Ellen Church Pioneer of Air Stewardess Role
New York report outlines Ellen Church the first airline stewardess who in 1930 combined nursing with flying after visiting Boeing in San Francisco. United Air Lines carried 900 of about 10 000 stewardesses, Church later became hospital administrator after a 1932 crash and cites gendered passenger expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez Robb
New York
Washington
Boeing Air Transport Company
San Francisco
Ellen Church
Boeing
Steve Stimpson
Stimpson
Miss Church
United Air Lines
Lonely Hearts Club
United
Union Hospital of
Terre Haute
City Hall approves Christmas trees sale for Optimist club
City council granted permission to the Optimist club to use the city market for a Christmas tree fundraiser from December 1 to 24. Seventeen signatures urged tree trimming on D Avenue NE. Council referred tree issue to City Arborist Elmer Dellaney for review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Optimist Club
Optimist
Brett Dishong
D Avenue
Twenty-fourth
Twenty Seventh Street
Elmer Dellaney
City council bids and street projects approved in 1955 actions
The council referred traffic and street work items including stalls for the gas company at 716 First Street SE and curb and gutter work on Lau ren and Deborah drives SW. It authorized curb and gutter on Henderson avenue and Hill drive SE and considered a shared driveway for Klinsky property. Erosion issues at 1036 Twenty-sixth street SE were sent to the engineering department. Bids for water main construction on Westwood drive NW and E avenue NW were approved for June. April spending totaled $387,516.83 from the 1955 appropriation, with year-to-date expenditures of $1,438,439 and $3,771,831 remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Midwest Homes, Inc
Thirty-second
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company
First Street
John Dedic
Henderson Avenue
Hill Drive
Dedic
Young
Harold F. Klinsky
Klinsky
Bever Avenue SE
H. E. Licht
Twenty-sixth Street
Engineering Department
Westwood Drive
E Avenue
Belmont Parkway
Ood Road
Stewart Shank
Local horse and wagon sighting at gas station prompts surprise
A horse and wagon caused a double take in front of a gasoline station as onlookers watched the horse driver check air in the wagon tires while a nearby observer noted the odd scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nouette Nectorists
Ceiver
Advance Order Books Eyed for Clue to Summer Slump
New York AP report notes firms monitor advance order books for signals of a summer dip. Steel mills may see July August production down about 10 percent while auto production shifts to newer models. Some sectors brace for a seasonal slowdown, offset by renewed orders from farm machinery and oil industries. Labor contracts and building activity also affect the year’s second half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Detroit
NEW York (Ap
New York Coliseum
Indus
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Inez
Stephens College
Columbia
Horatio Alger
City
Harold S. Johnson
William T. McAllen
Iowa State Fire School
Ames
Jim Scolaro
Francis Beryl O’connor
William Kudina
John Hanna
H. M. Becker
The
Harriet Company
William Company
Lauren and Deborah Drives
Frank Young
Craemers
Dial
Trulon
Craemer's
Srone
Labor
Sam Dawson
Federal Reserve
Labor Department
Weyerhaeuser
Blairstown
Orville K. Moore
Mgr
Fairfax E. F. Listebarger, Mgr
Norway
Henry W. Trosky
Craemer’s
Sheers
Craemer
Saison
Waverly
Cyrus Clark
Delsey
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