Old World War I Beauty Posters Recall Recruiting Glory
A faded 1918 New York World recruiting feature spotlights three Christy posters used to urge Navy and Marine enlistment. Lylia Burnand, a Ziegfeld star later Mrs. Jacki Leeder, recalls posing for the campaign and receiving Maj. Gen. George Barnett’s thanks. Her son found the Christy image in Greenwich Village. the original or autographed copy now walls at Your Father’s Moustache club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
New York World
Times
Howard Chandler Christy
Christy
New York
Lylia Burnand
David Belasco
Jacki Leeder
Bronx
Leeder
George Barnett
Barrington, Il
Greenwich Village
Joe Schiavone
Mrs. Leeder
UPI
Jack Leeder
Voice Recital by Patricia Loring Saturday at Cedar Rapids
Patricia Loring soprano will appear in a voice recital Saturday at eight o clock in the Cedar Rapids Piano and Organ Co recital hall. She is assisted by Dan Shaheen baritone and both study with Mrs. G J Lorenzen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Loring
Cedar Rapids
Minting Money in Richland Neese Gray Family Tale
In Richland KansasGeorgia Neese Gray who became the nations first woman treasurer served 1949 to 1953 as her family nears a final closeout of the general store founded in 1879 by Albert Neese and his brother Frank. The shop will yield to the Clinton dam and reservoir flooding the Wakarusa river valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
Kan
Georgia Neese Gray
United States
Clinton
Wakarusa
Albert Neese
Gray
Weddings in Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns
Multiple wedding notices from Cedar Rapids and nearby communities. Couples include Miss Anna Kathryn Fettkether and Doyle James Hildebrand at St Francis of Assisi. Linda Kay Clark and William J. Cisler wed at St Patrick's. celebrations with families named and future residences noted. Brides’ and grooms’ parents listed. post ceremony plans include moves to Aurora and Tempe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Anna Kathryn Fettkether
Doyle James Hildebrand
Lowell Shekleton
Cletus Fellkether
Maynard
Linus Hildebrands
West Union
Aurora
Hildebrand
Donaldson Co
Oelwein
Women’s Day Golf Yields Flight Winners and Prizes
Twenty three members participated in a Wednesday morning women’s day golf event. Flight winners were Mrs James Sampson A Mrs Wayne Moomey B and Mrs Bob McGuire C. Special prize went to Mrs Ralph Jensen and a birdie was posted by Mrs J P Giacoletto. Hostesses were the Mines Kenneth Vaughn and McGuire. Next Wednesday will be guest day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Sampson
Wayne Moomey
Bob McGuire
Ralph Jensen
J. P. Giacoletto
the Mines
Kenneth Vaughn
McGuire
Our Tenths of a Suit and Park Visit Commentary
A column notes that the average American man buys about a third of a suit yearly per Amalgamated Clothing Workers president Jacob Potofsky. It reviews Pinicon Ridge park near Central City with picnic facilities and an incomplete beach and boat area. It also recounts Expo 67 trailer stay costs, a car and trailer search, and Cuban refugee concerns after Castro assassination attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob S. Potofsky
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Montreal
Pinicon Ridge Park
Central City
Scotty
Jon
Expo ’67
Expo
Witherell
Castro
J.S
Canada
Churches Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Church of 1239 N Street SW marked their golden wedding anniversary on Tuesday. Mrs. Church remains a patient at St. Luke's hospital while friends visited. They wed in Philip South Dakota on August 15 1917 and have four children Delaine A J Stokes Cedar Rapids Duane Morton Wash and John Ely plus 18 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Church
N Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Lyn Nugent Arrives. Reporters Chase Grandparents’ Home
Gerald Nugent and family receive the newborn Lyn Nugent at O Hare with secrecy and guards. Reporters swarm as Lyn, eight weeks old, ferries through a rear exit to a Waukegan hideaway. Grandmother Nugent dodges questions. Count Basie to perform with Joey Bishop on Channel 9 Thursday night.
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Donahan Waukegon
Ill
UPI
Gerald Nugent
Waukegan
Patrick Lyndon Nugent
Greta Garbo
Johnson
Patrick
Chicago
O’hare International
Washington, D.C
Gerald Nugents
Luci Nugent
Secret Service
Lyn
Grandmother Nugent
Count Basie
Joey Bishop
Channel 9
Nugent Eludes Newsmen in Kansas City Heist Incident
In Kansas City AP report Henryetta Smith, 70, says a man knocked her down and stole her purse containing $600 as she exited a bus. She pursued the thief, retrieved the purse, and called him a heathen, who then fled. The money remained inside the purse. Meanwhile Myra Thompson hosts an open house for her son Edwin H. Thompson and daughter-in-law on Sunday from 2 to 4 at 1829 J Street SW to celebrate her 9th birthday with family in attendance.
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Nugent
Kansas City (Ap
Henrietta Smith
Myra Thompson
Edwin H. Thompson
J Street
Leslie Wells
Substituting Butter for Lard in Old-Time Biscuits
When substituting butter for lard in old-fashioned biscuits or hot breads, use more butter than lard. Lard is richer, so the butter amount must compensate to maintain texture and richness.
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Society For Women
Gay Pauley
YORK
Uncle Sam
London
St. Agnes Catholic Church
Wereland
William Cisler
Am Fe Ee Be
Ohn
Fabian ‘Ormick
Bever Pridegroom
Avenue SE
Oridegroom
Knights of Columbus
Arizona State University
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Linda Kay Clark
Ninteenth Avenue
William J. Cisler
Second Street
J. Robert McDonald
William Clark
Lake City
Westinghouse
E&s Electric
Lowa
Tiletown
Iowa
Monarch Mills
Fortres
By the
Way
Elinor Ahern
Donald Witherells
Birchwood Drive
Ingisa Profession
Town & Country
Kiesinger
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
West Germany
Dean Rusk
Washington, D. C
Washington
By Sherry
Mrs. Thompson
Buster Brown
Jan
Lindale
Buster Brown Shoe
Foley
Cedar Rapids Hardware
3Rd Ave
Woolworths 'Yarnsale
Saylon Orson
Saylon
Woolworth's
2Nd Street
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