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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1952
Page
1
Partly cloudy and warmer forecast for Sunday and Monday with a high of 40 to 50. Divorces listed, traffic penalties, and multiple birth notices from Mercy St Luke's Belleville and Scott Field referenced alongside daily weather and wind data.
Notice is given that on March 27, 1952, Thomas Feiereisen Jeannette Proch and Carl Hendrickson were appointed and qualified as executors of the estate of Dominick Feiereisen, deceased of Linn County Iowa. Creditors must file claims with the Clerk of Linn County Iowa, District Court.
Bradley James Hinman 10 months died. services Sunday 2 p.m. Methodist church Monona. John Thompson 175 bachelor farmer west of Tipton found dead. services Sunday 2 p.m. Sheets funeral home. burial Mt. Zion cemetery. Frank Trimble 83 formerly of Marengo died in Traer. services Sunday 2 p.m. Harrison funeral home. burial L.O.C.F. cemetery. Charley J. Johnson 70 died Friday night. services Monday 2 p.m. Bethlehem Lutheran church. body at Fry-Holland funeral home in Vinton.
Frank Wilbur Bailey Jr. 40 of 4276 Avenue NW pled guilty to a second drunken driving charge. Judge Floyd Philbrick fined him 500 dollars plus costs after an arrest from an December 20 Cedar Rapids accident. Bailey had been free on 1000 dollar bond after pleading innocent earlier. His first drunk driving conviction was September 17, 1941, in Linn County.
Herbert Boots 18 of Blakely boulevard SE waived to the grand jury on a larceny charge after arraignment before Justice Miles Adams. He is accused of taking two batteries from parked cars on April 2 near the river road outside the NW city limits. Deputy P J Whitemore arrested him. bond set at $1000.
City Briefs report Mr and Mrs Emil Hobel returning home after an 11 week Texas and Florida vacation. Clarence Seiler recuperates after surgery at St Luke's hospital. Pvt Darold A Horne earns the combat infantryman badge and Korea service ribbon. Neil Hamilton ends a 20 day leave after a Mediterranean cruise aboard USS Keppler. Teacher and education group officers elected in Cedar Rapids with new federation leaders. Dr George K Nelson of Berkeley visits relatives before returning from a convention in Newark.
Almost a quarter of U S farm land lies in the ten states along the Mississippi river valley, highlighting the region's agricultural significance and the concentration of productive acreage across these states.
A colorful presentation of The Indian Captive by the Junior League and Children's Theater held a capacity crowd in the Coe auditorium on Friday night. Eleanor is captured by Chief Cornplanter and later reunited with her mother after dramatic disguise and a ceremonial Indian dance finale.
Dr John Wesley Griffith 76 died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 4 20 p m Friday after a long illness. Born December 2 1867 in St George Ontario he moved to Cedar Rapids from there. He married Elizabeth Wenig December 20 1899 in Cedar Rapids and is survived by his wife two sons George W Cedar Rapids and John W Griffith Minneapolis and a grandson. He studied at the University of Toronto and belonged to several Masonic and veterinary groups. Services will be held 1 30 p m Monday at Turner chapel with Rector D A Loferski of St John s Episcopal Church officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Walter W Parries 75 of 1217 Newcomb Court SE Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 3 20 a m Saturday after a nine month illness Born in Glasgow Missouri he came from Tecumseh Nebraska to Cedar Rapids He worked 28 years for Wilson and Company affiliated with Bethel AME church he was past master and past treasurer of the Masonic lodge Surviving are his wife Lula and a daughter Mrs Harry Price Funeral to be announced Friends may call at Rice funeral chapel after 4 p m Sunday
Clayton C. Drake 85 of 120 Second Street SW Cedar Rapids longtime Island Railway engineer for 44 years died in a Cedar Rapids nursing home at 11 30 p m Friday Born Lebanon Ohio June 14 1866 he resided in Cedar Rapids 44 years retiring from railroad work in 1936 He was a Mt Hermon lodge A F and A M member and belonged to the Degree of Honor Surviving are two children Mrs Dorothy Robinson of Cedar Rapids and another child unnamed in fragments
Des Moines residents Don Drake and two grandchildren, along with Frank Drake of Lebanon, are honored at a Beatty chapel service scheduled for 1 30 p m Monday conducted by Rev Waldemar Argon. Burial follows at Cedar Memorial cemetery with friends invited to visit at the chapel.
