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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 25, 1938

Page

26

Wood Carving Archery Fan Grows His Own Tobacco Crop

ARRETT L. HOGLAN, an 84 year old hobbyist from 1220 Second Avenue SE, started tobacco raising at age 83 and now dries about 80 plants for pipe fodder. He carves crossbows and shoe miniatures, polishes stones, and keeps a shaving horse in his yard, saying life stays lively as long as he can get around. He attributes health to fruit cereals nuts and milk, avoiding meat and fish, and notes tobacco requires constant tending and family effort.

Arrett L. Hoglan Mr. Hoglan Che Second Avenue SE Hoglan Africa Garrett L. Hoglan

Bohemian Dramatic Society Opens Season With War Drama

This evening at the C. S. P. S. hall the thirty eighth season of the Bohemian Dramatic society opens with the war drama And He Did Return directed by Theodore B. Hlubucek. Proceeds benefit the Czech Defense fund and a large audience is expected. Karla Masaryk chorus sings at intermissions with curtain at 7 30. Cast includes Vaclav Picek T B Hlubucek Rose Drmyš Milo Kirchner Marie Bohac Vincent Kadlec Frank Sykora Alois Jedlicka Frank Kohoutek Joseph Pazour Rose Messa George Chmelicek Emil Cuhel John Zlatohlavek Margaret Petrasek Rose Bartunek Gladys Rejsa Josephine Lebeda Libbie Machacek Libbie Cerveny. Local Czechs oppose partition plans, diverging from other cities in Sunday mass meetings.

C. S. P. S. Hall Bohemian Dramatic Society Theodore B. Hlubacek Czech Defense Fund Karla Masaryk Vaclav Picek T. B. Hlubucek Rose Drmyš Milo Kirchner Marie Bohac Vincent B. Kadlec Frank Sykora Alois Jedlicka Frank Kohoutek Joseph Pazour Rose Messa George Chmelicek Emil Cuhel John Zlatohlavek Margaret Petrasek Rose Bartunek Gladys Rejsa Josephine Lebeda Libbie Machacek

Auction to support Czech Defense Fund planned in Iowa

An auction of donated merchandise and poultry will be held at the C. S. P. S. hall on Monday Oct 3 to meet a 5000 quota for the Czech Defense Fund. The Coe military band led by Stanley Vesely will perform for Czech day on Oct 28 at the same hall. The Sokol Junior Falcons will hold a Tuesday 8 p.m. business session at the Sokol hall as October activities are planned. Delegates Thomas Suchomel Frank Machovsky Martha Kralik and Anna Kapoun attended a Chicago meeting representing Sokols and Auxiliary.

Czech Alliance Coe Stanley Vesely Sokol Society Sokol Thomas Suchomel Frank Machovsky Martha Kralik Anna Kapoun Sokols and Auxiliary Chicago

National Sokol Convention Set to Begin Monday

The Central district with local member organizations meets in Chicago today. Delegates of the Zdruzenych Damskych Sboru gather next Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Czech school for important business. The Bohemian Reading society also meets next Friday at 7 30 p.m. at the Czech school followed by a social hour. The Renata Tyrs Sokolky sewing circle convenes next Tuesday at 1 30 p.m. at the Sokol hall.

Chicago Bohemian Reading Society Renata Tyrs

Social Welfare Meeting Programs Planned in Iowa Conference

Cedar Rapids participants join the Iowa conference of social welfare at Fort Dodge from Wednesday to Friday. Mrs. Alice Ferber leads a case work session after Grace Ferguson speaks. Lena Vogt addresses the legal aspects of work with the Feeble Minded. Dr. E G Kieck also on the program.

