1936 Welcomed with Many Private and Club Parties in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids welcomed 1936 with numerous informal gatherings across homes, the Cedar Rapids Country Club, and hotels. Hosts included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shackell and Mr. and Mrs. John C. Reid, hosting large dinners for local friends and out of town guests from Los Angeles Ossian Philadelphia and Davenport. A variety of Dutch treat dinners and no host affairs filled the social calendar as families and University of Iowa students mingled at private homes and club events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar L Rapids
Country Club
Charles Shackell
Linden Drive
Earl Thomas
Los Angeles
Mr. Thomas
Henry M. Files
Mr. Files
Blake Boulevard
John C. Reid
Vernon Drive
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Reginald Figge
Grande Avenue SE
Gene Figge
Ossian
Gilberte de Save
Philadelphia
Beals
Frank A. Beals
Knollwood Drive
Ben F. Wolverton
J. T. Grayston
Robert Miller
Bruce McKay
Fred Payneer
L. M. Ford
Fred Winter
J. K. von Lackum
George W. Corey
Carl D. Thomas
A. R. Zuercher
Dan Hunter
G. O. Fletcher
V. H. Hasek
Milo A. Chehak
B. B. Hicken
Robert B. Davis
Wallace Darling
C. Louis Fontana
Harmon Taylor
Lawrence Taylor
Rock Island
Craven Shuttleworth
Karl P. Blaise
Wilma Willimack
H. L
Clara Robinson
Colonial Food Shop
R. W. Black
C. A. Davis
A. W. Carlton
H. N Boyson
Arthur Deamer
H. J. Jones
Jones
Fifth Avenue SE
Montrose
Carl B. Myers
George F. Martinek
Clyde G. Landis
Arthur C. Gertsen
M. F. Arnott
J. H. Fortune
G. H. Cornwell
P. A. Stover
H. C. Jensen
R. C. Booth
G. A. Trenholm
A. H. Boileau
G. J. Siebke
A. C. Hoblitzell
R. F. McGinnis
R. I. Horton
A. J. Danziger
Des Moines
R. D. Spears
Allen Nash
George Miller
F. R. Wingert
Harry E. Yaw
Guy Hillier
C. W . Bloomhall
Mary Gage
George Harless
Fort Dodge
Margaret Mansfield
Avery Gage
Marian Hurst
Bob Lamson
Nancy Turner
Toledo
Ohio
David Brown
Frances Keefer
Don McKay
Dorothy Faris
Tom Jackson
Marjorie Deacon
Bob Little
Mary Winslow
Edward F. Winslow
Miss Louise Northington Honored With Luncheon
Miss Louise Northington of Asheville North Carolina visited relatives in the city and was guest of honor at a luncheon hosted by Mrs J R Northington at Clara Robinsons Colonial Food shop on Monday. Guests included Mrs George Walton Mrs O H Cuddy Mrs George Foster Mrs William S Catlow and Mrs Ward Vanderpool. Mrs Walton later hosted a tea at her home 2340 B avenue NE Saturday honoring Miss Northington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Northington
Asheville
N. C
J. R. Northington
B Avenue NE
Northington
Clara Robinson
Colonial Food Shop
Miss Northington
George Walton
O. H. Cuddy
George Foster
William S. Catlow
Ward Vanderpool
Geoffrey Shepherds Return as Ames Guests
Dr and Mrs Geoffrey Shepherd of Ames and their son Gordon Murray Shepherd are due to arrive Wednesday to stay with Mrs Shepherds parents at 1829 B Avenue NE. They spent five months abroad visiting Copenhagen Oslo Cambridge Oxford and London with Dr Shepherd engaging in marketing discussions and studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geoffrey Shepherd
Ames
Gordon Murray Shepherd
Shepherd
F. G. Murray
B Avenue NE
Shepherds
New York City
Washington, D. C
Copenhagen
Oslo
Cambridge
Oxford
London
Iowa State College
White Shrine ceremonial draws 400 attendees in Masonic hall
Four hundred members of Gethsemane Shrine No 1 and visitors gathered for the Shrine Christmas ceremonial in the Masonic hall. Leaders presided over ritual work after a Shepherdess Guard drill as numerous honored guests from Iowa and nearby cities were welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gethsemane Shrine No
Cedar Rapids
Fred Thomas
Rock Island
Edith Pulver
Keota
Leon R. Blinks
Marion
Joan Bode
Verna Zirbel
Newton
Pearl Williams
Des Moines
Elizabeth E. Byrd
Helen Schump
Muscatine
United States
Mary Engel
Davenport
Sunshine Committee
Edna Duncan
Supreme Committee
Elsa Lachan
