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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1936
Page
8
L. E. Crabbs leads Cedar Rapids effort organizing about 90 church boys clubs across nearly 30 churches. Clubs operate from Sunday schools with monthly themes, midweek meetings, and planned community activities, including a basketball league and free swimming lessons.
Lulu Miller, a widow with five sons, has worked eighteen years at Hall Manufacturing in Monticello as a painter and assistant in grinding pins and drills. She chose steady factory work over domestic tasks, proving dependable for her family while her sons pursue varied careers from West Point to government work. The Hall president notes she prefers factory tasks to housework and remains active after nearly two decades on the job.
Sugar plantations in Hawaii operate eighteen hospitals and seven receiving hospitals, employing ninety one people.
About 200 high school students touring Ohio state penitentiary in Columbus watched a fire start in the carpenter and tin shop. Firemen and prisoners quickly controlled the blaze in the old brick building with the students escorted safely to the street. Warden J C Woodard offered no explanation for the origin and reported no disorder among inmates.
The local Maccabees host a homecoming on Oct 6 honoring Supreme Commander Ethan W. Thompson of Detroit. A 6:30 dinner at Pythian hall follows a program led by State Senator Frank C. Byers with speakers including County Attorney G. King Thompson. Thompson will also speak in Fort Dodge on Oct 7.
The Cedar Rapids fire department will set up a Fire Prevention Week display in an unoccupied storeroom at 217 Third Street SE. It runs today through Saturday with public inspection on Monday. a fireman will be on duty 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. to explain fire alarm use and prevention and answer questions. Fire extinguishers and other equipment will be shown. Fire Chief Emil P. Kohout invites the public to visit.
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