Rural electric lines expand across Iowa counties
In two years the Iowa commerce commission granted franchises for nearly 10 000 miles of cooperative electric transmission. Thirty counties now host rural electrification projects including Hancock County and Monona County extensions while private firms like Iowa Electric Light and Power and Public Service expand service in Kossuth Palo Alto Jefferson Cerro Gordo Floyd Mitchell Johnson Sioux O'Brien Palo Alto Pocahontas Black Hawk Bremer Tama and Franklin counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Commerce Commission
Hancock County Rural Electric Cooperative
Iowa
Rural Electrification Administration
Harry Dunlap
The
Commerce Commission
Hancock County
Monona County
Delaware County
Iowa Electric Company
Cerro Gordo
People’s Gas and Electric Company
Mason City
Floyd County
Mitchell County
Johnson County
Public Service Company
Palo Alto County
Pocahontas County
Black Hawk County
Bremer County
Tama County
Franklin County
Alburnett Juniors Present Comedy at School
Alburnett The junior class of Alburnett high school will present the play Kid Colby in the school auditorium Thursday and Friday. Ellen Koch and Edward Conrad lead a cast including Ray Ewen, Leo Hopker, Pauline Burr, Betty Stahly, Leota Griffin, Delores Thompson, Arlene Snell, Clifford Kirk, Marian Andrew, Kathryn Knapp, Richard Ball and Donald Jordan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Alburnett
Alburnett High School
Kid Colby
Ellen Koch
Edward Conrad
Ray Ewen
Leo Hopker
Pauline Burr
Betty Stahly
Leota Griffin
Delores Thompson
Arlene Snell
Clifford Kirk
Marian Andrew
Kathryn Knapp
Richard Ball
Donald Jordan
Iowa County Legion Women Meet At Ladora
The Iowa county American Legion auxiliary gathering met in Ladora with welcome by Mrs. Lillian Augustine. Delegates from North English Williamsburg Parnell Victor Marengo and Ladora attended. New officers named Grant York Ladora chairwoman George Braugh Marengo vice chairwoman Gladys McAllister Williamsburg secretary treasurer. District birthday party set for Mount Pleasant with Marengo attendees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
Iowa County
American Legion Auxiliary
Ladora
Lillian Augustine
Lila Lindenmayer
North English
Williamsburg
Parnell
Victor
Dorothy McGarry
Ella Engel
Bennett
Grant York
George Braugh
Gladys McAllister
Mount Pleasant
Earnest Lindenmayer
Martin Franey
Oscar Rinehart
Earnest Ginther
Monticello Holds Light Elections In Town and County
Monticello voters cast an extremely light ballot with new officers elected: Mayor F. D. McLaughlin and other officials including treasurer Paul T. Schuetz and assessor Henry H. Schoon. A separate Monticello meeting of Class B beer permitholders discussed organizing a county unit in Iowa Tavern Owners with a second meeting planned in Wyoming. Oneida elected J. B. Howe as mayor and listed four councilmen plus a treasurer and assessor, while a classified note advertises hat restyling and fur services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
F. D. McLaughlin
Paul T. Schuetz
Henry H. Schoon
E. W. Brashaw
Zack Graves
C. J. Matthiessen
Karl M. Keyes
William Netcott
William Shelley
Jones County
Iowa Tavern Owners Association
Ford King
Des Moines
State Association of Tavern Owners
Wyoming
Oneida
J. B. Howe
S. T. Knox
C. F. Barker
Fred Timm
J. J. Moser
C. F. Kimber
H. B. von Talge
Martin Holtz
Memorial Verses In New Husk Issue At Cornell
The March Husk features verses memorializing Jay Sigmund and others, debut pieces by Ruth Mason Wayne Barber Lois Henderson and new poetry by S Elizabeth White Edward Weismiller Charlotte Radcliff and Marjorie Scott Williams. The issue also presents fiction and short pieces including Duke Goes to the Concert and The Death of a Girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Jay Sigmund
Cedar Rapids
S. L. Chandler
Jessie Rigby
Cornell College
Amelia Earhart
O. O. MacIntyre
Brownie
Clyde Tull
Husk
English Club
Cornell
Prof Tull
Sigmund
Jewell Bothwell Tull
Waubeck
Ruth Mason
Blencocc
Wayne Barber
Freeport
Ill
S. Elizabeth White
Lake View
Mark Mirich
Thornton
Wyo
Louise Rich
Lee, Ill
Miss Rich
Edward J. O'Brien
Lois Taylor Henderson
Cornell English Faculty
Edward Weismiller
Appleton
Wis
Cornell Rhodes
Charlotte Radcliff
Chicago
Marjorie Scott Williams
New York City
Wyoming
Lloyd Tenny
Evanston, IL
Iowa News in Brief Highlights Local Elections and Community Notes
Keystone reports 37 votes cast with all council members reelected and William Meinert succeeding Herman Lindt as mayor. Viola honors Warren Studer on her eightieth birthday. Bennett hosts high school girls basketball fest. Wapello hosts twelfth annual spelling bee. various municipalities announce local election results and civic events across Keosauqua Anamosa Monmouth Calamus.
