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from the front office — Historical Society of Marshall County
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resulted in winning a prize
when the Ralph Zarnow
Orchestra was in town—
but that’s another story.
Tony Paglia gave me a
book about KFJB (no year
listed) which included a
“Week-Day Program
Schedule—Monday thru
Friday—6 a.m. to Midnight.”
Some of the programs
were: Bible Believers
Hour; Farm Flashes;
The Jerry Smith Show;
County Marshals Serenade;
Man on the Street
(at noon—Monday through
Friday—in the front of
Kresge’s 5¢ and 10¢
store); Tom Mix; The
Affairs of Peter Salem;
Carmen Cavallaro’s
Orchestra; The Family
Theater. Times change
and radio stations change.
TV came along and our
venue for news, music,
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The Historical Society salutes
Pip Gordon, Director of the
Orpheum Theater Project and the
village of people who have worked
hundreds of hours over many
years to bring the project to
fruition. You were more than successful!
Retaining the feeling of
an original RKO Theater while providing
much needed meeting
room and classroom spaces was
significant. Appropriately, the addition
of the theater’s “black box,” will
provide multiple services to the
college and townspeople. It was a
brilliant endeavor from the planning
stages through construction.
Fittingly, the collection of memorable
entertainers with Iowa connections
who are admirably displayed
will provide all who see
them with a sense of Iowa pride!
Our “Third Thursday” in July was
presented at the Orpheum. I hadn’t
realized, until I was settled in
one of the comfortable theater
seats with a box of popcorn, how
much I had missed this simple act,
I, like many others present that
evening, had grown up attending
movies at the Orpheum at least
two or three times a month. Our
and drama programs
became something we
watched instead of “listened”
to. We’ve included
some photos and captions
from the booklet.
“KFJB’s News Director,
Bob Billman has been in
radio five years. Bob was
born on a farm in Marshall
County and has spent
most of his life in the community
well qualifying him
as a newsman who knows
the local picture.
Heard on Mid-day
News every day, Bob can
also claim service in the
news Department of station
WKBH in LaCross, WI
and announcing duties at
KYUM, Yuma, AZ.”
“Dale Smith came to
KFJB from Grundy Center,
Iowa as announcer. For a
year and a half, Dale has
been heard on many KFJB
programs. A football player
at Iowa State Teachers
College with a love for all
sports, Dale now keeps
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Program was presented by Layton
Zbornik a/k/a Jerry Martin, a former
DJ who grew up in Albia and
who holds the distinction of having
personally recorded the first Rock
and Roll record in Iowa. He
played beautifully on his guitar and
sang songs from the 50s and 60s
and the audience joined right in
with him. It was a fun evening!
August 19 is the date of the next
“Third Thursday.” It will be presented
by Shirley Price who will take
us on the journey of her restoration
of Iowa Township’s Ballad Cemetery,
It is listed as as a Pioneer
Central Iowa listeners upto-date
on the world of
sports. Navy vet of World
War II.”
CHEER UP
Lois Anderson asked
me if I had heard of a soft
drink called “Cheer Up.”
She had a
photo her
daughter
had sent to
her. Lois’
daughter
had bought
the bottle
back in the
1970’s at
Anne
Sweeney’s
“Den of
Antiquity”
(where the
Sewing Center
is now).
The photo
shows that it
came from
the Marshalltown
Bottling Works.
The other side indicates
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641-752-1400
that it is “a pleasing beverage—plus
Lithium and Vitamin
B,” and that it is “for
hospital, home and general
use.” My research fellow
(Jay Carollo) found that
“Cheer Up Soft Drink” was
produced by the Orange
Smile Syrup Company
which opened in the St.
Louis, Missouri area
around 1929. Cheer Up
was made until the early
1960’s. My questions are:
(1) How or when did the
Marshalltown Bottling
Works get production
rights? (2) If you imbibed
it, what did it taste like to
you?
DRUGGISTS – PART 2
Jay also found a listing
of “early Marshalltown
Druggists” to add to the
names that several of you
sent in last month. The list
included AW Hoy & Co.,
CJ Lander, McBride &
Will, Geo. P Powers, CA
Seely, HC Sieg, Sorensen
& Elder, and Woodard-
Cemetery. The program begins at
6:30 p.m. at the museum, 202 E.
Church St. See you there. The
museum received funds from the
Community Foundation and we
have already ordered equipment
that will enable us to present programs
using power point and a
digital camera to document Society
business. Our many thanks to
the Community Foundation!
The museum is open Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and at other
times by appointment. Contact
Stephanie at 641-752-6664.
Marshall Co. – 752-3956
Tama Co. – 484-5950
Serving locally since 1971
Garey. The Beinert Drug
Company that Kenny Main
wrote about last month
was listed in the 1923 city
directory and was still listed
in 1937. Also in the
1923 listing was a druggist
I remember my mother
speaking of: Stepan Drug
at 2 East Main.
IN ADDITION
Summertime visitors
from Kansas have stopped
by making a total of six
states logged in.
Muriel W. F. enjoyed
the photo of Lowell’s
Beauty Salon in the July
issue as it pictured a sister
of one of her classmates:
Ronnie Parsons. His sister
was “Okal” Parsons. I
remember that name from
my LaMoille school days. I
always thought her name
was “Opal” but the alumni
list shows her as “Okal.”
ORPHEUM THEATRE
I hope you’ve had the
opportunity to see the new
Orpheum Theatre Center.
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Historical
moment
The phonograph, like the
motion picture, was first introduced
to Marshalltown at the
Tremont Hotel about 1895. It
was a small machine,
enclosed in a glass box, and
to hear the tunes, played from
the old cylinder wax records,
one had to apply earphones
to one’s ears. For a dime you
could listen to several numbers.
How about that?
It is beautifully done. I
received a letter from
Jeananne Pyle (from
Ohio) who had worked
with me in the concession
stand at the Odeon. “I
worked as a cashier at the
Orpheum Theatre in my
senior year. The assistant
manager was a ‘movie
star’ – looking type. I think
her name was Arlene. A
night I remember began
when we were running a
really popular movie and
were extremely busy.
Some guy with his family
gave me a $50 bill. Back
then that meant he had
money—at least to my
way of thinking. Come
closing time, Arlene counted
my drawer and I was
exactly $50 short! The
manager called me in and
accused me of taking it
and was going to search
me, when Arlene burst in
to his office waving the
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