Marion Scout Benefit Play Crashes Through This Week
The Boy Scout Troops No. 35 and 38 present Crashing Through at Lincoln school auditorium on Oct 6 and 7. The epic drama spans 60 years with comedy in the 1858 third act, features James B. Murray and Maurice Flack, and includes a cast of locals and University of Iowa student Miss Freda Young.
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Boy Scouts of America
Lincoln School
Marion
James B. Murray
Aments Dry Goods Atore
Strong Arm
Maurice Flack
Cline
Iowa State College
Ames
Helen Landers
Jackson
Geraldine Slauson
Marion High School
Merchants National’ Bank
Cedar Rapids
G. H. Clark
H. F. Lockwood
A. E
Prizes Awarded At Fall Festival by Marion Club
The Marion Nature and Garden club sponsored the fall festival exhibit with prizes awarded for fruit and vegetable displays, roses, mixed flowers, dahlias, zinnias, small bouquets, and strawberries. Local figures include Mrs. A J Cooper, Miss Alta Emerson, Mrs. A H Rundquist, Mrs. J M Walters, Mrs. J A Cooper, Miss Vera Beall, Miss Lillian Bleakly, Mrs. J J Booth, Mrs. Oliver Tilton, Mrs. Charles Benedict, Mrs. W G Koppenhaver, and Miss Amy Dean.
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Marion Nature and Garden Club
Patten Store
A. J. Cooper
Alta Emerson
A. H. Rundquist
J. M. Walters
J. A. Cooper
Vera Beall
Lillian Bleakly
J. J. Booth
Oliver Tilton
Charles Benedict
Zinnias
Coxcomb
W. G. Koppenhaver
Lilian Bleakly
Ruth Booze
Amy Dean
Local club notices and obituaries from Marion to Shelsburg
Various church and fraternal events in Marion and Manchester Iowa include meetings of D A R Eastern Star and I O O F with schedule notes and dinner prices. Funeral services are set for Mrs Orison Kellogg in Shellsburg. survivors listed as sister and niece.
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Shellsburg
Orison Kellogg
Benton County
L. Inman
India
Kellogg
Photographs Hint At Strange Cosmic Ray Track
Dr. Carl D. Anderson of Caltech captured over 10 000 vapor disturbance photos from cosmic ray explosions in atom cores. One image shows a freak track that could alter atomic theory, prompting plans for 10 000 more pictures. A likely interpretation points to a tiny positively charged particle.
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Pasadena
Calif
INS
Carl D. Anderson
California , Institute of Technology
Robert A. Millikan
Anderson
Astronomy and Physics Club
Recreation expert to lecture at Grant high gym
Robert K. Murray, renowned specialist in social recreation, will lead a three day institute at Grant high gym October 12 14 and 15. Sessions begin at 7 30 p m with extra consultation time. The program teaches churches clubs schools and other groups to conduct engaging games for all ages and includes singing picnics banquets and crafts. Murray recently directed the International Recreation congress play night in Los Angeles and has led delegates from 38 nations. He is a graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University with further study at NYU and the National School of Recreation and has run social recreation institutes in 33 states the past three years attracting over 14000 leaders.
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Robert K. Murray
National Recreation Association
Grant High Gymnasium
Murray
International Recreation Congress
Los Angeles
Illinois Wesleyan University
New York University
National School of Recreation
Kim Nyland To Conduct Services Here In October
Gospel singers Perry Kim and Eynar Nyland of Chicago return October 15 and 16 for two Cedar Rapids services. They perform Saturday at Sunshine Mission and Sunday at St. Pauls Methodist, sponsored by the Cedar Rapids Gideon association.
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Perry Kim
Eynar Nyland
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Sunshine Mission
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Kiron
Iowa Gideon Association
Knights of Columbus to Meet in Cedar Rapids Today
State officers and fifteen district deputies from Iowa will gather at the Roosevelt hotel in Cedar Rapids for an all day conference on membership and winter activities. Dr W H Redmond will chair the 10 30 a m session joined by J H Devaney and C C Ries with Ray Conley arranging details. A statewide Columbus Day observance on Oct 12 is among topics.
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Knights of Columbus
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Hotel
W. H. Redmond
K. C
Anamosa
Monticello
Cascade
J. H. Devaney
C. C. Ries
Iowa City
Ray Conley
Des Moines
Name Chairmen For Business Women In Jobless Fund Drive
The Misses Edith Lowe and Joanna Hagey have been appointed joint chairmen for the business and professional women's section of the Unemployment Fund campaign. They will select workers to form Buddy teams similar to the men's organization used last year.
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Edith Lowe
Joanna Hagey
First Ascent of Eiger North Face Defies Belief
Dr Lauper of Urich and Alfred Vercher of St Gall with two guides conquered the Eiger north face. They started from Kleine Scheidegg at 2 AM, climbed a 6000 foot sheer wall, and reached the summit at 5 PM then descended to Berne by 9:15 PM. The Eiger rises to 13 038 feet.
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Eiger
Bernese Alps
Lauper
Urich
Alfred Vercher
St. Gall
Alpine Club
Joseph Knubel
Alexander Graven
Kleine Scheidegg
Berne
Sokol centennial celebration for Dr Miroslav Tyrs founder
Plans are set for a Sokol society centennial celebration in Chicago on October 9 at 7:30 p.m. Jarka Kocar will speak. The program includes Mischa Tristan solo, Sokol girls glee club, calisthenics, and a one act play Bokol Love performed by a listed cast. The Sokol orchestra will provide music.
