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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 25, 1944

Page

4

Miss Harrison Weds Sgt Maurice Nelson in Cedar Rapids

Announcement of the marriage of Miss Ellalouise M. Harrison to Staff Sgt. Maurice T. Nelson of the Marine Corps. The ceremony occurred Tuesday at 8 p.m. at 501 Sixteenth Avenue SW with Rev W A Jacobs officiating. Attendants were Miss Jean Kelly and Louis Kelly. The couple planned a Newport R I and Proctor Vt visit before Mrs Nelson returns to Cedar Rapids and Sgt Nelson to active duty. out-of-town guests included Mr and Mrs E Emerson of Shellsburg.

Ellalouise M. Harrison Maurice T. Nelson Marine Corps Max Schwichtenberg Sixteenth Avenue SW W. A. Jacobs Jean Kelly Louis Kelly Schwichtenberg Nelson Newport R. 1 Proctor Cedar Rapids Collins Radio Company Sgt. Nelson E. Emerson Shellsburg

Marriage of Betty Jean Hemsky to Lt Lee Richard Scherer Jr

Mr and Mrs William Hemsky Jr announce the marriage of their daughter Betty Jean Hemsky to Lt jg Lee Richard Scherer Jr of the Navy. The wedding took place February 21. Lt Scherer is the son of Mrs Sara Scherer of Savannah Georgia and Lee Richard Scherer of Cleveland Ohio. The couple will reside in Norfolk Virginia for the next two weeks.

William Hemsky, Jr Johnson Avenue Betty Jean J.g Lee Richard Scherer, Jr Navy Scherer Sara Scherer Savannah Lee Richard Scherer Cleveland Ohio

Mrs Dale Hall Plans Home and Family After War

Mrs. Dale Hall of 133 Thirty-fourth Street NE talks with Louise Lux about her Collins Radio job, long overseas husband service, letter writing, cheering life at home, and hopes for postwar home and family. She keeps optimistic, writes daily, knits sweaters for Dale, and supports war effort as a factory clerk and later clerical worker.

Dale E. Hall Thirty-fourth Street Collins Radio Company Dale Don Hall Langley Field

Home Back Rubs for Bed Patients Delivers Soothing Care

Mary Beard of the American Red Cross explains a home nurse approach to back rubs for bedridden patients. The guide covers warming alcohol, powdering, patient positioning, and a sequence of strokes to promote comfort and circulation, ending with a blessing for sound sleep.

Mary Beard American Red Cross

Price Guide for California Oranges and Lemons Under New Regulations

Lago Mar cano Grape Co provides a table showing approximate weights for dozens of citrus by size to help buyers order under 11 cent per pound rules. The guide lists orange box sizes with weights, and similarly covers California lemons, plus a note on turnips as a price-friendly vegetable and a tip to serve sliced chilled turnips.

Lagomarcino Grape Company

Nutty Turnips and Baked Victory Indian Pudding

A recipe collection features Nutty Turnips serving six with buttered turnips and nuts, plus a Baked Victory Indian Pudding with cornmeal and molasses. It ends with a religious prayer blessing readers to accept invitations of goodness.

Daily Lenten Devotional by Dr Atkins for FCC of America

Prepared by Dr Gaius Glenn Atkins for the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ of America this devotional reflects on the Romans call to be saints and the invitation to accept God’s redeeming love. It contrasts freedom and obligation and notes saints are humble and needy who have begun to live differently.

Gaius Glenn Atkins Federal Council of the Churches of Christ of America St. Paul's

United Brethren Church Plans Patriotic Program

The United Brethren church at Fourth avenue and Seventh street SE will host a patriotic program Sunday at 8 p.m. Refreshments follow in the church parlors. The lineup includes Rebecca Stone piano solo, Mrs. Oak Smith reading, Leonard Rayman accordion solo, vocal solos by June Chapin and Bob Davis, a reading and solo by Dempsy Jones, a performance by Rev. Lyle K. Anderson, and a men's quartet of James Cowden Oak Smith Finley Stone and Chester Cowden.

United Brethren Church Fourth Avenue Seventh Street SE Rebecca Stone

USO Dance Sunday at Danceland

USO hosts a Sunday dance from 2 to 5 pm at Danceland. An orchestra will play for dancing. All servicemen in the city are invited. Only junior hostesses and servicemen's wives will be admitted.

Danceland

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Miss Harrison Betty Hemsky Women In War Work Louise Lux Mrs. Hall England Collins Newman’s Roosevelt High School Enzler’s Quartermaster Corps Air Force Fairfax Alburnett Waves Andre Kostelanetz St. Paul's Methodist Church Dale E, Hall Aids Pepperell Duchess Killian Company Hollywood By Naomi Doebel California Durr B Ave. NW Rome NR. Atkins Wiltbrunner Music Co Ist St. SE Pal Iad Krebs First Avenue Den Oak Smith Finley Stone Chester Cowden Will USO Uncle Sam Uba First Street Hawkeye Sunkist Jonathan Texas Libby Gatto's Springville Creamery Co Cory Tbs Doz Sydney Sioux City Coca-Cola Company &Y Coca-Cola Bottling Company Ana Mr Wureeatea Coca-Cola The CCC
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