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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 21, 1936

Page

4

Cornwell Ill During Trial In Marriage Conspiracy Murder

Albert Deke Cornwell Manchester junk dealer fell ill during his trial for the murder of Dan Shine Littleport farmer and the court recessed. Cornwell testified Jim Hines first struck Shine with a fist then he hit Shine with a beer bottle. Pearl Hines Shine testified for the state claiming a plot to murder to inherit Shine's property.

Eleader Albert Deke Cornwell Manchester Dan Shine Littleport Jim Hines Shine

Dysart Considers Extra Funds For New Town Building

Dysart town council votes to hold a special election December 9 to authorize using surplus light and water funds to cover an extra 10 600 toward the municipal building project. No new bonds or tax increases. Total project cost about 36 600.

Dysart

Waterloo Seeks Funds To Build Sewage Plant

Waterloo Iowa officials with Senator-elect Clyde L Herring announced a $445 000 Public Works Administration grant for a sewage disposal plant The project awaits funds and remains on the preferred list pending allocations from the next congress Mayor Ralph Slippey said tentative approval exists but no money is yet available.

Washington Waterloo Clyde L. Herring Ralph Slippey H. B. Hackett Congress

Monticello Couple To Observe Anniversary

Mr and Mrs Henry Eilers of Monticello will mark their fiftieth wedding anniversary with an open house at their home Tuesday. They wed in Lovell township on November 24 1886 and moved to Monticello last March. Mary Peters born January 4 1870 in Monticello and Henry Eilers born November 18 1862 in Lovell township. They have children A E Hansen Louis Heiken Grant Eilers Paul Eilers Irving Eilers Herman Eilers and Lou King with twenty five grandchildren.

Monticello Henry Eilers Eiler Castalia Hamilton Campbell Abbie Eliza Anger Westport N. Y Garnaville Winneshiek County Ossian Decorah Walter Roy Lula Pleasant View Crippen Manchester Lorraine Durey John Durey Wilhelm Steffen W. A. Adix Clarence Becker Manchester High School Coe College Cedar Rapids

Sub-County Play Contest Honors Lost Nation Cast

Lost Nation won first in the sub-county one act contest with Not Tonight. Elwood placed second with The Winner. Lost Nation will enter the county contest. The Wheatland entry About Candle Light Time was presented by Wenell Lohnman and others.

Lost Nation Elwood Albert Johnson Cornell College Lila Machande Sydney Story Margaret Ales David Dake Alice Gressey Edward Tubbs Evelyn Wilson Carol Schultz

Record Enrollment In Iowa Journalism School

Iowa City reports 368 students enrolled in University of Iowa journalism courses. The journalism major numbers 160, up from 105 a year ago, with the previous enrollment peak at 341 last fall, according to Prof. Frank L. Mott, director of the school.

Iowa City University of Iowa Frank L. Mott School of Journalism

Collision near Menlo injures Varley family and Keswick driver

Miss Fern Varley 24 assistant bank cashier sustained a brain injury in a collision between the Varley car and a car driven by Harlan Axmer of Keswick. Her father M. S. Varley publisher of the Menlo Journal and Mrs. Varley were seriously hurt, with Mrs. Varley also suffering a broken rib.

Menlo, Ia Fern Varley M. S. Varley Menlo Journal

Iowa City awaits December vote on Legion building plan

Iowa City voters go to the polls on December 11 to decide a bond issue for reconverting the American Legion building into a community center. The measure failed by 1.6 votes in the November election, but council approves a revised plan with a $35,000 bond and a single polling place to avoid ballot confusion with a constitutional amendment.

Iowa City Iowa Citians American Legion Legion Building

Keller Ready To Take It On Chin As WPA Chief

George H. Keller of Iowa City was named Iowa WPA administrator and said politics will not influence the relief program. He acknowledged controversy over his appointment and stressed that relief work should benefit the people. Keller added he will take the job and proceed, noting merge plans with Pryor era WPA may depend on Herring advisers.

