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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 20, 1937

Page

4

Betty Levsen Leads Coe Tri Delta Sorority at Meeting

Betty Jane Levsen of Wyoming was elected president of Coe College Tri Delta at a chapter meeting. Mel Levsen succeeds Mars Lockwood as president with officers Jewel Allman and Marjorie Duncan among them. Members will attend the state day meeting in Des Moines and join alumnae for the Des Moines gathering.

Betty Jane Levsen Wyoming Delta Delta Delta Coe College Mel Levsen Mars Lockwood MM Rion Jewel Allman Marjorie Duncan Rushing Jane Warner Mual Chem Ar Ida Mae Carlsen Verna Haneid Jare Fuhrvester Des Des Moines Mary Lockwood Jean Maldy Ruthanne Baker Elizabeth Smith Winifred Murray Doris Danielson Betty Jane Warner Lews Lockwood Marjorie Deacon Jane Fuhrmeister Virginia Courtright Wallace D Lyon

Senior High Girl Reserves Entertain at March Frohe

The Senior High Girl Reserves hosted a March Frohe at the WC this afternoon with games shuffleboard ping pong and dancing Barbara Marshall played piano for dancing Ruth Jane Hubbard led refreshments Nola Berger chaired skating plans Dorothy Navrebl led dancing and Hannah Scheer organized games The YWCA week included a Thursday night dance by the Ys Players.

Barbara Marshall Ruth Jane Hubbard Nola Berger Dorothy Navrebl Hannah Scheer YWCA

Eastern Star Officer To Be Entertained By Alasta Chapter

Mrs Marguerite Hoglan of Center Point will entertain Malta Chapter No 415 O E S with a school of instruction starting 9am in Mason Hall. Dinner served at 6:15pm before the chapter meeting. Cedar and Mormon past matrons to attend. Members urged to arrive for the evening session at 7:40pm.

Marguerite Hoglan Center Point Order of Eastern Sint Malta E. S Hoglin Mason Hall Cedar Chapter Mormen Walla Hogler

Radio Listings and Programs From Morning to Evening

A dense OCR snapshot lists NBC CBS and local stations with program blocks from morning through evening. It includes music shows, orchestras, talks, spirituals, and public affairs segments, naming WEAP WJZ WABC KMOX WCCO WGST and others with varied time slots and chains.

NBC Weap Chat Cieimatt Conservatory of Music CBS Warc WBBM KMOX WGST WCCO WJZ Bass Inch Cete Arvo The Ranch Boys SBC WEAP NBC Weaf WIZ Chain WABC WB Kmox Wwoc Wwecco Res Hattle Natopal Grange NTC Gaentige Halvord CBS WBLM NDC WEAF Gahaia Vera National Federation of Music Club Ooarof Metropolitan Optra Company WJA Chain Weaf Chain Crar Tarad Levey Ink Spots Benny Goodman Em Coleman Tnbc Gien Gray Crearge Olsen Gatathaaite Ensemble Wz Chain NHC Weap WJZ Chain Weap Chain Susan's AG Spree Creaniat Scbs Wwooco Chan Heom Og Sar Lars BC Wdz Eat the Wort Frens Preearey WABCO KNOX WOO Orether Snbc Cpeata NBC Weap Phan Co Tate Orf SABC KMON RCA Atp Abu Chucho Weber

Franklin McKinley Students to Enter Floor Show

Franklin and McKinley pupils will take part in the floor show of the Franklin and McKinley Girls Reserve dance scheduled for Saturday at the YWCA. Participants announced include Dorothy Bowser, James Ralston, James Rosta, Donald Hersch, Barbara Marshall, and Jean Engleman. Simple country life on a farm is said to be the most hazardous.

Franklin McKinley Franklin and McKinley

Sub-District Music Contest Results at Multiple Cities

Results from Friday sub district music contests across Vinton Postville Oelwein Vaquoketa and other towns include numerous soloists and groups with many entries earning superior ratings. Notable names include Lois Hook Dorothy Rorden Gladbrook Cedar Rapids Dorothy Beach Flora West Davenport Corinne Foster West Liberty Rosemary Craven Tipton Betty Ann Spinden West Liberty and Roland Gray Postville among others.

