Rural Teachers Hold Annual Linn County Banquet
One hundred fifty members of the Linn County Rural Teachers Association gathered at the First Christian church for their annual banquet. Tables decorated by month with November winning, program included readings, music, skits, and a toastmaster routine. County Superintendent Walter A. Shupp and Dr. Marion Williams urged ongoing change and a hopeful tomorrow through education and attitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Williams
Shupp
Linn County Rural Teachers’ Association
First Christian Church
Walter A. Shupp
Priscilla and
Hezekiah
Mary Fiedler
Robert Madison
Funny Old Hills
Ruth Pratt
Olive Uhlenhopp
Mr. Shupp
St. Matthew's Church Club To Present Play Today
The Young People’s club of St. Matthew’s church stages the play Where’s Grandma at 2 15 and 8 p m today under Rev J F Ryan. Written by Priscilla Wayne and Wayne Sprague the cast includes Borden Blake Seipman Fetchen Blake and Geoorman with Eunice Teuadaie Mam MecPari Pac Kins Isher and others in a community production.
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Young People's Club
St. Matthew's Church
J. F. Ryan
Priscilla Wayne
Wayne Sprague
Borden Blake
Seipman Fetchen Blake
Alicia Prag” ‘Blake
Geoorman
Jack Tuatless
Gretchen
Wil- Ma
Teddy Bear Ether Experiment At Bever Park Zoo
Teddy Bear soars the crate barrier after a domestic quarrel with Betty Bear. Bill Volz Jr takes Teddy to Dr. Kenneth Bogaard who uses ether to sedate the 150 pound bear for leg surgery. Teddy is expected to recover barring complications.
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Cari
Dueser
Bet Bear
Teddy Bear
Bever Park Zoo
Miss Bear
Mr. Bear
Teddy
Betty
Juliet
Bill Volz, Jr
Bever Park
Kenneth Bogaard
Nary Hospital
Community notices and club meetings announced
Local clubs and organizations schedule meetings this week including Ardekan temple D K K meets Wednesday at 8 p.m. Pythian hall. Daughters of Isabella choir hosts Monday at 2016 Fourth Ave SE. Cedar Rapids lodge No 141 I O F meets Tuesday at 8 p.m. Castle hall hosts rank of page ceremony. Linden camp No 145 Modern Woodmen meets Thursday 8 p.m. Royal Arch Masons conduct work Tuesday 7 30 p.m. at Masonic hall. guest night postponed. Mrs Thomas P Boone attends Arizona funeral. Dr W F Naibert to speak at Canopus club luncheon Tuesday at Roosevelt hotel.
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Daughters of Isabella
Helen Kacena Stark
Fourth Avenue SE
Castle Hall
Star of the West Lodge No. 1
Knights of Pythias
Linden Camp No
Modern Woodmen of America
Odd Fellows Hall
Second Avenue SE
Trowel
Royal Arch Masons
Royal Arch
Masonic Hall
W. F. Naibert
Canopus Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Nursery stock ad under classification 34 in Want Ad section
A concise catalog note directs readers to browse nursery stock in classification 34 of the Want Ad section. The ad emphasizes a broad selection available through the classified pages.
Rotary club ordered to appear at police HQ for lunch
Police Chief Bob Vlach summons every Cedar Rapids Rotary member to report Monday at noon to headquarters for a noon meal to be served by the Roosevelt Hotel at the police station.
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Cedar Rapids
Stone City man fined for overloads on county roads
Jay Joslin of Stone City was fined five dollars and costs by Justice H. T. Runyon after Deputy Sheriff P. J. Whittemore testified his lime laden vehicle weighed about eight tons, violating an embargo limiting loads to four tons on posted roads during spring breakup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Joslin
Stone City
Justice H. T. Runyon
Cogg
Joslin
P. J. Whittemore
Old Timers Club Plans Cedar Rapids Dinner
The fourth annual Old Timers dinner for Cedar Rapids Y M C A members with 25 years in the association will be held Thursday at 6 p.m. Arthur Poe will preside Morris Sanford will show old-time settlement pictures Akiko Hino will speak about life in Hawaii A social hour follows reservations due by Wednesday morning at the Y M C A.
