Labor Apprentice Committees Named in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids employers and unions formed joint committees to set minimum standards for bricklayers and masons apprentices and plan hours of work and schooling under guidance of Clarence Bassarent. Other trades including electricians and painters already have committees with local company and union representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Morehead-Frederikson Construction Company
Clarence R. Bassarent
Washington, D. C
Federal Committee
Master Builders Association
Herbert L Morehead
Morehead-Frederikson Company
R. W. Rinderknecht
Stark Building Company
William H. Lightner
Lightner Brothers
Joe J. Barker
James Forrest
John E. Gould
Bricklayers and Masons Union
Bassarear
H. L. Johnson
Ira Sacora
L. W. Clifford
Cedar Stupids
Painting and Decorating Contractors of America
W. J. Dochterman
Mr. Dugan
Clyde Rubey
James Cusack
Cusack Electric Company
Tim Shea
Cedar Rapids Electric Company
E. R. Heinze
Meinze Electric Company
The
Electrical Contractors of America
WB. Lane
L. C. Schuknecht
Guy L. Cooper
Electricians’ Union
Des Moines
Dubuque
Waterloo
Sioux City
Davenport
Washington Youth Rescues Classmate Heroic Act Honored
Henry Miller 19 a national guardsman and high school junior was recommended for a military medal for bravery after rescuing classmate Delman Yoder 17 from drowning in the Skunk river near Brighton both youths from Washington Miller jumped into 20 feet of water as Yoder went under a second time Captain Oral J Brown commander of Millers cavalry troop urged the award to Adjutant General Charles H Grahl for peace time heroism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, In
Henry Miller
National
Holiday And Summer Library Hours Are Set
Cedar Rapids public library announces special hours for Memorial Day and summer. Main library will be open 2 to 6 p.m. for reading only. Boys and Girls Library closed. Sixteenth Avenue SW Library closed Tuesday, reopens Wednesday 3 to 5:30 p.m. Summer hours begin May 31 for Boys and Girls Library: Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Boys and Girls
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Hummer the quick hummingbird saves Uncle Wiggily group
In a garden scene the swift hummingbird Hummer outmaneuvers the Bob Cat. He drives away the predator to protect Uncle Wiggily and the rabbit children and reveals his nest with eggs nearby. The group thanks him and learns he has more to tell about his departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Cat
Uncle Wiggily
Baby Bunty
Rabbit
Hummer
Zip
Bob
Mr. Hummer
Death of Cedar Rapids man after auto crash
Lee W. Reid sixty six of 427 Sixteenth street E died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a Tuesday morning crash on the Ely road five miles south of Cedar Rapids. He lived in Cedar Rapids five years coming from Mount Vernon and is survived by his wife eight children seven grandchildren and a brother. Funeral services will be held at Neff funeral home in Mount Vernon at 230 p.m. Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee W. Reid
Sixteenth Street
W. A. Walker
Frank Brosh
Ely Road
Cedar Rapids
Reid
Mount Vernon
Harold
Lamont
E. M. Light
Davenport
Ruth
Clifford Gilleland
Elmer
Ivan
M. E. Powers
Wes Kadera
Martelle
C. E. Reid
Los Angeles
Calif
Neff
James J. Quirk Dies After Prolonged Illness at Cedar Rapids
Retired James Joseph Quirk died at his Midway Drive NW home at 9 30 p m Thursday after a long illness. Born January 1 1869 in Sussex Wisconsin he lived in Milwaukee before moving to Cedar Rapids 21 years ago. He married Ruth Rockey on July 14 1918 in Omaha Nebraska and is survived by one stepson Clarence E Barker of Milwaukee. He belonged to the Order of Railway Trainmen and the Turner chapel. Father R J Campbell will celebrate a service Sunday at 2 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Joseph Quirk
Midway Drive
Sussex
Wis
Milwaukee
Cedar Rapids
Omaha
Neb
Ruth Rockey
Clarence E. Barker
Quirk
Order of Railway
Turner Chapel
R. J. Campbell
