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fDe Moines Regisfer Fade 3 Mona Arrives in M. Boat Enthusiasts Disregard Chill IJIZ ON FHA TO BUILDERS And Asks More Space, But Crowded School Seen I -tti in in 1 1" mm II Wl" 'f Despite Sunday's chilly 40-degree weather here there were a dozen or so boats operating on the Des Moines river. At this boat landing downstream from the Second Avenue bridge, one opetator (right) hauls his boat ashore while others take rides and look at boats. Mona Freeman Samples Iowa Corn. MINNIE DEVORE IS DEAD AT 90 "Where's the corn?" asked Movie Actress Mona Freeman as she stepped from an airplane at the municipal airport for Iowa Corn to Iowa ite record, for about 10 minutes, then signed an estimated 500 autographs, some of them on, the arms of teen-agers who hoped it would look like tattoo.

Mona, who is 29 years old, 5 foot 2'2 inches tall and weighs 110 pounds, is In Iowa for Mona Freeman day at. Newton. There will a parade there today and she'll leave behind her foot prints In cement. The purpose of the visit is to promote a shjpment of Maytag merchandise, valued at nearly 3-million dollars, to the west coast. "My name's Monica," said Mona, "but that's my mother's name too, so they always called me Mona at home." Freeman is her real name, too.

When told the film "Jump ing Jacks," in wnicn sne played with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, will be playing in Newton today, Mona said, "I've never seen it. I never see most of them, but I did see 'Battle 706 WALNUT MONDAY i i III A questionnaire has gone out to 300 Iowa home builders asking for their opinions on the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). The questionnaire is an out growth of the recent FHA troubles in Iowa. Iowa FHA Director Frank C. Wahrman has asked for removal from his office of three FHA state officials.

They are: Charles Lamond, chief architect; Paul Smith, chief evaluator, and Wiley May-den, chief underwriter. Wahrman also has ordered ft builder to repair a number of houses that he built. About 75 home builders decided at a meeting here last Monday night to circulate the questionnaire among builders. The questionnaire, the answers to which will be confi dential, asks the builders these questions: 1. Are you at present-using FHA? 2.

Have you In the past used FHA? 3. Do you believe Mr. Wahrman is properly handling the affairs of his office? 4. Do you believe Mr. Lamond is properly handling the affairs of his office? 5.

Do you believe Mr. Smith is properly handling the affairs of his office? 6. Do you believe Mr. Mayden is properly handling the affairs of his office? 7. Under the present director's admini a i have your problems, per house, with FHA increased or decreased? 8.

How many houses a year have you built since 1951? How many sold under FHA? Contractors sav this ques tionnaire is the first in a series to "survey and study the operation of FHA in Iowa." The returned questionnaires will be tabulated by a Des Moines firm of certified public accountants. Wahrman has been housing director for 21, years. He came to Des Moines from Denison. Vandals Enter Wilson Jr. High Vandals broke into a ground floor classroom at Woodrow Wilson Junior High, E.

Twenty- fourth street and University avenue, Saturday night, scattered books on the floor and emptied a teacher's desk, it was reported to police Sunday. Police said five windows were broken, apparently by beer cans found near the building. Police said spots of blood were found near one of the windows, indicating one of the vandals cut himself crawl ing through. here Sunday on her first trip Her escorts led ner to a led popcorn stand outside the airport where she had a taste. "I'm hungry," she said, as she munched on it.

"I haven't eaten since lunch and that's been just hours." Mona Gasps. The soft-spoken o'n a gasped when asked if she would dance during her appearance at the Twilight Teen Hop at Val Air Ballroom here Sunday night. "Rock and roll?" she asked. "I hope not, I've been rock in' and rollin' on a plane for hours." Mona flew from her home in Brentwood, a suburb of Los Angeles, to Chicago, 111., where she was met by representatives of the Maytag Newton. Following her 30-minute ap pearance at Val-Air, Mona made a television appearance and then left here by plane for Newton.

500 Autographs. At the ballroom, she answered questions from teen agers, on such matters as her favorite movie star and favor MnnH Apr. 9, I9S4 HONOR PASTOR AT RECEPTION The Rev. Walter A. Olson, pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, and his wife were honored at a farewell reception Sunday after noon by nearly 400 members of their congregation.

The Rev. Mr. Olson has re signed and will be installed next Sunday as pastor of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rhinelander, Wis. $200 Gift. At the reception in tha church at W.

Ninth street and Maish avenue, the Olsons were presented a farewell gift of $200 by the congregation. The Rev. Mr. Olson came to Des Moines In 1949 to be the first pastor of the newly formed Church of the Good Shepherd, a mission parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Since then, the congregation has grown from a nucleus of 10 to a membership of 42L Until the church was built in 1951, the congregation met in the Lincoln Theater on S.

W. Ninth street. "Wonderful Part." In his final sermon Sunday the Rev. Mr. Olson called at-i tention to the "wonderful part the people of the congregation have played in developing the church property and in the congregation itself." Last week, the Olsons were given a farewell banquet in the church by members of the Luther League, young people's organization.

2 Charged With Reckless Driving Charles E. Gradwell, 35, of Melbourne, and Robert G. McNeeley, 23, who listed his address as 1538 E. Fortieth pleaded innocent Sunday to charges of reckless driving. Police arrested them early Sunday at E.

Fourteenth street and Grand avenue. Municipal Judge Harry B. Grund set their hearings for Apr. 16 and freed each on $200 bond. Patrolman Galyn Dcvine said the two men were racing at speeds "around 50 miles per hour" between Second avenue and Locust street and E.

Fourteenth and Grand. Open Monday, Noon 'til 3 p. m. $50 to $80 YALUES TO $39.95 GREEN ENTERS CORONER RACE Dr.tDon C. Green, 31, of 1430 Hutton said Sunday he would be a candidate for Polk countv coroner on the Republic a ticket.

Dr. Green is a 195z gradu ate of the State University of Iowa medical school and is now on the staff, at Iowa Methodist Hos pital. Born in DB. GHKK.N. Des Moines, he practiced medicine at Graetinger before returning here last February.

He was a navy pilpt during World War II. Dr. Green is a graduate of East High School here and of Drake' University. He and his wife have three children, Steven, 11, Kirk, 4, and Connie, 1. His parents, Mr.

and Mrs. R. M. Green live in Des Moines. Other candidates for county coroner, both Dem-crats, are Mike Wilson, an and Dr.

Leo Luka, an osteopathic physician and surgeon. Dr. Walter D. Anderson, present county coroner, has announced that he will not seek re-election on the Republican ticket. The deadline for filing nomination papers for county offices is midnight Tuesday.

DEATH CLAIMS JAY C.FORD, 72 Jay Clyde Ford, 72, of 1443 E. Grand died at home Sunday of a coronary occlusion. He retired two months ago as an engineer at the city sewage treatment plant. Born near Keota, he had lived in Des Moines 68 years. Mr.

Ford was a civil engineering graduate of Iowa State College. He was a mem ber of the Masons, the Shrine, the Des Moines Consistory, the Elks Lodge, the American Legion and Phi Gamma Delta social fraternity. Services will be at 10 a. m. Tuesday at Dunn's Funeral Home, with burial at Masonic cemetery.

Survivors include one broth' er. Earl Ford, of Des Moines. v. a 1 Mrs. Mihnie A.

DeVore, 90, of 1105 Forty-fourth died Sunday at home, following a lengthy illness. A retired school teacher, she had "been principal at Park Avenue School and Frisbe School and had taught at Amos Hiatt Junior High School, old West High School and at Marshalltown. Born in Elkhart, she lived in Des Moines 55 years, She attended Drake University. Mrs. DeVore was a member of First Baptist Church and the Review Club.

She was a former member of the Des Moines Women's Club and Des Moines Garden Survivors include four grandnieces and one grand-nephew. Visual Training Seminar Is Set Visual training, a phase of optometric service in which patients are taught to make the most of their visual abilities, will be the subject of a special post-graduate -seminar to be conducted at Hotel Savery, Apr. 15 and 16, by Dr. B. W.

Scott, of Independence. Dr. Scott is appearing under the sponsorship of the Iowa Optometric Association which has arranged the special session. The seminar is open to all optometrists. Dr.

J. Y. Flockhart of Perry, educational chairman for the association, said Dr. Scott would conduct two sessions Sunday afternoon, one Sunday evening; two Monday morning, and one Monday afternoon. suits Spring weelini tnj in proportioned tii $44 values ie $59 '54 values coat Despite eight classrooms at Clover Hills School in West Des Moines the school will be "awfully crowded" next fall.

Mathes, school principal, said Sunday he expects a record number of kinder-gartners. 700 Expected. In addition there will be two classes of sixth eraders totaling 65. Mathes estimated the enrollment at Clover Hills and its Fair Meadows branch will jump from 535 this spring to 700 students next fall. At "a meeting of preschool mothers last Thursday, 120 new klndergartners were registered.

Mathes said that last year, 65 new students were registered at the spring meeting. By fall, the actual enrollment reached 130. "We're hoping the. percentage doesn't carry over this year," Mathes said. The 65 sixth graders will come to Clover, Hills from the junior high school in West Des Moines, which no longer has room for them.

Clover Hills has not held sixth grade classes during recent years. One Room Short. The enrollment increase at Clover Hills during each of the last 5 years has been about 100, Mathes said. "We will be about one room short this fall," he said. "We'll have larger classes than we would like to have," he added.

"Even with the eight new rooms we'll still be awfully crowded. We don't see any relief in sight because they are building so many new homes here." Three of the eight new classrooms at Clover Hills are now in use and have permitted one class to move from a partitioned hallway into a regular room. AH eight rooms will be ready for fall. "We will continue to use the two classrooms formed by partitioning the, recreation room," Mathes said. "We hope we don't have to move back into the 2 Duplexes.

The Fair Meadows branch of the school consists of two du plexes which the school board leases from a building con tractor. It houses four classes, from through third grade. Clover Hills now has two kindergarten rooms, three first grade classes, three second, three third, two fourth and two fifth grade classes. Amos Lee, superinten-' dent of schools at West Des Moines, said kindergarten round-ups at other elementary schools in the district have not yet been held. This year's enrollment In the West Des Moines schools is 1,460 in elementary and 445 In high school.

City Clerk Elmer True esti mates population in the city is 8,023 compared with the 1950 census of 5,917. 4 ACCUSED OF Four men pleaded innocent Sundav to charges of driving while intoxicated. All were ar rested Saturday night. James Young, 65, who gave his address as 2130 S. E.

Ninth was arrested at E. Fourteenth street and Court avenue. Municipal Judge Harry B. Grund set his hearing for Apr. 24 and freed him on $600 bond.

Phillip Smallwood, 45, of 1070 Fourteenth was ar ractaA at tha uecr end nf the Grand avenue bridge, 'judge Grund set his hearing for Apr, 27 and freed him on $600 bond. Thomas M. McNeeley, 20, who cave his address as 431 S. E. Third was arresteJ at S.

Union street and Edison avenue. Judge Grund net his hearing for Apr. 18 and re leased him on $600 bond. Albert R. Spevack, 51, who gave his address as 1186 Third was arrested at Fourth and Short streets.

Municipal Judge Don L. Tidnck. set nis hearing for Apr. 18. Bond was set at $1,000.

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He operated a motel there. Survivors include his wife and a son. BRIDGE EVENT WINNERS TOLD About 250 persons participated in the fourth annual Iowa "Spring Festival" bridge tournament, which ended Sunday night at Hotel Fort Des Moines. In Sunday's open pairs competition, Mrs. Donald Annis, Council Bluffs, and Harold Klein, Omaha, woit top honors.

Other Winners. Clifford Norris, 2707 Hickman road, and Barry Grund, 874 Forty-first placed second; Dr. John Gustafson, West Des Moines, and James Hoov er, "Chillicothe, third, and Del Gerard and Orme Lindsey of Waterloo, fourth. In Saturday's competi- tion, James Brown, 2407 Forty-sixth and Richard Balanow, Chicago, 111., placed first in men's pairs. Donald Saale and Ed Wol-ter of Chillicothe, finished second.

In the women's pairs, Mrs. Agnes Domback, 3440 Grand and Mrs. Gertrude Ea-gan, 1705 Northwest drive, took first place. Mrs. Evelyn Anderson, 3523 University and Mrs.

Jean Bennett, 3708 University were second. Individual Winners. In the individual competition Friday night, Dr. Dan Danes, 729 Parnell finished first, and Jack Parisho, Waterloo, placed second. An over-all champion of Jhe tournament will be determined by an audit of the results of all sessions.

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