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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1936
Page
7
Special Easter music will fill Cedar Rapids churches as choirs soloists and orchestras perform from the traditional Easter repertoire. The programs include organ works hymns anthems and dramas reflecting the Easter story with multiple churches contributing liturgies sermons and postludes.
Sunday school presents its annual Easter program at the Church of God on L avenue and Eighth street NW at 9 45 am The program features piano preludes recitations songs scripture and prayers led by Rev R N Coolidge with performers including Ethel Orabelle Van Velkinburg Marilyn Paseka Mildred Christensen and Jane Gatrelle A young people play Jesus Christ Our Lord is scheduled for 7 30 pm with a cast headed by Dorothy Atkins Lorraine Marquardt and Opal Franks others include Vern Guttenfelder George Politis James Rudy Grubich and Paul Wise
Easter service at 10 45 features Lovella Ewoldt as choir director with F Beauchamp on organ. Soloists include Vivienne Robinson Georgia Tripp Harold Koffron and H Davis Joseph Kitchin violin. selections include The Music of the Mass in C and Cristo Trionforte Organ postlude In D and Kyrie Eleison.
Offertory selections include Christ the Lord is Risen Today and Regina Coeli. Senior Choir performs Micsa Solemnis by Pietro Von at 10 30 AM. Benediction follows with O Salutaris Tantum Ergo by Mauro Cottone and Holy God We Praise Thy Name sung by the congregation.
Easter morning service with organ solos, choral introit and quartet, scripture, sermon The Easter Triumph of Faith by Nelson C. Dreier, baptism and reception of new members, and offertory and postlude. References include hymns Jesus Christ is Risen Today and Come Ye Faithful Raise the Banner.
Processional and offertory hymns identify pieces such as Come Ye Faithful Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones The Strife is Oer The Battle Done and The Day of Resurrection The musical parts assigned include Kyrie Sursum Corda Sanctus and Agnus Dei performed by Arthur ComAnse at an 11 am service Glimpses of the communion service outline are noted with standard liturgical sequence and titles
Combined choirs present an Easter program at First Lutheran on Third Avenue and Tenth Street SE. The Rev Rudolph Schulz leads, with organist Mrs David Mitchell and director Miss Mariam Dieman. Performances include processional Christ the Lord is Risen, cantata The Conquering King, Hallelujah Chorus, solos, duets, and choruses featuring mixed and girls choirs, with a final Easter Hallelujah.
Community sunrise service at 6 30 sponsored by the girls work committee with readings by Miss Helen Youtzy and a sermon on The First Sunrise The Camp Fire Girls choir Epworth League orchestra and church music staff participate Morning worship follows at 10 50 with an extensive program including organ preludes brass quartet cantata and a seven last words of Christ sequence led by Rev. Wells Also Evening worship at 7 30 features cantata and multiple soloists under director Miss Retha Underhill and organist Mrs. Paul Gard.
A Sunday schedule lists introit and Gloria pieces by Mendelssohn and Handel, hymns and chorals, congregational singing, scripture lessons, and prayers. Morning service features prelude Festival Prelude and organ offertories, with sermons on The First Easter Evening and Because He Lives, concluding with Easter Alleluia postludes. Evening service follows with Old Easter Melody and The Holy City solo selections.
The First Presbyterian Church hosts an Easter music program led by organist Eleanor Taylor with Ralph Leo directing the chorus and Harold Reeves performing a solo. The program features an organ prelude and a mix of sacred pieces, including Leo’s own composition Consider the Lilies, and ends with a Bach postlude.
A church program lists an 11 am service with Prelude and Processional. The Easter Story in Music features Jesse Hunter and choir with sections Betrayal The Mob The Cross and Crucifixion led by Rev V C Grant with Alma Turechek Mildred Starman Sylvia Chada and accompanists.
A church service listing includes organ preludes and hymns such as Hosanna and Sing Forth His High Eternal Name plus an Alleluia death is conquered. features Tompkins Double Quartet with soloists Helen Kacena Stark and Ruth Miskimen, organ postlude Jubilate Deo, and readings on Remaking with Benedictine references.