Mrs Frances Erusha Votroubek of Fairfax Dies After Illness
Mrs Frances Erusha Votroubek of Fairfax died in a local hospital at 3 10 am Friday after a lingering illness. Born October 27 1866 she lived 50 years in Johnson and Linn counties the last 19 in Fairfax. Survived by three sons Edward and John Erusha of Amana Fairfax Mil ner Erusha of Walford. 11 grandchildren one great grandchild and sister Mrs Clara Rozek of Victor. Funeral at St Patrick s Fairfax 9 30 am Monday with Rev J J Buzynski. burial in Grabin cemetery Johnson County. body to Polansky chapel home Sunday after 2 pm with Rosary at 815 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Erusha Votroubek
Fairfax
Victor
Johnson and Linn
John Erusha
Amana
Edward Erusha
Milner Erusha
Funeral services for Henry Riddle near North Liberty
Funeral services for Henry Riddle who died at his daughter Mrs. Charles Langer residence route 1 Amana will be held at Polansky chapel at 1 p.m. Saturday conducted by Rev Benjamin F Paroulek. Burial at Sulek cemetery with pallbearers Ernest Lopata Fred Kaplan Frank Turewick John Vorel Frank Fisher and Frank Novy. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Riddle
North Liberty
Charles Langer
Amana
Polansky Chapel
Benjamin F Paroulek
Sulek Cemetery
Ernest Lopata
Fred Kaplan
Frank Turewick
John Vorel
Frank Fisher
Frank Novy
Marion Alumni elects Annie Laura Davidson president
Marion High School Alumni Association selected Miss Annie Laura Davidson as president at its annual banquet held Thursday evening at the Presbyterian church. Other officers include Miss Ruby Secrist Hanscom as vice president and Louise Cippera as secretary with Richard Starry reelected treasurer. 167 members of the 1939 graduating class and alumni attended. The event marks a long-standing reunion tradition since 1872 with music, speeches, and a post banquet dance at the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Laura Davidson
Marion High School Alumni Association
Presbyterian Church
Ruby Secrist Hanscom
Louise Cippera
Richard Starry
Carrie Reichert
Lulu B Secrist
Clyde Scott
J. M. Tallman
Cedar Rapids
Lyle N Warren
Lyle Kindig
Donald Beadle
Irvin L. Ford
Dorothy Ford
Ruth Ostrander
Earl Fulton
Kathryn McElwain
Harry P Dunlap
Reading
Susan Hawkins
Nancy Ellen Hanscom
J M Tallman
Ralph Fitzgerald
Louise Carpenter Louis
Harlan
Effie Coenen Reimers
Roy Todd
Reichert
Minnie Burns Wingert
Des Moines
Ella Wiley Tallman
J. M Tallman
Myrtle Randall Coquillette
Essie Johnson
Ruby Mills Drake
Ben Drake
Palo
Flora Goodhue Fisher
Mount Vernon
Reimers
Jack Reimers
Byrd Clogston Allen
Todd
Marion
Starry Family Visit and Commencement Plans in Marion
Mary Elizabeth Starry joined the group visiting relatives in Marion for the high school commencement where Albert W. Schenken graduates. Wil liam C. Heck of Evansville and Arnold Heck of St. Louis attend with other family members while visits extend to Cedar Rapids and the Lines home in Marion. Memorial day sales and local ads punctuate the page alongside 4-H meeting notices and a note that Marion grocers will close all day for Memorial day observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
A. A. Schenken
William C. Heck
Evansville
Albert W. Schenken
Arnold Heck
St. Louis
John Lines
Werner and
Otto Heck
Cedar Rapids
Frank Wells
Preston
Birthday Honors For Mrs Hibner With Surprise Tea
Observing Mrs George M Hibner's birthday, nurse Estelle Brockway hosted a surprise party and dessert luncheon at 1725 Eighth Avenue. Entre Nous club members attended. Hibner received a plant. Despite four years of illness after a stroke, she stays cheerful, drives in a wheelchair, enjoys radio calls, church and club activity, and a changed worship time at St. Pauls Lutheran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M Hibner
Estelle Brockway
Snyders Return From Western Trip Reach Hibner Home
Lawrence Kesting presides in court while Mr and Mrs Fred Snyder return from a two week tour visiting Salt Lake City Cheyenne and other western points. Dr E G Houseman of Portland Oregon a brother in law of Mrs George Hibner will visit the Hibner home during his Missouri medical meeting trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Snyder