West Liberty Mount Vernon West Branch Superior Lone Tree Stanwood Excellent Flora West Davenport Catherine Reeds Iowa City Corinne Foster Dorothy Beach Mr. Vernon

Sub-district high school music contest opens with eighteen schools

TIPTON A sub-district high school music contest begun here Friday morning with eighteen high schools represented. Results follow mixed small vocal group Mount Vernon and Wilton Junction excellent. No superior ratings made Boss' small vocal group class B and C West Liberty superior Wilton Junction excellent. Girls' small vocal group class A Iowa City and Muscatine su

Vinton Snlso Deming Smith Toledo Donald Schelbreth Remnbeck Lois Hook Grundy Center Dorothy Marten Reimbeck Superior Robert Young Traer Charles Moel Wilson Cedar Rapids Dorothy Rowden Gladbrook Anna Mae Chiamosta Wilson High Tracer Dysart Tama Orange Township Hudson Renbeck Dike Vinton Hudson Iowa School For the Blind Oelwein Betty Kidder West Waterloo Mary Catherine Guritz Maynard Grace Brant Virginia Bentley Fairbank Anna Aordel Waverly Esther Gruse Evelyn Myers Finchford Maxine Shadle Strawberry Point Barbara Buck Bernita Conconner Virgil Matteson David Sheryv Buttone Gordon Myers Richard Corton Gerald Smith Manchester Stanley West Waterlam Oand Farrbont Glee Club Spec.al Gazette Tipton Mount Vernon Wilton Junction West Liberty Iowa City Muscatine

Learn to Talk Correctly from Common Errors in English

A guide-style advertorial from The Cedar Rapids Gazette urges readers to adopt smoother speech. It cites examples of common errors in pronunciation and grammar and promotes a 40 page booklet titled Common Errors In English, offering to mail it to readers who send name, address, and booklet title.

Tom Cedar Rapids Gazette Home Institute West Nineteenth Street New York N. Y

Sitdown Strikers At Muscatine Seek 15 Percent Raise

Sitdown striking cutters at the Pennant Button company in Muscatine number nearly 100 and resumed negotiations Friday with plant officials to win a flat 15 percent wage increase. The workers, not in a union, split duties with some going home Thursday night while others stayed in the factory. Ray Oldham, Ray Hines and John McCarthy were appointed to negotiate with company president Ralph S. Willis, who declined to comment.

Muscatine Pennant Button Company Ray Oldham Ray Hines John McCarthy Ralph S. Willis Willis

Fun with Hatpin Exiles Boy Soprano Groucho Marx

Groucho Marx was expelled from a church choir where he sang as a boy soprano after puncturing the organ bellows with an alto’s hatpin. The quirky anecdote recalls his early mischief in a religious setting.

Groucho Marx

Repeal of $2 Old Age Head Tax Debated in Legislature

The session weighed repealing the $2 old age head tax and offering refunds for taxes paid to date in 1937. The bill passed the House 65 to 28 amid sharp debate on fireworks bans and a local option plan. Governor Kraschel urged funding CCC camps and enforcing conservation rules struck down by the court.

Senate House Nelson G Kraschel Roy J Souis Charles City J. P. Gallagher Williamsburg Gallagher Remsen Spencer Tax Board Iowa Kraschel Conservation Committee Supreme Court

Uncertain Fishing Rules Spark Sportmen Debate

Snatches of local debate reveal doubt among sportsmen about whether the entire state is open to fishing or if a permanent closure is in effect. The fragment hints at possible regulatory change and mounting questions over access.

PLAN LARGER CORN AND SPRING WHEAT CROP OUTLOOK

Long-range farm projections show expanded acreage for corn and spring wheat, with barley and soybeans also highlighted. State by state estimates list Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, South Dakota, and Nebraska with acreage changes and yield potential based on 1928-32 averages and recent trends.

Indiana Ilinois Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Missouri South Dakota Nebraska

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