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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1949
Page
5
The American Legion post and auxiliary will host a 6 30 p m picnic Monday in the Legion hall. Co chairs are Mrs Erwin Law and Mrs Hubert McCalley with assistance from Mrs Elmer Frederick John H Pazour Elizabeth Hart and Harry Souther A 8 p m separate post and auxiliary meetings precede a movie for Venezuela after the gatherings.
Mrs Thomas A Barkwill was elected Linn county president of the American Legion auxiliary after a spring Center Point conference. A 23 year auxiliary member, she has served as secretary for five years and treasurer, and held every Marion unit office including president in 1942 43. Her husband served with the AEF in France and England in World War I, and their son Kenneth served in the South Pacific in World War II.
Dr Byron S Hollinshead president of Coe College will speak on The Parents Responsibility to the School at the Marion Parent Teacher Association meeting in the Lincoln auditorium at 745 p m Thursday Iyopta Camp Fire group will present the balance of the program including a playlet The Aunt from California a piano solo by Jeannine Murray and a vocal solo by Phyllis Smith
The Presbyterian men’s council meets in church parlors at 7 45 p m Wednesday. The program features a debate on socialized medicine with Charles Hobbie of Cedar Rapids affirming and Dr Philip S Crew opposing. Refreshments will be served.
Electa circle of King's Daughters meets with Mrs. Carpenter at 2 on Tuesday. Mrs. Seager leads devotion and Mrs. Lent presents the lesson. Diana Frat club meets at 7 45 Thursday with Mrs. Willis Jordan. Mrs. Maxwell presents the program. Presbyterians Ladies Aid and Missionary Society meet in the church at 2 Wednesday with a round table on Information First. Circle 4 hosts. reservations for the April 26 luncheon via Mrs. Hoglund. Mr and Mrs Fairley and others visit in Cedar Rapids today.
The diamond jubilee of the W C T U will be observed at Marion Christian church with a crusade pageant and tea at 2 30 Tuesday. Several church groups meet this week including St Pauls Lutheran Ladies Aid Thursday and the Wednesday Study club at 8 pm. Anker Severinsen tells of her Denmark trip and Rev Carl T Wuerffel attends a Lutheran pastors conference in Clinton Tuesday and Wednesday.
Church groups announce gatherings including Cheerful Companions at the parsonage 7 30 p.m. Tuesday Homebuilders at the church 7 15 p.m. Wednesday Men's Brotherhood at the church 6 30 p.m. Thursday dinner. Howard Anderson of station WMT will speak.
Marion high school announces the senior class three act mystery play Ghost Wanted with cast members Floyd Domer John Snell Donna Bailey Virginia Culbert Polly Peyton Lloyd Instead Betty Norris Lynn Ford Roger Hutchinson Marlys Welper Jean Carlson Marty Gogg and Bill Steinbeck. The performance is set for Lincoln auditorium on May 12 and 13.
Over the weekend Mr and Mrs Fred M Blakeslee welcomed guests from Freeport Illinois and Cedar Rapids Iowa. Mr Bauch and Mrs Bauch formerly Priscilla Davis of Marion accompanied by their sons Bill and Davis visited. The Davises Tom and Jim also joined for a dinner today at the Blakeslee home.
Dr and Mrs E A Horner and their children spend Easter with Mrs Horner s brother J F Fritz in Des Moines. Mrs Rachel Chapman of Des Moines will join them and return to Marion for the summer. Colgate toothpaste priced at 25 43 and 59 cents from Sorg Drug Adv.
The Handicraft club No. 2 meeting with Mrs. Frank Clark was postponed from Friday to April 29.
General hauling and rubbish 757 J Adv Patmos Commandery K T will present its annual Easter program today at 3 in Marion Methodist church. Apollo Commandery members will attend as guests. The Rev Carroll C Roberts pastor of First Christian Cedar Rapids will deliver the address. Special music included. Public invited.
The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Swisher of Elroy Wis arrive Monday to visit Mrs Swisher's brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Ralph C Seager Reading circle will meet with Mrs Willis Jordan at 2 30 pm Friday Plant Vinton Hybrid seed corn stock on hand Coast to Coast store Adv.
Martin's Creek Community club meets at the E V cafe Thursday afternoon with Mrs Harry Stone king hosting Cary club gathers Monday afternoon with Mrs W S Winter Shakespeare clu meets Thursday evening with Mrs J A Beeson sr Mrs Ruby Powles visits from Denver with Mr and Mrs C F Dandareau and their son Connie to see Mrs Dandareau's parents Mr and Mrs O W Mc Bride
A. F. and A. M. Marion lodge 6 will convene in the Masonic temple at 7 30 Tuesday. Guests today of Mr. and Mrs Celan Rollins include Mr and Mrs Glenn Eilers Mr and Mrs John Wenger Mrs Edna McCoy and Will Wenger of Monticello Mr and Mrs Donald McCoy of Cedar Falls and their oe Susan and Lillian Rollins.
At a public library meeting last week Camp Fire and Bluebird groups adopted the name Camp Fire Adult Committee. Officers include Mrs. J. H. Ensminger Camp Fire representative and Mrs. Andrew Otting Blue Bird representative as chairmen with Mrs. Alfred as secretary, Mrs. Walter Rech treasurer, and Mrs. Carl Foster telephone chairman. Plans set for a grand council on May 6 in the high school gym. Linnette 4-H club plans a meeting with Donna and Luella Patschke Tuesday evening. Members will bring record books and sewing kits. Dr. and Mrs. John V. N. Granger and Pamela Granger leave Boston for Palo Alto California. Dr. Granger becomes director of a research laboratory at Stanford University after associations with Harvard. Patmos Commandery subtends Order of the Red Cross at 7 30 p m on Wednesday in a Masonic temple.
