Miss Meyn Busy with Dramatics and Travels
Miss Margaret L. Meyn of 1121 Sixth Street NW is a Benton Harbor dramatics leader and former Coe College and University of Iowa student. Her scrapbooks chronicle 20 summer years of theater experiences from Roosevelt Junior High to Hollywood studios and stage productions.
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Margaret L. Meyn
Henry G. Meyn
Sixth Street NW
Europe
Henry Aldrich
Miss Meyn
Benton Harbor
St. Joseph Twin City
Barrymore Troupe
455
National Thespian Dramatic Honor Society
Margaret Frederickson
Cedar Rapids
Grant Wood
Frederickson
Michigan
Roosevelt Junior
Maurine Hamblin
Coe
University of Iowa
Columbia University
New York
University of Southern California
Hollywood
Universal
Warner Brothers
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Harry Joe Brown
International Studios
Patricia Ann Fox
Barnard College
Vogue
Merle Oberon
Franchot Tone
Cary Grant
Suzannah Foster
Fred Buckley
William Seiter
Beautician
Washington
Oxford
Delmar
Wyoming
Columbia
Erer
Love Bug in Sport During The Past Year
A year of romance and weddings abroad and at home as G I marriages flourished in Paris and across the United States. Notable matches include Sgt Jake Lindsey and Beverly Hargreaves, Sgt Charles Kelly and May Francis Boisch, Gene Atkins and Vivian Rollins, plus Shirley Temple and Sgt John Agar, with many stars joining the year of nuptials.
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G.I
Paris
Army
U.S
G.i’s
Jake Lindsey
Beverly Hargreaves
Beverly
Washington
Jake
Truman
Charles E
America
Shirley Temple
Sgt
John Agar
RAF
Deanna Durbin
Judy Garland
Ginny Simms
Bette Davis
Deems Taylor
Miriam Hopkins
Carole Landis
Jinx Falkenburg
Betty Hutton
Peter Lorre
Jimmy Dunn
Humphrey Bogart
Lauren
Bacall
Dick Powell
Joan Blondell
June Allyson
Hazel Scott
Adam Clayton Powell
Gloria Swanson
al Jolson
Notable marriages and young love capers across wartime headlines
A collage of romance stories from wartime era notes marriages across ages and roles. Veterans, captives, public figures, and ordinary couples wed in quick ceremonies from trains to ships, telephones, and courts.
Third of Wacs Plan To Marry And Have Homes
A national cross section poll shows about one third of enlisted Wacs intend to marry and settle at home after discharge. The survey notes 20,000 enlisted women and 1,000 officers become eligible for discharge, with point requirements for release dropping for non officers.
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Wacs
Washington
INS
G.i.’S
War Department
WAC
Beau
Simple Applique Color and Needlecraft Pattern Notice
An offer for kitchen applique color motifs and cross stitch patterns describes four applique pieces from pattern 806. Send fifteen cents to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Needlecraft Dept, 549 West Randolph Street, Chicago, IL. Include pattern number and your name and address. A 1946 Needlecraft Catalogue is available for fifteen cents more, with designs for crochet knitting quilts embroidery and more.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Needlecraft Dept
West Randolph Street
Chicago
Irma Lnenicka Engagement Announced
Mr and Mrs Rudolph Lnenicka of route 3 Cedar Rapids announce the engagement of their daughter Irma to Stanley Drahos son of Mrs Frank Drahos also of route 3 No date has been set for the wedding Miss Lnenicka attended McKinley high school Drahos attended St Wenceslaus school and is employed by Wilson and company
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Rudolph Lnenicka
Route 3
Cedar Rapids
Irma
Stanley Drahos
Frank Drahos
Miss Lnenicka
McKinley High School
Drahos
St. Wenceslaus School
Wilson and Company
Job Preferences Split Across Domestic and Miscellaneous Posts
The excerpt shows technicians and workers split on job types with only four percent willing to accept domestic or service roles. Most respondents were undecided or preferred various jobs such as detectives farm workers or weather observers.
Mary Haworth's Mail Protest Cigarette Harm Claim
Mary Haworth responds to a column claim that 60 percent of children born to cigarette smoking mothers die before age two. She cites her own healthy children and disputes the statistic, urging readers to dismiss broad sensational statements and noting moderation in smoking by mothers. She also clarifies that her advice comes through her Gazette column.
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Mary Haworth
Mayo Brothers
H. L
M. H. Mary Haworth
The
Gazette
Women face postwar world test in 1946
Adelaide Kerr argues 1946 will reveal American women's future role at home and abroad. After wartime achievements, debate rises on employment, family life, and political power as women tally gains in Europe and Congress lags. The year may determine whether women sustain economic and international influence or retreat to private roles.
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Arlene Wolf
AP News
Bjubba
Couione
Cupid
G.I
Congress
Hurt family leaves for St. Louis from Fruitland area
Capt. and Mrs. Alvin J. Hurt depart for their home in St. Louis after spending the holidays with Capt. Hurt's parents at 2800 Fruitland Boulevard SW. Capt. Hurt serves as director of personnel at the St. Louis administration center.
