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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1941
Page
15
A bold poem contrasts gas rationing and wartime fears with bold talk of fuel and travel. The speaker imagines brass and crowns, gas at any price, and a grim future where war comes home as cars freeze and journeys end.
A collage of playful local items includes an Ode to Ickes praising the gasoline shortage announcement, thanks to Dr. A C McKean of Ladora, and a string of brief vignettes about misdirected telephone calls, a fishing trip advert, a slapping swim prank, upcoming marriages, mistaken baby announcements, and a man found napping in a furnace.
An October bride to be Miss Dorothy Carr of 1722 Seventh Avenue SE is announced engaged to Robert Mitchell Dunlop by her parents Mr and Mrs William Henry Carr.
Invitations to the wedding of Miss Katherine Zisko and Dr Everett R Maresh of Detroit have been issued by Mr and Mrs J T Zisko 306 F avenue NW The date is September 7 at 3 pm at the First Evangelical church Cedar Rapids Bridesmaids are Miss Flora Fleming Cedar Rapids and Miss Elizabeth Bryant Mount Vernon Best man is Raymond Churchill Cedar Rapids Ushers include Roy Freshwater Robert Maresh and Joseph Zisko The couple will entertain guests at the Commonwealth tea room after the ceremony
Visitors and relatives fill Cedar Rapids households over the holiday weekend. Local residents host guests from Chicago Los Angeles Fort Dodge Kansas City Glidden Mendon Long Beach Compton and Manchester while city clubs and hosts honor gatherings and birthday parties marking the Labor Day observance.
Cedar Rapids Woman's Club invites members interested in bowling to meet at the clubhouse Thursday at 2 pm. Captains of last year's teams should notify members. For more information call Mrs R B Burch at 2 2851.
The column lists families returning from vacations in August with names and addresses. It mentions Mrs Hanna Reiff in Bluffton Indiana visiting, Mrs Austin N. Palmer returning from Clearlake, and Coe college geology field trip participants Estelle Bachelder and Mary Rabe in Red Lodge Montana. Also noted are travels of Walter Bamorigahs, H Leo Damege, and the Tenney family, including visits to Cass Lake Minnesota LaCrosse Wisconsin and Lake of the Woods, plus a Chicago trip and a Shelbyville Missouri connection.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Lindsay of 310 Nineteenth Street SE head to a cottage near Paris for Labor Day weekend. Friends from Cedar Rapids join them. Bob Eby recently drafted into the army will train in the medical corps in Rockford Illinois for thirteen weeks.
Returning home Saturday from East Harbor Port Clinton Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Hickok and granddaughter Mary Ann Turnbull, 2018 Fifth Avenue SE. Weekend guests include their daughter Miss Eliza Hickok arriving from Chicago and Capt James L Turnbull of Camp Wolters Mineral Wells Texas. Miss Hickok recently joined the Quiz Kids for a Paramount picture and a Camp Meade appearance near Washington. Captain Turnbull departs Monday for Camp Wolters.
Informality marked the Cedar Rapids Country club pre Labor Day dance closing the 1941 summer season. Eugene Pinney hosted a dinner for guests including Dick Marshall and Steve Edwards while multiple couples shared tables for Dutch treat and no host dining before the 9 pm dancing.
Delbert R. and Mrs Ashby hosted a silver wedding dinner for twenty four guests at their Country Club Parkway SE home. Bridesmaids Marie Todd Warrensburg and Mrs George T Wilhelm attended, with usher Lumir Severn among the guests.
Marianne Dvorak and Paul Seng wed in a Roosevelt hotel ceremony with a quissette gown and yellow marquisette. Edward Seng served as best man. guests included many area residents. The couple will reside in Lost Nation after a wedding trip to Chicago and northern Wisconsin.
Mr and Mrs John Forrest Chapman of New York City longtime Cedar Rapids residents were entertained in two dinner parties in the city. Mr and Mrs William Crawford hosted twelve guests at their Vernon Drive SE home Friday evening. The Hromeks hosted Mr Chapman and his mother at the Upper Palisades lodge Thursday evening, after time at The Junipers cabin near Waubeek.
The junior membership committee of Ashley chapter D A R will meet at 12 30 p m Tuesday at the large pavilion in Bever park. Attendees should bring a covered dish sandwiches and table service. A short business meeting will follow.
A crowded two day sports and cultural schedule across Iowa lists regattas, fairs, rodeos, parades and concerts. Notable items include the Mississippi Valley Power Boat regatta in Davenport, the North Iowa fair in Mason City, the Danish Brotherhoods convention in Des Moines, the annual Sweet Corn Day in Vinton, and the East-West football game at Drake Stadium. The list mentions speeches by Theodore Broch of Narvik, Norway, and Bob Burlingame at the Iowa Library association meeting.
Miss Dorothy Mae Melsa daughter of Mr and Mrs Godfrey E Melsa 931 Twentieth street SE married Walter Seifert son of Mr and Mrs Paul Seifert Jr of Homestead at 7 pm Saturday The ceremony held at the bride's home was led by Rev Rudolph Gilbert of Peoples church Only families and close friends attended The bride wore a floor length white marquisette gown with lace collar and cuffs and a lace inset in the midriff Her veil was held by a lace crown She carried a white prayer book with one orchid and streamers Miss Mary Jane Melsa was her attendant in a yellow chiffon gown Arnold Moesner attended as best man A wedding dance followed at the West Amana clubhouse The couple planned a short trip to Clear Lake and will reside in Cedar Rapids before moving to Homestead later They are graduates Wilson high school and Amana York School of Refrigeration respectively
Margaret Jacobs of 1835 Third Avenue SE will host a pre school tea this afternoon from 3 to 5 o'clock. A large group of Misses and guests attend, including Joan Van Cleve Janet Meyer Jane Bell Kathryn Barngrover Martha Lou Smith and Doris Nelson visiting from Mason City. The visit coincides with other weekend travel plans and relatives attending a family reunion in Elgin.
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