AAUW Sees Ways To Help Fund Public Schools
The American Association of University Women urged more school revenue sources including higher real estate values, frequent reassessments, uniform tax rates, district consolidation, and targeted state aid. A Stanford psychologist blamed Eaton’s era shifts for educational decline, citing inflation and population growth as factors. Delegates discussed public schools facing shortages and challenges linked to segregation rulings.
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Stanford University
AAUW
Lois M. Stolz
Cramer Visitors From Phoenix Stay With Norton Family
Mr and Mrs Clarence A Cramer of Phoenix Arizona arrived Monday to visit at the home of Mrs Cramer's brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Onus C Norton 536 Forest Drive E.
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Clarence A. Cramer
Phoenix, Ariz
Birthday Party Honors Judy Rowray at Ellis Park
Mrs. Maynard Rowray hosted a swimming party and picnic at Ellis Park on Tuesday afternoon for her daughter Judy who turned fifteen. Assisting were Mrs. Adolph Helm and Mrs. Roy Parker. guests included Pat Helm Pam Helm Karmen Krueger Linda LeVan Sharon Big Janet Richardson and Marilyn Bozanek.
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Maynard Rowray
Woodland Court
Ellis Park
Judy
Adolph Helm
Roy Parker
Pat
Pam Helm
Karmen Krueger
Linda LeVan
Sharon Big
Janet Richardson
Marilyn Bozanek
Miss Thomas Honored At Bridal Shower
Fifi Thomas of 1809 Seventh Avenue SE was honored Monday evening at a bridal shower hosted by Angeline Panagos at 848 Second Avenue SE. About 50 guests attended with hostesses Cathy Samouris Dora Tampas and Janet Thoman. Miss Thomas and Peter Psihogios of Portland will wed July 17. Prior honors came from Mrs. Tom Leventis of Portland and Mrs. Charles Parks of 2207 Ridgeway Drive SE.
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Fifi Thomas
Seventh Avenue SE
Angeline Panagos
Second Avenue SE
Cathy Samouris
Dora Tampas
Janet Thoman
Thomas
Peter Psihogios
Portland
Ore
Miss Thomas
Tom Leventis
Charles Parks
Ridgeway Drive
Belloffs Visit Sister in Seventeenth Street Home
Mr and Mrs John Belloff of Highland Park New Jersey visit Mrs Verita V Young sister of Mrs Belloff at 427 Seventeenth Street Southeast.
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East
Verita Young
John Belloff
Highland Park, N. J
Verita V. Young
Seventeenth Street
Belloff
Mrs. Young
Mrs Helscher Is Medalist In Town Golf Invite
Mrs Howard Helscher of Elm Crest Golf and Country Club won medalist honors at the Indian Creek Country Club women's invitational in town. One hundred nineteen attended with coffee rolls pregame and luncheon. Low club scores went to Miss Jackie Jones Elmerest Mrs Frank Byers Jr Cedar Rapids CC and Mrs J M Applegate Ellis. Low putts went to Mrs Perry West Cedar Rapids CC Mrs Stanley Mohrbacher Elmcrest and Mrs Charles Mainer Ellis. Other prizes went to Mines Ludmil Prastka Forrest Smith James Jones and Howard Mc Laughlin. Special prizes went to Mines Smith Charles Martin Edward Whisler Melvin Brown K K Kruse and Richard Jones.
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Helscher
Howard Helscher
Elmcrest Golf and Country Club
Indian ‘Creek Country Club
E. E. Heintze
David Thaler
Jackie Jones
Elmerest
Frank Byers, Jr
Cedar Rapids Country Club
J. M. Applegate
Ellis
Perry West
Stanley Mohrbacher
Elmcrest
Charles Mainer
Ludmil Prastka
Forrest Smith
James Jones
Howard McLaughlin
Smith
Charles Martin
Edward Whisler
Melvin Brown
K. K. Kruse
Richard Jones
Mrs Atwood to Join Husband in Minnesota Vacation
Mrs. Allen A. Atwood Jr. of New York will travel Thursday to join her husband in St. Cloud Minnesota. She has been visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Leland C Miller at 2000 Linden Drive SE Cedar Rapids. The Atwoods will return to Cedar Rapids after a 10 day Minnesota vacation.
