Woman in War Work Interview with Collins secretary
Miss Marian Kimball of 1410 Third avenue SE employed by Collins Radio talks about her role in the factory office. She edits Collins Column, runs the employee news and the public address system, and coordinates music and reporting for the plant. She plans future travel after the war and expects a Christmas reunion with family home on leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Kimball
Third Avenue SE
Collins Radio Company
Collins
Denver Baxter
States
Aviation New Year's Eve Dance for Cedar Rapids CAP
The Cedar Rapids Civil Air Patrol squadron plans a New Year’s Eve party at the Coliseum Armory on December 31 from 9 p.m. by invitation only. Proceeds fund an extra training plane. entertainment includes an orchestra, floor show, and midnight supper. Colonel Lt Truman F. Hanson leads the squadron. committee members include Dr Hoyt Thomas and Gayle Miller among others. Invitations or table reservations can be arranged by calling Mr Liddle at 5677.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Civil Air Patrol
Coliseum
Hoyt Thomas
P. F. Bezanson
John Gaston
George R. Liddle
Gayle Miller
Karl Kainz
Harry Gunderson
House
Margaret Ann Twogood
Truman F. Hanson
Liddle
LaPlant Choate Hosts Women Employees Christmas Party
LaPlant-Choate company held its annual Christmas party for women at the Roosevelt hotel on Monday. The Victory Belles club directed the program with Miss Katie McPartland as chairman and assistants Barbara Ryan Lucille Dvorak Ferne Kivell and Mrs Wanda Eckburg. Roy Choate S L Myers A D Dennis and F W Clemens attended and spoke. Herb Taylor played Santa Claus and gifts were exchanged. New officers of the Victory Belles were named led by president Betty Jane Taylor and vice president Margaret Brownlie with Frankie Burns secretary and Elsie Novotny treasurer. About 125 guests attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaPlant-Choate Company
Roosevelt Hotel
Victory Belles Club
Katie McPartland
Barbara Ryan
Lucille Dvorak
Ferne Kivell
Wanda Eckburg
Roy Choate
S. L. Myers
A. D. Dennis
F.W Clemens
LaPlant-Choate
Wearable Pattern 4607 For Busy Women
This Cedar Rapids Gazette pattern notice promotes pattern 4607 a shirtwaister in cotton or wool rayon for misses sizes 14 to 44. It highlights slimming front yoke and easy fit with a transfer embroidery motif offer and optional Fall Winter Pattern Book. Send 20 cents plus size name address and pattern number to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Pattern Department
West
Randolph Street
Chicago
Christmas Card Display Notes On War Map Curtains
Over the Back Fence describes Christmas card decorations in a Cedar Rapids home with ribbons and red candles framing a mantel. The piece offers a war map display idea using a braided curtain fringe and maps mounted along a wall for easy reference to distant cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Creative small space holiday craft ideas from a wartime guide
A wartime home arts piece suggests practical decor tips including window treatments with bows and valances, a wall pine spray as a Christmas tree substitute, and a red bow finish. It also covers squeezing grapefruit juice, making a hat box from cardboard with fabric, and a quilted jewelry folder as a last minute gift.
Violet Cox and George Johnson Wed in Ames Ceremony
Announcement of the marriage between Violet Lucile Cox, daughter of Mrs. Martha Cox of Ames, and George B. Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs George A. Johnson of 1829 Ridgewood Terrace SE. The single ring ceremony was conducted on Saturday by Rev. Jack Finegan of Iowa State College. Attendants were Betty Cooper of Ames and Richard Bianco of Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet Lucile Cox
Martha Cox
Ames
George B. Johnson
George A. Johnson
Ridgewood Terrace
Jack Finegan
Iowa State College
Betty Cooper
Richard Bianco
Des Moines
Johnson
College Agricultural Department
Johnson Receives Engineering Degree and Wedding
Johnson earned an electrical engineering degree from Iowa State College on his wedding day. After the ceremony he and his bride traveled to Santa Monica California where he will join the Douglas Aircraft Corp engineering department. Cedar Rapids guests included the groom's parents and Mrs. Howard E Lee and her daughter Nancy Jo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Iowa State College
Santa Monica
Calif
Douglas Aircraft Corporation
Cédar Rapids
Howard E. Lee
Nancy Jo
Favorite Stitchery Pattern Offers Embroidery Transfer
The Cedar Rapids Go Needlecraft Dept in Chicago Illinois offers Pattern 738 with a transfer of 10 motifs from 144 by 2% to 434 by 13 inches, using running stitch and lazy daisy flowers. Send 15 cents for transfer and 15 cents more for a 32 page Needlecraft Catalog with 133 illustrations of embroidery, knitting, crochet and home decor designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Go- Needlecraft Dept
West
Randolph St
Chicago
Ill
Future Household Help Will Receive More Appreciation
Ruth Millett notes the paradox of housewives who praise own labor yet once praised maids. She argues many will later complain about a new maid, claiming the job is easy when observed firsthand. The piece contrasts household tasks with perceived unfair labor. Forty-two states and the District of Columbia use last year’s auto license plates with the year date changed to 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley
States
District of Columbia
Only One Draftee Unaccounted For
Iowa selective service officials report 287 826 registered for the October 16 1940 draft. only one case remains unaccounted for, likely a fictitious registration. There are 137 draft delinquents, 93 named to the federal district attorney for prosecution, and 44 still unre ported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Selective Service
Waterloo Man Killed in Car Crash at Intersection
Lester V. Folley, 50, wartime plant employer, died instantly when his car struck an anchor post at a street intersection Monday night in Waterloo. Local authorities investigated the fatal accident and identified Folley as the victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Lester V. Folley
Christmas in Chungking and allied hopes for peace
General Chiang Kai-shek hosted a twelve course Christmas feast for American troops in Chungking on December 25 1942 with Chinese dishes and gifts including neckties and mail sacks. The piece reflects global Christmas observances by Americans abroad and the enduring hope for peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Chiang Kai-shek
Stilwell
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Independence
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Moveo Bay
Second Street SE
Stampard
Second Avenue
Brabbit-Taylor Music Company
First Ave
Aviation
Norman Norell
Naomi Doebel
Him
Luminous House Oak Lawn Stake Leather Cigarett Photo Space
First Avenue
Second Street
Kirk Swerling
Kirk Repousse
Kirk Agents
Boyson Jewelry Co
Ruth Millett
Gazette Special
Eee
L. A. Dvorak
Nutchinson
Pineapple
Montana
Wilson
Wilson & Co
Christmas
South Pacific
Iceland
Globe
Uncle Sam
Foxholes
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Caak
Australia
Ioli
Delphinium
England
America
Michigan
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Illinois
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