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Keystone
E. C. Mussman
Walter Bernstort
Robert Bender
William Eggers
Henry Miller
William Meinert
Herman Lindt
Sindt
J. F Feuerbach
August Jammer
Viola
Warren Studer
Tipton
Cedar
Jones and
Linn
Frank Studer
R. B. Johnson
Maude Sinkey
Besse Duncan
J. M. Byerly
Ina Meeks
Anamosa
Bennett
Bennett High School
Fred Owen
William. Eggert
C. W Willey
C. W. Pollock
Fred Bentrott
Mary Paustain
Helen Wagner
Eleanor Blair
Art Bachus
Paul Weich
Peter Collura
Paul Hambright
William Grace
Helen Paulsen
Ruth Hammer
Norma Gottesch
Norma Kruse
Wapello
Louisa County
Ada Smith
Mary Buser
Columbus Junction
Shirley Arp
Grandview
Donald Platt
Letts
Patsy Butler
Morning Sun
Robert Ireland
Oakville
Mildred Wykert
Carol Partington
Cairo
Billy Milligan
Toolesboro
Maxine Blankenhorn
Washington
Emma Shimak
Sandy Grove
David Gabriel
Indian Creek
Jessie Lee Westbrook
Forest Hill
Margaret Bliven
Fredonia
Pauline Cummings
Franklin
Mary Marie Snell
Liberty
Betty Lee Cummings
Mid Prairie
Harold Woodruff
Louisa Center
Dorothy Edmonson
Pleasant View
Catherine Fullerton
Shellbark
Mamie Stapp
Old Clifton
Jeanette Martin
Ferndale
Priscilla Wilson
Lone Oak
Orletha Swanson
Lone Star
Nadine Gabriel
Pitchin
Bertha Crow
Oakland
Marshall Township
Letha Hall
Amity
Marguerite Knapp
Orchard Grove
Mary Etta Hunt
Otter Creek
Nile Bausch
Carpenter
Helen Hill
Baker
Donald Johnson
Oakland Township
Wilbur Forbes
McQueen
Warren Forbes
Big Springs
Waymath Spitznogle
Hopewell
John Wallace
Blaul
Lois Eaton
Westport
Harold Rath
Carson
Evelyn Waddell
Frog Pond
Jamita Peck
Victory
Mabel Dotson
Newport
Hospital Employes Seek Civil Service Reform
A Iowa City group of University hospital workers forms the S UI Hospital Employes unit to push a state wide civil service movement. The plan includes wage standardization, pensions, entrance tests, probation, efficiency records, and standardized hours and leave while inviting officials to an April 24 anniversary dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University Hospital
S.ui. Hospital
William Hill
Hill
Civil Service Commission
Sysem Hill
Kraschel
John Valentine
Robert Neff
Iowa Business Pulse Reports Good Purchasing Power
State and business sources say Iowa conditions stay strong as 1938 tax collections match 1937 totals despite thousands exempt from income tax. Comparing March 29 figures shows 1936 39,000 returns yield 1,772,966.56 while 1937 64,949 returns bring 1,791,620.27, with tax director LaVerne Clark noting equal totals from fewer returns reflect higher income.
