Marion High School Concert Promises Fine Ensemble Program
Seventh annual home concert at Lincoln school auditorium Monday at 8 pm features Marion students to showcase for the northeastern Iowa sub district high school music contest in Maquoketa March 19 20. Gershwin Schumann Beethoven Tchaikovsky and Sousa pieces performed by boys and girls choirs solos and ensembles with Accompanists Goss Goss Lehdigh Ellen Granger McEhwain Hanscom Farley and students Shirley Jackson Betty Schoen Blairstown pupils of Prof. Lyman.
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Rose L. Wilcox
G J. Lyman
Marion
Iowa
Maquoketa
Art Koshetz
Schumann
Kuhn
Scott
Lee
Pryor
Gaylord Ward
Gavotte
Beethoven
Hunter
Jesus
Tchaikovsky
Easthope - Martin
Gretchaninoff
Girls’ Glee Club
Young
Winslow
Boys’ Quartet
Cornet
Neptune Court
Clark
Ruth Ostrander
Valse Vanite
Wiedoeft
Bernard Ringland
Lord
Handel
Art
Koshetz
Shirley Jackson
Blairstown
Betty Schoen
Lucy Long
Donald Beadie
Mountain Top
Storten
Wolfe
Goldmark
Setelby
Sousa
Gene Goss
Jack Goss
Jean Lehdigh
Mary Ellen Granger
Kathryn McEhwvain
Nancy Ellen Hanscom
Theresa Farley
Prof
Lyman
Missionary to Speak at Marion Church Next Sunday
Dr Royal J Dye a former Africa missionary will address Marion Christian church at 5 p m Sunday March 14 He spent about twenty years in Bo lenge Congo opened a mission station grown to forty thousand members He is a medical missionary who fought tropical diseases and sleeping sickness later joining United Christian Missionary societies of Indianapolis An open forum and lunch follow with attendees bringing their own sandwiches.
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Marion
Dye
Bolenge
Congo
Dr. Dye
America
United Christian Missionary Societies of
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Christian Churches
Walker
Coggan
Center Point
Lafayette
Alburnett
Martelle
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Electa Circle Luncheon and Community Aid Report
Electa Circle met at Mrs. A P Munson home for luncheon with devotionals led by Mrs. L S Dove. The group reported year long activities supporting Camp Good Health Red Cross Christmas seal fund and flood relief. Donations included olive oil milk coal and glasses plus two eye exams and one physical. Guests included Mrs Kenneth Cornell Mrs E G Nichols and Miss Mary Clements.
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King's Daughters
A. P Munson
L. S. Dove
Walter Kennedy
Deborah
Christmas Seal Fund
Red Cross
the Goodfellows
Red Cross Flood Relief Fund
Kenneth Cornell
E G Nichols
Cedar Rapids
Mary Clements
Marion
Lawmakers Debate Endgame as Session Draws On
DES MOINES AP lawmakers toward the end of the week discussed winding up the current session by April. Senator D W Kimberly urged quick passage of the budget to allow early Senate action. Representatives noted a lull in excitement and warned against last minute rushes. Some plan a final dramatic speech, while others anticipate a flood of last minute bills.
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Des Moines
Trowa
D. W Kimberly
Davenport
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Wey
Statehouse
House
Parsons Elected Linn County Director to Iowa TB Association
Mrs E E Parsons chosen as Linn county representative for the Iowa Tuberculosis association board of directors. Accompanied by Mrs E M Adams of Central City they travel to Des Moines for the state conference on Thursday and Friday. The Linn county spring conference meets March 10 to March 20 with Miss Marguerite Pfeifer field director present.
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E. E. Parsons
Linn County
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Local Club Event Makes Quilt Blocks and Bridge Night
The Shumack home hosts an evening social with bridge featured. Mrs. Shumack is assisted by Mrs. Carl N. Owen. The 4-C club meets Tuesday with Mrs. Hubert McCalley at 940 Sixth Street for an all day session. Members are asked to bring prints for quilt blocks sewing supplies and a covered dish for a noon picnic dinner.
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Marion
Order of Eastern Star
Schreiner
Monticello
Arthur Newman
Shumack
Bridge
Carl N. Owen
Hubert McCalley
Sixth Street
Grinnell College Glee Club Plans Spring Concerts
Grinnell College glee club maps spring concert tour with first show March 16 in Marshalltown and performances March 28 in Charles City March 29 in Mason City and March 30 in Waterloo. Additional dates eyed for Clinton Cedar Rapids and Hampton. The program features The Sunset Trail with music by Elias Blum and lyrics by R Y Kerr who was named executive secretary of the college.
