This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 51 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1939
Page
18
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Becker of Cascade observe their fifty fifth wedding anniversary with an open house at their home. Married February 12, 1884, at St Marys church, they are longtime local residents and active in town life. Both are in good health.
WEST UNION David R Roberts was elected Fayette county superintendent of schools Saturday to succeed L G Meyer who had resigned. Roberts is completing his fourth year as school superintendent at Elgin. He is 39, married with three children and active in American Legion county work. Four ballots were cast with Roberts 18 to Morse 16.
Gov George A Wilson issued a proclamation designating February 12 to 22 as National Defense and Americanism Week. The document calls on Iowans to reflect on the basic principles of American freedom and its guarantees during a period of global threat.
Kent Golden 15 of Marion star Scout troop 38 acted as mayor in a National Boy Scout week observance. Despite diabetes requiring daily insulin injections, he remains active in sports and aims to reach Eagle Scout this year. He has 29 merit badges and seeks life saving tests, with plans for Camp Waubeek next summer.
The Birthday club will give a Valentine dinner party Monday night at the home of Mr and Mrs A E Granger 935 Central Avenue.
The Concord A. and L. club meeting at Mr. and Mrs. Carl L. Fernow's home, planned for last Friday, is moved to next Friday. It will be an all day meeting due to icy roads.
The Sacred Heart circle of St Joseph's Catholic church will meet Monday at 2 30 p m in the recreation room of the church.
Advertisement notes a modern three room apartment with private entrance and bath. Contact B13 for details.
Mrs Oca Beall Price is spending several days in the home of Mr and Mrs C J Pernow northeast of Marion.
The K B B class of the Metho dist church meets Tuesday at 6 30 p m at Miss Ruth Maier 1235 Twelfth street for a picnic dinner Mrs Ruby Hans com assists the hostess Meat and dessert provided Chapter CS P E O holds a regular meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the home of Mrs Grace Fernow 1240 Eighth avenue
Members of the Sorosis club may leave contributions with Mrs. A. A. Hardin for the white elephant sale to be held Tuesday by the Federated Women's clubs.
The Prairie Chapel Ladies Aid society schedules an all day meeting at the home of Rev. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Clyde 940 Tenth Street this Thursday. Members are asked to bring the usual picnic requirements.
The Ivanhoe club will meet Monday at 2 p.m. at Mrs Willis Jordan's home located at 560 Sixth Avenue to discuss upcoming activities and plans.
The Electa circle of King's Daughters will meet Tuesday at 2 p.m. at 92 Eighth Street the home of Mrs L M Phelps. Mrs Willis Jordan leads the devotional period and Mrs L S Dove conducts the lesson.
The Linn County Christmas Seals organization near Cedar Rapids will hold its annual meeting February 20 at Hallwood cafe. The business session starts at 10 am, chairmen will present reports, and luncheon will be served at noon.
State master councilor Lewis Harlan of the Order of De Molay attends a gathering of state officers in Des Moines for organizational matters and planning sessions.
Clarence Decker of Rockwell City visited Friday as a guest of his brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Norman J Waffle.
Purl Kinkead departed Saturday for Pittsburgh Pennsylvania to visit hile peather Bert Kinkead for a we.
The Lions club will host a Ladies Night dinner and party Tuesday at Memorial hall. The Mary Lowe Dickinson circle of King's Daughters will serve at 6 30 p m. Special music and games will fill the evening.
Mr and Mrs C H Keenan announce the engagement of their daughter Lorraine to Ralph W Drake of Cedar Rapids. The wedding is planned for February 15.
The Presbyterian church men’s dinner and social will be held in the church dining room on February 22 at 6 30 p m with a program including moving pictures led by Sam Fetter of Davenport.
Mrs Minnie Schenken's home hosts families from Central City and Marion. Guests include Mr and Mrs Herman Koch and daughters Marie Ellen Genevieve. Mr and Mrs A A Schenken and children Albert and Eileen. and Mr and Mrs A B Black with their Marion circle.
The Pleasant Grove Community club meets Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Legion hall with hosts Mr. and Mrs. Lee Legler.
The Shakespeare club announces there will be no meeting until March 2. Members are advised to note the rescheduled date and plan accordingly.
The Ladies Aid society of St Pauls Lutheran church will meet Thursday at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs Francis Akerly 1240 Fourth street. Mrs William Rupperie will assist the hostess.
The Priscilla Guild of the Congregational church will meet Wednesday at 2 30 p.m. at 1820 Eighth Avenue the home of Mrs F S Skinner Hostesses are Mrs Ed Sigfred and Mrs W K Lothian A tea towel shower for the church kitchen will be held
The Oxford club will meet this evening in the church parlors with Miss Virginia Self in charge of the program on Ways of Praying.
Miss Akiko Hino of Coe college will be the guest speaker at the Christian Endeavor gathering at the church tonight at 6 30. A panel discussion titled Hands Across Racial Barriers will be led by Lois Leidigh Virginia Crew and Druscilla Lockey.
Mrs. John C. Austin will be brought home today from a Cedar Rapids hospital to 1050 Fourteenth Street.
Klatter Klub schedules a Tuesday gathering at 7 30 p m hosted by Mrs T Arthur Newman at 1091 Seventh Street.
