Magge Head's Dolls Bring Cedar Rapids Portraits to Life
Laurie Van Dyke reports on Magge Head and Howe's Doll House in Cedar Rapids. Mrs Head, who moved from Nashville, crafts detailed portrait dolls of real people with character and personality. Dr Howe and his wife assist, producing two doll lines including Presidents and First Ladies.
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Cedar Rapids
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Unitedederation of Doll Clubs
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Federation
New York
Howe’s Doll House
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Howes
Arnold Maas
Marengo
Otto Maas
First Lady portrait dolls triumph of craft in Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Head has created 11 completed First Lady portrait dolls with plans for 62 more. The dolls, modeled after presidents and their wives, are exhibited in museums, feature inaugural gowns, and are produced with the help of Dr. Howe, with molds by Jack Northey and local workers in Marengo and Cedar Rapids.
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Howe
Jack Northey
Otto Maassews
Marengo
Smithsonian Institute
Ad York City
Nashville
Bess Truman
Eleanor Roosevelt
Salvation Army Leader To Address Cedar Rapids Senior Men
Brigadier Blanche Merrifield of Des Moines will speak at the Cedar Rapids Chamber Senior Men's Bureau meeting on Wednesday afternoon. She heads Booth Memorial hospital for unwed Iowa mothers, a 48 women 15 baby facility opened in 1899 and funded by the United Fund state Salvation Army and county welfare. She will be accompanied by a Salvation Army captain who plays the accordion. Guests include wives of members and Senior Men's Christian club members.
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Salvation Army
Blanche Merrifield
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Anniversary of United Nations Week in Cedar Rapids Events
The Cedar Rapids area marks the twelfth United Nations anniversary with United Nations Week events starting Oct 20. A notable international dinner, speakers from Cornwell College and KCRG, a Coe College stage show, dances by foreign students, and a Halloween penny drive for needy children overseas are planned by local organizations and sponsors.
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Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
John Cotton Brown
Cornwell College
Geraldine Green Lamont
Coe College
Cedar Rapids U.N. Association
Council of World Questions
John K. Williams
KCRG
The
Council of Church Women
Diet of Squirrels Irritates a Phone Company
Illinois Bell faced cost from squirrels gnawing lead cable sheathing. Researchers from the University of Massachusetts studied the problem for six years and proposed salt blocks to deter the rodents. The squirrels ate the salt and resumed damaging the cables.
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Illinois
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
Department of Wild Life Management
University of Massachusetts
Pain for the Dentist: He Pulled Wrong Tooth
Police rushed to Dr. Gerald T. O'Connor's San Francisco dental office after a patient threatened to kill him and ordered others to leave. The man, Nicholas Aorlowsky, said he attacked out of anger claiming the dentist pulled the wrong tooth.
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Nicholas Aorlowsky
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