65 Years of Rocking In A Cherished Chair
Sarah Loomis recalls 65 years in the same chair begun in Norwichville Canada then kept through Dixon Belle Plaine Anamosa and finally Cedar Rapids during her life with Rev. A F Loomis. The rocking chair has witnessed five births and family moments and remains a treasured heirloom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Loomis
Fourth Avenue SE
Sarah Jane Barton
Norwichville
Canada
Dixon, Ill
A. F. Loomis
Dixon
Belle Plaine
Anamosa
Legion Picnic and Meetings Scheduled in Marion
Members of the American Legion and auxiliary with families will gather Monday at 6:30 PM for a picnic supper in Marion. C A Knee head of highway patrol and Patrolman A Wood will speak. A post executive committee meeting follows at 7:30 with separate auxiliary and post meetings at 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion and Auxiliary
C. A. Knee
Highway Patrol
A. Wood
Auxiliary
Oscar French
Celan Rollins
W. E. Smith
H. B. Phillips
Herbert Wesling
James Clapp
H. O. Young
D. H. Smith
Glenn Larkin
Carolyn Hanscom
Bertha Roberts
Martin's Creek Club Sponsors Farewell Picnic
Members of the Martin's Creek Community club plan a Thursday evening picnic supper in Memorial hall to honor Mr. and Mrs. Harley Ives on their move to Minnesota. Friends are invited. attendees should bring table service sandwiches a covered dish and dessert. Coffee and cream provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin’s Creek
Social notes and film ad briefings from local paper
Mrs. Frank Webber hosts Excelsior A and L club meeting with K O Knudsen presiding. Weekend guests include Elizabeth Shellenbarger of Minneapolis and Jemime Rowe of Milwaukee. Advertisements note Columbus oil cloth at The Boston Store and a three room apartment for rent at 985 Thirteenth Street. Don Ameche and Alice Faye star in Hollywood Cavalcade at the Garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Shellenbarger
Minneapolis
Jemime Rowe
Milwaukee
L. R. Shellenbarger
Brotherhood Week Observance Opens With Union Service
Beginning February 18 25 Brotherhood week is marked tonight at 8 with union services in the Presbyterian church Rev Father J R Goodman chaplain of St Berchmans seminary speaks on Brotherhood Rabbi Irving Kilbansky of Congregation Beth Jacob Cedar Rapids discusses The Church and Syna gogue Symbols of Enlightenment and Rev Arthur W Henke pastor of the Methodist church of Marion speaks on The Common Denominator of Character and Faith All churches unite in this service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
J. R. Goodman
St. Berchman’s Seminary
Irving Kilbansky
Beth Jacob
Cedar Rapids
Arthur W. Henke
Marion
Marion Cedar Rapids Service Club Elects Officers
Officers of the Marion Cedar Rapids Service club of the Milwaukee railroad were elected Thursday evening. W. E. Failor of Marion will serve as chairman, succeeding R. G. McGee of Cedar Rapids. R. J. Burke of Cedar Rapids is the new vice chairman, while H. J. Murphey of Marion will serve as secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion-Cedar Rapids
Fidelis circle picnic dinner hosted by Mrs Rose
Mrs. Paul E. Rose hosted the Fidelis circle of King's Daughters at a Friday picnic dinner. Admission was given to Mrs. J. C. Bonnefoi of Chicago, Mrs. Rose, Mrs. Park McCalley and Mrs. Carmen Bintz by past president Mrs. A. R. McElwain. Guests included Mrs. S. O. Stamy and Mrs. Elmer Stamy of Robins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul E. Rose
Fidelis Circle of
King’s Daughters
J. C. Bonnefoi
Chicago
Rose
Park McCalley
Carmen Bintz
A. R. McElwain
S. O. Stamy
Elmer Stamy
Robins
Hollywood Cavalcade stars Alice Faye and Don Ameche at Garden show
Ad notes the film Hollywood Cavalcade featuring Alice Faye and Don Ameche showing at the Garden today and Monday, promoting the feature with star power and a labeled cinema event.
