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Section Three-Pages 19 to 28 Northeast Iowa Waterloo's Neighbors Third and fourth Congressional District Artis Art Givon Special Attention in Courier Newt Coverage FIRST WITH II NEWS WATERLOO, IOWA, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1940 uinioi rn 1 IMJ A mwttti mm B7 ffl 4 LI SOL New Home at Charles City CASE RESULT OF Historic Salem Presbyterian Church Moved; Will Serve Group at Lincoln SI.H REPDHTED IHHUCO. REQ CROSS DDI JT 1 I 4., ,.4. Rff -'11 nr rrn n-mrTtnir-rnn-iiir'-f 'h m.jn questing the presbytery to disolve the A further request was added that the church building and all its contents be given to the people of Lincoln, with the provision that they would assume the cost of moving and would promise that the building would always be used as a house of worship. The Lincoln Community Presbyterian church in recent years had been holding services Jointly with the Evangelical church of Lincoln. The offer was accepted and the Salem church began its Journey of 13 miles across highway 96 and Wolf creek, and in two weeks came to its present home.

Will Overhaul Building. The people of the church plan to completely overhaul the building. It will be repainted and the basement will be made modern in every respect. Members of the Ladies Aid have already declared their intentions of giving a complete set of dishes and silverware valued at $200 toward the furnishing of the church. Present plans call for all the work to be completed on the building in the spring and at that time it will be dedicated.

COMMUNITY IS OF Sam Sherman Faces Year's Imprisonment for Wife Attack. reowner Special Service) West Union, la. Sam Sherman, 28, of Oelwein, Saturday faced a minimum sentence of one year's imprisonment following his conviction by a Fayette county jury of a charge of assault to commit great bodily injury, The charge grew out of an attack upon his bride of a month, the former Hazel Struckman, 24. of Oelwein. She has since divorced Sherman.

Out Five Hours. The Jury deliberated five hours before reaching its verdict at 10 p. m. Friday. Sherman still faces a charge of assault with intent to murder his father-in-law, C.

L. Struckman. This charge is the result of a fracas at the Sherman home last July 6 between Sherman and Struckman. Wounded in Leg. Sherman was wounded in the leg when the gun he pulled on his father-in-law, was discharged in the scuffle.

Struckman, answering a call from his daughter, took two Oelwein policemen with him when he went to the Sherman home. Earlier in the trial Mrs. Sherman testified her husband once chained and padlocked her to a bedpost and struck her on the head with a revolver. Guardian Sought for Mary A. Ryan of Independence (Courier Special Service) Independence, la.

Judge R. W. Hasner, of the district court here, has set Friday, Dec. 13, as the day for hearing on a petition to appoint George F. Slemmons, chair man of the board of supervisors, as temporary guardian of Mary A.

Ryan. -The petition asks for the ap pointment on grounds that Miss Ryan is the possessor of real es tate and personal property, and has been committed to the Buchanan county home as an aged person of unsound mind. When she was taken to the county home $1,200 in cash and bonds was found sewed in a belt around her waist. She is also the possessor of 40 acres of farm land in Newton township adjoining the town of Monti. The appointment of a guardian is asked so as to preserve her property.

Osage Man Paroled From Sentence of Year for Forgery Courier Rnecial Service) Charles Citv. Ia. George C. Thompson of Osage, was given a suspended sentence of one year in the countv iail here Friday, when he pleaded guilty to a county at torney inrormation, cnargmg nun with forgery. Judge M.

H. Kepler of Northwood who imposed the sentence, paroled Thompson to Floyd County Sheriff B. F. Ather-ton pending his behavior during the suspension. According to the information filed in justice court, Thompson signed the name of co-worker to a check and also indorsed the check with the same name, and proceeded to cash the check at a Charles City bank.