Nellie Steele
Clinton
Gretchen Roy
Bernice Hach Baldwin
Miss Mary Sinclair Returns Home After Visit
Miss Mary Sinclair of Indian apolis returns home today after visiting Mr and Mrs Robert Calder Davis at 320 Crescent Drive SE. Miss Elsie Sinclair will stay several days longer as guest of Mr and Mrs Richard E Killian at 2345 Blake Boulevard SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Sinclair
Indianapolis
Robert Calder Davis
Crescent Drive
Elsie Sinclair
Richard E. Killian
Blake Boulevard
Miss Lorna Clark Visiting Cedar Rapids Relative
Miss Lorna Clark of St Paul Minnesota formerly of Cedar Rapids is spending the holidays with Miss Edith Winn at 1423 Bever avenue SE and will return to St Paul Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorna Clark
St. Paul, Minn
Cedar Rapids
Edith Winn
Bever Avenue
St. Paul
Thirtieth Anniversary For Mr and Mrs G C Schuerer
Friends and relatives gathered at 4206 Avenue NW Saturday to honor Mr. and Mrs. Schuerer on their thirtieth wedding anniversary. The couple married Christmas Day 1905 in Keystone by Rev. Franke at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Selke. Attending were Mrs. A Getlin, Mrs. George Kunizman, H Teige, W England, E Penrod and her son Melvin, A Manwiller, Elenora Schaerer, Owen Darrow, and Mrs. Donald Cobb of Manly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Schuerer
Avenue NW
Schuerer
Keystone
Franke
Henry Selke
A. Getlin
George Kunizman
Mrs Bingham Re-elected Head Of Cedar Rapids Needlework Guild
Mrs C W Bingham was re elected president of the Cedar Rapids branch of the Needlework Guild of America at the annual meeting held at the Bingham home. Officers and chairmen were named for two year terms and an exhibition of garments was approved after the 1936 in gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Bingham
Cedar Rapids
Needlework Guild of America
Bingham
First Avenue
Ella Merriam
Lester T. Jackson
Paul Huston
Taylor Carpenter
Royal H. Holbrook
Lester de Yarman
Edward H. Files
Barham and Heral Wed in Cedar Rapids Ceremony
Amanda Barham and William J. Heral of Cedar Rapids wed Monday at St. Pauls Methodist Church in a single ring ceremony before about 150 guests. Rev. Arthur A. Brooks officiated. music by Milo Heral, George Ramsey, and Margaret Watt. Afterward the couple traveled to Valparaiso Indiana for a reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Barnes Barham
William J. Heral
Cedar Rapids
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Arthur A. Brooks
Milo Heral
George Ramsey
Margaret Watt
Elda Mae Stayner
Detroit
Joyce Irene Heral
Rutledges Leave After Visit in Columbia Family
Mr and Mrs Paul Rutledge of Columbia Missouri and their sons Billy and Tommy departed Tuesday following a two week visit with Mrs Rutledges parents Mr and Mrs W F Sarset at 1829 Blake Boulevard SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Rutledge
Columbia, Mo
Billy
Tommy
Mildred May Greenlee Weds John E Greenlee in Galena
Mrs Amy Lilyard of 701 Fifth avenue SE announced the marriage of her daughter Mildred May to John E Greenlee son of Mr and Mrs Floyd Greenlee of 703 Fifth avenue SE The Rev E A Ballis Presbyterian minister married them in Galena Illinois on April 15 1935 Miss Alvina Yorke and Lee E Washburn attended the ceremony The couple reside at 701 Fifth avenue SE
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Lilyard
Fifth Avenue
Mildred May
John E. Greenlee
Floyd Greenlee
E. A. Ballis
Galena
Alvina Yorke
Lee E. Washburn
Davenport
Carpenter and Harrington Guests Honor Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Wilson Carpenter and Mr and Mrs D C Harrington entertained at dinner Sunday for Mr and Mrs W C Carpenter who celebrated their thirty eighth wedding anniversary. Guests included Mr and Mrs C C Drake at whose Estherville home the couple were married, Mr and Mrs Harry Robinson and Mary Lou and Jackie Carpenter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Carpenter
D. C. Harrington
W. C. Carpenter
C. C. Drake
