Quad-City Times from Davenport, Iowa • 2

QUAD-CITY TIMES Monday, Nov. 12, 1984 Personalities Bill Wundram screenwriter Garson Kanin. Miss Gordon told a crowd of several hundred people that she left Quincy for New York in 1915 with just a $50 bill pinned to her corset cover. After a year at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, she was told: "You have worked hard. You have a pleasant personality.

But we don't think youll ever be an actress. So don't come back." Not deterred, she said, she told her father, "They told me not to come back. They said I was so great that it would be foolish to spend anymore money on training." The stardom that eventually came to her still creates a thrill, she said. Moon walker: Look for Soviets on Mars Former astronaut Edwin "Bun" Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, says he believes the Soviets are conducting experiments that probably will put them on Mars before the United States sends another spaceship to the moon. Aldrin, lunar module pilot on Apollo XI in 1969, also predicted in an interview last week in Huntsville, that President Reagan will make a commitment to develop a moon base during his second term.

Now a professor at the University of North Dakota, drin said a moon base could be used to develop solar power and as a transfer terminal for missions to other points in space. Soviet cosmonauts have stayed aboard the Salyut space station for as long as 237 days, a feat he said indicates longer missions are to come. "I would stick my neck out and say a cosmonaut will walk on Mars before we walk on the moon again," he said. Sixty-nine years after setting out to seek fame on stage and screen, Ruth Gordon, the irrepressible actress, returned to her hometown of Quincy, for the dedication of a new $500,000 amphitheatre named in her honor. The city had wanted to hold the opening cermonies on Oct 30, the actress's 88th birthday, but she was busy riding a motorcycle down San Francisco's Nob Hill for a scene in her new movie, "Free Spirit-But on Saturday, the veteran of such films as "Harold and Maude," "Rosemary's Baby," and "Where's Poppa?" slowed down long enough appear here with her husband, director and rlliilW The mystery of Marion Crandell She had beaten the odds many times, and though she had barely begun her work, a bomb shattered her life into the grim distinction of being the first American woman to be killed in World War I.

On this Veterans Day, wander the streets of Davenport and ask of Marion Crandell. Not one soul will likely know whom you're talking about But Marion Crandell was a Davenporter, whose name made headlines in the blood-soaked days of the Maine. But now, as I seek to learn more of this hero, I am blocked by dead-ends and there is a certain enigma about the kindly woman. There are old photographs, and I look iiimr ii Mini minimi Actress Ruth Gordon smiles and pats the top or the dedication stone after It was unveiled Saturday during opening ceremonies of the new Ruth Gordon Amphitheatre in Quincy, which is her birthplace. The open-air theatre, much of it constructed by volunteers, will provide a forum for Quincy-area artists to demonstrate their creative talents.

(AP photo) into her eyes and wonder about her burning desire to return to France where she had studied at the Sor-bonne to aid the suffering. And at an age (46) that would tax her strength beyond the duties demanded at the front I am mystified, too, by the mixture of markers in her memory especially a rusted one that is smack up Gary Coleman 'doing fine' Marion Crandell tinuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis, which uses a fluid filling the abdominal cavity to absorb waste products from the blood. Coleman had entered the hospital for a second transplant in February 1983, but it was canceled when doctors found an abcess surrounding the scar tissue from his 1973 transplant. first kidney transplant in Chicago in 1973, when he was 5 years old, but that kidney failed about 18 months ago, Goldman said. "Gary was born with a defective bladder, which damaged the kidney." For the past 1 years, he said, Coleman has been receiving regular dialysis from a system called Con transplanted kidney, which came from an accident victim.

"His total stay will be about 11 days," Goldman said. "He's in the intensive care unit, which he will stay in" until Tuesday. "Then it will be another week until he goes home," the publicist added. Coleman was given his Koch attends Spain's NY test Actor Gary yColeman was listed in fair condition in Los Angeles Sunday and was in "great spirits" following his second kidney transplant in 11 years, his publicist said. "The kidney started functioning right after surgery (Saturday)," said Larry Goldman, spokesman for the 16-year-old star of NBC-TV's "Diffrent Strokes." "The doctor said it could slow down a little bit But the doctor was delighted it started as quickly as it did," Coleman was listed in fair condition at the University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center.

"He's In great spirits. He's doing fine," Goldman said. "He's been talking and had a couple of friends visit" as well as his parents. He said Coleman would be away from his show for about four months. Goldman said the diminutive actor was receiving doses of the anti-rejection drug cyclosporine but showed no signs of rejecting the Princesses at service Princess Diana of Wales, left, and Britain's Princess Anne stand together on a balcony overlooking London's Whitehall on Sunday during the annual service of remembrance for the nation's war dead.

Strict security was In force at the service, because of tear that the Irish Republican Army is out to kill fl member of the Royal family before Christmas. (AP photo) Oak Ridge Boy weds William Lee Golden was surrounded by fellow members of the Oak Ridge Boys in Las Vegas, but only Golden was at center stage as a bridegroom. Golden, 45, married Luetta Callaway, a 22-year-old model, Saturday in a quiet church ceremony. Group member Duane Allen was best man, and the other members of the quartet Richard Sterban and Joe Bonsall, served as groomsmen. Miss Callaway won the title of Miss Las Vegas Tourism in 1982 and has been a model in Las Vegas and New York.

I New York City Mayor Ed Koch Joined his counterpart in Madrid, Spain, Enrique Tierno Galvan, on Sunday to place a flower wreath before a statue of Christopher Columbus. Koch, who arrived in Madrid early Sunday to attend a "New York City Week" celebration, also watched several dance groups perform in the city's Mayor Square and visited the house where "Don Quix ote" author Miguel de Cervantes was born outside Madrid. During New York City Week, Koch will meet with students of the law faculty of Madrid's Complutense University, will inaugurate a photo show on the history of New York and attend a series of cultural events, including a visit to the Prado museum, a show on U.S. films and a jazz concert. against the new chain-link fence at the Davenport side of the Government Bridge.

