Forced To Retire Still A Kid postmaster in Palo retires after seven presidents
Uncle Sam ordered W. C. Wright to relinquish the Palo postmaster job at 70 ending a career begun in 1896 under Presidents Cleveland through Roosevelt. He notes postal changes from parcel post to COD mail and recalls a small stamps theft. He plans to seek new work while joking his mother is 95.
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Sam
Palo
W. Cc. Wright
Wright
Linn County
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McKinley
Teddy Roosevelt
Taft
Coolidge
Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
Uncle Sam
W. C. Wright
Cedar Rapids
Miss Healy to present nursing program at PTA meeting
Miss Madeline Healy new Linn County nurse will explain the proposed county nursing program at the April Parent-Teacher Association meeting. Camp Fire and Boy Scout groups will participate. Miss Harriet Beyer will perform piano selections. events include Cedar Rapids Presbyterial sessions with speakers Esther McRuer and Mrs. G Foster Thompson.
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Linn County
Parent-Teacher Association
Lincoln Building
S. A. Fontaine
Boy Scouts
C. G. Ellinger
Harriet Beyer
Marion Presbyterian Church
Cedar Rapids
Senior Class Play Leads At Conroy
The Conroy senior class presents A Home For Henry on Tuesday and Wednesday in the high school auditorium. Dorothy Kelly and Gilbert Maas star with Miss Shirley Burr directing. cast includes Anita Kahler John Jones Dorothy Wyant Helen Madoerin Norma Martinson Everett Giesking Robert Giesking Wilfred Furler Vera Leahy Alice Hopp Olin Helgeson Evelyn Dunlap.
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Henry
Dorothy Kelly
Gilbert Maas
Shirley Burr
Anita Kahler
John Jones
Dorothy Wyant
Helen Madoerin
Norma Martinson
Everett Giesking
Robert Giesking
Wilfred Furler
Vera Leahy
Alice Hopp
Olin Helgeson
Evelyn Dunlap
Funeral services for Mrs George Goeke at Zion Reformed
Funeral services were held Saturday at Zion Reformed church for Mrs George Goeke 54 with Rev F E Stucki officiating. Burial followed in Oakland cemetery. She was born in Lester Prairie Minnesota to Aaron Schindell and lived in Jefferson township Allamakee county since childhood. Survived by her husband five children Ruth Ronald Lorna Allan Wesley mother Mrs Charles Sickmeier and a brother Aaron Schindoll.
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George Goeke
Zion Reformed Church
F. E. Stucki
Oakland Cemetery
Aaron Schindell
Lester Prairie
Minn
Jefferson Township
Allamakee County
Ruth
Ronald
Lorna
Allan
Wesley
Charles Sickmeier
Aaron Schindoll
Board awards transmitter contract amid bidding controversy
The Iowa board of education awarded a transmitter contract to Collins despite lower bids from RCA Manufacturing and Western Electric. Officials cited a required performance curve and bid specifications changes as justification while denying favoritism and delaying further investigation. Governor remains undecided pending records, as installation proceeds in Iowa City.
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Collins
RCA Manufacturing Company
Western Electric
E. A. Gilmore
PWA
Charles &. Finley
Board of Education
Iowa City
Gilmore
WSUI
Iowa Writers Workshop fuels rise in American literature
University of Iowa’s creative writing department yields notable authors Eric Knight Helene Magaret and Kimon Friar. Knight’s The Happy Land portrays English colliery life while Magaret’s biography draws on her doctorate. Friar wins Poetry’s Hapgood award for Medusa Mask.
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Kimon Friar
University S Department of Creative Writing
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Happy Land
England
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Farrar
Rinehart Publishing Company
Miss Magaret
Montana
Oregon
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Omaha
Neb
Greece
Avers Hapgood
Wilbur Lang Schramm
Herbert Krause
Midwestern Society
Dakotas
Katherine Shattuck
Wilbur L. Schramm
Dr. Schramm
Miss Shattuck
Paul Engle
Family Dinner Marks 60th Wedding Anniversary of Gossmans
Decorah special to The Gazette notes a family dinner observance for Mr. and Mrs. John N. Gossman marking their sixtieth wedding anniversary. Born near Zanesville Ohio and Racine Wisconsin natives, the couple settled in Burr Oak township before moving to Decorah six years ago. Their children J Walter, Leonard T Gossman, Roy J Gossman and Mary H share in 13 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.
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Thomas Donlan
Winneshiek County
Racine
Wis
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St. Agnes’ Catholic
Plymouth Rock
Decorah
J. Walter
Leonard T. Gossman
Burr Oak
Roy J. Gossman
Chicago
Mary H
Koppenhaver Seeks Linn County Clerk Nomination on Democratic Ticket
Grace C Koppenhaver of Marion announces candidacy for Linn County district court clerk on the Democratic ticket for the June 3 primary. A 13 year Linn County paper staff veteran and former Marion chairman for the Christmas Seal sale she is active in D R organizations and local clubs.
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Fourteenth Street
Marion
Linn County
Koppenhaver
Marion Sentinel
Cedar Rapids
John T Christie
Dental
Parent Teacher Association
Federation of Womens Clinbs
Kope’s Market
Gloria Sharp Captures Winneshiek County Spelling Crown
DECORAH Gloria Sharp 13 daughter of Mr and Mrs Clyde Sharp won the Winneshiek county spelling contest Saturday. Her teacher Ardath Amundson from Decorah township district No 4 aided her. Dorothy Rothmeyer of St Johns parochial school Fort Atkinson was runner up with a perfect written score. For the first time the written winner did not also win the oral title after an overtime decision.
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Gloria Sharp
Clyde Sharp
Decorah Township
Ardath Amundson
Dorothy Rothmeyer
St. John’s
Fort Atkinson
Oval
Cornell Symphony to End Midwest Tour in Home Concert
The Cornell orchestra wraps a week long tour of Iowa Illinois and Indiana with a home concert Tuesday at 7 45 p m in the college chapel directed by Prof Lloyd Oakland admission is free.
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Marion Plumbers 120 Years In Trace History
A historical account recalls Marion plumbers with a 120 year lineage from early hardships to modern craft. Ali Ladd, postmaster and justice of the peace, reflects on career shifts from trading to plumbing and recalls a Chicago drain rescue involving a chicken. Cessford, Tipton native, moved to Marion 26 years ago and notes tools and practices have evolved from handmade traps to modern methods.
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Chicago, To Discover the Cause of A Clogged Drain, Mr Ladd
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Tipton
Marion
Mr Cessford
Mr. Cessford
Decorah couple wed at Decorah Lutheran church
Stella Rima daughter of Mr and Mrs Roser Rima and Richard Henning son of Mr and Mrs Henning were married by Rev O Glosne Friday at Decorah Lutheran parsonage. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Eric Schjeldahl. The bride works as bookkeeper for Haugen Tobacco Co. and the groom helps at a local filling station.
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Eric Schjeldahl
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Waukon
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Harlan Kirkeby
Gwendolyn Prestemon
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Keith Mason
Harry Sander
Paul Kosbau
Gordon
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Marie Prestemon
Harriet Hanson
Kathleen Griebel
Lila Kolsrud
Jeanne Davis
Katheryn Pluemer
John Woodmansee
Martin Bros. Chapel
L. D. Eaton
Rossville
Ohio
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