Blackledge Hosts Christmas Party for 55th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Roy Blackledge held a Sunday Christmas gathering near Whittier to honor the 55th wedding anniversary of Mrs Blackledge's parents, Walter and Mrs Paul, who also marked Mr Paul’s 76th birthday in December. Guests from Mount Vernon Cedar Rapids attended the event. The luncheon center featured a silver tree with blue lights and a Santa sleigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Blackledge
Whittier
Mrs. Blackledge
Walter Paul
Blackledges
Mrs. Paul
Roy Lacock
John Lacock
Doris
Linyd Weal
Bert Neal
Charles Wickham
Vera
Ray Martin
Clifford Larsen
Will Clark
John Strother
Marvin Johnson
Elson Needles
Sam Johnson
Mount Vernon
John Paul
Sally Irene
Cedar Rapids
H O. Young
Marion
W. J. Fierie
Clarence Neal
Lumir Schultz
Bob and
Stewart
Columbia
Schultz
Peter F. Schultz
Christmas gatherings and community notices in Marion area
A collection of social events from Marion area residents includes a Christmas luncheon hosted by Mrs. Dunn with families from Springville and Cedar Rapids attending. Other items note theater ads, family dinners, guest visits, church activities, and local shopping promotions with numerous names and places across Marion and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Dunn
Dr. Storck
Carl Secrist
Fred McShane
Clifton Hawk
C. L. Fernow
E. F. Club
Dunn
Marion
Otto Lang
Harvey Trimble
Leonard Dunn
Richard Ware
Stewart Hawk
G. A Storek
William Hladek
Phyllis
Cedar Rapids
Funeral of Wilber F Whiteman Father of Paul Whiteman
Wilber force J Whiteman died Monday after a lingering illness. He was 62. Paul Whiteman, famed orchestra leader, had flown to visit his father, most recently on December 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
INS
Wilberforce
J Whiteman
Paul Whiteman
Paul
City Council Holds Brief One-Item Session
The city council met briefly on Monday with no complaints or errors. A single order passed a letter from the South Side Civic Club praising the covering of tracks on Third Street SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Side
Cars Collide On Second Avenue In Freak 1939 Billiards Crash
Police label Second avenue billiards for a strange accident on December 17 1939. Five cars involved. three parked, two in motion. Drivers Dr Eugene Carmichael and Bob Simpson report their cars collided as Carmichael turned right from the alley near the Light company, Carmichael’s car struck Owens’ parked machine then Simpson’s moving car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Avenue Billiards
Bob Simpson
Forest Drive SE
Eugene Carmichael
Upland Drive
Two Cars Stationed Along Rail Close Incident
Two cars parked along the rail were owned by J W McClintock of Palo and Harry Hansen of 1805 Park Avenue SE. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J W. McClintock
Palo
Harry Hansen
Park Avenue SE
WPA Checks Will Go Out Before Christmas
Four hundred sixty one Linn county WPA employees finished their first December work period Saturday two days early so checks could be mailed from Des Moines in time for Christmas. Ordinary work periods run from the 5th to the 19th and from the 20th to the 4th of the next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
WPA
Des Moines
School Holiday Carol Service Schedule
A meeting is planned for Tuesday at 1 30 p m to discuss a school wide carol singing event. The event will feature the entire school and aims to boost holiday spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurdax
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marion News
Jowa Electricht and Power Company
KXAPP
Monarch Biscuit
Gene Reed
Mrs. Harve Lacock
Springville
Bob Burns
Charlotte Lillie
Chillicothe Business College
Chillicothe, Mo
Mrs
Dan Lillie
Prairie Chapel
Delbert Richardson
Rex Brady
George Goodyear
Henry Boesenberg
Wilmar Richardson
Irvin Scott
Jesse Starry
Wade Maier
Eileen
Billie
Lafayette
Dickey's Foods
Carolyn
Bryan Sanborn
Fred D. Ross
Elma Jane Neff
Nancy Jo Pfeiffer
Harold Hayes
Roberta Wilson
Connie Lou Strayer
Barbara Ann Neff
Billie Shearer
Ellen Howell
Agnes Mullaley
Carl Adkins
Owen's
Frank Huth
Will Lutz
Anamosa
Mrs. Lutz
Kate Morris
James Vernon
California Tech
Pasadena
Cation
Mrs. Cr. Vernon
Robert Titus
Iowa City High School
H. M. Titus
Hattie Perrin
Dixon, Il
Ida Eggericks
S E. Basley
Muscatine
Jack Ellis
L. F. Bailey
Richard
Barbara
Dr Bailey
M. Bailey
Flossie Bailey
Laura Bailey
The
Methodist Church
E. E. Godwin
Ninth Avenue
A. W. Henke
G. A. Hutchison
Don Borchers
Guy Martin
Independence
Walter Hall
Gerald Gordon
Gene Miller
Chicago
Alice Faye
Don Ameche
Garden Theater
Kathryn Voorhies
Parsons College, Fairfield
Gilbert Voorhies
Earl T Brockman
Eighth Avenue
George Wood
West Marion
R. E A
George Orman
Lake Benton, Minn
L. C. Wieneke
Stanley Ralston
Rockford, NJ
W. H. Perrin
Ed Schultz
Calif
Glenn Crouch
Central City
John H. Pazour
Prairie Chapel Church
Smulekoff
Gulbransen
Spinet
West Side
Owen
Tee
Whiteman
Council
Second Avenue
Kodaks
Sanford
Beautiful
Smulekoffs
Bridge Credit
Iowa
P.T.A. Meetings
Tyler
L. L. Dolson
C.R. Savings Bank
Smalekofes
West End
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