Mrs Blakeslee Visits Freeport Hosts Bauch Family
Mrs Fred M. Blakeslee is spending today in Freeport Illinois at the home of Mr and Mrs Clem Bauch. The visit centers on social engagements in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred M. _ Blakeslee
Freeport, IL
Clem Bauch
PTA medical dental committee seeks funds in Marion
Letters were sent to organizations in Marion during the last week by the medical-dental committee of the Parent-Teacher association detailing its work and asking for donations. Grants received include Fidelis circle of King's Daughters $10, chapter CS P.E. O. and a friend $2 each, Marion Union of the Christian Endeavor $3.53, Milwaukee Woman's club $5, and Diana Fret New Art Marion Nature and Garden clubs and the Reading Circle each $1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Medical-Dental Committee
Parent-Teacher Association
Fidelis Circle of
King’s Daughters
Chapter CS
P.E. O
Marion Union of the Christian Endeavor
Milwaukee Woman's Club
Diana Fret
Marion Nature and Garden Clubs
Reading Circle
Hickory Two Way Stretch Girdles with Dryer
The Boston Store advertises Hickory two way stretch girdles with dryer for sale at $1.00, highlighting a compact clothing offer likely aimed at practical undergarment needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Club Meetings and Local Social Updates
The Cheerful Companions class will meet Tuesday evening in the church basement and attendees are asked to bring cups preplates and spoons. The Women's Progressive club plans a Thursday picnic dinner at Mrs. Frank Frederick's Alburnett road home. The E V Carey family will visit the Johnsons in Dubuque today. Robert and Jean Titus visit their parents in Iowa City. Mrs Kenneth E Cornell is ill with influenza. For sale Marion homes in all sizes and prices, phone 506 for appointment. Dr John J Booth at 308 South Eleventh Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheerful Companions
The
Christian Church
Women’s Progressive Club
Frank Frederick
Alburnett Road
Robert Titus
Iowa City
Jeannette Titus
University of Iowa
H. M. Titus
Marion Homes
John J. Booth
South Eleventh Street
Ill Trenton Man Faces Pneumonia Threat
T. R. Alexander, ill at home, is threatened with pneumonia. The Rev. C. G. Ellinger visited Davenport Saturday and his son Herbert, who has been working at an airport there, accompanied him home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R. Alexander
C. G. Ellinger
Davenport
Herbert
Methodist General Act Society Meeting Notice
The General Act society of the Methodist church will meet Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the church parlors. The Comforter division will hostesses. The Rev. Arthur W. Henke will speak. A Hutchinson gingham package ice cream promotion at Owens Drug Store features 13c pint 25c quart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Act Society
The
Methodist Church
Comforter
Arthur W. Henke
Hutchinson
Owen’s
De Molay Mothers Circle Meetings Ahead of Chapter Session
Ahead of Linn chapter No. 900 De Molay meeting Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the Masonic temple, a De Molay Mothers circle gathering will precede with a picnic supper to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn Chapter No. 900
Order of de Molay
Masonic Temple
de Molay Mothers Circle
Health Group To Meet In Linn County
The Linn County Christmas Seals group plans its annual meeting at Hallwood cafe near Cedar Rapids on Tuesday. Officers will be elected and delegates named to the state convention. Speakers include Marguerite Pfeffer of the Iowa Tuberculosis Association, Dr H L Van Winkle of Linn County Medical Society, and Dr Philip Crew of Marion. The session starts at 10 a.m. A luncheon is slated for noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Christmas Seals Organization
Cedar Rapids
Hallwood Cafe
Marguerite Pfeffer
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
H. L. van Winkle
Linn County Medical Society
Philip Crew
Marion
Brotherhood Banquet for Methodist Men Sets Wednesday Event
The thirty first annual Methodist Brotherhood banquet will be held Wednesday at 6 30 pm in the church. Dr Charles J Bready pastor of St Pauls Cedar Rapids will speak Music by the church school orchestra directed by Mrs Mary Chalmers Cory Earl Fulton will sing The Ladies Aid society will serve the banquet Illness updates note Mrs Ida Andre Mechanicsville and Mrs Wood recovering from influenza Street Commissioner Peter F Schultz recovering slowly Also community notices about gatherings at Ameigo Cary and Priscilla Guild events and local visits.
Oldest Buchanan County Resident Turns 99
Mary Snyder DeGrief Meffert, Buchanan counties oldest resident, will celebrate her ninety ninth birthday February 22 at her daughter Mrs. John Williams home in Independence. Born Mary Snyder in Tuscarawas County Ohio she married Phillip De Grief at 15 and lived in Ohio 25 years before moving to Buchanan county in 1883. Her first husband died in 1906. she married Henry Meffert in 1909 who died in 1924. She now lives with her daughter in Independence and has five sons and one daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Mary Snyder DeGrief Meffert
Buchanan County
John Williams
Mary Snyder
Tuscarawas County
Ohio
Phillip DeGrief
Winthrop
DeGrief
Springville Woman Hooks Rugs Of Historical Design
