Thirteen Iowa Groups Form Council For Better Education
Thirteen organizations in Iowa formed the Iowa Council For Better Education to press state aid for public schools. The council will circulate a questionnaire to legislature candidates and other state officials, aiming for greater state participation in funding education. Members include the American Association of University Women Iowa division, Farm Bureau, PTA, Legion groups, League of Women Voters, School Boards Association, and others.
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DES Moines
Charles F. Pye
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Iowa Council For Better Education
Iowa
Pye
Iowa Division of the
American Association of University Women
Iowa Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Congress of Parents and Teachers
Iowa Department of the American Legion
Department of the American Legion Auxiliary
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Iowa League of Women Voters
Association of Iowa
Iowa State Federation of Labor
Iowa State Grange
Iowa W. C. T. U
Jean Shaver Wins Beauty Contest In Sigourney Festival
Jean Shaver aged 19 daughter of Rosa Shaver of Sigourney and Iowa State College student won the Keo kuk county beauty contest at Sigourney's Yen Rou Gis celebration. She will enter the state fair beauty contest after riding on the Chamber of Commerce float in the parade. Phyllis Shaw, 15 daughter of Col. and Mrs. Robert Shaw, finished second among thirty entrants.
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Sigourney
Jean Shaver
Rosa Shaver
Iowa State College
Keokuk County
Miss Shaver
Chamber of Commerce
Phyllis Shaw
Col
Robert Shaw
Dickinson to Speak at Wyoming Festival and Show
Senator L. J. Dickinson will speak in Wyoming on August 13 at 2 30 p m on opening day of the town fall festival and horse show. George Miller, speaker committee chairman, announces the event. Dr W W Bronson directs the Thursday morning horse show with other features including free acts boxing and baseball games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
L. J. Dickinson
George Miller
W. W. Bronson
Coralville Considers New Street Light Plan
Coralville council weighs a $1200 proposal to replace old lighting with bracket mounted reflectors and extend service to all night. The plan, prepared by the lighting committee and Iowa City Light and Power, will be presented at the next council meeting.
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Iowa City
Coralville Council
Iowa City Light and Power Company
Thieves Rob Harvey Hall Grocery Of About $100
Entry gained through a rear window smashed by a rock. The thief took only the cash register amounting to about $100. sheriff notes no fingerprints and suspects wearing gloves.
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Independence
Harvey Hall
Sheriff's Office
Coe Student Dies in Crash Near Oelwein
William Jakway 20 of Oelwein died in a Thursday night automobile crash near Oelwein. He attended the University of Iowa for two years and Coe College last year. He was an Eagle Scout. Shirley Miller 17 of Fairbank is in critical condition with multiple fractures from the same accident.
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William Jakway
Oelwein
University of Iowa
Coe College
Shirley Miller
Fairbank
Iowa City Realtor Seeks Demolition of University Lab
George Koser of a local real estate firm petitions the Iowa City council to raze the University of Iowa hydraulics laboratory valued at 100000 claiming it encroaches on a public highway. The council shelved the petition amid university objections while Koser pushes for a gasoline filling station nearby. University officials say the property is state owned and rights remain unaffected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
George Koser
University of Iowa Hydraulics Laboratory
Koser
Hydraulics Laboratory
Iowa City Names 27 in America's Young Men Volume
Special to The Gazette Iowa City lists twenty seven local figures in the new second volume of Americas Young Men led by professors Harry Barnes Homer Cherrington Howard Anderson and Edwin Kurtz along with doctors and other professionals including Wendell Dysinger George Corcoran and Harold Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
America
Harry G. Barnes
Homer V. Cherrington
Howard R. Anderson
Joseph E. Baker
George F. Corcoran
John W. Ashton
Clarence P. Berg
Wendell S. Dysinger
Joseph W. Howe
Wendell Johnson
Edwin B. Kurtz
Maquoketa Man Heads Iowa Rural Carriers
John Suthers elected president of the Iowa Rural Carriers Association at the state convention in Waterloo. A mail carrier in Maquoketa since March 1921, he served route number 3 and has held county president and district president roles. He attends national conventions and is married with three children.
