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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 03, 1935

Page

4

Papers Circulated for Three Marion School Board Candidates

Circulation efforts are under way for Fred Newlin, Marion school board member, and candidates James J Wallace and A R McElwain to seek a Marion school director post. The March 11 election runs noon to 7 p.m. at the Marion Service Club office.

Fred Newlin Marion School Board James J Wallace A. R McElwain H. G Stitzel Newlin Stitzel Marion Service Club

Golden Wedding Fifty Years for Hodgin Coppock Couple

Rachel Hodgin and Barton Coppock celebrated their golden wedding on February 24 at their Whittier home. The couple, married at the Friends church in Whittier, recalled a life mostly spent near Whittier with relatives, friends, and a two day sled trip to What Cheer for their honeymoon. They retired from farming twelve years ago and have three children and seven grandchildren.

Rachel Hodgin John and Tanner Hodgin Barton Coppock William Abigail Coppock Friends Church Whittier Mary Hodgin Thomas Thomasson Ed Hall Pasadena Alfred Coppock Dean Haworth Wilfred Marion Paul Oskaloosa B. D. Coppock and Son Coppock Winona Ohio Iowa Ada Bowles Barnesville Verne Robert Haworth Elsie Helen Bowles Max LeRoy Coppock

Marguerite Dye Engaged to John H Schenken

Mrs George Dye of Marion announces the engagement of Marguerite Dye to John H Schenken of Glendale California. The couple plans a May wedding at the Dye home in South Pasadena California. Schenken is connected with the Standard Oil Company of California in Glendale.

George Dye Thirteenth Street Marion Marguerite Jonn H Schenken Glendale Calif South Pasadena Calf Mr. Schenken Minnie Schenken Standard O11 Company of California

Bank cashier change and Legion district meeting notes

Frank Lindahl becomes cashier at Walker-Center Point Trust and Savings bank succeeding H. E. McDonald and moving to Walker. Legionnaires to Davenport for district stay. State Commander Rathke and others to attend. Card party planned by Loraine Circle for March 12 at Masonic temple. US Circle picnic lunch on March 13. Mrs. Mary Shook moved to E. C. Hamm home March 1. Harold Horn, Marion, part of Cornell College string quartet, performed in multiple towns and is in the Cornell College symphony.

Frank Lindahl Commercial Savings Bank of Marion Walker Walker-Center Point Trust and Savings Bank H. E McDonald Lindahl Coggan Davenport American Legion of Second District William C. Rathke Glenwood Vic Sieverding R. J. Laird Frank Miles Iowa Legionaire Masonic Temple Loraine Circle Eastern Star Harold Horn Cor- Niel College Awith’ Fié Tipton West Branch West Liberty Springdale Muscatine Durant Clinton and Maquoketa Cornell College Symphony Orchestra St. Joseph's Parish St. Joseph's Catholic Church Will Ryan

Free Theater Tickets Offered Daily in Want Ads

Community notices list Miss La Verna Mae Titus and others receiving free theater tickets via Want Ads. Local clubs schedule meetings and social events, including Rainbow division hostesses at the Methodist church, bridge and indoor clubs, garden club postponement, and various all day club gatherings with honorees and assisting hostesses.

Bohemian Kolach party and local club notices

The Bohemian Kolach party will be held Thursday 2 to 5 p.m. at the public library auditorium featuring the Czech Fine Arts club of Cedar Rapids and Helen Kacena Stark with music readings and poems. Other items include legion sport night Monday, a Baptist society all day Thursday, and various meetings and social notices from Marion and local groups.

Federation of Women's Clubs Czech Fine Arts Club of Cedar Rapids Helen Kacena Stark Bohemia Loraine Cruise Lois Stitzel Joanne Crew John Scarborough Miller Roland Goudy Sid Carey Robert Hess Edwin Beadle

St Patrick's Party Held At Parsonage For Sunday School Classes

The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Allen hosted a St Patrick's party at the parsonage for the girls class taught by Miss Elinor Kendall and the boys class taught by W A Jackson. Fourteen attended as games were played and refreshments served.

H. O. Allen Elinor Kendall W. A. Jackson Congregational St. Patrick’s

Mrs Roberts and Mrs Koppenhaver Attend State D A R Conference

Miss Edna Roberts and Mrs W G Koppenhaver travel today to Perry then Des Moines for the annual D A R state conference. Roberts visits her brother Leo Roberts in Perry and Koppenhaver stays with her sister Mrs Richard Crew. They plan to return Thursday.

Edna Roberts W. G. Koppenhaver Perry Des Moines Roberts Leo Roberts Koppenhaver Richard Crew

Troop 35 Scout Hobby Show Monday Evening

Troop 35 Boy Scouts will present a hobby show Monday at 7 15 p m in the Sunday school room of the Methodist church. Each boy will display a hobby, with a one act play Jack Gets a Scout and music by a double quartet. A small admission fee will be charged. Scoutmaster C O Johnson leads the group.

