H.G. Hedges, Realtor, Is Dead at 75
Cedar Rapids News —
Horace G. Hedges, 75, prominent in Cedar Rapids as a realtor and civic worker and throughout the Midwest as a football official, died Friday at 6:15 p.m.
He suffered a stroke about five years ago but had been bedfast only in recent weeks.
Mr. Hedges for 38 years was a football game official, much of that time in the Big Ten. The name "Cap" Hedges was nationally known in athletic circles.
A lifelong resident of Cedar Rapids, Mr. Hedges was born Feb. 14, 1888, a son of George T. Hedges, founder of the Hedges real estate firm.
He was a 1906 graduate of Washington high school, and he received his bachelor of science degree from Dartmouth college in 1911. He studied at the University of Iowa during the 1909-10 school year.
In 1911 he was married to Coleen Dixon Johnson at Lake Okoboji and he entered business as manager of the rental department of his father's firm.
While Mr. Hedges was perhaps best known for his athletic career, his greatest contribution to Cedar Rapids was in the business field.
Ten years after he became associated with the Hedges company, it was re-incorporated and he became vice-president and sales manager. Among the firm's developments were: Country Club Heights, Clarendon Hills, Belmont Park, Westwood, Wellington Park, Wellington Heights, College Park, Cold Stream Farm, Flossmoor, Westland Acres, Harts addition and the Kenmore additions.
He was president of the St. Martin Land Co., Iberville Land Co., and Mutual Investment Co., vice-president of Greater Cedar Rapids Co., and secretary of the Kingston Realty Co. He served as director of Nye Realty Co., Westwood Land Co. and the Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and Southern Construction Co.
A past president and honorary life member of the Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board, he also had served as vice-president of the Iowa Assn. of Real Estate Boards.
Mr. Hedges was a pioneer in city planning and industry-seeking activities.
Chairman of the industrial bureau of the Chamber of Commerce for 35 years, he also was a member of the City Plan Commission and the Iowa Development Commission. He was president of the Chamber of Commerce in 1927.
He also had been president (and was a charter member) of the Lions club, president of the Cedar Rapids Automobile club and director and treasurer of the Iowa Taxpayers Assn.
He was a member of the first Playground and Recreation commission, in 1925, had served on the board of directors of the Merchants National bank and on the advisory board of the Salvation Army.
Active for many years in the Iowa Consistory of Scottish Rite Masons and in El Kahir Shrine, he also was a member of the Elks lodge, Cedar Rapids Country club, First Presbyterian church, the YMCA and Alpha Delta Phi college fraternity.
At a testimonial luncheon in his honor in 1960, he was presented a Chamber of Commerce citation as "one of its most useful, most distinguished, most beloved members and leaders," and as: "...for more than a third of a century...the man responsible for a large portion of the industrial and commercial growth of Cedar Rapids."
Of Mr. Hedges, the citation also said: "He showed prospective newcomers the kind of city we are, and shared with them the kind of city we hope to be," and: "In every civic movement to which he gave his time and talents he had the personal magnetism to rally others around him."
The admiration was mutual. In an interview a few years ago Mr. Hedges told a reporter: "I don't want to ever move from here. My roots are deep and my friends are here. No place looks as good as Cedar Rapids."
At the time of his retirement, Mr. Hedges estimated he had officiated at 1,000 basketball games and 380 football games.
As a student at Washington high school, he participated in football, basketball and baseball. It was there that he picked up the nickname that stayed with him for life — "Cap" for captain.
While at Dartmouth he was a three-year starter as forward on the basketball team.
His career as a basketball and football official started the year he was graduated from Dartmouth. He dropped football for a time after 1912, but returned to the sport at the persuasion of Frank Birch of Cedar Falls, who helped get Mr. Hedges started with the Big Ten in 1916.
His first Big Ten football game was one between Michigan and Chicago. But he recalled in later years that one of his biggest thrills came during a Washington high school game. A substitute trotted up to him and reported in customary fashion: "Hedges for Baker --H-e-d-g-e-s." It was his son, Dave, later a Dartmouth star.
One of the highlights of his officiating career came when he worked the 1946 Rose Bowl game.
When he retired in 1949 he had completed 38 years as an official, 33 of them in the Big Ten -- more than twice the experience of any known contemporary.
Mr. Hedges' home was at 3224 Terry drive SE.
Surviving in addition to his wife are four sons, David T. and Dixon D., both of Houston, Texas, Samuel H. of Pompano Beach, Fla., and Horace G. Hedges, Jr., of Cedar Rapids, and seven grandchildren.
Memorial services will be conducted in the Turner chapel at 10:30 a.m. Monday by Dr. Francis Pritchard. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel until 9 p.m. Sunday. The casket will not be opened after the service.
