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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1959
Page
2
The Rev. Herbert G. Koc announced that the Marion Christian church building drive has $121000 in cash and pledges. A new site at Tenth Street and Country Club Road was chosen. Various committees and chairs were named to complete plans for the new structure.
Wednesday announcements list Joyce Maupin daughter of Wyatt and Mrs Maupin to graduate June 8 from Carleton College with a BA in psychology. Harold W Gaskill Jr son of Dr and Mrs Gaskill to receive a Doctor of Medicine degree June 7 from University of Rochester. Janet Hagerman residing at 1120 June NW to graduate June 15 from the School of Medical Technology at the Veterans Administration hospital in Iowa City. John N Brown son of Mr and Mrs W M Brown to earn a BA in history.
Edward A. Skee Muller aged 64 a Riverside barber for 46 years died Tuesday. He served longer than any other local barber. Services set for Thursday at 9 a.m. at St Marys church with Rosary Wednesday evening at 7 and 8 at Lorden and Adams funeral home. Survivors include his wife five sons Kenneth Kalona Léroy Riverside John West Chester Robert Mountain View Calif Paul Davenport and two daughters Rose Rhodes Long Grove Ia and Dorothy.
The obituary note mentions Irene Kiefer of Richland and Rose Klepper of Riverside as siblings in a Washington family. It cites a World War I veteran who belonged to the VFW and the American Legion, indicating military service and postwar affiliation.
The Benton county water safety program has enrolled 917 youngsters with lessons available in the afternoon and evening. Schedule divides towns by days and name ranges. registration in all towns except Norway has topped last year. Norway lacks a program chairman.
Deadline for applications to the next highway patrol recruit training school is June 20. The one month program will be held in July with 35 to 40 men to be appointed. An increase of 25 patrol positions was authorized. Applicants must be 22 to 32, in good health, high school graduates, 5 feet 9 inches to 6 feet 2 inches, Iowa residents two years. Obtain applications by writing the Highway Patrol, State Office Building, Des Moines 19, Iowa.
The Iowa City school board reaffirmed April boundary changes for Horace Mann Longfellow and Herbert Hoover districts due to rising enrollments. It offered to buy CSA hall next to Horace Mann for 21000, while the lodge seeks 25000. Davis and Christiansen were reappointed, and PTA gains permission to start voluntary foreign language classes for 4th to 6th graders after hours.
Marvin Bud Sheldon 37 died at his home in Oxford Junction after a cancer illness begun in April. A Standard Oil bulk agent for eight years he was assistant fire chief and secretary treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce. Survived by wife two daughters parents and sister all of Oxford Junction. Services Friday at 1 30 p.m. in the Methodist church with Masons and American Legion assisting at burial. Body at Hayden funeral home.
TIPTON Cedar county supervisors will receive bids on six small surfacing projects on June 25. The total mileage to be surfaced is 6.643 miles.
The body of Mrs Elan Grace 76 is held by Whyte funeral home for burial until 3 of her five sons can be notified. She died Sunday from injuries in a field accident on the Grace farm four miles southwest of What Cheer. She leaves a husband and five sons two of whom live in town. Funeral services were held Tuesday.
Four polio cases were reported in Des Moines, with two deaths. Only one case outside Des Moines occurred in May, in Audubon treated in Omaha. Dr. Heeren urged all Iowans to vaccinate and those with one year or more since a shot to get boosters.
Fayette County dairy promotion committee schedules Dairy Day and the Fayette County Dairy Princess contest for June 25 in Colgrove Walker Memorial Auditorium at Upper Iowa University Fayette. A 6 p.m. ham sandwich and dairy foods service precedes an 8 p.m. program on the new milk grading law effective July 1 and the crowning of the Fayette County dairy princess.
Rates and rules for Gazette want ads. Includes price bands by ad size from 1 to 7 lines, consecutive-day discounts, and word-count rules. Notes that out-of-town ads are prepaid and the Gazette not liable for more than one incorrect insertion.
The General Services Administration invites bids for a Social Security Administration office in Cedar Rapids. Required area totals 2,400 square feet with a private 180 square foot office and 375 square feet for conferences and storage. Bids target space within specified blocks, with possession Oct 1 and a lease term from Oct 1 1959 to Sept 30 1962. The current office at 123 First Ave SE is cramped due to staff growth.
Des Moines US Army Major General Silas B. Hayes, surgeon general since 1955 and a University of Iowa graduate, is named director of the American Red Cross blood program for the 16 state eastern area. Hayes will retire after a 31 year Army career and assume duties August 31.
Mrs. Earl Long reveals in Life magazine that Louisiana Governor Earl Long had been overwhelmed by strain for months and was a “sick man” before he was committed for psychiatric treatment. She recounts violent behavior, obsession with a fourth term, internal revenue worries, a 100 mph police escort, and a move to Galveston for medical care.
Classified page itemizes lost items including rings, a parakeet, glasses, keys in a brown case, and a note to contact EM numbers. Also lists services such as rental equipment, meals on wheels, piano lessons, dance events, pest control, cement works, hauling, painting, and various trades with contact EM numbers.
Industrial engineer roles require degree and production experience in methods standards and plant layout with lube room brake tune-up tasks and references. No phone calls apply at Grange Standard Station 9th Street and Ist Ave West Young Man grill and sandwich work at SCRUMSHUS DRIVE INS 2801 1st Ave S or 606 16th Ave SW. man to be trained for route salesman Omar opening offers 52 daychecks year with benefits and guaranteed salary, apply for route sales position.
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