The check, which was on an Osage bank, was In the amount of $160. MANCHESTER PUPILS TAKE TWO FIRSTS IN DECLAMATORY MEET (Courier Special Service) Manchester, Ia. Declamatory contestants from Manchester won two first places and one second at a sub-district declamatory contest at Strawberry Point Thursday night in which four contestants each from the humorous and oratorical divisions and three from the dramatic section competed. In the dramatic division, Mips Jeanne Roller of Manchester placed first and Margaret Meyer of Sumner, Miss Jean Beddow of Manchester won first honors in oratorical, with Miss Donna Frederick of Strawberry Point, second. In the humorous section, Edward Fitzpatrick of Strawberry Point placed first, and Miss Dorothea Fry of Manchester and Edward Wegner of Stanley tied for second honors.

12 IV CHICKASAW CO. WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN MATTRESS PROJECT New Hampton, Ia. (Special) Twelve Chicxasaw county residen's have filed applications with Mi.s Margaret Stewart, Chickasaw county home demonstration agent, asking to participate in the mattress program. Applications must be filed not later than Dec. 16.

II ELI I ASSAULT Jill CRASH LAST EASTER SONDAT Original Swope Suit Against Eldora Barber Asked for $9,000. (Courier Special Service) Eldora, Ia. A jury in Hardin county district court here returned a verdict of $11,714.70 for the plaintiff at 8:30 p. m. Fridav in th Swope vs.

Todd $16,000 automobile damage suit that had been under trial auring the last week. The case had gone to the jury of six men and six women at 4 p. m. Friday. Originally the plaintiff, Mrs.

Sylvia Albers Swope, of Cedar Falls, asked $9,000, but following 3 head operation performed at Des Moines in October a substituted, petition was filed and the amount increased to $16,000. En Route to Eldora. The lawsuit was the outcome of an automobile accident last Easter morning near an intersection on highway 57, five miles east of Eldora. Mrs. Swope, then unmarried, was en route from Cedar Falls with her fiance, John Swope, to Eldora to visit her parents, County Superintendent and Mrs.

M. Z. Albers. About 150 feet west of the inter-section their car became involved in a collision with a car driven by Robert Todd, Eldora barber. Both care were proceeding west and Todd had come into the highway from a side road.

Negligence on the part of Todd was claimed in the Swope petition. Gives Up Teaching. Plaintiff's testimony represented that after the accident Mrs. Swopa was able to continue her profession of school teaching for only a short time. Subsequently, she testified, she sunerea irom severe headaches.

Relief was finally sought in an operation, in which blood clots were taken from the skull. Since the operation Mrs. Swope's speech and ability to walk have become affected, she said. The surgeon who performed th operation testified that if Mrs. Swope had 'not submitted to the operation she probably would hav become insane or completely paralyzed.

Cedar Falls Choir to Give Program at Charles City (Courier Special Service) Charles City, Ia. The Wesley Foundation choir of Cedar Falls, a group of 30 students from Iowa State Teachers college, will present the evening service of worship Sunday at 7:30 in Central Methodist church. A group of anthems sung by tha choir and solos by members of the choir will be the program. Rev. E.

A. Baker of Cedar Falls is the director of the Wesley Foundation on the State Teachers college campus, and the choir is directed by a student, Gilbert Hob-son of Logan. Miss Marjorie Houk, student counselor, will be with the group and assist in the program, The Charles City high school music department consisting of the band, orchestra and vocal department assisted by the verse choir of the public speaking class, will present a concert in the high school auditorium at 8 o'clock, Monday night, Dec, 9. This will be a courtesy concert to all the parents, patrons, and friends of tha school and no charge will be made. IOWA FALLS LEGION AUXILIARY JOINS IN COLLECTION OF BOOKS Courier Special Service) Iowa Falls, Ia.

W. Paul Hymart unit, American Legion auxiliary, is co-operating in the state wide movement to collect books for distribution. More than 50 books have been taken to the local Jack Sprat store, and many more are expected to brought in before December 21. As many of the books as are needed will be distributed locally among needy veteran families, and to shut-ins, and the remainder will be sent to the state auxiliary organization for distribution among needy veterans in other places. Members of the Legion and auxiliary will distribute Christmas baskets to needy veteran families as in former years.

The junior auxiliary members are assisting in dressing dolls to be distributed by the Iowa Fall3 branch of the Red Cross. ST. ANSGAR JUNIOR PLAY. St. Ansgar, Ia.

