Polka Dot Queen Crowned in Cedar Rapids Link to Gink Todd
Former Urbana resident Mrs Ralston Barnhart, now Cedar Rapids secretary, is named America’s polka dot queen by the Polka Dot Fashion Guild. She will wear polka dots in public for three years and adopt the stage name Gink Todd as she trains in modeling, singing, and dancing for a career in movies and radio.
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E. S. Moore
Urbana
Vinton
Russell C. Barnhart
Thirty-fifth Street Drive
Vinton High School
Chamber of Commerce
LaPlant-Choate
New York
California
Cover Girl
Spike Jones
Helen
America
Mrs Floyd Paul Visits In Cedar Rapids Home
Mrs Floyd W Paul of New York City spends a week with her parents Mr and Mrs E M Soboda at 1422 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids. Mr Paul will join his wife there in Cedar Rapids Sunday.
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Floyd W. Paul
New York City
E. M. Soboda
Third Avenue SE
Paul
Cedar Rapids
Milo A Chehaks Host to Duplicate Club
Mr and Mrs Milo A Chehak invite fourteen guests to entertain members of their duplicate club at 305 Crescent Street SE on Wednesday evening.
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Milo A. Chehak
Crescent Street SE
St Theresa circle to meet at Immaculate Conception church
St Theresa circle of Immaculate Conception church will meet Wednesday at 8 p m in the school parlors. Hostesses will be Mrs Richard Sawyer and Mrs Mark Cox. Call Mrs Cox 8971 if you cannot attend.
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St. Theresa Circle
Immaculate Conception
Richard Sawyer
Mark Cox
Cox
Mrs. Robert F. Vane Hosts Bridge Club
Mrs. Robert F. Vane entertained her bridge club at a dessert luncheon on Wednesday at 503 Twentieth Street NE with club members in attendance.
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Robert F. Vane
Twentieth Street
Bridge Club
Bells to Return From Chicago Trip
Mr and Mrs James W Bell of 2141 Linden Drive SE will return Wednesday evening after a week at Edgewater Beach hotel in Chicago.
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James W. Bells
Chicago
James W. Bell
Linden Drive
Edgewater Beach
Minneapolis visitors in the McLaughlin home
Mr and Mrs Eugene Bruner of Minneapolis are visiting in the home of Mr and Mrs E R Mc Laughlin at 219 Fifth Street NW. Mrs Bruner is a sister of Mrs McLaughlin. Bruner arrived Wednesday and the couple will travel south for a business trip before returning home.
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Eugene Bruner
Minneapolis
E. R. McLaughlin
Fifth Street
Bruner
McLaughlin
Mr. Bruner
Miss McLaughlin Marries Gerald Hansen in St Patrick's
Miss Dorothy McLaughlin became the bride of Gerald B. Hansen Monday morning in St Patrick's rectory with Rev D G Peters officiating. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs Eugene R McLaughlin, wore a white gown with seed pearl yoke and tulle skirt. Best man was A M Patten. matron of honor Mrs Lawrence Bowman wore shell pink. A reception followed at the Montrose hotel before the couple left on a wedding trip. They will reside in West Bend Wisconsin.
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Dorothy McLaughlin
Gerald B. Hansen
St. Patrick’s Rectory
D. G. Peters
Eugene R. McLaughlin
Fifth Street NW
Mr .Hansen
Clara Hansen
Milford
Neb
Lawrence Bowman
M.A. Patten
West Bend
Wis
Montrose Hotel
Chicago
A W Petersons Return From California Visit
Mr and Mrs A W Peterson of 2001 Grande Avenue SE have returned home after a month visiting friends in California.
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A. W. Peterson
Grande Avenue SE
California
Notice of Probate of Will in Iowa District Court
The district court in Linn County Iowa will hear the probate of Earl R Balderston s last will on February 24 1947 at 9 AM at the Cedar Rapids courthouse The clerk is Arthur Axmear W Howard Smith is the attorney in this probate matter
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State of Iowa
Linn County
Earl R. Balderston
Court House
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Agee Cedar Rapids
Arthur Axmear
W. Howard Smith
Slim shirtfrock pattern 4977 offers trim lines
An ad by Anne Adams promotes Pattern 4977 for a cleancut slim shirtfrock. It highlights gathers for freedom of movement and slender long lines, with sizes 34 through 48 and a 3 1 2 yard fabric estimate for size 36 at 39 inches. Send 25 cents to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Dept. in Chicago.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
N. Clinton St
Chicago
Ill
J County Republican Club Sets Conference Date
The Iowa Council of Republican Women will hold its spring conference March 7 at the Montrose hotel in Cedar Rapids. Linn County Republicans set the date at Tuesday’s meeting. Mrs. O. H. Albee named Mrs. Guy P. Linville as local convention chairman. Imogen Emery spoke on Lincoln and Republican history.
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Iowa Council of Republican Women
Montrose
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Republican Club
O. H. Albee
Marshalltown
Guy P. Linville
Imogen Emery
Abraham Lincoln
Republican Party
Beattys Return From South After Florida Trip
Mr and Mrs Clarence W Beatty of 821 Third Avenue SE have returned after a three week tour of Florida They also visited New Orleans reflecting a brief southern vacation with no notable events reported
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Clarence W. Beatty
Third Avenue SE
Florida
New Orleans
Camp Fire Girls Earn Wood Gatherers Rank Names
The Wabica Camp Fire girls Joycelyn Heck Patsy Hay Ora Lee Simmons Ruth Ann Van Vleck Joyce Shrimper and Bernice Brown recently passed their wood gatherers rank. Regular shoe polishing keeps leather soft and more resistant to water dirt and wear.
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Wabica Camp
Joycelyn Heck
Patsy Hay
Ora Lee Simmons
Ruth Ann van Vleck
Joyce Shrimper
Bernice Brown
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C.R
Bondex
Chi-Namel Paint Store
Third Ave
Cedar Rapids Salon
Second Avenue SE
Ralston Barnhart
Polka Dot
Mrs. Floyd Paul
Milo A. Chehaks
A. W. Petersons
Lapes Florist
Anne Adams
J County Republican Club
Clarence W. Beattys
Saleid
Oxfords
Cedar Rapids! Shoe Center
Steck
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