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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1939

Page

24

Goodbye Girls We're Through Say Veteran Cornell Janitors

Veterans Tom and Will Joriman, Bowman hall janitors at Cornell for three decades, retire with memories of campus life. Born in Switzerland, they plan to travel and visit selectively, having helped build most campus buildings and guard Halloween nights.

Cornell Mount Vernon Tom Will Joriman Bowman Hall Jorimans Will Switzerland Rhine America North Iowa Bowman

Marion News Highlights Social Gatherings and Local Weddings

Social notices from Marion Iowa list Dr C A Bradley dinner guests at 940 Eighth Avenue including Mrs Garretson and Miss Charity Abrams Fr example Frances Alberta Voorhies and R D Conley announce marriage at Pine River Minnesota June 6 1938 and will reside in Marion 746 Ninth Street after August 20 1938 Events include golf finals at Marion Golf Club and women's club championship at 9 AM and 2:30 PM Read also club outings to Hubert Minnesota and Clark Lake and various travels of local families Results and schedules appear alongside advertisements for groceries and hardware purchases Careful details of military and scouting events are included with local weekend visitors and travels by Marion residents

C. A. Bradley Eighth Avenue William Garretson Garretson Margaret Airman Charity Abrams Stella Flynn Maquoketa Henry Koon Onslow Snowden Clary Virginia Memphis Tenn Myron Richardson Elwood Anna Weber Edna Roberts Marion Lee Voorhies Frances Alberta R. D. Conley Pine River Minn H. E. Petersen Methodist Church Verlin Conley Bell Telephone Company Conley J. R. Conley Anamosa High School American Petroleum Oil Company Ninth Street Carl Jacobsen- Huron Adams Don Wolfe Marion Golf Club Ralph Fitzgerald Kathleen Oxley Arthur E Granger Mary Ellen Granger Catherine Voorhies Hubert Gilbert Voorhies Clark Lake

Bride-elect Agnes Carey honored at Marion home

Miss Alice Wallace hosted a social evening for Agnes Carey at her Marion area home. Guests included Mildred Teter from Waterloo and Winifred Schrubbe of Decorah, with gifts exchanged and a card game to conclude the night.

Agnes Carey Alice Wallace Marion Miss Carey Mildred Teter Waterloo Winifred Schrubbe Decorah

Comers from Melrose Involved With Stone Family

Mrs. G L Stone and Margaret Stone are listed with Mr and Mrs John Comer and John Comer Jr The Comers reside in Melrose and are connected to the Stone household in this notices item.

G. L. Stone Margaret Stone John Comer John Comer, Jr Comers Melrose

Eighty third birthday gathering at the Oxleys home

Mr and Mrs Robert Oxley entertained Friday evening at 880 Fourteenth street for Robert Oxley's eighty third birthday. Guests included Harry and Harold Horn of Mount Vernon Lucy Pyle and daughters from Hollywood Florida and the Oxleys relatives. An active social notice list follows with local visits library books and club meetings noted.

Robert Oxley

Washington reads for centennial celebration in August

Washington Iowa prepares its centennial with August 8 9 and 10 events. The budget is 5250 with additional decor by merchants. A memorial fountain dedication Monday night features Judge Charles A. Dewey. The spectacle on Tuesday 815 features 350 performers on a 200 foot stage with Miss Washington and Miss Columbia chosen by vote.

Washington Charles A. Dewey Des Moines Casefield J. C. Penney New York City Thomas Reese Town City F. W. Fitch Farm Bureau Sunset Park W. B. Hamilton Old Tymers Muscatine

Mike Burns Death Mystery Baffles Iowa Sleuths

The body of Mike Burns was found on a bluff near Green Island after a fall or foul play is considered. Sheriff Cahill and investigators weighed brain hemorrhage, stroke, or accidental fall despite no broken bones, while questions about motive, route, and possible cover up persist.

Henry Cahill Green Island Maquoketa Henry Marburger Max Schultz Krabbenhoft Sabula W. J. Tomlinson Clinton Tomlinson K. R. Sorenson Burns State Bureau of Investigation Callaghan Marburger Mike Burns Mike Main Street Kurth Albert Lingle Kurth Place Lingle Kurths Mississippi River

Burns From Wax Explosion Fatal

Sioux City report says Mrs. Allie Woerner aged 48 died from neck burns after an exploding can of wax set her clothes alight during heating at a farm home. Her husband suffered burned hands trying to douse the flames. Earlier in the week two Sioux City women died from household burns: Mrs. Hattie Uneer aged 68 and Mrs. Ida Searls aged 58.

Sioux City Allie Woerner

Anamosa Remley Family Keeps Legal Tradition Alive

James T. Remley of Anamosa joins the Iowa bar in Des Moines continuing a family line that began with J. E. Remley in 1901. The Remley law office bears a black walnut desk and a lifesize painting of Judge Howard E. Remiley, with four generations earning Iowa State University degrees.

Anamosa James T. Remley Des Moines J. E. Remley Remley and Remley Howard E. Remley Young Remley Remley Judge Remley James Remley Oxford Milton Remiley Iowa Iowa City Judge Remiley

Bug Battle Fire Leaves Youth Burned In Des Moines

A 19 year old youth suffered serious burns to the arms and face and a house sustained fire damage in Des Moines on Saturday during an attempt to exterminte cockroaches with gasoline. Hospital physicians reported Billy Burton was burned in an explosion believed to be sparked by a kitchen stove burner.

Des Moines Billy Burton

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Marion News Dr. Bradley Shirley Temple Little Princess Minnesota Glenn Cheadle Janet Catherine Cheadle Chicago Fred C. Newlin Jane Helen Milwaukee Donald Brooks Donn Philip Glendale Calif E. R. Brooks John C. Smith Harold Munier Dickey’s Foods Boy Scouts Kent Golden Elinore Hanna Camp Wapsier J. J. Stone Central Avenue Mr. Stone J. P. Stone Albia Tyrone L. E B. Fuller, Jr Janet Lothian Mrs. W. K. Lothian Roberta Saunders West Coast Pleasant Grove Community Club Jean Dow Port Washington L. I Charles Dow Samuel Miller Thomas Park Balster Jean Betty Lou Scott Irving E. Wade Wade Earl Knapp Mason City, Ill Hutchinson’s Mike Cira Paul Jaqua Ponca City Okla H. O. Allen N. T. Lutes Dubuque J. M. Albright Mrs. Albright Ernest Metcalf Effie Metcalf Beloit Kan Desire Eugenia Michel Mrs Cecil Albright Felix Michel R. H. Beatty C. W. Emerson Marion Boulevard Kankakee, Ill Walter Lembaugh Clarence Anna Dye Pasadena Cedar Rapids Minnie Schenken Richard A. Crew Austin Crew Bensonville, I Marion Public Library Federal Writers’ Project Kantor Jennings Williams Ned Masefield Miriam Jackson Iowa University W. T. Jackson Charlos Mont Hutchinson Owen's G. C. Murphey Maurine Murphey of Walker Kathryn Kendall Endeavor Methodist Ladies Aid Society Linn Order of de Molay Masonic Temple D. I Ralph Hoskins Gerald Hosking Bobbie and Larry Eeurie Hoskins Helen Shaw Verto Reichert W. E. Lutz Eleventh Street Fourth Avenue Bernard Struck Lake Mendota Madison, Wis Giles Ellestad Tiny Colt Tipton Fair Dick Elijah Cedar County Tipton Earl Elijah John M. Dusterhoft Victor Ralph Matheson Williamsburg Donald Doris Leon ‘Hardenbrook Marengo Doyne Dusterhoff Mary Ann Mary
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