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Lincoln Star
Lincoln, Nebraska
May 9, 1926

Forty-One Iowa and Fifteen Nebraska Clubs Represented at District Meeting
Forty-one Iowa Lions clubs and fifteen Nebraska Lions clubs will be represented at the tenth annual convention of the ninth district of Lion International, which will be held here Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Following is the list of the clubs, their officers, and number of members:

Iowa Clubs.
ALBIA - M.G. Youngquist, president, W.T. Richmond, secretary, 47 members.
AMES - W. Craig Stephenson, president; A.H. Kimball, secretary; 36 members.
ATLANTIC - Dr. R.J. Barnett, president; Paul Kringle, secretary, 26 members.
AUDUBON - M.M. McIntire, president; L.T. Graham, secretary, 15 members.
BOONE - Frank McDonald, president; Raymond, secretary; 56 members.
BURLINGTON - Thomas Greene, president; C.T. Simmons, secretary, 56 members.
CARROLL- D.W. Humphrey, president; N.G. Willie, secretary; 20 members.
CEDAR FALLS - H.P. Baird, president; Kirk S. Oleson, secretary; ?6 members.
CEDAR RAPIDS - ?, president; Fred Popnee?, secretary, 108 members.
CHARLES CITY - Griffith Woltke, president; Coburn Chapl??, secretary, 4? members.
CLEAR LAKE - Anton N Anderson, president; D H Campbell, secretary, 16 members.
COUNCIL BLUFFS - Rev. ? P. Linn, president; Charles H. Leisher, secretary, 47 members.
DAVENPORT - Herman St?ak, president; Harold Hoe?s?h, secretary, 5? members.
DES MOINES - A.E. Fletcher, president; A.H. Edwards, secretary; 92 members.
DUBUQUE - Walter L. Gifford, president; L.F. McDonough, secretary, 24 members.
FAIRFIELD - Gafford I Thomas, president; Dr. H.N. Wright, secretary, 46 members.
FORT DODGE - E.M. McCall, president; W.E. Haynes, secretary, 14 members.
FORT MADISON - Robert A. Gardner, president; R.H. Wardle, secretary; 51 members.
GARDNER - Dr. Earl R. Phillips, president; Dr. R.W. Specht, secretary; 28 members.
GUTHRIE CENTER - Earl W. Vincent, president, J.E. Batschelet, secretary, 34 members.
HAMPTON - R.C. Robinson, president, R.R. Stuart, secretary, 33 members.
IOWA CITY - E.I. Weldner, president, Ray Carson, secretary, 46 members.
JEFFERSON CITY - Joseph Baggard, president; Earl Raver, secretary; 21 members.
KEOKUK - Dale E. Carrell, president; J.K. Davidson, secretary; 46 members.
LA PORTE CITY - H.G. Christiansen, president; C.A. Brust, secretary, 24 members.
LE MARS - Dr. R.J. Joynt, president; C.A. Honnold, secretary, 30 members.
MARION - Ben Cotton, president; G.A. Senninger, secretary; 25 members.
MARSHALLTOWN - Dr. R.S. Grossman, president; R.J. Booth, secretary, 43 members.
MASON CITY - Dr. C.F. Starr, president, Clark E. Gilman, secretary, 81 members.
MOUNT VERNON - Fred A. Young, president; Fred W. Wodrich, secretary; 24 members.
MUSCATINE - J.A. Davidson, president; E.W. Smith, secretary; 62 members.
OSAGE - ?.G. Bartlett, president; D.J. Paulson, secretary, 50 members.
OTTUMWA - E.A. Haw, president; Dr. Elroy White, secretary; 50 members.
PERRY - C.D. Bessmer, president; Hugh Jones, secretary, 17 members.
SIGOURNEY - Al Bentzigner, president; D.A. Sexton, secretary, 44 members.
SIOUX CITY - H.C. Harper, president; M.H. White, secretary; 90 members.
TIPTON - A.E. Pierce, president; C.A. Rasley, secretary, 24 members.
VINTON - C.W. Rowe, president; H.M. Main, secretary; 33 members.
WATERLOO - G.W. Thodd, president; A.E. Gnagy, secretary; 57 members.
WOODBINE - Joe E. Dale, president; Allen E. Muir, secretary; 27 members.

[Transcriber notes: Nebraska clubs not transcribed. Dr. R.J. Joynt of LeMars was my granduncle.]
[Transcribed by C.J.L., January 2006]

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Appleton Post Crescent
Appleton, Wisconsin
August 17, 1926

Announcement has been made of the approaching marriage of William Jensen of Menasha and Miss Alta Schultz of Postville, Ia. The ceremony will take place at Postville Tuesday, Aug. 24.

[transcribed by S.F., August 2006]



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