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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 20, 1936

Page

12

Sister returns from Europe with 106 dolls for collection

Margaret Mantle Stookey widow sister of Carl W. Stookey and Lindenwood College PE director travels eleven weeks through Europe amassing 106 dolls. customs seized them at Malmo between Copenhagen and Stockholm. a Danish interpreter arranged release. dolls include Queen Elizabeth and Henry VIII wax models and regional costumes from London Tokyo to Prague and Stockholm.

Margaret Mantle Stookey Carl W. Stookey Second Avenue SE Lindenwood College St. Charles Cedar Rapids Malmo Copenhagen Stockholm Berlin B.C King Tut Egypt Harum Scarum Miss Stookey Noah Ark London

Copenhagen Dolls Inspire Lindenwood Costume Classes

A Copenhagen tour features 106 dolls including a Danish Royal Guard figure and a man in Turkish style trousers. Miss Migs Stookey plans to use the collection for theatrical costume instruction at Lindenwood College, even as the guard band plays near the American embassy.

Tyrolean Alps Germany Austria Venice Budapest Miss Stookey Prague Sweden Migs Stookey Royal Guard Tivoli Copenhagen Rohde King’s Guard Stars and Stripes Ruth Bryan Owen United States Franklin D. Roosevelt Lindenwood Colege

Piano Recital Highlights Maynard Event

Mrs Henry Buenne Maynard presented her piano students in a recital with their mothers and Mrs C D Hileman as guests. The performers included Arlene Schlegel Rozilla Hall Virginia Pace Margaret Surfus Ruth Patridge. Violin pieces were played by Herman Bunge with Arlene Schlegel accompanying.

Maynard Henry Buenneke, Jr C. D. Hileman Arlene Schlegel Rozilla Hall Virginia Pace Margaret Surfus Ruth Patridge Herman Bunge

New Officers Elected for Anamosa Methodist Social Circle

Anamosa reports new officers for the church social circle including Mrs Clayton Hartman as president Mrs H W Stongton as vice president Mrs H W Zeig ler as secretary and Mrs B H Erb as treasurer serving the Methodist group.

Anamosa The Methodist Church Clayton Hartman H. W. Stongton H. W. Zeigler B. H. Erb

Dr Cook Dis covers North Pole Autobiography

Dr Frederick A Cook, 71, living in Ontario near Falls, N Y, writes an autobiography detailing his disputed 1908 pole claim and prison years. He asserts ongoing support from explorers and cites Byrd Ellsworth Amundsen Nobile, amid old controversy with Peary and a 1922 oil scandal conviction.

Chicago Frederick A. Cook Thunder Bay Ontario Ea Falls N. Y North Pole Federal Penitentiary Fort Leavenworth Kan American Geographical Society Science Robert E. Peary Richard E. Byrd Lincoln Ellsworth Ronald’ Amundsen Umberto Nobile Dr. Cook Admiral Peary Indian Harbor Labrador Atlantic University of Copenhagen Cook Europe United States Fort Worth Texas Mount McKinney

Townsend Clubs Plan Cedar Rapids Parade Monday

East Iowa Townsend clubs announce a 2 PM parade in Cedar Rapids with floats honoring new memberships. Prizes will be awarded for the top three floats followed by an 8 PM rally at the coliseum with H Truman Gordon of Townsend HQ Chicago as speaker and H B Elliott introducing him.

Townsend Iowa Cedar Rapids Coliseum H. Truman Gordon National Townsend Chicago Banner Howard Luther Fuhrmeister H. B. Elliott Des Moines First Avenue Sixteenth Avenue Sixteenth Avenue Bridge Third Street E Marion Crescent Drive Second Avenue The

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