Marion Boy Wins Place In Chicago As Music Arranger
Larry Gordon of Marion aged 22 earns top Chicago status as a music arranger for major bands and NBC. He writes using Schillinger method, studies with Leo Sowerby, Fabian Andre, and Walter Dellers, and works in Fabian Andre's Chicago studio while guiding reed instruction at a conservatory. He toured Europe with Campus Playboys in 1934 and has backed bands led by Wayne King, Bob Crosby, and Benny Meroff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Gordon
Gerald D. Gordon
Sixth Avenue
Marion
Chicago
Wayne King
Bob Crosby
Joe Sanders
Joe Venuti
Benny Meroff
Bill Carlsen
Harry Kogen
NBC
Fabian Andre
National Broadcasting Company
Kimball Building
Joseph Schillinger
New York
George Gershwin
Gordon
Walter Dellers
Larry
Morris Katzoff
Howard Ellson
Coe College School of Music
Town State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Campus Playboys
Europe
Cunard
Corinthia
Laconia
Leo Sowerby
Bill Hogan
Charlie Agnew
Gray Gordon
Early Diagnosis Campaign Promotes TB Awareness in Iowa
In April the Iowa Tuberculosis association will run its annual early diagnosis campaign with four aims. It stresses early detection through education, seeks TB before symptoms, highlights hopeful outcomes when found early, and relies on group leaders to teach prevention. Linn County Weih Christmas Seal group led by Mrs Koppenhaver handles Linn County except Cedar Rapids. Pamphlets titled An Appeal to Leaders A Stitch in Time and A Heart to Heart Talk go to organization heads and patients. A 15 minute radio dramatization Public Servant Number One will air Monday at 12 25 over WOI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
W. G. Koppenhaver
WOI
Public Servant
New Books At Marion Public Library
Marion public library adds adult non fiction titles including American Authors 1600 1900 by Kunitz and Haycraft and Abe Lincoln in Illinois by Sherwood. Also new fiction selections Frost Flower by Hull River House by Willoughby The General s Lady by Forbes and Remember the End by Turnbull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Public Library
Kunitz
Haycraft
Langdon
Abe Lincoln
Illinois
Sherwood
University of Knowledge
Frank
Witan
McDonnald
Frost Flower
Hull
Willoughby
Forbes
Baldwin
Turnbull
American Legion Auxiliary card party committee named
Mrs. R J Williams as general chairman announced April 10 card party in I O O F hall with tea table chairmen Mrs Ralph Fitzgerald reservations Mrs Tom Barkwill tables and chairs Mrs R M Clark cards and tallies Mrs Glenn Larkin prizes Mrs Oscar French. Christian church Missionary societies hold sacrificial lunch Thursday at 6 pm in east room with Alfred Pantry speaker merging with evening communion. Fay Bainter and Ann Shirley in Mother Careys Chickens at Garden. S C S club hosts Friday with bridge. Union hymn sing at 7 45 pm Congregational church with men chorus rehearsal at 7 30 pm. Homemakers club Picayune district meets Tuesday at Mrs I E Ishams Alburnett road with picnic lunch after. Mother Careys Chickens at Garden theater advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Williams
American Legion Auxiliary
I. O. O. F. Hall
Ralph Fitzgerald
Tom Barkwill
R. M. Clark
Glenn Larkin
Oscar French
Women's Missionary Societies of the Christian Church
Alfred Pantry
Frank Hardenbrook retires after 53 years with Milwaukee railroad
Frank J. Hardenbrook, of 970 Twelfth Street, ends his long railroad career as baggage man on the Marion to Omaha run. Starting 1886 as a water boy, he rose through the ranks to become the oldest service veteran on the Iowa division. His son Creighton and wife accompanied him in Marion where he settled after 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Hardenbrook
Twelfth Street
Milwaukee Railroad
Marion
Omaha
Iowa
Mr. Hardenbrook
Maxwell
A. E. Hughes
F. J. Hardenbrook
Chicago
Dorothy Drake Engaged to Richard Ware of Marion
Engagement announced at a dessert dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Irving Drake near Marion. Dorothy Drake will wed Richard Ware of Marion on April 14. Ware is son of I. E. Ware of Coggan and is living with his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie A. Dunn, near Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Drake