I have a yellowing picture of a memorial to Marion Crandell. It is said to have been mounted in France beside a highway named in her honor. The inscription is in English and says "Memorial Highway Marion Crandell K.S." It alSO SOYS "World War, White Way and Iowa." At the base is a bronze tablet, telling in six lines of her heroism in death. In this photo, mountains and a valley are clearly visible, Yet, this marker Is Identical to the one that Is against the fence by the Government Bridge. The lettering is now almost obscured by rust.

Did they move it from France to Davenport? And why? Thankfully, there is a more suitable marker to Marion on the grounds of the Wittenmyer Center in Davenport, which is named for Annie, a hero of another war. But back to Marion, of whom no living mortal I can locate has the faintest memory. She taught French at St. Katharine's School in Davenport as an associate of the Community of Mary, which was running the Episcopal school at the time. This was 1916, and she could stand on the sidelines no longer.

She joined a YMCA Red Cross force headed for Europe. She arrived in Paris in February of 1918, was impatient at sitting around rolling bandages, and insisted upon assignment to the battlefield. At St. Menehould, on March 27, 1918, the shelling grew fierce, but she sent others ahead to safety. Marion Crandell chose to stay behind to await the arrival of medical supplies.

The building where she was working was hit directly by a shell. She died within a few hours and was buried in a French cemetery. Of course, she was mourned on the St Katharine's campus, and money was raised for a teachers' cottage in her name. A bronze marker was also placed in the chapel on the old campus. But that marker is now gone, too.

There is still a mystery about Marion, and as I learned more about this remarkable woman, I kept wishing some Quad-City woman's organization would perpetuate this hero's memory in something more appropriate than a simple marker. Perhaps a cluster of French lilacs in Duck Creek Park's lilac garden? Mayor Koch The weather Today Tomorrow 1 Rain SnowE! Showers El Fturrlesgj tv rryc 7 ThForcst tor 7 pm. EST. Mon. Nov 127 U.S.

temperatures As of 8 p.m. Sunday: I Albuquerque, cloudy 60 27 Anchorage, clear ii? I if i if i Sunny Portly Cloudy Cloudy Rain Snow TodayTomorrow in igh 05 38 42 60 53 34 100 90" 60 70' 60 50" 40 30' 20 10' 0 -10 High Low Asheville. clear Atlanta, clear Atlantic City, cloudy Baltimore, cloudy Billings, cloudy Birmingham, clear Boise, ram Boston, cloudy Brownsville, cloudy Chrlstn clear Herman 67 42 46 41 68 55 75 55 Fronts: Cold Warmv Occluded Stationary 72 61 40 Chrlstn, cloudy 47 28 38 45 40 30 27 -20 Li: 35 30 -13-8 66 44 54 24 66 74 The forecast: Today will be mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the low to mid 40s. Winds will be light and variable. Tonight will be fair and continued cold with lows in the low to mid 20s.

Tuesday will be partly sunny and warmer with highs in the low to mid 50s. Temperatures: Sunday's high was 36. The overnight low was 31 Readings a year ago Sunday were 41 and 29. Precipitation: There was no precipitation Sunday. Total for the month: 2.15.

Other data: Sunrise today will be 6:47 a.m.; sunset at 4:45 p.m. Moonrise today will be at 7: 18 p.m. River temperature: 47 degrees. Extended forecast: There will be a chance of rain Wednesday and Thursday, becoming cloudy and colder by Friday. Highs will be in the 60s Wednesday and the 40s by Friday.

Lows will be in the 40s Wednesday and the 30s by Friday. Chicago, cloudy Cincinnati, clear Cleveland, clear Dallas, clear Denver, clear Des Moines, clear Detroit, clear Fairbanks, snow Harttord, cloudy Helena, rain Honolulu, cloudy Houston, cloudy Indianapolis, clear Jacksonville, clear Kansas City, clear Las Vegas, rain Little Rock, clear Los Angeles, rain Louisville, clear Memphis, clear Miami, clear Milwaukee, clear Minneapolis, cloudy Nashville, clear 71 41 46 37 River stages Stage 24-Hr. Mississippi Sunday Chg. La Crosse (12) 6 8 Lansing (18) 9.0 3 Dam 9(18) 18 0 .5 McGregor(18) 10.7 .4 Gut1enberg(15) 10.0 4 Dubuque (17) 12 3 .3 Bellevue(U) 112 .4 Clinton (16) 12.5 .1 LeClaire(ll) 8.1 .2 Davenport (15) 11.3 .5 Muscatin(16) 11.8 4.5 New Boston 11.1 .3 KeithsburgOS) 10 8 .3 Burlington (15) Rock River Joslin(12) 8 8 .1 Mohne(12) 9 6 .1 (Flood stage In New Orleans, clear 56 46 New York, cloudy 66 55 Oklhma City, clear 61 34 Omaha, cloudy 81 64 Orlando, clear 80 62 Phoenix, clear 82 51 Pittsburgh, cloudy 44 34 Portland, cloudy 60 42 Portland. Ore rain 53 50 Rapid City, cloudy 49 14 Reno, snow 60 39 Richmond, cloudy 66 55 Salt Lake, snow 53 35 San Diego, ram 77 56 San Francisco, rain 64 56 Seattle, ram 53 48 Spokane, rain 46 38 St Louis, clear 36 34 Tampa, clear 76 59 Topeka.

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