Keller Chin WPA Des Moines George H. Keller Iowa City Iowa Wpa J. C. Pryor Herring

Williamsburg Woman Heads County Clubs

The Iowa County Federation of Woman's clubs met at the Christian church in North English with forty one members. Mrs. E. E. Worth of Williamsburg was elected county chairman, succeeding Mrs. Roy Evans. The meeting included readings, a vocal solo, a Junior club play, and a principal address by Mrs. Eugene Henely.

Iowa County Federation of Woman's Clubs Christian Church Roy C. Evans E. C. Reed L. J. Hogan Williamsburg W. C. Carson Donald Gibbens E. E Roy Evans Evans Carson Marengo Mary Kuch Ellen Chase L. H. Yoder Children’s Hour Manchester Norman Davis National Tea Company Janet Davis Conroy Presbyterian Church Leighton Pierce Georgia Lortz Millersburg LA Porte City J. J. Sprague Lilla Day Andrew and Anne Day Ottawa Ill Roberts

Iowa City Doctor Honored at Mercy Hospital Dinner

Dr. W. R. Whiteis of Iowa City was honored at a Mercy Hospital staff dinner. The physician, a University Medical College graduate of 1886 who studied in Leipzig and Vienna, spoke on Forty Years in the Practice of Medicine.

Iowa City W. R. Whiteis Mercy Hospital Sisters of Mercy

Eastern Iowa Notes on Highway Work and Local Events

Winneshiek county completed most 1936 highway improvements with six miles topped in Frankville and Glenwood townships. Other items include a Williamsburg rifle and pistol club, Oxford play, Luther College Women’s club officers, Amana marriage, Hazleton club officers, and various obituaries and community notices across Decorah, Iowa City, Manchester, and surrounding towns.

Decorah Winneshiek County Frankville Glenwood Middle Calmar Calmar Ossian

Iowa Traffic Study Seeks Car Owner Data

Ames UP More than 515000 questionnaire cards will be sent to car owners in Iowa for a state traffic source study. The plan targets owners registered in 1935 and 60000 cards to truck and bus owners to map rural urban traffic sources and inform taxation and vehicle costs.

Ames Iowa Mark Morris Morris

Colorado Governor Recommends Pardon for Iowa Convict

Governor Ed C. Johnson of Colorado urged Iowa Governor Clyde L. Herring to grant a full pardon to Christian W. Sorensen who escaped from an Iowa prison farm while parole ordered. Johnson cited Sorensen’s good conduct in Colorado, marriage after escape, steady work, and local support. If returned to Iowa he would face seven years remaining of a 10 year sentence.

Des Moines INS Ed C. Johnson Colorado Clyde L. Herring Iowa Christian W. Sorensen Clive Denver Sorensen Gov. Johnson Gov. Herring Sioux City

Popular Bachelors Chosen at Iowa University Spinsters Spree

Robert Hogan Monticello Edgar Cochrane and Dave Evans North English were named the most popular bachelors at the University of Iowa during the Spinsters' Spree. They were selected by women’s groups and presented on Friday night in Iowa City.

Iowa City Robert Hogan Monticello Edgar Cochrane

Name Trial Jurors For Delaware Court

Delaware district court jurors for the December term were named this week. The term opens a week earlier with Judge Ralph W. Hasner on the bench. Jurors include Manchester’s Clark and Davis. Hopkinton’s Culdice and Reggintin. Strawberry Point’s Barr. Oneida’s Long. Delhi’s Shearer. Masonville’s McRoberts. Dundee’s Preussner. Coggan’s Saathoff. and Dyersville’s Steger among others.

Manchester Delaware District Court Ralph W. Hasner Independence Howard Clark C. B. Davis Ivan Boone Clarence Fife Clayton Haight Wayne A. Hall Maude Langridge Elsie Lillibridge Ralph Ortberg Mildred Noble Frank Pinch Robert Shearer R. C. White Earlville Henry Long Harvey Merten E. B. Sawyer Masonville Thomas McRoberts Harry Wenger Dundee Henry Preussner Edith Ryan Coggan Ernest Saathoff Dyersville Edmund Steger

Dedication of new Kalona school attracts 500 attendees

More than 500 people attended the dedication in the gymnasium. The program began with a school band processional and invocation by Rev. J. T. Perkins. Agnes Samuelson, state superintendent of education, spoke on early schools and dedication services. The event featured musical performances by various local artists and was conducted by Dr. S. C. Ware with a closing song by Mrs. I. E. Grady.

