Banquet Honors Central Founders Lead by Jewett
Alumnus Geo A Jewett of Des Moines hosts a large Central campus banquet for the Founders of CU I. Prexy Wesselink acts as toastmaster while the Ladies Auxiliary provide meals. Speakers include Miss Firth Rev Townsend Garret Pethoven and others. Discussions note Central’s heritage and future plans including a Central room in New Central and a music cabinet to collect records and sheet music.
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Central
George A. Jewett
Des Moines
Jewett
Prexy Wesselink
Iowa
Iowa Territory
Netherlands
New Central
Miss Firth
Dwight Townsend
Mr. Jewett
Central Ray
Central College Music Library gains new cabinet
Central College announces a fine large music cabinet donated to the music department by the Executive Board. The cabinet, placed in a practice room beneath the ventilator, provides ample space to store sacred music operas and Glee Club, Pellicans, orchestras, and band collections. All records will be catalogued and filed as in the main library.
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Edison
Music Department
Central
Grove
Dictionary of Music
Glee Clubs
Pellacans
Long Married Couple Recalled From 1856 Wedding
In Knoxville Journal style, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Gilson of Marion County celebrate their seventy second wedding anniversary at home with about thirty friends. He, born 1835 in Manchester Pennsylvania, and she, born 1830 in Indiana, married May 11 1856 after meeting when he sought help as a wagonmaker. Six of seven children survived to become local citizens and the couple express continued affection and a belief their marriage would be repeated the same way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Gilson
Knoxville Journal
Gilson
Red Rock Line
Iowa
Indiana
Manchester
Marion County
Cabinet Breakfast Jumpstart at Early Dawn
In Central Bay the Y M and Y W cabinets of this and last year gathered before the dormitory at five o clock Thursday morning to have their breakfast outdoors. The unusual hour aimed to start the day with a communal meal and fellowship among members.
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Central Bay
Y. M
Y. W
Thyrza's Team Wins Close Baseball Game Near Pella
They journeyed west of Pella and formed two baseball teams. A close game followed with Thyrza's team prevailing. After a breakfast of steak sandwiches coffee and fruit they returned to Central cherishing Mother Nature and wishing for a longer stay.
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Pella
Thyrza
Old Central
Mother Nature
Bittersweet Bits From Courtroom and Street Scenes
A collage of tiny city notes and odd incidents includes Mrs. Rachel Stern reporting lack of speak to her Chicago husband for eight months, a Galesburg hen aged 19 hatched thrice since last October, divorce suit by Mrs. Harriet Kelser of Chicago, and Jessie Dixon of Quebec paying $500 to cancel an engagement.
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Rachel Stern
Chicago
W. S. Holt
Galesburg
Harriet Kelser
Jessie Dixon
Quebec
Annie Braine
Odd Tales and Oddities Sweep the World
A string of curious notes from Hull to Iowa and Manchester reveal wedding woes and wonders. A Winnetka bridegroom’s stolen suit surfaces at a dance. a Hull teacher regains memory after hearing a tune. a Chicagofi ancial wedding plan ends when a pickpocket takes 3200. an 85 year old Blackpool man wed a bride of 88. a 73 year old farmer plans final days in Keokuk while walking 8872 miles. A pig with eight legs and two tails barely lives. Scientists claim 3,600,000 volts can be stored in artificial clouds and released in a millionth of a second.
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Charles Myers
California
Keokuk
Iowa
Diamond Team Inflicts 2nd Win Against Veterans Hospital
Central's baseball team defeated the Veterans Hospital squad from Knoxville twice in ten days. In the first game, Central won 8-0 as pitcher Rysdam allowed only three hits, delivering the stronger performance. In the second game, Central prevailed 7-3 with Rysdam again on the mound, facing Rex Rowley who was relieved after four runs. Central won due to superior batting and fielding.
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Central
Veteran's Hospital
Knoxville
Rysdam
Rex Rowley
Ray
Also Mentioned on This Page
Geo. A. Jewett
Board OF Trustees
Central College Music Library
J. C. Gilson
Merit Merchants
Catherine Kay
Gotobo
Okla
William Maloney
Young, Sask
George Creesen
St. Louis
Mid
Lula Evans
Newport Ind
Harriet Johnston
Santa Monica
Cal
Walter Stein
Charles Hobson
Newark
Joseph Flannery
Crickethowell
Eng
Leslie R. Meyer
Davenport
Harry Edwards
Country
Martha Reblin
Montreal
Niagara Falls
Mary Farrar
Edward Glenn
Alice Soong
J. C. White
E. J. Cutter
Cleveland
Los Angeles
Robert Pethick
New Orleans
Herbert Prentice
Winnetka
James Bowes
Hull
Robert Calgern
Michael Mynett
Blackpool
Cently
Ansco
Puritan Drug Co
John Heerema
Three Seas
M. Vander Linden
Surrounding
Bill’s
Pella Hotel
Pella, Iowa
The
Marion County Good Roads Committee
John Hammill
Hammill
Kimball
Gov. Hammill
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