Dean Teeters, Iowa Football’s No. 1 Fan Since 1895
Special to The Gazette. Dean Wilber J. Teeters, dean emeritus of Iowa College of Pharmacy and state toxicologist, has attended about 176 home Iowa games since 1895, missing only one. He recalls 1900 as the great Iowa team and 1921 Notre Dame Iowa as a landmark win. He cites memorable games against Drake in 1905 and a snowy Wisconsin clash, and praises the 1939 team and the 32-29 comeback over Indiana.
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Owa City
University of Iowa College of Pharmacy
Dean Wilber J. Teeters
Hawkeye
Dean Teeters
Iowa
Hawkeyes
Iowa City
Notre Dame
Drake
Iowans
Congregationalists mark anniversary with special service
The Rev. P. A. Johnson of Grinnell will speak at 11 a.m. on Sunday at the Marion Congregational church on One Hundred Years of Congregationalism. A homecoming picnic lunch follows. At 2 p.m. ministers will send greetings and letters from former pastors will be read. Evening Hymn sing at 7:30 with guest speakers and Coe College music. Monday pageant on church history with readings by Mrs. Katherine Bogart and others.
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P. A. Johnson
Grinnell
Iowa
C. G. Ellinger
W. A. Jacobs
First Congregational Church
Cedar Rapids
Ministerial Association
J. B. Hodgson
Marion
Coe College
Katherine Bogart
Pastor Vernon H. Carter Accepts Marion Church Call
The Rev Vernon H Carter pastor of the Church of Christ at Washington Ia has accepted a call to the Marion Christian church and will move soon. He and his wife are Drake University graduates with one child Joyce Aileen two and a half. He previously led Panora in Guthrie county for two and a half years and has served Washington for six years. The family will occupy the parsonage at 860 Tenth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon H. Carter
Church of Christ
Washington, Ia
Marion Christian Church
Carter
Drake University
The
Bible College
College of Education
Joyce Aileen
Panora
Guthrie County
Washington
Tenth Street
Anita Pufahl
Tene Drahn
Kyle Grant Shreve
Grace May Wendt
Dumont
Methodist
H H. Dish
Clinton Pfaltzgraff
P. D Shreve
Oclwein
H. He Dill
Postville
Elmer J. Lennon
St. Pauls Lutheran Church
Frederick Ludwig
Sur
Marion couple wed at Baptist parsonage
Miss Edythe Stone daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Stone of Marion and Dale Beitz son of Mr and Mrs C F Beitz of Burnett were married by Rev L W Inman at 7 p m Saturday in the Baptist church parsonage. The couple will reside at 844 A avenue NE Cedar Rapids.
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Edythe Stone
Donald Stone
Marion
Dale Beitz
C. F. Beitz
Burnett
L. W. Inman
The
Baptist Church
Frank Wilson
Alburnett
Mrs Beitz
Marion High School
Beitz
Alburnett High School
Quaker Oats Company
Cedar Rapids
A Avenue
Mary Balster Is Named Homecoming Queen At Marion High
Marion high school senior Mary Balster is enthroned as homecoming queen after a grand march at the school gym. A floor show featured Earl Fulton and Gene Jacobs tenor solos, Maddigan school of dancing, and dancing afterward. Mayor John H. Pazour spoke at the afternoon assembly, urging students to finish education before war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Balster
Marion High School
Earl Fulton
Gene Jacobs
Maddigan School of Dancing
Fred Lang
Carleton Oxley
Chicago
John H. Pazour
Teresa Naso Meci
Marion Public Library Sets Week of Book Week Events
The Marion library plans a display of mostly children's books during the coming week for Book Week observed November 12 to 18 with the slogan Books Around the World. Parents teachers and pupils are invited to view the display before books go into circulation after the event.