The article explains acute infectious arthritis caused by streptococcus often starting from tonsillitis and notes many so called infectious diseases are not contagious. It questions chronic arthritis as a metabolism or nutritional disorder and highlights vitamin D high dose therapy as a promising treatment, inviting readers to request more details.
Reader questions on a fatty lump near the temple and how to treat it are addressed with surgical removal as the satisfactory option, while a request about acne prompts sending for a monograph after enclosing a stamped self addressed envelope.
In Clinton a farm cesspool tragedy left Lathour Melchert a 29 year old farm hand and Anna Goodsman 45 the employer dead. Initial reports said Goodsman drowned first, but investigators now believe Melchert died first and Goodsman perished while trying to pull his body from the pool. A broken ladder rung was found in the cesspool and rigor mortis appeared on Melchert. Goodsman’s mother said her daughter had not been seen on the farm since Friday morning.
Department store sales in March rose more than seasonal norms with the Federal Reserve reporting an 88 percent index against 80 percent the prior year. First quarter and March totals grew 9 percent year over year. San Francisco led districts with 13 and 11 percent gains, followed by Philadelphia with 12 and 11 percent.
Charles Bissell earned $1.15 a minute for the 30 minutes he spent landing an 1114 pound salmon. Tradition says the first salmon of the season must be purchased for $3 a pound and sent to the President of the United States.
Ad promotes Anne Adams pattern 2701 with polka dot fabric for sizes 12 through 42. Urges immediate order, notes sun-ray darts, narrow yardage, and a rounded yoke. Includes illustrated instructions and Spring Pattern Book details with prices 15 cents for book or pattern, 25 cents together.
Two German born men named Frank Xavier Vogl filed petitions for final citizenship within six months of each other in Buffalo New York. They are not related and had never met before.
Charles Bravo of Leroy New York eats 28 bananas in 912 minutes. Earlier in 1930 he consumed 40 raw eggs in five minutes.
A bridge column analyzes a four heart contract from a major tournament. South opens, West overcalls two diamonds, and the defense must counter with precise discard and ruff timing. The article explains why only two pairs defeated the contract and offers bidding and play insights.
A scientist argues that science prioritizes social order over individual rights and contemplates gender roles. He claims economically secure women would not return to old home duties, noting many would embrace modern conveniences and homemaking remains appealing to some.
A marketing note announces a booklet titled How To Develop Your Personality by Sadie Myers Shellow Ph D. Readers are asked to send 10 cents and a stamped self addressed envelope to Dr Wiggam Lets Explore Your Mind care The Cedar Rapids Gazette.
The article poses whether some people endure unemployment shock like soldiers face shell shock. It presents a study on personality to explore how workers cope with job loss and market changes.
A psychologist warns Scotland’s unemployed, students and workers show severe mental distress under unemployment pressure. The study labels a condition “unemployment shock” and notes anxiety neuroses rising. The piece criticizes “gold brick” psychologists as harmful and urges cautious help.
The piece contrasts legitimate professionals with patent medicine quacks and clerical “psychiatrists” who mimic real experts. It argues true psychology knowledge comes from proper training and clinical work, and that consulting qualified psychologists or psychiatrists offers the best chance of real help or cure.
Dale Gear announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Shawnee County sheriff. A former president of the Western league and the Western association minor baseball circuits, Gear played with Fort Worth in the Texas league, Cleveland in the National league, and the Kansas City Blues in 1898, later managing the Kansas City team for three seasons.
Notice is given that on March 27 1936 WM Machacek and Anna L Petranek were appointed as Administrators of the estate of Mary Modracek late of Linn County Iowa deceased. All debts should be paid to the Administrators and all claims filed in the Clerk of the Linn County Iowa District Court. Crissman Attorney.
January 10 1936 Linn County Iowa Board of Supervisors approves contracts for gasoline lubricating oil and grease total bids and authorizes contracts with Linn Co-Operative Oil Co and Shell Petroleum Corp The board also sets pension and tax suspensions and approves Linn County Home annual report with expenditures inventory and per inmate costs.
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