Dennis Michum Dale Teets Donald Hesselschwerdt Pauline Petersen S. C. Ware I. E. Grady

Professor Clyde Tull lecture in Tipton on Mexico trip

Cornell College professor Clyde Tull spoke Thursday to the Tipton A A W on his travels in Mexico. He displayed blankets wood carvings and ornamental items gathered there. Dinner preceded the lecture as the A A W observed its annual guest night.

Tipton Clyde Tull Cornell College Mexico

Accident 15 Fatal to Hedrick Girl

Miss Dian Roquette aged 16, Hedrick high school senior among six injured in an auto train crash at a M. and St. L. crossing in Hedrick Thursday morning died at 7 15 a m Saturday in a hospital there without regaining consciousness. Other patients Doris Manning 21 Ferne Whitmer 21 and Forrest Hicklin 21 were said to be slightly improved Saturday.

Georgia Doctor To Direct Iowa Health Department Service

Dr. Marvin F. Haygood of Atlanta named director of local health department services in Iowa by state health commissioner Dr. Walter L. Bierring. He will oversee county and district units formed under the national security act, succeeding Dr. F. J. Swift. Haygood has ten years in public health in the southern states and studied at Johns Hopkins under a Rockefeller fellowship.

Des Moines Walster L. Bierring Marvin F. Haygood Atlanta Iowa Haygood F. J. Swift Iowa Soldiers Home Marshalltown Emory University Medical College Johns Hopkins University Rockefeller George Tuberculosis Sanatorium Alto, Ga Knoxville, Tenn George Emergency Relief Administration

Foreclose Two Farms in J. W. Reeder Estate

In Tipton district court two foreclosures were issued against J. W. Reeder estate. The actions target 274 acres and 130 acres near Tipton, reflecting a drastic shrinkage of an once wealthy Cedar county fortune from about 1000 acres and a quarter of a million dollars. Reeder, a former teacher and civic figure who backed Herbert Hoover, died in 1931 at 95.

Tipton J. W. Reeder Reeder Cedar County Herbert Hoover Hoover

Alburnett Hunters Bag Four Coons In One Night

Dick Mounce Hubert Mounce and Glenn Pflughaupt with five dogs hunted near the Wapsie river south of Paris Monday evening and brought back four raccoons. No guns were used as the dogs bayed and killed the quarry on the ground. Coons weighed twelve to twenty two pounds. Mounce, a veteran hunter, says he has caught more than a hundred raccoons with dogs, but four is his best single evening total.

The Gazette Alburnett Dick Mounce Hubert Mounce Glenn Pflughaupt Wapsie River Paris Mounce

Iowa City Legion Post Wins Membership Cup

The Roy L. Chopek post of Iowa City won the Robert L. Calflesh cup in the Iowa department membership drive. The Iowa City post reported 144.5 percent of its quota set Armistice Day to win the cup.

Iowa City Roy L. Chopek Robert L. Calflesh Iowa Department of the American Legion Iowa City Post

Five siblings reunite after twenty five years in Manchester home

At Mrs. William W. Hockaday’s residence in Manchester a reunion brought together five brothers and sisters and their families after a twenty five year separation. Attendees included Vern Livesay of Bend Oregon and Manchester natives Charles Morris William W. Hockaday Masonville and others from Manchester and nearby areas.

