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December 26, 1940     The Mount Vernon Hawkeye-Record
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T Deo~ember 26, 1940 THE MOUNT VERNON, IOAVA, HAAVKEYE-ILEOOIU) ~a~TD THE IJSItON HERAIJ) Polio Five - Mrs Bart H Foster Died : : : : : :- ~ Rapids spent the week end at home. ] Mrs. W. B. Pye and Eugene were ] Nelda were at the Mrs. Olive Hakes ,d, - 'Dec" 16th In" Seattle, Wash McROBERTS SCHOOL [e:~ua~d MrSeWiljbu:?~ar~lS~lnl-[at Olin Saturday afternoon, iMr. and Mrs. M. E. Switzer and t of " y " g " - Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Steplaens of[children, Thais Ward and Lorraine i~" EEK S0ClALIJY IN M01[NT VERNON ::- : = Inett Forest and Mrs N Sherman S d-iBickerstaff were Anamosa she rs - ~.im i, Am &w.ivvAI ~ i.im~lVAW I .= "'" ' "'* "'q " "'" "* ~''"" C' " n -- - ~.~. - . y p~ L !lq t Mrs. nmtt H. v os~et t l.va wn t~) I I Mrs. r~rne eac~nane entertamea |ney, Nebr were Sunday afternoon Saturday evenmg. ~er, ~ i oldest (lau~ht~q' of l lr. and Mrs. J. . i~li [at Christmas dinner Mr. and Mrs. [callers of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Smith i Mr. and Mrs. Albert Meineke of Vel~ -*~~ G. Wh(.at, died 1)ec. 16. in Seattle,[ . ~ ',~,',fHomer McShane and family, Mr./ Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Wickey of Olin were Friday evening guests ~.ho ~istmasl'Wash'' at the home of bcr grand-I l~:~ ' i"~ 7~" " ~. land Mrs. Archie White and Vir-IGalva Illinois are spending an in-lin the L C. and Mrs Myrtle Bix- ~"~=;"Tnidaughter. Mrs. l)ick Ellis who is :~ ~~ ~~ : : ~ ~gmm Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mc-idefim;e bme w,th Mrs Wicke 'siler home' " :~~'. - ~,t,mr toe ,l" an ~ ~rs L~ ~. ~,~ ~"~,~,~, regmtered, nurse, and. Ires bern. ~car- ~~~~~,- .IShane of Cedar. Rapids, and H. P. mother, Mrs. Ehzabeth McCleary / Mr. and Mrs. Dwight. Pulver and ~edn%r:g2v: mg for her for" many .mol~ttls. ~izs.I ~ lfJ~ IMcShane of Chmago. . and son Chas. ]Nelda and Arlene Smith were at "an~"'~]~I"r'.q: Foster had a stroke m amy 19a~] ~ l Mr. and Mrs. Jim Carnanan of/ Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Pulverafter ]and' Cedar Rapids Saturday. ~" ~"or~f. "a d and had n(wcr recowwed,hel: pov, erI . ICedar Rapids spent Sunday at theI home near Martelle Sunday Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Angus spent ~'~ r'.'a"'n'd Mr2 of speech since, altho sne ,ecamct ~Cleve Bennett home. I noon, Mrs. Hakes's son Roy was i Friday and Saturday with their ~%'?R: ]al, le to walk ').round -and do many [ [ Elmer Stroff called Sunday morn-!brought home recently from Mercyi son-in-law and daughter Mr and flu . ' 2 w . . . ] ' ~~tde.~' "" things for be, self. / ~ ~~~7:~ ling on George House. hospital at Anamosa where he had I Mrs. Leslie Meeks near Mount Ver- ~ ~'.'