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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1937
Page
17
The piece surveys 50 year old letter writing manuals and presents modeled missives. It contrasts formal ancestral letters with modern casual notes and prints sample exchanges between lovers friends and suitors. It includes warnings about caution in romance and a pistol loan request as a curious relic of correspondence.
Earl J North chaired an organizational meeting at the Y M C A forming the Linn County Wildlife Federation. Thirty five of forty eligible groups were represented by 118 members. Three vice presidents were named R P Ink Charles Kosek and Maurice Crozier with Vernon White as secretary and Clare Nichols treasurer. John Tobin urged conservation and government cooperation during his talk.
At the Linn County meeting directors will be elected from twenty townships. No single organization will hold more than one officer or director. Scouts Pugh Metercord Taylor Pratt Battin and Keene of Troop 17 gave a first aid demonstration while Nick Fotion and Tommy Thomas Jr. played accordion.
Frazier and Hatch approve printing the report with J. C. Lewis of the Iowa Federation of Labor named to the coal commission. Gillette works on 1,500 copies and will present costs to the agricultural committee, amid suspicion of behind the scenes interests resisting circulation. Senator Clyde Herring welcomes the appointment as not being opposed.
St Wenceslaus high school presents a three act comedy Looking For Mary Jane in the school auditorium at 7 30 pm directed by Rev Joseph A Surovy. Cast includes Robert Bo chek LaVerne Fleagle Gus Merifield Kenneth Crump Berkeley Crane and others.
Step toward restoring Iowa to influence in Washington is noted as Lewis arrives Tuesday night and meets Senators Gillette and Herring. Both indicated they would not oppose his confirmation by the Senate. Gillette said his only issue was the manner of the appointment.
Malcolm Ross Matheson, 52, was interrupted during a meal in New York when a gun in his pocket discharged. A bullet grazed a finger and lodged in his left foot, prompting medical treatment.
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