Danzigers Host Christmas Party For Neighborhood Children
Joe Danziger and wife Aunt Marge hosted a Christmas party Thursday afternoon at 2525 Meadowbrook Drive SE. They distributed gifts and served ice cream and cookies to local children.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1943
Page
3
Joe Danziger and wife Aunt Marge hosted a Christmas party Thursday afternoon at 2525 Meadowbrook Drive SE. They distributed gifts and served ice cream and cookies to local children.
Announcement announces the marriage of Miss Julia J. Jones of 408 Dunreath Drive SE to Ensign L E Burket of Dixon Illinois. The couple wed December 18 in Miami Florida where he is stationed. Both attended Coe College with Burket a 1942 graduate and sorority and fraternity affiliations noted.
Fragmented crossword and cryptic clues reference unusual death notice lyric whale and metal terms. Phrases indicate a back page feature with terse hints and possible wordplay. No coherent person or event is identifiable from the readable text.
Phloxes brighten midsummer gardens with abundant bloom from mid-summer to frost. They thrive in moist rich soil with partial shade or sun, warn against drought, and rely on division every two to three years to maintain vigor. Varieties noted include Miss Lingard White Lady Dr Charles H Mayo Rheinlander Thor J H Kahler and Von Hochberg among others.
A Q and A style feature quizzes readers on Christmas customs and their meanings. Questions cover symbols like holly and mistletoe, the Yule log, wassail, Santa Claus origins, candles, the word Yule, gift exchanges, Dutch Santa attire, Santa’s transport, and the meaning of Kris Kringle.
Explains how evergreen decorations and the Yule log tie to pagan and medieval beliefs, notes St. Nicholas origins from Patara, and recounts legends of dowries, Christmas candles, Norse month name roots, and Kris Kringle etymology. Mentions Saint Nicholas gifts, Dec 6 and Dec 25 date shift, St Nick attire, and a white horse in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Note 50th anniversary for R and Mrs W W Boland will be observed Monday with an open house in their Cedar Rapids home at 41722 First Avenue NE. Married December 27, 1893, in Marengo, they moved to Cedar Rapids 28 years ago from North English. Their family includes sons Wayne C of California and Wilson I of Des Moines, plus nephews Walter Watkins and Rex Conn. Conn family hosts dinner today at 2023 Washington Avenue SE. seating for 25.
New York fashion critics name eleven top wearers led by Rep. Clare Boothe Luce and the Duchess of Windsor who say they have worn little new attire. Madame Chiang Kai-shek debuts as an international fashion figure while Lily Pons notes Easter purchases and plans chinchilla fur postwar use.
Dysart couple Mr and Mrs Freeman Lewis announce the marriage of their daughter Dysart Idelle Lewis to Aviation Cadet Ernest K Odum in St Louis on December 12. Mr and Mrs W E Caughey announce the marriage of their daughter Margaret to St Claude A Babb of Lenore City Tennessee on December 18.
Philadelphia trolley operator Ray mond Macatee says his wife Betty is the perfect spouse and conductor on his street car. Betty, who joined a drive to recruit women trainmen, admits she watches Ray’s driving more than her own duties and jokes she never does that with other motormen.
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