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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1972
Page
5
A New York column blends ancient quotes with hopes for 1978, urging readers to study the past to shape the future. It weaves wisdom from Confucius to Roosevelt, stressing optimism, family, education, peace, and national unity as the year turns, ending with a New Year greeting.
In Mechanicsville Sally Lee Scott and Randall David Boots wed at St Mary's Catholic Church with a 6:30 ceremony and 7:00 reception for 20 guests. Boots works at Boots' Boby Shop, bride Sally Scott is Kirkwood trained and employed by Larsen Olson Co. in Cedar Rapids. In Independence Connie Peters and Wade Scharff married at Immanuel Lutheran Church on December 22, with planned Twenty-nine Palms California residency for Scharff, a Marine. Peters studied beauty at Pilvies in Waterloo and worked at Ginny's Beauty Salon in Independence. In Waverly Rebecca Vogel and Timothy McDonough tied the knot at St Marys Church with reception at the bride’s home. Vogel is Kirkwood alumna, McDonough a Kirkwood sophomore. A separate visit to Cedar Rapids by Mr and Mrs Dennis I Smith and their children from Memphis, Tennessee, coincided with Mrs Lester Zobac and Mr David T Smith hosting.
Patricia McCormack reports that as women enter more male roles they face higher accidental death risks, especially ages 15 to 24. Motor vehicle fatalities rise notably among white and nonwhite young women, signaling a need for safety education amid overall female mortality decline.
New York congresswoman Bella Abzug called for a national New Year’s resolution to end the Vietnam War. She urged all Americans who oppose the war to join a Washington demonstration on inauguration day with a message about silence and action.
Dear Abby advises a professional man to seek psychiatric treatment after admitting affairs with a patient while still in love with his wife. The letter-writer faces divorce risk with three teenage children and questions psychotherapy ethics. Abby urges rehabilitation and continued marriage if possible.
A Friday luncheon at Elmcrest Country Club honored Miss Patricia Corell daughter of Mr and Mrs James Corell 668 Staubcourt ME. Co hosts Mrs Jack Rouse and Mrs Lawrence Berker assisted with 12 guests and a group gift. Miss Corell and fiancé Dan J Allen plan a late spring wedding. Mr Allen is son of Willis J Allen bran Cala LOREEN D Dear Loren: to be able to stick with a job until it is finished to do ones job without supervision to carry money without spending it and to hear of injustice without wanting to get even.
DES MOINES AP Two women long separated by life and feet sizes met in Des Moines after 18 years of pen pal exchange through NOSE the National Odd Shoe Exchange. Jeane Sallman and Bennie Bober formed a warm friendship while NOSE matched them by foot measurements.
Carol Bullis and Stuart Kent Lehr were married Thursday evening at Westminster Presbyterian chapel. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Detling, and the groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wo. M. Lehr, plan to live in Iowa City after a Colorado wedding trip. Lehr, a University of Iowa medical student, and the bride, a Burlington hospital school of nursing graduate, are connected with University Hospitals.
Mrs Bober visited her mother in Des Moines and planned a meeting with Mrs Sallman. They share similar shoe styles and have an intact habit of exchanging footwear, averaging two to three pairs yearly in the past, now about one pair annually. Real Wine Trap port wine is produced within a region of Portugal defined by say, says Encyclopaedia Britannica. Drive Safely.
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