State Board Seeks Mental Health And Reform Directors
Des Moines reports the state board of control plans to hire a director of mental institutions and a director of state industries along with a child welfare specialist. Hauge notes funding limits and aims to recruit in New York during May. Bids for staff housing duplexes at six mental hospitals open May 27, with locations at Clarinda, Mt. Pleasant, Cherokee, Independence, Glenwood, and Woodward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Bogan
Des Moines
Board of Control
Herbert Hauge
Hauge
P. F. Hopkins
Mason City
New York City
American Psychiatric Association
F. G. Cooper
Woodward
Clarinda
Mt. Pleasant
Cherokee
Independence
Glenwood
Coe Alumni Officers Elected at Anamosa
William J Stusak elected president of the Coe college alumni group in Anamosa at a dinner in the Iowan hotel Wednesday. He is an instrumental music instructor in Anamosa schools. G I Graver elected vice president and building fund campaign chairman. Mrs James T Remley named secretary and treasurer. Byron Hollinshead Coe president outlined plans and showed slides of proposed new campus buildings. Twenty one attendees.
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Anamosa
William J Stusak
Coe College
Iowan Hotel
G. I. Graver
Coe Building Fund
James T Remley
Byron Hollinshead
Coe
Hearing on Ames Building Project Set for Monday
The state board of education will hold a 2 p.m. Monday hearing on objections from Ames property owners to plans for permanent student apartments. Over 300 owners attended a Thursday meeting voicing disapproval while few students spoke in support.
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AMES
State Board of Education
Lester Armstrong
Ames House and Property Owners Foundation
Board of Education
Armstrong
Lutherans Rally in Manchester Speakers From Ohio and Iowa
Eastern Iowa Lutheran youth gather at First Lutheran church Manchester for a rally with Rev Marcus Rieke of Columbus Ohio youth director of the American Lutheran church and Rev M Adaix of Waterloo. A fellowship dinner follows in Legion hall at 6 30 with Jack Rhode of Manchester as emcee. Attending youth hail from Luana Monona Farmersburg Garnaville Guttenberg Elkport Littleport Strawberry Point Dundee Lamont Earlville and Dubuque.
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Manchester
Marcus Rieke
Columbus
Ohio
American Lutheran Church
First Lutheran
M Adaix
Waterloo
Legion Hall
Jack Rhode
Luana
Monona
Farmersburg
Garnaville
Guttenberg
Elkport
Littleport
Strawberry Point
Dundee
Lamont
Earlville
Dubuque
Changes in Public Health Work Told By Dr. Bierring
Dr. Walter Bierring Iowa public health commissioner told the Iowa Public Health Association in Des Moines that preventive medicine has widened beyond its earlier gains. He cited heart disease cancer and diabetes as new focal problems and urged a shift from mass methods to individualized detection and nutrition driven prevention. Leonard Murray called for stronger public health education in schools to embed health concepts in curricula.
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DES Moines
Walter Bierring
Iowa Public Health Association
Bierring
Leonard CC. Murray
State Department of Health
Health education urged for youth by Murray
Murray urged increased focus on teaching health needs to youth, noting a wartime era statistic that one in three were found unfit for military service at the war's start. He emphasized preventive care and routine wellness to improve resilience and readiness.
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Murray
Gov Blue To Present S U 1 Military Awards
Iowa City Gov Robert Blue will present awards for military science at Governor's Day ceremonies at the University of Iowa on May 10 Col W W Jenna head of the military department announced Paul Smith of Wyoming is the best drilled first year student and Robert Haley of Sioux City is the best drilled man in the second year basic group Scholarship medals go to Thomas Brooke West Liberty Lawrence Cornish Odebolt Louis Lapides Rochester NY Paul Smith Wyoming William Spear Oakdale David Stanley Muscatine Daniel Zoll Brookline Mass Paul Maxwell What Cheer Charles Thodt Walcott Walter Petersen Audubon and Sidney Guthrie Pittsburgh
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Iowa City
Robert Blue
University of Iowa
W. W. Jenna
Paul Smith
Wyoming
Robert Haley
Sioux City
Thomas Brooke
West Liberty
Lawrence Cornish
Odebolt
Louis Lapides
Rochester
William Spear
Oakdale
David Stanley
Muscatine
Daniel Zoll
Brookline
Mass
Paul Maxwell
What Cheer
Charles Thodt
Walcott
Walter Petersen
Audubon
Sidney Guthrie
Pittsburgh
Amvets Top National Officers Set to Address Iowa Meeting
DES MOINES AP The two top Amvets national officers will headline the Iowa state Amvet meeting May 3 and 4. National Commander Ray Sawyer of Washington and National Vice Commander Arthur J. Madar of Detroit will speak to more than 300 delegates from 75 posts. Sawyer will discuss Peace and Democracy and Madar will address Obligations of the Young Veterans. Des Moines Mayor John MacVicar and State Amvet Commander Edgar C. Corry Jr. will also speak.
