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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1944
Page
7
Mary Palumbo, 1401 K street SW, discusses war work at Eddy Paper, moving from office to factory to combat monotony. She operates an automatic stitcher for box assembly used in overseas shipments, mentions relatives in service including prisoner of war Michael Palumbo, and notes she writes to several servicemen while helping at the family grocery. She enjoys movies, USO dances, rationing challenges, and hopes to work postwar after travel plans.
The black crepe two-piece middy dress can pair with any bonnet for afternoon cocktails or dinner into summer. A deep U neckline suits costume jewelry or pearls, with red and white flower appliques at shoulder and waist and room for a fresh floral spray or corsage.
More than twenty representatives from Iowa universities and colleges will meet Saturday at the Roosevelt hotel starting 10 a.m. Dr. Sybil Woodruff of the University of Iowa will preside. Speakers include Dr. Ruth Chatterton Iowa State College Ames Dr. Elizabeth Sutherland Cedar Falls and Prof Blanche Beck Dubuque. A tea will follow in Stewart Memorial library with Miss Minna Wikoff and Miss Carolyn Newsom in charge.
Rabbi Sylvan D. Schwartzman, head of Congregation Children of Israel in Augusta, will speak at a Hadassah tea hosted by Mrs. A. L. Smulekoff on Second Avenue SE. Senior Hadassah members active in the medical quota will attend. event begins at 2 p.m. with Mrs. Herbert Levin as arrangements chair.
Recipes by Naomi Doebel outline seven dessert options. Apple Snow Pudding, custard, orange sponge pudding, pecan pie, and other fruit and custard based sweets are described with steps and measurements for each course.
The Cedar Rapids Art Association board elected Mrs. Arthur Collins W. J. Brown and Van Vechten Shaffer to fill vacancies. Plans for next year's membership and fund drive were outlined. The Walt Disney exhibit drew strong attendance and several sketches were sold. A new exhibit opens next week.
A transfer pattern panel 15 by 18 inches with decorative motifs for linens and garments is offered for 15 cents. Send 15 cents in coins and write pattern number along with name and address to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Needlecraft Dept. 549 West Randolph Street Chicago 80 Illinois.
The recipe describes beating juice and heat with a rotary egg beater. It instructs adding pecan meats and pouring into a pastry-lined pie plate. Bake in a hot oven at 450 degrees F for 10 minutes, then reduce to 350 degrees F and bake 30 minutes more.
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