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Allen A. Atwood, Jr
New York
St. Cloud
Minn
Leland C. Miller
Linden Drive
Atwoods
Cedar Rapids
Minnesota
Cedar Rapids Duplicate Bridge Winners Named
Mrs. Lena Hodgin and Mrs. C. H. Stark won high in Tuesday evening games at the YMCA Cedar Rapids club. Dr. E. E. Levitt and Dr. L. M. Schaeffer of Iowa City placed second. The group will meet next week at the Roosevelt hotel and continue there until further notice.
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Lena Hodgin
C. H. Stark
Cedar Rapids
Duplicate Bridge Club
YMCA
E. E. Levitt
L. M. Schaeffer
Iowa City
Roosevelt Hotel
Two Iowa Weddings Tie Knot Across Communities
At Holy Family church in Davenport Eileen Lenore Kiser and Lt Daniel H Cosgriff wed. The Cornell graduate teacher and University of Iowa alumnus will live in Colorado Springs where Cosgriff is stationed at Fort Carson. In North English Barbara Faas married Leroy Thatcher at the Christian church. they plan to farm west of What Cheer.
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Wilton Junction
Holy Family Church
Davenport
Eileen Lenore Kiser
Orren I. Kisers
Daniel H. Cosgriff
Harold Cosgriffs
Tipton
Cornell College
Davienport
Cosgriff
University of Iowa
Colorado Springs
Fort Carson
Barbara Faas
Merlin ‘Faas
Leroy Thatcher
Vere Thatcher
What Cheer
Illinois Girl and Jack Stanton Wed in Double Ring Ceremony
Miss Phyllis McCannon of Bloomington married Jack Edward Stanton of Mt. Vernon in a Sunday ceremony at Wesley Methodist Church Bloomington. The couple will reside in Springfield where Stanton works in the Illinois state highway department bridge design division.
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Illinois
Jack Stanton
Garnish ideas for fish and meat dishes
Fruit garnishes enhance fish or meat appeal. Arrange golden fried fish with orange slices and parsley or watercress. Open pineapple, stud with cloves, boil rings, and serve atop baked ham slices.
Beverly Ann Brink and Eugene Hancock Wed in Nashua
Beverly Ann Brink daughter of Mrs. Lois Brink Clarence wed Eugene Hancock son of Mr and Mrs Han cock Tipton at the Little Brown Church Nashua. The double ring ceremony was led by Rev Glenn Utterbach with music by Beverly Long and Julie Van Muenster. The couple will reside in Tipton where Hancock works as a foreman at the Tipton Lumber Company.
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Clarence
Little Brown
Nashua
Beverly Ann Brink
Lois Brink
Eugene Hancock
M. K. Hancocks
Tipton
Glenn Utterbach
Beverly Long
Julie van Muenster
Wilbert Wiebke
Chantilly
Joyce Goldsmith
Carol Wuestler
London
Jean Wiebke
Cedar
Miss Martha Bruce Weds James Scott in Waubeek
The marriage of Miss Martha Bruce daughter of the John Bruces to James Scott son of the Lloyd Scotts of Central City took place Sunday afternoon at Jordan's Grove Baptist church near Waubeek. Rev Walter Wigger officiated with Miss Marjorie Mitchell singing and Lester Thompson accompanying. The bride wore a lace bodice nylon net gown with a French illusion veil and carried red roses white carnations and lilies of the valley. Maid of honor Miss Melvina Bruce wore white nylon lace over blue taffeta and carried blue carnations. Best man was Don Henry. A reception for 200 followed and the couple left for a Lake of the Ozarks trip before settling in the Jordan's Grove vicinity.
