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THE HAWKEYE-RECORD
and TIIE LISBON HEBAIA)
104 2nd Ave North. Mount Vernon, low
Official Newspaper MountVernon a, nd
Linn CountT
Lloyd McCut~hmn Estate, Proprietor
Jamee W. MeCutcheon. Editor
t'abiishcd at Mount ~ernon ann Lisboth Manager Jean Heasty
in Linn C unty: ! W ' ~v~ r~ Th~ur~daY~"l Reporters--Jean Houstman, Don
TIlE MOUNT VERNON HAWKEYE Horton, Don Minnick, Betty
Founded in 1769 by S. IcL B um u Kohl, Ludwig Hedge, Peggy Ma
TIlE MOUNT VERNON REMARKER gee, Carolyn Neal, Halite Wlnsor
Founded in 1893 by Min rd Lazier Margaret Harris, Lois Bigger.
Douglas Hudelson, Jean Thomas-
Tile LISBON HERALD
Fout~ded in 1894 by W. F. ~tahi .~on, Darwin Cook.
Subscription Rate FDrTORIAL
One year, in Linn and adjoining
counties, per year $1.b0 In a few days now we will be
One year, outside I,inn and adjoining embarking on the .first days of a
counties, but within the state,
per year $1.75new year. If your jumping at the
One year, ctutside the state $2.00conclusion that this editorial is
Member, Iowa Pre~s Association, N tional going to be on resolutlons~your
Editorial Association. Foraign Adverti~- right. Of course you're thinking
ing Representative, Iowa Newap pere.
Inc 405 ~,hops Bldg. De~ Moiuel. Iowa, that "new year resolutions" are
Entered as ,econ-d class mail matter t strickly personal, :but we are going
the post office of Mount Vernon, Iowa. ann to give some suggestion that might
Lisbon, Iowa. be beneficial to all of us.
MOUNT VERNON, IOWA, HA~qKEJqE-RECORD AND THE LISBON HERA/~
= = : : : : : = gest now a calendar of thirteen
CHALK MARK lunar months. That doesn't seen/.
too easy nor satisfactory. No one
: : : : : : : : - : : : : z : : ~ - : : : - wants the Fourth of July changed
- -- [to April ,first either but this little
Editor Mary MaoGregor! wish lingers.
Assistant Editor Mark Hutchinson [ Can't things be simplified ? Does
it take two years to make one
school year--were you a junior ill
1939 and 1940, or was it 1940 and
January or should the raucusno
1941 ? Should school start in Jan-
uary or should the raucus noises of
a new year be made in September?
Isn't it a good time to distribute
new calendars? The solution is
difficult. Time, noiseless and cease-
ie,rs, powerful and golden, what
will it not subdue? Until then
happy New Year,
Newsettes
Notices for entertainments or other gath- First let's all try to be at leastThe kindergarten room is turn-
erings to which a charge i~ made. 1@ partially recovered from Christ-
cents per line, minimum charge 25 cents, mas vacation when the school bell ed into a Santa Claus workship
Calrd of thanks and resolutions of respect
cents a flue, minimam charge $1.00 rings Monday morning the sixth, where they are makiug gifts for
Display advertising rates furnished on p- Incidently if you have any home- their parents. They are going to
plication to responsible advertisers, work to be done over the vacation make Christmas cookies at Mrs.
--resolve to do it. It always al- Lalng's for their Christmas party
I TIONAL 6DITOIMAt.- levlates the cares of 'tblue Men- to which they are going to invite
~~ their parents.
day."
Another resolution that would First and Second grade h~tve
be especially good for a few of us been making Christmas decorations
would be a little more effort to getfor their room. Ronald Wooff had
to school on time andstill for oth- a ,birthday party for the second
Decision On Aid To Britain ors--just get there. Several times grade Friday.