(Special) Th junior class of the local high school will present the play, "Thru th Keyhole," next Friday night in th social school auditorium, The cast: Helen Aith, Jean Ana Wold, Marlin Hanson, Mary Lea Dearch, Vernon Troge, Lloyd. Cowell, Lucille Pah I.aVern Nightingale, BRISTOW TEACHER RESIGN A. Brlstow, Ia -Sp 1 UO Urn Sorlien has rcsitfnwl a gra'ie t- tr in the Rdstow school in er- i a fimilnr one in the Ktv.r.1 i Virg.nU r. r. elected to fill th rry.

liU begin her duv Plan Complete Renovation and Dedication During Coming Spring. Courier Special Service) Traer, la. The. historic Salem church, for many years the house of worship for a group of Presbyterians, has been moved from its site for many years about five miles west of Traer to its new home at Lincoln, and a new page will be added to its history. In 1864 the first Salem church was built at a cost of $845.

As population increased and membership grew, a new church was required. In 1887 the second church was built at a cost of $2,325. Five years later, this church was destroyed by fire, and all the contents lost. Plans to rebuilt were made at once and this third church was dedicated Dec. 7, 1893.

The pres. ent church was badly damaged by a cyclone about 10 years ago. On Dec. 20, 1939, a petition signed by the last remaining mem-bers of Salem church was sent to the presbytery of Waterloo re Farm Woman of Garrison Is Given Damages by Jury Litigation Grows Out of Auto Mishap Aug. 1, 1939.

(Courier Special Service) Vinton, la. Mrs. John Hupfeld, 31, Garrison farm wife, was awarded $2,726.25 by a district court jury here for injuries resulting from, an automobile accident Aug. 1, 1939. The jury awarded her husband $235 for damages to his car.

Both decisions were against W. Stottler, 65, Big Grove township farmer, 4 who was held responsible for the accident. Mrs. Hupfeld had asked $5,000 for suffering and permanent injuries to her knee, plus $228.25 for physicians' fees and hospital expenses. The jury deliberated five hours before agreeing on the amount.

Judge B. O. Tankersley, on mo tion of the plaintiff, directed a verdict against the defendant Stottler's cross-petition and counter claim for $1,300 damages when he found Stottler had been guilty of contributory negligence in causing the collision between the Hupfeld and Stottler cars. Seeks Child's Custody. There will be a hearing Dec.

17 on the reauest of Bettv Vawter Jenks, divorced wife of Rev. Loren T. Jenks, Minneapolis, for absolute custody of their son Keith Vawter Jenks. The Jenks' were divorced in Rentnn countv district court "in January, 1939, following months of wraneline. At the time of the di- vore the child was eiven to his mother during school montns wnne the father was to have him during vacation periods.

Mrs. Jenks claims that as the father took his son to the Pacific coast without her knowledge she should have absolute custody of the boy. Rev. Mr. Jenks was once pastor of the Vintnn Church of Christ and is now serving as pastor of a Minneapolis church.

Vaccinations Given. Aeenrrlins to a rerjort eiven out by Miss Violet Wilson, school nurse, 279 children in the local schools received either smallpox vaccination. diDhtheria immuniza tion or both Friday morning at the schools. Tho work was SDonsored by the state health department and state and county medical societies. NEW CAR LICENSING CAINS IN BUCHANAN Courier Special Service) Tnrlpnpnrlpnrp la -fntmtv Treas urer John Corcoran, reports that more automobile licenses for new cars have been issued so far this month than in any preceding year up to the same date.

Up to Friday evening there had been 34 licenses issued for new cars, as compared with 23 in 1939. and 31 in 1938, while only 13 were issued up to the same date in 1937., CHRISTMAS PLAY AT WAVERLY SCHOOL WILL BE GIVEN ON DEC. 18. Waverly, Iowa (Special) The Waverly public schools will have a two-weeks Christmas vacation, beginning Friday afternoon, Dec. 20, according to Supt.

