Legislative Clerks Brighten Turmoil of Iowa General Assembly
Iowa lawmakers introduce clerks as a chic force in the Forty-seventh general assembly ses sion. Helen Berry of Cedar Rapids aids Rep B B Hickenlooper, Virginia Novak of Chelsea dictations for Sen H J Grunewald, Evelyn Caffe of Olin types for Sen H D Miller, and Ruth Blomgren of Hartley studies while Rep Joe Flynn observes.
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Forty-seventh
General Assembly
Helen Berry
Cedar Rapids
B. B. Hickenlooper
Virginia Novak
Chelsea
H. J. Grunewald
Blairstown
Evelyn Caffe
Olin
H. D. Miller
Ruth Blomgren
Hartley
Hair Grows On Most Legislative Heads
A survey of 108 Iowa representatives and 50 senators in the Forty-seventh general assembly finds the average lawmaker is not bald and has hair. He is a family man living at home, with two to three children aged 14 to 18, and a birthday around the era’s near-fiftieth mark. He wears glasses and enjoys fishing and hunting, not golf, with farming as his occupation. Some friends have hinted at governor chances.
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Df Moines
INS
Iowa
General Assembly
Senate
House
Des Moines
Franklin District Carnival Teases Zoo Acts and Dance Night
The Franklin district will stage a Saturday carnival at 7 pm featuring a zoo of ferocious animals, clowns, trained seals, fortune tellers, P. T. A. shows, and a big district-wide dance. Proceeds fund uniforms for a consolidated marching band. queen and court will be announced at 10 pm. Tickets are ten cents admission, five cents for shows, with voting for the queen closing Friday at 4 pm.
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Franklin
Biology
Kenwood
Polk
Arthur
Garfield
Polk P. T. A
M. S. Hallman
Franklin Senior High
Ruby Byers
R. L. Moehlmann
Cedar Rapids Stockholders Meet Addressed by Secretary
A distorted notice from Cedar Rapids Iowa dated January 16 1937 announces an annual meeting of stockholders of a local company. The secretary E C Allen is listed as the official signer with a date for the upcoming session.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Goeeepi
Marion
Thrift Theme Drives YMCA Church Boys' Clubs
The YMCA church boys' clubs center this month on thrift with outside speakers on saving banking investments and insurance. Clubs hold money earning contests study budgeting and craft projects making savings banks from cardboard wood and sheet metal with a prize for the best bank. Each month a subject chosen by the boys welfare council is stressed while clubs independently expand the program and many build bird shelters and feeding houses.
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Y. M. C. A. Church
Boys’ Welfare Council
Waltonians Hold Annual Ladies Night Dinner
Waltonians and their wives gathered at the Y M C A cafeteria for the club’s annual ladies night. More than 150 attended a supper and program with Dr. J D Kinsley as toast master and a quartet led by Luther Fuhrmeister. The event featured songs, jokes, and a box of hats revealed as a gag, plus new year resolutions and local political jibes.
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Waltonians
J. D. Kinsley
J. M. Tallman
Cyrus Metcalf
Luther Fuhrmeister
William Akers
Fuhrmeister
Linn
Robert Vesely
Carl Hendrickson
Earl North
Vernon White
Kinsley
Henry Weatherspoon
Canada
Sir Henry
Billy Boston
Dempsy Jones
Dempsy
Plans for Fourth Annual President Birthday Ball in Cedar Rapids
The general committee met at the Roosevelt hotel to plan the fourth Cedar Rapids President's Birthday ball on Jan 30. Proceeds fund infantile paralysis treatment, with 70 cents locally and 30 cents to the Warm Springs Foundation. Mrs. W. E. Lamey has chaired each year.
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Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Hotel
E. Lamey
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warm Springs Foundation
W. E. Lamey
Marriage Licenses Granted in Various Iowa Towns
Donald Harford and Mildred Etzel of Marion, T. Vaundon Williams of Mechanicsville and Hilda M. Perkins of Cedar Rapids, Charles F. Stegmeyer and Mik el Schmitz of Belleville, Darrell Elliott and Geneva Irene Best of Prairie City and Glidden.
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Donald Harford
Mildred Etzel
Marion
T. Vaundon Williams
Mechanicsville
Hilda M. Perkins
Cedar Rapids
Charles F. Stegmeyer
Mikel Schmitz
Belleville
Darrell Elliott
Prairie City
Geneva
Irene Best
Glidden
Virginia Sees Warmest Early October in Years
Temperatures rise unusually high in Virginia as fruit trees blossom and flowers bloom signaling a record warm spell for early October. Local farms report early blooms while residents enjoy unseasonable sunshine and mild nights.
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Virginia
Half a Sunday Drive Ends in Crash and Grief
A family Sunday drive ends in a wreck when the car and Pa dodge trucks and a stop sign. The father’s driving is blamed by Mama as the vehicle crashes into a fence, leaving him unable to voice his sorrow over the loss and the memory of that day.
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Dad
Four City Skating Rinks Open in Cedar Rapids Rink
The new Cedar Rapids skating rink on E Avenue at Thirteenth Street NW opens today with The Gazette Silver Skates races at 2 pm. The 300 by 600 foot ice surface will be open daily 10 am to 10 pm, with warming houses and current facilities at four rinks citywide.
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E Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Dave Williams
Arthur Deamer
Ed Stefan
Parks
Playground Commission
W.P.A
Arthur
Twentyseventh Street
D Avenue
Memorial Drive
Meadowbrook Drive
J Street
Fifteenth Avenue
Bever
Daniels
Riverside
Ellis Parks
Hi Y Clubs Organize For Second Semester
Hi Y clubs in this city finish the first semester activities and organize for the second half of the school year according to L. E. Crabbs executive boys secretary of the Y M C A Wilson Hi Y held a doughnut bunk and election of officers at the Y M C A last week. Larry Higgins presided and was reelected to lead the second semester with James Leeh heading other officers.
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Hi-Y
L. E. Crabbs
Y. M. C. A. Wilson
Larry Higgins
James Leeh
Franklin club to elect new officers at final Y M C A meeting
The Franklin club will hold its last meeting of the semester at the Y M C A next Tuesday at 7 15 p m. New officers will be elected and committees appointed. James Bramwell will lead a general discussion of the service and educational projects for next semester with refreshments and a swim in the Y M C A pool.
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James Bramwell
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Graham
van Camp
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Snider’s
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