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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1965
Page
9
Alice Lloyd college students have prepared small Christmas gifts for 20 000 impoverished elementary school children in eastern Kentucky one room schools. The annual program began with Mrs. Alice Lloyd and now continues under Mrs. William Hays to ensure gifts reach those most in need.
Miss Karen Kay Clements wed James E. Stryker at Trinity Lutheran Church in Waterloo. The couple, former Cedar Rapids residents, will live in Lincoln Park Michigan where both work for Ford. Also wed at Sun day at First Methodist were Diana Lynn Mohr and James Leon Fuller with Rev. Paul Texter officiating.
Secretary of Defense McNamara praises the remarkable and heartening outflow of gifts from Americans to servicemen in Vietnam. He thanks citizens from all 50 states who contributed to 470 tons of gifts flown to Vietnam as Air Reserve and Air National Guard crews volunteered to deliver the Christmas Star operation.
Advertises Lemon Jelwyn as a skin cleansing and bleaching product with toning properties for clear complexion. Claims to improve texture and reduce blemishes while also adding shine to hair when used in the final rinse. Promotes use by beautiful women worldwide.
Dorothy Fields a 23 year old polio victim paralyzed from the neck down and on a respirator married Robert Fields 28 in North Carolina Memorial hospital Chapel Hill. The couple plans to live in a mobile home and seek permission to transfer the state respirator to their care.
Miss Dee Marie Pata daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymond W Pata and Charles Morris Knoblauch son of Mr and Mrs Maurice Knoblauch wed at St Jude s Catholic Church on Thursday evening. The Rev Cletus J Hansen officiated. A reception for 200 followed at the Sokol club. The bride works for Linn County Abstract Co. and the groom is stationed at Fort Eustis Virginia awaiting their move.
Elaine Kay Bordwell daughter of Donald E Bordwell was married Tuesday to Jerald Richard Tubaugh son of the Russell Tubaughs The ceremony took place at 7 30 PM at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Cedar Rapids Elder Lee M Johnson officiated The bride wore a satin gown with Alencan lace seed pearls and sequins and a chapel train A cascade bouquet featured white carnations and holly centered with an orchid Deborh Drakos served as maid of honor with red satin gown The bridesmaids were Jeannie Mapes Frances Pybourn and Connie Kerns Best man was Jack Tubaugh Groomsmen were Phil Schooley Tom Wiebbecke and Paul Boettcher A 300 guest reception followed in the church parlors The couple will reside in Cedar Falls where the groom attends Iowa State College.
Covington reports Toni Ketchell a 25 year old airline stewardess and one of four survivors of an American Airlines jet crash near Cincinnati November 8 receiving Christmas cards in a hospital room. She sat up for the first time last Monday and remains with a hopeful, high spirit as doctors foresee a long hospital stay. The page also notes a Regina High School choir from Iowa City performing on KCRG TV Channel 9 at midnight Friday.
Senior editor William McK Chapman recounts his South Dakota prairie years with Ann at St Elizabeth's School on Standing Rock. The narrative blends Indian life and personalities including Joe Good Thunder Crazy Horse Gall Red Middle Voice Little Crow and Cut Nose in an entertaining enlightening memoir.
Veteran Alaskan game official Dufresne recounts bear tales across species from grizzlies to polar bears. Anecdotes include a 100 white polar feast, and a moonshiner’s cabin bear that coats itself in flour and molasses before fleeing through a window.
The Arnold Ditch home four miles northeast of Center Point was ransacked Thursday night with only a half jar of cookies taken. Bicycle tracks near the house led Sheriff Walter Grant to suspect a juvenile. Earlier Tuesday a burglary at Edward Pospisil home in Bertram yielded 48 freshly baked Christmas date cookies with nothing else missing.
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