Statues and mascots raise laughter at Iowa universities
In an editorial from Washington Iowa on January 14 1972 the piece muses on a student proposal to erect a 40 foot concrete statue of Cy the Cardinal at Iowa State University Ames. It playfully notes mascot mixups across Iowa cities and ponders Herky the Hawk’s name implying Hercules while wagging at the risk of a proliferation of bird statues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cy the Cardinal
University of Iowa At
Iowa City
Herky the Hawk
Iowa
Gridiron Warriors
Ames
Cyclones
Cardinal
Hawkeyes
Hawk
Herky
Hercules
Purely Puzzlement and the Mysterious Raleigh Card
Dean Stanley receives a Raleigh invitation letter from a North Carolina doctor claiming to have sent a Christmas card the dean denies. The column quips about year end desk clearance, a man failing to file properly, and the futility of a rigid filing system versus a loose, rummaging approach that yields odd but interesting results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Stanley
North Carolina
Raleigh
Bicycle boom drives urban transit and fitness trends
The article traces bicycle popularity from the 1890s to a current surge on the east and west coasts. It notes a Columbia Manufacturing Co plan to produce one million bicycles in 1972, cites Dr. Paul Dudley White advocating cycling for heart health, and mentions ecologists backing bike lanes and urban bikeways amid commuter car challenges in cities like Washington and New York. It closes reflecting on a potential future bicycle craze return and the value of owning and using a bike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Manufacturing Co
Westfield
Mass
Paul Dudley White
Washington
New York
Odd Fellow Rebekah joint installation held in Kalona
1972 officers for the Kalona Odd Fellows and Rebekah lodges were installed in a joint ceremony by Wellman installing staff. District leaders presided as seventy-five members and guests attended, with a silver Lodge Homes offering for Mason City and a past noble grand pin presented to Mrs. Plank. Various social notices followed including visitors, quilting group, and family gatherings in the area.
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ARS
Eugene Way Kalona
Kalona
Odd Fellow
Rebekah
Wellman Lodges
Everett Plecker
Chase Millice
Marshalls
Irvin Goodwin
John Durst
Odd Fellows
Myron Jones
Noble Grand
Larry Plank
George W. Fry
Harold Fisher
F. L. Strickler
L. J. Strickler
Fay F. Boone
Inside Guardian
Phillip Preston
Outside Guardian
Clifford Small
Alva Kepler
Fay W. Boone
Donald Dickel
Curtis Figgins
Paul Baumert
Charles Smith
C. R. Beckley
Harold Maxwell
Rose Sleichter
Alma Michel
Mason City
Kaalberg
Plank
Rebekah Lodge
Preston
Kepler
Strickler
Beckley
Spicher
Smith
Clarence Swartzendruber
Alvin Stoltzfus
Maggie
Almanac entries and historic birthdays for January 14
Almanac items note Capricorn birthday Carlos Romula born January 14 1899 and historic events include Henry Ford’s assembly line start in 1914 Roosevelt and Churchill Morocco meeting in 1943 Fidel Castro’s firing squad executions in 1959 and a fatal 1964 US snowstorm. Ambrose Bierce quote closes the note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Carlos Romula
Henry Ford
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Morocco
Fidel Ci
United States
L M Boyd asks job applicants a loaded question
In this December 1971 L M Boyd column, a diplomat role is skewered by a secretary asking a revealing interview question. The prose riffs on greetings cards, best selling books, peculiar marriage advice, and a Copenhagen taxidermist who preserves net-caught fish. Mail address included.
Wellman Lodges Install Officers Attend Event
Alva Kepler and F. L. Strickler attended the Wellman Odd Fellows and Rebekah lodges officers installation on Saturday evening. Mr and Mrs C C Shimon visited Thursday with friends at the Shenk nursing home in Wellman.
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Hochstetler
Clarence Bender
Rolland Yoder
John Stutzman
Darrel Studer
Ivan Burkley
Burkleys
Wayne Gardner
Iowa City
Gary Pribyl
Cedar Rapids
Dennis Crone
Mary Te Bockhorst
Wilbur Priley
Dan Lehman
Walnut Creek
Clayton Bender
Ulysses
Kan
Willard Marner
Middle America
Keith Erb
Paul Marner
Wallace Marner
Durant
Lee Swartzendruber
Kevin Wade
Cherie Marner
Portland
Ore
Ron Troyer
Marner
Homer Brenneman
Mercy Hospital
Dennis Shetler
Ellis Swartzendruber
Larry
John A. Yoder
Paul W. Miller
Katie
Washington Evening Journal
Alva Kepler
F. L. Strickler
Wellman
Wellman Odd Fellow
Rebekah
C. C. Shimon
Shenk
Dear Abby column tips and reader queries clash
A collection of Dear Abby letters and responses covers a florist's Bon Voyage wreath for a funeral, a friend’s knitting while entertaining, post hysterectomy sex life, and handling divorce inquiries. Abby advises personal views and tactful communication while readers share perspectives on manners and sensitivities in social situations.
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Abby
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Psalm 11
James Baldwin
Harold
Iowa State University
Richmondena Cardinalis
University of Northern Iowa
Dean
Cedar Valley Times
Colliers
Washington Evening
Marion
Shannon & Co” Inc
Rem International
Inland Daily Press
Asan
Vem
Tanager
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Ea- Wobert
Prion Marx
Towa
Nancy
Blondie
Dal
Wood
Hostetler and Lafena
Lowell Guengerich and
Jeffrey
Amarillo, Tex
L. Glen Guengerich
George V. Fry
the Almanac
Ambrose Bierce
L M.boyd
Ing
Mickey Spillane
U.S
A. J. Cronin
Benjamin Spock
Frank Slaughter
Somerset Maugham
Peter Mark Roget
Roget
Thorns
Copenhagen
L. M. Boyd
Fort Worth
Topyright
Hertford
Arbby
Abigail van Buren
Cheape Tebenen, Y. Mews Limd., Inc
Albuquerque
Sandy
Los Angeles
Cal
Boner
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