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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 05, 1939

Page

19

Cornell Writers Club Nurtures Campus Creative Writing

The Cornell Writers club meets weekly for two decades under Dr. Clyde Tull to read critique and discuss manuscripts. Members include Winifred Van Etten Jewell Bothwell Tull Arrola Bush Cole Edward Weismiller and others contributing to The Husk Atlantic Monthly and Yale publications.

Writers Club University Wits Mermaid Inn Shakespeare England Ings Clyde Tull Professor Tull Toppy Cedar Rapids Tull Winifred van Etten I Am the Atlantic Monthly Little, Brown Husk Jewell Bothwell Tull Cornell Arrola Bush Cole Fleischmann Yeast Hour William L. Stidger Edward Weismiller The Yale University Yale Press Merton College, Oxford Forum Harper’s Poetry Virginia Quarterly Scribner’s Wield Tales Epworth Herald True Story Stage Women Your Life True Romance New York Times Max Hampton Gazette John Wherry Wyoming Mount Vernon Ruth Messenger Antoinette Coxsee Monticello Alice Marie Bigger Jim Daly

Marion High Votes for Homecoming Queen

Marion students will vote early in the week on Homecoming Queen candidates from each class led by senior Mary Balster and Ruth Hanscom, junior Zella Mae Fenlon and Theola Gordon, sophomore Bonnie Carey and Mary Ives, and freshman Patricia Benedict and Betty Peck. A Mount Vernon game and a school dance follow.

Marion High School Mary Balster Ruth Hanscom Zella Mae Fenlon Theola Gordon Bonnie Carey Mary Ives Patricia Benedict Betty Peck Mount Vernon High School Marion

Community notices from Marion and Maquoketa area events

Local families host dinners parties and birthday observances including John Miller tenth birthday in Maquoketa and the Reichard home staff. Campus guests from Cornell College and Marion visitors attend meals and weekend stays. Church activities feature missionary society meetings family suppers and quarterly conferences with speakers and volunteers.

Elaine Mitchell Elected President Of Local Sunday School

Elaine Mitchell was elected president of the M. S. K. Sunday school class at the Methodist church during a meeting with a picnic supper and Halloween party at teacher Mrs. Marion Silker Klingler’s home. Anna Mae Nolisch became vice president and Marjorie Ostrander secretary and treasurer. The class name honors teacher Mrs. Pearl Myers and her son Car of Pasadena who have visited the kinfolk in Marion.

Elaine Mitchell The Methodist Church Marion Silker Klingler Anna Mae Nolisch Marjorie Ostrander Pearl Myers Car Pasadena Calif

Local Families Gather for Snacks and Socials in West Branch

A long list of West Branch residents attending dinners and visits, including Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Endsley and others with their children. Advertisements note a four room house for sale by owner and Miss Lois Lockwood, Atkins teacher, arriving from Des Moines to visit her parents. The piece also records Norma Rames visiting Mrs. J. B. Howell and family and a birthday gathering for Charles Kent's family.

G. L. Martin Harold Clarence Reinhard Marion Lois Richardson Cedar Rapids Des Moines Martins Inlaw Charles W. Joiner West Branch Oliver Endsley Carroll Roberts Claire Louise Jeannette John A. A. Schenken Eileen Bernard Schenken Loyce Rudy Minnie Schenken Hugo Schenken A. B. Black Lois Lockwood Atkins High School H. F. Lockwood

Eva Jessye Choir Performs at Cornell College November 14

Mount Vernon notes the Eva Jessye choir will appear Tuesday night November 14 as the second event on the artist and lecture course. Miss Jessye directs the program featuring Negro folk literature, spirituals, folk songs, modern blues, and selections from Porgy and Bess.

Mount Vernon Eva Jessye Cornell College Eva _ Jessye America Universal’s Jessye Porgy and Bess

Miss Connelly Sentenced to Alderson for Embezzlement

Adah L. Connelly, former Ottumwa bank teller, must serve a five year term at Alderson Federal Industrial Reformatory in West Virginia after pleading guilty to embezzling 188125 dollars from the Union Bank and Trust in Ottumwa. The U S marshal's office ordered the transfer Saturday to execute the sentence.

Des Moines INS United States Marshal's Office Adah L. Connelly Ottumwa Bank Federal Industrial Reformatory For Women Alderson W. Va Miss Connelly Union Bank and Trust Company Ottumwa

Priest John P. Broz marks 50 years in Spillville ministry

The Rev. John P. Broz of St. Wenceslaus parish celebrates his fiftieth anniversary as a priest on November 9. Born December 12, 1865 in Svihov Bohemia he was ordained in 1889 and has served Spillville since 1906 except for two years in Tama county. Archbishop Beckman will attend the high mass and Rev. Leo O Connell will preach the anniversary sermon followed by a banquet at the A B C hall.

St. Wenceslaus Clutter Tama County Spillville Father Broz Beckman Dubuque

X ray Testing Aids Authenticity Of Old Paintings

X ray analysis aids art experts in confirming the authenticity of historic paintings. The method reveals underlying layers and construction details that distinguish genuine works from forgeries.

Oelwein Coe student runs campus job bureau for peers

Francis Hidinger, a Coe College student, manages the At Your Service bureau to match fellow students with odd jobs on campus and nearby. He keeps a card index, posts hourly job bulletins, and takes a 10 percent commission while also hitchhiking home weekends to sell cars and fund his own education.

