City Briefs Highlight Local Meetings and Events
Community notes list meetings for Post C TPA and Ladies Auxiliary at SoHol Hall for a picnic dinner and officer election. Cedar Lodge No 93 IACM to meet at YWCA for potluck and regular session. Mount Hermon Lodge 263 to hold degree work at Masonic Hall with refreshments. Cub Pack 19 sponsored by Lincoln School to meet Friday in the school music room. Bobby Janda, 2, undergoing major operation in Iowa City. James Turner and Libbie Davis wed by Justice Churchill. Bakery workers plan a union meeting at Labor Temple. Mr and Mrs M A Silver move to Cedar Rapids for Mr Silver to manage Lober's shoe store. Townsend club dance scheduled at Odd Fellows hall. Raymond Coward named to attend cavalry training at Fort Riley. Terry-Durin company concludes three day sales conference at Roosevelt Hotel.
Biblical Theme Puzzle Clue Update and Local Notices
Word puzzle clues across vertical and horizontal entries with biblical names and crossword hints. Local notices report Mary Plamadore, 28, of 1114 First Avenue E, cut on ice with treatment at St Luke's hospital. Circle 3 Lutherans meet Friday at 2 pm at Mrs C H Mills home 1933 Higley Ave SE replacing prior venue. A sales conference for fifty wallpaper dealers sponsored by Morris Sanford company was held at the Montrose hotel.
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Mary Plamadore
First Avenue E
Eleventh Street
St. Luke's Hospital
First Lutheran Church
C. H. Mills
Higley Avenue SE
Fred Sherman
Morris Sanford Company
Montrose Hotel
Decorators to Hear Wall Paper Talk at Montrose Hotel
Cedar Rapids decorators and nearby territory guests will attend a buffet supper in the Terrace room of the Mont rose hotel Thursday night. Clarence E. Small of Chicago, representative of the United Wall Paper Factories, Inc., will discuss effective methods of using new wallpaper patterns. Seventy five persons are expected. Mr. Small di-
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Cedar Rapids
Morris Sanford Company
Montrose Hotel
Clarence E. Small
Chicago
United Wall Paper Factories, Inc
Mr. Small
Advertising expert to speak at University Ad Club meeting
Robert E. Yaw of the Ambro Advertising Agency Cedar Rapids will address the University Ad Club in Iowa City Thursday evening. His topic is A More Scientific Approach to Advertising. The club comprises University of Iowa students from journalism and commerce departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Yaw
Ambro Advertising Agency
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
University Ad Club
University of Iowa
Journalism
Commerce
Notice of Probate of Will No 15523 Iowa Linn County
The District Court of Linn County Iowa will hear on February 21 1940 at 9 o clock A M the claim for probate of the Last Will and Testament of Elizabeth Doyle late of the county deceased. Edwin W Lundquist Clerk of Court B L Wick attorney Cedar Rapids Iowa date February 14 1940.
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State of Iowa
Linn County
District Court
Elizabeth Doyle
Said County
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Melting Pot party honors new citizens in Cedar Rapids
The Chamber of Commerce hosted a citizenship class event with 250 guests celebrating nine nations. Musical acts represented Greece Mexico Denmark Poland Syria Austria and Czechoslovakia alongside Hawaiian and American numbers. Judge Powell presented small flags and urged voting duties.
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Chamber of Commerce
United States
Alma Wright
Judge Powell
Josephine Perez
Mexico
Peter Hansen
Denmark
Mike Zulakis
Greece
Elizabeth Horacek
Austria
Winifred Perkins
Poland
Mary Abdo
Syria
Joseph Jindrasek
Czechoslovakia
Tornadoes Carry Objects with Terrific Force
A fragment notes how tornadoes propel small objects at high speed and drive them through solid wood, illustrating their destructive power.
New Handbook On City Schools Is Published
The 1939-40 Cedar Rapids public schools handbook was distributed starting Thursday. Superintendent Arthur Deamer announced 1,500 copies printed by Tribune Publishing. The 125 page booklet covers system rules history staff lists budget costs salary schedules and tax levies and is sent to teachers board members libraries chambers of commerce PTO groups and teacher training institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Board of Education
Arthur Deamer
Tribune Publishing Company
Chambers of Commerce
Linn County seeks bids for gasoline and diesel fuel
Linn County Iowa invites sealed bids for 128000 gallons gasoline and 64000 gallons diesel fuel to be opened February 27 1940 at Cedar Rapids. A 50 dollar certified check accompanies each bid and may be liquidated if the winner fails to execute a contract with bond within ten days. Proposals on county forms only and marked Proposal for Gasoline and Diesel Fuel. State preference for Iowa grown products. Tests by Iowa State Highway Commission. February 14 1940. Elmer M Seevell Chairman Robt Vesely County Auditor.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Iowa Bank
State of
Department of Materials and Tests
Iowa State Highway Commission
Elmer M. Seevell
Robt. M. Vesely
Splendid Cough Remedy You Can Mix at Home
An at home cough remedy promises quick relief with no cooking. Mix a sugar syrup, add Pinex from a druggist, then combine for a pint of medicine that soothes membranes, loosens phlegm, and aids sleep. Refund offered if not pleased.
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City Briefs
Sheffie’s Boathouse
W. H. Richardson
LaSalle, Ill
C. Steinmayer
Cedar Lodge No
I.A.C.M
Y.W.C.A
Mount Hermon Lodge No. 263
Masonic Hall
Lincoln School
Bobby Janda
J. F. Janda
Thirteenth Street
Children’s Hospital, Iowa City
James M. Turner
Libbie Davis
Justice H. R. Churchill
Labor Temple
M. A. Silver
Lincoln, Neb
Mr. Silver
Lober
Townsend Club
Odd Fellows Hall
Second Avenue SE
Townsend Club No
Raymond Coward
United States Army Cavalry Reserve
Eighth Corps
Fort Riley
Kaw
Terry-Durin Company
Roosevelt Hotel
Nature
Ahab
Baal
S. Surup
Naboth’'s Vineyard
Naboth
Jerusalem
Castleditch
Mohammedan
Portugal
Edwin W. Lundquist
B. L. Wick
Newman's
Stein Bloch
Lux
Naomi Doebel
Evangelia Thomas
Mary Thomas
H. M. Gage
Coe College
Jindrasek
Superior Court
Thomas B. Powell
America
United States of America
J. Max Widmer
Powell
Gram
Miss Wright
Arlene England
E. H. Christensen
W. D. Houlette
Des Moines
John Mills
League of Women Voters
Bernice Toms
League of
M. G. Bellas
Hepa
Elizabeth Gender
Community House
the Gazette
Masaryk Choir
Esther Hronik Klersey
Herbert
Anton Horacek
Diana, Mary
Angeline Panagos
Demetra Costas
Rose Marie Jun
Mary Maley
Raymond Tapia
Francis Habota
Frank Machovsky
Vera Vitek
Betty Smrcek
Betty Jean Stastny
Olga Sindelar
Famous For Values
Newman
Mary Miles
Madda May
Hall -Ekfelt, Inc
Lycee
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