Marion
Dorothy
Richard Ware
Mr. Ware
I. E. Ware
Coggan
Leslie A. Dunn
Robert Ware
Vern Hopker
Cedar Rapids
Marguerite Michel
Arlene Starry
Gwen Knight
Lillian
Alberta Voorhies
Lois Mollenhauer
Marjorie Towers
Dee Lathrop
Bill Conley
Sam Archibald
Eugene Dunn
Holy Week Service Schedule Planned by Marion Churches
Marion Protestant churches outline Holy Week observances with services Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 45 PM in the Methodist church led by Rev Elton D Wells and Rev Marion H Williams. On Thursday each church holds its own communion. Good Friday union service 12 to 3 PM at Congregational church features six brief Word segments, hymns, and music from local churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Methodist
Elton D. Wells
Trinity Methodist Church of
Cedar Rapids
Marion H. Williams
First Christian Church of
C. R. V de Jong
Presbyterian Church
L. W. Inman
Paradise
Baptist. Church
Irving E. Wade
Christian Church
C. O. Monroe
Olive
Free Methodist Church
J. B. Clyde
Jesus
Prairie Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church
C. G. Ellinger
Congregational Church
E. T. Gough
Methodist Church
Phelps Starbuck Attend Davenport Funeral for Die derich
Mr and Mrs L M Phelps and Mr and Mrs W S Starbuck went to Davenport Friday to attend funeral services for Benedix Die derich. Starbuck couple stayed weekend with their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Leo Beintema and plan to return to Marion tonight with the Phelpses who will drive to Davenport this morning to visit the Beintema home. Harold Travis and son Eugene of Cedar Rapids also joined today at the Beintema home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Phelps
W. S. Starbuck
Davenport
Benedix Diederich
Eugene
Cedar Rapids
Beintema
Methodist Club Meetings and Local Notices
Methodist Ladies Aid divisions announce Wednesday meetings at multiple homes with specified hostesses and times. The Endeavor picnic is at Mrs. Levasseur’s, Easter postpones Gleaners, and other units meet at 2:30. Local ads note ice cream and baked goods, social visits, and a birthday party at 1304 Twelfth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Ladies Aid Society
Comforter
Mary Buzza
Sixth Street
H. M. Titus
C. H. Comport
Clarence Reiter
L. A. Levasseur
Eighth Avenue
Gleaners
Keystone
Harry J. Murphey
Eleventh Street
John Fairley
William P. Secrist
Ruby Hanscom
The
Loyal
Claude Knapp
L. O. Dickey
Harley Silker
Carl Case
Erwin Lanning
East Tenth Avenue
Adah Mann
W. R. Powell
Community notices and lodge meetings in Osceola area
Osceola area notices include lodge meetings for Osceola Lodge No. 18 I C O F to confer the third degree in Springville, Patmos Commandery No. 27 ET meeting at the Masonic temple, Lorraine circle of Past Matrons of the OES at the Masonic temple, and Townsend club No. 1 in Memorial hall with Banner Howard as speaker. Local socials mention guests, moves to a farm near Marengo, and Easter lunches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola Lodge No. 18
Springville
Townsend Club
Memorial Hall
Banner Howard
Cedar Rapids
Lost Nation couple to mark golden wedding anniversary
Special to The Gazette. Mr and Mrs William Ruggeberg celebrate fifty years of marriage with open house in Lost Nation from 2 to 5 p m and 7 to 9 p m They married fifty years ago in Maquoketa at a photography studio now photographed again by Will Cundill The Ruggebergs moved from Elwood to their farm, rebuilt after a 1898 tornado, and moved to Lost Nation in 1932 They have eight children seventeen grandchildren and relatives from near Maquoketa Elwood and Lost Nation expected to attend, including siblings of Mrs Ruggeberg Mr Ruggeberg is the last of eight siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
William Ruggeberg
Ruggeberg
Maquoketa
Main
Pleasant Streets
Will Cundill
Lost Nation
Elmer
Arthur
Frank
Myrtle
Harry Schepers
Elsie
Arthur Schepers
Arla
Fred Kramer
Erna
Elmer Schepers
Velma
Elwood
Community Notes Include Fraternal Meetings and Moves
