Capt Robert Locher Weds Elmira Frances McDermott at Claiborne
Captain Robert C Locher son of Mr and Mrs John J Locher of Monticello married Elmira Frances McDermott of Camp Claiborne Louisiana in a ceremony held Tuesday at Camp Claiborne medical regiment cantonment Rev Neil Cashman of the 135th Infantry officiated. Mrs Locher is a Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center graduate and Captain Locher earned his medical degree from the University of Iowa in 1936 after studying at Notre Dame before practicing medicine in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Locher
Monticello
Robert C. Locher
Elmira Frances McDermott
Camp Claiborne
Medical Regiment
Neil Cashman
135Th Infantry Regiment
Locher
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
New York City
University of Notre Dame
University of Iowa
Army
Captain Locher
Cedar Rapids
New Year Open Houses and Dinners In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids hosts celebrated New Year with open houses and dinners across homes and at the Cedar Rapids Country Club. Guests included many locals and visiting relatives, with parties ending at early morning celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Country Club
James L. Bever
Bever Avenue
Edward Daniel Celebrates Fourth Birthday Party
Edward LaPlante Daniel son of Mr and Mrs Charles M Daniel 1949 B Avenue NE marked his fourth birthday with an afternoon party. Guests included Jay Sigmund Terry Mc Gillicuddy Eddie McQuiston Timmie Evans John Hladley and later joined by numerous relatives and family friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward LaPlante Daniel
Charles M. Daniel
B Avenue NE
Jay Sigmund
Terry McGillicuddy
Eddie McQuiston
Timmie Evans
John Hladley
Kenneth Bogaard
Bruce
Wallace D. Lyon
Melissa
Jerome L. Gearhart
Judy
Raymond Ernimont
Billy
Ronald P. Evans
Michael
Joseph F. Hlaedky, Jr
Joe
E. 4
LaPlante
H. Danie
Petersons Return From Holiday Trip
Dr and Mrs Ben H Peterson and their son Roger returned Tuesday evening from Sioux Falls South Dakota where they spent Christmas with Mrs Petersons relatives at 1919 Eighth Avenue SE
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben H. Peterson
Eighth Avenue SE
Roger
Sioux Falls
New Year Guests Include Mr and Mrs Weidenhoff in Rock Island
Mr and Mrs Carl E Miller of 2001 E Avenue NE host New Year guests Mr and Mrs Myrle Weidenhoff of Rock Island. The note records a social visit among local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl E. Miller
E Avenue NE
Myrle Weidenhoff
Rock Island
Engagement and Upcoming January Wedding for Miss Vivienne Black
Miss Vivienne Marie Black and Jack Sterling Holman announce their engagement and forthcoming marriage. Miss Black, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Black of Fairfield Nebraska and a Cedar Rapids Neisner’s employee, will wed Mr. Holman of Cedar Rapids, son of Mrs. Charlies Holman, January 11 at 5 p.m. in the First Christian church with Rev. Marion H. Williams officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivienne Marie Black
Jack Sterling Holman
Charlies Holman
J. O. Leve
Holman
McKinley High School
Union College
Lincoln
Neb
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
First Christian Church
Marion H. Williams
Engagement of Phyllis Taylor to Edward Foscue Revealed
The engagement of Miss Phyllis Ann Taylor to Edward Foscue of Winnetka was announced at a Winnetka breakfast hosted by her parents Mr and Mrs Carson Lee Taylor. Miss Taylor studied at Colby Junior College and the National College of Education in Evanston, Illinois. Edward Foscue is the son of Mr and Mrs Garland Foscue and is finishing his senior year in Duke University’s engineering program in Durham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Ann Taylor
Edward Foscue
Winnetka
Carson Lee Taylor
Cedar Rapids
Miss Taylor
Colby Junior College
New London
N. H
National College of Education
Evanston
Ill
Fascue
Garland Fascue
Duke University
Durham
Kenneth Lindsay Jr Pledges Psi Upsilon at Brown University
Announcement from Brown University Providence R I states Kenneth Lindsay Jr son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Lindsay 310 Nineteenth Street SE pledges Psi Upsilon fraternity. The notice identifies the pledging as a university social sorority associate event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown University