The Gazette | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | August 3, 1963
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Son of Mary Dunreathe Gabriel and George Talmage Hedges
Cedar Rapids News —
Horace G. Hedges, 75, prominent in Cedar Rapids as a realtor and civic worker and throughout the Midwest as a football official, died Friday at 6:15 p.m.
He suffered a stroke about five years ago but had been bedfast only in recent weeks.
Mr. Hedges for 38 years was a football game official, much of that time in the Big Ten. The name "Cap" Hedges was nationally known in athletic circles.
A lifelong resident of Cedar Rapids, Mr. Hedges was born Feb. 14, 1888, a son of George T. Hedges, founder of the Hedges real estate firm.
He was a 1906 graduate of Washington high school, and he received his bachelor of science degree from Dartmouth college in 1911. He studied at the University of Iowa during the 1909-10 school year.
In 1911 he was married to Coleen Dixon Johnson at Lake Okoboji and he entered business as manager of the rental department of his father's firm.
While Mr. Hedges was perhaps best known for his athletic career, his greatest contribution to Cedar Rapids was in the business field.
Ten years after he became associated with the Hedges company, it was re-incorporated and he became vice-president and sales manager. Among the firm's developments were: Country Club Heights, Clarendon Hills, Belmont Park, Westwood, Wellington Park, Wellington Heights, College Park, Cold Stream Farm, Flossmoor, Westland Acres, Harts addition and the Kenmore additions.
He was president of the St. Martin Land Co., Iberville Land Co., and Mutual Investment Co., vice-president of Greater Cedar Rapids Co., and secretary of the Kingston Realty Co. He served as director of Nye Realty Co., Westwood Land Co. and the Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and Southern Construction Co.
A past president and honorary life member of the Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board, he also had served as vice-president of the Iowa Assn. of Real Estate Boards.
Mr. Hedges was a pioneer in city planning and industry-seeking activities.
Chairman of the industrial bureau of the Chamber of Commerce for 35 years, he also was a member of the City Plan Commission and the Iowa Development Commission. He was president of the Chamber of Commerce in 1927.
He also had been president (and was a charter member) of the Lions club, president of the Cedar Rapids Automobile club and director and treasurer of the Iowa Taxpayers Assn.
He was a member of the first Playground and Recreation commission, in 1925, had served on the board of directors of the Merchants National bank and on the advisory board of the Salvation Army.
Active for many years in the Iowa Consistory of Scottish Rite Masons and in El Kahir Shrine, he also was a member of the Elks lodge, Cedar Rapids Country club, First Presbyterian church, the YMCA and Alpha Delta Phi college fraternity.
At a testimonial luncheon in his honor in 1960, he was presented a Chamber of Commerce citation as "one of its most useful, most distinguished, most beloved members and leaders," and as: "...for more than a third of a century...the man responsible for a large portion of the industrial and commercial growth of Cedar Rapids."
Of Mr. Hedges, the citation also said: "He showed prospective newcomers the kind of city we are, and shared with them the kind of city we hope to be," and: "In every civic movement to which he gave his time and talents he had the personal magnetism to rally others around him."
The admiration was mutual. In an interview a few years ago Mr. Hedges told a reporter: "I don't want to ever move from here. My roots are deep and my friends are here. No place looks as good as Cedar Rapids."
At the time of his retirement, Mr. Hedges estimated he had officiated at 1,000 basketball games and 380 football games.
As a student at Washington high school, he participated in football, basketball and baseball. It was there that he picked up the nickname that stayed with him for life — "Cap" for captain.
While at Dartmouth he was a three-year starter as forward on the basketball team.
His career as a basketball and football official started the year he was graduated from Dartmouth. He dropped football for a time after 1912, but returned to the sport at the persuasion of Frank Birch of Cedar Falls, who helped get Mr. Hedges started with the Big Ten in 1916.
His first Big Ten football game was one between Michigan and Chicago. But he recalled in later years that one of his biggest thrills came during a Washington high school game. A substitute trotted up to him and reported in customary fashion: "Hedges for Baker --H-e-d-g-e-s." It was his son, Dave, later a Dartmouth star.
One of the highlights of his officiating career came when he worked the 1946 Rose Bowl game.
When he retired in 1949 he had completed 38 years as an official, 33 of them in the Big Ten -- more than twice the experience of any known contemporary.
Mr. Hedges' home was at 3224 Terry drive SE.
Surviving in addition to his wife are four sons, David T. and Dixon D., both of Houston, Texas, Samuel H. of Pompano Beach, Fla., and Horace G. Hedges, Jr., of Cedar Rapids, and seven grandchildren.
Memorial services will be conducted in the Turner chapel at 10:30 a.m. Monday by Dr. Francis Pritchard. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel until 9 p.m. Sunday. The casket will not be opened after the service.
