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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 11, 1940

Page

5

Sirowys Mark Golden Wedding Anniversary

R and Mrs J Sirowy of 612 Sixth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a family dinner party arranged by their daughters Mrs John Cimburek and Mrs E J Petranek. They wed February 14 1890 near Shueyville Josephine Kressa was their bride. The couple farmed near Pipestone Minnesota then returned to Iowa settling on a Swisher area farm. They have lived in Cedar Rapids since 1904. Their family includes three daughters and six grandchildren.

Veronicas and related blue garden blooms featured

Garden writer promotes Veronicas as versatile blue flowering spikes for borders and ground covers, detailing varieties V spicata alba rubra and longifolia subsessilis, care, propagation, and fit with plants like platycodon grandiflorus. Also notes staking and seasonal guidance for robust perennial beds.

P T A Meetings Across Several Cities

Multiple P T A groups in Hayes Van Buren Polk Roosevelt Taylor Harrison Fillmore and Cleveland hold Founders Day events with guest speakers, student programs, and officer elections. Sessions run 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. across venues including schools auditoriums clubs and radio broadcasts.

Church Circles计划周五聚会广覆盖

多处教会团体周内分布举行聚会 包括Mary Owens Tufts等圈子及相关家庭地址 指定日期时间及地点 另有成人课程及宴会活动安排 同时提及Trinity Methodist St Pauls等教会单位的餐会、午餐与会议日程

Platycodon Requires Proper Soil and Good Drainage

Platycodon thrives only in medium sandy soil and fails in stiff or sandy soils. It is highly sensitive to poor drainage. With suitable conditions it is very hardy and can endure considerable neglect.

Taming of the Shrew opens on Broadway for Finnish relief

Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne star in The Taming of the Shrew on Broadway for a benefit week aiding Finnish relief. Robert Downing reports opening night as a gala. Hoover spoke from the official box. receipts exceed 3000 dollars. Gertrude Lawrence signed programs. John Golden served as usher amid flags in the theater.

Alfred Lunt Lynn Fontanne Robert Downing Cedar Rapids Herbert Hoover Mr. Lunt Star Gertrude Lawrence John Golden

Mrs Lof tus Grows Pitcher Collection in City Home

One of the city’s fastest growing hobbies is Mrs A W Lof tus collecting pitchers. Her dining room windows display over 100 pitchers in varied sizes shapes and colors. She started last year and fears no space remains on four glass shelves.

A. W. Loftus Canada Mexico United States

Bagatelles From the Bachelors Ball

The gala event featured new evening gowns headlined by Fran Elderkin. Her black and white check skirt with a red belt and a sheer tailored blouse echoed the Gibson girl style for the evening.

Fran Elderkin

Tailored gowns feature jabot and bolero jackets

Another tailored gown, relieved by a ruffled white jabot, sports a black taffeta full skirt and bolero jacket worn by Jo Ann Hanzlik. A red dinner dress with cornucopia pockets is worn by Mickey Torstenson, noted for its sleek fit.

JO Ann Hanzlik Mickey Torstenson

White Dominates Evening Attire Among Local Group

White seemed favored for evening dress among the crowd featuring Grace Toms Bertha Durin Libbet Mungeys Louise Moorman Ede Davis Betty Anderson Frances McLaughlin and Ag Hoblitzell at a local event.

Grace Toms Bertha Durin Libbet Mungeys Louise Moorman Ede Davis Betty Anderson Frances McLaughlin Ag Hoblitzell

Ray Cless hosts long night piano recital at ballroom

From the dinner hour through the early morning, Ray Cless entertained guests in the ballroom with a piano recital. The orchestra kept Van Shaffer and Ge Pinney dancing past midnight, and Wibrite Cross society members are reportedly booking the band for their Christmas Charity ball.

Ray Cless van Shaffer GE Pinney Wibrite Cross Society

Iowa events fill week with meets, lectures and plays

Cedar Rapids hosts the third annual open speed skating meet at Manhattan rink at 1 30 p.m. Czech Alliance lectures in Prague at 8 p.m. C S P S hall. Cedar Rapids community players present Yes My Darling Daughter at 8 30 p.m. at Y M C A theater. Various events list gatherings, lectures and concerts across Iowa cities.