Law and sister, Mr. and Mrs Lloyd Faber. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs Owen Turner, will accompany her. Centennial Encampment No 91, I O O F, will meet Monday at 8 p m in the hall. Mrs S F Cary, 1398 Twelfth Street, will be hostess Wednesday at 4 30 p m to the Child Study club. Mrs William Dipple went to Davenport Saturday evening Mr Dipple, who is employed at the Rock Island arsenal, and Mrs Dipple will make their home there. Marion chapter No 183, 0 S, will meet Monday at 8 p m in the Masonic temple. Following the initiation of candidates, there will be a social hour and refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennyson Club
E.A. Lagerquist
Twelfth Avenue
A. A. Schenken
Hugh Gordon
The
Cary Club
Walter Winter
Tenth Street
Lorraine
Masonic Temple
L.S. Dove
LeRoy Barber
Therestrial Club
W G. Koppenhaver
Law
Mrs Lloyd Faber
Owen Turner
Centennial Encampment No
S. F. Cary
Twelfth Street
Child Study Club
William Dipple
Davenport
Dipple
Rock Island Arsenal
Marion
0. S
Bigger Iowa welcome group for Norwegian royals
The Iowa House concurred with Senate amendments to name more people on the state's welcoming committee for Crown Prince Olaf and Crown Princess Martha of Norway. The royal couple will visit Decorah May 6 and 7. The resolution allows the governor, speaker, and lieutenant governor to determine additional members for the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Senate
Olaf
Martha
Norway
Decorah
John Iitwin
House
B. B Hickenlooper
Twins Celebrate Ninety-First Birthday in Manchester Today
Special to The Gazette Manchester Rev E Hursh retired minister and his sister Mrs Mary Beck of St Paul celebrate their ninety first birthday this afternoon Their birth date is April The Beck family has twins in two generations and Hursh family records include three pairs of twins Cyrus Beck of Lancaster Minn is the Becks’ relative The twins were raised near Fort Wayne Indiana before their family moved to Iowa at age six Mr Hursh served the local United Brethren church for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
E. Hursh
Mary Beck
St. Paul
Beck
Mrs. Hursh
Mr Hursh
Minn
Hursh
Fort Wayne
Ind
Iowa
M Harsh
United Brethren Church
Hawkeye Man Returns From U. Of Heidelberg
Hawkeye Anton F. Wier son of Mrs Herman Wier Hawkeye has returned home after a semester of study on a fellowship at the University of Heidelberg in Germany He completed research in music and German for a doctor of philosophy degree which he plans to take at the University of Iowa next September He noted there were forty American students at Heidelberg with no attendance records or exams For his education he rose from Upper Town conservatory Fayette to BA and MA from Iowa He formerly led the German department at Evanston high school The trip marked his fourth visit to Germany in twelve years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeye
Anton F. Wier
Herman Wier
University of Heidelberg
Germany
University of Iowa
Heidelberg
Wier
Upper Town Conservatory of Music
Fayette
Evanston, Ill
Decorah Business Changes Begin This Spring
In Decorah several businesses announce remodeling and new leases. B. E. Bucknell plans a pressed brick front and second floor apartments. T. T Henning takes over offices in the Ben Bear block for a photography studio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
B. E. Bucknell
Ben Bear Block
Edward F. Hagen
T. T Henning
Clarence Hagen
Waterville
Waterloo
Elkader
Magnus Nali
William L. Easton
Marie Anfinson
Winners Named In Iowa High School Forensic Tourney
At the University of Iowa, Davenport and Laurens high schools won first place in the three divisions of the Iowa high school forensic league debate tournament. Burlington Mapleton Waukee Eldora tied for second while other finalists included Jerry Cooksey Perry Van Allen Moore Cross Towne Camp Sitrick Singer Johnson Smith and Woodrow in various categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spreial
the Gazette
Iowa City
Davenport
Hawarden
George
Iowa High
James Cross
Fort Dodge
Bill Arnold
East High
Sioux City
Richard Camp
Perry
Jean Ferguson
Cedar Falls
Joe Sitrick
Sheldon Singer
Central High
Sam Johnson
Guthrie Center
Billie Kilpatrick
Oskaloosa
Joanne
Powers
Alice Woodrow
Dean Lierle
University High
