Memorial Concert at Franklin High in Honor of Two Staff
A memorial concert honoring Alice C Inskeep and Ruby Byers will be presented at 8 p.m. Friday in the Franklin High School auditorium by the music organizations. The program features orchestra, band, Treble Clef Singers, Boys Glee Club, and A Cappella Choir, with Miss Inskeep remembered for 25 years of service and Miss Byers noted for retirement in 1938. The Haydn London Symphony No. 1 and a Bach Sleepers Wake arrangement lead a varied program incliding Dvorak Volta. Patrons are asked to remain seated during the Haydn piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice C Inskeep
Ruby Byers
Franklin High School
Boys' ‘Glee Club
Miss Inskeep
R. L. Moehlmann
Miss Byers
Franklin
Senting
Helen Keith
Mohlmann
Haydn London Symphony
Basel
London Symphony
Haydn Adneto
Orchestra America
Symphony America
Handel-Gaines
Dvorak Voléa_Hoatman
Erie Canal
Phillips Boys’ Glee Club
Schwartz- Bourdon
Janice Aisley
Francis of Assis
Mochimann
Red Cross seeks office space and wartime kit orders
Red Cross directors voted to locate shared offices for production, volunteer services and motor corps and to buy a used car for first aid instructors. Miss Helen Hubbard oversees 500 kit bags and items for soldiers, while Capt Milliken notes Cedar Rapids police first aid suitcases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Directors of
The
Red Cross
Tinn County
Miss Helen Hubbard
Army
Marine Corps
E. A Milliken
First Aid
Cedar Rapids
The Poet of the People Edgar A Guest Reflections on War Loss
The verse contrasts a mother who mourns a son in war with a rival mother who boasts pride in her bereaved status. It argues war sacrifice outweighs personal pride and notes the wartime context. A WPB order halting golf club production saves millions of pounds of steel for the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPB
Red Cross Seeks Textiles and Food for Linn County Aid
Red Cross drives in Linn County report 984 donated books set for Des Moines and 3,800 plus books received locally for distribution. Campaign continues as women with textile knowledge are urged to contact production headquarters. mittens blankets and hospital slippers are planned from surplus cloth. Production notes tout 50 layettes and 375 members across classes since January 1942, with drivers and first aid training expanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Alice Story
Public Library
Linn
Sherman Yates
Ways and Means Committee
Red Cross
Also Mentioned on This Page
Franklin High
Alice C. Inskeep
Standard Tire CO
First Avenue
First Street NE
DIAL
Union Pacific
Union Pacific Stages
Union Bus Depot
Second Street SE
CTA
Lebensraum
Max Bromwell
Killian Company
Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
Red
Second Evangelical Church
Ninth Street
Florence Frasher
Harold Miner
Linn County
Paul Huston
H. D. O'Meara
Rick Stoddard
Ways and Means
NYA
Charles Moore
All- Townair
F W Woolworth Company
Linn County Fish and Game Club
Mizpah Circle of
King's Daughters
Y Woca
Grace McCurdy
James Taylor
Enue SW
Pendleton
Pendleter
Seret
Litdleton
Killian’s
Sheers
Batiste
Wells
Fort Worth
Monty
Ayds
Killian’s Basement
Lian
Base Xient
Nillian
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!