Iowa Homecoming Alumni Activities Planned at University
Thousands of Hawkeye alumni will gather on the Iowa City campus for the thirtieth homecoming weekend. Events include a mass meeting at Old Capitol, receptions at Triangle and University clubs, a homecoming dance, open houses, exhibits in the fieldhouse, a girls hockey game, and a noon alumni luncheon in Iowa Union. The traditional Iowa monument dedication will occur Friday afternoon as 10,000 homecoming badges sell in two days. Sororities Zeta Tau Alpha Alpha Xi Sigma and Delta Tau Alpha participate in badge sales.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Hawkeye
Virgil M Hancher
Old Capitol
Triangle
Iowa Union
Iowa
L. K. Zopf
U. 1
Zeta Tau Alpha
Alpha Xi Selta
Sigma Delta Tau
Iowa City Briefs: Funerals, Society Elected
Private funeral services for Mabel Morsch Dunlop 39 who died at Mercy Hospital will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Fighenschuh Mortuary with burial in Oakland Cemetery. Surviving husband Kenneth and son David, 11, twins Jane and Joan, 9, plus siblings. Also notes on University doctors at a Boston surgeons congress and six new members elected to the Iowa State Historical Society, plus school plays and Women’s Society of Christian Service officers at the Methodist church.
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Iowa City
Mabel Morschbunlop
Mercy Hospital
Fighenschuh Mortuary
Oakland Cemetery
Kenneth M. Dunlop
Iowa Ity
David
Jane
Joan
R. L. Irwin
Homer
Jimquist
Washington, D. C
Edward W. Anderson
Os Moines
H. C. Haynes
Centerville
J. M. Hitchings
Davenport
R. S. Johnston
Columbus City
W. A. Myers
McGregor
Carl W. Petersen
Dubuque
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
Iowa City High School
Betty Thomas
Frances Hinman
Ellen Thompson
Bill Hubbard
Cary Margaret Jones
Alline Miller
Jane Johnston
Earl Broner
Dorothy King
Mary Scales
Marilyn Mott
Bill Patrick
Ichard Pate
Dale Scheider
Usworth Smith
University Theater
Opal Munger
Aunt Samantha Rules the Roost to be staged at Mechanicsville
The Mechanicsville junior class presents Aunt Samantha Rules the Roost Thursday at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. Frances Eichelberger and Melvyn Dettman headline with a cast including Allene Fisher Mildred Bergmann Vel lene Krumroy Fern Farrington Evelyn Steffenson Victor Robinson James Cruse Melvin Trump and Howard Ambdenstock. Mrs Martinez directs.
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Mechanicsville
Mechanicsville Consolidated School
Samantha
Frances Eichelberger
Melvyn Dettman
Allene Fisher
Mildred Bergmann
Vallene Krumroy
Fern Farrington
Evelyn Steffenson
Victor Robinson
James Cruse
Melvin Trump
Howard Ambdenstock
Martinez
Hunters Urged to Arrange Pheasant Hunting with Farmers
Des Moines Iowa conservation commission urged sportsmen planning to hunt pheasants when the season opens November 12 to secure permission from farmers in advance. Officials said farmers want to know who hunts on their land and that gates are closed and livestock protected. They also seek assurance that game killed is limited to preserve seed stock for next year.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa Conservation Commission
Commission
Rumor to Contrary Norse Fight, Harriman Says
Mrs J Borden Harriman former minister to Norway during the invasion declares rumors that Norwegians did not fight Nazis are untrue She recalls the German fleet passing Denmark and notes British and French authorities misread the threat while she fled Oslo with her British maid passport to avoid seizure by Germans.
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Harriman
Des Moines
J. Borden Harriman
Norway
Denmark
North Sea
Scotland
Winthrop School Paper Names New Editor and Staff
Edith Conrad is chosen editor of the Winthrop school paper with Robert Hardy as assistant. Harold Stiefel becomes business manager with Dean Housholder assisting. Dorothy Fawcett is production manager with Margaret Postel assisting. staff includes Dorothy Reinhold Alberta Hopf Mildred Halford Dorothy Fawcett and many others across departments.