Dorothy Smith
Iowa City High
Meritorious Church in Iowa Receives Merit Certificate
Delhi Methodist Episcopal Church under Rev. W. D. Bostrum earned a certificate of merit from the Iowa Christian Rural Fellowship, recognizing its service and contributions to the community and church work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delhi
Delhi Methodist Episcopal Church
W. D. Bostrum
Te Iowa Christian Rural Fellowship
House Built In The 50s Still In Use On 100 Year Farm
A brick farmhouse built in the 1950s houses the fourth generation of the Burge family on a 247 acre farm three miles south of Mount Vernon on highway 261. The piece recounts the Burge line from Jeremiah Burge and Esther Morford’s 1830s trek from Pennsylvania to Iowa, with the 1860 Camanche cyclone and early family ties, plus details of the historic barn and walnut stairs, and notes continued farming by Harold Burge and family with connections to Solon and Corvallis relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCunt Vernon
Burge
Mount Vernon
Jeremiah Burge
Harold Burge
Muscatine
James M
Elmer
Esther Morford Burge
Green County
Pennsylvania
Linn County
Cedar River
Ivanhoe
Jerry
William
John
Martha Randal
Fannie Bailey
Jane Maxwell
Anson
James R
Elizabeth Hoffman
George
Ethelda
Corvallis
Ore
Elizabeth Burge
Elmer Burges
Carl
California
Marjorie Brown
Solon
Brown
Jean
Vernon
Corvallis, Ore
Capitol Currents In Iowa Senate Lobbying and Rules Reforms
Iowa senate debates grew bitter over civil service and chain store bills as lobbyists surged during truck tax and chain store fights. Edward Breen accused changes to the chain store bill, while L. B Forsling admitted altering text to fix stenographer errors. Arch W. McFarlane assumed the gavel, reshaping procedures as Speaker. State Treasurer Bagley faces losses under GOP reorganization, with duties shifting to the state tax commission and board of assessment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Edward Breen
Fort Dodge
L. B Forsling
Sioux City
House
William N. Judd
Clinton
Bagley
State Board of Assessment and Review
State Tax Commission
Riverside Twins to be 83 on Monday
Frank and August Rummelhart of Riverside will celebrate their eighty third birthday Monday. The brothers, among Iowa’s oldest twins, were born on a Riverside farm to Francis II and Catherine Beasler Rummelhart. Frank married Mary Mougin in 1884 and fathered eleven children. August never married. They and their siblings remain prominent residents of the community and long-time St Mary’s church members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Riverside
Iowa
Frank
August Rummelhart
Rummelharts
Francis II
Catherine Beasler Rummelhart
Mary Mougin
Rupert
Victor
Clarence
Louis C
Robert
Delphine Colbert
Iowa City
Esther Kirby
Boulder
Colo
Stella
Edward Rummelhart
Denver
John C. Rummelhart
Hills
August
Joseph
John E
Louis G. Rummelhart
Changes in Troy Mills
In Troy Mills, Ralph Foreman of the P. O. Life Insurance company will use a newly completed 14 by 16 foot office building. A new roof is being installed on Harlin Walton's residence, and Carson Produce station and Shaffer service station buildings are being repainted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Mills
Ralph Foreman
P. O. Life Insurance Company
Harlin Walton
Carson Produce
Shaffer
Muscatine Man Publishes Book In One Man Shop
A Muscatine printer explains his craft in a continued column, reflecting on the role of the writer and printer in preserving middlewest life. He discusses designing books to favor reader access, choosing the best of past and present works, and strives to imitate without copying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine Man
Middlewest
Iowa News in Brief summary of resignations and local notices
Mrs Paul Schrunk resigns as assistant operator at the Colesburg telephone office after 15 years. Miss Alma Hyde remains regular operator with 17 years of service. In Wilton the Presbyterian auxiliary and Grace Noll group elected officers for the coming year. In Waukon Loretta McGeough, 13, wins Allamakee county spelling contest. Betty Thornton wins the written round. Monona selects four students for Elkader reading festival. Stella Schmickle and Ray Whipple wed in Alburnett with plans to reside in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colesburg
