Brides And Brides-Elect Hold Place On Fall Social Calendar
Ada Egger and Robert T. Barnett plan the Aug. 28 Cedar Rapids wedding at Immaculate Conception church. Jane Walters to wed Kenneth Schoner Aug. 31 at the bride’s aunt’s home. Reed of Cedar Rapids society includes Miss Esther Burns Bermuda trip and local entertaining. Grace McElroy weds Grady Davis in Vinton with reception. couple to live in Maracaibo Venezuela after Sept. 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Egger
Monticello
Ada
Robert T. Barnett
Mary A. Barnett
Fourth Avenue SE
Immaculate Conception Church
Cedar Rapids
Miss Egger
Honeymead Products Company
Mr. Barnett
Penick and Ford
Marjorie Walters
Sixteenth Street
Miss Jane Walters
Kenneth Schoner
Effie Schoner
A Avenue NW
Miss Walters
Cedar Rapids Business College
Welch-Cook-Beals Company
Mr. Schoner
Cedar Rapids Engineering Company
Grinnell College
Iowa State Teachers College
Columbia University
New York City
New York
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Davis
Oscar Davis
Austin
University of Texas
Mene Grande Oil Company
Tau Delta Fraternity
Arleigh Davis
Gloria
Peoria
Ill
Joseph N. Barnett
Lake City
Minn
Hayes Maine
Aurora
Judson Strickland
Mount Vernon
Robert Luckey
Exeter
Mass
Myra Breece
Margaret Breece
Iowa City
John W. Mertens
John G. Mertens
St. Patrick’s Rectory
Anna Helen Martin Engaged to Charles W Joiner
Mr. and Mrs. G L Martin of 427 Fifth Avenue announce the engagement of their daughter Anna Helen Martin to Charles Wycliffe Joiner of Des Moines, son of Mr and Mrs M W Joiner of Maquoketa. The wedding is planned for September.
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Marion
G. L. Martin
Fifth Avenue
Anna Helen Martin
Charles Wycliffe Joiner
Des Moines
M. W. Joiner
Maquoketa
Parlor City Lodge hosts Thursday picnic luncheon
Parlor City Lodge No 58 L A to B of R T invites members and friends to a 12 30 Thursday picnic luncheon at Mrs Emily Wavra home 1106 Nineteenth street SE attendees to bring covered dish sandwiches and table service Royal Neighbors Melody Camp No 10715 meets 730 p m Friday in Moose hall Standard Life Association No 172 meets Friday night in Glow room of the Gas company for business and a card party Wild Rose Lodge No 51 L A to L A of N A holds monthly business meeting Monday at 730 p m Star of Maine Rebekah Lodge No 221 meets Thursday at 8 p m in Maine lodge hall 838 First avenue E refreshments served
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parlor City Lodge No
L. A
B. of R. T
Emily Wavra
Nineteenth Street
Standard Life Association No. 172
Gas Company
Wild Rose Lodge No
N. A
Star of Maine Rebekah Lodge No
Maine Lodge
First Avenue E
Rebekah No. 79
Odd Fellows Hall
Second Avenue SE
Community club notices and meetings in Cedar Rapids area
Local fraternal and ladies groups announce meetings in K P hall and Masonic venues. social riders meet Celia Cozart. Zion Lutheran Ladies Guild hosts at parish house. Eastern Star, I O O F, and Rebekah lodges set sessions with hostesses and social events. plans include Cedar Rapids Aug 11 dinner and Daniels park picnic. bridge and bingo social after gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Happy Twenty
Jesse Albertson
Cedar Rapids
Ladies Guild
Zion Lutheran Church
Bernard Geiken
Eastern Star Lodge
Masonic Hall
O. V. Young
Gage Coupeland
H. D. Sheeley
Bridge
O. A. Rife of
Anamosa
Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society
Mattie Johnson
Ida Bixby
Ted Imler
Helen Henry
Church Groups Plan Meetings and Picnics Across Local Churches
The First Reformed Ladies Aid and Missionary societies announce multiple gatherings and picnics this week, with hostesses named at 2 p.m. on Wednesday and 1 p.m. on Thursday. Various circles and associations schedule all day events, luncheons, and election of officers at Ellis Park Riverside and other church venues.