Coe College Francis Hidinger Coe Hidinger Coc Francis FF. Hidinger Oelwein

Building Activity and Business Changes in East Iowa Towns

Mount Vernon sees $33 000 upgrade as Northwestern Bell commences concrete and tile building with new dial equipment and plant reconstructions. Nearby, Rudolph Vodicka opens a slaughter house by stockyards. several residences change hands. Elgin sees Capper Hatchery lease, new storage space, and resident moves. Walker reports three new farms under construction and farm buildings. Independence notes retirement of Club cafe operators. Springville hosts Cape Cod office opening for Town Builders Supply. Wyoming and Manchester record business ventures and housing changes. Williamsburg announces move of Little Chicago Bakery by mid month.

Ount Vernon North Western Bell Telephone Company Mount Vernon Telephone Company Earl Simpson Rudolph Vodicka Highway 261 Rex E T Gough Anna Jordan South Fifth Avenue Glen Swift Ralph Hart Joseph Hammond Macy House Diagonal Street Elgin Capper Hatchery G N Schon Charles Feller Schoni Manchester Herman Mueller Vera Don Preussner East Fayette Street North Madison Mueller D. J. Meggenburg Tegens Delaware County Farm Bureau First National Bank Henry Crippen Delhi Delaware County Butler Street Williamsburg Little Chicago Bentecao Martin Schroeder Larry Roehrekasse

Germans More Interested In Food Problems Than In Government

Special to The Gazette: Mrs. Johanna Hennig and daughter from near Elkader return to free America after a Europe trip. They describe harsh German food shortages, certificates for purchases, and public sentiment toward Hitler while sharing travel hardships from New York to Hamburg and Copenhagen to the United States.

The Gazette Johanna Hennig Elkader Hitler England Germany Hennig Gertrude Randell Chicago Europe Free America New York Koenigsberg Hamburg Randell Noth United States Denmark

Grant Wood to Speak at Charlot Art Exhibit Today

Grant Wood will give a gallery talk at 4 15 p m today in the University of Iowa art building exhibition lounge. The talk accompanies a retrospective by Jean Charlot featuring paintings lithographs and drawings with Mexican subject matter and spirit. A string quartet from the music department will open the program.

Iowa City Grant Wood Jean Charlot Charlot University of Iowa Art Building Iown Iowa Mexico Mexico City France

Also Mentioned on This Page

Cornell Writers Club Margaret Dilley Cunt Vernon Henry Goddard Leach Century Magazine Emily Dickinson Whittier Yoppy” Tull English Club Prescot Marion News Dr. Miller Third Avenue Theristrial Club J. W. Bowman Eighth Avenue J. T. Christie George P. Whitney Vernon Lent Marvin Edison Hillis Gill Philip Crew Charles Louden J. Lewis Papes Lyell R. Shellenbarger Dr. Drummond 7Th Avenue Milwaukee Railroad Women's Club Hallwood J. T. Taylor Cedar Rapids Automobile Club Richard Sears Louisie Chamberlain Ely Federation of ‘ Women’s Clubs Presbyterian Church Garth Hunter Essex J.F. Hunter Marion Nature and Garden Club Harry J. Murphey Eleventh Street Janet Lothian Jack Reimers O. O. P. Club O. M. Carson Twelfth Street Ralph J. Kendall John Jennings Push T. B. Survey Linn County Lucile Christie A. W Erskine Christie Hutchinson's Owen's Tennyson Club Norman Waffle Celan Rollins Queen Mary Robert Mitchell W. R. C. No. 126 Memorial Hall Iowa Electric Light and Power Company Agnes Hampton Quilla Scrimgear Marion Chamber of Commerce City Hall Presbyterian Sunday School P. A. Osborne Seventeenth Street Ameigo Club E. E. Wilcox Washington Avenue Cecil Seger Thirteenth Street Flora Lawson Grace H. Starr Cary Club Clara Wilson Mark Woodward Louisiana Linn County Red Cross James Dunlop Esther Matt Ted Houck Jesup Joan Garden George Reichard John Miller Maquoketa Reichard Elwyn Miller John Vernon Kent Finger Mrs Irving Finger Julia Allen Missionary Society of the Congregational Church Ed Sigfred Ninth Avenue Endeavor Division Ladies Aid Society E. T. Gough Kenneth V. Murdoch Helen Biddick M. H. Biddick A. E. Granger Arthur E. Granger W. K. Lothian Clyde Scott Betty Lou West Prairie Prairie Chapel Epworth Theresa Farley Lawrence Farley Marion Christian Endeavor Union Laura Hutchison Linn County Relief Offices Ruth Murray Marion and Vicinity Gas Company Helen Hubbard Fred Schmitt Tom Reamer Mrs. L. R. Lange Milwaukee C.E. S Masonic Temple John Troy Marguerite Kaemple Guttenberg Helena Lake Mary Frances Howell June Williams Archie E. Milner Ronald Iown City June University of Iowa Carl L. Fernow A. Storck R. D. Bleedner Roy Jay and Cleo Victor Harry Waline Jack Bevarns Bernadine Ann Andrew Kershner Tenth Street Mrs. Har Norma Rames Nice J. B. Howell W. E. Doan Miss Amy Doan Mr. Doan F., M. Doan Mrs. Doan Hopkinton W. Virginia John P. Broz Oelwein Boy Wanda Montz Lena Hunsberger Ellen Mary Bennett Hell. Towlerton Springville Town Builders Supply Company Cape Cod William Hurst Monmouth Lyle Jenkins Hurst and Jenkins W. S&s. Roush Clothing Resience Ing
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