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Maquoketa
John Suthers
Iowa Rural Carriers Association
Waterloo
Pleasant weekend weather for Iowa and Des Moines
AP reports a fair weekend with highs in the lower nineties Sunday. Northwest Iowa may be cooler while Inwood reached 94 and Marshalltown recorded 52. Skies were mostly clear with Council Bluffs noting a light shower in the last 24 hours.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Inwood
Marshalltown
Council Bluffs
Independence Council Asked To Accept WPA Pool Grant
A petition circulates in Independence urging the city council to accept a WPA grant covering 51 percent of a $25,000 municipal swimming pool project. The measure, supported by the American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars Business and Professional Women's Club Rotary and Lions clubs, will be presented at next week's council meeting.
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Independence
Independence City
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Business
Professional Women’s’ Club
Rotary and
Lions Clubs
Buck Creek Fair Set With Chicken Dinner and Talks
HOPKINTON The Buck Creek fair Tuesday features a noon chicken dinner hosted by Buck Creek church women. GOP candidate H O Talle delivers the principal speech. Other acts include vocal numbers by Mavis Smith and others, a vocal solo by Margaret Hogg, an instrumental by Maxine Apple, plus a Buck Creek versus Langworthy kittenball contest.
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Hopkinton
Buck Creek
H. O. Talle
Congress
Mavis Smith
Bernice Opfer
Genevieve Ratcliff
Margaret Hogg
Maxine Appleby
Langworthy
Clayton County Lets $79 774 Road Contracts
Special to The Gazette reports seven road projects in Clayton County totaling 79 774.26 dollars with bids led by J P Hurley Epworth for grading on two routes and H Leslie Lees Monona for three surfacing jobs. Eberhard Construction Guttenberg wins culvert work on two segments.
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Eleader
Clayton County
Eberhard Construction Company
Guttenberg
West McGregor
Thor Fiske
Garber
Colesburg
Osterdock
J. P. Hurley
Epworth
H. Leslie Lees
Monona
Clayton
St. Olaf
Garnaville
Thieves Take Harness From Koopman Farm Barn
Sheriff reports two harness sets stolen from Otto Koopman farm 12 miles south of Vinton on highway 218. A car entered the barnyard Thursday afternoon and left. license plate not obtained.
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Vinton
Otto Koopman
Highway 218
Koopman Farm
Lone Tree man injured in barn fall at home
Lawrence Krall fell from a barn haymow and struck the handle of a pitchfork, penetrated his abdomen, was operated on, and is in serious condition at Mercy hospital Iowa City. Local reports cover other area incidents and notices.
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Lone Tree
Lawrence Krall
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Notice in Linn County District Court case over Edith Passmore will
In Linn County Iowa Susan I Wingate files a petition challenging Edith J Passmore will and codicil asserting lack of testamentary capacity and memory. The petition seeks annulment of the May 5 1936 order and cancellation of letters of executorship to W J Grunewald. Public notice directs Nellie Barton to respond by the next 1936 term beginning November 14 1936 in Cedar Rapids Iowa Mourning case details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of Iowa
Jimn County
Susan I. Wingate
Nellie Barton
Susie Colgan
Annie Colgan
Edward Bernsdorf
W. J. Grunewald
Anna Q. Machacek
Anna Marie DeCastello
Emma Grunewald
Cedar Rapids Art Association
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
St. Luke's Methodist Hospital
District Court of
Linnee
Edith J. Passmore
District Court
Linn County
Apers
Towa
I Linn
Cow Cuse
Cedar Linn County
Lee Sanrot
Cedar
Missing Iowa City girl seen in South Dakota
Florence Clark mothered by anxious parents in Iowa City reported missing since June 29. Sightings near Custer South Dakota by Helen Hughes and Elias Hughes suggest the girl was seen with a man, then walking into a store before vanishing. Fiance Clarence Bleeker of Rock Island awaits word as search efforts span several states.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Florence Clark
Rock Island
Florence
Custer
S. C
Helen Hughes
Elias Hughes
Miss Hughes
C. F. Clark
S. Linn Street
Clarence Bleeker
West Branch to Start School August 31 With New Hires
West Branch schools begin August 31 and hire four new teachers to fill summer resignations. Marion Mac Fadden will replace Dorothy Raymond in first grade, Raymond moves to Garner. Merle Vietmeier moves to Williamsburg. J Quentin Kongsback elected at West Branch. Maurine Montgomery resigns to marry, Esther Wilkin fills her Washington post. New commercial courses added taught by Lola Buchanan. Faculty includes Snider Weaver Letts Green Mansager Wilkin Bartlett Buchanan Kongsback Mac Fadden Connell y Bo dine Hemingway Quinby Pearsons and others.