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Iowa
Iowa City News Briefs Highlight Local Honors and Events
Merrill Johnson elected president of a newly formed University hospital employees credit union with officers including Jessie Reynolds and Verne Pangborn. Six Iowa City residents to attend a state Junior Chamber convention in Burlington. Five University High debaters to participate in a state tournament in April. Funeral services for Prof George G. Andrews set for Thursday at Trinity Episcopal Church with burial in Oakland. University of Iowa camera club to send ten photographs to New York expo in April. Six University of Iowa women receive sorority scholarship recognition from local alumnae clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Merrill Johnson
University Hospital
Jessie Reynolds
George Lehman
Verne Pangborn
Emmett Potter
Eugene Gilson
Paul Stuffelbeam
F. J. Kuncl
F. R. Bendure
Isabel Parrott
William Hill
H .A. Barth
Will Potter
Iowa City Junior Chamber of Commerce
Donald W. Honeyman
Morning Sun
Eliot Waples
Cedar Rapids
Ruth Weller
Harold M. Williams
Iowa Child Welfare Research Station
James Kent
Dean
Vernon Putnam
University of Iowa
Delta Delta Delta
Jeanette Bryan
Phyllis Wassam
Gamma Phi Beta Sorority
Betty Jane Kelly
Davenport
Ida Helen Olin
Mary Louise Meersman
Rock Island
Anna Lou Reeves
Sioux City
Eastern Iowa Girls Are Sorority Officers
Several north eastern Iowa women are named officers by three University of Iowa sororities. Geraldine Cochran of Tipton is president, Donna Mae Humbrecht of Iowa City is historian, Beth Browning of Iowa City editor of Kappa Alpha Theta, Margery Williams of Cedar Rapids treasurer, and Hertha Schone of Iowa City chaplain. At a dinner in Iowa Union, Cochran, Denzler, Marengo, O'Meara, and Madge Jones were honored as presidents. Mary Winslow of Cedar Rapids attended as Panhellenic association secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
Geraldine Cochran
Tipton
Donna Mae Humbrecht
Alpha Delta Pi Sorority
Beth Browning
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
Margery Williams
Cedar Rapids
Hertha Schone
Alpha Chi Sigma
Iowa Union
Helen Denzler
Marengo
Alpha Xi Delta
Jane O'Meara
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Madge Jones
Pi Beta Phi
Mary Winslow
Women’s Panhellenic Association
Conesville Man Attacked By Bull At Local Farm
Arda Edgar suffered a deep head gash requiring twelve stitches after a bull attack at the H. H. Owen farm on Tuesday. He was rescued by Amos Owen who drove the animal away with a pitchfork.