Manchester William W. Hockaday Vern Livesay Bend, Ore West Messrs. and Mesdames Vern Livesay Bend Ore Thomas Lee George Lee Masonville Charles Morris Lyle Annis Phyllis Andrew Parrott Marian Cat Barclay Roger and Allen William Zebuhr Lizzie Rowe Martha Harvey Miller la Verne Mary Evans Vivian Hanna Doris Tripp Mac Moorehouse Thomas William Barclay J. L. Scarth Sister

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Journalism School Keswick Will Iowa City Hospital Dave Thomas Cedar Rapids Club Ervin Newkirk Ed von Hoene Merlin Lewis John Whitmack Roy Englebert Smith and Berger Schrader Field Longfellow School Oxford Oxford High School Olive Maltby Gideon Seegmiller Grayce Larson Sam Barth H. E. Peterson Bethany Marjorie Klever John Klever Paul L. Marling Gladbrook Frank P. Marling Minneapolis Minn D. H. Nord Frances Frazier Marling Medical School University of Minnesota Broadlawns Hospital Phi Beta Pi Conservation Corps Solon Iowa City Chamber of Commerce W. F. Merriam St. Paul’s Missionary Society Frank McCallister Dorcas Manor Mary School Patsy Lee Spangler Walter Harrington Mary Schol Amana Helen Berger South Amana Adolph Heinze Middle Amana St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Parsonage Joeckel Viola Heinze Christine Berger John Rathzel Heinze Hazleton Columbus Junction Frank Boyd Hugh Boyd Gladwin Washington County Hospital J. C. Richie Swank Church Foster Cemetery Here Mr. Boyd William Jesse Donald Joseph Henry Simmons Ethel Callie Hesseltine Bertram Frank Lerner C. C. Berry G. R. Jorgenson Fred Lake Ladies Aid Society Bertram Methodist Church Robert Harrison Lerner J. Bruce Eyestone Africa J. B. Eyestone Harrison Herman Nebiker Irene McGowan Iowa County Dewitt I. Andresen Clinton County Ingwer Nielsen Charlotte Germany J. F. Rossiter Delmar Josie Werner Nielsen G. E. Williams M. Stetzel Fred Schrader Charlotte Lutheran A. H. Deletzke McClure Cemetery Oakwood William Kingsley Cascade Royal Hubbard Mr. Hubbard Buckinghamshire England John Mary Collins Kingsley Ohio Mr. Kingsley Maggie Hammill Ida Weir Kingsley Thomas Kingsley St. Louis Louisville Elizabeth Kingsley Philip Kingsley Albuquerque N. M William J. Macaulay Methodist Episcopal Church Lamont Jane Pitman Methodist Church John Atkins Schepple Jane Duckett Somersetshire America Dubuque County Edwin Pitman Charles Portage Wis Harry Rule Arthur Edward State Center Pitman Eastern Star Lodge American Legion Auxiliary Brandon George Woodall H. R. Alderman William Bolton Harry Horak Velda Erma Stainbrook Gladys Winegar John McKee Woodall Frank Sturdy Hilbert Smith Wesley Marquette John Wilson Richard Moon Chris Tank Billy Pirie Robert Eilers Wendell Willer Robert Simmermaker Cornelius Lynch Don Wehde Marvin Ford Tipton Consolidated School Center Junction Jessie Smith McDonald Hospital Elizabeth Smith Ella Crans Davenport Annie Doran David Smith J. N. Smith William and A. G. Smith Kitty Strathman Velma Smith Virginia Milroy Valeria Woods Irene McElmeel Tom Kramer Robert Brand Phil Schacherer Paul Morgan Albert Reeves Leander Kramer Buque Frank Kramer Petersburg Road Nannie Rouser John Miller Emma Cousins Catherine Smith Garrison Charles Tyler University Hospital Tyler Johnson County Grinnell Francis Thorp Montezuma J. B. Heisel Esther Brown Miss Brown Main Street First Avenue Mr. Thorp Heisel Mary Josephia St. Francis Hospital C. Y. Howell Gertrude Reavis Charles Huff Joe Nichols Perry Wilson Charles Elliott Marshal Pierce Williams Harvey Hary Harven Harvy Delaware Hedrick Georgia Alburnett Hunters Iowa City Legion Post Administrator's Sale Elmer H. Hansen
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