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Marion Public Library
Armistice Day Program and Social Gatherings Highlight Marion Notes
Excerpts from the Armistice day message were read by Dr. John R. Gardner of Lisbon during a Marion city park program. Rev. C V R De Jong gave the invocation as high school band numbers entertained. A flag salute was conducted by Marion Post No. 298, American Legion, and taps echoed. Social events included a Friday luncheon at the Commonwealth Tea Room in Cedar Rapids for 26 guests, with bridge prizes awarded to local hosts and guests from Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
John R. Gardner
Lisbon
C. V. R. de Jong
Carolyn Hanscom
Marion Post No. 298
T. L. Bosacker
Hubert Wuerth
Charles T. Rowe
Commonwealth Tea Room
Cedar Rapids
John Gill
Kenneth V. Murdoch
W. G. Bowen
C. O. Ingersoll
Iowa City
Marion group events honor past matrons and patrons
Marion chapter No. 183 O E S hosts a Thursday dinner at Hallwood at 6 15 p.m. with a reception for Ada G Thompson Cedar Rapids grand secretary Mozelle Russell Winfield worthy grand matron and Nathan Hicks Marshalltown worthy grand patron. Reservations by Wednesday with two members. J W Scott Independence visits son Walter Hall. Anniversary club plans Sunday dinner for Dr and Mrs L C Dow. Musical Literary club meets Monday 7 30 p.m. at public library with German Austrian music program and J W Bowman paper. Marion chapter No 10 R A M meets Tuesday 7 30 p.m. Excelsior A and L club meets Friday at Guy Martin home. Grove City Rebekah lodge 35 meets Monday 7 30 p.m. for 25 year members program. J W Bowdish Jr 90 suffers fractured hip after fall on Main Street. taken to St Luke's Cedar Rapids in fair condition. Mary Lowe Dickinson circle of King's Daughters meets Monday 7 30 p.m. at Edyth Gordon's home. Miss Bess Patterson to lead devotion.
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Marion
O E. S
Hallwood
Ada G. Thompson
Cedar Rapids
Grand
Mozelle Russell
Winfield
Nathan Hicks
Marshalltown
H. F. Breed
T. A. Newman
Musical Literary Club
J. W. Bowman
Mary Lowe Dickinson
King's Daughters
Edyth Gordon
Thirteenth Street
Bess Patterson
Righter Band Performs Irish Themed Show at Iowa Stadium
The band staged a 20 minute program featuring Irish figures and a double ended formation with eye props and dancing jigs. Dancers formed 12 groups while playing Irish Washer Woman and Hello. The crowd heard My Wild Irish Rose and Over There for the Legionaires as Notre Dame visitors heard Victory March on bagpipes.
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Eddie
Eddie Anderson
Legionaires
Notre Dame
Highlanders
Trish Rose
Righter
Club notices and weekend travel plans in local community
Mrs. Ruby Hanscom will lead the program on Christ in the Temple. Leta Marchant travels to Chicago for the weekend. Pleasant Grove club meeting postponed to November 21 at Edward Manson's Blair's Ferry road home. Women's Progressive club meets Thursday to plan a dressed chicken sale. Jerry Layer Lenore Layer and James Manson head to Iowa Falls for several days of hunting. Camp Fire board of awards meets November 25 at 2 30 pm. Ladies Aid of St Pauls Lutheran meets Thursday at 2 pm at Mrs. Clayton Pitcher's 1246 Thirteenth street. Mr. Theodore Peck co-hostess. Mr. Leon Blinks and Mrs. Robert Cessford visit Riceville to see Emma Siple. Blinks to hunt pheasants. Franklin Jayne of Cedar Rapids visits E E Badham northwest of Marion for the weekend. Miss Mary Virginia Hume of Clarksville Ark visits Coe College roommate Miss Betty McBride at Voorhees hall.
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Pleasant Grove
Edward Manson
Blair's Ferry Road
Ladies Aid Society
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Clayton Pitcher
Thirteenth Street
Theodore Peck
Proposer of badge design for star route carriers
Carl C. Kober of LaPorte City Iowa designs an official badge for National Star Route Mail Carriers. The emblem features 48 stars a central star route symbol eagle and U.S. shield to identify carriers and distinguish from rural route staff. Three variations will be considered at the Philadelphia convention.