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Winthrop
Edith Conrad
Winthrop School
Robert Hardy
Harold Stiefel
Dean Housholder
Dorothy Fawcett
Margaret Postel
Dorothy Reinhold
Alberta Hopf
Mildred Halford
Dean Gaffney
Keith Conrad
Ronnie Rich
Norma Yeager
Evelyn Maye
Frances Brubaker
Mary Low Tudor
Bob Johnson
Anita Bergfeld
Irma Klever
Bob Rich
Miss Mauer
Miss Russell
Ames Engineers Off Sunday To Inspect Defense Industries
About 285 Iowa State College senior engineers will take a special Sunday train for a weeklong inspection tour of defense and peacetime industries in Chicago Milwaukee Mason City Charles City Cedar Rapids Moline and La Crosse Wisconsin Sixty five engineers along with two faculty members per department will visit plants with defense contracts and others in the region including soil conservation stations Ceramic engineering groups will tour Chicago central and southern Illinois and Missouri The group returns to Ames on November 8.
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AMFS
Iowa State College
Chicago
Milwaukee
United States
Electrical and Mechanical
Mason City
Charles City
Cedar Rapids
Moline
la Crosse
Wis
Soil Conservation Service Experiment Station
Illinois
Missouri
Ames
Father and son clash in odd auto theft case
Federal Judge Charles A Dewey faced a rare case as Army corporal George H Hall of St Louis admitted stealing his father's car. Hall aimed to visit his mother in Wisconsin, was arrested in Burlington, and pled guilty. The judge placed him on two years probation and ordered transfer to military authorities.
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Davenport
Charles A Dewey
George H Hall
St. Louis
Hall
California
Wisconsin
Burlington
Young Hall
Dewey
Trailer Park For Defense Workers Opens Friday in Burlington
The Farm Security Administration opens the first family trailer park in the corn belt for defense workers here on Friday at 4 15 p m Mayor Max Conrad will keynote with Capt John Edgerly George B Yard William Lightfoot Jr and Ray W Baxter among speakers The 114 trailers aim to house families of up to four people with more camps planned nearby and work underway in five corn belt defense areas including Ravenna Kingsbury Weldon Springs and Crab Orchard Creek.
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Burlington
Corn Belt
Farm Security Administration
Burlington Shell
Max Conrad
John Edgerly
Army
George B. Yard
Day and Zimmerman, Inc
William Lightfoot, Jr
Indianapolis
Ray W. Baxter
Ralph Wuerod
FSA
Sunnyside Avenue
Acres Street
Ordnance
Ravenna
Kingsbury
Ind
Weldon Springs
Crab Orchard Creek
Ill
Program Fitted Like A Jigsaw Johnson Meeting Told
William J. Doppler of New York City described the tuberculosis program as a jigsaw puzzle with four groups needed for success. The talk at a Johnson County Tuberculosis Association meeting in Solon emphasized medical professionals, the Tuberculosis Association, John Q Public official agencies, and volunteer health groups. Dr. George Albright presided. Emil Trott noted Johnson County Christmas seal sales at 8.9 per capita, Solon ranking high with 20 cents per person.
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Solon
William J. Doppler
New York City
National Tuberculosis Association
Johnson County
Tuberculosis Association
Medical Profession
John Q. Public
George Albright
Iowa City
Tuberculosis Association and
Public Health Welfare Bureau
Emil Trott
United States
Linn County
Plan Concrete Roads Without Use Of Steel
Des Moines reports defense priorities may alter the state highway commission to pursue non steel reinforced concrete on over 80 miles of primary roads. Commissioner L M Eicher notes limited steel leads to small bridges and culverts while funds cover engineering costs.
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Des Moines
State Highway Commission
L. M. Eicher
Eicher
Commission
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