Pick Up the Pieces Faces Opening Night Glitches
Iowa City newsroom reports the 1956 Panacea revue Pick Up the Pieces opened with gremlins and a small 200 audience. Despite curtain collapse wig loss and nail biting the amateur production by Larry Lebron and John Gardner offered 22 scenes, with Kerin Okerlin praised for three numbers and a budget of 1200 dollars to recoup.
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University of Iowa
Macbride Auditorium
Larry Lebron
Omaha
Lebron
John Gardner
Iowa City
Charles Addams
Bill Pfuderer
Clinton
Sally Zeuch
Youngstown
Ohio
Claire Brush
Osage
Addams
Peter Pandemonium
Jerry Mosey
Bob McComas
Cedar Rapids
SUI Panacea
Jim Coons
Washington, D.C
Joyce Garber
Randolph
Kerin Oberlin
Clarinda
Stan Doerr
Minneapolis
Rural Carrier Job Open at North English
The Civil Service Commission announced an examination for a rural carrier at North English. Applications will be accepted until May 8. Applicants must reside within the North English post office area and have lived there for one year before the closing date. Applicants must be at least 18 on the closing date, with no maximum age limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North English
Civil Service Commission
Justifiable Homicide Ruled in Bruggenwirth Death
Davenport coroner's jury ruled Thursday that the death of Frank Bruggenwirth Jr. of Clinton, shot by police Wednesday, was justifiable homicide. The verdict states Bruggenwirth resisted arrest and was killed in the line of duty by officers.
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Davenport
Frank Bruggenwirth, Jr
Clinton
Bruggen
Enrollment Surge Looms at Iowa Teachers College
Des Moines Iowa State Teachers College expects up to a 45 percent rise in fall enrollments based on applications, prompting a budget review. Last year the college had 3020 students, a 13 percent increase. The Regents approved new fees to switch to a semester system and dropped the agriculture minor starting 1956 summer session.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Teachers College
State Board of Regents
J. W. Maucker
Teachers College
Pierson Labels Truman Speech a Gobbledygook Tirade
Des Moines Iowa Republican Chairman Don Pierson accused Harry S Truman of half truths and deliberate misconceptions in a political attack on Dwight Eisenhower. He called Truman's remarks a tirade of gibberish and said the label do nothing president fits the Democratic Congress better.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Aeublican
Don Pierson Hursday
Harry S. Truman
Eisenhower
Pierson
Truman
Democratic Congress
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Services at Elkader For Dr. Barton 69
Special to The Gazette Elkader funeral services for Dr Hugh P Barton 69 will be held Monday at 9 am in McTaggert funeral home and at 9 30 am in St Josephs Catholic church Dr Barton who practiced medicine in Chicago since 1921 died suddenly Thursday at his home there Born near Volga he was graduated from Northwestern college of medicine in 1909 He practiced medicine in Davenport until 1918 when he enlisted in the armed forces After his discharge he began practice in Chicago Survivors include two brothers Roy and Tom of Elkader and a sister Miss Addie Barton all of Elkader
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Gazette
Elkader
Hugh P. Barton
McTaggert
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Barton
Chicago
Volga
Northwestern College of Medicine
Davenport
Roy
Tom
Addie Barton
iElkader
Choir Festival Set at Oelwein
A massed choir festival sponsored by the Iowa Federation of Music Clubs will be held in Grace Methodist church in Oelwein on Sunday at 7 30 p m. The northeastern event will feature about 160 singers from 27 Iowa counties, directed by Robert Larson of Wartburg College Waverly. preparatory workshops have occurred in Waverly Manchester Independence and Oelwein. Choirs from Cedar Rapids area churches include First Christian Peoples St Pauls Methodist and First Presbyterian in Marion.
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Iowa Federation of Music Clubs
Oelwein
Grace Methodist Church
Northleastern
Iowa
Robert Larson
Wartburg College
Waverly
Atkins Sets Post-Fire Class Schedule At Disaster Site
Atkins school remains closed after a weekend fire that destroyed the schoolhouse. Supt. Robert Timmons announced buses will run 30 minutes later from Tuesday, with a shortened lunch hour to keep students out of downtown. No kindergartens or hot lunch. all classes moved to local churches and Memorial Hall rooms.
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The
Gazette
Atkins
Supt
Robert Timmons
Timmons
St. Stephen’s School
Presbyterian Church
St. Stephen’s Church
Memorial Hall
Memorial All
Improvements Slated At Tipton City Park
Tipton board of education and Tipton park board plan extensive summer improvements at the 35 acre Tipton community park with about 18000 to spend. A summer custodian may be hired. Planned work includes northwest park tiling, a 40 by 24 foot open shelter west of the hardball diamond, road paving, fencing, a tennis court, and a tractor with mowers. A July 3 and 4 celebration is considered with softball games a Cedar county Miss Iowa candidate chosen and the annual fiveworks display.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Fire and public notices cross eastern town briefs
Belle Plaine hosts Benton County Firemen Association on April 26. Dozens of towns report hospitalizations and local civic events from Shellsburg to Monticello, including fire department elections in Postville and public service updates across Central City, Marengo, Mt Vernon, Garrison, and Waubakee.