The Presbyterian Missionary and Ladies Aid society meets Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at Mrs. L. A. Klump's home 937 Eighth Street. Miss Elsie St John leads devotionals. Mrs. George Barnoske and Mrs. Fred Nelson head the program. Mrs. J Lawrence Bigger chairs the refreshment committee.
Regular meeting of Marion chapter No 10 R A M will be held Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Masonic temple.
The Federated Women’s clubs plan a thrift sale Tuesday from 2 30 to 7 00 p m in the auditorium of the public library A 315 p m program includes a piano duet by Anna Mary Coonred and Mrs EF Drunie
A biography recounts Robert Gordon Cousins born 1859 near Tipton Iowa in Red Oak Grove. The noted orator and former congressman is profiled from youth at Cornell to public service, impeachment defense, Maine speech impact, and his tenure in Congress ending in 1908.
A Mond concert by the American Legion auxiliary showcases a sextet with accordion solos by Harry Easterday, violin solo by Mrs. D. D. Cory, vocal by Mrs. La Verna Crew, and a piano trio with Helen Lagerquist, Loyce Schenken, and Louise Smith.
The Homebuilders class of the Methodist church will meet Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. at the home of Mr and Mrs James E Cippera 1525 Eighth avenue for a Valentine party.
The Four-C club will meet Tuesday at Mrs Susie Secrist Berry's home with a picnic dinner at noon. Members are asked to come prepared to sew.
The Martin's Creek Community club will hold an all day meeting Friday in the Legion hall instead of Thursday. Mrs Agnes Marak and Mrs Marvin Beach will be hosts. Mrs Marak Mrs Frank Huth Mrs Harry Milligan and Mrs Willard Haak will form the dinner committee.
Members and their spouses of the Diana Fret club will gather Tuesday for a card party at 560 Sixth Avenue hosted by Mr and Mrs Willis Jordan.
The First National Bank will be closed all day Monday in observance of Lincoln's birthday.
Mrs. George Starks entertained at dinner on Saturday with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kunzman and Mr. and Mrs. Loren Kimes of Cedar Rapids and Mr. and Mrs. James Biesecker of Marion.
L. E. Fuller of Elgin Illinois is a guest of Miss Janet Lothian in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lothian. The brief social note notes courtesy visits and shared hospitality.
Linn chapter No. 900, Order of DeMolay will meet Monday at 7 30 p m in the Masonic temple. The Musical Literary club schedules a valentine dinner Monday at 6 30 p m at Mrs C D Burns home 549 Twelfth street. The Dry Creek A and L club meets Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Legion hall with Mr and Mrs Charles Dukek hosts.
The Rev. E. F. Hemple of Convoy is appointed to lead St Pauls Luther Recreation in Stanwood and will be installed February 19. He succeeds the Rev. W. G. Nagler who completed a thirty year Stanwood pastorate and is new in Sumner on February 5.
More than 1000 Iowa American Legion and Auxiliary members are slated to gather February 19 and 20 in Des Moines for the annual commanders and adjutants conference. National Commander Stephen F. Chadwick and auxiliary vice president Pauline K. Rinaker will headline with talks and reports on graves registration, Junior Baseball, Americanism, Hawkeye Boys State, and more. Governors, state and national officers, and Forty and Eight leaders are listed as speakers with Mrs Rinaker addressing the Monday banquet on mutual helpfulness.
Mrs. Anna Cavanagh, born in Ithaca and longtime resident of Dyersville Monticello and a farm south of Earlville, marked her eighty fourth birthday at daughter Mrs G D Ribble’s Earlville home with a family dinner. She has five children including James in Dakota and four daughters in Dyersville Delhi and Earlville. Officers of Isa belle Higgins tent Daughters of Union Veterans were installed at a Sigourney meeting with Mrs Alicene leading and a slate of officers named.
ARENGO Mrs. and Mrs. J. C. Oliva celebrate fifty years of marriage at their daughter’s home north of Marengo. He emigrated from Bohemia in 1867 and this couple raised three daughters on farms near Marengo before moving to a self built house in 1917.
Mrs Otis Moore wife of Rev Otis Moore traveled 17500 miles during an eighteen month trip to India and Burma as a delegate to the International Missions conference in Madras 1937 The journey included 15000 miles by train 200 by boat 300 by dandy 2000 by automobile and an elephant ride She reports on literacy efforts caste issues and the home rule movement in India and notes Gandhi Nehru and Roosevelt influence amid missionary work.
Morrison, a 1937 University of Iowa Law College graduate, defeats LeRoy S. Mercer for the Johnson county attorney seat and then wins a state legislator race. He becomes a House member, chairs the state educational institutions committee, and serves on eight other panels. He and his wife Betty Coulias of Moline, Illinois, campaigned door to door in Johnson County, averaging eight chicken dinners a week, while the political newcomer contemplates future ambitions.
DES MOINES AP A proposal to prevent diversion of gasoline tax and motor vehicle license money to uses other than highway construction and maintenance was recommended for indefinite postponement by a house committee. The measure barely passed the senate and now faces death in the house, with the committee report likely ending its progress.
Local chapter selects new officers Thursday with Mrs. I. N. Hungerford as president Mrs. F. H. Humbert as vice president Mrs. G. S. Whitford as secretary and Mrs. F. P. Gernand as treasurer for the organization in Volga City.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.