Cedar Rapids Manhattan Czech Alliance Vlasta Vrazova Prague Coe Junior Chamber of Commerce Cedar Heights Dubuque St. Olaf Choir Northfield Minn Iowa H. R. Knickerbocker Montrose Iowa City Memorial Union Cedar Falls Iowa State Teachers College Ames West Union—District Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Grand Lodge Toledo Wieting P.m. Jesup Jesup Farmers Institute For Farmers Black Hawk Buchanan Iowa State College

Third Grade Program With Guest Speakers and Bake Sale

The third grade will present a children's program with Harold West as guest speaker. Cub Pack 33 will give a demonstration. Founders of Cleveland PTA will attend as special guests. Mothers of third grade students host, and fourth-grade mothers run the bake sale. Child care will be provided during the meeting.

Hayes P. T. A L. C. Schuknecht van Buren P. T. A Arminta Davis C. A. Love P. T. A. Council Taylor P.T.A C. Alexander S. V. Shonka Harrison P. T. A George Seeley Fred A. Winter Ruth Culbreth Harold West Cub Pack Cleveland P.T.A

Help Sought To Locate 14 Year Old Calvin Lee

Calvin Lee 14 of 631 Tenth Street SE disappeared about 5 30 p m Friday after delivering papers his father Clarence Lee said Police records show he has run away before He is described as 5 feet 2 inches tall about 110 pounds with blue eyes light brown hair wearing a blue stocking cap green earmuffs a blue leather jacket blue belt corduroy trousers and overshoes

Calvin Lee Tenth Street Clarence Lee Lee

Otto L Lambertse n Named Milwaukee Head Freight Agent

Otto Lambertsen, former Cedar Rapids resident and Milwaukee freight and passenger agent at Freeport, N, has been named head freight agent for the railroad at Kansas City Missouri effective February 1. He and Mrs Lambertsen established their home in Kansas City last week after 26 years in Milwaukee.

Otto Lambertsen Milwaukee Kansas City Cedar Rapids Freeport Mr. Lambertsen Ellis Boulevard Lambertsen

Newsman arrest for taking photo dismissed in Alabama

Pete Little, Birmingham News photographer, had disorderly conduct charges dropped after he photographed a Bessemer officer using a blackjack. The officer faced no legal basis for arrest, citing press freedom. Clyde Dyer Jr. also faced charges with ongoing case pending.

Bessemer, Ala Pete Little Birmingham News Bessemer Street City Recorder S. Palmer Keith, Jr Keith Little Bessemer Clyde Dyer, Jr Dyer Birmingham Electric Company Jap Bryant

Charges filed against Capt Gainard over City of Flint voyage

The National Maritime Union filed neglect of duty charges against Capt Joseph A Gainard master of the City of Flint alleging he endangered crew during encounters with a German prize crew. The union seeks revocation of his license and two affidavits from crew members support the accusation.

New York National Maritime Union CIO Joseph A. Gainard City of Flint Union William L. Standard R. 5. Field Marine Inspection and Navigation Washington Standard Gainard Melrose Mass Peter Walding Cook Henry Andrevett Tromsoe Norway Richard Borden Harriman

Newcomer Rentals Bring Tenants to Cedar Rapids

New arrivals from Lincoln Milwaukee Cantrill Pasadena Chicago join Cedar Rapids residents renting furnished apartments and houses. D L Strader Iowa Press Association representative tenants at 828 C avenue NW. Ulrey family at 1235 Second avenue SE. A C Cox at 409 Thirty four street NE. Duxbury home rented through Tait and Wagner. J F Johnson Chicago to take 1726 Seventh avenue SE from Home Owners Loan Corp.