Methodist Church Cedar Rapids Jack C. O. Johnson

Sermon Schedule for Lent at St Pauls Lutheran

Rev. C E Krog announces Lenten sermons at St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church. March 6 The Fathers Will Supreme March 13 Let Him That Thinketh He Standeth Take Heed Lest He Fall March 20 The Kingdom Purchased With-the.

St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church C. E. Krog

Religious series and club notices in Osceola town page

Community groups schedule Holy Week series including Jesus the Substitute For Barabbas and Behold What Manner of Love with a Holy communion. Chapter CS meets Tuesday with tea at 6 p.m. and officer elections. Child Study Club hosts Mrs Edwin Beadle as guest speaker. Osceola Lodge meets Thursday at 7 30 p.m. Sunshine Division hosts at 2 20 p.m. Linn Chapter DeMolay practices at 2 30 p.m. True Blue division of the district church is hosted Wednesday afternoon.

Jesus Barabbas Edwin Beadle L. C. Schuknecht Cedar Rapids Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church James Cippera Harold Phillips

Grant Wood Essay Marks Start of Iowa City Publishing Enterprise

Special to The Gazette announces a new pamphleteering era in Iowa City with a four brochure series in 1935. Grant Wood will open the program with an essay on movement of art and letters, backed by Frank L. Mott and the University of Iowa School of Journalism.

Gazette Iowa City Grant Wood Frank L. Mott University of Iowa School of Journalism Book Publicaon Clio Press Paul Green Edwin Ford Piper Chaucer Hamlin Garland Iowa Henry A. Wallace Carl van Doren John Frederick Glenn Frank James Hearst

Fewer I. O. U.’s In County Tills

Des Moines State Auditor C. W. Storms reports a drop in irregularities in county treasurers’ accounts as deputy auditors visit unannounced like bank examiners. He says past schemes involved hiding I. C. U. notes to borrow cash, but immediate visits deter such practices.

Des Moines C. W. Storms Ic.u Storms

Modern Science Aids Treasure Hunters Of Lost Fortunes

A 1920s account notes growing use of science in treasure hunts. Divers employ deep water gear and salvage tech to locate sunken ships and buried caches such as the Egypt wreck, Hussar, and legends of Cocos Island, with ongoing hope despite many failures.

Charles Grenham New York Captain Kidd Teach Morgan Atlantic Jean la Fitte Barataria Island New Orleans San Saba Maxamilian Castle Gap Egypt Brest France Hussar Hell Gate New York Harbor America Cocos Island Pacific Costa Rica Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson

Coast Guard Rescues Mascot Dog Near Norfolk

Coast Guard units rescued a dog mascot from the American steamer Crawford after it fell overboard near Norfolk Virginia. The animal’s eye infection and injured foot led sailors to bandage its eye and fit leather shoes to prevent further harm before rescue and return to the ship.

Norfolk Coast Guard Crawford Guard Leutenant Cranford

Wellesley Freshmen Do Bit For Science

Ella Uhler a chemistry student at Wellesley College led 90 freshmen as human guinea pigs in a carotene study testing vitamin A rich capsules versus regular dormitory meals. Students were split into two groups with weekly records kept to measure effects on respiratory health.

Wellesley Mass Wellesley College Ella Uhler Miss Uhler

Taft Defends Wartime Comrade in Court Martial

Charles P. Taft and his World War II buddy Sergeant Bernard Rome were reunited in Indianapolis as counsel and defendant in a court martial. Taft defended Rome on charges of falsifying government claims at Fort Benjamin Harrison.

Indianapolis Ind Charles P. Taft William Howard Taft Bernard Rome Taft Rome Fort Benjamin Harrison

Nashville Unveils Souths Largest Bell at First Presbyterian

In Nashville Tennessee a 4103 pound bell four feet ten inches across adorns the First Presbyterian church. The inscription notes it was presented by Meech Adelicia Acklen on June 1 1867 inviting Nashvillians to weekly church gatherings.

Nashville, Tenn South Nashvillans First Presbyterian Church Nashville Tennessee Meech Adelicia Acklen

Gulls Become Pests In Salt Lake City

In Salt Lake City Utah a monument honoring the sea gull as savior of Pioneer crops stands in Temple Square. Utah law has protected the bird since that date but now gulls are so numerous a bill seeks an open season on gulls.

Ogden Utah Temple Square Salt Lake City

Akron Sestennial Books Among Oldest In Collection

Akron The oldest volumes in the city are two 16th century books owned by Dr. Arthur M. Young of Akron University. One is Ortho graphic Tatia An Account of Spelling printed in 1566 on the Aldine press in Venice. The other is a Geneva 1587 edition of early Latin plays.

Akron, O Arthur M. Young Akron University Akron Aldine Venice Geneva

To Plan Meeting Iowa Club Women In Cedar Rapids

DES MOINES AP The annual spring board meeting of the Iowa Federation of Women's clubs will be held here Thursday and Friday to plan the biennial state convention opening May 8 at Cedar Rapids and for participation in the triennial national convention at Detroit June 12. Mrs Eugene Henely state president will preside and other officers including Mrs Henry C Houghton Jr Mrs Carl Reed Mrs Frank Davis and others will attend. District directors and departmental chairmen are expected.