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Belle Plaine
Benton County Firemen’s Association
Shellsburg
Claude Blattler
Vinton Hospital
Open House Planned at New Marengo Hospital
MARENGO The Marengo Memorial hospital will hold open house for the public April 21 and 22. Open house for the doctors in the area will be held next Tuesday. The hospital probably will be opened April 27. Dates were announced by Mary Kurchinsky, hospital administrator. The date of April 27 is tentative, depending on receipt of a license from the state.
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Marengo
Marengo Memorial Hospital
Mary Kurchinsky
Volga Resident To Visit Europe
Lauriee Christeleit, proprietor of the Modern cafe in Volga, will sail Saturday on the SS America for a three month visit to Germany. She travels with Mrs Eden of Kago and plans stops in Innsbruck Austria and other places. They expect to land at Bremerhaven April 21, marking her fourth trip home since marrying Julius Christeleit in the late 1920s.
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Vcglga
Lauriee Christeleit
Modern Cafe
America
Germany
An Eden
Kago
Eden
Chris
Christeleitteleit
Innsbruck
Tirol
Austria
August Bohnke
Chicago
Mrs. Eden
New York
New York Harbor
Bremerhaven
Mrs. Christeleit
United States
Julius Christeleit
Directors To Be Named In New School District
What Cheer a board of education for the newly organized school district here will be elected May 1. The new district includes Deep River Gibson Thornburg Keswick and What Cheer. Five board members and a treasurer will be elected. All nomination papers must be submitted within 10 days before May 1.
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What Cheer
Deep River
Gibson
Thornburg
Keswick
Services Held for Fannie Reichmann at 100
Funeral services were held Friday for Fannie Reichmann 100, in Toledo where she was a dressmaker for six decades. Born in Davenport in 1855, she traveled with her family to Toledo in 1865, lodged briefly in a school during a stop at the Amana Colonies, and witnessed news of Lincoln's assassination. She died Thursday at the home of Mrs. Lee Wetzel, with whom she lived. survivors include Mrs. Wetzel, a foster daughter, and nieces and a nephew.
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Davenport
Miss Reichmann
Toledo
Amana
Lincoln
Garwin
Lee Wetzel
Wetzel
Hospital Construction Vote Set at Postville
A special election will be held May 3 to approve a $70 000 addition to the Postville hospital. The polling place is Memorial Hall. The project would be financed from town hospital funds.
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Postville
Postville Hospital
Memorial Hall
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Kerin Okerlin
Miss Okerlin
Maucker
Don Pierson
Dr. Barton
Paravox
Fred E. Diers
Park Ave
3Rd Ave
Tipton City Park
Eastern Town News
Wellman
FE. D. Miller
Red Cross
Lee Ball
Ed Frese
Everett Cook
Garrison
Sam Raymond
Aurora
James Taylor
People’s Hospital
Independence
Ryan
Quasqueton
Judd Rasmussen
Waubeek
Glen Nightingale
Mercy Hospital
F. E. Mercy
Iowa County
Rotary Club
Don Lininger
ID. H. Zentmire
Kalona
William L. Shalla
MT. Vernon
Clarence Boots
St. Luke’s Hospital
DELTA
Lions Club
Mickey Doty
Don Doty
Legion Post
Boys State
OLIN
Henry Biere
W. C. Westfahl
Winifred Kirkpatrick
Willman Company
Sammy Bruce
Frank Bruce
Central City
Grace Randall
Kyle Gerstenberger
Alvin Barrack
Kay Kertenkamp
Paul Hoaglan
Dick Collins
Don Collins
Torrence
Calif
Arvey Berg
Helen Yakish
Kiwanis Club
V and J
Ward Lambert
Madison
Ind
W. H. Newman
Ronnie Swift
Harold Swift
Charlotte Axt
Cornell College
Canton
Robert Mote
Lloyd Kiefer
Federated Church
Sam Gaston
Southern Service Corporation
Birmingham
Ala
Ray Burnett
Robert Barnes
Linn County Mobile
Mary Bowman
Roy Bowman
Hahn Howard
American Legion Auxiliary
Lisbon High School
Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church
Monticello
Jack Mettler
Kate Maurice
Jim Read
Burkhalter
American Building
Insurance Agency
L. D. Burkhalter, Jr
Nbc-Tv
Biore
Monthro
Samford
Hermes
Olympia
Remington
Royes
Smith-Corona
Underwood
Exch
First Avenue East
New Marengo Hospital
G. D. Strohm
Dutch New Guinea
Baliem Valley
Shangri-La
Sunshine Mission
Community Alliance Church
Europe
Cluch Bags
Ingber
Fannie Reichmann
Sppoledo
Edo
Aviatie Reichmann
Super Mart -Lumber Co
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