Mrs. Ida Wood Miller, 74, of Springville, weaves hooked rugs with her own designs, including a Little Brown church replica near Nashua. A lifelong crafter since 14, she has made 65 hooked rugs in 11 years, while also gardening and canning in summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springville
Little Brown
Nashua
Ida Wood Miller
Colorado School to be Named for Ernest Horn
Special to Tic Gazette. Owa City Colorado State College of Education at Greeley will name its elementary school the Ernest Horn Elementary School. Dedication set for next summer during the college’s golden anniversary. Horn, renowned educator and author, lauds elementary education while noting funding cuts and broader reforms. He foresees consolidation and four year teacher training and urges higher salaries, especially for rural schools. Horn remains active writing a new children’s book The Test Pilot and chairs a national education committee on art in American life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tic
Owa
Ernest Horn
University of Iowa
United States
Colorado State College of Education
Greeley
Colo
Horn
America
Arrival Of First Train At Waukon In 1877
A crowd gathered October 27 1877 at Waukon to see the first railroad train on the Waukon and Mississippi line also known as Union Prairie. The 23 mile narrow gauge branch connected with the Milwaukee system after 1875 financing through local taxes and bonds. The event featured the Union Prairie engine, a Waukon depot ceremony, and a 500 person supper as the line began serving the area with telegraph and express service later that year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Union Prairie
Union Prairie Township
Tom Clyde
W. M
Waukon and
Mississippi
Paint Creek Valley
Waukon and Mississippi Railroad Company
C. O. Howard
Jeptha Beebe
G. P. Eells
H. H. Stilwell
C. W. Jenkins
G. M. Dean
F. M. Clark
C. S. Stilwell
J. W. Pratt
Luther Howes
J. A. Townsend
James Duffy
D. W. Adams
Co. D. Beeman
Martin Stone
L. W. Hersey
G. W. Stoddard
W. C. Earle
James Holahan
H. G. Grattan
Fred Hager
J. H. Hale
J. W. Earle
Paint Creek
Dubuque
la Crosse
Milwaukee System
E. B. Gibbs
Harper’s Ferry
American Express Company
James F. Joy
Railroad Fame
New Jersey
Minnesota
Decorah
Frankville
Milwaukee
Orphans' Home To Have New Head
Davenport Iowa April 1 is the expiration date for Syl Mc Cauley superintendent of the Iowa soldiers orphans home He plans to leave when his four year term ends and the board of control has not named a successor Chairman D R McCreery indicated Mc Cauley would not be re appointed and told him to take any vacation before April 1
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Syl McCauley
Iowa Soldiers’ Orphans
Board of Control
McCauley
D. R. McCreery
Iowa Republicans split on Tex Grantham title at rally
At a Waterloo rally Governor Wilson called H. A. Grantham Colonel Grantham, prompting the Iowa GOPlete to explain he only wants to keep his roles as publicity director party secretary and later treasurer. Public Safety Commissioner Fischer expressed relief over funding patrolmen at 50 cents daily for Des Moines refresher school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A
Tex
Grantham
Iowa
Republican Party
Wilson
Waterloo
Public Safety
Karl W. Fischer
Fort Des Moines
Army Post
Clermont Pioneer Charles Anderson Celebrates 90th Birthday
Clermont birthday dinner honors Charles Anderson on his 90th with family from Clermont West Union Janesville Lavina Mont. Born near Janesville he farmed and ran a restaurant before settling west of town. He has 14 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren and plans to assist on the Starkey farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
Charles Anderson
Will Starkey
H. H. House
West Union
Herb Anderson
John Learn
H. A. Lubke
Lester
Lavina
Mont
Anderson
Janesville
Wis
Emma Gertrude Learn
Starkey Farm
Unorthodox Education Views From Prof Stewart
Campus Talk notes Prof George Stewart head of the university physics department argues that education fails to foster student confidence in their own ideas. He claims this dampens leadership potential and suggests universities produce few leaders. Stewart ranks as America’s second leading physicist behind Einstein of Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Stewart
Stewart
America
Einstein
Princeton
Also Mentioned on This Page
de Molay
Dry Creek
Donald Torrence
Elmer Neff
Ralph Parks
Tennyson Club
Chester Bailey
Tenth Street
Emma Klein
Marion Camp Fire Board of Awards
Los Angeles
Emery J. Miller
Arthur E. Fairhurst
Three Forks
Thomas Fairhurst
Henry Arp, Jr
C.F
Gazette Photo
Marion News
Legion
Frank Webber
Excelsior A. and
L. Club
K. O. Knudsen
Carl Wiley
Douglas Ross
H. B. Hammond
Guy Martin
Vernon Lent
Harley W. Erwin
Don Ameche
Alice Faye
Hollywood
Mary English
Bertha Barnes
Columbus
Cecil P. Lewis
Britt
Mr. Lewis
George M. Hibner
Thirteenth Street
the Garden
P.T.A. Fund
E. V. Carey
Clifford O. Johnson
Kenneth E. Cornell
Ida Andre
Mechanicsville
Charles T. Wood
Mrs. Wood
Peter F. Schultz
Kenneth V. Murdoch
Ameigo Club
L. C. Dow
Eighth Avenue
L. E. Feller Jr
Janet Lothian
Mrs. W. K. Lothian
E. A. Lagerquist
Cary Club
Cecil Seger
G. J. Bondurant
State Income Tax Department
the Home Building and Loan
Vernon H. Carter
Daryle Vernon
Marion Lodge
A. F
A. M
Fred J. Lang
Priscilla Guild
Congregational Church
Charles A. Engel
Third Street
Mary Meffert
Little Brown Church
Colorado
Gibbs
Upper Iowa Power Company
Fred M. Interkofer
Capitol
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!