~~'u~: rnen ] .v~,~uuy vv~u~. She is survived. ~ .'hY four chil 1 "en / ~ i The Fred Leaf, Cecil Bennett, ,~ been confined for the past two non. ld ~~~omas Nichol- ] Mrs. Jessie Cunmngham and Mrs. / : " ' [Homer McShane and Rollo Patten L weeks with a fractured femur. They i Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Bickerstaff, ~~~ other, Mrs. D. I). Corlett of Seattlc, Wash and ~ ]families attended a Christmas party ~ found him slowly improving. Mrs. Mildred Burger, Betty Switzer, ~-guest~-on B. B. and C. E. Foster of St. Paul, i [at the I. O. O. F. hall in Spring-I Leland Miller of Anamosa and i Amy Jamison and Mrs. J. R. Bick- ~'~['rs~."~v~r'~ ~A:|I7 grandchilh-en anl four g'~).t /ville Saturday night. Mr and Mr O erstaff she ed at Anamosa Thurs ~.- ~tl~htp~ On yrida ja man o ' " ; ]1'(:; ;; St Pi"ul?'ffinn'~.':~nd'Ben-: ~ " " " " " I . . s. . H. Courtney of the PP - n Friday Janu-IRil(v of St Paul Minn and Ben ,grandchhdren two maters, Mrs.I " The Paralta Embrmdery club r "' 'v were Sunday onll da evening emb . - Fo eat vimmt Y -- j chan~"'~'~ ~.'eqlYested t; to inST.'Riley ofGreencastle.ind. W H l oste~ of ~eAlhn T(xts [ will meet with Mrs Ethel Rose,era m the C E McCleary home i Rev C L Windsor and Mar m --~l~ll~acher in~l ~ I ~'~ ~v| "~=~$~1~] ~ l'vmunt~~. dff l]--.--" ~gnotlVer ii.~and Jamjy, Mr.p~aymg games and aurin --,$ollCltl""l" --~ ~L ~.toe eve.'stir" .---Members of the I elgh family en': .-- * ~ " ' " .- ' -- " ' ' ' -'*":-I[,~ a and rs. ~'erne 0ayneano,~l~[~l'[ and n m the Mr W d -ome I rmtmas i r on d sday/[li~l[! ' ~ ' ~:; ' LLI[I" "Vernon. Sun-/~.t "l]~|[~[lil~l Any $22.95" ' " Winter'~~ ~----~'~ ~[L ~" ' ' " ' " . l.--- ~J lion Johfnston a~dsMr~;:)Mf ~k2OvO:y,g21~s~S,~,2~l Hawkeye-Record Photo s~tmnday, :dntinagaho~::s. Sam John alyrSn:U~hnSm~s F~:~SXuRs?in: ~ ?:rnrt Wednesday and Thursday g~t ~~uests on Christmas three brothers )" V. C. Vheat of MeRoberts lmral s(hool in Bertram township t~ located ne~tr the [ Mr and Mrs Howard McShane " ' ~" .vi rs. l) t : ' "--" ~rtin Chris: San Antonio, I exas, A. J. VCho~t [Upper Pall ~les. Miss l,~(hm Mo,)l|ihan is the teacher. Included in the ~attended a Christmas droner in the ]~ of West Branch. Mr. and Jot Humbolt and G. G. Wheat of l,~, re I-" Bider an in the 8th or-d-, M~- T p.= Vlsll~,~l 7th[Nelle Davis home in Springville]~ ]] ta v "esented bv Mrs ~ i,'~-.~ ,*~ : ~.",~.' -~ -~; ~ ---Y ~m n Chrlstensen, Mrs. Brooklyn, N.Y. Her brothers B. . [g~ven by Mr. and Mrs. Harl Davm!l[ ~ inn ~ II h at graue, Shirney AVhnte, ~xo graue, l-tttl VisllSel and Baroara white, .znd innO~~e and children JoycelP. *Wheat and I H. (oy) XV e, I "" ' ' " ~ " ' ion Sunday. U]] ,rib i 1 rSO~rvin Tin-her." l)receeded her in death several grade; Betty ~'hlte and Ann Marie VlsUsel, 1st grade. MeRoberts and ~ ~ n - - ~~7 ~ -, ]years ago, and her youngcst broth- Riverside schools are having a joint l)l(naic with Itiverslde ~hool to-[ ]~[,-~.