Cedar Rapids Iowa Conference of Social Welfare Fort Dodge Alice Ferber Grace Ferguson University of Iowa School of Social Service Administration Lena Vogt Linn County E. G. Kieck Edward C. Lindeman New York School of Social Work Virginia Howlett Associated Junior Leagues of America American Association of Social Workers Ferber Mildred Hunt Elizabeth Meerdink Martha Walker Relief Office

Coe Opens Sixth Year With Record Enrollment

Coe college begins its 58th academic year with anticipated enrollment over 350 new students, second only to the 1921 freshman class record of 400. The opening assembly at Sinclair Memorial chapel features Earl Hall of The Mason City Globe-Gazette as guest speaker, with remarks by Arthur Poe and other officials. Classes start 1:30 pm Monday with morning sessions Tuesday.

Coe College Earl Hall Sinclair Memorial Chapel Mason City Globe-Gazette Hall H. M. Gage Coe Verne Marshall Cedar Rapids Gazette Arthur Poe Board of Trustees Gage Robert Little Andrea Johannsen Old Main Hall Old Main John M. Henry

Night classes help aliens learn English at McKinley High

Cedar Rapids offers free night courses for foreign born residents and aliens seeking citizenship. Classes run 7 to 9 30 p m on Mondays Tuesdays and Thursdays at McKinley High School starting Oct 10 with a second term in January. Alma E Wright WPA teacher oversees the program.

Cedar Rapids McKinley High School Tenth Street Alma E. Wright WPA

Retiring Coe College business manager after 33 years

S N Harris, business manager at Coe College since August 1905, will retire next Saturday after 33 years of service. He helped pioneer college accounting systems and oversaw Coe's universal bookkeeping approach. Harris will visit his sister in Hollywood, Calif, before planning an uncertain winter. Prof. John M Henry will assume managerial duties.

Coe College S. N. Harris Harris Coe National Association of Business Managers Hollywood Calif Harvey Bradley John M. Henry

Insanity Plea Of Man Who Marked 16 To Die Fails

AYEGATE Mont AP Lee Simpson 50 rancher marked sixteen people for death claiming theft of his ranch property. A district court jury found him guilty and sentenced him to death for slaying Deputy Sheriff Arthur Buford who was killed April 14 during the missing McDonald brothers case. Simpson confessed and led officers to the McDonalds bodies.

Ayegate Mont Lee Simpson Golden Valley Arthur Buford Simpson Buford Gerald Robert McDonald McDonalds

History Buff Hunts for Presidents Past on Historic Tours

George B. Sherman of Cedar Rapids travels 3 500 miles exploring presidential graves and monuments. He notes plain markers at Madison and Dolly Madison, Monroe statue tale, and visits Yorktown Gettysburg and the Monroe home era sites. He seeks graves of all deceased presidents.

Jefferson Sherman United States Jefferson Davis Confederacy Calvin Coolidge Plymouth James Madison Madison Mr. Sherman Dolly Madison Monroe Battle Fields Lookout Mountain Fredericksburg Chancellorsville Wilderness New England Adams Quincy Mass Cedar Rapids Lexington Concord Old Salem Coolidge Washington, D. C Gettysburg Yorktown

Amarillo Celebrates 50th Anniversary in Plains Cow Town

Amarillo Texas, a city of about 50 000 people founded as a cow town in the plains country, marks its fiftieth anniversary this year.

Amarillo Tex

Berry Indicates No Vote Contest Not Entered

Washington Senator George L. Berry of Tennessee says he will not contest his primary defeat. He claims federal agencies including the WPA were brazenly used against him.

Berry Washington INS George L. Berry Tenn WPA

Peace Prayer Call Unites All Faiths At World Peace Service

Chicago leaders Bishop George Craig Stewart Reverend Theodore C. Hume and Clifford W. Barnes issued a call for churches of all faiths to join in a world peace prayer Sunday. The effort was coordinated by the Chicago Church Federation and the Chicago Sunday Evening Club.

Chicago George Craig Stewart Episcopal Diocese of Theodore C. Hume Chicago Church Federation World Friendship Commission Clifford W. Barnes Chicago Sunday Evening Club

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