J. M. Mc-Burney. Classes will be resumed Monday morning, Jan. 6.

A Christmas play, "Why the Chimes Rang," will be presented for the assembly program, Dec. 18. VESPERS AT WAVERLY. Waverly. Ia.

(Special) The annual candlelight vespers of the St Paul's junior choir will be given the St. Paul's Lutheran church Sunday afternoon, beginning at 4:15. There will be 15 minutes of organ music by Prof. G. Heist.

Several Districts Not Yet In; Play Festival Held at Hampton. i (Courier Special Sendee) Hampton, la. $1,133.67 has been collected in the annual Red Cross drive in Franklin county up to the present time, with Hampton and several rural communities yet incomplete. Towns in the county which have finished their drive have reported as follows: Geneva, $32.69, in charge of C. W.

Burch, superintendent of schools there; Bradford, $10.75, in charge of Mrs. W. E. Roche; Hansell, $26.50, in charge of Mrs. Lyle Beed; Coulter, $19, in charge of Mrs.

N. R. Christiansen; Popejoy, $10, in charge bf E. E. Anderson; Latimer, $14.85, in charge of Supt.

T. T. Kies. Mrs. Lewis E.

Hedgecock, Hampton, is in charge of the Roll Call here. W1H Open Sewing Room. Mrs. Harold D. Baldwin, county Red Cross chairman, reports that a Red Cross sewing room will soon be in operation in Hampton, in the public library basement.

Material for garments is being arranged for by Mrs. Baldwin and her committee, who will be in charge of the project. Proceeds of the annual membership drive at the present time is considerable more than the amount collected for last year, which totaled $1,059.94. The quota for this year had been set at $1,000. County Play Festival.

The annual Franklin county play festival was held in the Hampton High school auditorium Friday night. Schools of Geneva, Hansell and Hampton participated in the non-competitive event The Geneva school presented "Elmer," under direction of Miss Audrey Peet. The Hansell school presented "Who Gets the Car Tonight," with Miss Esther H. Duf-fus, directing. The Hampton school presented "Oliver Travels," a one-act comedy written by the director, Miss Melvene Draheim.

dramatic coach in the Hampton schools. T. B.Case Finding Program Underway in Hardin County (Courier Special Service) Iowa Falls, la. A case-finding survey to locate cases of tuberculosis is being made in Hardin county, with Miss Esther Naas, registered nurse, visiting homes where there are individuals known to the doctors of the county as having had contact with active cases of tuberculosis. The survey is made posible thru co-operation of the Hardin County Medical society, the Hardin county Christmas seal committee with the state department of health, and the Iowa Tuberculosis association.

One-half of the cost of the survey is met by the state health department, and one-half from the funds raised thru the sale of Christmas health seals in the county last year. A similar survey was made last year, Bnd nearly 100 persons who reacted positively to the tuberculin skin tests were given chest X-rays examinations at Ellsworth municipal hospital. Chest X-rays will be given to positive reactors this year, and after Interpretation of the X-rays, the family doctor will prescribe treatment where necessary. ELGIN MAN CHARCED WITH LARCENY HELD IN JAIL AT VINTON Courier Special Service) Vinton, la. Ted Neuman, Elgin, in Ttenton countv Jail unable is to furnish $1,000 bond, on a charge of larceny in the daytime.

Neuman is accused of stealing a double-barreled shotgun, four cans of anti-freeze and some small articles from G. Wetzstein, Monroe township farmer, early in Novem- He was arrested Tuesday at West Uuion. CRITICALLY ILL. St. Ansgar, la.

(Special) Anton wiiiiam is critically ill at his home here. BIRTHS REPORTED. To Mr. and Mrs. Erl Kuhleraeir, Dec 3, ton.

To Mr. and Mri. Carl Weidemtnn, Nov, 35, daughter, Carol iee. To Mr. nd Mr.

Faber Miller, Dec 3, ton. 1al rn. To Mr. and Mn. Maynard Bergin, Nov 77.

daughter. To Mr. and Mr. Horace Dougan, Nov To Mr. and Mra.