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Sokol Society
Miroslav Tyrs
Sokol Organization
Jarka Kocar
Sokol
Chicago
Mischa Tristan
Sokol Girls Glee Club
John Cimburek
T. B. Hilubucek
Rose Paidar
Marie Chmelicek
Julia Vyskocil
Josephine Lebeda
Frank Sykora
Sokol Orchestra
Halloween Dance Planned by Sixteenth Avenue Club
The Sixteenth Avenue Commercial club will host a Halloween dance for local patrons in late October. A committee led by Joseph Prochaska and others will organize the event, which features an approach and overall dance with supper beforehand and Bohemian music. A women’s auxiliary to the club will be formed at the dance.
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Sixteenth Avenue SW
Sixteenth Avenue
Joseph Prochaska
Jerry Sip
Leo Sediacek
Lorene Anthony
L. J. Pochobradsky, Jr
Viktor Park Proposed Name for New Second Street Park
The city park at Second Street and Seventeenth Avenue 6W, formed from a marshy area by the city department, has earned commendation from the Sixteenth Avenue Commercial Club. In a letter to the city council the club suggested naming the park Viktor Park after J. A. Viktor, a former Sixteenth Avenue SW merchant who donated part of the ground.
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Second Street
Seventeenth Avenue
Sixteenth Avenue
South Side club forms voter registration committee
The South Side Commercial club aims to register all city voters and appointed a committee at its Thursday meeting. President 8. V. Shonka named Ed E. Hach L. L. Blahnik and William Dytrt to lead the campaign in the South Side district. John Dedic has joined the club as a member.
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South Side Commercial Club
V. Shonka
Ed E. Hach
L. L. Blahnik
William Dytrt
South Side
John Dedic
Banana Tree Exhibition at Iowa State Savings Bank
A tall banana tree over twelve feet high is on display at the Iowa State Savings Bank attracting much attention. The tree was grown from seed by Val.
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Iowa State Savings Bank
Val
August Sulcik and family tour through Europe
Building contractor August Sulcik and Mrs Sulcik returned from a three month trip across Casechoslovakia Austria and Germany. They sailed from New York on the Deutschland July 1 visiting Southampton Cherbourg Hamburg Prague Vienna Brno and Blansko caves before returning aboard the New York. They report a mix of contented small towns and rising but uneven employment, with plans for cave improvements in the next two years. Sid J Hanzlik of Berwyn visited the Pulkrab home and will take up duties as Sokol instructor in New Prague.
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August Sulcik
Mallory Street
Sulcik
Casechoslovakia
Austria
Germany
New York
Southampton
England
Cherbourg
France
North Sea
Cuxhaven
Hamburg
Altoona
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Mr. Subik
Vienna
Subik
Sid'j. Hanzlik
Berwyn, II
Charlies
Brooklands Acro Club Dawn Patrol Promotes Breakfast
Members of the Brooklands Acro club near Lyndon form a dawn patrol to fly for half an hour. They say the morning flight stirs an appetite and beats setting up exercises for breakfast.
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Brooklands Acro Club
Lyndon
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North Fourteenth Street
Frank 8. Straley
True Blue
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Grinnell College
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Mount Vernon
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A. L. van Fossen
Mabel Kearns
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Temperance
A. E. Blinks
Harriet Clark
Charles Breneman
Brewer's Mansion
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Center Point
O. G. Herbrecht
C. B. Vernon
Patmos Comandery
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Cary Club
Dora Elson
Rainbow Division
C. E. Pearson
Ninth Avenue
A. L. James
George Richards
Methodist Sunday School
Howard M. Titus
George Reichard
Margaret Comrech
Verna Nicholson
Rawlings
Wyo
M. H. Miller
Cheyenne
D. B. Christie
Miss Nicholson
St. Ansgar
Conried
Mr. Christie
Mrs. T. Murray
Roy Murray
William Churchill
Jerry
Schenectady
Mary Legler
Monroe, Wis
Lee
H. J. Huss
Wilma, Minn
C. B. Sholes
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Lincoln
Alexandria
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Iceland
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Eighteenth Street
Sunshine
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Peo Ae
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Clothing Project
South Marion Township Farm Bureau
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Pubiic
Marana Rice
Central City
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Ome
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J. J. Ives
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Carson
Howard Leinbaugh
Lulu B. Sechat
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Irvin Ford
R. R. Swan
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Perry
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Moothart
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Wright
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Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
E. T. Alford
Waterloo
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F. A. Doolittle
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Mesopotamia
Kim
Nyland
Frontier Park
V.F.W
BIG Circus
BIG Midway
Missouri
Ems
Excelsior Springs
America
M. J. Alexander
Hotel
Montrose
South Side News
Sokols
Dr. Tyrs
Barta, Third Avenue West Road
Barta
Te Beeat Registration
Mrs. Sulcik
Europe
S. A. Sanders
24Th St. NE
Henry H. Hamilton
Blake Bird
B. K. Macgaw
Fourth Ave
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Clabe
South
Heart
North
No Trump
Hearts
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Carl F. Jordan
George E. Beattie
Frank C. Byers
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