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Old Timers Club
Association
Arthur Poe
Morris Sanford
Cedar Rapids
Akiko Hino
Hawaiian Islands
Coe College
Hawaii
Ervin Stepanek Named Vice-President of Iowa Junior Chamber Group
Ervin F Stepanek 1934 Park avenue SE was elected vice president of the Iowa State Junior Chamber of Commerce at the Des Moines convention closing session. He is a former president of Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce young men bureau and serves on the chamber's board. Other officers named include Byron Jeffrey president E S Neufeld Des Moines Arthur Johnson Clinton and Shirley Webster Winters t vice president. Mason City Junior Chamber named outstanding junior chamber of Iowa with Cedar Rapids honorable mention. awards include best new project Muscatine and other recognitions for civic and community programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ervin F. Stepanek
Park Avenue SE
Iowa State Junior Chamber of Commerce
Des Moines
Stepanek
Young Men’s Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Mason City
Fort Madison
Sioux City
Three Waukon Homes Sold Last Week
Waukon district reports three residence sales last week. Albert S. Tousley purchased the E. W. Kiesan home on Chestnut Street for 5000 dollars. Levi Huffman bought the Joe Bulman house in West Waukon for 2000 dollars, to be occupied by his son in law Deputy Sheriff Ernie Smith and family. Mrs. Clara Becker acquired the John Griffith residence. final price not disclosed.
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Waukon
Albert S. Tousley
E. W. Kiesan
Chestnut Street
Levi Huffman
Rossville
Joe Bulman
West Waukon
Ernie Smith
Clara Becker
John Griffith
France Germany Cancel Football Tilt in Paris
The France versus Germany football match planned for April 23 in Paris was canceled and will be replaced by France versus England. A prior postponement aimed to ease international tensions. Also, the Paris rugby match on April 30 may be dropped. Dockers in Lorient refused to unload a German coal freighter for hours before yielding. Similar tensions surfaced at Nantes and St Malo with stones thrown at a ship displaying a swastika.
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Paris
Germany
Lorient
Poland
Nantes
St. Malo
1050 Children Enrolled in City Garden Program
Mrs. L. J. Smith announces 1,050 children enrolled in the last week for home or playground gardens. Schools contacted include Harrison Cleveland Arthur Kenwood Hayes Van Buren Buchanan Tyler Garfield Polk, with visits planned to all remaining public and parochial schools this week.
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L. J. Smith
Playground Commission
State Liquor Sales Low in Wet Spots
Iowa liquor control commission reports border towns with populations over 10 000 buy far less liquor per capita than interior “dry” towns in March. Border cities average 58 cents per person while interior cities average 87 cents. Davenport shows 49 cents per capita versus 85 cents in Des Moines and 1 12 in Fort Dodge.
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Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Iowa
Keokuk
Davenport
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Liquor Commission
Commission
Illinois
Towa
The
Alburnett Youth Selected by Legion for Boys State
Harold Thomas of Alburnett was chosen by Marion post officers of the American Legion to attend Boys State, a Legion summer camp program.
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Alburnett
Harold Thomas
Marion
The
American Legion
Boys’ State
Legion
Public Trend To Higher Premium Life Policies
Jay C. Higdon of the Business Men's Assurance Co described rising life policy premiums at the Cedar Rapids Life Underwriters meeting at Hotel Roosevelt. He said the public favors policies that provide lifetime benefits and annuities over pure death coverage. W. E. Maupin introduced Higdon and Ellery Turner presided for R. H. Pickford who was away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay C. Higdon
Business Men’s Assurance Company of
Kansas City
Cedar Rapids Life Underwriters Association
Hotel Roosevelt
Higdon
W. E. Maupin
Ellery Turner
Association
R. H. Pickford
Court News: Lawrence Adams Released Pending Work Start
Lawrence Adams of Cedar Rapids was ordered released from the county jail on April 29 by Judge H C Ring. He had been sentenced January 4 to one year for larceny from Mrs. Marie Kelly of Davenport with half the term suspended for good behavior. The new order extends the suspension to about eight months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Adams
Cedar Rapids
H. C. Ring
Adams
Marie Kelly
Davenport
Divorces Heard By Judge Ring on Cruel Treatment Grounds
Divorce petitions filed Saturday before Judge H. C. Ring include Barbara Buchan versus Curtis Buchan, both of Cedar Rapids, married 1936. Jessie Dodge versus Milo Dodge, married in Anamosa 1917, seeks custody of a son. Also Mary Stoin versus Samuel E. Stein on desertion and cruelty. they married in Council Bluffs 1925 and lived together about a year.
