Mary Huncke A Child Welfare Champion In Iowa History
Des Moines profile of social worker Mary Huncke a longtime Iowa welfare advocate and PTA leader recognized for pioneering child welfare work since 1913. Highlights include her Des Moines park board advocacy and leadership within state welfare groups earning top honors for outstanding contributions to social work.
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Mary Huncke
Iowa
Harrison Weber
Iowa Daily Preps
Des Moines
Iowa Board of Social Welfare
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Mary Hunecke
Jane Addams
Hull House
Huncke
Chicago
Parent- Teacher Association
PTA
Mary Huneke
Hunecke
Department of Women's Affairs
Chamber of Commerce
League of Women Voters
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Iowa Welfare Association
Alcoholism Costs Iowa Millions in Economic Toll
Dr. Mulford cited Iowa studies showing alcoholism imposes heavy costs including jail time and lost man hours. He urged action programs of education, treatment and study, noting 37 states have such programs and urging Iowa to join. Also reports new officers for Sixteen Cemetery Association and caretaker rehiring.
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Ames
Iowa
Harold Mulford
Mulford
University ‘of Iowa Psychopathic Hospital
Afl
Hoskins Returned To Face Charge Of Slaying Wife
Former convict Jack Hoskins 30 was brought from Texas in handcuffs to face charges in the fatal shooting of his estranged wife Carol 2 Jan. 5. He was jailed in Lyon County awaiting trial after being seized Jan. 11 by U S border patrol officers in Laredo Texas. The arrest followed his admission he killed his wife and hid in a gravel pit then fled, discarding the murder weapon a 22 caliber pistol later recovered.
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Rock Rapins
Jack Hoskins
Texas
Carol
Hoskins
Lyon County
Fred W. Tenne
Laredo
U.S. Border Patrol
Burt Garrison
G. MM. Strand
Tenne
Towne
Tonne
Traer youth recovers after acid ingestion at hospital
Gary McEwen, 2, son of Mr and Mrs Richard McEwen of Traer, has returned home from University hospitals at Iowa City where he had been a patient since December 21. He was severely burned in the mouth throat and esophagus when he accidentally drank sulfuric acid used in testing cream. His condition was critical for a time but is now satisfactory.
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TRAER
Gary McEwen
Richard McEwen
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Pat Murphy Seeks Re election as Johnson County Sheriff
Sheriff Pat Murphy announced he will seek re nomination for sheriff in the June primaries. Other courthouse officers including Auditor William Kanak Clerk Nielsen Miller and Recorder R J Dick Jones also announced intentions to run. Democrats Kanak Miller and Republican Jones lead the group. Mahoney and Tucker are not expected to seek re election.
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Iowa City
A. J
Pat” Murphy
Johnson County
Murphy
William Kanak
Nielsen Miller
R. J
Dick" Jones
Kanak
Miller
Jones
Robert Mahoney
William Tucker
Meeting of Iowa School Heads Set
DES MOINES UP The annual mid winter meeting of the Iowa Association of School Administrators will be held here Saturday. About 500 Iowa school superintendents and county superintendents are expected to attend. Delegates will study ties between boards and superintendents with speakers including Eric Rhodes Williams Shannon Joe L Getty and J C Wright outlining new evaluation guides.
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Des Moines
Iowa Association of School Administrators
Iowa
Eric Rhodes
Washington
D.C
National Education, Association
Williams
Shannon
Chicago
National School Boards Association
Joe L. Getty
Oskaloosa
Towa
Beck Spends Five Hours Pacing Des Moines Airport Lobby
Des Moines AP Dave Beck sr former Teamsters Union chief was stranded by Midwest snow. He paced the Des Moines airport lobby about five hours en route Seattle to Washington DC and commented on remaining union leadership while awaiting comments on his larceny conviction and AFL CIO expulsion.
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Des Moines
Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
Beck
Seattle
Washington
Teamsters
AFL Cio
Priest Leaves Estate to Catholic Institutions
IOWA CITY A retired Catholic priest, Rev. C. A. B. Van Waas, who died recently at Mercy Hospital, left his financial assets to Mercy Hospital, St. Vinecent home in Davenport, and St. Ambrose College. The unusual will, drafted in book form with ecclesiastical language, was admitted to probate in district court. His chalice and his philosophy and theology books were left to St. Ambrose College, where he formerly taught.
