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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1941
Page
15
Beethoven club members meet Thursday at 10 a.m. in Y W C A rooms to hear a program of American music led by Josephine Batchelder with Ruth Orchard McGuire providing notes.
Chapter HJ PEO met for luncheon Monday at E Lamey home 353 Park SE with 35 attending. Hostess aided by Mrs Russell Hess and Mrs Arthur Bye. Social committee ran the event. guests included Mrs J Harold Horan II and Mrs Herbert Henderson.
Miss Bender of St Louis urged natural makeup learned from nature in an interview after speaking to Cedar Rapids beautician groups. She warned against heavy rouge, advised shading to the eyelids, and stressed daily skin care, clean face rituals, and careful handling of eye and neck muscles to preserve natural beauty.
Mr and Mrs Lewis O Larson announce the marriage of their daughter Ione Grace to Pvt James M Stroleny son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Stroleny The ceremony occurred April 7 at the Church of Christ in Salinas California Rev William G Yount officiated Attending were Miss Anna Lou Dillit and Pvt Clarence Sager They report Mrs Stroleny works at Quaker Oats and had a bridal shower hosted by Mrs Frank Janda and Mrs George Diehl prior to Fort Ord deployment.
B Y P D class of Church of the Brethren held a farewell dinner Monday night at Rev. H. L. Ruthrauff residence 1219 Fifth Avenue SE honoring Earl Sandstrom who left Tuesday morning for army training in Des Moines. Attending were Frances Kauer Johnston Alfred Sandstrom Dean Stoner Virgil Spear Wilmer Spear and Merle Ulfrick.
The Queen Esther circle of King's Daughters will meet Thursday at 1 p.m. for a dessert luncheon hosted by Mrs. H. E. Barton at 517 Gwendolyn Drive NE. Mrs. John Schweitzer will assist the hostess.
Mrs. Leo Mull and Mrs. R A Spurrier will host the Jolly Dozen club at a Wednesday luncheon at 1 p.m. at the Mull residence 517 Ninth Street SW.
Alicia Bart urges balanced aging for teens in a Gazette column. Mothers risk damaging self esteem by denying lipstick and powder just as peers begin using them. Wise moms allow appropriate cosmetics and age appropriate fashion to foster poise.
Leo F. Tierney resigned as special assistant to the attorney general in charge of the Chicago regional office anti-trust division to enter private practice in Chicago. Daniel B. Britt, 40, will succeed him, with Tierney once a key figure in Midwest anti-trust actions.
India supplies about ninety percent of crucial war requirements domestically with limited imports. Government data show strong self sufficiency across munitions, equipment, and essential materials, reflecting strategic focus on defense production and stockpiling amid global tensions.
More than 100 members of the National Selected Morticians association from five midwest states will meet in a regional convention at Cedar Rapids this Friday and Saturday. John B. Turner and Son hosts sessions at the Roosevelt hotel with L. A. Jones of Washington Iowa as chairman. W. M. Krieger of Chicago and John O’Halloran of St. Paul are featured speakers alongside delegates from Iowa Minnesota Nebraska the Dakotas Indianapolis and Denver.
Army camp notes report Private Harry Demosthenes of Savannah, Georgia donating a winter underwear set to Greek war relief after claiming it unnecessary in South Carolina. At Camp Barkeley Texas, cooks of the 45th Division flip flapjacks at 60 miles per hour as ranges ride on trucks during combat practice.
Camp Lee Virginia reports a freckled Elmwood Wisconsin youth, Donald Mayes, being asked to give his first public oratorical display, signaling early promise from a developing talent in wartime training.
Funeral services for R. T. Buck, 73, of Spring Creek township, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Spring Creek Wesleyan church east of La Porte City. He died Monday at his home. Buck, born in Benton county, farmed all his life, 38 years in Spring Creek township. Survived by wife Lily Schuck, four children Alma Broad Jesup Ivan Buck Robert Buck and Catherine at home, and ten grandchildren. Burial in West View cemetery.
Officers uncovered a dated proclamation at Fort Monroe forbidding daytime bathing for troops, citing health concerns. A second notice from Fort Sill Oklahoma reportedly bans buffalo shooting on parade ground, reflecting historical military discipline.
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