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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 30, 1946

Page

10

Business Girls Honor Employers At Annual YWCA Banquet

Three YWCA Business Girls clubs plan their Employer Employee banquet tonight at 6:30. Clubs include Business Girls league Les Amies and Leadership group. Radio styled program features Miss Marcella Gibbons as host and Erwin J Wasta as responder with station staff and local sponsors.

Business Girls Y.W.C.A Business Girls League Les Amies Leadership Group Marcella Gibbons Erwin J. Wasta Ruth Brammer Eleanor Hall Lois Baumgartner Ross Young Collins Radio Company E. J. Petranek Helen O’neil Dorothy Luchterhand Irma Tendick Josephine Verderber Lucille Zuber Virginia Britt Ruth McCune Virginia Wiley Evelyn Hand Mildred Werning

Engagement of Elsie Sherman Told at Center Point

Center Point Mr and Mrs Arles L Sherman announce the engagement of their daughter Elsie Sherman to Alvin Edan Burn son of Mr and Mrs Earnest Edaburn of 1548 Sixth Avenue SE The wedding is set for May 12 Miss Sherman works in the accounting department of the Iowa Light and Power Co Mr Burn served overseas in the Army Signal Corps and works for Nesper Sign Co

Center Point Arles L. Sherman Center Alvin E. Edanburn Earnest Edaburn Sixth Avenue SE The Iowa Electric Elsie Sherman Light and Power Company Aburn Army Signal Corps Nesper Sign Company

Martin Couple Celebrate Fifth Wedding Anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. Leo Martin of 1508 Avenue NE marked their fifth wedding anniversary with a home pot-luck supper last weekend. Guests included Mary Lou Poorbaugh Evelyn Walroven Mary Lubbock Wilma Martin Tommy Holmes Anne Brown Charles Lazio Jess Martin Merton Green and family Warren Rambo and others.

Leo Martin Avenue NE Mary Lou Poorbaugh Evelyn Walroven Mary Lubbock Wilma Martin Tommy Holmes Anne Brown Charles Lazio Jess Martin Melvin Couser Merton B. Green Michael Warren Rambo

Petranek Family Plans Move to Memphis After Army Service

Major Emil Petranek and wife Mrs Petranek with two month old daughter Karen Sue spent the weekend with the major’s parents at 346 Eighteenth Street SE. He has left for Memphis to join Quaker Oats as chemist on terminal leave from the army engineers corps. Mrs Petranek is daughter of George Moore of 1307 C Avenue NE. He served since 1940, mostly at Ft Belvoir, Va, and is to be discharged August 8.

Emil Petranek Karen Sue Emil J. Petranek Eighteenth Street Petranek Memphis Tenn Quaker Oats Company George Moore C Avenue Army Engineers Corps Army Ft. Belvoir

Mrs T C Sleight Honored at Shower

Members of the Iowa Mutual Girl's club hosted a dinner and shower Monday evening at Twin Towers in honor of Mrs. T. C. Sleight. Thirty girls attended the event with committee chair Patricia Peck and helpers Betty Cook Corrine Dautremont Nina Hibben Nadine Noe Anita Quaid Maxine Sager Loretta Gavin Olga McCune.

Iowa Mutual Girl’s Club T. C. Sleight Twin Towers Patricia Peck Betty Cook Corrine Dautremont Nina, Hibben Nadine Noe Anita Quaid Maxine Sager Loretta Gavin Olga McCune

Czech Evangelical Ladies Aid Meeting Planned

The Ladies' Aid of the Czech Evangelical and Reformed church will meet Thursday at 2 p.m. with Mrs. Tony E. Hladek, 180 Seventeenth Avenue SW.

Ladies’ Aid The Czech Evangelical and Reformed Church Tony E. Hladek Seventeenth Avenue SW

Frank Kratoskas Return From Florida

Mr and Mrs Frank Kratoska returned to their home at 1726 C Avenue NW after spending the winter at their winter home in Fort Myers Florida They arrived home Saturday confirming their return from Florida residence location.

Frank Kratoska C Avenue NW Ft. Myers, Fla

Engagement of Janet Soesbe to Leo Shousky Planned

Mrs. Cleo I. Soesbe announces the engagement of her daughter Janet M. to Leo A. Shousky. The couple plans to wed May 3 in Chicago and will reside at 1330 First Avenue NE after the wedding. Leo Shousky works for Midland Engineering Corporation.

