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and Amiens, His knowledge of languages resulted in his transfer to Egyptian duty under General Alien -by.Weds English Girl.While in London with the Canadian outfit, Mr. Kruidenier metMiss Rayment, with whom he carresponded during his foreign serv ice, After thewarwentCanada where they were marriedsoon after he was mustered outservice at Hamilton, Ont. For a short time following a visit at hisfamily home in Holland, Mich., theveteran worked on a farm nearSwan Lake, Manitoba. Two recurrences of malaria, which had been contracted while in service with General Allenby. put him in the hospital. Following his recovery he applied for a position with the Canadian mail service; obtaining the appointment he continued the work for two years until he moved to Cedar Rapids to take a job with the Holland Furnace company, Mr. Kruidenier was with this firm for six years; then for one summer he did clerical work at the Illinois Central freight house. He left this to become a salesman far the Jewel Tea company with which he remained two years, until 1929, when he was appointed as night patrolman onthe police force.Possessed of a fine tenor voice, Mr. Kruidenier’s chief hobby since college days has been singing.Elder In U. P. Church.For several years he has been anelder in the United Presbyterian church. He is a member of the Elks dub, and of the American Legion.Dan Kruidenier, who was scrambling over t|ie Egyptian pyramids atan age when Iowa boys were driving cows home from the pasture, was near death three times while on the campaign with Allenby which took him back to Egypt just thirteen years after he had left toobtain an education in the UnitedStates.He was with an outfit detailed tobuild two bridges over the Yrmuk river in Palestine. Within two weeks every man, including Kruidenier, was sick, as sanitary conditions were terrible. The retreating Turks had left bodies of their men and horses where they had fallen, or hadthrown them into the Sea of lee on the shores of which the British camp was set up. Illness contracted at this time almost provedfatal to the soldier when he wastransferred to a hospital at Cairo; a third recurrence put him into thehospital at Beirut, Syria.When enlisting in the Canadian army before the United States entered the World war, Dan Kruidenier had been obliged to take the oath of allegiance to King George for the duration of the war. Twenty minutes after the United States consul in Canada heard his story and examined his records he was repatriated and admitted to the United States as a loyal citizen!Wiebold who is leaving for California.Frank Cavell suffered a fractured leg and shoulder when his heavy automobile under which he was working toppled from the jacks and blocks, on which he had placed it, pinning him underneath.March 24, 1912Fifty-five men were called back to work at the Rock Island railroadshops here today thus decreasingthe number of men wit of work asthe result of the shops being closedindefinitely two weeks ago.10—20—30YEARS AGOIN THE GAZETTEMarch 24, 1922.Arthur Duncan, a boy residing inTheodore Roosevelt will speakfrom the platform of his train when it arrives in Cedar Rapids next Friday, according to a telegram received from him today.The Rev. A. A. Couser left today far Anita where he will attend the United Evangelical conference.A. C. Dimock of Davenport has been appointed night yardmaster here for the Milwaukee railroad.Edward Scheible, manager of the Dunn cafe at Ames, has obtained the cafe concession of the Union station at Cedar Rapids.March 24, 1902.Mount Vernon avenue, was knockeddown by a truck in an alley betweenTenth and Eleventh streets. Thetruck passed completely over himbut the wheels did not touch him.He was only slightly bruised.The Misses Margaret Thompson and Margaret McClenahan andDonald Bleakley and Harrison Barnes, students at the Universityof Chicago, arrived home to spendthe spring vacation.Miss Evelyn Hayden entertained at a farewell party for Miss LydiaThe beautiful memorial window presented to the First Presbyterian church by Mrs. T. M. Sinclair has arrived and will be in place in the south wail in a few days. It is in memory of her daughter, Mrs. Hodge, who lost her life in the Boxer uprising in China.F. F. Dawley has returned from an extended southern trip which included Jamaica and Cuba.Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Watkins entertained the young men of Mr. Watkins* Sunday school class in honor of David Emery who will leave soon to take a position with his uncle in a bank at Hammond.Ind.Members of the local center of the university extension movement heldtheir annual meeting in the high school building today and elected G. E. Crawford, president; C. ID. VanVechten, vice-president; J. M. Dinwiddle, treasurer, and A. R. Moore, secretary.tfcfaThe first step cold, doctors all accumulat material.To carry of! better than Cenough for chiyet it does thf Castoria, yoaration madeIt contains no of any kind. II to relieve a coi is an effective anoi her help fc When you ft five upset star Your doctor w action. Don’t always has thlt; on the package.*/A
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The Evening Gazette and Republican
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US
Thu, Mar 24, 1932
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