Third grade are studying the
Is Very Important One during assem,blies this year our
speakers have stressed the point Unit "How Information comes to
The decision of how far to go in that being late and unnessarily Us?. They visited the printing
regard to aid to Britain is one of absent, will lead to objectionable office on Wednesday and will visit
the most important this nation has habits later in life. the library on Tuesday of next
made in a long time. An appeal has Here is the last one on our list.week.
been made for this country to get Naturally we can't state definiteThe Fourth grade made cur-
.~qu~rely behind unlimited aid to things for you to resolve .because talus sometime ago and they are
Britain. A stronger appeal will you know .better than we do what!new hanging in Miss Walker's
probably be made when congress resolutions you need to make. Soroom. The Fnglish classes up-
let this be only a reminder to you stairs have been studying Christ-
convenes.
Opposition to unliJnited aid to to take advantage of the chance imas poems and stories.
Britain is developing with an for a clean start that the new year ! The Sixth grade have been study-
ing about climate from the new
America First Committee and a brings, science hooks, "From Sun to
No leoreign VOar Committee, of CLASS NEXVS F;arth." The grades upstairs are
which Verne Marshall is chairman. The tenth grade have published memorizing Christmas Carols to
The fact that there is strong sup- a magazine called "The Sophomore sing by eandlelight the day .before
port for unlimited aid to Britain Drip." Editor and Ass. Editor Christmas vacation. The fourth
as well as very strong opposition I)on Sanderson, and Ix)is Bigger. grade have :been making Christ-
to it ~ill mean that the issue will Some of the Items included in thismas things and have been putting
110 limroughly considered. The decl-magazine are: a serial story, ques- them up in the fourth grade room
sion can be of the greatest import- tionnaire, gossip, and humor. I{eporters---l)arlene Longerbeam
ante to the future of this country. The typing class has started theirand Betty Longerbeam.
W'hat it should be is far beyond the ten minute time-tests and many
ability of an average citizen to de-have improved greatly in their CH~I,%qPMAS A~SEJIBLY
ride. In fact, we doubt if any one speed. P'riday afternoon the High
is farseeing enough to know ~b- The ,biology elas has made book- School had an assembly program
solutely what course will be best. lets on ten different mammals, before they were dismissed for
A strong debate should tend to- They have included in these clip-Christmas vacation.
ward a. wise decision and that ts pings and pictures of the variousAt the beginning of the program
about the best that an average citi- animals. Some unique and inter- Mr. Fisher presented the letters
that had been earned in football
zen can hope for. esting booklets have been handed this year.
The Gallup poll show's that more in.
Irene Sipple sang "A Birthday Of
than a majority of U. S. citizens IF--- A King" and the girls scxtette sang
favor (,xtcnsive aid to Britain. One If we could have our armchairs and led the students in Christmas
of the latest polls shows that a made much softer with downy pil- carols.
la.rger per =enrage now ,believe that lows for each head. Carolyn Neal and Clare IAtteil
it was not a mistake to enter the If we served lunches between gave a two-piano duet.
last w'ar. In 1937 a poll showed each class with tasty dishes to fit The program was greatly enjoy-
that 67 per cent thought entry in each purse, ed by the students.
the lqst war was a mistake. In a If every elassroom had a slot
poll week before l,~t only 39 per machine, and every hall a soda : ~ : ~ : : : : : : : : : : z a ~ : : : : : :
cent now thought entry in the last bar. 'WAY BACK WHEN
war a mistake. More have come If, at every long assembly, a
to lhe conclusion that the mistakeswing band entertained us all. Items of Interest in Mount Vernon
was not in winning the war but in If, instead of studying mathe- And Lisbon 10, 20, 30 Years Ago
losin~ the peace, mattes, the latest movies were giv- ===A == ========::===:::
American opinion, according to en.
Mr. Gallup who is an authority on If we had two week ende instead TEN YEARS AGO
it. in the long run, is usually Fret- of one--then maybe even Tuck and December 25, 1930
ty sound. It may be that govern- Soupy would come to school Miss F~ssie Mac Thompson,
ment leaders will find that the best NI,;~" YEAR'S RE~'O]bUqPIONS daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
policy to foll(~w will be aid to Bri- Resolved: Carolyn Neal--Never Thompson of IAsbon and G. L. Hill,
tain as approved by the Gallup be 14 again, and definitely neverson of Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Hill of
polls, to be 18. Clarion were married on Christmas
Mary Carol:--I ain't a sayln', mas day.