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H. C. Ring
Barbara Jane Buchan
Curtis K. Buchan
Cedar Rapids
Jessie Dodge
Milo Dodge
Anamosa
Dodge
Ring
Mary Stoin
Samuel E. Stein
Council Bluffs
Defense motions in Shrine temple foreclosure sustained by judge
Judge C J Haas sustained defense motions in a foreclosure case over the Shrine temple mortgage. The case targets furnishings and fixtures claimed as part of the mortgaged property. The suit lists United Benefit Life Insurance Omaha as plaintiff with El Kahir Shrine and El Kahir temple among the defendants. A separate hearing set for April 24 concerns a bank land sale in Missouri to Roy and Belle Kauffman. Knutsen seeks dismissal over alleged failure to post a cost bond in a separate note suit by Eng Olson Fruit Co.
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Shrine Temple
C. J. Haas
United Benefit Life Insurance Company of
Omaha
el Kahir Shrine Company
el Kahir Temple of the Shrine
D. W. Bates
Cedar Rapids Savings Bank and Trust Company
Mercer County
Missouri
Newtown
Roy D. Kauffman
Belle Kauffman
Princeton
Orville E. Knutson
Eng Olson Fruit Company
Minneapolis
Realtors To Hear Of Philippine Housing
Juan Aguas of Floridablanca Pampanga Philippine government program participant will address the Cedar Rapids Real Estate board at a Monday luncheon at the YMCA. His topic: Social and Housing Problems of the Philippine Islands.
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Juan Aguas
Floridablanca
Pampanaga
P. I. Coe College
Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board
M. C
Philippine Islands
Lynott Buys Lot on First Avenue From Hurka
J Frank Lynott of 224 Twenty third street drive SE purchases a lot on First avenue E next to the southeast corner of Twenty third street SE from Mrs. Marie Hurka of 1412 First street SW. The sale was arranged through Mrs. Elizabeth Giblin and Lynott plans to build a house on the site.
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J. Frank Lynott
Twenty Third Street
First Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Marie Hurka
First Street
Elizabeth Giblin
National Camp Fire Leader to Visit Cedar Rapids Wednesday
Lester F. Scott national executive of the Camp Fire girls will speak three times in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday. He will address Kiwanis and their wives at noon at the Kiwanis club, speak to Camp Fire sponsors guardians and parents at 2 p.m. at the Montrose hotel, and close with a 6 30 p.m. dinner in the Commonwealth tea room for Camp Fire council and board members. Scott, coming from Des Moines, has long led Camp Fire programs and emphasizes the project method elevating girls through camping cooking sewing poetry and boating activities.
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Lester F. Scott
Camp Fire Girls
Cedar Rapids
Kiwanis Club
Scott
Montrose Hotel
Commonwealth Tea Room
Camp Fire Council
Canadian Lake Country
Old Edgewood Hotel Remodeled After Years of Vacancy
The Edgewood hotel built thirty nine years ago by S T Richards is being remodeled. The top story is removed and the east end extended to create a nine foot basement with a kitchen and game rooms. The main floor will house a dance hall unless rented to a business. The building, once run by Mrs Lada Whipple, was sold to Louis Perrinaquet for 270 following tax buildup after her death. The structure has been vacant about six years.
