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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1946
Page
11
A local maestro notes that brains matter more than college credentials for a job at Diamond Horseshoe. He praises a showgirl with wit but says gray matter matters, not necessarily a degree. He left school after high school and quickly found work.
LaVana Simmons and Nick Peeler married in a Sunday ceremony at the Little Brown church in Nashua. The Rev H L Hanscom officiated the double ring rite. the couple will reside in Cedar Rapids after a short honeymoon.
Miss Elaine Smulekoff, Radcliffe junior majoring in psychology, of 1826 Second Avenue SE, Cambridge Mass., has been selected from her class to canvass her dormitory for the World Student Service Fund drive aiding European and Asian students and teachers harmed by war.
Mr and Mrs Henry G Matejka announce the engagements of daughters Grace Ann to Harry Kimbrough and Dorothy Jean to Floyd Sauter. Grace Ann, 1323 Second St SE, soon to wed, is employed at Wilson and Company and attended Wilson High School. Floyd Sauter, son of Mrs Albert E Wilson of 1530 Ellis Blvd NW, works for LaPlant Choate Manufacturing Company.
The Linn County Republican Women’s club meets Tuesday at the Montrose hotel with a 12:30 board session and a 1 pm dutch treat luncheon in the Java room. Speaker David Elderkin will discuss Okinawa, highlighting his Marine Corps background and current role as assistant county attorney.
Leo German Jr was honored at a surprise farewell party Saturday evening by his aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Charles A Heiden of 1005 Eleventh Street NE. He is leaving the city to train at the San Diego naval training station. Eight guests were served refreshments.
Efficiency Plus by Anne Adams features a wrap over frock with side buttons. The pattern 4929 offers sizes 12 through 44 and requires 3 yards of 39 inch fabric for size 16. Send 20 cents to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Dept., 130 N Clinton St, Chicago.
Naomi Doebet notes seasonal groceries with potatoes and peas, mint tomato juice cocktails, and a lamb chops recipe. It mentions 80 percent extraction flour trials in Cedar Rapids and a coffee cake using dried fruits, with homemaker tips and a four serving yield.
Step by step instructions describe making a yeast risen breakfast ring with dough, fruit filling and a light sugar icing. Ingredients include yeast, milk, sugar, flour, egg and a mixed fruit filling of currants raisins nuts and cherries. Process covers dough rising shaping ring baking and hot sugar icing application.
New York dispatch reports Billy Rose asserts that with few exceptions beautiful girls do not attend college. He voiced this conclusion after reviewing MSC yearbook photos and noting many coeds pursue marriages show business or modeling instead of continuing higher education.
Beloved, spring returns with bright tulips and blooming trees yet memories remain. The robin's song and lilacs bring color and perfume, but the heart aches persist as the springtime echoes what cannot be. The speaker recalls a lost beloved, noting that memories are all that endure while the season renews around them.
Coe college debaters won the Inter-Province tournament at James Millikin University in Decatur Illinois. They earned five superior ratings and one excellent rating among 150 contestants from 25 colleges. Barbara Seger and Doris Glantz won top honors in the women's debate division.
Two $20,000 appropriations were approved by American Relief for Czechoslovakia. One funds hospital equipment for premature birth care and ambulances to transport infants in Czechoslovakia, aiming to reduce infant mortality. The second support rebuilds the American Home for Apprentices in Brno, aiding 125 boys with housing and trades, including livestock purchases.
The Rev Patrick W McElliott pastor of St Patrick s Monti Ta conducts the annual students retreat ending Wednesday at Mount Mercy for college and academy. He attended Catholic University in Washington and was ordained at St Raphael s Dubuque in 1936. He has served as spiritual director for Cedar Rapids events and led the 1945 Loras college drive. Daily services run 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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