The Gazette | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | August 3, 1963
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Son of Mary Dunreathe Gabriel and George Talmage Hedges
H.G. Hedges, Realtor, Is Dead at 75
Cedar Rapids News —
Horace G. Hedges, 75, prominent in Cedar Rapids as a realtor and civic worker and throughout the Midwest as a football official, died Friday at 6:15 p.m.
He suffered a stroke about five years ago but had been bedfast only in recent weeks.
Mr. Hedges for 38 years was a football game official, much of that time in the Big Ten. The name "Cap" Hedges was nationally known in athletic circles.
A lifelong resident of Cedar Rapids, Mr. Hedges was born Feb. 14, 1888, a son of George T. Hedges, founder of the Hedges real estate firm.
He was a 1906 graduate of Washington high school, and he received his bachelor of science degree from Dartmouth college in 1911. He studied at the University of Iowa during the 1909-10 school year.
In 1911 he was married to Coleen Dixon Johnson at Lake Okoboji and he entered business as manager of the rental department of his father's firm.
While Mr. Hedges was perhaps best known for his athletic career, his greatest contribution to Cedar Rapids was in the business field.
Ten years after he became associated with the Hedges company, it was re-incorporated and he became vice-president and sales manager. Among the firm's developments were: Country Club Heights, Clarendon Hills, Belmont Park, Westwood, Wellington Park, Wellington Heights, College Park, Cold Stream Farm, Flossmoor, Westland Acres, Harts addition and the Kenmore additions.
He was president of the St. Martin Land Co., Iberville Land Co., and Mutual Investment Co., vice-president of Greater Cedar Rapids Co., and secretary of the Kingston Realty Co. He served as director of Nye Realty Co., Westwood Land Co. and the Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and Southern Construction Co.
A past president and honorary life member of the Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board, he also had served as vice-president of the Iowa Assn. of Real Estate Boards.
Mr. Hedges was a pioneer in city planning and industry-seeking activities.
Chairman of the industrial bureau of the Chamber of Commerce for 35 years, he also was a member of the City Plan Commission and the Iowa Development Commission. He was president of the Chamber of Commerce in 1927.
He also had been president (and was a charter member) of the Lions club, president of the Cedar Rapids Automobile club and director and treasurer of the Iowa Taxpayers Assn.
He was a member of the first Playground and Recreation commission, in 1925, had served on the board of directors of the Merchants National bank and on the advisory board of the Salvation Army.
Active for many years in the Iowa Consistory of Scottish Rite Masons and in El Kahir Shrine, he also was a member of the Elks lodge, Cedar Rapids Country club, First Presbyterian church, the YMCA and Alpha Delta Phi college fraternity.
At a testimonial luncheon in his honor in 1960, he was presented a Chamber of Commerce citation as "one of its most useful, most distinguished, most beloved members and leaders," and as: "...for more than a third of a century...the man responsible for a large portion of the industrial and commercial growth of Cedar Rapids."
Of Mr. Hedges, the citation also said: "He showed prospective newcomers the kind of city we are, and shared with them the kind of city we hope to be," and: "In every civic movement to which he gave his time and talents he had the personal magnetism to rally others around him."
The admiration was mutual. In an interview a few years ago Mr. Hedges told a reporter: "I don't want to ever move from here. My roots are deep and my friends are here. No place looks as good as Cedar Rapids."
At the time of his retirement, Mr. Hedges estimated he had officiated at 1,000 basketball games and 380 football games.
As a student at Washington high school, he participated in football, basketball and baseball. It was there that he picked up the nickname that stayed with him for life — "Cap" for captain.
While at Dartmouth he was a three-year starter as forward on the basketball team.
His career as a basketball and football official started the year he was graduated from Dartmouth. He dropped football for a time after 1912, but returned to the sport at the persuasion of Frank Birch of Cedar Falls, who helped get Mr. Hedges started with the Big Ten in 1916.
His first Big Ten football game was one between Michigan and Chicago. But he recalled in later years that one of his biggest thrills came during a Washington high school game. A substitute trotted up to him and reported in customary fashion: "Hedges for Baker --H-e-d-g-e-s." It was his son, Dave, later a Dartmouth star.
One of the highlights of his officiating career came when he worked the 1946 Rose Bowl game.
When he retired in 1949 he had completed 38 years as an official, 33 of them in the Big Ten -- more than twice the experience of any known contemporary.
Mr. Hedges' home was at 3224 Terry drive SE.
Surviving in addition to his wife are four sons, David T. and Dixon D., both of Houston, Texas, Samuel H. of Pompano Beach, Fla., and Horace G. Hedges, Jr., of Cedar Rapids, and seven grandchildren.
Memorial services will be conducted in the Turner chapel at 10:30 a.m. Monday by Dr. Francis Pritchard. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel until 9 p.m. Sunday. The casket will not be opened after the service.