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Edgewood
S. T. Richards
Milwaukee Railroad
Lada Whipple
Richards
Louis Perrinaquet
Hopkinton Town Hall Nearing Completion
Hopkinton Mayor G G Brown says the new two story brick town hall should finish by mid May. The building features a council room lobby library fire truck room rest rooms and two cells on the lower floor and a 200 seat auditorium a large second floor lobby and kitchen with custodian Marshal Shirley Smith.
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the Gazette
Hopkinton
G. G. Brown
Shirley Smith
New Town Hall
Newcomer Rentals Bring Several Movers to City
New arrivals include Harry D. Bellamy of Concrete Materials taking a two year lease on 359 Pleasant drive SE from Mrs Grace Haxby. Others moving in from Des Moines Cedar Rapids and Minnesota occupy homes on Washington avenue SE A avenue NE Park avenue SE and SW area. Rentals handled by Hedges company Malcolm V Bolton company Fred E Collard company and ownership includes Mrs S G Courtney J W McDonald John Robertson and Frank Newman among others.
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Harry D. Bellamy
Concrete Materials Company
Pleasant Drive
Grace Haxby
Bellamy
Des Moines
Arthur C. Gertsen
Hedges Company
Washington Avenue SE
S. G. Courtney
Sixteenth Street
E. W. Rossiter
Rossiter
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance Company
Murray W. Snell
Fairbault
Minn
Frank L. Buser
A Avenue
Willis Glasgow
Shenandoah
Park Avenue
J. W. McDonald
Nineteenth Street
Malcolm V. Bolton
Mr. Murphy
Killian
Fred E. Collard and Company
B Avenue NE
John R. Schellberg
Cedar Rapids Montgomery Ward Store Faces Redecorating
Chicago assistant manager oversees Montgomery Ward in Cedar Rapids as the store undergoes a redecorating project aimed at refreshing the layout and atmosphere.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward and Company
Cedar Rapids
Housing Shortage In Cedar Rapids Shown By Survey
A Cedar Rapids survey shows a housing shortage with 16 518 units in 1938 and 147 desirable vacancies. The count differs from the city records which cite under 300 new permits, due to many split ups and conversion of offices and lofts into housing.
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Cedar Rapids
Tipton Conservative Building Under Construction On Cedar Street
Construction of a new tan brick business building on Cedar street between Third and Fourth streets began last week. Owner Mrs. Cora Hostler says the 26 by 50 foot structure will house the Conservative Publishing company and is slated for completion around June 1. The Tipton Conservative will move in once finished.
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Tipton
Conservative Publishing Company
Cora Hostler
Cedar Street
Third
Tipton Conservative
C. S. Miller
General Insurance
Cedar County Abstract Company
Toy Theater
Miller
Peters
Frieda Hamilton
Victor Mclain
St. John’s Reformed and Evangelical Church
Farm Home Under Construction Near Traer
Albin Hanus will begin building a seven room frame residence on his farm 214 miles south of Traer. The story and a half house measures 30 by 32 feet and will include a bath and full basement.
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Traer
Albin Hanus
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Hazeltine
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Sam Wood
Barbara Henry
Stanwyck
Fonda
Gazette
Bungalow Cooking School
Ardekan Temple
Pythian Hall
Floyd Kitchen
St. Luke's Hospital
Thomas P. Boone
Twenty-eighth Street
Peoria
Ariz
T. H. Edmiston
Boone
Y. M. Old Timers Club
Ervin Stepanek
Iowa Junior Chamber Group
Waukon Homes
France
Interior
Sheldon Pe
Spencer Lan
Atlantic
Webster City
Sigourney
Ama
Toledo
Algona
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Herder
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Court House News
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Martin-Senour
J. E. Cameron
2Nd Ave
Camp Fire
Hopkinton Town Hall
Newcomer Rentals
Codar Rapiog
Marie Dorlend
Cedar Rapides
Polley
Wrectare
Weston
Ralston
Insurance
Mr. Ralston
Mutual Fire
Sianed
Graifally
Marie Dorland
Weston D. Ralston Insurance
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