Estherville
Mrs. Carpenter
Harry Robinson
Mary Lou
Jackie Carpenter
Marriage at Little Brown church Nashua MCgREGOR couple wed
Marion Hohmen daughter of Mrs Enma Hohmen of McGregor and Elsa Kohls of Milwaukee wed at the Little Brown church in Nashua. Attendants were Genevieve Hohmen Walter Fehlhofer and Gladys Gmelin. Bride is daughter of W Gable retired Milwaukee businessman now at Fox Point Michigan lake resort. Groom with Davenport employment. They depart Monday for Fox Point to reside with bride's family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGregor
Marion Hohmen
Enma Hohmen
Elsa Kohls
Milwaukee
Little Brown Church
Nashua
Genevieve Hohmen
Walter Fehlhofer
Gladys Gmelin
Elkader
W. Gable
Michigan Lake
Fox Point
Hohmen
Davenport
Mrs August Mal otzki Injured In Ice Fall
Mrs August Mal otzki fell on an icy walk in front of her home Monday and suffered a broken bone in her right arm just below the elbow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowden
August Malotzki
Pittsburgh U Ouster Voted By Professors
The AAUP voted to remove the University of Pittsburgh from its eligible list over alleged irreligious teachings. Four Pitt professors were named in the ouster, with a protest citing free speech and First Amendment rights. Beutel testified during a legislative probe that Pitt favored publishing favorable articles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis, Mo
American Association of University Professors
University of Pittsburgh
Committee On
Carl Wittke
Ohio University
Harris Teachers College
St. Louis
AAUP
Ralph E. Turner
Colston Warne
Frederick K. Beutel
Frederick Woltman
Beutel
Pitt
Pittsburgh
Two Iowans Named On Committee For Wild Life Meeting
President Roosevelt appointed a citizens committee to organize the North American wildlife conference. The group will meet in Washington from February 3 to 7 with F A Silcox as chairman. Members include ex officio Ickes Wallace and Roper and ten prominent figures across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee
Wild Life
Washington
Roosevelt
Citizens’ Committee
F. A. Silcox
U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries
Arno B. Cammerer
National Park Service
Powel Crosley, Jr
Cincinnati
American Wildlife Institute
Jay N. Darling
Des Moines
U. S. Bureau of Biological Survey
Robert Campbell Lawson
Tulsa
Okla
General Federation of Women's Clubs Board
L. J. Tabor
Columbus
Ohio
National Grange
George W. Wood
Waterloo
Izaak Walton League
Police Nab Two Boys In Car Theft Near Blake Boulevard
Police found the stolen car owned by R. J. Heabel near Crescent drive and Blake boulevard SE. Two boys aged 16 and 14 were arrested and a 15 year old was ordered to report for questioning. The youths reportedly admitted involvement and may be sent to juvenile court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Heabel
First Street
Heather
Hanna
Duncan
Crescent Drive
Blake Boulevard
Hannah
Post Office Closed on New Year’s Day in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids post office will be closed on New Year’s Day. Mail will be collected citywide at 5 p.m. No deliveries except special delivery stamps and perishables. Incoming mail distributed to boxes and outgoing mail dispatched on schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Children Asked to Coast in Restricted Park Areas
William Volz reports to Ed Stefan that despite barricades in Bever and Ellis parks children coast outside protection. Volz urges parents to guide children to coast only within barricaded areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Volz
East Side Parks
Ed Stefan
Bever and
Ellis Parks
Volz
Public health clash and New Deal drama across 1930s politics
A survey of Dr. John A. Kingsbury’s public health role, the Milbank foundation clash with the American Medical Association, and how social security act provisions spurred controversy. It notes Dr Kingsbury's fate, Oscar Tugwell era drama ideas, wheat export doubts, and CCC fire tolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Works Progress Administrator
