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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1935
Page
7
Washington AP The government plans to mint half cent and one mill coins to save sales tax money and profit the treasury. Secretary Morgenthau said Congress will be asked to authorize the coinage, arguing it corrects sales tax inequities across states and generates seigniorage profits.
Sheriff John King and Deputy William Leschensky raided the R. E. Jordan beer tavern finding alcohol and whisky. Jordan waived hearing and posted $1,000 bond. Walter Clancy’s Lansing site yielded no evidence. Guy Stone of Waukon posted $1,000 bond after a hearing, with district court set for September.
McGREGOR The Clayton county board of supervisors voted Saturday to discontinue all county relief work August 1. Supervisor Charles Fay said there was no longer a need to employ the unemployed on county road projects and noted plans to potentially close the Elkader relief office.
Former U S Senator Henry J. Allen announced plans to address the Iowa department American Legion convention in Waterloo on September 4. He will visit Waterloo en route to Germany to gather material for a series of articles.
A Maitland parish report lists Rev. Chris Sias of Delta delivering the ordination sermon with Rev. Lauren Works of What Cheer and Rev. Horace Bentley of Thornburg assisting. Keota Lancaster churches host visiting deacons and elders. Also updates on Rev. Hodgson’s farewell in Williamsburg and family moves to Cedar Rapids then Coe College. A Smith Moore reunion at Iowa City park draws eighty attendees with distant relatives from Chicago and Santa Monica. Local deaths include Edwin B. Pint of Perry township. Normandy funeral services for Mrs Bert Humphrey noted in Williamsburg.
Funeral services for 16-year-old Earnest Donahue Jr. at St. Mary's McGregor were among the church's largest. He drowned Thursday while swimming near the Mississippi. Eight classmates served as pallbearers. Other items note a Davenport Congregational outing, Epworth League attendance at Clear Lake, marriages in Victor and Palo, a Strawberry Point wedding, Maquoketa budget changes, and a Delta ministry ordination at Delta Church of Christ.
James T. Butler 58, a former Mechanicsville merchant and longtime meat salesdriver, died Sunday in a St. Louis hospital. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2:30 at the Presbyterian church with Rev. E Winslow Brown. He leaves a wife Daisy Bloom and three sons Charles James John, all of Mechanicsville. Friends may call at Horner mortuary.
Wayne Nebraska residents gathered Monday night to honor Mrs S H Rogers who was born Jane Butler in 1835. The centenarian, formerly of Cedar Rapids and Wheatland, received a large bouquet and a decorative greetings scroll while town officials spoke. Open house for family followed at her daughter’s home.
The Hale The Hotz family reunion and picnic was held Sunday at Dutch Creek in Anamosa State Park. One hundred thirty seven attended and spent the afternoon playing games and visiting. Mrs Newton Hollingsworth of Olin was re elected president for this year with Mrs Bessie Covington serving as secretary treasurer.
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