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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1938
Page
5
Wootsie and Tootsie recover from a cold and hope to sled on a hill. Dr. Possum clears them to go out but learns there is no snow due to rain. Uncle Wiggily improvises an iron runners sled to glide on bare ground.
A playful exchange with Tootsie and Mr. Longears invites readers to imagine a silly ride. The dialogue hints at a literary scene where a rabbit character contemplates a slippery snow slide and a humorous automobile mishap, preserving a whimsy tone.
Coe college plans two conferences the week of February 20 to 27. The first part hosts Presbyterian ministers of Iowa at a state conference. the latter part covers a Conference on Family Relations by the sociology department. Speakers include Dr William Chalmers Covert and Rev David L Berger with Prof C W Hart, and Dr Harold Leonard Bowman will speak Thursday evening.
Willie Willis voices frustration that polite behavior and truth telling cannot coexist, arguing the social mandate to please clashes with honesty. He asserts personal stance on candor versus pleasantries and reflects on public expectations.
Cedar Rapids speakers include Miss Marguerite Stein director of the YWCA and Mrs Alice Ferber Linn County relief chief among others. Faculty helpers named are the Rev James Hodgson dean Mary Bell Dean Myron Koenig Dr LeRoy Weld and others shaping plans for the event.
Lynn E. Garwood and Mrs. Alice B. Salter are named. A student committee aiding in plans includes Mary Nelson as chairman, Mary Jo Johnson as secretary, and members Walter Staves, Max Reed, James George, and Verna Hanold.
Commander F J Lowry, brother of Dr N J Lowry, formerly of Cedar Rapids and now in Cresco, is selected for promotion to captain. He currently serves aboard the U S S Tuscaloosa in San Diego California. Snakes have no sense of hearing.
The Chicago and North Western Railway will discontinue carrying passengers on Sunday only train No. 6 leaving Omaha at 6.00 p.m. and arriving Cedar Rapids at 1.00 a.m. Monday effective February 6.
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