|n=, 1 n i m ~ a nt r - z /5 N11 S I (Igor iNcaientertainedat ",- . and Mr I ~ 7. ', '' e~ J. R. (Jack) XVh(,at dl(d only lVlUIlg:;~y ~u ~-, ,~ H,~ w, I ~:~ oars oerore sue aiq, d. t~. I / l~lr~, l~lla 1~', ~usun l ~ n ~ am m ~ ~edar Ra I mouth is teacher of ]iti~ers~de school ~~ ledwere: Mr. tpasscd away in Seattle Nov. 17, [ / -- In m m - n .Neal and.family; 1940 and left "~ wife and two sons. Corres ndent: Will OU kindl ~lder'm"anarents ! I / 1. -~r eo--a da-'Ye~arl- neall n n ~ t ~amjw---- i ' -- I" - Im'' " * " I I -v~ount Ver-,and family Mr and Mrs Austin I "- -" -" = = = = : : = : : : : = Y n o I l llllnots Wresthn Meet . . week so the office force can e j y] IN]~ ----- Armstrong and family, Mr. and g nf drioIM;Mnff IWill Be Held At Chamnaign Graduates Of Progressive High Schools New Years Day a holi.d y. Yo. I 1~ ~ '" ICK BUSe r .' ~ a -1 - ~ o " The dual w,'(~ nieet ,eiween IFar Surpass Graduates ,Of Ordmary Schools]a Happy New Year. II ~~f- I t a C hi)ark en- v'l idle - did fine this week. Thank you and of Vi'/"w' Betty. Bobby hosts for the annual Christmas din- lois on ,Tan. 11 will be held in I CO I~ UN I~Y TREE WAS I oal were Cornell end the t nivcrsity of .lin ~stmas din] That students from real progres- . schools excelled the graduates of ] i lW-- ~nemt/ers of the Neal (;nampa~gn, not in :uounr vernon, ] iv ~i h schoq f t ur a "h { /ALL ROUND SUUUt~S l1 l~ = ~ --'~-,mrg. ] "~--"'-- 'as nn unccd n the l~st issue The is "c n g " o s a" s p 8s L use Erie [raOlilonal sCnools tn toe rauu I lyt. ~M' --"-~-~ " [ramuy. Lv; aroJ ~ +l ,: ''~ ",~]fro,n the usual high school is an[of 27 to 7. ] The community Christmas .tree[]] l ~nnn S~e~) I:w~sh stess~ww,*. nests ~'.~" " Mr ~e~ mTt ravls a ". had' I "" Mms Hazel M~ff Ml teacher . . in' h on~ e":c'on't est' on zanuary v "" 3O. i s"~'~:i(t'h-- K 'us~"nc('~t:l;~ " ] m( 'e,eou,'sc e ceptionally ' contcmporary one must significant not high confuse fact. school,dcliberately the Of,theA fact rather . that intere~lng forty-six avoided students mathematics/was sidelight who is / houses0ro r.m we. o* 0o==e o,ey a=eooeo u aY a o0 ro--ne= o.enm voo =,u ODn 117 1 M I1 lg M T/~ D Y n ~l~~~.~lO;I /with those that operate on theiin htgh sthool surpamed thmr[all round success. A vIst.f -t| l li I1 I IX I1 I Ill I l ~~d o~*1 },e I,~ in. inl, u S t~a ~, .h.p 1.1 +.~ in ov ne hloot /Santa Claus in a modern trucx, l~ ~m m v a t m rd Travisand -. ,~nu who took part in the community lsome of the best schools of the ha- ' ~'"'"-" '-"~" " " " roved ver ' hflamous" ' and treats l ~o ;n~oUn~ :', '-.- (' ' - -2. lz,'essive I.'ducational Association ]including mathematics Further-[P Y . 1 1 vtus I p s ~ " * YIlion.Tney nave ~,von [nc .~li(lWCS[ '" ~ " " " ' ' ~ " were distributed' ' to young and eta [l~" "Arno'ld~, c- " n-- ~l h, ]for of 1he over 20 000 high schools more "progressive" students went[ I II [~lr~ -- " ~ 'I oniere L'(! ! el LI]e t "ce years ' "' ' " " ~P~" h~"'John that it h s been avail tl)h ~,a [m the Vmted States only a corn- ]tn for ,ore extra-curricular activ- [ahke. ] I erl ~ ', tt'acFler in the * " " ' ~ ~" ~ ' ' [ ~' [ ""* ,l~.~ ~]th and-Vir-] Iparative few may be trulylabelled lities (except athletics) took more,-------- I ~r" / ~ ~ i ~ ~ard ' - |](en YlCLOrlOUS in l J ou[ o[ 6~ ~' ' Wa ko '; *-w'" ]"p,ogressivc." ",'his knowledge is I active interest In politics, talked] Mr. and Mrs. Fred Austin en- Ill~ ~ ~ ~ . . .~lll V ~~ig~"an'