Elephant loving camp cook spares no tusk in collection
Cookie Bachtell a YMCA camp cook for sixteen summers keeps a growing elephant collection in his home at 618 Eighth Street NW. His trove includes about 500 varieties from white jade to bone carved pieces, from states and foreign lands, plus rubber and ivory tusked models.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naomi Doebel
Arner
Cookie” Bachtell
Y. M. Co
Eighth Street NW
Union
Old Mexico
Texas
Ceylon
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Denver
Hollywood
Walt Disney
Detours Listed On East Iowa Road Closures and Detours
Eastern Iowa roads shown closed for repair with detours per state highway bulletin. Iowa 13 between Marquette and Iowa 51 detour 44 miles surfaced. Iowa 24 from Lawler to New Hampton detour 9 miles surfaced and 1 mile earth. Iowa 78 from Wayland to U S 218 detour 9 miles gravel. Iowa 122 Davenport detour 1.6 miles surfaced. Iowa 128 from Iowa 13 to U S 52 detour 16 miles paved. cos 136 from Wyoming to Oxford Junction detour 7 miles gravel. Iowa 261 from Solon to Iowa City detour 14.5 miles surfaced. Iowa 287 Farnhamville to Lohrville detour 10 miles gravel. Iowa 290 in Clayton county from Iowa 13 west detour 1.3 miles earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
The
State Highway Commission
Marquette
Lawler
New Hampton
Wayland
U. S
Ac County
U. S. 52
Wyoming
Oxford Junction
Solon
Iowa City
Farnhamville
Lohrville
Clayton County
New Class Starts Monday at Mercy Hospital Nursing School
Mercy hospital school of nursing begins its thirty fifth class with a full faculty headed by Sister Mary Ethel reda and ten instructors. The group includes Saint sisters and Miss Cecile Novak with a cohort of student nurses from multiple towns led by principal educators and clinical mentors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy Hospital School of Nursing
Mary Ethelreda
R.N
Mary Redempta
Mary Etienne
Mary Miriam
Mary Victor
Mary Lawence
B.S
Mary Elaine
R.S
Mary Jeanne d’Arc
Mary Danielita
Cecile Novak
Mary Sebastian
Margaret Irene Doyle
Manchester
Ruth Elizabeth Jones
Williamsburg
Marian Delores Danaher
Waukon
Virginia Milroy
Evelyn Kretschmar
Cedar Rapids
Dorothy Ann Steinhoff
Plattville
Wis
Betty Yoder
Jean Frantz
Martelle
Mamie Davis
Dickson
Tenn
Mary Edyth Henderson
Austin
Minn
Mary Jean Wagner
Sarah Janella Cooper
Boone
Josephine Ann
Manufacturers' reps to hold Fall Frolic on Sept 11
The Cedar Rapids Manufacturers' Representatives Association plans its third annual Fall Frolic on Monday September 11 at the Montrose hotel. Golf starts at noon at the Kenmore course followed by a 6 p.m. dinner and a floor show. Jack Steffens chairs the frolic committee with Leo Cole directing ticket sales and tickets available from members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manufacturers’ Representatives Association of
Cedar Rapids
Montrose Hotel
Kenmore
Montrose
Jack Steffens
Leo Cole
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cookie Bachtell
Warner
Cookie" Bachtell
Davenport
Ries A
Studebaker
Mercy Hospital School
Mfg
Burma
China
India
Arthur Weiss
Jerry Weiss
Killian Company
Ehone
Gladstone
Sheaffer
Belle Sharmeer
Hollywood ‘Walkers
Brew
Modite
Duchess
Plesse
Jean Joyce
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Sharmeey
Vasserette
Munsingwear
P’js
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