Arthur N. Young. Nov. SO, ion. Robert Arthur.

To Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Honeck, Dec. 3, son. Kaahaa.

Mr. and Mrs. William Neal, Nov 3a. ion. To Mr.

and Mr. Howard Card, Dee. Charles City during the last year. Workers Building and Repair ing Oak Furniture for State Park Cabins. (Courier Special Senv'rel Eldora, Ia.

An NYA project here under the supervision of Glenn Livengood, is employing 69 young men between the ages of 17 and 24 at work for 60 hours a month at the rate of 27 cents an hour. The main project is the build ing and repairing of oak furniture for use in the state park cabins thruout the state. Other work being done for the state conservation commission is the making of 'walnut plaques on which fish will be mounted and given to schools in Iowa. NYA workers are also repairing furniture for the county welfare office. Two New Projects.

Two projects to start soon wjll take' 30 boys out of the shop. Twenty workers will be assigned to building 18 dams in South Fork creek as soon as a supervisor is named by the conservation com-mision, which is co-operating with the local Wildlife club as sponsor. Appointment of L. F. Reed, cus todian of Pine Lake State park, to this position is expected soon.

Ten men will be assigned to work in the state park. Put Up Yule Decorations. The Eldora Community club pur chased the materials for the city's Christmas decorations which the NYA installed. A striking feature of the decorations is 76 plywood figures of Santa Claus which are placed at street intersections. These were made in the JNa woncsnop.

A clerical project employing six young women was started during the last week. Stenographic work will be done in the Farm Bureau office and in the offices of the city attorney and county superintendent. Austin Marriage Lasts Two Days; Divorce Is Asked (Courier Special Service) Charles City, Ia. James Albert Austin of Greene, Butler county, and Gertrude Crowell Austin, of Rockford, Floyd county, lived together two days, according to his divorce petition on file here Friday. They were married at North-wood, Aug.

10, 1940 and separated on Aug. 12, 1940. He charged cruel and inhuman treatment. Judge M. H.

Kepler Friday granted the divorce. Austin will pay his former wife $250 in full for alimony. MUSICAL COMEDY AT PLAINFIELD THURSDAY Plainfield, Ia. (Special) The musical comedy, "The Sunbonnet Girl," will be presented by high school pupils Thursday night. Charlotte Shadbolt and William Beach will have leading roles and will be supported by a cast of 12 others, and a large chorus.

PLAINFIELD TO HAVE YULE LIGHTING CONTEST Plainfield, Ia. (Special Mem bers of the Tlainfield woman club voted at their Friday meeting to sponsor a Christmas lighting and decorating contest. Those on the committee re Mrs. J. H.

Mason, Mrs. C. W. Gritzner and Mrs. Lorna Mae Folkerts.

BUYS DIKE BUILDING. Dike, Ia. (Special) Laurits Hansen of Dike has bought the former Dike Savings bank building for $1,200. The sale was made thru the receiver. to use ome of the money from their sale to paint the barn.

Mis Mary Florence Lathrop of Denver. first woman member of the American Bar association, is still practicing law at 75. G9 YOUNG IN IT WORK AT ELDORA ON MYA PROJECT by Mr. and Mra. Ralph Wrirht at These Women! Br ADELAIDE KERR AP Future Service Writer RS.

AUGUST BELMONT, winner of the 1940 American Woman's Association Award for Eminent Achievement, has built two interesting and famous careers in the last 40 years. In the gilded days of the nineteen hundreds she was a Broadway toast as the beautiful young actress Eleanor Robson. Now, as the handsome, white-haired widow of the banker-sportsman-philanthropist, she has won fame for her philanthropic and social service, in recognition of which she received the A. W. A.

award. Most of her activity has been directed in aid of the jobless, the Red Cross and the Met ropolitan Opera Guild. In her philanthropic work Mrs. Belmont is known for her speed and efficiency in raising funds. If all the dollars she has helped raise for various projects in the last 25 years were heaped in one mountain of millions, its computation would make a comptometer creak.

