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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1939
Page
22
A feature on Mrs. G a restless traveler who seeks constant change and new impressions, claiming vagabond freedom while enjoying luxury. Dear Miss Manners replies encourage patience and understanding in balancing happiness with family concerns.
Atalissa O E S held initiatory exercises Tuesday night with three new members received. A luncheon followed the ceremony served by a committee including Mrs. Dora Watters, Mrs. Sylvia Con ley, Mrs. Ethel Conley, Mrs. Thelma McColm and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Oepping.
The Kenwood, Fillmore, Taylor, Arthur, and Wilson PTAs meet midweek or Thursday with programs on cubbing, books, safety, and school orchestra performances. Officers are elected, speakers featured, and refreshments served.
Miss Ella Faust hosted the M. O. B. club with guests E L Patten Nira Smith G C Bowdish and son Charles Mae Van Fossen and Alma Miller. Linn county chorus members and others attended the Linn county womens federated clubs convention in Walker while Presbyterian missionary societies held their annual Presbyterial in Vinton with attendees including Mrs C L Burroughs Ralph Waln G L Dyke Henry Cooper and Miss Faust who drove to Vinton for the event.
Obed Bean of 1004 First Street SW was honored by friends and relatives at a Friday evening home party for his seventy first birthday.
A selects list of 1938 39 garden books available at the Cedar Rapids public library highlights titles in GENERAL STUDIES ANNUALS AND BULBS TREES ROCK GARDENING KITCHEN GARDENS ONE PLANT SPECIALISTS GARDENING IN ALL CLIMES FLOWER ARRANGEMENT and gardening indoors The works cover planning soil less growth beekeeping Chinese gardens and cultural details with authors including Farrington Van de Boc Ellis Swancey Davis Abbott Foley McFarland Felt Wyman DuPuy Lamb Bissland Brown Coleman Spry and others.
After a dinner, the group enjoyed musical performances and instrumental music, creating a lively post meal atmosphere.
DES MOINES AP O D Klein state AAA committee chairman reports the Dougherty township signing all 139 farms in Cerro Gordo county for the 1939 farm program. Scott township Franklin county follows with 141 of 142 farms signed up, marking the first full township participation in the program’s history.
In Kittanning Pennsylvania 18 year old Laura May Rosenberger plans to marry her 62 year old employer George Washington Rosenberger next Tuesday. Grandmother Anne Elsenrath 64 a self described matchmaker confirms plans for a wedding feast and all night dancing at the farmhouse. The bride is not related to the groom despite sharing a surname. She is the eldest of thirteen and previously married at 16 to Joseph McCura who later divorced.
In Sedalia Missouri AP reports a lightning bolt killed farmer William Phillips age 50 while he handed candy to his four children. The bolt burned one shoe from two of the youngsters but none were injured.
The Yankee Clipper completed its first trans Atlantic round trip and began its return voyage from Horta Azores heading toward Bermuda and then Baltimore, making a planned stop en route.
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt arrived in Chicago en route to Seattle and urged that Germany consider President Roosevelt's world peace plan more favorably. She said Hitler had not yet replied and warned the United States could not remain isolated if a major war erupts, though she hopes involvement may be avoided.
DES MOINES AP Governor Wilson signed 22 bills including a 45 mph minimum speed limit in suburban districts to curb speed traps. Other measures allow sharing of confidential auto accident reports with one party’s name and address, permit scavenger tax sale redemptions by confession and installment payments, bar oil firms from certifying gasoline tax refunds, raise National Guard pay on duty, and curb private state license numbers with a dummy license bill.
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