Iowa Unemployment Benefits Fall to 12 Month Low in March
Iowa unemployment compensation payments dropped to a new 12 month low with March totals of $322,863 and 34,951 checks issued, down from February figures. The fiscal year ending June 30 saw $6,271,706 in benefits paid to unemployed workers, with monthly totals varying since program start in 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Playgrounds Plan Softball Tourney Week of Action
The fourteen local playgrounds launch softball week with playoffs across four divisions junior boys intermediate boys senior boys and girls All seven day elim ination games run 45 or 60 foot bases and five to seven inning games The schedule includes multiple special activities across grounds plus film shows and special tours across the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Playground Commission
Lincoln
Sinclair
Ellis
Jackson
Harrison
Riverside
Ellis Park Diamonds
Daniels, Elks
Roosevelt
Arthur
van Buren
Bever
Daniels
Elks
Ellis Park
Whitlam
Ellis Playgrounds
Roosevelt and Bever
St. Patrick’s
Lions Club
Daniels Playground
Iowa Old Age Pensioners Grim Portrait in 1938 39 Data
Des Moines AP reports state welfare records show 1,681 of 9,397 Iowa pension recipients in the year ending July 1 live alone. Among 100-year-olds, six died. 320 are old bachelors versus 92 unmarried women. A third of new approvals fall in the 65 to 67 age group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa
Towan
Morgan Partner Dies in Westbury at 83
Charles Steele, partner of J. P. Morgan and Company, died at his home in Westbury New York Saturday after a long illness. He was 83.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westbury, N. Y
INS
Charles Steele
J. P. Morgan and Company
Group of veterans buys controlling stake in Council Bluffs Nonpariel
A veteran employee group led by General Manager R. R. O'Brien announced they have bought a controlling interest in the Council Bluffs Nonpariel by taking over the D. W. Norris stock. Ownership passes immediately. The group includes Leroy A Wallace Ora Taylor John O'Brien Harry Mauck and George W. Fouts. The paper began in 1857 with Norris taking control in 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
R. R. O’brien
D. W. Norris Stock Holding
O’brien
Leroy A Wallace
Ora Taylor
John O’brien
Harry Mauck
George W. Fouts
Norris
Summer Delights From Sea Hits Homes Far From Shore
Modern quick freezing brings seafood to all readers. Recipes for crab meat with parmesan and buttered crumbs and baked salmon with sour cream and lemon are outlined. A spring salad tip uses canned vegetable soup with water and gelatin to mimic many vegetables.
Foresters of America Court Cedar No 3 Meet in ILOO
City briefs note Foresters of America Court Cedar No 3 will meet Wednesday at O F hall on Second Avenue SE. Mr and Mrs Charles Gates of Los Angeles have returned from visiting Mrs Gates sister and Mr Mulvihill in ILOO and will head home after a cafeteria supper at 5 30 PM. The lodge provides lemonade and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids No
D. of H
K. P. Hall
Linden
Modern
Woodmen of America
Odd Fellows Hall
Second Avenue SE
The
Missionary Society
Flora B. Manville
Thirty-fifth Street
Kenneth Kohl
Foresters of America
Iloo
O. F. Hall
Charles Gates
Los Angeles
Gates
William Mulvihill
Mulvihill
Chatham
Mr. Gates
Minor Family Reunion Scheduled at George Minor Farm
The Minor family reunion will be held at the George Minor farm southeast of Palo on Sunday August 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minor
George Minor
Palo
Mrs Elizabeth Dayton Convalesces After Minor Operation
Mrs Elizabeth Dayton of 202 Twelfth Street NW remains confined at St Luke's hospital two weeks after a minor operation. Doctors report she is progressing nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Dayton
Twelfth Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Arthur H Zila
A daughter was born at St Luke's hospital to Mr and Mrs Arthur H Zila of 855 A avenue NE on Friday August 4 correcting an earlier claim that the birth occurred on July 4 according to Saturday's Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur H. Zila
Avenue
St. Luke’s Hospital
Five Bermuda Onions Weighed In At Seven Pounds
J. H. Johnson of Fruitland Heights took five Bermuda onions to town for weighing and found they totaled seven pounds, reflecting a bountiful Iowa garden year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
J. H. Johnson
Fruitland Heights
Two Oklahoma and Indiana visitors in Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Margaret Wheeler of Conrad Indiana and Mrs. Ida Lysinger of Ponca City Oklahoma arrived in Cedar Rapids for a few days visit with their sister Mrs. A G Charter at 1020 Ninth Street NW. Mrs. Lysinger will return to Oklahoma later this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Wheeler
Conrad, Ir
Ida Lysinger
Ponce City
Okla
Wheeler
Conrad
Cedar Rapids
A. G. Charter
Ninth Street
Lysinger
Oklahoma
Local Residents Plan Three-Week Beverly Hills Trip
Joseph Kroupa and his daughter Evelyn of 1101 Avenue NW and Miss Betty Stephenson of 1710 First Avenue NW depart this morning for Beverly Hills California. After several days in southern California they will travel home via San Francisco and the northern route, away about three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Kroupa
