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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1937
Page
53
Marion Presbyterian Church will mark its 95th anniversary with a 7 PM banquet in the church dining room. Rev H Hook of Cedar Rapids will speak. events include a musical program and talks on the church history since Dr Alexander S Marshall’s 1856 arrival. An anniversary service is planned for Sunday February 7.
The eight divisions of the Methodist Ladies Aid plan meetings this week with hostesses listed for each division. Other items include flood relief fund updates, Pilgrim Fellowship trip, Garden club postponement, camp fire gathering, and church auxiliary rescheduling. Local residents reassess preparations for the world day of prayer and charity efforts.
Special to The Gazette Waukon. Arden Smedsrud, fifteen, son of Mr and Mrs Carl Smedsrud, displays clockmaking skill alongside his band talent as a sophomore. The feature photo shows the Grand Columbia clock, built of red cherry wood, 31 years old, with a power plant and chimes. Other clue pieces include the Chimes of Normands. Three months of work under Mrs Idelle Shank and Mrs Ida Leasure. A Townsend club No 1 meeting is announced with James Patterson as speaker in Memorial hall at 7 30 p.m. Tuesday.
In Iowa City at the Masonic temple Jean A Livezey will be installed as Rainbow worthy advisor and Dean Floyd as DeMolay master councilor. Ruth Wilsler and Frances Wagner lead Rainbow duties while Ermal Loghry and Hugh Kelso head DeMolay installation. Numerous Rainbow officers and DeMolay officers are named for installation and roles.
Springville mayor T. W. Pollock and his wife Harriet celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a family dinner. Guests include members of the Fancywork club and their husbands. the couple have nine children and twenty three grandchildren. The event recalls their Feb 1 1887 wedding in the Wilson home east of Springville.
Des Moines reports show lawmakers approving a staff expansion including 17 janitors for both chambers, four elevator tenders, two research assistants, four library pages, a librarian stenographer, and an assistant messenger. Senator Byers questions the value of economics and sociology division help at 4 50 a day while sponsors defend the practice as traditional assistance for bill drafting. In Kalona, a high school declamatory contest awards prizes with 15 competitors judged by Prof Clay Hershberger of Town University. In Manchester, John E Robertson 71 dies of a heart attack. services to be held at St Pauls North Manchester with survivors noted.
University of Iowa chemistry graduate Toru Sakai hosts fellow students at Congregational and Christian churches, introducing sukiyaki with rice vegetables and round steak. He notes wine is avoided for Christian reasons. The piece also details a Sunday school program led by Othel Wright, with sermons, music, and federation discussions.
Central City marks the seventh anniversary of its Federated Church formed in January 1990 when Congregational and Baptist congregations united to strengthen ties. The Rev. Lloyd Morris, then Coe College vice-president, helped shape early federation efforts.
Hopkinton Mr and Mrs K Cramer will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary with a family dinner and open house. Married Feb 3 1887 in Hopkinton they have long served the community with church and Legion work. The couple has seven children and many relatives. Their life reflects local civic and church participation with a large Federated church community and active missionary societies.
Construction of the Armstrong Hall of Fine Arts will use about 160000 from Mrs. Armstrong’s bequest. The new facilities include music studios theater and exhibition hall with a project room for student hobbies and faculty art spaces. The gift supports an endowment for building maintenance.
Funeral services will be held at Brown chapel this afternoon at 2 30 for Mrs Henry W Welterlen 71 longtime resident of the area and mother of County Auditor Roy Welterlen The Rev James McInnis will lead the service Born Henriet tta Louise Hanning in Germany she came to the United States at 16 and settled in Yates Center Kan before marrying in 1888 to Mr Welterlen They had three daughters and one son Mrs Welterlen belonged to the Church of Christ and Royal Neighbors
An ash can caused a fire in Decora injuring a residence owned by Mrs. Cl Hanson and damaging the house occupied by Carl Mallam. Estimated damage listed at 400 dollars.
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