U. S. Public Health Service
U. S. Children’s Bureau
Kingsbury
Milbank Foundation
Edgar Sydenstricker
Borden Milk Company
Albert G. Milbank
Memorial Fund
Medical Association
New York
Indiana
Michigan
Dr. Kingsbury
Social Security Board
Harry Hopkins
Victor Woolfson
Tugwell
Resettlement Administration
Woolfson
Grace Falke
Annual Liar Contest Grows With 5000 Entries
Burlington Wisconsin reports 5000 lies entered in the annual Liars Club contest as O C Hulett pledges a Chicago announcement of the 1935 champion. Officials tout bigger lies from greater reach including Europe and Canada with tales of a water hoax in Baltimore and a dog fish herd in Peoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington, Wis
Burlington
United States
Canada
Europe
O. C. Hulett
Burlington Liars' Club
Chicago
Liars’ Club
Florida
Alaska
Baltimore
Water Department
Peoria
Creighton Mine
Ont
Hulett
Edgewood schools to reopen January six
City brief notes all Edgewood schools will reopen on January 6. Other items report Van Horne residents Karl Hendrickson and Ethel Herdrick wedding by Justice S Reed, Center Point’s Vergil Newman fined ten dollars by Justice Reed for speeding, aided by Patrolman Kermit Rhoades. Mary Mitchell of 1432 Sixth Street NW held for Jones County on petty larceny. A Parrish rueful about four stolen chickens from a coop on Twelfth Street NE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Hendrickson
Ethel Herdrick
van Horne
Justice . S. Reed
Vergil Newman
Center Point
Justice A. S. Reed
Kermit Rhoades
Mary Mitchell
Sixth Street
Jones County
Mrs Nellie Knapp Recovering After Auto Crash
Mrs Nellie Knapp who was injured about a month ago in an automobile accident near Springville is convalescing at the home of her son Ralph Miller at 400 Thirty second Street NE. She recently returned from Anamosa hospital where she spent several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Knapp
Springville
Ralph Miller
Thirty-second Street
Car Crash Injures Two Near Cedar Rapids
At about 11 p.m. Sunday two drivers sustained minor injuries in a collision on highway 30 at the Benton Linn county line west of Cedar Rapids. Harold Brandt received a head cut and his passenger, Mrs. Brandt, was bruised and scratched. F D Halen of 606 Fifth Avenue SE and Brandt’s car were heavily damaged. Sheriff James H. Smith investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. D. Halen
Fifth Avenue SE
Harold Brandt
Garrison
Benton-Linn
Cedar Rapids
Man Hospitalized After Heavy Form Pins Worker
Frank Messinger, 30, of 1302 Fifth Street NW, is recovering at home from extensive bruises to his back chest arms and legs. He was injured last Friday at the Wilson and Company plant while unloading trucks when a heavy form fell and partially pinned him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Messinger
Fifth Street
Wilson and Company
Boy is Injured in Collision on A Avenue NE
Eight year old Owen Hoadley suffered a chin cut at 11 fifty a.m. Tuesday when a car driven by his aunt Mrs Frank Holets of Fairfax collided with another car driven by Adam Krug of Atkins at A avenue and Tenth street NE. Neither driver was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Hoadley
A Avenue NW
Frank Holets
Fairfax
Adam Krug
Atkins
A Avenue
Tenth Street
Sing Sing electric chair for capital punishment
The electric chair has claimed 375 slayers at Sing Sing prison since capital punishment began there 44 years ago, including four women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Electric Chair
Sing Sing Prison
Missing Link Between Death And Life Shown
A virus protein from the tobacco mosaic virus, described at a science meeting in St. Louis, acts as a link between living and nonliving matter. Discovered by Dr. W. M. Stanley of the Rockefeller Institute, the crystal remains nonliving yet reproduces, challenging virus biology and signaling new chemical approaches to viruses and disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Rockefeller Institute
