Plans have been completed for the annual Armistice Day program to be held at the courthouse square if the weather permits. However, if the weather is unfavorable, it will be held at the community building. Ward Repp, general chairman of the day’s activities, announced the parade would form at the community building at 10:00 a.m. Burns M. Byram will be the parade marshal. The high school band will lead the parade of representatives of veterans of all wars and auxiliary organizations, students of the Toledo public school and the State Juvenile Home school, and members of the local boy scout troops. The parade will march through the main street to the flag pole on the courthouse lawn, where the flag-raising will be held during the singing of the national anthem.

The invocation will be given by LeRoy Smith, chaplain of LeRoy Reinig Post No. 72 of the American Legion. Following this, one verse of “America” will be sung. The speaker for the day, George R. White of Marshalltown, will be introduced by Chairman Repp. He is a past commander of the Marshalltown post and has served as chairman in many other offices of the Legion. At 11:00 o’clock, I.W. Thompson, commander of the local post, will place a wreath on the soldiers’ monument, and the firing squad will fire a salute to the dead.

Sheriff Harry P. Sharp has announced the appointment of Forrest L. Flynn of Toledo as a deputy sheriff, subject to the approval of the Tama county supervisors. Flynn, a farmer, living east of Toledo, is a veteran of World War I.

The teacher, Mrs. Harold Lovstad, and her pupils of the Whippoorwill school had a Hallowe’en party at the schoolhouse. The mothers and a few other women in the neighborhood were guests. The pupils gave a program after which a delicious lunch was served. Guests included Mrs. Jesse Richards, Mrs. Verne Elsberry and son Roger, Mrs. Arch Ferry, Mrs. Alfred Neidermann, Mrs. Joe Hofer, Mrs. Max Welton, and son Dean, Mrs. Deward DuToit and Phyllis, and Mrs. Ralph Sturtz.

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On Monday morning, Toledo’s post office was officially opened for business in its new quarters. Moving from the Batcher building to the location in the Russell building at the corner of Broadway and High streets took place Sunday. The new office has been equipped with modern, streamlined fixtures, lighted well by the many large windows on the west and south and by new fluorescent lightning. There are a total of 180 new lock boxes with a two-dial system. There are two windows instead of three, as in the old setup. Desks for employees are of oak.

There is a large built-in vault. The public entrance is at the southeast corner of the entryway, which leads to the stairs going to the second floor of the building. The old entrance on the front has been closed, and a large window has been placed where the doors were formerly located. These rooms were once occupied by the old National Bank and, more recently, by the Tama County Draft Board. The northwest entrance is for incoming and outgoing mail deliveries and will not be available to the public. Toledo’s post office is second-class, with C.E. Brandt as postmaster and I.V. Albert as assistant postmaster. Carl Kupka is the clerk, and Floyd Sichra is the sub-clerk. George Wilson and R.L. Mericle are city carriers, and Carl Ebersole is a sub-city carrier. Rural carriers are Cloyd Cook and P.H. Overturf.

Tama County Fish and Game Club, Inc. are sponsoring a clay bird shoot one mile south of Chelsea Sunday starting at 12:00 noon. Shells will be available on the grounds.

The Toledo Go-Getters 4-H Club met at the home of Faye Winders. Installation of new officers was held. The new officers are President Betty Skala; vice president Marjorie Emerson, secretary-treasurer Marian Skala; historian LaDonna Smith and reporter Shirley Medberry. The new members are Patty Hanify and Frances Lewers.

A group of Mrs. George Johnson’s neighbors had a farewell party at her home. The hours were spent visiting, and refreshments were served. Those present were Mrs. Minnie.

Bear, Mrs. Fay Blake, Miss Albina Uridil. Mrs. James Ritts, Mrs. Charles Benesh, Mrs. Amelia Greenwalt, and Mrs. Susie Morris. The Johnsons moved to Elliott.

The Minard-Bacon business interests in Toledo have recently undergone some organizational changes. Don Minard, who has been in the bulk oil business for 11 years, leased the Phillips “66” filling station from Kenneth Bacon. Minard, in turn, has leased the station to Emanuel Zmolek, who now offers a complete “one-stop” service at the station. Assisting Zmolek is Floyd Cartwright. Bacon, who has operated an automobile, truck, and farm equipment sales and service garage in connection with the filling station, will devote his full time and interest to the sale of Oliver farm equipment and parts, New Idea farm equipment, and General Motors trucks, and in addition the servicing of this equipment.

Bacon has recently obtained the agency for the new Tucker automobile, which will be on display at an early date. Floyd Whitmore has been employed as parts man; Hardy Clark, mechanic, and N. R. McAnulty, bookkeeper, will continue in that position. In addition, Minard will operate one of his tank trucks. The other tank truck will continue to be operated by Cliff Spears, serving Toledo and Tama and the surrounding farm area with a full line of Phillips “66” products.

C.J. Weir of Jesup has purchased the McNicholas Hardware store here from B.C. McNicholas. McNicholas, who opened his hardware store here two years ago, will travel for the Luthe.

Hardware company of Des Moines. He will have the northeastern Iowa territory. Mr. Weir has had previous retail experience in Palo, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Weir has two children, a son, Garth, 12 years of age, and a daughter, Lavonne, 10 years old.

Clyde Jons, a former Toledo resident here with his wife to visit relatives, tells the story about hunting deer with a party of 11 near Pine River, Minnesota, where they now live. Before the hunt ended, Mrs. Jons had bagged two large four-point bucks. Clyde himself got a five-point buck and also a doe. Because of the Minnesota possession limit, it was necessary to give most of their game away to members of the hunting party who were not so successful, according to Jons. While here, the Jons will visit his father, J.H. Jons, his sister, Mrs. Leonard Hall, and their family. They will also see Mrs. Jons’ father, F. E. Young, and her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Garbers.

Anderson Radio Service is advertising Bing Crosby, Perry Como, and Dick Haynes Christmas albums. Anderson Radio and Records is located under Dr. Fee’s office. Probably 78’s and 33. Does anyone still have any of those records?

“The Wieting,” the city-owned theater building, has been redecorated in the last few weeks. New drapes have been purchased for the windows in the main auditorium. The lower portion of the walls has been painted a dark burgundy shade which harmonizes with the imitation mahogany wood used for the seats and doors. The upper part of the walls has been painted light buff, and an ivory shade has been used on the woodwork. A large new fluorescent light has been installed in the outer lobby. The pictures of the Wietings are being remounted and will again hang in the lobby. Mr. and Mrs. Philip G. Wieting came to Toledo in the spring of 1867 from Worcester, New York. He was a dentist for several years and then became an abstracter, a business he operated for seven years.

In 1878, together with his father-in-law, N.H. Wildner organized the Toledo City Bank, later called the Toledo State Bank, which was later called the First National Bank. In 1897, Mr. and Mrs. Wieting returned to New York and resided in Syracuse. They spent their winters in Florida, and it was at Daytona that Mr. Wieting died in 1906. Up to the time of his death, he retained an official position and was on the bank’s board of directors in Toledo. He was also the president of the bank at Worcester when he died. Mrs. Wieting died in Worcester, New York, in 1933.