County Merging? Ruthann Ruble---to get home Chas. W. West, manager for the
before I :00 a.m. on Saturdays. Linn County Co-operative Oil com-
],~lorence Downey--to 'be a more pany reported on Friday on the
The usual crop of bright ideas business since the company started
which bloom before the legislature efficient office girl.
meets have ,been suggested in re-Lee Paul--to keep us from operations on August 11, showing
total sales of $24,951.66.
cent weeks, freezing to death while we slave
over books. Vernon Jaynes, Cornell student,
A Democrat senator from Oska-
loess, Mr. Augustine has proposed Mark--never to be tardy again, is improving a television set which
Vernon Paul--I don't make any. he made last year. Most of the
that counties .be merged in the in- Betty June -- Censored -- why equipment was made by Mr. Jaynes
terest of economy. This idea al-;
ways sounds good. Its proposal isi Botts, what you wanted for Christ- except a very few parts ,which it
mas was censored too. What kind was necessary to buy. These parts
not made in the interest of aiding, Mr. 3aynes assembled himself.
the Republican majority of both of a girl are you, anyway? Don Hall who has been in the
houses. Phelps--never to follow blondes.
Merger of counties will take Don Leighr--You'd be surprised! navy for the last two and one-half
rears arrived in Lisbon Friday to
government farther away from the l (would we?)
Don Sanderson--never to make spend the holidays with his mother,
people. That has been the ten- another New Year's resolution. Mrs. Rachel Hall.
dency for some time. Every ttme iVfary MacGregor--to get her The Community Christmas pro-
a local function is removed we home,work done on Friday so ehe gram will be held in the high
have found by experience that it won't have to do it over the week- school auditorium Wednesday eve-
usually costs more to do what hasend. ntng. A dance in the city hall will
been done and the people have less
control over it. Take poor relief Ruthann Biderman--Attempt to follow the program. Polly Powers
and his Parrots ~'ill furnish the
for example. When local author- .get 10 hours of sleep on certain music.
ities handled it there were fewer nights.
Martha Jane---she doesn't have The Northwestern railroad laid
cases of relief which were not to make a resolution, she's perfect, off all their section men with the
justified. Authority on roads was Claude Klimo--more dances with exception of Foreman Ed Burns
taken ~way from the township and Thomas Boca, effective on
trustees about ten years ago. some real swing. Monday.
Dorothy Zingula--to reduce. Funeral services for Jacob
To be very concrete take the Gwen Smyth--ehew gum when
maintenance of Main street in
Mount Vernon which was by law]a chance arrives. '~ '~.~.'~'.~.'**I****~****~*****'o~*
Kieth Lusted--a better grade i, BUS~~ CARDS
taken away from the Town Coun-ILatin (not possible).
ell and handed to the Highwa [ Dick D,~orak--not miss
Contmission. It is nowhere nearly ~ -'---r-~'- M-'-~e I"-is~ one ,band
~s satis ren~ ~ ,t.vu,~,could use '~~'~-*'~'-**~*'~-*~*.~-'~.~'.~0
~ lactory now as wnen Iocat
Teen looked after it. this one too. F.F. EBERSOLE, M.D.
Miss Hughes---no more gum
Merger of counties would tend to chewing in my classes. Dial ~112
centralize more things in the larg- Mr. Fisher--more and better First door east of Methodist church
er city at the expense of the to,wns, basketball games. Mount Vernon. Iowa
What we need is just the opposite. Mr. Carl--no more unexeused
Can you imagine Johnson county absences and tardies. W.G. KRUCKENBERG, M.D.