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West Branch
Marion MacFadden
West Liberty
Dorothy Raymond
Miss Raymond
Garner
Merle Vietmeier
Williamsburg
J. Quentin Kongsback
West Bend
Maurine Montgomery
Esther Wilkin
Washington
Lola Buchanan
Seymour
F. J. Snider
F. D. Weaver
Mary Gale Letts
Evelyn Green
Theo Mansager
John Bartlett
Marian MacFadden
Bernice Connelly
Verlea Bodine
Mabel Hemingway
Nina Quinby
Helen Pearson
Wilson to Address Labor Convention in Des Moines
George Wilson Republican candidate for governor will be the principal speaker on opening day of the Iowa Federation of Labor convention in Des Moines. President J. C. Lewis said other candidates for November elections were invited to speak during the four day meeting. Herring and Kraschel have been asked to appear. Attendance is expected to exceed 300.
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Des Moines
INS
George Wilson
Iowa Federation of Labor
J. C. Lewis
Lewis
Clyde L. Herring
United States
Nels Kraschel
Iowa City Man Killed by Driverless Car in Alley
L R Scott a 55 year old transfer company employee of Iowa City was crushed to death when a driverless car rolled into his parked truck in an alley. Owner John Gorman said the car had been left in high gear and moved about 45 feet before stopping. Police doubt gear failure or compression caused the move. No inquest is planned.
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Monticello
Charles Elbert Reynolds
Iowa City
Methodist Church
George
Emma Reynolds
Amy Lillian Sampica
M. R. Himebaugh
Scotch Grove
Ivan
Robert Joseph
Colleen Joan Maimnebaugh
Ellen Schlimmer
Alvin Sampica
Charles Sampica
Pharr
Texas
William J. Macauley
Oakwood Cemetery
Independence
Buffalo Township
Board of Supervisors
Aurora
Stanley
Iowa Board of Assessment and Review
Johnson County
W. E. Smith
Smith
Burlington
Republican First District
Robert L. Larson
Everett Jenkins
C. A. Wissler
Oakdale
Hazel Schaus
Roy Flickinger
Joe Spevacek
Newport
Will Warren
Scott Walker
Pleasant Valley
E. J. Murphy
Scott Township
Harvey Schleuter
Monroe Township
Maquoketa
Jackson County
L. R. Scott
John Gorman
Hills
Scott
Elkader PWA School Project Approved by Ickes Aide
Gov Clyde L Herring said Secretary Ickes assured federal financing approval for Wapello county home reconstruction after a fire and that three more Iowa projects are moving forward including schools at Hampton and Elkader and a Davenport sewage system.
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Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
Ickes
Public Works Administration
Wapello County
Herring
Iowa Pwa
Hampton and
Elkader
Davenport
West Liberty Man Dies by Suicide Despondent Over Ill Health
William Du Bois age 52 killed himself by hanging near his home in West Liberty Thursday night. A coroner's verdict cited despondency over ill health. He recently returned from Pine Knoll sanatorium Davenport after a period as a patient. Survived by father Charles Dubois of Pekin Ill and three sisters Mrs Jess Scott of West Liberty Mrs G W Robby of Pekin and Mrs D Cosgrove of Peoria and brother Raymond of Bradford Pa.