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MT. Vernon
Phyllis McCannon
Roland McCannon
Bloomington
Ill
Jack Edward Stanton
Ralph Stanton
Wesley Methodist Church
Edgar E. Atherton
Louise Lange
Robert Regan
Burlington
Miriam Temple
Fort Dodge
Ann Abraham
Woodstock
Janice Linsey
Elmhurst
IT1
S. Watson Hartbeck
Earlville
David McCannon
Tracy Norris
William Weisley
Mary Norman
Wisconsin
Cornell College
Cornell
University of Iowa
Springfield
Stanton
Illinois State Highway Department
Waubeek
Martha Bruce
John Bruces
James Scott
Lloyd Scotts
Central City
Jordan's Grove Baptist Church
Walter Wigger
Marjorie Mitchell
Lester Thompson
Melvina Bruce
Don Henry
Waterloo
Lake of the Ozarks
Jordan's Grove i
Housewives of Today Set Too High Standard By Olga
Minneapolistins report at the American Home Economics Association that modern homemakers try to be perfect in multiple roles. Dr Jennie Rowntree urges teaching women to pace goals by life stage and focus on what can be managed. Experts advise involving husbands, using television to keep family unity, and viewing home as center of entertainment.
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Olga
Minneapolis
INS
Jennie I. Rowntree
School of Home Economics
University of Washington
American Home Economics Association
Dr. Rowntree
AHEA
Dad
Rowntree
Stanley E. Fowler
Mississippi Southern College
Fowler
Pauline Beery Mack
College of Household Arts and Sciences
Texas State College For Women
Patricia Barr Becomes Bride of James Empting
Miss Patricia Barr daughter of the Barrs wed James Empting son of the Emptings in a double ring ceremony at St Columkille s cathedral Dubuque. The couple plans to reside in Waukon after July following a wedding trip north and comes after her teaching stint at Waukon High School.
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Manchester
Patricia Barr
John
Legion Auxiliary Installs Officers at Memorial Coliseum
Mrs. Henry G. Ellis was installed president of Hanford post No. 5 in a Legion Auxiliary ceremony in the Memorial Coliseum dining rooms. A large slate of officers followed including Mrs. John Stodola as first vice president and Mrs. Ed ward R. Kuba as recording secretary. Membership reached 768, the largest in Iowa's department, with a gift given to retiring president Mrs. Kuba.
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Memorial Coliseum
Henry G. Ellis
Shaver Road
Hanford Post
No. 5
American Legion Auxiliary
Robert Spooner
John Greenlee
John Stodola
van M. Pike
Edward R. Kuba
Dorothy Morris
Fategaret Dill
Arthur Lahman
Margaret Petrus
Ellis
F. M. Scannell
H. L. Henkle
Lahman
Milo Dvorak
Red Cross
Otillie Fieth
George Eckhart
Spooner
Olivene
Charles J. Jasa
Hawkeye
Belle Blazek
H. E. Travis
Duthbert
Memorial
Schluntz
Parley
Claude Dellevar
A. C. Marek
Pike
Stodola
Department of Iowa
Kuba
Fieth
Cedar Rapids Moose Women Install New Officers
New officers of the Cedar Rapids Women of the Moose were installed Monday at the Moose home by Waterloo chapter members. Local officers include Freta M. Eckhart senior regent Pauline Montiss junior regent Melinda Day chaplain Vi Scutter junior graduate regent Lora Brown recorder Anita Seavers treasurer Dorothy Caviness guide Sylvia Kaehler assistant guide Amy Thompson sentinel and Vi Tylee largus.
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Cedar Rapids
Women of the Moose
Moose
Waterloo
Freta M. Eckhart
Pauline Montiss
Melinda Day
Vi Scutter
Lora Brown
Anita Seavers
Dorothy Caviness
Sylvia Kaehler
Amy Thompson
Sentinel
Vi Tylee
Largus
Glass Fiber Emerges In Commercial Use in 1930s
The article notes that glass fiber, though known earlier, did not reach commercial use until the early 1930s. It highlights the transition from discovery to market adoption and marks a milestone in materials technology.
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