being merged with L inn and Iowa
Mr. Ltndsley--to make sociology Physician and Surgeon
City being the tail on Cedar Rapids' class smarter than the government Office Gearhart Residence
kite? Or better what could Jones
class was. Mount Vernon, Iowa
or Cedar county gain by .being Miss Reynolds--keep more (can Office Phone 3021 Res. 3451
merged with Linn other than prob-she?) kids after school. Calls Answered Promptly
ably having the Cedar Rapid~ Mr. Fuller--a successful oper- Day or Night
('hamber of Commerce intcre~ed
etta (~bout time), certain kids
in what roads might be surfaced so Mr. Hawker--make E.C. PRALL, Dentist
as to make it easy to get to Cedar in speech class eorry they took a
Rapids. i "snap course." Phones
The people have gradually seen
Miss West--give more and bet-
their control over government ter tests. Office -- 5712 ~Iome -- 4841
functions taken farther away and I believe the study of physics Mount Vernon, Iowa
it is a safe prediction that they will effects the minds of many of our
buck at any more efforts along students. You can see the ,be-
that line. wilderment sticking out all over JOHN B. BRYANT
their faces when every day at 10 Veterinarian
Commend Governor Wilson o'clock they leave the physics
For Support Of Bible Sunday room. You would be certain of it Phones:
if you had heard the question ask- Office 2761Residence 2763
Tbc Newton News commends ed by Janey the other day. She
Gov. Wilson for plying his offi- said, "If a person ha~ a cold forMount Vernon, Iowa
cial influ,nce on the day set apart three days, what's his hoarse-pew- G.M. WILSON
as Bible Sunday. It also deploreser?" Attorney-At-Law
the noticeable drift in this nation Another student asked, while Practice in state and federal courts
t~ward a Pagan Sunday. We say Miss V~,est was wiping off ice with Counselor-at-Law and Notary Pub-
amen to the editor's comntent, a cloth for an experiment, "You're lie. Office over DeLuxe Coffee
Vhether there is any connection going to use dry ice, huh?" Shop, Mount Vernon, Iowa.
or not we leave to our readers, but Miss West replied, "Well, hard- Phones: Office 5612 Home 2871
the breakdown of the Christian Iv. In turn he replied, "Gee Whizz,
Sabbath was the forerunner of theYour wiping it off aren't you ?"JOHNSTON BROS.
destruction of Christianity in Rus- Yeah, we know there corny!!! ]ICH. BI Funeral Directors
sis, Germany and Italy. Perhaps IF NOT, WHY? Johnston, Licensed Embalmer
we shall not altogether return to January ts the first of our eal- . . Johnston, Licensed Embalmer
the strict observance of Sabbath endar year. The word comes from Lady Assistant When Wanted
practic,~d by our forefathers. Even a Latin word meaning "door." As Mount Vernon an,$ LisboD
so, there are millions of people who the door opens we are ushered in-
are shocked by the wholesale eom- to a lot of confusion. The first of
mercialization of the day. We the year, running in so hilariously
were directly commanded to oh- with bells and trumpets, is the mid-
serve one day out of seven for rest die or muddle of many things. It's
and religious meditation.--Winter the middle of winter, middle of the
s( t Madisonian. school year, and church year. Jan-
uary is not here the first of the
"Notwithstanding the imperative crop year. The months Septem-
need of spending colossal sums for bet, October, November and De-
national defense, no effort has been =ember are all at a variance with
made, either by Congress or the ado their derivations seventh, eighth
ministration, to reduce non-defense land nineth, and tenth meanings.
spending, to eliminate waste and So our month-naming is some-
extravagance now existing in gov- what hodge-podge. The calendar
ornmental expenditures."--Senator has been changed several times be-
Harry Flood Byrd. fore and after Ceasar. ~ome sug-
Thursday,
= :: =:: i,l the Ch, t of Ill ore ,ocont arriva' r O'UtO monoy b Ck
BEACH SCHOOL
mas program at the Methodist }lat the family home. ]Ex Compound is for
cburch last Sunday evening were:I Miss Buth Billingsley is a guest I commended by Mere
= ::=== =~:~= i,eslic Rogers, l)r. Alexander, Hazel expected today of her friend Miss I)rng Co. --.
.~ Ego, Harriet t'eterson, Mis~ Risley Elizabeth Smith. ] Tumt to pa~e 7 fort
'and the Junior choir. ] ---- lad .~k~eti()n.