The Gazette | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | August 3, 1963
_____________________
Son of Mary Dunreathe Gabriel and George Talmage Hedges
Cedar Rapids News —
Horace G. Hedges, 75, prominent in Cedar Rapids as a realtor and civic worker and throughout the Midwest as a football official, died Friday at 6:15 p.m.
He suffered a stroke about five years ago but had been bedfast only in recent weeks.
Mr. Hedges for 38 years was a football game official, much of that time in the Big Ten. The name "Cap" Hedges was nationally known in athletic circles.
A lifelong resident of Cedar Rapids, Mr. Hedges was born Feb. 14, 1888, a son of George T. Hedges, founder of the Hedges real estate firm.
He was a 1906 graduate of Washington high school, and he received his bachelor of science degree from Dartmouth college in 1911. He studied at the University of Iowa during the 1909-10 school year.
In 1911 he was married to Coleen Dixon Johnson at Lake Okoboji and he entered business as manager of the rental department of his father's firm.
While Mr. Hedges was perhaps best known for his athletic career, his greatest contribution to Cedar Rapids was in the business field.
Ten years after he became associated with the Hedges company, it was re-incorporated and he became vice-president and sales manager. Among the firm's developments were: Country Club Heights, Clarendon Hills, Belmont Park, Westwood, Wellington Park, Wellington Heights, College Park, Cold Stream Farm, Flossmoor, Westland Acres, Harts addition and the Kenmore additions.
He was president of the St. Martin Land Co., Iberville Land Co., and Mutual Investment Co., vice-president of Greater Cedar Rapids Co., and secretary of the Kingston Realty Co. He served as director of Nye Realty Co., Westwood Land Co. and the Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and Southern Construction Co.
A past president and honorary life member of the Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board, he also had served as vice-president of the Iowa Assn. of Real Estate Boards.
Mr. Hedges was a pioneer in city planning and industry-seeking activities.
Chairman of the industrial bureau of the Chamber of Commerce for 35 years, he also was a member of the City Plan Commission and the Iowa Development Commission. He was president of the Chamber of Commerce in 1927.
He also had been president (and was a charter member) of the Lions club, president of the Cedar Rapids Automobile club and director and treasurer of the Iowa Taxpayers Assn.
He was a member of the first Playground and Recreation commission, in 1925, had served on the board of directors of the Merchants National bank and on the advisory board of the Salvation Army.
Active for many years in the Iowa Consistory of Scottish Rite Masons and in El Kahir Shrine, he also was a member of the Elks lodge, Cedar Rapids Country club, First Presbyterian church, the YMCA and Alpha Delta Phi college fraternity.
At a testimonial luncheon in his honor in 1960, he was presented a Chamber of Commerce citation as "one of its most useful, most distinguished, most beloved members and leaders," and as: "...for more than a third of a century...the man responsible for a large portion of the industrial and commercial growth of Cedar Rapids."
Of Mr. Hedges, the citation also said: "He showed prospective newcomers the kind of city we are, and shared with them the kind of city we hope to be," and: "In every civic movement to which he gave his time and talents he had the personal magnetism to rally others around him."
The admiration was mutual. In an interview a few years ago Mr. Hedges told a reporter: "I don't want to ever move from here. My roots are deep and my friends are here. No place looks as good as Cedar Rapids."
At the time of his retirement, Mr. Hedges estimated he had officiated at 1,000 basketball games and 380 football games.
As a student at Washington high school, he participated in football, basketball and baseball. It was there that he picked up the nickname that stayed with him for life — "Cap" for captain.
While at Dartmouth he was a three-year starter as forward on the basketball team.
His career as a basketball and football official started the year he was graduated from Dartmouth. He dropped football for a time after 1912, but returned to the sport at the persuasion of Frank Birch of Cedar Falls, who helped get Mr. Hedges started with the Big Ten in 1916.
His first Big Ten football game was one between Michigan and Chicago. But he recalled in later years that one of his biggest thrills came during a Washington high school game. A substitute trotted up to him and reported in customary fashion: "Hedges for Baker --H-e-d-g-e-s." It was his son, Dave, later a Dartmouth star.
One of the highlights of his officiating career came when he worked the 1946 Rose Bowl game.
When he retired in 1949 he had completed 38 years as an official, 33 of them in the Big Ten -- more than twice the experience of any known contemporary.
Mr. Hedges' home was at 3224 Terry drive SE.
Surviving in addition to his wife are four sons, David T. and Dixon D., both of Houston, Texas, Samuel H. of Pompano Beach, Fla., and Horace G. Hedges, Jr., of Cedar Rapids, and seven grandchildren.
Memorial services will be conducted in the Turner chapel at 10:30 a.m. Monday by Dr. Francis Pritchard. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel until 9 p.m. Sunday. The casket will not be opened after the service.
The Gazette | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | August 3, 1963
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Son of Mary Dunreathe Gabriel and George Talmage Hedges
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