Providence
R. 1
Kenneth Lindsay, Jr
Kenneth Lindsay
Nineteenth Street SE
Psi Upsilon Fraternity
Joe Curray Returns From Chicago Trip
Joe Curray son of Mr and Mrs Rey E Curray 2200 Linden Drive SE returned Wednesday after a three days visit in Chicago with Bill Gray. Gray was a fellow camper at Camp Highlands on Plum Lake Wis last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Curray
Rey E. Curray
Linden Drive
Chicago
Bill Gray
Camp Highlands
Plum Lake
Wis
Miss Kopecky Weds John Stark In New Year Candlelight Rite
Marcia Kopecky daughter of Mrs Marie Beals and John Leonard Stark son of Mrs Helen Stark were married at Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church in a candlelight ceremony with 150 guests. Rev Zdenek Pauk officiated. A reception for 130 followed at the church parlors. After Jan 5 the couple will reside at 2010 Fourth Avenue SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church
Marcia Kopecky
Marie Kopecky Beals
Avenue NE
John Leonard Stark
Helen Kacena Stark
Fourth Avenue SE
Zdenek Pauk
Lester Hach Baldwin
Alexandria, A
Stark
Franklin High School
A. A
Oas Ten Hi
Access Mechanical Engineering
Iowa
LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing Company
Mrs Scheible Honored Guest at Pauline Huston Party
Mrs Frank Scheible former Bett Shafer was the honored guest Tuesday when Miss Pauline Huston and Miss Jean Richardson entertained at 1953 Second Avenue SE. Bridge was played and Alpha Xi Delta sisters of Mrs Scheible attended including Engberg Stookey Clay Plock Helfenstine Stewart Smith Doo little Sheetz Knight and Melisa plus Mesdames Koehn Huston and Shafer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Scheible
Bett Shafer
Pauline Huston
Jean Richardson
Second Avenue SE
Alpha Xi Delta Sorority
Scheible
Ann Louise Engberg
Dorothy Stookey
Barbara Clay
Dorothy Plock
Eloise Helfenstine
Kay Stewart
Lucia Mae Smith
Dorothy Doolittle
Jean Sheetz
Jeanne Knight
Anna Mae Melisa
Harriette McCullough to Speak at East Side WCTU Meeting
Mrs. Harriette G. McCullough, president of the W C T U, will speak Tuesday at the East Side meeting hosted in the home of Mrs. W C Beatty at 1270 Fourth Avenue SE. A picnic lunch at 12 30 PM will conclude the gathering with an invitation extended to West Side union members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriette G. McCullough
East Side
W. C. Beatty
Fourth Avenue
West Side Union
Thiessens Return Home After Holiday Visit
Lieut. and Mrs. W. E. Thiessen left for Aberdeen Maryland after visiting Lieut. Thiessen's mother Mrs. P. O. Clark and Mr. Clark at 138 Twenty-sixth Street Drive SE. On Christmas Day the families attended a reunion at F. W. Gance's home in Boone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Thiessen
Thiessen
P. O. Clark
Mr. Clark
Twenty-sixth Street
Aberdeen
Thiessens
Clarks
F. W. Gance
Boone
Mrs Ring Visits Manchester for New Year Holiday
Mrs. Herbert C. Ring of 2508 Bever avenue SE spends New Year’s Day in Manchester as a guest of her parents Mr. and Mrs. J Barr. The Barrs also host their nephew Capt. Eric L. Barr director of naval science at the University of Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert C. Ring
Bever Avenue
Manchester
J. Barr
Barrs
Capt
Eric L. Barr
Naval Science and Tactics
The
University of Washington
Farewell Party Honors Jesse Martin Before Navy Induction
Jesse Martin, bound for Des Moines for navy induction Friday, was saluted Tuesday evening by friends. Attendees included Clarence Reinhardt, Bob Martin, Lloyd Hopkins, Dick McClenahan, Leland Kreutzer, Bob Teeple, Chris Stauffer, Gerald Hopkins, Joe Brandstetter, Bill Engler, Bill Holmes, Joe Orr, Bill Robinson, Charles Engler, Leo Martin, Charlie Miller, W E Mar Schwab, Ruth Maie and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Martin
Des Moines
Navy
Clarence Reinhardt
Bob Martin
Marion
Lloyd Hopkins
Dick McClenahan
Leland Kreutzer
Bob Teeple
Chris Stauffer
Gerald Hopkins
Joe Brandstetter
Bill Engler
Bill Holmes
Joe Orr
Bill Robinson
Charles Engler
Leo Martin
Charlies Miller
W. E. Mar- Schwab
Hi Yi Eta Ladies Choice Dance At Y Draws 43 Couples
Forty three couples attended the Hi-Y-Ette ladies choice dance at the Y with Hi-Y-Ettes as escorts and mock corsages. Hosts were Mrs. F. W. Franey and Miss Frances Barker with a post intermission program by several pupils. Also noted a 1941 Wapsie-Y camping reunion and plans for the first 1942 dance at the Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ge & Forte Ties
