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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1935
Page
11
Cedar Rapids invites all children under 13 to Ellis Park next Sunday for the Lions club Easter Egg Hunt. Ten thousand foil wrapped marshmallow filled eggs and 1100 prize eggs will be hidden in two park sections for under 7 and 7 to 13 year olds with band music, ambulance and police traffic control on site.
The children's garden club sponsored by the playground commission will begin planting soon. Enrollment reaches 451 in plots and 1,532 home gardeners. Big Springs school enrolls fully. Gardens listed across several avenues and streets, with two more to be added. Space donated by the board of education and several local donors.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal church announces Holy Week meetings each night except Saturday. Monday speaker Dr Frank W Court of St Johns Davenport. Tuesday Dr Benjamin F Schwartz of Muscatine. Wednesday Dr Harry M Gage of Coe College. Thursday Lord's Supper administered with Rev Harold E Mayo and Rev George W McConkey assisting. Friday closing sermon by Dr H J Burgstahler of Cornell College.
The McGregor post office will become second class again on July 1 after a year as a third class facility. Postmaster F G Huebsch attributed the upgrade to higher postal receipts and increased revenue.
The thirty fourth annual convention of Rebekah lodges from Districts Fifty third and Fifty fourth, including Linn and Jones counties, met Friday in Cedar Rapids at Sokol hall with Praha Rebekah lodge hosting. Delegates from DeWitt Des Moines Waterloo Belle Plaine Lone Tree Elberon Oelwein Clutier Dubuque Nevada Sigourney and Shellsburg attended.
The African Methodist church choir of Waterloo will present a sacred music program at Trinity Methodist church tonight at 7 30 PM. Forty singers perform a selection of hymns and spirituals including Swing Low, Shout All Over God’s Heaven, and Walk in Jerusalem. No admission charged, public invited.
City youths will join kite building sessions at Community House Playground and the old Waterworks warehouse during spring break. Instructors Alfred Casner, Thomas DeVaul lead the warehouse groups. Glen Powers and Wallace Lyons head Community House activities. Kites ranging from elephants to airplanes will be demonstrated. participants must provide string and covering materials. A Friday kite flying contest will be announced next week.
Scientists estimate an average of 16 million tons of rain and snow descend on Earth each second. This figure reflects cumulative precipitation across all regions and elevations, highlighting the immense scale of the planet's hydrological cycle.
The Iowa state convention of Woodmen Circle will be held at the Roosevelt hotel in Cedar Rapids starting April 23 for two days. Delegates from across the state will elect state officers and select Iowa delegates to the national convention in New York City in July. Mrs. Mamie E. Long and Mrs. Mae B. Sinclair will attend. Long will deliver the principal address. A pageant on the Woodmen Circle origin and ideals is planned, with contributions to the Home for Orphan Children and Aged Members in Sherman, Texas already anticipated.
Members of the High Twelve club will host all luncheon clubs and interested business men at Hotel Roosevelt on Friday noon. The meeting will explain the federal housing administration setup. An FHA officer will speak in connection with the FHA school of instruction scheduled Thursday and Friday. Invitations go to all who support better housing.
Russell Rayburn a 17 year old from Twin Falls Idaho wins first prize in a model airplane building contest sponsored by the Orpheum theater and Twin Falls News. His trip to Cedar Rapids is a Quaker Oats prize flown by United Air Lines, departing Salt Lake City Monday at 2 p.m. and arriving Iowa City 11:30 p.m. Tuesday morning he drives to Cedar Rapids per Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce letter.
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