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Grinnell
Grinnell College Men's Glee Club
Marshalltown
Charles City
Mason City
Waterloo
Clinton
Cedar Rapids
Hampton
Sunset Trail
Elias Blum
R. Y. Kerr
Kerr
Marian Anderson Sings at Cornell College March 19
Special to The Gazette Marian Anderson the renowned Negro contralto will perform at Cornell College on March 19. Born to an ice and coal vendor and a schoolteacher, she rose to fame after ten years of study and planning. She once sang in Philadelphia church choirs and later appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra. A National Association of Negro Musicians scholarship funded studies in Europe, leading to two years of concerts abroad.
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Mount Vernon
Marian Anderson
Arturo Toscanini
New York Philharmonic
Cornell College
Philadelphia
Boghetti
Philadelphia Philharmonic Orchestra
Europe
National Association of Negro Musicians
Business Survey Foresees 1937 Upswing in Iowa
Iowa City in January 1937 shows farm prices up 168 percent from 1936 with other gains in employment, building contracts, department store sales, and railroad carloadings. Prof. George R. Davies cites durable goods recovery and factory capital construction as key factors in an improving national and state economy.
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INS
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University of Iowa
Iowa Business Digest
Davies
Iowa
Edith Leahy Reading Frivol At Pi Beta Phi House
Edith Leahy a Port Washington native and 19 year old who has twice appeared on McCall s magazine covers, visits the University of Iowa to study dramatic arts. The Gibson girl comparison highlights her beauty as Iowa City residents note her visits to the Pi Beta Phi house and her preference for Iowa s dramatic arts program.
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Pi Phi House
Robert W. Houston
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Gibson Girl
Miss Leahy
University of Town
Port Washington
N. Y
McCall’s Magazine
Neysa McMein
New York
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Leahy
Iowa
Eastern University
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Towa City
University of Towa
Gibson
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Malcom and nearby towns face school and civic updates
Multiple Iowa communities report school board elections with candidates in Malcom Ames and Brooklyn plus a single candidate in Delta. Red Cross dental clinics start in Malcom. Marengo hosts a commercial club meeting with UI coach Irl Tubbs as guest.
Belle Plaine Scout Leaders Shown in Group Portrait
The pictured Belle Plaine troop leaders include Harold Driscoll cubmaster Earl Comer assistant scoutmaster Rev E Selden scoutmaster of troop 11 Harry Swalm troop 15 committeeman Earl Hall sub committeeman Scout Commissioner Chester Johnson Rev A C Walker scoutmaster of troop 39 Rev Fred Peiper scoutmaster of troop 459 Ernest Hamilton assistant scoutmaster of troop 45 Scout Chief N Harold West and front row C W Burnham Morgan L Morris Victor Vifquain Sterling Vifquain J L Driscoll William Little with other leaders named as absent.
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Harold Driscoll
Earl Comer
E. Selden
Harry Swalm
Earl Hall
Chester Johnson
Cedar Rapids
A. C. Walker
Fred Peiper
Ernest Hamilton
N. Harold West
C. W. Burnham
Morgan L. Morris
Victor Vifquain
Sterling Vifquain
J. L. Driscoll
William Little
Jess Pettit
Tom Hamilton
O. Mite
H. J. Thurber
Dr. Trail
Wayne Conrad
Jack Hix
Troop 41
Wallace Snyder
Court of Honor
William Snyder
H. H. Carroll
Walter Vaughn
Board of Review
Grinnell Delays Vote On Water Softener Plan
Grinnell will not vote on the proposed water softener at the upcoming city election. A spring special election will decide the project after the Chamber of Commerce and R. F. Nuckolls led efforts to gather signatures. Lime deposits have reduced six inch mains to four inch efficiency, prompting urgency.
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H. R. Elwell
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
R. F. Nuckolls
Elwell
Two Theories As To How Manchester Received Its Name
Historical account presents competing origins for Manchester Delaware county seat. Burrington’s donation opportunities and Acersville’s land claim interact as James Dyer and William Chesterman push toward railroad expansion. In 1856 post office naming leads to Manchester with uncertain inspiration.
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Acersville
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George
Henry
Eads’ Grove
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Dyer
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Quaker Mill
Burlington
England
Manchester Couple Mark Fifty Years Of Married Life
Fifty years ago in Ireland Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Henderson were married and later moved to Manchester Iowa where they built a life on a 120 acre farm. They later added eighty acres and eventually moved to town in 1920 buying a home on Prospect street. They have ten children and eighteen grandchildren. Mrs. Henderson’s health delays a family dinner planned for later in the year.
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America
Prospect Street
Henderson
Oscar Houmes
Central City
Thomas Patton
Ehler
Floyd Henderson
Ryan
Ed Henderson
Coggon
Anna Kratzer
Dessia Hoefert
Yarmouth
Albert Henderson
Detroit
Milton Henderson
Birth
The
Presbyterian
Proposed bill to coordinate Iowa welfare agencies
In Des Moines AP Ray Murphy said a bill will unite all welfare groups into a single state department. The department would be run by a bipartisan five member board appointed by the governor with members paid 15 dollars per day up to 1200 dollars annually plus expenses.
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DES Moines
Ray Murchy
Iowa
Murphy
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