Iowa
Old Press
Mason City Globe-Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo co. Iowa
January 4, 1936
7 Leaving for Navy Training
Officer O.O. Cleveland, navy recruiting agent for this territory,
announced Saturday that seven North Iowa boys were scheduled to
leave Mason City Sunday for San Diego, Cal., to begin their
preliminary period of instruction in the naval training school
there. The youths are Harold E. Marker, Nora Springs; Alfred J.
Schmidt, Mitchell; William G. Weber, Mason City; Robert G.
Rourke, Charles City;William F. May, Stacyville; Donald W.
Jenkins, Thompson, and William L. Coppin, Elma. They will join
four other North Iowa boys, William H. Pierce, Clear Lake; Robert
A. Martin, Manly; James R. Miller, Mason City and Walter E.
White, Thompson, who left here Dec. 9 to enlist in the San Diego
school.
Death Notices
-Anderson, Roberta, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney F.
Wilson, 1411 Delaware ave southeast, was fatally injured in an
automobile accident Thursday evening. Funeral serivces Olivet
M.E. Church, Monday at 2 o'clock. Burial will be at Elmwood
cemetery.
-Norberg, Harvey Raymond, 32, died at a local hospital Thursday
following an illness and operation. Funeral services St. James
Lutheran church, Tuesday at 2o'clock.
Rites Held for Chris Hansen
Clear Lake, Jan 4 - Funeral services for Chris Hansen, were held
Saturday afternoon at the Zion Lutheran church with the Rev. H.O.
Urness, pastor, officiating. Music for the services was furnished
by Mrs. Ole Ashland, Jr., and Mrs. Carl Ashland who sang a duet,
accompanied by Miss Genevieve Hansen. Nephews of Mr. Hansen
serving as pallbearers were Arnot Hansen, Algona; Sophus Hansen,
Charles Hansen, C.L. Hansen, Herman Hansen, all of Clear Lake,
and Clarence Hansen, Mason City. Burial was at Clear Lake
cemetery. Out of town relatives who arrived Friday are Mr. and
Mrs. Axel Hansen, Akron, Ohio and Cora Myre, Des Moines. A number
of Mason City persons also attended.
Surviving Mr. Hansen are his wife, daughter, Helen, who is
employed at Mason City, and a son, Axel Hansen, Akron, Ohio, and
a grandson, Donald Hansen, Akron. His sister, Mrs. Dora Hansen
and brother, Claus Hansen, both of Clear Lake, also survive him.
Kamin Funeral
Charles City, Jan. 4 - Funeral services for Lewis Kamin, 64, will
be held Monday afternoon at the Grossman funeral home with the
Rev. C.G. Prottengeler officiating. Mr. Kamin died yesterday
following a heart attack at his home, 1213 Riverside drive. He
retired from farming near Rudd a year ago and moved to Charles
City. He is survived by his wife and two sons, Eldo of this city,
and Heimuth, Rudd.
Immel Funeral
Charles City, Jan 4 - The Rev. C.G. Prottengeler will officiate
at the funeral services Sunday for Hanry Immel, 73, at the
Grossman funeral home and burial will be in New Hampton cemetery.
Mr. Immel who had been ill a long time is survived by his wife,
son, George, a daughter, Mrs. Reuben Witzel, two brothers,
William and John Immel, Charles City, four sisters, Mrs.
Elizabeth Miller and Mrs. Ralph Phillips, Charles City, Mrs. Anna
Hennings, Cedar Rapids and Mrs. William Ritter, Lincoln, Nebr.
Two Killed, Third Critically Injured in Coasting Mishap
Marquette, Jan 4 - Paul Scarff, 10 year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Scarff, lay critically injured in a hospital here today,
the victim of a coasting accident which cost the lives of two
Marquette children. The dead were Edwin Zahn, 11, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Zahn, and Donald Clinton, 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Clinton.
Their merry coasting party turned into tragedy when their sleds
crashed into an automobile driven by the Rev. H.F. Glock, pastor
of the Marquette and McGregor Lutheran church. A coroner's jury
declared the deaths accidental. It was brought out at the inquest
that the Rev. Glock, driving uphill, had turned partly off the
pavement to let the youngsters whizz past out of danger. Scarff
suffered a fractured skull. The other youths died shortly after
the accident. Zahn and Clinton were riding "double" on
one sled down a long hill. Scarff, riding alone, was following
close behind.
Iowa Manager of Townsend Old Age Plan Dies at Rochester
Des Moines, Jan 4 - Relatives received word here that
C.C.Crowningshield, 54, Iowa state area manager of the Townsend
old age pension plan, died yesterday afternoon at Rochester,
Minn. Crowningshield had left Des Moines for the Mayo clinic
onlyyesterday morning, relatives said. He suffered a heart attack
and died shortly afterward. He cam here from Sioux City last May.
His wife, a son, a daughter, and a sister survive. Funeral plans
were not complete today.
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