Salt Lake City
Cheyenne
West
E G. Houseman
Portland
Ore
George M. Hibner
Missouri
Hibner
Dundee Clerk Dies of Heart Attack in Maquoketa
C C Wolaver 71 city clerk of Dundee for 42 years collapsed in a Maquoketa cafe shortly after noon Friday Coroner J W Jordan ordered an inquest Wolaver was with Eugene Barnes of Dundee they drove from Cedar Rapids two hours earlier Survivors include half brother Frederick Jones Jacksonville Florida and sister Florence C Wolaver Dundee Mrs Wolaver died in 1937
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
C. Wolaver
Dundee
John W Jordan
Wolaver
Eugene Barnes
Cedar Rapids
Frederick Jones
Jacksonville
Fla
Florence C. Wolaver
Approve Removal of Limit On U. S. Bonds
Washington report shows the finance committee favorably endorsing legislation to remove the thirty billion dollar cap on federal bond issuance after Treasury Secretary Morgenthau testified before the committee. The move aims to broaden borrowing capacity for the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INL
Senate
Finance Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Staff Announced for Boy Scout Camp Waubeck 1939
Scout Executive N Harold West announced the 1939 Waubeck Camp staff in Cedar Rapids area. James Manville is director with Imig Nemecek Freeman Mitchell Woodward Lehmkuhl Sopousek Kinser Palmer Kopecky Hillmer Schreckengast Eyre Blocher Gourley plus others as assistant scoutmasters and crafts staff. Over 150 boys from 14 troops enrolled. camp periods run June 18 to July 30 with a Catholic retreat June 14 to 17 and canoe trips July 15 to 31 and Aug 5 to 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Waubeck
Cedar Rapids
Waubeeck
N. Harold West
James C. Manville
Charles Imig
Ivan Nemecek
Clifford Freeman
Bob Mitchell
Perry Woodward
Don Lehmkuhl
Jack Sopousek
Fred Kinser
Harold Palmer
Ed Kopecky
Ernest Hillmer
Cook
Wayne Schreckengast
James Eyre
Harold Blocher
Bob Gourley
M. J. Tracy
John Theobald
Looking for a furniture upholsterer or repair service
Classified Want Ads highlight classification 10 for furniture upholstery and repair services. The brief notice invites a man to offer upholstering or repair work for furniture.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bedtime
James J. Quirk
Frances Votroubek
Marion News
Edward T. Gough
Jean Lehdigh
Frances Hoglund
Co. V. R. de Jong
Irving E. Wade
L. W. Inman
C. G. Ellinger
Arlene Guzzle
Elinore Kesting
Methodist Church
Letha Fowler
Helen Hamm
Barbara Price
Theresa Farley
Merle Knight
Helen Wade
Emine Stark
Lois Leidigh
Leola Gonzales
Betty Beranek
June Cunningham
Emma Klein
Elsie St. John
E. A Lagerquist
Bonnie Carey
Russell Ellinger
Mr. Ellinger
E. E Godwin
Melvyn Arp
Mothers Club
Walter Morrison
Max Berlin
Darrel C. Marchant
Berlin
Elvic Peterson
Ivan Gillmore
W. E. Peddycoart
Melvin Sebrecht
Peddycoart
Lester R Boettcher
Bob Vernon
Epworth League of the Methodist Church
Kenneth Cornell, Jr
Norma Biddick
Mary Alice Kemble
Benjamin Nollsch
Bruce Phillips
Ruth Hanscom
Eileen Schenken
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Milwaukee Service Club
Milwaukee Railroad Women's Club
Ellis Park
Dickey’s Foods
Margaret Zak
Bernard Struck
Eleanor Hanna
Jersey
Hallwood Cafe
Neil Sills
Marian Layer
Jerry Layer
Blair's Ferry Road
7Th Ave
Minnie Wingert
Bert Dean
Willard Haak
Marion Dairy
Camp Fire
Balster
Frank Starry
Dickie
Webster City
E. A
National Tea Store
Kendall's
Euting
Byron Ambdenstock
West Eighth Avenue
Scott Lehdigh
Roy E. Leidigh
Ed Sigfred
Edgerton
Portage
Ed Sigfred’s
8Th Ave
Tommy Jones
Harry B. Jones
St Luke's Hospital
Owen's
Wibner
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Mark Steege
Bethany Lutheran Church of
Carl E. Krog
Roneey Plaza
Miami Beach
America
Pabst
Blue Ribbon
Smart America
Pabst Sales Company
Chicago
Culbert’s Market
Leibsohn
Wilson’s
L&c
Lawrence Kesting
U. S
Raye
Third Street SE
Frigidaire
Breidare
Rca-Victor
Pick
RCA Victor
Iowa
Checker Electric
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