American Association For the Advancement of Science
W. M. Stanley
Wyoming Girl Weds Ralph Betz in Anamosa Church Ceremony
Miss Ruth Helena Broderson and Ralph J. Betz were married at St Patrick's church Anamosa in a 9 30 morning mass. The bride wore dark blue crepe with blue attendants and carried pom poms narcissi and rosebuds. Attendants included her sister Jean Broderson and the bridegroom was aided by his nephew C F Betz. A breakfast followed at the bride’s relatives home and guests from Sioux City Green Island and Nashville attended. The couple will live in Sioux City after January 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Ruth Helena Broderson
Thomas Broderson
Ralph J. Betz
C. F. Betz
Sioux City
St. Patrick’s Church
Anamosa
Patrick J. Behan
C. F. Beta
J. R. Deel
Marguerite
Green Island
Millard Smith
William LaMar
Roy Krage
Mary Hanwardson
Nashville
Iowa News in Brief Manches ter Funerals and Local Obits
Funeral fees for Hillary Mrs J O Young at Lake Geneva Wis were held in Manchester Brown chapel. Rev J Frank Moore led services. Burial in Oak Lawn cemetery beside her husband. Born Mary A Loomis Aug 25 1849 in Georgia Vt she moved to Manchester in 1855 and became a teacher. She married Hiram L Servoss in 1874 and outlived by two children. In 1925 her son died and she lived with her daughter. Anton L Peterson pioneer dies at 87 near St Olaf. Agnes Newkirk dies Williamsburg. Funeral at St Pauls Lutheran with multiple pallbearers. Augusta Amelia Schwarting mother of David Newkirk born 1879. Oelwein reports first accident on icy sidewalks Carl Steinbronn breaks leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Brown
Congregational Church
Thirteen Club
Hiram L. Servoss
H. P. Greif
St. Paul's
Mr. Bostelmann
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church
York Township
Albert Mews
Herman Ahrens, Jr
Henry Hild
Will Stohlmann
Albert Hudephal
Emil Autzen
Newkirk
Augusta Amelia Schwarting
Fred Schwarting
Williamsburg
David Newkirk
Condroy
Vernon
Stella
Ernest Newkirk
Henry Koester
Conroy
Fred Webert
Luzerne
George Schmidt
Ed Wiese
St. Paul
George Kofron
Cedar Rapids
M. Hammergrenn
Milwaukee
John Schwarthag
Oelwein
Carl Steinbronn
Steinbronn
Looks Doubtful For Herring's Bridge Plan
Washington Public Works Administrator Harold L. Ickes said the government lost interest in a proposed free Omaha Council Bluffs bridge after the Bureau of Public Roads disapproved the project. Governors of Iowa and Nebraska backed the plan. Ickes noted his staff had not finished studying potential effects on the Missouri River toll bridge and quipped about the delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Public Works
Harold L. Ickes
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Bureau of Public Roads
Iowa
Nebraska
Ickes
Missouri
Edward Muhl Former Rifle Champion Dies in Canada
Funeral services were held in Toronto for Edward J. Muhl 37 former national small bore rifle champion who died in Rochester Minnesota after two years illness. Muhl held both long and short range crowns scoring 2464 of 2500 on the short range and 2197 of 2500 on the 200 yard target. He was a farmer who competed nationwide and defeated top shooters in many events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Edward J. Muhl
Rochester
Minn
Muhl
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Nancy Mendelman
Violet Zabel
Kenneth Shunk
Jim Gardner
Vinton
Robert B. Irons, Jr
Mason City
University of Iowa
Miss Winslow
Helen Larimer
Wendell Delzell
Geoffrey Shepherds
Sinclairs
Miss Clark
Amy
Amanda Barham
Rutledges
Lilyard-Greenlee
Honor Carpenters
Pittsburgh U
Awashington
Drew Pearson
Robert 8
Allen
Henry Wallace
AAA
General Telephone Company
SEC
George C. Mathews
Mathews
Securities-Exchange
CCC
Vermont
Norris, Tenn
Senate Munitions Committee
City. Briefs
Edgewood
A. Parrish
Twelfth Street
Boy
M. E.garmoe
Ralph Betz
Iowa News
Edward Muhl
Bishop's
First Avenue E
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