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Des Moines
Amvets
Ray Sawyer
Washington
Arthur J. Madar
Detroit
Iowa
Sawyer
Madar
John MacVicar
Edgar C. Corry, Jr
Amvet
Anti-Closed Shop Rulings Up to Courts
Iowa debate over the anti closed shop law centers on whether it applies to existing union contracts and to firms in interstate commerce. Spokesmen say courts or Congress must decide, with unions and employers wary of impact while legal questions hinge on contracts, police power, and federal regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Congress
Ed Kimball
The
Town Manufacturers Association
Kimball
John Connolly
Kimball and
Connolly
Ocheltree couple to celebrate 65th wedding anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. George M. Ocheltree mark sixty-five years of marriage this Sunday. Most of their children plan to attend the family observance. The item also notes an odd aside about the name Nina as a Sumerian deity, though its relevance to the celebration is unclear.
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Victor
George M. Ocheltree
Marion News Baptist Guild Officers Elected
Marion News reports Baptist Guild officers elected at the May breakfast with Mrs Stanley Hotle as president and vice presidents including Mrs Jesse Potter and Mrs Clifford Awbrey. Other posts filled by Mrs Walter Grieshaber secretary and Mrs Richard Alexander treasurer. Also notes three brides honored and plans for a Marion high school music trip to St Joseph Mo. pending bus charter.
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Baptist Guild
Stanley Hotle
Baptist Rachel
Board of Education
Marion High School
St. Joseph
Rose Wilcox
Howard Ellison
Charles Moore
Marion Baptist Church
Raymond Eckhart
Herbert Harford
Beryl Fuller
Donald Hoff
Carl Whittemore
John Lowe
O. R. Martin
Wilber Bear
E. A. Lagerquist
Homer Soden
Carl Whit
Local notices and ads from Cedar Rapids Gazette May 2 1947
Community items list club meeting details and local ads including furniture shipments, a birth announcement for Kathleen Marie Gunn, land purchases by Sorg in Marion, and various grocery specials. Travel notices mention Kent Finger family visiting Creeds Virginia and Art Knapp returning from Tucson Arizona.
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State Board
Will
New York
Reynolds
Theo Shelly
Spring Branch
Roosevelt Eru
2Nd ST
Gov. Blue
S.U.1. Military
John W. Henderson
Iowa Daily Press Association
Labor
Nina
Emember
Sanford
GAY New Gift Shop
Godey
Coventry
Thompson
Artifici
Stanwood
Osco Drug
Third Avenue
Marion News
Marion
H R. Livingston
the Musical Literary Club
Lulu Toms
Edward Lula
Metta Whitcomb
Ruby Powles
Cargill
John Knapp, Jr
South Nineteenth Street
K-V Cafe
Presbyterian Church
Dickey’s Food Store
Verle Etzel
Alburncit
St Luke's
Tenth Street Market
Walter Bensch
Mothers Club
Carl Foster
Presi
Cedar Rapids
Arp
Robert E. Gunn
Denver
Kathleen Marie
Gunn
Lucille Holsinger
Fred G. Holsinger
Grace Kappenhaver
Ady
N F. Sorg
Orchard Heights
Stewart Hawk
Oscar Martin
Washington Avenue
Knapp's Grocery
Kent Finger
Steven
Robert Whittemore
Creeds, Va
Art Knapp
Tucson, Ariz
Culbert’s Food Market
Texas
Calif
Heinz Baby Foods
Taki Ri
Dickey'’ & Phone
Monarch
Jack Sprat
Richelieu
Chase & Sanborn Coffee
del Monte
Robin Hood
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