made play money and price tags for each article Last week they went to Armstrong Hall to see an exhibit of paintings. Six of the third grade are giving a play, The First Thanksgiving. They are inviting the fourth grade. Opal Gabbert has started to school. The fourth, fifth and sixth grades were entertained Tuesday by the third grade. The fifth grade are entertaining the sixth grade and some people from the college, with a play about Thanksgiving. The sixth grade,are making win- dow transoarene~n in art. They are very thankful that the six weeks tests are over. Reporters: Dean Lusted, Ramona Barrett. GOSSIP Did you know that: Mr. Hawker had a .birthday party :back stage ? Don Leighr has forgotten about the fine for parking on the over- head bridge? Henry Carlton has at last found something interesting ouLside the library --- prompter for the class play? "Htlda Lucretia," "Abbie Anne," "Bessie Mabel,"--no, not charact- ers from "Little Women"--just the names of the "Old Maids" club-- for particulars see Mr. Hawker president. Shirley Minnick has Phelps "Im- agination" Manning on "the hook" ? Llz has a new ,motto: "If at first you don't succeed, try the older brother ? Franklin Minnecke has a new theme song--"I Fell Like a Feather In the Breeze"? Hazel Martin's theme song is "Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes"? INDIAN SUMMER Corn shocks stand in solemn array Across the shadowed fields; In a halo of glory the sun slips down, As to the night it yields. What ts the haze that's stealing the land, Into its ghostly cloak? The spirits of Indians long ago dead-- Those happy and carefree folk. They're dancing in spirit across the hills, To a tom-tom's muffled beat; No mortal ear may hear their song, Or stealthy moccasined feet. The gray smoke rises against the sky From campfires burning low, Enveloping all like ethereal mists, Against the pale moon's glow. These restless spirits will soon de- part To a vast realm of unknown, Leaving the earth to its wintery fate Of snow and cold wind's moan. --Betty Jean Kohl Then there is tile baldheaded man who sprinkles salt on his shoulders to give the impression that he has dandruff.--Ex. II What's put off to a more conven- ient time, invarably turns up to be done when it is twice as hard to do it.--Ex. assumed maintenance of the Mili- tary road from Fairview to Iowa City, a distance of 35 miles on De- cember 1. The road will be known as Primary 261. Gas service is being used in Mount Vernon and Lisbon. On Tuesday afternoon the large range in Pfeiffer hall and the stove in the Federated church in IAsbon were connected with the gas mains. A Lane and Bowler centrifugal pump, of 75 gallons a minute ca- pacity is to be installed in the well at IAsbon inside of two weeks. of North Dakota, at Grand Forks. Mrs. Margaret B. Willix, mother of E. B. Willix, died at the home of her son on Saturday very sudden- ly. The Knights of Pythias elected the following officers last evening: C.C G. W. Border; V.C G. M. Wil- son; M. of W Fred Travis; Prelate. William Ague; It. of R. & Seals, W. H. Kelly, jr.; M. of b' F. L. Cham- berlain; M. of E W. G. Kepler; M:. of A John L. Burge; I.G John iWhitlatch; e.G J. A. Petty; Trus- I tee, C. W. Kepler. Mrs. M. L. Freer suffered a brok- I H.A. Bassett, who lives in Mex- en pelvic bone when she was struck lice, states in a letter to Mount Ver- bY an auto while, crossing the street non friends, that. everything m" m Cedar Rapids, Wednesday after- quieting down considerably there noon. ]though troops are much in evidence Mrs. Emma Morris slipped and land little further trouble is antici- fell in her kitchen in her home in tpated Lisbon Monday morning, striking Lost on Sunday, a stiff hat, on her head on the sink and making Springville road. Finder leave at an ugly cut on her elbow also. Mrs. Edna Travis was elected +Most Excellent Chief of the Mount Vernon Temple Pythian Sisters at their regular meeting on Wednes- day evening. I A. A. Berry will hold a closing out sale at his farm near the Upper Palisades on Wednesday, Decem- ber 10. TWENTY YEARS AGO December 1, 1920 The whole community was sad- dened when news came Friday 'morning, of the death of Theodore Stinger at Rochester, Minn. Capt. Rufus Parsons of the re- serve corps of the National army, has ,been given a commission as b'irst Liet/tenant in the regular army. The Fred A. Bauman clothing store is being provided with a hand- some new double faced sign, which which will hang over the sidewalk. Amos C. Strawn, a well known conductor on the Interurban line, died Monday evening in Mercy hos- pital, Cedar Rapids, following a week's illness of pneumonia. Miss Mary Parsons left Saturday for Lansing, Mich where she will assist in the supervision of the So- cial Service Center of that city. She will work under Miss Sara Brown, a former Cornellian. Harry Warren, who has been lo- cated with the Sherman-Williams company, of Chicago, Ill for sev- eral months, has been suffering from an acid burn. Mrs. J. F. Staskal, who lives south of town a short distance, raised 32 fine geese this year and had every one of them sold several days be- fore Thanksgiving. Mrs. Jessie R. Blaine died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Martin near Lisbon, on Tuesday. THIRTY YEARS AGO I)ecember 6, 1910 L. C. Watson is circulating a peti- this office. Turn to page 7 for the Classified Ad Section. BUSINESS CARDS F. F. EBERSOLE, M.D. Dial 5412 First door east of Methodist ehurcb Mount Vernon. Iowa W. G. KRUCKENBERG, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Office Gearhart Residence Mount Vernon, Iowa Office Phone 3021 Res. 3451 Calls Answered Promptly Day or Night E. C. PRALL, Dentist Phones Office - 5712 Home -- 4841 Mount Vernon. Iowa JOHN B. BRYANT Veterinarian Phones: Office 2761 Residence 2763 Mount Vernon, Iowa G. M. WILSON Attorney-At-Law Practice in state and federal courts Counselor-at-Law and Notary Pub- lic. Office over DeLuxe Coffee Shop, Mount Vernon, Iowa. Phones: Office 5612 Home 2871 JOHNSTON BROS. Funeral Directors C. B. Johnston, Licensed Embalmer H. R. Johnston, Licensed Embalmer Lady Assistant When Wanted Mount Vernon and Lisbon On 1st and 2nd Avenues Cedar Rapids ty, Iowa, deceased. All p(wsons in- i debted to said estate are r('(lueste(l ~ to make immediate Imyment there- of to the undersigned. Those httv- inK elainls against the same will ~ file them, duly authenticated in tlh, office of the Clerk of the IAnn County. Iowa l)istrict Court. GLAI)YS L. BUTIACR, Administratrix. !~ l,'razier & I{ees, Attorneys. !~ Dec. 5, 1% i !~ i Some men look their age, and some don't---but a v,'oluan ahnost ] always overlooks hers.--Fix. 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