Marion Chamber of Commerce and the city council plan a city wide canvass to promote a proposed fly-control program. Citizens are urged to cooperate in making the effort a success. a third meeting will be held this week.
The Tuck a Stitch club will be entertained by Mrs. Glen Hempy at a dessert luncheon scheduled for 1 30 p m Tuesday.
The Mothers club will meet in the Lincoln auditorium at 7 45 p m Thursday for a P T A program. Afterward members visit the Lewis Wilkinson home at 2355 Eighteenth Avenue where refreshments will be served.
Classified notice seeks a man for part time milking duties at Wood Acres. Applicant should be able to work weekends and early mornings. No experience required, training provided, wage negotiable.
Marion Lucky Lads met Wednesday with eleven members responding to roll call. Clarence Tuden, leader, attended as Robert Ross spoke on washing and combing cattle. Hostess Mrs Ralph Beckner served refreshments.
LeMars resident LeMars Allen Sloan spends Easter vacation with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sloan along with classmates Robert Goblet of Chicago and John Drew of Swea City. Dinner guests include Mr and Mrs Lee Sloan Mr and Mrs Clifford Kirk and families from Alburnett and Mr and Mrs Robert Titler of Central City.
The Rev. Charles Moore will go to Hillsboro Friday to conduct a 10 day Crusade for Christ through evangelism. Nine churches of the Northern Baptist area will participate.
Mr. and Mrs. John Schultz of Fort Madison arrived Saturday to spend Easter with his mother Mrs. P. F. Schultz and his brother in law and sister Mr. and Mrs. T. Arthur Newman.
Miss Doris Lange was honored at a miscellaneous shower hosted by Mrs Darlene Hazewinkel and Mrs Betty Hazewinkel on Thursday evening. More than forty guests attended in anticipation of her marriage to Joel Hazewinkel on April 24.
Fidelis circle of King's Daughters picnicked Friday evening with Mrs. Harry Waline. Mrs. W. D. Elder led the devotional period and Mrs. Lee Voorhies was the lesson leader. The circle gave $5 to the cancer control fund. Mrs. Harry Dunn will be the next hostess.
Mr and Mrs Frank Fairley visit Erie Pennsylvania to see their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Robert Lary. Jackie Fedderson spends Easter vacation in Mechanicsville with uncle and aunt LeRoy and Mrs Stout. Guests of May Wahl and Florence Curtin include William Vail of Dubuque and daughter Cheryl Ann Vail, a Loras College student. Mrs Hughey hosts the OOP club at 730 pm Tuesday with program Modern and Contemporary Music. Mrs Charles B F Michel who lives north of Marion on the Alburnett road is treated at St Luke's hospital for a fractured right leg after a fall in DeWitt.
The Marion Christian Youth Council executive board will meet at 7 30 p.m. Monday at the Christian church. All members are urged to attend.
MARSHALLTOWN AP This city dispute over naming a city attorney heads to Marshall county district court. Judge B O Tankersley signed a court order directing the county attorney to file suit challenging the holdover city attorney authority. John L Mowry who sought the post and opposed Druker de jure the court order. Four councilmen who voted for Mowry joined the request for court action.
Frank C. Kirk, 72, a retired officer of the Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa, died of a heart ailment at his Des Moines home Saturday. He had a long career in the insurance field and was widely known in the community.
A brief note highlights the wolverine as a surprisingly powerful creature relative to its small frame, noting its reputation and potential impact in its habitat.
MT VERNON Dr. Milton Mayer of the Great Books Foundation Chicago will deliver the concluding lecture for 1949 in the lecture and artists series at Cornell college at 8 15 p m Monday His theme will be War or Peace What Can a Man Do Mayer was born and reared in Chicago He has been director of a nationwide training program for leaders of discussions of the great books and is contributing editor for three magazines.
Iowa communities move locally to cap abandoned wells and seal hazards following Kathy Fiscus's death in California. Ottumwa and Centerville officials push enforcement, while Des Moines surveys sewer and manhole risks. Newton and other towns report storm sewer dangers and child protection measures.
Manchester Mayor E W Deak Williams balances city duties with deep ties to county fairs and volunteer fire service. A 45 year fire department member and 25 year chief, he previously served on the city council from 1915 to 1921 and now chairs Delaware County Fair operations while serving on the Iowa State Fair board. His family legacy echoes circus roots of his father W W Williams.
Delores Louise Slater of Des Moines pled guilty to uttering forged instruments in two indictments. District Judge O. S. Franklin sentenced her to 10 years on each charge, to run concurrently, for a series of check forgeries.
Mayor Williams and family influence local arts and progress. His brother Charles D. Williams was a longtime clarinetist with the Chicago Businessmen’s Orchestra and briefly with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The county fair, now expanded grounds, plans further improvements for exhibitors with dates August 9 to 12. Williams supports Masonry, and he is landscaping his East Main Street property.
Wiesbaden Germany Captain Don Kehrli once of Coe College Cedar Rapids now frames Airways and Air Communications service Europe as the Flying Parson He led a Volkswagen pilgrimage to Rome telling Sammy Balch he would handle tires Frank Puskar would fix other mechanical issues and he would drive After two thousand miles a flat tire appeared and Kehrli fixed it The order applied only for the trip Kehrli a Coggan native and Coe class of 1936 alumnus remains noted for the oath and journey.
Des Moines AP report says O. W. Limestall is promoted by the Rock Island Railroad to general superintendent of transportation with headquarters in Chico.
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