Leon Journal-Reporter Leon, Decatur County, Iowa Wednesday, November 11, 2015, Page 4 Twice Told Tales - 75 Years Ago November 08, 1940 Improving Graham Food Shop The Graham Food Shop, managed by Charles Pyfer, would be a clerk serve or self serve store after work was completed within a few days. The store had been closed for a few days while the room had been enlarged. John Newton, 74, of Davis City, was held up and robbed of $14 by a transient youth a mile and a half south of Leon. According to Mr. Newton, he was driving south on Highway 69 when the young man stepped in front of his car waving an inner tube. Mr. Newton thought he needed help so he stopped. On their way back into town, along the gravel road, the youth stuck a gun in Mr. Newton’s ribs and asked him where his money was. They started scuffing and the gun went off with the bullet penetrating Mr. Newton’s toe. Firm Opens Distributing Center Here The Bevington & Jackson Co., of Council Bluffs, leased the northwest section of the Smith & Crouse Motor Co. Building for a beer distributing center. L.F. Frye had been appointed office manager. The firm would keep a truck here and operate from this center. Walter Ross, Clarinda auctioneer, was locating permanently in Leon. He expected to be here the last of the week to serve the public. Mr. and Mrs. Garland Craig attended the homecoming celebration of the Chillicothe Business College. Their son, Bernard was a student there. The students of the Leon schools would enjoy a sane Halloween. They signed a pledge agreeing to have a good time minus the defacing or destroying of property. The big pep rally for the homecoming game would be held that night. Leon would battle Bedford in the annual homecoming game. Mr. and Mrs. James Cox were the parents of a son, weighing nine and one half pounds. Mr. and Mrs. Rex Munyon, of Nebraska were the parents of a son. Mrs. Munyon was the former Miss Ellen Bryant. Transcription by Sharon R. Becker

Leon Journal-Reporter Leon, Decatur County, Iowa December 18, 2015, Page 4 Twice Told Tales - 75 Years Ago November 15, 1940 Homecoming Queen and Her Attendants Gladys Mae Mills was chosen as homecoming queen of the Leon High school. Her attendants were Irma Scott, Hetty Faye Marks, Betty Horn and Phyllis Campbell. Roberta Reynolds and Charles “Chuck” Pyfer carried the pillows which held the crown and flowers. The first infantile paralysis case reported in Decatur County for three weeks was James DeBush, 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. James DeBush, of Grand River. Francis Thotter Selected for Display School Francis Thotter, assistant manager of the Leon J.C. Penney Co. store was selected to attend the Penney Traveling Display school to be held at St. Louis, MO. His expenses will be paid by the company. John McKinnon, high school coach, was the speaker at the Rotary Club. He spoke upon athletics in the public schools and stressed their importance both in maintaining the school spirit and the development of teams that hold the public interest. It was a very good talk that gave the Rotarians a slant upon conditions that make or break a team. The upper grill work around the fixtures in the Decatur County State Bank have been removed and modernized. The work is being done by George Penniwell. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Perry were the parents of a son born October 31. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Woods were the parents of a baby boy, Charles Lee, born November 3. Mr. and Mrs. Jonnie Johnson, of Lamoni were the parents of a son. Marriage Licenses - Harold Thompson and Mary Louise Hodges; Mark Bell and Bessie Bellen; Chester South and Naomi Beasley, Marion Dean Stafford and Helen Wilcoxson and Woodrow Zimmerman and Dorothea Margaret Dickerson. Transcription by Sharon R. Becker

Leon Journal-Reporter November 25, 2015, Page 4 Twice Told Tales - 100 Years Ago November 22, 1940 Frank Slade, Jr., who recently bought the Stephen Varga residence had workmen busy converting it into a modern funeral home. Pleasanton Farmer Has High Yield Ralph Leeper, Pleasanton farmer, had just harvested one of the highest corn yields produced in the state, and had entered it in the 1940 DeKalb National Corn Growing Contest. Leeper’s certified yield of 150.6 bushels per acre, was expected to place him high in the county and state divisions of the contest. Other Decatur County farmers entered in the contest were Bryan Shockey of Lineville with 136 bushels per care and Cecil Wooley of Garden Grove with 90 bushels per acre. James E. Green of Albany, MO had accepted a position as watch repair specialist in the Dr. C.R. Barnum jewelry and optometrist establishment. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bucy spent Sunday at Roscoe Sinco’s in Leon. James Bunch was the only motorist on the muddy streets of Kobville, so far as they could see. Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Marvin were the parents of twin boys. Mr. and Mrs. Buford Hullinger were the parents of a baby boy. Marriage Licenses - Mark Bell and Bessie Bellen; Hartley T. Bullard and Lena Bullard; Glenn Williamson and Maurine Boyce and George Marshall Dunshee and Mayme Holland Rush. Transcription by Sharon R. Becker

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