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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1940
Page
15
Mrs Paul F Dravis of Waukon announces the forthcoming marriage of daughter Gertrude Ruth to Roy F Hefte son of Mrs Marie Hefte of Spring Grove Minnesota. The couple will reside in La Crosse Wisconsin.
Iowa City notes describe Mrs Stephen Brown new Pi Beta Phi housemother hosting a 3 to 5 o clock at home with Dean Adelaide Burge and Helen Focht among special guests. Additional entertaining and showers for Georgene Keller, future wedding plans for Howard Grothe, and various social gatherings at local venues are reported along with Grant Wood hosting visitors and debuting a new portrait.
Typographical Union auxiliary No 105 meets at T O O F hall 838 First Ave E at 7 30 P M. Winter temple No 78 Pythian Sisters hosts district meet at K P hall with Genevieve Dement grand chief of Iowa visiting. D of U V Rebecca Alexander sent No 14 Daughters of Union Veterans meet Tue at 7 30 P M in Montrose hotel for annual inspection. Engagements announced for Wilma Marie Andrick to William Franklin Sedivy Jr of Blue Rapids Kan and Mildred Teter to Eldo Hilmer of Marion with May and April weddings planned in local churches.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Dohnalek announce the engagement of their daughter Gladys of Hollywood California to Marian Peterson of Glendale California. The wedding is planned for June at the Glendale home of Mr and Mrs Stanley Ang. Gladys studied beauty at Paris school Cedar Rapids and worked at Montrose beauty shop before her move. The notice includes local club meetings and social events through the following week.
A large roadside garden at Mr. and Mrs. Clem J Weis five miles northeast of Marion on highway 13 drew many motorists for closeups and compliments. The display blends vegetables with flowering borders, featuring zinnias marigolds petunias and cleome with phlox salvia and portulaca. The couple adapted their plans after hollyhocks winter-killed, planting abundant cleome which outlasts hollyhocks and brightens the beds, underpinning a community asset created to inspire gardeners.
Church organizations announce multiple circle meetings and district luncheons this Friday with venues in NE SE NW and other streets. Activities include paid luncheons at homes such as Mrs Spencer 420 Nineteenth St NE and Mrs Baldwin 1645 Wildwood Dr NE as well as Cub Pack 30 in the church gym Friday evening.
In Sioux City an out-of-towner defied the state supreme court ruling nullifying parking meters. He approached a meter with a nickel, refusing to be deterred by locals who warned the coin wasn’t needed while the legal situation stayed unclear. He still dropped in his coin.
A long list of Friday and Thursday meetings across districts 8 through 10 and various organizations. Luncheons at homes and churches, guest speakers, and service group activities are scheduled with dates, times, and hostess addresses. Several circles plan memorials, dressings, and social hours, with notes on venues including schools, churches, and civic buildings, plus names of hostesses and homes.
Gregor Piatigorsky, renowned cellist, joins Cedar Rapids winter schedule for Community Concerts. Also programmed are Dorothy Maynor, the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, and the Don Cossack Chorus. He notes citizenship since 1937 and his home in the Adirondacks, proudly calling himself contemporary America.
The Community Concerts group led by Mrs Carl N Ettinger and Mrs Clark A Beems reports strong ticket sales and progress toward their goal. The cello soloist project and a prominent marriage to a Baroness are noted, with the campaign continuing through part of the week from headquarters at the Montrose hotel.
Winners of the first annual bird house contest sponsored by the YMC A bays department were named Saturday afternoon in three divisions. The 193 houses entered were displayed in the boys lobby. Dick Harger won first in the 7 to 9 year old division with Billy Klassen second and several boys tied for third. Albert Lindquist took first in the division for older boys.
Robert Mahones and Ben Siver shared first place in the over 12 division. Wayne Wood and Bob Whitney tied for second. Robert Elga James Brammer Albert Lindquist and Dick Prior placed third. Leroy Fortner took third in a separate grouping.
Eight alarms brought firefighters to three general blazes and several grass fires on Saturday. Roof fire at 1002 Fifth Street SE caused 12 minutes of alert time, stove blaze at 2938 Oakland Road NE took 10 minutes, and a short circuit at a service station on 19445 Johnson Avenue NW burned 6 minutes. Grass fires occurred at multiple locations including Van Vechten Park SE and a vacant lot on Twents Street, with multiple responses around 1:30 PM.
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