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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 14, 1940

Page

19

Seven Experts To Speak At Iowa Physical Education Session

The Gazette reports seven experts will present at the University of Iowa physical education conference June 13 and 14. Speakers include Harvard fatigue lab director Prof Dr Dill on climate effects, Hanya Holm on dance education clinics, and Dr C H McCloy on tests and measurements for coaches.

the Gazette Iowa City University of Iowa Dr. Dill Harvard University Hanya Holm Margaret H’doubler University of Wisconsin Thomas Wood Stevens Carnegie Institute of Technology Chicago Goodman Theater Globe Theater Company Santa Fe Charles C. Cowell Ohio State University Ira T. Carruthers Cedar Rapids C H. McCloy

Marion Legion Picnic After Meeting In Region Building

Members of Marion Post No. 298 American Legion and the Auxiliary and their families will meet in the region building at 6 30 p.m. Monday for a picnic supper. An executive meeting of the post at 7 30 and at 8 separate meetings of the post and auxiliary will follow. Mrs Earl Helbig and Mrs Walter Hall are chairmen of the supper committee with Mesdames Y L Bosacker Reuben Armstrong R J Williams Leo Levas seur D H Smith O W Mc Bride Herb Wesling Arthur Nollsch Arthur Hutchins W E Wilber Herbert Price Walter Van Fossen Lee Tucker Milo Davin.

Marion Post No American Legion Auxiliary Earl Helbig Walter Hall Mesdames Y. L. Bosacker Reuben Armstrong R. J Williams Leo Levasseur

Lions club fish fry and jam boree in Maquoketa

Local Lions members will travel to Maquoketa Tuesday evening for a fish fry and jam boree with Lions club guests. There is no Lions meeting in town that night. A busy civic week includes church society meetings, district conventions, and various social events.

Lions Club Maquoketa

Gwendolyn Newlin Engaged to Oscar Wente from Waterloo

Mrs Fred C Newlin of 980 Seventeenth street announces the engagement of their eldest daughter Gwendolyn to Oscar E Wente of Waterloo son of Mr and Mrs J H Wente of Denver la The wedding is planned for early June. Cub Pack 58 Marion will meet Tuesday at 730 pm in Memorial hall. Various club meetings and social events are listed, including garden exchanges and library music practice.

Fred C Newlin Seventeenth Street Gwendoyln Oscar E. Wente Waterloo J. H Wente Denver Marion Memorial Hall Cedar Rapids South Marion Township Public Library Excelsior A. and L. Club Carl Wiley Thirteenth Street Marion Presbyterian Church Samuel Garvin University of Dubuque Garvin

Bank President And Wife To Be Honored On Anniversary

West Union notes 56th wedding milestone for banker Frank Camp and wife. A family dinner is hosted today by daughter in law Mrs R P Camp, with a Tuesday evening party by grandson and wife Mr and Mrs John Camp. Guests include extended Camp family and friends from Farm ersburg and Iowa City. Frank Camp has long served in local finance and church leadership, rising to bank president after leading Fayette County National Bank and First National Bank.

West Union Frank Camp Ersburg Frances Camp Iowa City John Camp C. H Howard Camp

Local social calendar and weekend visitors noted

Thirty one Miss Elsie Stewart of Des Moines visits her parents for her father's eighty first birthday. The Ladies Spiritual life group of the Presbyterian church meets Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Mrs Ben F Gill's home. Dinner guests at Mr and Mrs Fred C Newlin include Mr and Mrs J H Wente of Denver and Oscar E Wente of Waterloo. Seed potatoes advertised for sale. The Durham sisters Mary and Louise return from Washington, DC to their home this week. L E Storm buys the 1175 Seventh avenue store building and the 1265 Eleventh street residence from E B Castle.

Jeannine Marie James Murray Twelfth Street Shirley Jackson Molly Keith Betty Ann de Jong Barbara Gallagher Merlene Knight Mary Ruth Culbert Alice Jane Mary Ann King Sally Jo Berlin Janet Gordon Anna Jean Tommie Marchant Charles Sandra Storm Sheila Colleen Murray Elsie Stewart Des Moines J. A. W. Stewart The Presbyterian Church Ben F Gill Central Avenue L. E Storm E B Castle Mr. Storm Seventh Avenue Alice Goldsberry Eleventh Street

Lenox College Music Recital Next Thursday

A Lenox college chapel recital will unfold next Thursday at 8 p.m. directed by Mrs. H. M. Reeve. Groups and soloists face three critic judges: Miss Verle Breed, Miss Katzer, and Mrs H DeShaw. The Delaware county Farm Bureau chorus, under Reeve, will perform three numbers.

