Louis F Swift Packer 75 Dies After Long Career at Swift
Louis F Swift, 75, former president and chairman of Swift and Company Packers, died Wednesday in Chicago Memorial Hospital after illness. He led the company for 28 years, raised capital to 150 million and surplus to 70 million, and resigned in 1931. He spent later years in Europe and Santa Barbara. He began with the firm dressing steers and rose to presidency after his father’s death.
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Iowa News In Brief Highlights Local Weddings and School Events
Manchester vows unite Sadie Dunlevy and Forrest Rose at the Galena parsonage. Junior senior banquets, commencements, and tributes fill towns from Williamsburg to Festina, with speakers from schools and Rotary clubs marking honors, addresses, and future plans.
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Oneida
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Eliza Rose
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Van Kuren Rites Planned in Cedar Rapids
The body of S J Van Kuren former sales executive at J G Cherry and later Cherry Burrell will arrive in Cedar Rapids Wednesday at 7 pm. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 pm in Turner chapel with Father R J Campbell Crescent lodge A F and A M officiating Burial in Cedar Memorial park Friends may call at the chapel. The deceased retired about three years ago from Home Supply Co of Dubuque where he served as vice president.
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St. Mary’s Catholic Church
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Frank Thuente
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Rose Creek
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J G. Cherry Company
Cherry-Burrell Corporation
Minneapolis
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R. J. Campbell
Crescent Lodge
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Cedar Memorial Park
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Marion women showcase diverse hobbies at library exhibit
The Women's Federation of clubs hosted an afternoon and evening program in the public library with shows ranging from a barbed wire exhibit to Gesso art. Awards went to Mrs. Earl Anderson for most unusual piece and Mrs. Ida Hall for being the oldest exhibitor. Other honors went to Effie Miller for handicraft and Francis Higgins for a miscellaneous display. A rock garden display by Nature and Garden club and a musical program followed. Officers were reelected and a grade school music festival with 500 pupils is slated for Friday at 2:30 p.m. in the high school gym.
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Hal Kinser
Emma Klein
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Emery Miller
C .A. Dykes
A G. Beckman
S. A. Fontaine
Vernon Nominated For Lions Club President
C B Vernon superintendent of schools was nominated for president of the Lions club at a dinner meeting at the Michel tea room Tuesday night. E J Miller was nominated for first vice president Roy Bennett second vice president Irwin Ford treasurer H F Knight lion tamer Clyo Castle tail twister Karl W Kendall Harley Breed and Harry Dunn directors Election will be held at the next meeting. Floyd Philbrick of Cedar Rapids spoke on the history of the Constitution and the supreme court.
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Cedar Rapids
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Beckman Weeces
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Delta Sigma Delta Initiates Nine at Marion High
The Marion high school's Delta Sigma Delta chapter of the National Honor Society initiated nine candidates Monday evening. Guests included parents, school board members and wives, with the high school faculty present. Officers Kirk Snell Edward Hanna Nadine Cave and John Granger led the ceremony and social hour, admitting Alta Farley Mary Helen Sloss Lorraine Keenan Alice McGowan Mary Ellen Granger Lillian Ann Harding Gaylord Ward John Titus and Frank Swift based on scholarship leadership service and character.
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Nadine Cave
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Alta Farley
Mary Helen Sloss
Lorraine Keenan
Alice McGowan
Mary Ellen Granger
Lillian Ann Harding
Gaylord Ward
John Titus
Frank Swift
Baby Girl Dies After 27-Ounce Birth in Berea
In Berea Ohio physicians failed to save a newborn girl weighing 27 ounces born to Mrs Wilma Huffman 27 of Brunswick Ohio. The infant died less than five hours after birth in Berea Community Hospital.
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