Alumni Files at Coe College Preserve Complete Records
Old grads like Jones Smith Schwarzenbach and Pennywhistle can prove they were high in class ranking and earned degrees. Cathy Covert, Coe alumni secretary, sets up new alumni files with personnel records from every student who attended the college stored in three steel drawers.
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Grad Jones
Smith
Schwarzenbach
Pennywhistle
Coe College
Coe
Cathy Covert
Coe Alumni Office Handles Comprehensive Former Student Files
The article describes how Coe College maintains extensive confidential files on alumni including admission and grades records, financial transactions, and correspondence. It notes a large mailing list with frequent address updates, and separate files tracking marriages, maiden names, and geographic origins, with Ruth Martin Switzer highlighted.
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Ruth Martin Switzer
Oldest Spanish American War Veteran Dies at 99
MINNEAPOLIS (VP) Gen. Charles M. Reeve, the nation’s oldest Spanish American War veteran, died Tuesday at age 99. He led the 13th Minnesota volunteers in 1898 and received his promotion from Gen. Arthur MacArthur, father of Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
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Minneapolis
Charles M. Reeve
Minnesota Volunteers
Arthur MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
High Water Couldn't Stop Doctor From Birth Overtime
In Chillicothe Missouri flood waters blocked Dr. Joseph Gale from driving to the delivery. He parked, took to a plane, and arrived ten minutes before the stork at the home of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Richardson to officiate the birth of a girl.
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Chillicothe
Joseph Gale
Coal's Rise in U S After Revolutionary War to Railroads
Coal began in the United States soon after the Revolutionary War but broad marketing and use expanded with railroad development about a century ago, shaping energy and transportation growth.
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United States
Grandpa Starter Prompts Endless Tales at Family Visit
A warning sneaks into a playful verse about a loud grandpa who musters curiosity with quick stories and new pictures. He persuades listeners with a booming pace and firm grip on coats. The piece ends with a nod to the Romans who bathed daily.
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Tadane
Widowhood Follows Plane Crash Fatalities In Beaverhill
Mrs Anthony F Walker becomes widow for a second time after a plane crash that also claimed the life of student pilot Arthur C Belmer. Her first husband Sgt Bernard O Donnell was killed in a Florida crash early in the war. Beaverhill Mass AP report. Advertisement Chicago blight note follows in separate item noting Chicago residents in blighted areas.
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Arthur C. Belmer
Bernard O'Donnell
Florida
Beaverhill
Mass
Anthony F. Walker
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