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Capt
Alvin J. Hurt
Capt. Hurt
James J. Hurt
Fruitland Boulevard
St. Louis
St. Louis Administration Center
Iowa Marriages and Engagements Highlights From Counties
Several couples in Iowa wed in diverse locales including Calmar Waukon Traer Ossian and Mt. Vernon with mentions of service, engagement and church venues. Notables include Vernon Numedahl discharged after four years in the army and Lt. Roger Wilken marrying William Rogers’ daughter with Air Medal honors.
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Calmar
Velma Lucille Staley
William Eppens
Vernon O. Numedahl
H. J. Numedahl
Brandon
Lulu Paddock
Charles Sauer
Waterloo
George B. Yarrington
Waukon
William McCormick
Leslie McCormick
Jeri Dreissen
Spokane
Wash
Traer
Pearl Manfall
William Beatty
Roy Clark
Wateroo
Ossian
Henry Mihm
St. Lucas
Loretta
Clarence Zweibohmer
Fred Zweibohmer
St. Luke’s Church
Dorothy Haehlen
Ed. Haehlen
Joseph Cahalan
Dan Cahalan
Allasmakee County
Cherry Mound
Mt. Vernon
Wilmam R. Wilken
Hampton
William C. , Rogers
Glenn Rogers
E. T. Gough
Cedar Rapids
Army Air Forces
Complete Meals Will Be Frozen Expert Predicts
Washington AP reports F L Thomsen of the Agriculture Department foresees a future where pre cooked frozen meals replace daily cooking for busy housewives. He says stores will offer blue plate lunches with baked goods and dessert and that automatic dishwashers may become obsolete. He notes frozen meats could cut costs from producer to consumer. Dorothy Wiedersberg vacations in Illinois with Cornell College roommate Marjorie Stothard.
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Washington
F. L. Thomsen
Agriculture Department
Division of Marketing and Transportation Research
Thomsen
Dorothy, Wiedersberg
Illinois
Dorothy Wiedersberg
O. F. Wiedersberg
Thirty-seventh Street
Marjorie Stothard
Blue Island
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Zoe Henkle to Wed Carl F. Thornton Jr in February
Urbana announces the marriage of Zoe Henkle daughter of Mr and Mrs C C Henkle to Carl F Thornton Jr pharmacist USNR of Oakland California. Miss Henkle a Urbana High School and St Luke's School of Nursing graduate recently discharged from Navy Nurse Corps served in Australia. Thornton a graduate of Ohio State University College of Pharmacy.
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Urbana
C. C. Henkle
Zoe
Carl F. Thornton
USNR
Oakland
Calif
Miss Henkle
Urbana High School
St. Luke's School of Nursing
Cedar Rapids
Navy Nurse Corps
Australia
Mr. Thornton
Pharmacy College
Ohio State University
JR. Wagners To Hold Open House
The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. J. Richeard Wagner of 361 Seventeenth Street SE invite church members and friends of the First Congregational church to an open house on New Year's day. Mmes. Foster Hellier Thomas Blomquist Shenefelt and Churchill will pour. Irene Paula Evans Sandra Shene felt Jo Fran Kouba and Joyce Libal assist.
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J. Richeard Wagner
Seventeenth Street
First Congregational Church
Mmes. C. 8
Foster
G. H. Hellier
Gerald Thomas
H. F. Blomquist
E. E., Shenefelt
Irving Churchill
Irene Paula Evans
Sandra Shenefelt
Jo Fran Kouba
Joyce Libal
Act To Protect Wartime Gains Made by Women
Washington labor leaders warn that lowering women’s wartime wages risks dragging down overall wages. They urge equal pay for equal work, removal of sex based job classifications, and stronger minimum wage laws to preserve women’s purchasing power and family welfare.
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Washington
INS
Labor Department
Department
Women’s Bureau
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Meyn
Roosevelt
Don Hines
Margaret Meyn
Kelly
Peggy
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
Baldridge Studio
DIAL
Third Street
Dia
Bimens
Star Jewelry CO
bPaby Se
Emily
Mickey” Hahn
Charles Boxer
Carola
Donald Nelson
Margaret S. Colbourn
Gloria Vanderbilt
Stokie
Larry MacPhail
Yankees
Jean Bennet Wanamaker
Mildred Helen McAfee
Douglas Horton
Tommy Manville
Number Eight
Overseas
House of Detention
Nagasaki
Mary Mansfield
Seeing Eye Dog
England
Demon Romeo Ellsworth Wisecarver
Sonny
Eleanor Deveny
Newark
N. J
Grand Army of the Republic
Love
Laas Wheeler
Victor Decca Okeh Guild
Bluebird
Continental Capitol
Cedar Rapids Music Supply
Second Avenue SE
RIAL
Irma Lnenicka
Irma Snenicka
Adelaide Kerr
Thompson
Iowa
Bishop's
Cafercella
California
Zoe Henkle
2Nd Ave. SE
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