D. L. Strader Lincoln Neb C Avenue NW Anna Mosier Fred E. Collard and Company Strader Iowa Press Association Des Moines Quentin R. Ulrey Milwaukee Wis Second Avenue SE Beulah Paar Ulrey A. C. Cox Cantrill la Plant-Choate Manufacturing Company Thirty-fourth Street A. D. Hanson Pasadena Calif A. A. Doolittle and Company Johnson F. A. Davis Company

Roosevelt replies to Dewey on New Deal gains

President Roosevelt, addressing Youth Congress delegates, defends New Deal statistics against District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey who accuses him of misquoting 1932 39 figures. Roosevelt says the data aim to calm fears amid a conservative push and cites a critic longing for pre 1910 social policy.

Washington Roosevelt Times

Also Mentioned on This Page

J. Sirowys Mrs. J. Sirowy J. L. Rhea Veronicas Platycodon P.T.A. Meetings van Buren Arthur Arthur P. T. A K. P. Hall Taylor Harrison Fillmore Fillmore P. T. A Mothers’ Chorus P.T.A. Council WMT Cleveland First Congregational Mary Owens Tufts Thelma Wilkinson Gwendolyn Drive Caroline Tufts Bungalow of the Light Company Annette Palmer Grace Meek Washington Avenue Clara Bistine Charles G. Oxley Sixth Avenue Emma Holden H. F. Blomquist Seventh Avenue Bethany Congregational Ladies Aid H. R. May Fifteenth Street H. F. Gensicke Vinton Road Fred Schrrmer Second Street F. E. Fisher E Street E. B. Gable Eighth Street Westminster G. K. Thompson Fifth Avenue SE W. L. Jackson Fourth Avenue SE John Wendel Twentieth Street SE Ben Smith Twentieth Street NE E. W. Brownbridge Mount Vernon Avenue Central Park Alice Korteling Vernon Thompson Trinity Lutheran Gamma Kappa Club Grande Avenue Ways and Means Society Paul Lincoln Oakland Avenue NE Kenwood Presbyterian Mary Martha Society Ee Dunlap Leonard Avenue Trinity Methodist Phi Theta Sigmas Wesley Delta W. T. Evans First Avenue Relief Circle John Miller Eighth Avenue SW General Aid C. P. Spencer Nineteenth Street Paul Hunter Longwood Drive M. D. Porter Blake Boulevard St. Mathew’s Thomas Varrock St. Rita's Circle Immaculate Conception Joe Reindl W. G. Vincent J. V. Whelan St. Margaret's Circle Gas Company Sanctuary Society United Brethren R. L. Jasper Woman's Missionary Society J. L. Berger Sixth Avenue SE Circle No. 3 Fred Schirmer Second Street NW Kenwood Joe Chermak F. C. Reid Thirty-third Street Tama St. Paul's District 1 O. E. Cress Park Avenue SE District 2 TAR ‘Laundry CO Tattle-Tales Brabbit-Taylor King Band First Ave Memorial Coliseum Picasso H. W. Janson Art Auditorium St. Louis Cedar Rapids—Community Players Party Cue College Danceland Iowa City—Commerce Mart Iowa Union Iowa City—District Convention Veterans of Foreign Wars G. Ramsey Knollwood Drive F. H. Gephart Twenty-sixth Street Drive J. E. Ives E. W. DeNio Fairview Drive A. F. Dotson C Avenue NE District J. H. Pope District 10 D. C. Reich Bever Avenue SE Wesleyan Service Guild Commonwealth Tea The Home Mission Society Sinclair Ladies’ Industrial Society van Vechten Guild George C. Claassen Woodland Drive St. Matthew's St. Gertrude’s Circle C. M. Day B Avenue NE First Baptist Women’s Society Japan the Missionary Society O. F. Wiedersberg Thirty-seventh Street First Christian Wes LA Vogue Beauty Third Ave Ste Minneapolis Symphony Thompson Alice Inskeep City of Flint Cedar Rapids Community Concerts Association Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra Miss Inskeep Dimitri Mitropoulos Community Concerts Association Clark A. Beems Minneapolis Orchestra Newcomer Rentals Dewey Lasswell Studio Third Avenue Paramount Theater Building Dempsey Dempsey’s Oscar Workman J. Ray Whitmore Second Avenue DIAL
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