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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1947
Page
6
Local clubs organize Valentine themed events for couples. YMB will host an 9 pm to 1 am dance at the Crystal Ballroom Montrose hotel with Bob Welty and his orchestra and decorated tables. Elks club dance also set for Saturday with Stan Stanley’s band at the clubhouse.
Mrs. Charles Hruska reports 12 Auxiliary members sewed Wednesday in Red Cross Production rooms. A Lincoln birthday program featured a reading by Mrs. F C Parrish.
Mr and Mrs W H Tenney of 1732 Blake boulevard SE marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a dinner party at the Roosevelt hotel. They have resided in Cedar Rapids for 27 years. He retired as sales manager of Quaker Oats after 18 years. They attend First Christian church and have a son R W Tenney of Chicago visiting for the dinner and a granddaughter Phyllis Tenney a University of Iowa student.
All-city Torch Bearer Ceremonial Council Fire set for February 24 at 7 30 p.m. in Immaculate Conception school auditorium. Restricted attendance. invitations go to Camp Fire parents guardians executive board members and city girls with Torch Bearer and Firemaker ranks. Trail Seeker rank to be awarded at a small group Council Fire. Wood Gatherer and Firemaker ranks to be given at Section Council Fires.
Mr and Mrs William W Criss hosted a sleighride on a Wednesday afternoon at 388 Seventeenth Street SE celebrating Larry Crisss seventh birthday. Twenty four guests attended including Larrys classmates boys.
Paul Strain Tom Radloff and Mr Crissman accompanied the boys on the ride from Johnson school. Refreshments were served at the Crissman home by Mrs Crissman assisted by Mrs Glennys Maly and Mrs Gertrude Bain.
Mrs J Richard Wagner and her mother Mrs J H Crafton of 361 Seventeenth street SE entertained at luncheon on Thursday with eight guests present.
Members of the WaWeKa Camp Fire group entertained their mothers and a guest, Mrs. J. E. Norgd ar, at a Lincoln birthday tea held Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Joe Stephan, 115 Seventeenth Street SW.
The 10A class of Wilson school held a hayrack ride Wednesday evening at the 3-A ranch with twenty five guests. Dutch treats were served at Lindys Sandwich shop. Bob Patterson was in charge.
Miss Frances Bowman Knoepfler of Fort Wayne Indiana and Henry P. Kadgihn married February 7 in Shreveport Louisiana. Kadgihn, son of J L Kadgihn of Iowa City, will live there with his wife where he works for the American Hospital Supply Company after two years service in the army. He is grandson of Mrs. Charles H. Proctor.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence A. Cramer of 1400 Second Avenue SE have completed a two months motor trip through the southwest states. They visited their daughter Mrs. Jane Davis in Phoenix Arizona and returned home by way of New Orleans and St. Petersburg.
Members of the Mozart club gather Saturday at 1 p.m. at the YWCA to hear a program on living composers led by Mrs. Louis H. Sila and Miss Margaret McCall with Miss Janet Thoman reading. Participants include Esther Armstrong Evelyn Blaha Barbara Dahl Jack Ilen Sally Keith Colby Kegley Sally Mead Marilyn Obermeyer Sally Peck Norman Paula Susan Starman Ellen Synacek Janet Youngquist and Yvonne Umphrey. Try-outs for new members will follow at 2 p.m. in the club room. Call Miss Elizabeth Bohac at 2-1282 for details.
The Spiritual Life group of Kenwood Methodist church marked its fifth anniversary Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Walter Piper, 134 Thirty.
A fashion note urges turning plain curtains into bold standout decor. It suggests re dyeing or leaving color, then adding lavish applique with cut flower and leaf clusters. Horizontal stripe layouts and ample plain space create a smart, trendy fabric look.
Twenty two members and guests attended with Mrs. Glenn Davis as program chairman and Miss Margaret Gill delivering devotions. A solo by Mrs. Dwight Webster preceded a candlelighting ceremony and a Valentine exchange during the social hour.
The Optimists dinner for members and their wives planned for February 18 is postponed with no new date set. The Opti Mrs. Club will meet February 25, with the date change noted.
Willing Workers circle of the King's Daughters met Wednesday evening at 701 Tenth street SE. Mrs. John Morton gave the admission service to Della Klema and Rosamond DeVoe and installed the officers. The next meeting is set for March 12 at Miss Jean Thoman’s home 358 Seventeenth street SE.
Patricia R. Litz of 139 Thirty-fifth Street Drive SE contributes three poems to Tribute of Triumph, a postwar verse anthology by Exposition Press of New York. Two sonnets titled To Roland and Growing Old join a short piece titled April Rain. The collection honors U.S. armed services members who served in World War II.
Four Cedar Rapids men Gerald W. Minor Walter Wharton James Conway and Charles E Hayes Jr were among nine recruits announced by army recruiters in the Federal building Thursday All were accepted at Fort Omaha Also listed are Herman Yossi Monticello Harold J Strader Dubuque Kenneth A Behling Merlyn F Irish Lancaster Wis and LaVern F Schmitz Potosi Wis
In Chicago a university leader says the University of Chicago could produce a weapon to decisively end war. Chancellor Robert Hutchins warned that to win a war one could simply notify the university, claiming it would output something capable of wiping out more people than ever before.
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