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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1936
Page
13
Delinquent income taxes pour into Des Moines as Iowa tax board notes rising 1935 collections after Supreme Court upholds tax law. Chairman Valentine expects at least a 5 percent jump, with totals possibly reaching four million if delinquents pay up.
Guards at the state reformatory in Anamosa report a Des Moines law firm offered to recover back pay for a 10 percent fee. Warden Frazer said about 150 employees lost $32,000 under the salary reduction act and no agreement is in place, with most men reportedly turning down the proposal.
Iowa officials announced a state wide contest to name Iowa’s most beautiful girl to represent the state at the national contest in Atlantic City next fall. Local and district pageants will send winners to Des Moines with expenses paid for finals at the state fair. Competitors must be 14 to 23 years old and will be judged in evening wear or casual outfits, not swimsuits.
Mrs. Mary Perkins, believed oldest resident in Manchester, celebrated her 96th birthday at her daughter Mrs. E J A Hopkins home. Born May 2 1840 in Carbondale Illinois, she was married to Ana mosas first settler. Attending were family and friends from Davenport Buck Creek Cedar Rapids and Manchester.
Baccalaureate services for high school seniors and eighth grade graduates will be held Sunday at 8 p.m. in the Methodist church auditorium. Dr. Thomas J. Elwick will deliver the address. Eighth grade: Paul Novak Richard Kess. High school: Mabel Nebendahl Joe Novak Leo Machan Maxine Gillespie Alb ine Dvorak George Strachota.
The Tama high school senior class stages The Green Ghost a three act mystery comedy in Mills theater Friday. Director Miss Anedra Fall leads leading players Marie Mishek and George Fox with a full cast and student stage crew. A preshow band performs and a sextet sings during intermission with a matinee for school children Friday.
Johnson County Iowa approves a road program totaling 417645.85 dollars to surface 143.93 miles of trunk and local roads by 1938. The plan funds 221529 for main improvements with the rest for interest and bond retirement as grading and surfacing extend to 29 miles of county roads and 44 miles of local roads.
Des Moines obituary notes Milo Reno president of the Farmers Holiday Association dies after seven weeks of illness. Services will be Friday afternoon, with cremation. Rev J H Krenmeyer of Montezuma to officiate. Reno fell to influenza and complications, body returned to Des Moines from Excelsior Springs.
The Wellman high school senior class will stage Hold Everything on May 8. Rex Severt portrays Courtney Barrett Jr. and Dorothy De Frees plays Connie Morgan. Other cast members include Kittie Mae Maddock Jannette Wade Paul Blumenstein Helen Ihrig Frances Fisher Dorothy Butterbaugh Loise Groff Margaret Yoder Joe Kehoe Harold Shuck Leo Brown. Marian Quire directs.
University of Iowa deans support student marriages calling it a settling influence that often improves grades. About half of married couples share classes. others involve one partner. Couples often subsidize life, with some wives contributing most income.
Morley high school senior class presents the three act comedy Second Story Peggy Friday evening under Superintendent Earl Phillips. Leads are Mabel Darrow and Lewis Mc Pike with supporting roles by Helen Quandahl Wanda Grassfield Freddy Seibels Marshall Cook Loraine Willison and Kenneth Pieper. Junior senior banquet May 13. senior day May 22. baccalaureate May 24 by Rev W M McKinley. commencement May 29 with Dr Albion R King of Cornell College as speaker.
Cornell college begins the thirty eighth annual May Music festival with a Thursday 8 15 pm concert in the chapel featuring the Cornell Symphony Orchestra and A Cappella Choir under Prof Horace Alden Miller and Prof Harold W Baltz. Rose Bampton will give an artist recital Friday evening and the Chicago Symphony led by Frederick Stock performs two concerts Saturday with Jacques Jolas and Mischa Koff as soloists. The Thursday program includes soloist Prof Francis German and pieces from The Prophet La Reine Symphony and The Emperor Jones, with excerpts from recent spring tours and eight five Cornell students in the performance.
Supt W C Harding outlines May and June activities for Maquoketa schools. Senior class play runs May 11 and 12 with other events including junior college party May 11 and alumni banquet May 22. High school commencement is June 1 and baccalaureate services May 29.
Wheatland celebrates Amelia Skinner the town's oldest resident as she marks her ninety eighth birthday at her daughter Susan Curtis's home.
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