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Ben Purdum Conducting Church Service for Boy Scouts
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Description
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Boy Scout troops from Grinnell, Guernsey, Brooklyn, and Montezuma at the Boy Scout camporee west of Montezuma in 1943. Ben Purdum conducted the church service when the minister who was to have held the service failed to arrive in time. Boy Scout Troop 330 put on a play, The Good Samaritan, with Scoutmaster Purdum as narrator.
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Date Created
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1943
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PID
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grinnell:27245
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Civil War Veterans on the Courthouse Lawn
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Description
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Postcard photo of three Grand Army of the Republic members from Brooklyn, Iowa, relaxing on the grounds of the Poweshiek County Courthouse in Montezuma, Iowa, possibly at some sort of celebration. Left to right: Joe Karr, who drove the veterans to Montezuma; Hiram Frease, standing and holding the flag; Frank Dayton and Capt. George Phillips, both seated. Joe Karr was a dry goods merchant in Brooklyn, Iowa. The benches in front of the Karr store were favored places for Civil War veterans to sit and talk. Joe Karr, born in 1865, was not a Civil War veteran himself, although he may have been a GAR member through a relative.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:11767
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Title
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G.A.R. and Masonic Hall, Montezuma, Ia., G.A.R. and Masonic Hall, Montezuma, Iowa
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Description
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Postcard view of the G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) and Masonic Hall in Montezuma, Iowa. Postcard is postmarked March 5, 1909, in Montezuma, Iowa, and is addressed to Mrs. Ellis Winters, Sherwood, Oregon. Card is signed by Edna Thorn.
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Date Created
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1909
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PID
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grinnell:12506
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M.E. Church, Montezuma, Ia., M.E. Church, Montezuma, Iowa
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Description
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Postcard view of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Montezuma, Iowa. Built in 1905, the church was destroyed by a fire on Sunday, April, 30, 1939. A new church was built on the same site, 200 South 4th Street.
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Date Created
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1930
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PID
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grinnell:12515
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Montezuma Boy Scout Troop No. 330
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Description
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Montezuma Boy Scout Troop No. 330 poses with Scoutmaster Ben Purdum in 1953. Front row, left to right: Bob Jordan, Larry Crider, Gary McKinley, Denny Van Tommee, Jim Arndt, Keith Walsh, Carl Watson, Ronnie Brown, Charles Rowell. Middle row, left to right: Larry Bryan, Bob Johannas, Jerry Cowan, Larry Cook, Leon Rowell, Jerry Tarvin, Johnny Jordan, Garry Schultz, Richard Miller. Back row, left to right: Bob Tarvin, Virgil Roarda, Bob Gorsuch, Robert Voith, Denny Van Cleave, Bill Tarvin, Jerry Davis, Bill Gregory, Jim Bear, Al Stanley.
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Date Created
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1953
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PID
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grinnell:27233
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Reverend and Mrs. Horn and Son
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Description
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Reverend W. P. and Mrs. Horn and son pose in the snow. Reverend Horn was a pastor at a church in Montezuma, Iowa, in the late 1920s.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:20694
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Scout Circus at Brooklyn
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Description
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Boy Scout Troop 330 at Scout Circus in Brooklyn about 1953. From left to right: Bill Tarvin, Denny VanCleave, Merle Davis, Ben Purdum (scoutmaster), Johny Jordan (standing), Leon Rowell (seated).
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Date Created
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1953
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PID
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grinnell:27247
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Title
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Scouts Learning to Use a Compass
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Description
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Scoutmaster Ben Purdum instructs Scouts from Troop 330 in the use of a compass. Left to right: Jon Swanson, Larry Bryan, Charles Rowell, Bill Tarvin, Leon Rowell, Oran Watson, Carl Watson, Merle Davis, Jim Bair, Ben Purdum.
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Date Created
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1953
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PID
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grinnell:27246