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Aporte City
National Star Route Mail Carriers Association
Philadelphia
Post Office Department
Iowa
Carl C. Kober
LaPorte City
Cedar Rapids
Kober
Second Star Route District
Marshalltown
United States
Weekend events and family notices in the community
Weekend happenings include Miss McBride’s parents Mr and Mrs O W Mc Bride visiting relatives and Albert McBride a University of Iowa freshman in Iowa City. A surprise shower honors John Eber. Mrs Le Roy Arp improves after illness in Cedar Rapids. Community clubs meet Friday and Tuesday at local homes with picnics and devotional lessons.
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A. A. Schenken
Iowa City
Albert
University of Iowa
Iowa
Iowa News in Brief Dec Decorah clemency for Zweibhofer
Special to The Gazette reports clemency shown to Herman Zweibhoh mer, one of three youths arrested for breakins at Ossian and Postville, with Judge T H Goheen sentencing him to Eldora then paroling him to his father. Other brief items note Rowley Eastern Star initiates, St Pauls Lutheran Brotherhood banquet in Monona, and weddings and injuries in nearby towns.
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Enteelmueller
Roland Schloeter
Nf Waverly
Fred Drahn
Brotherhood
Robert Waskow
Jean Johanningmeier
Gladys Dettman
Aloah Drahn
Hoover Birthplace Grounds Transform in Old Fashioned Style
The Herbert Hoover birthplace at West Branch is being landscaped in a traditional manner with honeysuckles lilacs and other old time plants. A skat ing pond will be created from a filled South lot while a statue of Isis near the creek awaits unveiling. The site draws thousands of visitors each year and remains open daily free to the public.
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Hoover Birthplace
West Branch
Yesteryear
Herbert Hoover
White Cottage
Wapsinonoc Creek
Hoover
Hoover Grounds
West Branch Community Club
Hoover Birthplace Park
Isis
California
United States
Mississippi River
Allan Hoover
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Teeters
Marion News
Congregationalists
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Presbyterian Church
Ruth Engstrom
James Whitcomb Riley
J. L. Papes
Kenneth Cornell
General Aid Society
the Methodist Church
Endeavor Division
Marion Christian Endeavor Union
Neil Swanson
Cornell College
Melvin Clark
A. C. Port
Springville
Leonard Raff
C. R. Biddick
Stone-Beitz
Susannah of
the Mounties
Shirley Temple
Paul Rose
1540
Eighth Avenue
Hutchinson
Owen's
Eugene Schminke
Joan
William Ozburn
Moline
Ill
Schminke
Mrs
Fred Rauch
7Th Street
Earl Baker
Toymakers Card Club
Merle Grimm
Mr. Baker
Glenn Mastin
Roy Flockhart
Claude D. Knapp
New Art Club
Erwin Lanning
Drummond
7Th Avenue
Elmer Hollingsworth
Congregational Church
George T. Hanna
William Thomas
Mount Vernon
Ruth Carol King of
Albia
Shirley Clapp
James Clapp
Edward J. Wilson
Omaha
Dale Smith
Dale
W. O. Blake
Wilsons
Davenport
J. W Scott
Independence
Walter Hall
Fred M. Blakeslee
L. C. Dow
Masonic Temple
Excelsior A
L. Club
Guy Martin
Irving Drake
Marien Kemp
Ralph Hoskins
Grove City
Rebekah Lodge No
J. W. Bowdish, Jr
Main Street
St. Luke's Hospital
Iowa Band
America
Charles Righter
Independence Hall
Ruby Hanscom
Leta Marchant
Women's Progressive Club
Emma Wilson
Jerry Layer
Miss Lenore Layer
James Manson
Ilowa Falls
Camp Fire Board of Awards
Public Library
Leon R. Blinks
Robert Cessford
Riceville
Emma Siple
Blinks
Franklin Jayne
E. E. Badham
Mary Virginia Hume
Clarksville, Ark
Betty McBride
Voorhees Hall
U.S
Miss McBride
Mrs. O. W. McBride
le Roy Arp
Martin's Creek Community Club
Jesse Scott
Methodist Church
Glenn Cheadle
Seventh Street
Stella Johnson
Electa Circle of
King’s Daughters
John Cone
Eleventh Street
Fred Holsinger
Cecil Seger
Iowa News
Maud Stratton
Jesse Hoover
Eli Hoover
Jesse
Hulda Hoover
Mississippi
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