When the depression threw thou sands of men out of jobs, she helped raise $9,000,000 in their be hali thru the work of the Wom an's Division of the Emergency Un employment Relief A few years later she did her bit to keep the Metropolitan Opera alive by founding the Metropolitan Guild, which she still heads. Today it has between 16,000 and 17,000 members who contribute from $3 to $100 apiece annually and last year it turned over $100,000 worth of opera seats and subscriptions to the box office. Besides her Guild work Mrs. Belmont is a member of the Central committee of the National Red Cross and a member of the board of the Community Service society (of New York) which works to put the poor and jobless back on their feet financially. When I asked her the secret of her success in organization, raising funds and "making people do things," she looked nonplussed, then said succinctly, "It takes imagination, convic- tion and enthusiasm." But her cohorts are a good deal more articulate on the subject.

This sums up what they have to say: "She makes everybody she works with feel he is a real and impor tant part of the project and gives him a sense of being two inches taller and 10 times better than he is. She never loses sight of the peo nle whom she is trying to help. She reads their letters and can tell about them in a way that stirs up svmrjathv for them. She has a won derful speaking voice educated and cultivated but she's not standoffish and high-hat. She can work with all kinds of people from elevator men to presidents, meet everyone on his own level and win him over to her side.

You just can't say 'no to Mrs. Belmont." Life began at 77 for Grandma Anna Mary Moses of Eagle Bridge, N. Y. At that age, three years ago, she began to paint pictures, using thresher cloth for canvas and some old paints she found in the barn on her farm. One day she sent a picture to be sold with preserves and needlework at a woman's fair.

A New York collector saw it. bought it and ordered more. This fall Grandma Mosen had a one man show in a gallery in New York where critics hailed her pictures as "American primitives." She means i 'X 1 I fiS If sAv This attractive new home was built H. E. Folkers Caught by Highway Patrolmen After Two-Mile Chase.

(Courier Special Service) Allison, Ia. Caught by highway patrolmen after a two-mile chase over side roads and across trunk highways, during which he is alleged to have tossed out of his car four gallon cans of illegal alcohol, H. E. Folkers, 25, Greene, Saturday had been bound over to the Butler county district court on a charge of illegal transportation of liquor. Folkers was arrested about 9:30 p.

m. Thursday by Highway Patrolmen Claire Hoffman and LeRoy Huskemp. The officers first attempted to stop his car at the edge of Allison, because his tail-light was not lighted. Speeds Up Car. Instead of stopping, according to the officers, he increased the speed of his car, dashing at high speed off highway 14 onto side roads, with the officers in, close pursuit.

Folkers was said to have speeded across highways 14 and 10 without slowing up for the arterial stop signs. He was finally forced to stop on the old route of highway 14, two miles south of Allison, The officers reported finding three gallon tins along the rcute of the chase. They said Folkers apparently had punctured holes in the cans with a screwdriver as he drove, with the result that much of the alcohol had leaked out when the cans were picked up. Faces Three Charges. The patrolmen booked Folkers at the Buller county jail on charges of illegal trnnsportation, reckless driving ad improper registration.

The license plates on his car were reported to have been issued for a truck, Arraigned Friday before Justice of the Peace Miller here, Folkers was bound over to the district court, under bond of $500, which he furnished. Folkers was convicted Oct. 20, 1937, of illegal possession of liquor and was fined $3,000 and costs. LA PORTE CITY POST OFFICE TO MOVE INTO -NEW LEGION BUILDING (Courier Special Service) La Porte City, Ia. An agreement was made by the federal postoffice department to lease space for 10 years in the new building being built by the Legion on Commercial street in which to house the La Porte City post office.

The basement of the building will be used for activities of the Legion and auxiliary and all fixtures will be furnished by the Legion except the lock boxes. The Legion expects to have the building ready for occupancy by spring. SANTA CLAUS VISITS CLARKSVILLE KIDDIES (Courier Special Service) Clarksville, Ia. Under auspices of the business and professional men of Clarksville, Santa Claus made a pre-Christmas visit to Clarkville children Saturday with treats and will stop again Saturday, Dec. 21.