Cleo I. Soesbe Pleasant Drive Janet M Leo A. Shousky First Avenue Chicago Shousky Midland Engineering Corporation First Avenue NE

Towasi Camp Fire Girls Elect New Officers

Towasi Camp Fire girls at Immaculate Conception school elected Teresa Naso as president Jo Ann Naughton as vice president Joanne Reindl as secretary and Mary Jo Gureno as treasurer at a Monday meeting.

Towasi Camp Immaculate Conception Teresa Naso Jo Ann Naughton Joanne Reindl Mary Jo Gureno

Taylor PTA study group to meet for luncheon

The Taylor school P.T.A. study group will meet Thursday at 1 p.m. for a covered dish luncheon at the home of Mrs. E. W. Anderson, 623 Third Street SW. Take the March issue of the National Parent-Teacher magazine.

Taylor School P.T.A E. W. Anderson Third Street

Miss Agne Engaged to Warren L Bishop in Summer Wedding

Marilyn Agne daughter of Mrs D L Ac avenue SE Iowa City Iowa and Warren L Bishop son of Mrs Maye Bishop of Iowa City are engaged for a late summer wedding. Miss Agne attends Iowa State College Ames and will graduate in June from the home economics department. Bishop, an army veteran who was at Pearl Harbor, served four and a half years and now works in Iowa City.

D. L. Ac Marilyn Agne Bishop Maye Bishop Iowa City

Early May corn tips and wedding of Miss McConnell Erickson

Iowa State College guidance advises planting an early maturing corn variety in the first week of May for Fourth of July roasting ears while main sweet corn goes in after May 15. A wedding at First Evangelical Church united Miss Shirley Ann McConnell and Paul L. Erickson with details of attire, attendants, and reception. The couple will reside at 801 H Avenue NW and both have local educational and military backgrounds.

Larry Grove Iowa State College Grove Shirley Ann McConnell Leslie McConnell H Avenue Paul L. Erickson Robert F. Erickson Winton Road George A. Stauffacher First Evangelical Margaret Bell A. A. Topinka

May Day Baby Menu and Dessert for Child Health Day

The piece suggests a May day party menu suitable for toddlers during Child Health Day within National Baby Week. It includes baby friendly dishes like baked potato and veal, a strained fruit egg white dessert, variations with vanilla or lemon, and a custard sauce. Instructions cover beating egg whites, preventing deflation, and dairy notes.

Ireane Douda Weds J H McNabb at Nashua Church

The marriage of Ireane Douda to J H McNabb took place Saturday at the Little Brown church in Nashua. Attendants were Miss Helen Kane and Richard Moore of Cedar Rapids. The bride, in a baby blue princess dress with red rose and white gardenia corsage, will reside with her husband in Cedar Rapids. she works for May Drug and he for Cedar Rapids Engineering.

Mary Ann Melenovsky W. W. Fry Robert F. Erickson, Jr Mary Jill von Skike Richard Fry Cedar Rapids Dale McConnell Gerald L. McConnell Cedar Falls Gerald McConnell Ed Lorenzen M. S. Eley Harold Everist Earl Atkinson Joyce Richardson Betty Gustafson J. J. Douda Fourteenth Avenue Ireane J. H. McNabb Aaron McNabb Sixteenth Street Little Brown Church Nashua Helen Kane Richard Moore McNabb

Mrs W E Mickel Travels to Washington for Congress

Mrs W E Mickel of 1311 Second Avenue SE leaves for Washington D C to visit her two sons Merlin H and Ernest P Mickel formerly of Cedar. She will attend the D A R Continental Congress at Atlantic City New Jersey May 20 to 24 as delegate.

W. E. Mickel Second Avenue SE Washington, D. C Merlin H Ernest P. Mickel Cedar Rapids Mickel Atlantic City N. J D. A. R. Continental Congress

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Elsie Sherman Major Petranek T. E. Hladek Frank Kratoskas Florida Janet Soesbe Americas Folger’s Folger Arieae Fountain Grown Folger’ S Coffee Towasi Taylor Study Group Miss Agne Warren L Mr. Erickson Paul Erickson Garden Tip Minneapolis H Avenue NW Roosevelt High School Erickson Marine Corps Cherry- Burrell Corporation By Naomi Doebel New Orleans Ireane Douda J. L. McNabb Northwood Dial Northwood Dairy MIL Elizabeth Loan School OF Music Mrs. W. E. Mickel Washington NAVY PLAID Taffetas FELTS Medical Arts Surgical Supply Paramount Building
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