Hildred Ann Miller
Mary Scherrebeck
F. W. Franey
Frances Barker
Pete Marshall
Carol Lentz
Helen Shipe
Lenard Holets
Doris McCann
Butch Stober
Beverly Humble
Rita Risk
Vernon Liten
Y. W. C. A. Wapsie-Y
Association
Post-nuptial Shower Honors Mrs Hegewald in SE City
Mrs. E L Patten and her daughter Lois hosted a Monday evening post-nuptial shower for Mrs. Paul Hegewald of Atkins. Twenty-five of the bride's friends attended the courtesy event at 229 Twenty sixth Street Drive SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Patten
Twenty Sixth Street Drive
Lois Patten
Paul Hegewald
Atkins
Powder Toxin Could Halt Influenza Immunization Step
Dr Rene J Dubos presented a dry stable powder toxin at the American Society of Bacteriologists meeting in Baltimore. A tenth of a milligram killed a rabbit and injections of dissolved toxin made rabbits immune to live influenza bacteria. The toxin, produced in small quantities, has not yet been tested on humans or swine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
American Society of Bacteriologists
Rene J. Dubos
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
New York
Dubos
Red Cross Red Cross War Fund Drive and Nursing Course
Mrs Edith Parsons will teach a short home nursing course for instructors January 6 and 7 at 1815 First avenue E. The Linn county Red Cross chair Dawson E Grim spoke on Red Cross work at a Kiwanis luncheon. William C Neu will address High Twelve on the Red Cross war fund drive January 5 to 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Parsons
Wells C. Peck
First Avenue E
Dawson E. Grim
Linn County Red Cross
Red Cross
Kiwanis Club
William C. Neu
High Twelve
Optimist
Canopus
Thirty British miners trapped by blast at Welsh mine
An explosion at a Welsh coal mine trapped 30 miners at 8:30 a.m. amid a 2,000 worker operation. Four bodies were recovered. dozens remaining unaccounted as rescue workers, including many miners, labored at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bursiem
Aleance
Make This Model At Home Pattern Notice
Misses and women sizes 14 to 42 offered. Size 16 requires 344 yards 35 inch fabric and 5 percent yard contrast. Send fifteen cents for this pattern to Pattern Department The Cedar Rapids Gazette New York. Ten cents extra for Spring Pattern Book. Smart easy to make styles for the whole family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Gazette
West 17Th Street
New York
N. Y
U S Sends Christmas Trees to Iceland Forces
American forces in Iceland received Christmas trees shipped from the United States as a seasonal gesture. The delivery aimed to boost morale in the icy realm described as Santa Claus weather but lacking local Christmas trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iceland
U. S
Americans and Canadians brave icing to deliver Churchill notes
In a 23 hour Christmas flight from Bermuda to Britain, six volunteers on a Catalina flying boat faced severe icing and Atlantic gales. Captain Gentry led the crew with Boeing N. Collins as co pilot and Bertrand as flight engineer. Canadians Glover Maher and Coulombe joined. Dispatches likely to Churchill and Washington were flown at low altitude, then diverted north to Newfoundland before continuing to an eastern Canadian port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Atlantic
Britain
Washington
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Catalina
Gentry
N. Collins
Bertrand
United States Navy
Glover
Maher
Coulombe
Bermuda
Newfoundland
Reds Scorn Manila Open City Critics At Moscow Pravda
Pravda contrasts Manila’s declaration of an open city with Paris and urges that Manila could have withstood a siege like Leningrad or Tobruk. It ridicules appeasement and praises steadfast defense against air raids and invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuibyshev
Russia
Communist Party
Pravda
Manila
Philippine
Philippines
Paris
Vabruk
Leningrad
Moscow
Tobruk
Lungfish Survives in Dried Mud Cake For Years
A lungfish can be preserved for several years by keeping it embedded in a cake of dried mud. The surprising method demonstrates the species' resilience and potential for long-term terrestrial survival under dry conditions.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert Locher
Elmira McDermott
Claiborne
R. