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The Des Moines Register from Des Moines, Iowa • Page 16

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New Floor for Fisher Bridge Oet Momtt Sunday Rsg'itsr Oct. II, If S3 Local Section Page 4-L RECITAL SERIES SET AT DRAKE i Twelve faculty soloists, the Drake choir and a chamber music group will be featured in faculty recitals at Drake uni versity this fall, Dean Frank Jordan of the fine arts college announced Saturday. The series is a tradition at Drake dating back more than 40 years. Opening concert will be Tuesday, featuring 'Margaret Davis, violinist. Miss Davis has been a member of thi fine arts faculty since 1947 and is con cert master of the Drake-Des Ml t4 'f Moines Symphony.

All programs are open to the public without charge and are from 8:15 to 9:15 p. m. Tuesdays in the university auditorium. (The organ and choir recital Oc. Vt will be presented In the I'ni-versity Christian church.) The series continues through mwm l-n i 'l i kki j.

i v- -T-: the 1953-54 term. The first semester schedule is: Ort. 13 Mrgart Davis, vtollnlit. Oct. tUt Nathan Jontfl.

flutist. Ocu 21 Richard Rockelin, or-gtnlit. and the DraJi choir, Stanford HuNhlMr. conductor 'A Andrtw B. White, bartton.

Nov. 10 Elvln Schmltt. pumal. Nov. 17 Virginia Parker, aocrano.

Nov. 34 Paul Dlrkmever. elannat-at, and Robert Schultz. pianist. Ore.

I Maooria DtLange Kopp. eellltt. and Merrill Wilson. French horn. Dee.

IS Kvelvn Teander. Dtanlit. i Jan. Vern Miller, tenor, and John 1 I 1 1 nt i ii i nuntianiRKtr pianist. Jan.

l'i Raluti Wooflwird. barltona, anil Lcnora KludR Stull. pianist. Jan. 10 Waunlta Taylor fchaw.

mon-actress. Jaa. 38 Chamber musle recital This picture, taken from the east bank of the Dei Moines river, shows the first 32-foot section of Fisher bridge torn out and ready for new streamers, planks and railing. The bridge, which spans the river at Sycamore park, north of Des Moines, is closed while it gets 673 feet of new flooring at a cost of approximately $6,000. The bridge dates from 1906 and has a 16-foot roadway.

Mrs. Hatfield Is Dead at 61 Mrs. Ada Hatfield, 61, of 2049 Des Moines died Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. ACCUSED HERE OF KIDNAPING RETURN HERO'S BODY TO D. M.

TO PROTECT l. The body of a former Des Moines man who gave his life to save a fellow worker in Los ployee of the firm had shouted "a man's on fire outside." Dickey rushed out, aided the man beside a blazing barrel of lacquer, his family reported. He was burned and injured in the resulting blast, but then helped fight the resulting plant fire. The family said his fellow worker still was alive, but in precarious condition. Mrs.

Clemmer flew to Von Angeles last Monday and was with her son for about eight hours beJore he died on Tuesday. Burns covered 80 per cent of his body. She accompanied the body home. During World War II, while a member of the U. S.

coast Louise Celander, 1424 Arthur ave. She had been i 1 1 with heart trouble for two months. Services will be at 3 p. m. Monday at the a lstrom Fu-n a 1 home.

Burial will be at Laurel Hill Born at Har- YOUR (CM HOW Murray Cohen, 40, Franklin Court apartments, 4925 Franklin was arrested here Saturday on a Massachusetts warrant accusing him of kidnaping his own children. He was released on $500 bond pending possible extradition NO DOWN PAYMENT TAKE 3 YEARS TO PAY Angeles, was returned here Saturday for burial. He was Olin B. Dickey. 32, i aCwtIrja.Jl bom in Des Moines, and son '7'- mks.

HATHi i o. vey. Mrs. Hatfield had lived in Des Moines for with this modern, custom-built Vi car of Mrs. S.

J. Clemmer, 3300 S. W. Seventh St. He had been employed at the veterans administration reha 40 years.

She was employed at Boyt Manufacturing Co. for 15 years. Survivors include her daughter; a brother, William Brans-comb of Des Moines; two sisters, Mrs. Lela Hatfield of Des Moines and Mrs. Hazel Sellers of Davenport; one grandson, and two great-granddaughters.

proceedings to return him, to Massachusetts. Wife Charges. According to the charge, brought by his fo.mer wife, Cohen took their two children from her in Massachusetts although they had been awarded to her by court order when Cohens were divorced more than four years ago. Cohen said after Saturday's municipal court appearance that the charge was "a fraud." He pointed out that the children, both glrlw, 9 and 11 years old, were "given" to him by his former wife soon after the divorce and have lived with him for nearly four years, the last three in Iowa. Both Cohen and his former wife are remarried.

"Visit" Mother. We also have 1 and 2i car garages and special sizes built to your needs. guard. Dickey was burned from the waist down in a boat explosion in New York harbor. He recovered with no complications.

Dickey was graduated from Lincoln High school in 1941 and then enlisted in the coast guard. He served six years. He was a member of the American Legion Post at Culver City, Cal. He lived in Santa Monica. Surviving are his mother and step-father, S.

J. Clemmer, and two brothers, Richard D. Dickey and William L. Dickey, both of Des bilitation center hukiv. here until going to California last fall.

Services will be at 10 a. m. Monday at Dunn's Funeral home. Burial will be In Lowman cemetery, Runnells. Dickey was fatally burned and injured last Monday as he went to the aid of a fellow worker at Mirra-Cote In Los Angeles.

A woman em- DRAMA SERIES OPENS OCT, 22 Lester's Good Deed Cohen safd' the children visit Erected on your lot before winter a good looking well constructed garage with 2 6" rafters. Holds the weight of snow without sagging. Insulated for warmth and dryness. This garage will last! It has real beauty and will add to the value of your property. Compare the specifications, compare the value, you'll find it's todays best buy SPECIFICATIONS ed- their mother in the east last August the third such visit and did not return Iowa.

Seven weeks ago, he added, he obtained the children once more in Massachusetts. Cohen said that an Iowa court three wesks ago granted him guardianship of the children after a hearing at which his former wife failed to appear. Five varied productions will be given this season by the Drake university theater in its twenty-seventh season under 'the direction of Prof. James J. Fid-erlick.

Opening production is John van Druten's comedy success, "Bell, Book and Candle," to be given Oct. 22-24 in the university auditorium. "On Borrowed a comedy-fantasy by Paul Os-born. will be staged Dec. 10-13 and Shakespeare's "Macbeth" Feb.

18-20. "Ascent of F6" by W. H. Auden and Christopher Isher-wood will be Mar. 18-20 and Eugene O'Neill's "Ah, Wilderness!" May 13-15.

Each will be repeated on a Thursday, Friday and Saturday with curtain time at 8:13 p. m. Season tickets wiil go on sale Monday at the New Utica and the fine arts office at Drake. They are $3 each and include a sixth "guest" ticket. All 6 inch lap siding knot free, all cles? grain or siding to match house.

2x8'' top plate boxed In eaves for extra protection to side walls and added strength. All metal overhead door (not a sectional) one piece trouble-free against Ire, warping, self adjustable. Fully insulated with aluminum to make your garage dry. Roofed to match your house. Outside corners trimmed ith 1" 4" clear corner trim.

Window that raises (not stationary). One flr-panneled service door. Made of Grade Kiln Dried Lumber (not green lumber. 10 Inch footing (not a floating slab), 4 inch concrete floor (not 2 Inches). Studding are 2x4's 16 Inches on center (not 24 or S8 inches on center).

Double studded at all openings for extra strength. 2x6 Inch roof rafters 24 Inches on center (not 2x4 Inch rafters). 1x6 Inch clear sheathing (not '4" plywood) Julia Reynolds Dies Here at 73 Mrs. Julia V. Reynolds, 73, of 1828 Dean died Saturday at the Powers Nursing Home, 2638 K.

Walnut st after being ill with heart trouble for several weeks. Services will be at 9:30 a. m. Tuesday at St. Peter's Catholic church.

Burial will be in Glen- dale Cemetery. The Rosary will be recited at 8:30 p. m. Monday at the Conley Funeral Home. DON'T BE MISLED OURS IS A COMPLETE JOB INCLUDING CEMENT WORK WE ALSO HAVE LAKE COTTAGES AND SMALL 3 OR 4 ROOM HOUSES WE WILL ERECT GARAGES ANYWHERE IN IOWA 1 I ft Have Us Safely Add To YOUR annual Income! We'll gladly explain our Savings Plans.

Just call or write. 31o 3 Mrs. Reynolds was born In DeKalb, 111. She had lived in Des Moines for 50 years. She was a member of the Rosary Society.

Survivors include a son, Francis Des Moines; three daughters, Mrs. L. J. Erbe, Watsonville, Miss Catherine Reynolds, Des Moines and Mrs. A.

R. Bohnenkamp, Breda; two sisters, Miss Margaret and Miss Ella Horan, Carroll; a brother, Thomas Horan, Spencer, and eight grandchildren. CALL TODAY o) a emrrntly jaassaaa asaJraa ajaaaj 4 NATIONAL BUILDERS, 1600-1608 Locust, Des Moines, Iowa Gentlemen: Please send me full information about your Custom Built Garage. NAME ADDRESS CITV First Class Boy Scout Lester O. Smith, IS, explains home Inspection blank to Vickie Ann Foss, 6, and her mother, Mrs.

Fred Foss, at their home, 8010 Forty-eighth place, during National Fire Prevention Week. Lester, a member of Troop 51, Is a son of Sirs. Beatrice L. Smith, 4511 t'rbandale ave. COME DOWN TODAY OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY 9 a.

m. to 5 p. m. FOR INSPECTION OR 'Uninsurable at 24, Carpenter's Now 96 PROVIDENCE, R. I.

(U.P.) When he was 24 years old, an insurance company refused to issue a policy for Allan Mac-Quarrie, a carpenter, because a physician said he had a "tobacco heart." MacQuarrie, now retired for 26 years, recently celebrated his ninety-sixth birthday. State Savings ami' IATIO.N SEND COUPON SCOUTS SURVEY FIRE HAZARDS IUHI.4V I. TIIOM4, Praiiifenl 6th Ave. at Hik, Dal Moinei 9, la. Member Federal ftav.

A Lean Iniurance Cere. AIIVKKTINCMKNT. AI1VERTI8KMKNT. tic, overlapping electric wires and other fire hazards. Blanks were handed to children of elementary school age, if there were any in the home, and the youngsters then worked with their parents in the checkup.

The blanks, completed to show the hazards have been removed or corrected, will be picked up by the Scouts this week. At 10 a. m. next Saturday the Boy along with the Girl Scouts and Camp Fire Girls, will be entertained by the Junior Chamber of Commerce at a public party at Pioneer Raceways, S. E.

Fourteenth street, as a reward for their efforts. Party features will include booth displays on fire prevention methods and an arena show. DDDH If there are any fire hazards In Des Moines homes today, it isn't the fault of Des Moines Boy Scouts. They have Just finished a house-by-hous distribution of fire Inspection blanks in the interests of National Fire Prevention week which ended Saturday. Some 1,500 to 2,000 strong, the Scouts blanketed the city with 45,000 blanks directing attention to trash In the at New Lasting Gleam Wins Floor Wax Tests For 'Beacon Wax' New Science Discovery Gives Most Amazing Long-Gleam To AH Floors Today's style of having a are now a thing of the past due bright gleaming floor as the1'0 tnis new miracle of science mark of a good housekeeper m9 oftne world's biggest selling floor no longer a problem, thanks tOWaxes.

Ttj amazing gleam out-the amazingly new long-gleam-shines and outlasts ordinary ing 'Beacon Scuff marks waxes to such an extent that it that used to mess-up the floors i makes 'Beacon' the best wax LTD. (BRANCHES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES) 1600-1603 LOCUST PHONE 8-8535 DES MOINES a M.a a-, f. f. ad.

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