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Iowa City
C. A. B. van Waus
Mercy Hospital
St. Vinecents Home
Davenport
St. Ambrose College
van Waas
St Ambrose College
East Iowans Named to Iowa Wesleyan Board
Eastern Iowans at the first Wesleyan Associates meeting at Towa Wesleyan college identified a slate of attendees. Kenneth T. Rudd and Walter M. Brown from Cedar Rapids joined H. Lee Huston of Columbus Junction and several Mt. Pleasant residents. Dr. James Van Allen, Iowa Wesleyan alumnus and head of the University of Iowa physics department, was the featured speaker.
Rites at Belle Plaine for Dora Lyman 83
Dora Lyman 83 died Monday at her home in Belle Plaine. Services set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at Peffers Funeral Home with burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by six sons Glen and Melvin of Cedar Rapids Albert of Brooklyn Floyd of California Carl of Maquoketa and Ivan at home.
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Belle Plaine
Dora Lyman
Herr
Peffers Funeral Home
Oak Hill Cemetery
Glen
Melvin
Cedar Rapids
Albert
Brooklyn
Ja. Floyd
California
Carl
Maquoketa
Ivan
Mrs Eaton Former Vinton Resident Dies
Mrs. Eaton a former Vinton resident has died leaving a son and a daughter. Newhall stockholders vote Friday on the reorganization of the Newhall Farmers Telephone Company to build a dial system. Polls open noon to 8 pm at the town hall with proxy forms available for in person voting.
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Newhall
Newhall Farmers Telephone Company, Inc
Pythiang Install TES MOINES Service: 11 a.m. Thursday
The notice records a funeral service set for 11 a.m. Thursday for Georgia Throckmorton Eaton, 9, widow of D. Eaton, a former superintendent. It notes her death on Tuesday and mentions her husband’s earlier death last June, with references to local business and civic ties. Center Point reports Knights of Pythias officers installed including Joe Parizek as chancellor commander and Loren McNeal as prelate.
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TES Moines
INS
Georgia Throckmorton Eaton
Deg Moines
Towa
Eaton
Enm
Vinton
Return of Favor Asked by Iowan After 98 Years
An 83 year old Iowa woman Miss Lida B. Tewksbury asks Columbus Ohio to honor her grandfather Jacob Hare s 1860 gift that funded the Hare Orphan s Home and a charity fund now totaling about 22000 She requests aid while noting her poverty and the need for medical and burial costs Columbus officials debate whether the will allows aid or if a local charity should assist the caller
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Columbus, Ohio
Iowa
Columbus
Lida B. Tewksbury
Muscatine
M. E. Sensenbrenner
Jacob Hare
Hare Charity Fund
Russell Leach
Alba Whiteside
Leach
Miss Tewksbury
Early Bird Prepares For July 4th Picnic
In Dyersville the Commercial club fields a note from the public to book ahead for the annual Fourth of July picnic at Drereville park. The letter stresses securing a spot early, echoing the saying the early bird catches the worm.
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Garetts
Dyersville
Drereville Park
Commercial Club
Two Accused of Cashing Stolen Checks In 10,000 Heist
Two men are jailed on charges of interstate transportation of stolen securities after allegedly cashing about half of 150 stolen Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co checks worth 10 000. James Patrick Kelly, 24, of San Francisco, was captured in Indianapolis. James J. Lang, 30, of Hawarden, Iowa, was arrested in Kansas City. FBI said checks, each for 150, circulated through Chicago Cleveland New York Washington and St. Louis as the men traveled by air and stayed at top hotels.
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Indianapolis
Kansas City
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Albert Lea
Minn
Harvey G. Foster
Charer
FHI
James Patrick Kelly
San Francisco
James J. Lang
Hawarden, Jr
Foster
Rules Outlined For Delaware School Drivers
Special to The Gazette Manchester ten commandments for bus drivers were stressed by W T Edgreen director of school bus transportation at a bus drivers clinic held at the courthouse. They cover defensive driving safety at intersections stopping at railroad crossings obeying traffic laws economical driving and maintaining a neat bus while accepting inspections and supervision.
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Manchester
W. T. Edgreen
Court House
Tha Tuanles
Three Des Moines Sergeants Protest Promotions to Lieutenant
Three Des Moines police sergeants filed a suit in district court protesting the promotions of three other officers named Sats Wendell McLaughlin Wendell Nichols and Robert Grubb. They named City Manager George Forster the city and the city Civil Service Commission as defendants arguing they deserved the lieutenant promotions under the town soldiers preference.
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Des Moines
District Court
Sats
Wendell McLaughlin
Wendell Nichols
Robert Grubb
George Forster
City Civil Service Commission
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Srace McCracken
F. Danshill
Sam Nekay
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Pat Murphy
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