Verle Breed Hopkinton High School H. DeShaw Monticello Katzer Buck Creek Delaware County Farm Bureau Chorus Reeve

Riverside Couple Wed Half Century Next Wednesday

Riverside mr and mrs richard heitzman prepare to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary next wednesday at their home three miles north of Riverside a family dinner at noon and open house from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 will be held they were married april 17 1890 in st marys church Riverside and have six children sixteen grandchildren living on a 300 acre homestead both are active in st marys church and parish societies

Riverside Richard Heitzman Richard Weitzman Josephine Mellecker St. Mary's Church A. J. Drexler Stella Louis Herman Mary Schnoebelen Rose Kron Henry Edna Kiefer Richmond Fidelis Mary Wombacher Heitzman Heitzman John Mellecker

Solon Couple Mark 55th Wedding Anniversary

Special to The Gazette. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brosh celebrated their fifty-fifth anniversary with an open house at their Solon home for relatives and friends. They wed on April 11, 1885 at St. Wenceslaus Church in Cedar Rapids, officiated by Father Chmelar. The couple, who lived on a farm for 42 years, moved to Solon four years ago.

Gazette Solon Joseph Brosh St. Wenceslaus Church Cedar Rapids Chmelar

Four Science Meetings Set At Cornell Campus

Mount Vernon hosts the fifty fourth annual Iowa Academy of Science meeting the ninth annual Junior Academy of Science of Iowa convention the Iowa conference of University Professors and an Iowa Medical Association vitamins symposium on April 19 and 20. Dr Roy A Nelson chairs the afternoon vitamin symposium with papers on Vitamins in Plants Vitamin D in Human Nutrition and Vitamin K Dr W M Hale of the State University of Iowa chairs the professors conference session Saturday afternoon. The Junior Academy hosts at Mount Vernon High School with a Palisades state park hike closing Saturday morning. Iowa scientists present more than 100 papers across botany chemistry geology mathematics physics psychology and zoology to about 400 guests.

Mount Vernon Cornell Iowa Academy of Science Junior Academy of Science of Iowa Iowa Iowa Medical Association Roy A. Nelson W. M. Hale State University of Iowa Karl A. Stiles Coe College Mount Vernon High School

Oelwein Odd Fellows Dedicate New Temple

Formal dedication services for the Odd Fellows temple in Oelwein were held Saturday with 230 registration, a tea for the Rebekah assembly, state grand master Harry W Hardy of Hampton presiding, and Dr C C Halt of Maynard delivering the main address. A 6 pm dinner at the Methodist church preceded a grand ball at the new home.

Oelwein Odd Fellows Temple Rebekah Assembly Harry W Hardy Hampton I O O C C Halt Maynard Methodist Church

9 Year Old Girl To Give Recital In Monticello

Mrs George Gutensohn of Monticello presents Sylvia Gutensohn in a piano recital at Congregational Church this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The nine year old, daughter of the Rev and Mrs Gutensohn, is a public school pupil in the fourth grade. Her program includes Hungarian Dance No. 6, Brahms, Larghetto, Beethoven, On Wings of Song, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Bach selections, and Rimsky Korsakov from The Golden Cockerel.

Monticello George Guyan Sylvia Gutensohn Sylvia R. Gutensohn Dumesamil Larghetto

Elgin Student Trains as School Stage Manager at Iowa fest

Elgin Iowa student Joe Becker leads an eight person University of Iowa dramatic arts crew during festival productions. High school and community actors study backstage work, lighting and prop coordination, with tight four minute set changes and robust backstage logistics showcased across regional shows.

University of Town Theater Jor Necker Joe Wes Tows University Fine Arts Dramatic Arts Joe Becker Elgin University of Iowa Whsat Becker New York Keokuk University High of Iowa City Waterloo Wadena Thornton Wilders Box Cox Gheaden The Thrt

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