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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1944

Page

3

Janine McGill To Give Junior Recital At Coe Chapel

Miss Janine McGill daughter of Mr and Mrs L C McGill of La Porte City will present her junior recital in Sinclair Memorial chapel at 8 15 this evening. A Coe College junior and soprano, she studies with Grace Huddle Loffhoff and is president of Kappa Delta and a member of student council Cres ent women s honor society Y W C A cabinet and other groups. Dorothy Ann Kucera Ardis Goeken Suzanne Elliott join as accompanists and assistants. Minerva Delphian club meets Monday at 1 30 in Commonwealth apartments with luncheon postponed.

Janine McGill L. C. McGill la Porte City Sinclair Memorial Chapel Coe College Grace Huddle Lockhoff McGill Dorothy Ann Kucera Belle Plaine Alma Turechek Ardis Goeken Joliet, IL Suzanne Elliott Oak Park Ill Max Daenler Coe Kappa Delta Sorority Crescent Women’s Honor Society Y. W.C.A. First Cabinet Coedan Associated Women Minerva Delphian Club Commonwealth Apartments Harry Johnson Lucinda Fast

Sheridan Installed As VFW Commander At Saturday Ceremony

Head VFW and Auxiliary elects officers at the post No. 788 ceremony in the VFW club rooms 709 Second Avenue SE. Emil Vodoska led installations as post commander with Stanley Bowers Adrian Eylers Alfrich Marak Florian Francis Glen Thomas William White Arthur S Buckner Henry Mayer Floyd Baker Harrison Barger Dale McCalley Emil Vodoska James Winn and James Stark among the post officers.

Ugh A. Sheridan Veterans of Foreign Wars Aleta Poncin V.F.W Second Avenue SE Emil Vodoska Stanley Bowers Adrian Eylers Alfrich Marak Florian Francis Glen Thomas William White Arthur S. Buckner Henry Mayer Floyd Baker Harrison Barger Dale McCalley James Winn James Stark Joe E. Benson Fred Donisthorpe Benson Dolores Erickson

Atkins Couple Wed In Newhall Luthran Church

Miss Marion Lucille Wehrhan and Glenn Orville Schirm married April 9 at 3 p.m. in Newhall Lutheran Church with Rev. O Nieting officiating. Attendants were Norine Schirm and Allen Ernst. The bride wore a blue tweed suit with red and white carnations, and the groom’s sister wore a blue check suit with pink carnations. A reception followed at the bride’s parents home. The couple will live on a farm near Newhall with the groom’s parents. The bride is a graduate of Atkins High School. the groom's schooling noted as Newhall High School.

Marion Lucille Wehrhan H. J. Wehrhan Atkins Glenn Orville Schirm O. W. Schirm Newhall Newhall Lutheran Church O. Nieting Norine Schirm Allen Ernst Miss Schirm Schirm Atkins High School Newhall High School P.W.O.C Clarence Dorothy Miller Fred Miller Arthur M. Claney Camp Atterbury Ind Nelson Claney St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church F. J. Mitller Ralph Bowser Eleanor Conrad Don Clancy Helen Thies Ray Meier Clarence High School Dayton Creamery and Locker Plant Pfc Claney Stanwood High School Florida Jerry Jerman Tenth Avenue Dorothy Jeanette John Thomas Roy Genive Roy Camp Howze Texas Crowley Patricia Hamilton Cedar Rapids Ronald Cantell Chicago Mrs Roy Wilson High School Roosevelt High School Gainsville, Texas Bertha Stinger Springville Florence Stinger Fourth Avenue SE Wayman Harbaugh Jefferson Harbaugh Guttenberg R. B. Chamberlin Francis Stinger Mt. Vernon Miss Stinger Honolulu

Royal Masters Grand Council Opens Monday in Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids hosts the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of Iowa for its forty third annual assembly starting Monday with a formal 9 30 a m opening after a 9 a m informally. Notables include Ray V Denslow and Frederick A Roe and Ross J Camblin. A related Royal Arch Masons convocation begins Tuesday with a day full of addresses installations and honors at Masonic hall.

Cedar Rapids Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters Iowa Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons Masonic Hall Ray V. Denslow Trenton Frederick A. Roe Burlington Council Ross J. Camblin Atlantic Ward B. Young A. Otto Ambroz D. A. Loferski Harry F. Sickman Muscatine A. E. Kannewulf Charles B. Whelpley William T. Smith Ivory Tower Frank Hahn D. D. Monlux Algona Ruth Ebling Massey Otto Ambroz

Marriages and engagements in Dysart and Clarence Iowa

D y s a r t and Clarence report several early 1940s weddings and engagements. Miss Maxine Vaubel and Staff Sgt Karl E Krause wed at Dysart Methodist with Rev A E Coe officiating. Dorothy Miller and Pfc Arthur M Claney married at St Johns Church in Clarence with a large reception. The notices also mention Florida vacations, upcoming marriages in Newhall, and an engagement for Kathryn Willet Metcalf to Lt John J Rasplicka with no date set.

Dysart Maxine Vaubel Earl Vaubel Karl E. Krause P. D. Krause Chillicothe A. E. Coe Dysart Methodist Church Chillicothe Business College O. F. Metcalf Louisville Kathryn Willett Metcalf John J. Rasplicka John A. Rasplicka First Avenue Road Rasplicka Camp Bowie Texas

Spring Meeting of B P W Club in Cedar Rapids

Members of nine clubs in district No 6 of the Iowa Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs meet in Cedar Rapids for the annual spring session. Key speakers include Miss Helen Irwin and Mrs. Alice Warsaw with Miss Gertrude Stenner also on the program. An afternoon luncheon features a Home Front skit, solos by Miss Vivian Shakespeare, and a Quaker Oats chorus performance under Felix Beauchamp and Orville Rennie.

Iowa Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs Cedar Rapids Helen Irwin Des Moines Alice Warsaw Waterloo Gertrude Stenner Edna Wilson Vivian Shakespeare Ralph Lee

Kiwanis Ladies' Night Guest Speaker and Club Dinner

Arthur Brayton of the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce will speak at Kiwanis Ladies' Night the Roosevelt hotel Roosevelt room at 6 30 p m Wednesday. Rev Grant Anderson and Mrs Anderson will be guests of honor with Marion Williams MC. Ardis Goeken will perform marimba pieces and the Inter Ocean girls chorus will sing.

Arthur Brayton Convention Bureau Des Moines Chamber of Commerce Kiwanis Club Roosevelt Roosevelt Hotel Grant Anderson Anderson Marion Williams First Christaan Church Ardis Goeken Coe College Inter- Ocean Girls Chorus Maurine Hamblin Russ Landis Kiwanis Activities Committee

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