Railway Mail Service Ends
Railway Mail service on the Milwaukee Road ending after 1882 gauge and final crew led by Elmer Konzen. The Marion to Omaha run dated from 1882. Mail clerk Walter Winter served 48 years. Konzen notes shifts to post offices and reduced mail on trains with changes in crew and schedules.
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Mailwaukee Road
Omaha
Marion
Union Pacific
Elmer Konzen
Walter S. Winter
Winter
Chicago
Milwaukee
Midwest Hiawatha
Milwaukee Road
Iowa
Konzen
Detroit
Gazette
Milwaukee Railroad
Delmar Hilton
Charles Huddleston
John R. Watson, Jr
Cedar Rapids
European Alpine trip sails from New York to Munich
Iowa City based Eastern Iowans join the Iowa Mountaineers and University of Iowa Mountaineering club for a European climb starting August 4. Led by founder John Ebert, the expedition includes climbers from nine states with engineers teachers physicians and nurses and will use Volkswagen buses cable cars and ski lifts across Bavaria Austria Italy Switzerland and France returning between August 25 and September 8.
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Iowa City
Austria
James E. Craig
McMinnville
Ore
Harold Goodrow
Salt Lake City
Utah
Joseph Craig
Avoca
Wis
Munich
Alps
Bavaria
Italy
Switzerland
France
George Crossley
Dubuque
Lyle Olson
Darlington
Europe
Volkswagen
United States
Postmaster outlines Saturday cutbacks and delivery changes
Postmaster Bernard Mullaley announced plans for further Saturday cutbacks in Marion including ending window service and adjusting street box mail pickups to a Sunday-like schedule. No new housing developments will receive mail delivery. plans on Saturday city routes are due by Sept. 1 with an effective date to be set by the postal department.
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Bernard J. Mullaley
Marion
Mullaley
Marion Council Set To Address Police Reinstatement Request
The Marion council meets Monday at 7 30 p m at the fire station to act on police department problems and a written reinstate request from five officers. City Manager Crivaro and attorneys presented the request Friday as part of efforts to ease tensions while continuing land vacation actions for the post office site on Eleventh street and Sixth avenue. YMCA schedule at Marion branch covers boys and girls activities and league softball through the evening.
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Marion
Eighth Avenue
Walter McNamara
Allan Kane
Peter F. Crivaro
Laurence Martin
Willis Schnell
Leighton W. Ford
Crivaro
Public Safety Committee
Eleventh Street
Sixth Avenue
Thursday Final Playground Day Wraps Week of Activities
Marion playgrounds enter the final week with events ending Thursday at noon. Awards will honor first and second places in whif fleball and softball after a charity softball game between Irving champions and playground supervisors. Emerson is whif fleball champion and Donnelly park posts strong attendance.
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Marion
Irving Playground
Emerson
Brad Ciha
Bruce Waters
Donnelly Park
Longfellow
Set Addition To REC Co op Building Expansion
Linn County Rural Electric Cooperative plans a 33 by 115 foot concrete and brick addition to its building at Thirty fifth street and highway 151-150. Jack Hicks, REC manager, says the project will upgrade data processing and allow another computer system after completion. The $154,296 expansion is being built by O F Paulson Construction Co. of Cedar Rapids and should be finished late next winter.
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Linn County Rural Electric Cooperative
Thirty Fifth Street
Jack Hicks
REC
O. F. Paulson Construction Co
Cedar Rapids
Hicks
U of I Appoints 4 D M Doctors to Professorships
Four surgeons at the Veterans hospital in Des Moines receive associate clinical professorships from the University of Iowa medical school. The honorees are Drs. Wendell S. Sharpe, Donald J. Lulu, Lester R. Dragsted, and Lino J. Ardolino, expanding the school's ties to seven faculty at the Des Moines facility.
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Iowa City
Veterans Hospital
Des Moines
University of Iowa School of Medicine
E. W. Christensen
Christensen
Wendell S. Sharpe
Donald J. Lulu
Lester R. Dragstedt
Lino J. Arduino
U. of 1. School of Medicine
Want Ad Offers New Storage Space and Quick Sell
Readers can trade unwanted items by placing a want ad. Advertisers highlight fast visibility, targeted buyers, and simple posting to clear clutter. Listings emphasize affordable options and local reach for rapid results.
Services Monday for Raymond D. Clary 55
Raymond D. Clary 55 of Springville died Friday at Anamosa hospital. Born March 15 1913 in Viola he worked 12 years at Springville Co-operative elevator. Survived by six sons and seven daughters with numerous grandchildren. Services Monday at 1 30 p.m. at United Methodist church. visitations begin Sunday at Murdoch chapel Springville.
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Springville
Raymond D. Clary
Anamosa Hospital
Viola
Anamosa
Independence
June Townsend
Scotch Grove
Russell Etten
Thomas Cain
Cambridge
Mass
John Clary
Walter Dunham
Cedar Rapids
Ruth Ann Ross
Hiawatha
Mabel Townsend
Delhi
Leroy Brown
San Diego
Willard Clary
Salem
Ore
Robert Dose
Leroy Watt
Central City
United Methodist Church
Murdoch
Educational Crisis in High School Physics
Iowa professor Edward B. Nelson warns of a national and state decline in high school physics enrollment and teacher preparation. He notes Iowa enrollments fell from 9,900 to under 5 percent over a decade, and reports wide gaps in teachers’ physics coursework. A state committee, chaired by Roger Hanson, seeks ways to improve teacher effectiveness within existing qualifications.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Edward B. Nelson
Iowa
Nelson
Iowa State
Clayton Armstrong
Armstrong
The
Commission On College Physics
National
Organization of
Teachers College
Teachers Colleges
American Assn. of
Roger J. Hanson
Grinnell College
Jerry Anderser
U. of I
Pioneering U I woman recalls early campus days
Mabel C Williams Kemmerer the second person and first woman to earn a Ph D from the University of Iowa visited Iowa City. She entered in 1895 at age 16 and earned her doctorate in 1903 while teaching in the psychology department. Her memories span tent commencements and hooding rituals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa
U. of I
Old Capitol
Mabel C. Williams Kemmerer
Claremont
Calif
Laenas Weld
Graduate College
George MacLean
University
Kem
Merer
C. A. Williams
Milfred Myers Fellows Newey
Shaeffer
Doc Williams
Theodore Kemmerer
Medical
Capitol
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By Larry Tanner
Twenty-fourth Street
Thirty-ninth Street
George Bailey
Marvin Oxley
Langes
Robert W. Lange
Keith Windenburg
Twenty-fourth, Avenue
Boy Scout Troop 35 Committee
Lange
Melvin Campbell
Adv
Arden Schulze
Harlan Knight
St. Luke’s Hospital
Knight
Marion Toastmasters Club
John Raczynski
Walter Rech
Don Thompson
Jim Wolfe
John Botkin
YMCA
Marion Branch
Ellis
Charley’s Pizza
Thomas W. Danaher
Sixth Street
James W. Rose
Seventh Avenue
Danahers
Tucson
Ariz
Iowa Securities Co., Realtors
Call Wilson Beauty Salon
Raymond Clary
John Munson
U. of
I. News Service
Prof
Edward Nelson
Iowa Secondary
U. of Iowa
Mississippi
Melvin McLaughlin
McLaughlins
Kemmerer
John
Coralville
Iowa City Academy
Linn County Savings & Loan
Seventh Ave
Bill Powell
Powell
Kenwood House
Mr. Powell
Kenwood
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