Mrs George E Barrett of 1570 Second Avenue SE Cedar Rapids died Saturday after a brief illness. Born Winthrop May 19 1884 she lived in Cedar Rapids 35 years. Survived by husband sister and niece. Married January 17 1912 in Waterloo. Funeral at St Matthew's Church Monday 9 am. Burial at St John's Independence. Rosary by Father Kearn 8 pm Sunday at Brady mortuary.
Word reached Mrs. Godfrey Hladky of Cedar Rapids about the death of her daughter in Chicago Friday evening due to a truck accident. The Czech-born Mrs. Groth left a husband and two children, with survivors including Robert and Teresa Olson, siblings Jack Skalicky, Mary Carson, and Helen Christopherson, plus two grandsons. funeral details to be announced.
Henry Edward Barr, 63, died Thursday in St Louis where he moved last year after living in Cedar Rapids for three years. He is survived by his wife Edna two sons George and Hiram of St Louis seven sisters and brothers including Clara Farmer W Striegel Frank Vanda William Barr Glenn Barr Charles Barr of Rock Island and Ella Moore of Elsinore California. Funeral services will be held Monday at Liking Missouri.
Delegates faced a lengthy nomination wrangle over seating Spangler as a delegate at large. Eisenhower supporters claimed a victory as Taft forces split 6 to 4 among ten at large alternates, amid boos when Spangler’s name was read. Spangler pledged support for Eisenhower if nominated. Arizona Gov. Howard Pyle delivered the keynote urging party unity.
The undersigned announces that on April 4 an executrix was duly appointed for the estate of Andrew Shakespeare, late of Linn County Iowa deceased. All persons indebted must pay promptly and those having claims should file them with the Linn County Iowa Clerk of Court. Dorthey Irene Shakespeare Executrix. Fisher and Fisher attorneys.
The Rev. E H Widmann of Trinity Lutheran Cedar Rapids will give the Twenty fourth annual Good Friday talk at the Memorial Coliseum. The service runs 12 10 to 12 45 pm with broadcast from 1 30 to 2 pm on KCRG 1600. Choirs and schoolchildren will participate under Charles Laabs director of music. An Easter cross and offering are planned, proceeds aiding the American Bible Society for distributing Testaments to armed forces.
A devotional meditation contrasts Jesus asking for commitment with modern fears of atomic energy and materialism. It urges turning to God first, urging peace making and seeking the kingdom of God as guiding answers amid worry and illness.
A devotional meditation contrasts Jesus forgiveness with human doubt, praising Christ as the best answer to life questions. The text asks for spiritual comfort and gratitude, acknowledging that while answers may be hard, Jesus offers ultimate truth and salvation through faith.
Chaplain Louis R. King of Bridewell prison Chicago will speak at the 6:30 a.m. Easter Sunday service at the Cedar Rapids baseball stadium. Sponsored by Linn County Ministerial Fellowship the service moves to Memorial Coliseum in bad weather. Music by a united church choir directed by Leland Rosink. Rev. Arnold R. Kriegbaum of Cedar Rapids leads the Fellowship.
An all-night vigil for peace will be held at St. Ludmila's in Cedar Rapids next Thursday night. The event marks Cedar Rapids' first such observance with a Rosary for Peace led by the Holy Name Society at 8 p.m. and every hour and half hour thereafter, inviting public attendance.
Melford Emerson of 202 Thirtieth Street Drive SE was fined 10 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to dumping rubbish in an unauthorized place on Thirty-third Street Drive SE between Second and Third Avenues. Emerson claimed the site was a fill area and that he had dumped there for eight years with no signs posted prohibiting the practice. Judge William J. Matias noted the publicity on dumping and said citizens should know the law.
Eight Roosevelt high school speech students and one faculty member attend the University of Iowa festival. Jane Montgomery Jean Schirm and David Selzer reach the state forensic finals. Ronald Popelka David Snyder Karl Kullander Russell Merrifield and Rawlins Rhodes compete in the state high school senate. Roberta Dinwiddie Sheets Roosevelt speech teacher leads clinics and chairs the national secondary school division of the A E T A.
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