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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1972
Page
4
In Chicago AP reports Dr. Helen Lopata of Loyola University says American widows are asserting independence, rejecting live‑in child care roles. They can live alone, be financially self-sufficient, and avoid becoming peripheral relatives, signaling a shift in widowhood.
Tama Iowa bride Tama Donna Parks Petes married Billy Gene Garrett in a ceremony staged in stages across home settings. Justice Terry Wheeler officiated with family participation. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Troy Wheeler and the couple plan to reside in Tama. Garrett is from Wartburg Tennessee and works with Garrett and West Corp while her father-in-law installs Midwest telephone equipment.
Dr Lopata interviewed 200 widows over four years finding only 20 living with children or in such arrangements. Half were 50s to 60s, rest 65 plus. Study to be published in April notes growing independence, but loneliness remains a major challenge as widows rebuild single lives and resist family pressures.
The deadline for 1972 Symphony scholarships is Wednesday. Young Cedar Rapids musicians may contact scholarship chairman Mrs. Ted Feder at 363 a066 for more information.
Auditions for two $125 Beethoven sub music awards moved from March 28 to March 26 at 3 PM in the Daehler Kitchin auditorium Coe College. Deadline for applications extended to March 15. Apply to Mrs Frank Malone 3715 Elmwood Drive NE. Phoebe Sherman and Beethoven Tribute awards are offered.
The Monday morning game at Noelridge Park Christian church saw first place to Mrs. Bob Butschi and Mrs. Rich Siewert, with second to Mrs. Ralph Solberg and Mrs. Richard Smith. The next game is scheduled for Monday at.
The Rapid Squares square dance club will meet Saturday at 8 at the YWCA with Don Spurgin as caller.
Mrs. Carl DeDominicis of Verona Pennsylvania and Mrs. Gerald Collins of Elk River Minnesota won the top awards in the 28th Best of Bake Off in Houston earning 25000 dollars. DeDominicis won the Streusel Spice Cake in the grocery products category and Collins won a bar cookie with fresh dough and almond coconut topping in the refrigerated category. Cedar Rapids parks to begin work this summer on a two acre park in Cedar Hills.
Connie Lee Taylor admires the 420 carat uncut diamond shown at First National Bank in St. Louis. Owned by Lazare Kaplan and Sons of New York, the prized stone is not for sale and may be worth about 50000 dollars. Discovered in 1970 in Sierra Leone, southwest Africa.
A Milwaukee reader asks how to tell a persistent neighbor selling cosmetics cookware and subscriptions to back off. The letter notes repeated sales pressure at homes, asks for polite English phrasing, and mentions a saleswoman stereotype observed by wait staff and nurses.
Miss Cheryl Kay Schmid and Sgt LeRoy Richard Holley exchanged marriage vows at Holy Mother Consolation Catholic church in Oregon Wisconsin with Rev Charles D Eb Monroe officiating. The bride wore a cream velvet gown and carried red roses. several attendants and guests attended a reception at Brooklyn Community building followed by a public wedding dance at Park Ponderosa ballroom. The couple will reside at Kincheloe Air Force Base near Kinross Michigan.
Miss Mari Irene Van Antwerp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Van Antwerp, wed Toren Dean Cope at Oakland Church of the Nazarene. The ceremony featured a dotted Swiss over taffeta gown with ruching, a triple bow headband, and carnations. A reception at the Parks home followed. the groom works at Brummels Skelly station and the couple will live at Prairie Creek trailer court.
The Leighton Howards observe their 25th wedding anniversary with an open house from 2 to 4:30 Sunday at Traer Notary Hoats. Dinner at Lincoln cafe in Belle Plaine honors Mr and Mrs Stanley Braksick on their 38th anniversary hosted by their daughters Melvin Happel and Douglas Gardemann. Sally Voelkers, daughter of Darrell Voelkers, was honored at a kitchen shower hosted by Carol Bramer and Betsy Schulte.
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