, i I I,e~ Slinger who last week went
lo ('oiorado, we hmrn will in tl~e Lemon Juice Recipe Checks -~
:| .J oI~ nip An(tcFson, ~L fo rnl (H" resi-
dent of Mount rcrnon, ] If "*'Oil suffel" fFoln rheumatic, [ N S U R A
~arthritis or neuritis pain, try this
I.Ioyd l~arg, is havinK more than ~lMml)le inexpensivehome recipe Fire and
ordinary luck trapping. I1e re-ithat thousands are using. Get a
ct'ntly caught three oppo~ums.
[package of Ru-Ex Compound to-
Merle Goudy left last week for (lay. Mix it with aquart of water,
a trip to Colorado. [,]nroutc he ]add the juice of 4 lemons. It's Health and
expected to visit J. N. Kyle in Oma- easy. Pleasant and no trouble at Life
ha. all, You need only 2 tablespoon-
"the house just east of the Petty fuls two times a day. Often with- S* N.
livery barn which has been some-lin 48 hours---sometintes over night
thing of a land mark has been re- i--splendid results are obtained. If Office in
moved to make way for the new I the pains do not quickly leave and 0fc. Dial 3412
Hawkeye-Record Photo i'etty feed yard.
Miss Edna Randall from Marys- Icostif yOUyoudO nothingn t feel better,to try asRU'Exit is soldWill Mount
v lle, Me and Miss Agnes Randall by your druggist under an ab-
Two miles west of Grange Hall rtwal school is located the Beaeh
school. Miss Mary Bailey is teacher. Left to right in the picture are.
i Back row, Helen Buchtela, Miss BaUey, Betty Buehteht, l)arrel Stoner.
I~'ont row, Pat.~y Bnchtela, l~co Konecny, ]Dorothy ~[orehonse, Joe
Konecny, Everett I~orence and Donald Buehtela. One other ~qmlar Dot~s
'Johnson was absent when the picture was t~ken.
Houver who died suddenly Thurs- he and Harry Shantz were busy
day evening at Mercy hospital fol- chopping the tree down. No bones
lowing an operation were held Sun- were broken but he is suffering
day afternoon, severely from bruises.
I Rev. Lamont Smith of the two
TWENTY YEARS AGO ]churches, Bertram and Martin's
Deeentber 2 1920 tl Creek. reports that the Bertram
. Larl Beach had tw'o ,-['*bSl b,:;k k I M':t?~:d;:tis b2::a th~ !{(~hy an
Tuesoay wnen tne xtax 'e 1 t" c ~ '
{fh -'" "and ~oil tank ni~t~125 t~ev. UllS .vioore was lU
W Lne ~t, la '(1 S O L "
. charge of the stunts at the all day
skidded on the we and turned tur- ~
] meeting.
tle throwing him under it. " " h " 1
"n" sl i1 Tne girls or the hig scnoo
[~lle tann ann,ranKll r~O'*vn~ I p l l -- l
- . atmetlc association c ea "eafo "ty
Farm Bur(hqu oppose the nonu ts-
sue for a new court house at this dollars at the box social. Victor
time on account of the high cost
of materials. A vote was pledged
against the issue at their regular
meeting Monday evening.
Mount Vernon is to have a ntuni-
cipal Christmas tree this year The
Evergreen tree standing near the
entrance to the Presbyterian
('hurch will .be lighted, as many
other towns have had for several
years.
Miss Luelda Pfautz, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Pfautz of IAs-
ben and Irl Hoodmaker son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Hoodmaker of
Mount Vernon were married at the
bride's home, Thursday evening,
1)ecen|tmr 1 6.
Will Gormly w'ls serioHsly in-
jured by a falling tree, Wednes-
day ef last week on his farm while
Hogle and Charles Fordyce auc-
tioned the box(s.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
December 27, 1910
T. I. Mitchell has just about
completed arranging his stoek.
since taking over the T. P. Phillips
stock of implements.
John B. Hay of Solon narrowly]
escaped death in an encouI]ter with
a vicious cow on his farm near
that place last week. I
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Fine Fur Coats $54.00
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