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West Liberty
William Dubois
Dubois
Pine Knoll Sanatorium
Davenport
Charles and
Bina Dubois
Barnesville
Nichols
Pekin
Ill
Jess Scott
G. W. Robby
D. Cosgrove
Peoria
Raymond
Bradford
County records show auto plates surge in Marengo
The Marengo office of County Treasurer J A Rouse reports this week 4400 new automobile plates and 600 truck plates issued. End of 1935 totals were 4195 passenger registrations and 569 trucks. Increase comes from new cars, not rebound from stored vehicles.
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Marengo
J. A. Rouse
Rev P B Eilers and Janice Schwaegler Wed
Announcement of the marriage of the Rev P B Eilers pastor of St Sebald Lutheran church and Miss Janice Ruth Schwaegler of Dubuque. After a motor trip to Nebraska and Colorado the couple will reside in Strawberry Point after September 1.
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Strawberry Point
P. B. Eilers
St. Sebald Luthern Church
Janice Ruth Schwaegler
Dubuque
Nebraska
Colorado
Overcall Fails as West Defenders Bag Eight Tricks
East West play defeats South on a heavy overcall. West and partner defend brilliantly, counting to maximize the penalties. The sequence includes West opening clubs, switching to spades, cashing trump and heart tricks, ending with eight tricks for a 500 point penalty while defending to avoid game.
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West
South
East
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Council For Better Education
Sigourney Festival
Coralville
COE
Iowa City Realtor
Independence Council
Hank
North County
Shanghai
Iowa News
Lenox College Alumni Association
Carl Laxson
Earlville
Helen Downs
Andrew Patton
Mary Elizabeth Gearhart
Franc Earhart
Oxford Junction
Frank Dolezal
Bohemia
James
Frank
Joe
Stahard
Savanna
John Burda
Joe Kropek
W. A. Wolegmuth
Lutheran Church
Riverside
St. Mary’s
Louis Dautremont
Paul Libenguth
Carl Rice
Kalona
Odd Fellow Lodge
Fred Bourgeois
Paul Harvey
Reagan Adams
N. G
Alva Kepler
V. G
Clyde Kennard
Ernest Felzke
E. A. Ritz
I. G
LA Porte City
Weldon Betts
F. W. Cartwright
Ted Johannsen
Earl Dexter
C. T. Gates
Ralph Brown
Ted Richards
Charles Loveless
Cliff Stroedecker
John Cutter
Marvin Fosse
Yale
Farmers Union Exchange
Don McComas
Buckingham
Geneseo
Consolidated School
Royal H. Holbrook
Orange Township
Traer
Eagle Center
Claude Mitchell
Isabelle Hill
Marjorie Tow
Geneseo Band
North English
English Valley Co-operative Creamery
Jasperson
G. W. Godfrey
Harper
Belle Plaine
Fort Des Moines
Tom Miller
H. J. Miller
Ed Prusha
Joe Prusha
Harlan Peters
Company
Dave Roginson
Company C Infantry
Richard Burrows
McGregor
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Carl Erbe
Mallard
Cash Gordon
Garrison
Benton County
Susie Gordon
Betty
Theron Donnie
Vincent McSweeney
Buchanan County
Frank B. Reed
Glenn Price
Polk Township
George N. Price
Price
George Good
Harvey Eddy
Sumner
People’s Hospital
Perry B. Chase
F. C. Witzigman
West Union
Mr. Chase
Harold Chase
Chicago
Ed Ishman
William Chase
Odd Fellows
Sheet Metal Workers’ Union
Great Western Veterans’ Association
Claude Callan
Williams
Reo
U. 9
Pat Opp
NEA Service, Inc
Tpr Williams
South Dakota
Wilson
PWA
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