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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1954
Page
2
The report lists daily highs and lows for multiple towns, precipitation totals, wind at Municipal airport, sunrise and sunset times, and moonrise. It notes Friday near 34 and 26 at noon, with cloudiness and colder conditions through Sunday. a later section records overheated flue, speeding and traffic fines, and funeral notices for Jack Ewing, Fred Egger, and Sadie Gruber among others.
Frank Klepach reports a 1955 fund drive for Camp Good Health in memory of Emil Dvorak. The donation totals include 5.00 dollars and 256.89 dollars, with a grand total of 261.89 dollars recorded as contributions or related receipts.
Mary Theresa Hays four is a leukemia patient with little time left. Her parents Louis and Mary Hays plan an early Christmas next week so she won’t miss Santa Claus. The Rochester clinic confirmed the diagnosis after a visit to Rochester with her parents. Other siblings remain with a sitter as the child’s condition is discussed with hopeful card wishes from friends.
William Lovett Dahn 65 of 116 Second Avenue SW Cedar Rapids died at home Friday after a long illness. Born March 7 1889 in Lowdon he formerly ran a Lisbon hardware store and later worked for the Iowa Highway and Liquor Commissions. Surviving are wife Bertha Noble two sisters three brothers and several relatives. He was a longtime Lisbon council member and member of the Evangelical church Masonic lodge and Chamber of Commerce. Services 1 30 p m Monday at Turner chapel conducted by Rev Leonard Deaver.
William Harrison Bontrager 67 of 319 Fifth Street NW Cedar Rapids died at home at 3 a m Saturday after a long illness. Born July 25 1887 in Johnson County he married Mary Elizabeth DeWees October 18 1911 in Kalona. He leaves wife a son Woodrow W Bontrager a brother Joe Bontrager and two granddaughters. He was a member of Trinity Methodist Church. Services at Turner Chapel Monday 3 30 p m with Rev Elton D Wells. Burial in Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Dr Grant C Munger of 1921 First Avenue SE learned Saturday that his aunt Harriet Breed Kehrer 80 a former Cedar Rapids resident died Friday in Decatur Georgia. Kehrer was the sister of the late Mrs T C Munger.
A Rock Island county grand jury indicted Attendant Kirt Moulder on mayhem charges amid findings of brutal treatment at East Moline state hospital. The report accuses staff of theft, inadequate medical care, and insufficient doctors, urging higher pay, stricter hiring, and stricter welfare department policing.
Two wills were admitted to probate Friday and Saturday. Wilhelmine Kretchmar who died November 26 names daughter Wilhelmina Dostal as sole heir and executrix without bond. Emil Dvorak who died December 5 names widow Anna as sole heir and executrix without bond. A damage suit by Lorm D Yardley against Charles Williams was dismissed Saturday.
Mrs Margaret Brown 78 of 10615 Second Avenue SE Cedar Rapids suffered a double pelvic fracture after slipping and falling Saturday morning in downtown Cedar Rapids. She was admitted to Mercy Hospital for treatment.
Russell Bryant a 51 year old with a 30 year crime record stole a railroad office strongbox. He failed to open it and spent 31 in cab fares hauling the box to friends who could not help. He dumped the safe in a river where a diver recovered it with 13 in postage stamps and 44 pencils inside. He faces up to 20 years in prison.
A government official said at least three Americans are known held in Soviet slave labor camps with credible reports that as many as 700 or more might be imprisoned there. Names include Pvt. William T. Marchuk, Pvt. William A. Verdine, and John H. Noble, plus family ties and war-era detentions. The State Department notes many behind the Iron Curtain may be citizens or dual nationals, with uncertainty about who is held or alive.
The Cedar Rapids churches list festive events with numerous Christmas services. Calvary Baptist Grace Brethren First Congregational First Christian Grace Episcopal St John’s Episcopal and many others schedule pageants, candlelight vespers, carols, and special services through Friday and Saturday Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Seven first class Mt St Bernard seminary students will be ordained Feb 5 at 10 a.m. in Christ the King chapel Loras college. All seven study for the Dubuque archdiocese with four natives of Eastern Iowa Nicholas Cigrand Cascade St Marys John Gallagher Marion St Josephs Joseph Herrard Cascade St Martins Carl Manternach Monticello Sacred Heart. The ordinands enrolled September 1951 when the seminary opened and will continue studies until year end after which they receive parish assignments. Canon law allows priestly ordination after completing the first semester of the fourth year of theology.
Ohh Aspi of HREE Missouri Synod Luther an district meetings are scheduled in Cedar Rapids during 1955. A fiscal conference for the southern half of the Iowa District East is scheduled for Jan. 26. The district stewardship seminar is scheduled for Feb. 16. The Walther League district convention is scheduled for Sept. 23 to 25. The five Protestant churches of Sigourney will sponsor a union Christmas service Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Christian church.
The inter faith women’s group places 11 by 14 inch Nativity posters in Cedar Rapids stores to promote Christ in Christmas. Posters sold to merchants at cost as sponsors lack funds to continue the campaign.
Joseph E. Friday age 28 passed an examination to become a policeman and was placed on the eligibility list on Friday in Milwaukee.
The remodeled sanctuary of St Pauls Methodist Church in Cedar Rapids will be rededicated Sunday led by Rev F Gerald Ensley with sermon The Open Secret of Christmas. Music by combined choirs, honor to 1914 architectural plan, budget about 125000, youth and music centers added, future remodeling planned.
Cedar Rapids Jewish community marks Chanukah with a dramalogue at Temple Judah during Friday sabbath services. Participants include Mrs. Donald Ramsey and Rabbi Walter H. Plaut, with youth and religious school activities planned for Chanukah week. The festival begins at sunset Sunday and recalls the rededication of the Jerusalem temple after the Antiochus conflict. Candles are lit each of the eight nights with special rituals observed in synagogues.
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