St Berchmans seminary to hold commencement exercises
The Rev. Father J I Patnode of Preston will deliver the commencement address at St Berchmans seminary in the school auditorium. Graduates include William A Byrne Robert E Lee John W Bottiell Warren Winters Marcus Ferreter Theodor Davin and Darrel Wilkey. The public is invited.
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J. I. Patnode
Preaton
St. Berchman’s Seminary
Father Patnode
St. Berchman’s
Preston
William A. Byrne
Robert E. Lee
John W. Bottiiell
Chicago
Warren Winters
Davenport
Marcus Ferreter
Marion chapter to celebrate eighty second anniversary event
Marion chapter No. 10 R A M holds its eighty second anniversary at the Masonic temple with a 4 pm Royal Arch degree, a 6:30 pm dinner, and speaker Earl B. Delzell of Cedar Rapids. Members of the W C T U entertain former members Tuesday at 2:30 at Mrs E T Gough’s home. Several local visits and club meetings are scheduled around the holiday week.
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Marion
Masonic Temple
Earl B. Delzell
Cedar Rapids
Long married life celebrated with Midwest family gathering
A family dinner at 842 Fourth Avenue marks the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mrs. Hess parents Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Comport. Attending are their children and grandchildren from Minnesota South Dakota Iowa and Nebraska, with Rosie, Diane, Nancy among the Hess daughters and a large wedding cake baked by son-in-law Elmer Bowser. The couple wed May 26 1888 in Gary South Dakota. Mr. Comport born in Chatham England and emigrated to Canada at age eight.
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Robert Hess
Fourth Avenue
Hess
Christopher Comport
Sixth Avenue
Roy H. Comport
Comport
Robert
Minneapolis
P. P. Churchill
Churchill
Norma
Beth
Billie
St. Paul
Thomas P. Comport
Duane
Tommy Lea
Superior
Wis
Elmer Bailey
Bailey
Doris
Betty
Arthur
Dixon, S. D
Harley Bowser
Bowser
Barbara Ann
Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Hess
Rosalie
Diane
Nancy
Rosa Millen
Gary
S. D
South Dakota
Mr. Comport
Chatham
England
Canada
Osakis
Minn
Marion
Athenian club elects officers after May breakfast
Mrs. Beryl Dickey was elected president of the Athenian club at a Marion Golf Club meeting following its annual May breakfast. Officers named include Mrs. W. E. Powell as vice president, Mrs. Lewis Papes as secretary, and Mrs. Leonard Storm as treasurer. The group voted to donate $1 to the cancer control fund. The breakfast served twenty-one members at a long table centered with yellow daisies.
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Beryl Dickey
Athenian Club
Marion Golf Club
W. E. Powell
Lewis Papes
Leonard Storm
Cancer Control Fund
Legion pool to open with new facilities at park
The American Legion pool at Legion park will open Monday after completing repairs. Thirty new dressing booths double capacity, two new diving boards added, and morning swimming classes start the second week in June with instructors Al Miller Kenneth Hoeck and Orville Rust.
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American Legion Pool
Legion Park
al Miller
Kenneth Hoeck
Orville Rust
Mad Dancer Learns of World Changes
Nininsky, once a world famed dancer, now in a Swiss sanitarium, begins learning how the world changed since 1918. His wife plans June insulin shock treatment to restore mental balance while he follows rules and reduces weight.
Madame Nijinsky Plans Life If Treatments Fail
Madame Nijinsky hopes to recover an American girl said to be “raving mad” for five years. She has met the girl and discussed treatments for her husband. Meanwhile she continues plans to carry on her life as she has for 18 years if the treatments fail.
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Madame Nijinsky
Sixty-Eight Students To Get Diplomas At Maquoketa Wednesday
Sixty eight high school seniors will receive diplomas at Maquoketa Wednesday in the school auditorium with Frank Miles of the Iowa Legionaire delivering the commencement address on Whither America. Baccalaureate services are Sunday at the Congregational church with Rev. H H Dill speaking Youth Looks at Life. Junior college commencement Thursday features Dr Dale Welch of the University of Dubuque delivering the address to eighteen diploma recipients.
