Cedar Rapids Scouts Honor Court Awards Merit Badges
The Cedar Rapids area council held a September court of honor at Benjamin Franklin high school with 450 in attendance. Seventy four Scouts earned 182 merit badges across forty one fields, including leathercraft, first aid, carpentry, and journalism, with Troop 16 leading in advancement. Eagle Scout honors went to Lyle Manson, and a bronze paddle award recognized members of a canoe party from the Cedar Rapids area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Benjamin Franklin High School
Area Council
Walter O. Schultz
Troop 16
First Christian Church
R. R. Downer
Central Park Presbyterian Church
W. E. McFann
Kiwanian
Lyle Manson
Edward Manson
Marion
Manson
Coe College
St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Donald Ross
George Ross
George Prastka
Robert Rummell
Carl Spencer
Robert L. Dill
James Ralston
William Holmes
J. J. Kolarik
Red Cross
R. E. Munden
E. A. Milliken
Badminton Added to YMCA Schedule for Seniors
The YMCA committee led by Ray Pollock adds badminton to evenings from 7 to 10 on Saturdays. Three doubles courts will be set with space for sixty players per session. Women may join as badminton members at a nominal fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.M.C.A
Ray Pollock
Letter By Air From Denmark Reaches Iowa In Five Days
A five day sixty five cent air mail from Denmark to Cedar Rapids is described. Erik Schroeder of 723 F Avenue NW received a letter written last Friday in Copenhagen by his sister. The note mentions a transatlantic hop on the Hindenburg and carries a special Hindenburg stamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
Cedar Rapids
Hindenberg
Erik Schroeder
F Avenue NW
Mr. Schroeder
Copenhagen
SKY SHIP ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE
Horizontal clues fill a themed grid with terms linked to air and travel. The puzzle lists numbered hints from 1 to 58 across and down, expecting crossword solutions including plane related words and geographic or generic terms. Vertical entries cover frozen water to mountain and South America, concluding a full term-filled grid.
County Sells Road Certificates To Tap WPA Funds
Linn county supervisors authorize selling 25000 in road certificates to meet anticipated 1937 secondary road fund revenue of about 150897. Sale set for Oct 15 to leverage WPA projects with approval pending. Road work includes reflooring 700 feet of Center Point Palo road bridge over Cedar River. snow removal costs prompted the certificate issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Center Point
Palo Road
Cedar River
Behrens
Salaries Fixed for County School Superintendent and Deputy
Walter A. Shupp and his office deputy Miss Hilda Schmickle have had their salaries set at $200. The action establishes pay levels for the county school chief and his deputy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter A. Shupp
Hilda Schmickle
County Superintendents Salaries Set for 1936
The Lunn county board of supervisors approved salaries for 1936 with Mr. Shupp chosen as superintendent last May and assuming office September 1. Miss Lulu B. Secrist’s salary rose from 2400 to 2600 dollars and deputy Mrs. Esther Strother from 1200 to 1260.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lunn
Ames Food Company Inc Formed in Cedar Rapids Iowa
Notice of incorporation for Ames Food Company Inc by E B Fenton C H Waite and W H Wood under Chapter 384 Iowa code. Describes purpose to manufacture yeast and food products, capital stock 200 shares, initial officers, board terms and corporate protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames Food Company, Inc
E. B. Fenton
C. H. Waite
W. H. Wood
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Owa
State of
Cor
Board of Directors
B. Fenton
C. Waite
H. Woot
Speen
H. Waite
Hummingbird Males Avoid Nest After Egg Laying
Report notes that once the female completes egg laying the male hummingbird remains distant from the nest. The behavior is described as part of their nesting routine in observed species.
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Olope
Y.M.C
M. E.garmoe
3Rd St
Tion
Crescent
Riches
Northeast
Mare
Den
South America
Sigrid
W. H. Behrens
Newman
Executive Council of
Show
Tumn
Bates
New Cretonnes
Lace
Musulin
Congoleum and
Armstrong
Batts
Lee, Welch
Casey Jones
Acetate
Childs’ Unions
Eees
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