Evelyn
Avenue NW
Betty Stephenson
First Avenue NW
Beverly Hills
Calif
California
San Francisco
Final Hanover Legion Picnic Set At Sokol Park
The Han ford post of the American Legion will hold its final summer picnic at old Sokol park east of the city Tuesday from 3 p.m. to 1 a.m. Supper at 6. A short business session will elect delegates to the Legion state convention in Sioux City August 21 to 23. Admission by 1939 membership card only. If rain, the event moves to the Memorial building armory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanford
American Legion
Sokol Park
Sioux City
Memorial Building
Railway employes picnic at Ellis park Duck pond
Cedar Rapids division No 30 of the Benefit Association of Railway Employes holds a picnic on Sunday August 13 in Ellis park Duck pond area with afternoon and evening events. A softball game between North Western and Rock Island railroad members is set for 3 30 p m. Members are asked to attend and participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Benefit Association of Railway Employes
Duck Pond
Ellis Park
North Western
Rock Island
Cedar Rapids Gladiolus Society Plans Iowa Show
The Cedar Rapids Gladiolus Society will meet at the Montrose hotel Monday at 8 p m to complete plans and set final arrangements for the Iowa Gladiolus show to be held Saturday and Sunday in the Memorial Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Morris Family Reunion at Bever Park Pavilion
Descendants of Joseph and Lydia Morris plan a reunion next Sunday August 13 at the Bever Park large pavilion. Relatives and friends are invited to bring filled baskets with picnic items plus lemon juice and coffee cream. Dinner at noon will be followed by a program and all attendees should register at the pavilion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
Lydia Morris
Bever Park
Justice Dept Probes Dairy Tactics in New York and Wisconsin
Representative Culkin says Assistant Attorney General Thurman Arnold agreed to examine alleged monopolistic practices in the dairy industry in New York and Wisconsin. Culkin notes action is being taken to cure monopolies and cites a pending Supreme Court appeal by milk distributors to aid the government case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Yppersentative
Culkin
N. Y
Thurman Arnold
Justice Department
New York
Wisconsin
Arnold
House
New Yorker
Murphy
National Dairy Products Corporation
Borden Company of
Supreme Court
Chicago
High Court
Two McGregor Taverns Lose Beer Licenses
Two of McGregor's five taverns were notified that their beer licenses were revoked. The establishments affected are the tavern operated by Ilo McGuire and the Rendezvous run by Margaret Schultz, with the revocation decided by the city council Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGregor
Ilo McGuire
Rendezvous
Margaret Schultz
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Ed Rinda
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George Robertson
James Floetchinger
Homer Nunn
George Parizek
North Liberty
Earl Ball
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Amy
Will Burns
Cosgrove
Marie Burns
Niagara Falls
Helen Burns
Greensboro
N. C
Esther Burns
Baltimore
Bermuda
Russell Roucher
Needleworkers Club
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Marie Leeney
Tim Bradley
Roy Kutcher
Stanley James
Ben James
C. R. Johnson
Carrie Immel
Ladies Aid Society
Rose Drahos
Chelsea
Maxine J. Drahos
Ira Weed
I. F. Weed
Belle Plaine
Lasswell Photo
Ada Egger
Mrs
Grady Davis
Montieur Photo
Maxine Drahos
Clubs
Parlor City Lodge
Royal Neighbors
Melody Camp No
Moose Hall
Standard Life
Wild Rose Lodge
Star of Maine
Shellsburg
C. R. No
Celia Cozart
Columbia Division
I. O. O. F. Hall
St. Mary’s Court
I. C
Valley Camp R. N. A
V. F. W. Auxiliary
Ladies’ Auxiliary To
Memorial Coliseum
Rebekah
Tirzah Society
Daniels Park
Cedar Rebekah
Cedar Rebekah Lodge
Aid
George Platter
John Martin
Kenwood Presbyterian
St. James
Ladies’ Aid Society
Charles Perkins
W. Kepler
M. T. Daywitt
Ladies’ Industrial Society
River Pavilion
John Huss
Riverside Park
Calvary Baptist
Melvin Cronbaugh
Sixth Avenue
Anna Narber
Clark Dunn
Oakland Road
Sarah Fuller
Robert Comley
A Avenue
Saron Lutheran
G., Reenmee
A. Rosenani
United Brethren
F. A. Eaton
Earl Kohl
Carl Phillips
P. Tewart
First Christian
Trinity Lutheran
Home Missionary Society
C. Freund
A. G. Ilten
R. C. Ten
First Evangelical
Ladies Association
Charles W. Mathews
Jessie Bauman
Frank Danberg
Henry Schaffer
A. J. Kemper
A. H. Bliss
Kenwood Park
Kenwood Park Methodist Church
W. D. Counterman
Joe Houts
Bethany Congregational
Ladies Aid
Ellis Diamonds
Buchanan
Kenwood
Elks Club
Goode Knight
BY A. G. Nassif
Sarouk
Roosevelt Hotel Bldg
Old Age Pensioners
Morgan
Employe Group
Gaynor Maddox
NEA Service
Minor Reunion
West Coast
Legion Picnic
Rail Association
Ringliet
London
Beauty Shop
Gladiolus Society
Morris Family Reunion
Justice Dept
George Steck
Hiltbrunner
St. SE. Dal
Continental Buffet
Newman
Hotel Roosevelt
Wm, S. Cadow
Mgr
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