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the Gazette
Conesville
Arda
Edgar
H. H. Owen
Amos Owen
Wellman Man To Take Washington College Job
Hubert S. Coffey of Wellman, a University of Iowa graduate, will become assistant professor in child development at Central Washington College of Education in Ellensburg, Washington. He has worked in child welfare here and earned BA in 1934 and MA in 1936, with a PhD expected in June. appointment starts next September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Hubert S. Coffey
Wellman
University of Iowa
Central Washington College of Education
Ellensburg
Wash
Coffey
Plan Conference On Child Welfare In Iowa City
Nearly 20 child welfare authorities will attend the University of Iowa twelfth annual conference of child development and parent education titled Guiding the child. The event June 21 22 and 23 attracts 1000 to 2000 spectators. Speakers include Sanford Bates of Boys Clubs of America Dr William Bristow of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers Dr Ruth Brickner of the Child Study Association and Dr Ernest Osborne of Columbia University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Sanford Bates
Boys’ Clubs of America, Inc
New York
William Bristow
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Ruth Brickner
Child Study Association of America
Ernest Osborne
Columbia University
Waggin Tails Delay Train With Brave Dogs
In Des Moines AP five shaggy mongrels halted a late train after wandering onto a railroad bridge. Patrolman John Norsburgh saw the dogs cross as the engine blew whistles to warn them. The engineer stopped ten feet from the animals and they then trotted to safety wagging their tails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
John Norsburgh
Snow Storm Fails to Reach Iowa in Midweek Forecast
AP reports a threatened snow storm did not move into Iowa on Wednesday with no chance of snow in the next 24 hours. Montana, northern Wyoming and western North Dakota saw snow while Iowa could expect thunderstorms and temperatures above freezing outside the far northwest corner. Light rainfall fell Tuesday night as highs reached 76 at Keokuk and a low of 40 at Iowa Falls.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Montana
Wyoming
North Dakota
Keokuk
Iowa Falls
Mrs C C Nutting of Iowa City Dies at 65
Mrs. C. C. Nutting, 65, longtime Iowa City resident, died Wednesday at Mercy hospital after months of illness. Her husband, former head of the University of Iowa zoology department, died eleven years ago. Survived by three children Charles Nutting of Lincoln Nebraska Willis Nutting of South Bend Indiana Elizabeth Nutting of Dayton Ohio, three brothers Bernard Willis Oak Park Illinois Theodore Willis Cleveland Ohio Harry Willis French Glen Oregon, and two sisters Mary Powers Lombard Illinois Faith Lintleman Janesville Wisconsin.
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Iowa City
C. C. Nutting
Mercy Hospital
Nutting
University of Iowa
Charles Nutting
Lincoln
Neb
Willis Nutting
South Bend
Ind
Elizabeth Nutting
Dayton, O
Bernard Willis
Oak Park
Theodore Willis
Cleveland
Harry Willis
French Glen
Ore
Marry Powers
Lombard, II
Faith Lintleman
Janesville
Wis
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Cedar Rapids Utilities
Iowa County Legion
Wopkinton
Hopkinton
Parent-Teacher's Association
Floyd Pratt
Miss Pound
Manchester
Delaware
Hopkinton Public School
Safety Council
Leola Wilson
Helen Krogman
Harold Meinert
Ruth Franzenburg
Audrey Wilde
Esther Pingel
Richard Harder
Dean Balhorn
Duane Popp
Kenneth Allers
Walter Brauer
Delbert Albers
Orlyn Feuerbach
Iowa Highway Patrol
GGON
Ira Ondler
Perry Houston
William Hont
Rufus Sisler
James Ironside
Lora Trumbull
I. E. Ware
James Scott
Heartwick
D. Roudabush
Co. C. Gay
W. N. Shellenbarger
Fred C. Rees
Leonard Barber
Earl Crane
Claire Meelirath
F. K. Barber
Toledo
Hutchison Chapel
C. M. Modlin
Modlin
Elizabeth Belle Modlin
Gertrude
E. A. Benson
Zelc Sime
Will Davidson
C. L. Emerson
Frank McPherron
H. H. Lichty
Woodlawn Cemetery
Iowa News
Monmouth
D. B. Staggs
Raymond Agnitsch
E. R. Bristol
L. C. Hannahs
Leslie Collins
Howard Kride
E. S. Danks
Ralph Edwards
Calamus
Virgil A. White
Earl McLatchie
Dorsey Messecher
William J. Eden
Ivan Heuer
Earl Kenyon
J. B. St. John l
J. Kuebler
Eastern Iowa
Duchess Livers
Europe
England
Holland
Belgium
France
J. J. Clark
W.C
Bull
Washington College
Plan Conference On Child Welfare
Shueyville
Shueyville High School
Donald Witousek
Richard Hahn
Esther Armstrong
West Union
John D. Butler
West Union Hospital
Harrison Butler
Fayette County
Rollin Butler
Cclwein
Butler
George Def. Fisher
Presbyterian Church
William Serbousek, Georsene Castek
Frigidaire
General Motors
Jaco Ilacre
Theo
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