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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1937
Page
17
A private lender seeks to borrow funds using several good city properties in fine condition as security at a real rate of interest. The ad offers a $1,000 contract on a good bungalow at 6 percent and provides a contact PO Box 415 and phone number 29091 for inquiries.
Multiple sleeping rooms for rent in SE and NW areas with and without board. Listings include furnished front rooms, heated spaces, private homes, and rooms with garage access. Contact numbers and addresses listed for each unit, with rates from $2.50 to $40 monthly in some cases.
Real estate ads list 54 farms and acreages with prices from 90 to 130 dollars per acre. Properties include 119 acres near Coe College with electric service and a large barn, 120 acres on rock road in Buchanan County with orchard and a penant-stave silo, plus a 50 acre country home with a four bedroom house near Mount Vernon. Also marketed are 74 acre modern acreage, 100 acre east of Springville, and multiple smaller rural homes and building lots. Contact Malcolm V. Bolton & Co or various brokers listed.
The Iowa state planning board will ask 5,000 southern Iowa farmers to test a new scientific farming method over about 1,000 square miles. A 23 member committee will map farming and living plans, choosing a site where soil and forest service agencies can aid. The project differs from Tugwell resettlement by relying on farmer initiative and voluntary cooperation. B W Lodwick conceived the plan to help revive run down districts.
Funeral services for Robert Irving Musser 14 who died in a hunting accident will be held at 9 45 a m Sunday at the Methodist church in Delhi with the Boy Scout troop and high school sophomore class taking part Pallbearers are local Boy Scouts Burial will follow at the German Lutheran cemetery in Decorah where final rites will be held later that day Robert born January 30 1922 in Decorah attended Mitchell and Delhi public schools
Under a duty transfer effective January 15, State Motor Vehicle Examiner Charles Hogan of Cedar Rapids moves from the Benton Tama Jones Linn Poweshiek and Iowa counties district to oversee the Dubuque Clayton Allamakee Winnishiek Fayette and Delaware counties district. Examiner Dick Hahn will assume Hogan's former duties. Hogan’s home was Dubuque and he had worked with James Hayes in a broader eastern Iowa arrangement for twenty one months.
County Auditor Robert Vesely a former Hanford post commander and post executive committeeman will speak at 10 15 a m Sunday on WMT radio. The talk is the second in a Legion series and Vesely known to Iowa veterans shares World War II service including command of pack trains 16 and 18 in the Panama Canal Zone.
Funeral services for Mrs. Clayilla May Chapman 59 who died Thursday will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in Millerchapel with burial in Riverside cemetery. She was born July 29 1877 in Orangeville and had lived most of her life there. Survivors include her mother Barton of Buffalo N Y a sister Mrs Jewett Niles of Cedar Rapids a daughter Mrs Howard Dayhott of California and a grandson Howard Northrup who lived with her.
Ten records provide the complete text of a 90 000 word book. Each side runs about half an hour, offering accessible listening for the blind.
The Coe College Military Band under Stanley Vesely will travel by rail to Washington, D C for the January 20 inaugural at Governor Clyde L. Herring’s invitation. About sixty musicians will perform and fund the trip via concerts and subscriptions with a pre-inaugural recital at Dee Sinclair Memorial chapel on January 14.
Oelwein reports show Mrs J B Henderson hosting the Past Noble Grand Association meeting and St. Margaret's circle gatherings with Mrs Charles Lohrman and Mrs Pete Graff. The American Legion auxiliary honored past presidents including Mesdames Schrack, McDonnell, Echart, Lenz, Conley, Davis, and Gustafson. Robert Olson of Alton Illinois wed Marion Poore in Springfield on December 5, a former Oelwein resident. An installation of Order of Eastern Star officers is planned for January 5 at the Masonic temple with Daisy Ray, Daisy Baker, Eta Easton, and Ione Elmer named in key roles.
A holiday luncheon was given by the Misses Anna and Bertha Benson Tuesday. Attendees included numerous local residents such as Mrs. Otto Lee Norma Mrs. Bloom Miss Hagalie Mrs. West Miss Ashiem Mrs. Hauge and many more. A separate note mentions dinner Monday honoring the fifth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. George Spurgeon of Galva.
Miss Dolores Shalla hosted a shower at the Charles Shalla home on Monday for Mrs Duane Shalla who wed in Peoria Illinois on December 19. Prizes went to Myrtle Coakley Duane Shalla Vera Pribyl and Norbert Te Backhorst. Attending were Myrtle Coakley Arlene Easter Margaret Escher Bernadette Wilma Dorothy Te Backhorst Vera Pribyl Dolores Kelley Arden Goodwin Raymond Liver y Wellman Giles Escher Norbert Urban Te Backhorst Harold Pribyl Bud Jitsa Lamont Kelley and Arthur Beranek.
Webster Mrs Kathryn Morgan hosted a dinner party Tuesday with guests Misses Helen Griner Faye Harris Helen Sturdevant Edna re Sorden and Lucile Griner Mrs Margery Miner and Mrs Kathleen Adams of Sigourney also present Mr and Mrs E E Starry entertained Wednesday with guests Mr and Mrs F O Hall Mr and Mrs Lorin Sorden Mr and Mrs Roy Sorden and Ed Lenighan and daughter Teresa The Methodist Ladies aid will meet with Mrs Nelle Starry Wednesday.
Marquette residents hosted a housewarming at Ray Kerlin’s home on Sunday and a birthday surprise at Mrs. Frank Sculli’s home on Wednesday. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. George Pillard Mrs. Gerald Dickey and Mrs. Ira Everhart. The Catholic Women’s league enjoyed a Wednesday gathering at Mrs. John Stuckey’s home with prizes to Mrs. William Hellberg and Mrs. Laurence Goltz. The Schott family held a reunion and Christmas party Sunday at Bert Schott’s home with attending relatives from the Schott, Williams, and Blackmar families.
Postville society notes recount Mrs. Keith Gregg and Mrs. Kenneth Schultz hosting a 24‑woman tea Monday with honors to Mrs. William Behrens Mrs. Lloyd Bruce and Gertrude Sanders. Other events include Mrs. Wilson Lange and Mrs. Willard Schutte hosting a Wednesday dinner and bridge with prizes to Mrs. Darwin Rounds Loretta Horgan and Katherine Staadt.
Miss Lorna Densmore entertained on Monday as the Happy Circle club held its Christmas party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Beddow. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Sherman entertained Sherman family members Sunday.
Decorah marked New Year's Eve with the annual charity ball at the Elks lodge. Several dinner parties preceded the event, including a gathering of friends of Congressman and Mrs. Fred Biermann, who left Saturday evening for Washington.
Washington reports about 600,000 youths and veterans worked eight months each in CCC camps in 1936 at a government cost near 390 million dollars. Director Robert Fechner noted more than 154 million dollars paid to enrollees, with 123 million sent home to families.
The United States yields more than 31 billion chicken eggs each year, highlighting the scale of poultry farming and the industry’s impact on food supply and agriculture.
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