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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1944

Page

16

Navy Mothers Rally to Expand Clubs in Iowa

The Navy Mothers club schedules a rally on September 6 at the Roosevelt hotel to organize chapters in Linn Jones Benton Johnson Cedar Iowa and Poweshiek counties. Mrs Fred LeClerc chairs Cedar Rapids group. The event features a membership drive welfare displays a state organizer Miss Nancy Graham and a banquet at 6 30 PM. Reservations by September 1 with Mrs Frank Dantery or the Roosevelt hotel. Registration opens at 9 30 AM with events starting 10 30 AM.

Navy Mothers Club Roosevelt Hotel Navy Mothers Clubs Iowa Fred LeClerc Cedar Rapids Navy Marines Coast Guard Seabees Linn Jones Benton Johnson Cecar Poweshiek Nancy Graham Cee E Re Frank Dantery Froesevelt

Church Group Meetings and Local Notices Compile Town Activities

Area churches list weekly meetings and socials from Daniels Park Presbyterian to First Baptist and First Evangelical with dates, times, and hostess names. Summer and fall gatherings include picnics, luncheons, and desserts. interspersed are unrelated society notices and family updates from Mediapolis and Columbus Junction communities.

Patricia Dorland Weds Sgt Williams in Westminster Church

Patricia Dorland daughter of Mrs. Virgil H. McKasson and Staff Sgt. John Williams wed August 19 in a candlelight ceremony at Westminster Presbyterian church. Dr David I Berger officiated with a double ring, attendants Marian Williams and Donna McKean in aqua and yellow chiffon.

Patricia Dorland Virgil H. McKasson Sixth Avenue SE John Williams John M. Williams Donna McKean Grandview Miss Williams Miss McKean Dean Ross Winfield

Wedding Details Minute at Wendover Air Field

A brief note mentions a corsage for the bride and her going away outfit. Sgt. Williams is stationed at Wendover Utah and the bride plans to reside with her mother after the ceremony.

Sgt. Williams Wendover Utah

Strawberry Point Woman Honored After Juneau Marriage Shower

Strawberry Point resident Mrs. Archie Walker formerly Henrietta Honnewood was honored at a miscellaneous shower after her Juneau marriage. Co-hostesses included Mrs. Richard Honnewood, Mrs. W. Walker, and Mrs. Cecil Duff. Mrs. L. Thomas and Miss Rosella Plaster plan a Pensacola visit to Seaman Bobbie Thomas.

Archie Walker Henrietta Honnewood Juneau Alaska Richard Honnewood W. Walker Strawberry Point Cecil Duff Volga L. Thomas Rosella Plaster Sumner Pensacola Fla Seaman Bobbie Thomas

Seventy Three Attend Post Nuptial Shower For Elaine Stransky

Seventy three guests attended a post nuptial shower for Mrs Robert Frank formerly Elaine Stransky. Co hosts included Rita Patricia and Dorothy Stransky Mrs Robert Gerot Mrs Ardell Gerot Mrs Raymond Kron and Anita Frank. Cornelius W Walsh celebrated his seventieth birthday with a Walsh family reunion last week.

Robert Frank Elaine Stransky Rita Patricia Dorothy Stransky Robert Gerot Ardell Gerot Raymond Kron Anita Frank Cornelius W. Walsh Walsh

To Be Bride of Robert Kucera

Mr and Mrs Theodore Heick announce the engagement of their daughter Dorothy to Aviation Cadet Robert F Kucera son of Mr and Mrs W A Krejci. The wedding will take place next month. Dorothy a Franklin high school graduate works at Barlow Maney laboratories. Cadet Kucera a McKinley high school graduate is stationed at the army air base at La Junta Colorado for advanced pilot training and will receive his commission in September.

Ernest LeClaire Marilyn McClurkin Donna Sellers Jefferson City Stephens College Davison-Dotson Cartright Park Mediapolis Harry Dotson Wapello Raymond Chittum John Chittum Wooster Ohio J. H. Chittum Mexico American Friends’ Service Committee Columbus Junction Gayle Edwards James L. Edwards Cpl Perri W Rotter Ida Rotter Donnellson Salem Welch Presbyterian Church Cotter High School Iowa State Teachers College Saginaw, Mich Cpl. Rotter Pratt, Kan Theodore Heicksen Oakland Avenue Dorothy Robert F. Kucera W. A. Krejci Street SE Franklin High School Hercksen Barlow-Maney Laboratories Kucera McKinley High School Army Air Base la Junta Colo

Painter Mount Vernon Florence Keve to Exhibit at Armstrong Hall

Mount Vernon Florence Keve, Cornell and Columbia graduate, will display her latest paintings at Armstrong Hall Cornell campus Sunday 2 to 5 p.m. A gallery talk is scheduled for 3 30 p.m. The note also lists a regimental event at Crystal Ballroom Montrose hotel Cedar Rapids and social visits among Mrs. Fred Travis, Mrs. Charles Fisher, and several Blessing Brink household members.

Florence Keve Cornell College Columbia University Armstrong Hall Cornell Navy Flight Preparatory School Crystal Ballroom Montrose Hotel Cedar Rapids J.g D. S. White R. G. Pitcher D. L. Clark Fred Travis Charles Fisher C. M. Bailey Dallas Texas

Social Evening Observes Anniversary With Dinner Party

Mrs Bailey and Prof H C Lane were involved in a tense scene as Miss Ruth Pinkerton hosted a Friday party. Mr and Mrs William Dyitt of Cedar Rapids hosted 27 guests at a dinner party Sunday at the Upper Palisades for their wedding anniversary celebration.

Ruth Pinkerton Bailey H. C. Lane William Dyitt Cedar Rapids Upper Palisades

Pvt Donald Schafer feted at Weed park picnic

Columbus Junction’s Pvt Donald Schafer home on furlough from Camp Roberts California was honored at a Weed park picnic supper Tuesday. Priscilla club members and their families enjoyed a Friday picnic at Chautauqua park.

Pvt Donald Schafer Camp Roberts Calif Weed Park Priscilla Club Chautauqua Park

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Navy Mothers Rally Mrs Fred Leclere Weerescay Melsurx Grant L Avenue Trkurscéar Daniels Farle Parerts United Brethren, Wls C. EL Eplirs Fifth Avenue SW Trinity Methodist Emery Lacre RFD Palo U.S.C.S Elrst Esses Hugh Hillerege Jessie Canfield Della Summers Hattie Klahn First Presbyterian Women’s Missionary Society Harold Mowrey Twenty-sixth Street Drive People’s First Baptist Martha C. E. Loomis A Avenue Ruhannah E. R. Moore Knollwood Drive Naomi B. L. Sheldon Second Avenue Esther M. E. Terry Brucemore Ruth Circle H. L. Carroll B Avenue NE Rachel Circle C. B. Hungerford Fifteenth Street SE St. Paul’s Four Square Beacon and Light Class Second Street NW Frank Lange Washington Avenue SE Grace Episcopal St. Mary’s Guild Church Guild Ann Zehms Bethany Congregational Ladies Aid Society Ellis Park Moore Deere Guy Sertace Giemsa Sian Glass& Dar Second Ave Holmes Oberlin College N. Y Mgm C.C.D McCready Health Foods Secedar Rapids toOo Riverside Robert Kucera Dorothy Heicksen Killian Company Mount Vernon Hattie Hyatt Seattle Wash L. E. Blessing Fifteenth Street Clara K. Brink Grande Avenue Blessing D'Ors Sergeant Mac
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