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Maquoketa
Frank Miles
The
Iowa Legionaire
America
Congregational Church
H. H. Dill
George F. Barsalou
C. Edward Holyoke
Harry Throckmorton
J. H. Grim
Thomas Null
Lucia Thorne
Robert Barker
Ellsworth Barrows
Aurora Beck
Dorothy Beck
Eleanor Beck
Robert Bentley
Helen Mae Bowman
Elizabeth Bronson
Doris
Tris Schroeder
Virginia Simpson
Kenneth Smith
Earlene Staggs
Edith Struble
Dorothy Stutting
Lois Suthers
Madge Vale
Catherine von Schrader
Lois Wing
Verna Woods
Janice Wurster
Dale Welch
University of Dubuque
Marian Bowman
Elen Broderson
Agnes Busch
Wilma Dyer
Harold Hayes
Joyce Jensen
Otis Joiner
John Luckiesh
Marian Miller
Winfield Rimmer
Patrick O’meara
Carol Roe
Norman Scheib
Harvey Steward
Blanche Stockham
John Toedt
LaMoine Tomlinson
Doris Wilson
Monona
St. Patrick’s School
St. Patrick’s Church
Luke Don Jon
Elizabeth Rahe
la von Kaveny
Milton Klima
Thomas Krippene
Rose Mary Whittle
Henry Bromelkamp
American Legion
Calmar
W. Strunk
Luther College
F. A. Hennessy
Hopkinton Free To Use Municipal Plant
Judge George W. Wood in district court frees Hopkinton from an injunction sought by Dr. Ward C. Mason, a Hopkinton dentist, who argued as a taxpayer he would be damaged by the municipal plant. The plant, rushed to completion after legal battles, will soon start operation. Hopkinton has been served by Iowa Electric Company.
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Manchester
George W. Wood
Waterloo
Hopkinton
Ward C. Mason
Mason
Iowa Electric Company
Memorial Day Services Highlight Iowa Towns
Iowa brief with observances across Wilton Hazleton Monona Calmar Quasqueton Scotch Grove. Memorial events include American Legion tributes at cemeteries, church services, procession prayers, and speaker lineups.
Owa Democrats Fear Party Split Surface in Iowa
The article notes large Republican support for Roosevelt in Iowa, citing Roosevelt's 1936 plurality of 133,779 and Kraschel edging Wilson by 2,431 votes. Gillette gains Republican prestige with anti New Deal votes and opposition to the court enlargement plan, seen as an asset to Democrats.
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Republiccans
Roosevelt
Iowa
Kraschel
George Wilson
Gillette
Statehouse Democrats
Summer Play Schedule at Iowa U Announced
Visiting staff from New York and California will direct Iowa summer plays. Prof. Mabie names directors for Stage Door and The Con trast. Gordon Daviot's Richard of Bordeaux opens the community series with Prof. Morton directing. High school students join in and experimental theater plans add more productions.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
New York
California
University of Iowa
E. C Mabie
Dramatic Arts
Harry Albright
Cornell University
Edna Ferber
George Kaufman
William Coder
College of the Pacific
Royall Taylor
Gordon Daviot
Richard of
Bordeaux
Richard II
Vance Morton
Iowa
James L Begley dies at home near Springville
James L Begley 78 a large landholder died at his home three miles northwest of Springville He was born in Ottawa Illinois and married Mary Ann McGrath Surviving are a daughter Mrs Anna McArthur and three sons James Lawrence and Robert all of Springville Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 930 AM at St Josephs Catholic Church Marion with the rosary at his home Sunday at 730 PM Burial will be in Mt Calvary Cemetery
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Springville
James Lawerence Begley
Here
Ottawa
Mary Ann McGrath
Begley
Anna McArthur
James
Lawrence
Robert
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Marion
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
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Edward Manson
Blair's Ferry Road
Hattie Frager
Adella Hobart
Opal Gray
Sunshine Division
Will Sherman
Bert Gibson
J. E. Barnhart
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D. Earl Miller
Frank Strother
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Endeavor
Emmet Tow
Tenth Street
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Fourteenth Avenue
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R. Lee Taylor
James E. Cippera
B. F. Mentzer
Elmer Hollingsworth
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J. G. Blesch
George E. Beattie
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Eighth Avenue
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Josephine Whitacre
Central Avenue
Book Club
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Oxford Club
Epworth League
Regin Wieman
Rae
Grove City
Rebekah Lodge No. 35
I.C.C.F
Child Study Club
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Eleventh Street
Eldon Coffman
Polo, Il
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Franklin
Mount Ayr
Andrew P. Munson
Washington
Don Lothian
Adele
Kansas City
W. K. Lothian
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A. H. Kirkwood
Hazel Snell
Robert Munsen
Betty Bear
Freeport, Ill
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Delhi
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Levering
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Des Moines
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J. L. Roberts
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Ind
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Virgil Breed
Ladies Aid and Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Fred McShane
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Kenney
Havana
Herman Georges
Patricia Ann
Savannah, HI
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J. Ray Roberts
Forest City
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American Legion and Auxiliary
Charles Catshall
Stanley
Kint
Board of Education
Clouel Frana
Marie Hosting
Miriam Uher
Margaret Hosting
Mr. Jamieson
J. C. Iverson
Charles Schissel
Margaret Hasting
Hartwick
Alyce Lambert
Hartwick Consolidated School
Martha Gray
Ralph Lambert
First Avenue E
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Esther Iezek
Elsie Cleppe
Scotch Grove
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Center Junction
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Linn County
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