Des Moines Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs Cedar Rapids Detroit Eugene Henely Grinnell Henry C. Houghton, Jr Red Oak Carl Reed Cresco Frank Davis Sioux City David Lennox, Jr Marshalltown Eugene Cutler W. H. Hathorn Mason City William Larrabee, Jr Clermont

Plan Spanish Classes for Visiting Rotarians

Special Spanish instruction for Rotarians and Lions attending international conventions in Mexico City will be offered for six months at the University of Oklahoma. Semi weekly lessons by Prof. Jose Hernandez, a Norman Rotarian and university faculty member, will be open to Rotarians and Lions and their wives from nearby towns. The Norman chapters of the two civic clubs sponsor the project with no charge to participants.

Norman Okla Mexico City University of Oklahoma Jose Hernandez Elvic

Oklahoma Gas Well Sets Endurance Record

A Dustin Oklahoma gas well near Holdenville has produced in abundance for almost twenty four years since its 1911 drilling. It still shows 275 pounds pressure and supplies nearby Dustin with cheap gas at 31 1 cents per 1000 cubic feet. Every local well in the area has yielded commercial quantities.

Holdenville Okla Dustin Oklahoma

94 Per Cent Ames Graduates In Home Economics Employed

Ames graduates of Iowa State College in home economics show 94 percent employment as of March 1. Of 761 BS degree holders since 1931, 279 teach, 151 are homemakers, 78 in hospitals, 51 in food service, 49 in social extension, 11 in nursery schools, seven in public utilities, nine in foods research, 42 in office work, seven in journalism, one in occupational therapy, and one as a hospital nurse. Forty-three seek no work. fourteen live at home.

Ames Division of Home Economics Iowa State College Iowa State

State Drafts Bill To Permit Betting On Races At Fairs

Iowa Attorney General's office moves to draft a bill legalizing pari mutuel betting on horse races at state, county, and district fairs. Receipts could fund the old age pension system. Sponsors expect the measure to be ready for the legislature soon after it convenes next Monday.

Des Moines Iowa Old Age Pension Fund

Oklahoma hen defies AAA reduction rules

In Okemah Oklahoma Jess Johnson keeps a hen producing at the same rate despite a 50 percent work reduction. The hen lays unusually large eggs with a shell three and a half inches long and even contains a second egg inside the large shell.

Oklahoma Okemah Okla Jess Johnson Johnson

Eastbound flights aided by Earth's rotation and tailwinds

The rotation of the globe makes west to east flights easier than east to west. High altitude eastbound aviators enjoy a tailwind that speeds travel.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Marion News MR. and Mrs. Barton Coppock Marguerite Dye John Schenken C. C. Scott U S. Circle Clark Creg- Jon G. A. Patschke Mary Shook E. C la Verna Mae Titus Cornell College Women's Athletic Association H F Lockwood Rainbow Division Ladies Aid Socety Kensington D H Smith L S Dove W. J. Goodyear John H. Parour Bridge Club F. A. Shumack Twelfth Street Jaycee Unungst Patricia Robert Roach Chicago Frank Straley Rural Garden Club Harald Scott South Eleventh Street Woman's Progressive Club Dry Creek Ed Bayanovsky Concord Aviculture and Tutelary Club Claude Senit Harold Scott Claude Scott Leslie Dunn Floyd Robson Jane Robson William Ambdenstoack Clyde Kearns Fred McShane W. Harwin A. B. Black W. B. Sebern Ivan Gilmore Handicraft Club No Harry Murphey Eleventh Street James Fairley Keystone Undies Aid Society The Harrd Wahl Glenn Hempy Robert Stickley Dorotha Parsons Manchester Mr Wells Alice Dungan Memorial Hall Marion Post American Legion Legion Hall Baptist Woman's Missionary Society Herbert Harford Presbyteran Church N A Baker Verne Clemans Ninth Street Third Avenue Gleaners Methodist Ladies Aid Society Congregational Church Priscilla Guild O. E Max Berlin Sally Ja St. Luke's Hospital D. A. R. Meeting Marion Township Mildred Elkin Owen Fernow Cary Club Pleasant Grove Community Club Addie Shumack Marion Shakespeare Club Harry Snell Excelsior Agriculture and Literary Club D. I. Hoskins Patmos Commandery Knights Templar Comforter Albert Kullander Seventh Street S. R. Crowner Osceola Lodge I. O. O. F. Hall Floyd Slauson O. E. Torrence Gladys Collier Sunshine Linn Iowa City Publishing Edward Davis Lima Simon Bolivar Cocos Malcolm Campbell Associated Press Pat McCarran Nevada Senate C. P. Taft Iowa Club Oklahoma Gas
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