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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1939
Page
25
ART SNIDER recalls Coe College in Cedar Rapids where strict rules governed private life and study. Coeds faced chapel, limited social life, no dances except on special occasions, and forbidden rides or smoking. Campus life centered on caution, walks, reading plays aloud, and simple seasonal entertainments under parental authority.
Granular muster of names from the Coe College class of 1897 gathered around Old Main and Williston hall, including Myrtle Brockway Sprole, Virginia Keyes, Bessie Baird, Myra Lumry, Etta Leavenworth Young, Georgie Smeallie Nims, Sarella Murray Hauser, John N. Sprole, and President Phelps. Extracurricular scenes show Bever woods picnic groups with doctors and educators such as Lloyd Krebs and Ed McDaniel, plus Bessie Cook and Lucy Burkhalter.
President Roosevelt on Saturday submitted a supplemental budget estimate of five million dollars to Congress for water conservation work in the western great plains and other arid and semi arid regions.
Catholic college choirs in Iowa plan a choral association to advance study and performance of music approved by Pope Pius XI. Seven schools attended the Mount Mercy meeting in Cedar Rapids with another gathering slated for May. A dinner for delegates was hosted by Mount Mercy faculty in Sacred Heart hall.
Fred Fett rman, 32, a high school instructor, was killed Saturday in a parachute leap after he apparently could not pull his homemade airplane out of a spin.
The United Commercial Travelers council No. 161 and the women’s auxiliary held a joint installation Saturday at the Roosevelt hotel after a dinner. Carl H. Weitzel presided for the men and Mrs Letta Sarset led the auxiliary installation. Officers chosen include Raymond Ford and Russell Sander cock for the men, with Morningstar and Jurgen sen for the auxiliary. Delegates to the grand council were named as Gunn Parker and Ray Ford for the May 25 to 27 meeting in Council Bluffs.
Mrs Grace Hansen and Mrs Glenna Parker will represent the women. Mrs J L Parker retiring senior councilor was presented with a gold pin by the auxiliary members.
A large audience is expected tonight at the Masaryk memorial program held at the Czech Alliance hall. Prof. J. J. Zmrhal from the Chicago school system will speak in English and Czech. The program includes Czech music, songs by the Karla Masaryk chorus, and Sokols living pictures paying tribute to Masaryk. Dr. Henry Schor, committee chairman, opens at 8 with a short address. Imrhal is familiar to locals and previously spoke to the Sokol group.
The American Legion and its auxiliary will hold a county meeting in Fairfax at the Catholic church auditorium on March 13. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m followed by a program. Plans were finalized at the Legion county executive committee meeting held here Wednesday.
A Home Industry Mart showcasing handmade items from Czechoslovakia will run from March 21 at the town theater building Cedar Rapids to aid 350000 refugee women and children. Mrs Eduard Benes wife of the former president is expected to attend alongside US organizer Mrs Emily Welch and Mrs Weger. Proceeds go to those who made the merchandise. A dinner at Sokol hall March 20 precedes the opening and a noon luncheon at Cedar Rapids Country Club honors Mrs Benes.
Mrs. S. V. Shonka of Cedar Rapids was named chairman of the luncheon committee. An advertisement urges readers to trade now for a better automobile in the Want Ad section. London reports a supplementary mobilization cost of £1,766,000 to cover special costs of mobilizing the British fleet during the Czechoslovak crisis.
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