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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1937
Page
7
Pope Pius XI, refreshed after sleep, inspected a specially built wheel chair and seeks to resume duties with his doctors approval. Church officials say he continues anti communist efforts from his sickbed and hopes the Manila Eucharistic congress will curb communism in the Philippines.
The Tipton Woman’s Relief Corps held an installation of officers Tuesday evening. Officers installed include President Louella Melson, senior vice president Emma Potter, junior vice president Anna Young, secretary Marie Shepard, treasurer Fay Merritt, conductress Maud Shepard, and assistant conductress Lucy Mc.
Cormick color bearers Anna Bleasdale Martha Shaffer Bertha Jennings guard Johanna Sergeant assistant guard Bessie Pierce chaplain Anna Bagley press correspondent Bessie Pierce patriotic instructor Edna Burk musician Louise Mochler CONESVILLE Grace Evangelical and Reformed church trustees James McKee Randall Bebb Amos Owen Lorena Maxwell Hilda Owen re elected church pianist
Funeral services set for Friday at 9 a.m. for Mrs Mary Farrell Tangney 74 wife of E C Tangney pioneer Iowa hotel man and owner of Tangney Hotels. She died Wednesday of heart disease after illness since Christmas. Surviving are husband and children Earl J Tangney Spencer E F Tangney Waterloo Helen Tangney Fort Dodge Mrs H H Mueller Muscatine and Mrs Floyd Booth Carroll. Tangney family prominent in Iowa hotel circles. sons founded Tangney McGinn chain.
Toledo Presbyterian Sunday school elected officers led by Superintendent Carroll Westfall. Assistant Clarence Welle, Secretary Wayne Otterman, Treasurer Mrs. E K Townsend, Librarian Robert Ritts, Chorister Pauline Kremenak, Pianist Mrs. Lester Kuhner, Assistant Edith Reinig. Primary department head Mrs. James Ritts and cradle roll Mrs. Ronald Harrison.
Dessa Shaw was re-elected superintendent of Washington County Hospital for a third term at a board meeting this week. William Griffin of Riverside was chosen chairman of the hospital board for 1937, with Mrs. H. G. Richardson of Washington named to a board role.
There are two new board members C J Jungbluth of Washington and Floyd Letts of Highland township. T H Barnes of Crawfordsville and B C Foster of Wellman were appointed earlier to fill vacancies and start first regular terms this year. Walter Brown remains a board member with others listed including W M Ray Chaplin Clarke Deshaw Dewain Thompson treasurer A C Martin secretary Harry Main Howard House Art Stanger Fred Dean tyler S A Milroy and David S deBest as installing officer with Marshall Neil serving as installing marshal.
At a Rising Sun lodge A F and A M meeting in Hopkinton on Tuesday evening the following officers were installed by the senior warden with the ceremonial rites.
Funeral services for John Penny 83 a prominent Jackson county pioneer were held at Aloysius church South Garry Owen on Thursday after his death Tuesday He was born in Cincinnati and came to Jackson to reside earlier in life.
A county man who worked the land from boyhood with his parents died after a lengthy illness. He married Ellen Flaherty in 1904 and they had one daughter, Mrs. Joseph Phillips.
Four miles southwest of Tipton the Mount Zion country school burned just before classes. Tipton fire department fought the blaze in vain and none of the contents were saved. The building was taught by J. E. Morton, who also officiates.
The blaze in Tipton is being investigated with officials citing a faulty heating system as the probable cause. Local authorities and the mayor are coordinating emergency response and safety measures for residents.
A science note states the earth travels about 1 601 644 miles daily on its yearly orbit around the sun.
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