On Saturday afternoon, Dec. 14. a free movie will be shown for children at the Clark theatre, and on Dec. 21 gifts to adults will be given by merchants. AGED RL'DD MAN ILL.

Rudd, Ia. (Special) Robert Kraus, 90, Rudd's oldest resident, is confined to his bed by illness. MARRIAGE LICENSES. CHICKASAW COINTT. Issued at New Hampton: Arnold H.

Radeke. 31. and Evelyn Andrews, 22. both of Cedar Rapids. Ben Butler, 21.

and Genevieve Helen Stephens. 17. both of Waverly. Eugene R. Durlam, 21.

and Doris Jane Gremer, Ji. both of Jefferson. Richard E. Bresler. 25, and Gwyneth Knight, 22.

both of Cedar Rapids. DELAWARE COINTV. ksued at Manchester: Robert Shatter, 2. and Marvel Ilene Theel. 21.

both of Manchester. Erwin R. Dvsert, 22. and Arlen E. Hartman, 31, both of Manchester, GDI RESIDENT HELD Al DISTRICT COURT FDR LIQUOR II BE IT Goal of $2,500 Set for Financial Needs of Various Agencies.

(Courier Special Service) Vinton, la. The Greater Vinton club is planning to sponsor a Com munity Chest. No definite date has been planned for the drive, but it is decided that it will be held ls- fore Christmas. The Community Chest take care of the financial needs of all organized Vinton charities, including the Community Exchange, Milk Fund, Goodfellows and other pro jects to be selected at later meetings of the board. Directors of the community chest drive are Mrs.

Carlton Knupp, M. P. Kruse, John W. Tobin, J. E.

Showalter, Mrs. Carrie Seely and Worth Conder. Mrs. Knupp is chairman. Milton Dwyer will act as treasurer-secretary.

The 1940 goal has been set at $2,500. MANCHESTER YOUTHS ENLIST IN U. S. NAVY Manchester, la. (Special) Two Manchester youths, Robert Bardt-man, 18, and Donald Boone, 17, have enlisted in Uncle Sam's naval service, and will report for service at the Dubuque headquarters next Monday morning.

Young Bardtman, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bardtman of this city, has enlisted for a six-year course. Boone, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs.

Doyle Boone of this city, has enlisted for a three-year term. Both will be sent to the Great Lakes naval training station near Chicago after completing their preliminary examinations. Boone has a brother, Duane, in the army at Fort Des Moines. TRAER I. O.

O. F. ELECTS. Traer, la. (Special) Officers for.

the Traer 1. O. O. F. for the rnminff vear are AdolDh Drinov- sky, noble grand; Louis Markham, vice grand; L.

L. Sawyer, recording secretary; S. K. Dalziel, financial secretary, and D. P.

Dalziel, treasurer. S. K. Dalziel was also named a trustee for three years. Other officers, all appointive, will be selected later.

IOWA DEATHS (Courier Sprtol Service) CHARLES CITY John H. Neel, 65, Charles City police officer, Friday at St Joseph's hospital, New Hampton, following surgery for ul-r-pr. nf the stomach: had been ill for a year; on police force here last eight years; leaves widow, two daughters, Minerva and Florence; funeral, 2 p. m. Monday at Hauser funeral home; burial in Riverside cemetery.

SHELL ROCK Charles E. Avery, 85; born Oct. 29, 1855, at Garden Prairie, 111, son of Mr. and Mrs. nnhnrt Averv: married Carrie May Poyer, Nov.

21, 1880, and couple came immediately to a farm he in Butler township, north of Shell Rock; retired to Shell Rock in 1918; first wife died Apru im-ju, and Mr. Averv married Mrs. Flor ence Feeley in 1931; member of Baptist church and treasurer ior spvrral vears: leaves widow, seven children by his first marriage. Guy, West Palm Beacn. ueorge, riark and Ernest Shell Rock: Earl.

Sumner; Glenn. Clarksville, and Mrs. Marian Hoge, Clinton; a son, Dee, died in France as a soldier in the world war, and a daughter died in infancy; funeral Saturday. 1 dill mn.