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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1936
Page
4
The December meeting of the S. S. club was held with Mrs. Iva Sellers. Thirteen members were present to enjoy the Christmas party. Mrs. Jack Wilcox entertained the Junior Methodist aid, assisted by Mrs. John Damerwal. Laverne Clark had charge of the Christmas program.
Jack Forbes 15, 824 Third Ave SW, becomes the third generation in his family to carry The Gazette route 6-A on the north side of Third avenue SW and Rockford road. His grandfather J S Forbes sold papers here before the paper existed. his father H G Forbes later ran the same beat.
The Young Men's Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce hosts its annual Christmas party for more than 1,000 grade school children at the Memorial Coliseum. Santa Claus, an erected tree, and gift sacks including candy oranges cereal and gloves will be distributed after tickets are checked and music. The cereal was donated by the National Biscuit Company.
Dairy Dale school students promote spelling full Christ in Christmas rather than Xmas. Mrs Minnie Crew notes the aim honors the word’s meaning and urges avoiding Christmas cards that shorten the holy name.
The Trinity Methodist choir of thirty five voices under Miss Retha Underhill presents The Story of Christmas by H. Alexander Matthews at Trinity Methodist church at 7 30. Westminster Presbyterian antiphonal quartet assists with Miss Marjorie Hungerford and Mrs Paul B Gard as piano and organ accompanists. Ray Charles and Edwin Youtzy trio join for two numbers with soloists Velma Plank Mrs Edwin Krueger Carl Lindsay Carl Steele and John Leonard.
County Treasurer Milo Sedlacek reports 2908 auto plate sets and 392 truck licenses issued by Saturday closing. Deputy Treasurer Charles Supple notes applications roughly match last year’s, with a Feb 1 delinquency date and a one dollar monthly penalty.
Ely West aged 82 died suddenly on Saturday from a heart attack. A Linn county resident since 1859 he farmed two miles south of Mount Vernon. He is survived by his wife Jane Hayden West and nine children from Mount Vernon Cedar Rapids Waterloo and Irwin. Funeral services likely Monday at 2 p.m. at Neff chapel.
Funeral services for Alfred W Field 76, who died Friday after a lingering illness, will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist church in Baldwin with Rev C Edward Holyoke of Maquoketa officiating.
The Cedar Rapids post office faced a heavy Christmas rush Saturday. Stamp windows closed at 9 p.m. after a day of parcels and cards. Six clerks worked the parcel section with extra help, 17 carriers assisted, and 33 loads of parcels were delivered by 5 p.m. Robert T. Lubbock planned to borrow nine trucks from soil conservation and one from the grain department for Monday.
The Hutchinson Ice Cream company of Cedar Rapids has purchased the Melrose company's ice cream department in Waterloo. The merger includes equipment trucks and personnel, with details of price not disclosed.
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