Paul Schrunk
Lela Harris Wll
Schrunk
Alma Hyde
Wilton
Presbyterian
W. J. Maurer
Albert Wacker
Waterville
Allamakee County
Schoolmasters Association
Postville
Lansing
Harpers Ferry
Waukon
New Albin
Betty Thornton
Loretta McGeough
Betts
Des Moines
Monona
Betty Orr
Betty Benzing
Rosemary Rash
Virginia Rittenhouse
Elkader
Poefnt
Stella Schmickle
C.y W Schmickle
Alburnett
Ray Whipple
George Whipple
Greeley
Kan
Wec Wilson
Toddville
Whipple
Washington Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Start Waukon's Parochial School
Work has commenced on the new $45,000 parochial school building to be completed here by September. A J Osterhaus of Dyersville has the general contract, while excavation is let to Frank Russell and Son of Waukon. The building will include a home for the Sisters, a large auditorium, and classrooms for the 12 grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
A. J. Osterhaus
Dyersville
Frank Russell
Windbreak Demonstration Planned Near Manchester
Ralph Childs will plant a windbreak this spring on his farm three miles northeast of Manchester in cooperation with the Delaware county Farm Bureau and the Ames extension service. More than 100 Douglas firs and Colorado blue spruce trees will be set out. this is the fifth such county demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Ralph Childs
Delaware County Farm Bureau
Ames Extension Service
Childs
4-H F F A Lamb Show At Chicago June 20 21
Chicago hosts the first junior lamb show for 4-H club members and Future Farmers on June 20 and 21. Judging will cover individual lambs and pens of three five and ten or more head. The second day features sheep shearing demonstrations a tour of Union Stockyards and other entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Chicago
Riemer Named President Of Lisbon Creamery
Will Riemer, vice president of the Lisbon Cooperative creamery, has been named president to succeed Milo Lehr who died recently. Dan Morningsstar was appointed director for the northeast district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Will Riemer
Lisbon Cooperative Creamery
Milo Lehr
Dan Mornings Star
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Marion News
Marion Boy
New Library Books
Fay Bainter
Ann Shirley
Mother Carey
James Halasey
Homemakers Club
Picayune District
I. E. Isham
Alburnett Road
Garden Theater
Emma Kendall
Priscilla Guild
Norman J. Waffle
Adeliza Daniels
C. Ellinger
Ray Bodger
Nevada
Bodger
W. E. van Fossen
Herbert Price
Richard Burt
Grace H. Starr Missionary Circle of
Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society
J. Lawrence Bigger
Seventh Avenue
6Th Avenue
Ameigo Club
Carl Hindman
School For the Blind
Vinton
Clara Wilson
Elda M. Kemp
Temperance
Methodist and Federated Churches
Central City
Julia Allen Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
A. J. Keyes
O. O. P. Club
DeWitt H. Smith
Eighteenth Street
Retta Knapp
Own State Teachers College
Mrs
Fred Knapp
Hutchinson
Owen's Drug Store
Diana Fret Club
H. B. Phillips
George S. Bretnall
Iowa State College
Sorosis Club
Hutchinson’s
Mike Cira
Otto G. Spencer
Claude D. Knapp
Shirley Ann Jackson
Sue Cary
Ellen Howe
Joanne Bowdish
Carol Luck
Mary Ann Ross
Jean Frederick
Helen Reichert
Roy Riley
Marengo
Wahl's Taxi Service
Patmos Commandery No
E. T
Richard Wagor
C. E. Drummond
Cornell College
Eleanor and
Bernice Gough
Blanche Hamm
Allen McKean
John Titus
John Granger
James Fry
Robert Mitchell
W. R. C. No. 126
Noble Grand Association
Frank Clark
W H. Booze
Myrtle Snyder
C. Merle Robison
Rural Garden Club
L. A. Dunn
Frank Beach
Los Angeles
Elwyn Miller
Lora Turner
Wilson Junior High School
Dumont
Hawkeye Man
U. of Heidelberg
Meritorious Church
Elizabeth Ink
Sarah Elizabeth McRoberts
Kentucky
Upper Palisades
St Mary's
Harvey Gillette
James Burge
Frank Wolrach
Capitol Currents
Joan II Chapman
Associated Press
John R. Irwin
Arch W. McFarlane
McFarlane
Irwin
W. G. C. Bagley
Riverside Twins
Iowa News
Start Waukon’s Parochial School
F. F. A. Lamb
Riemer
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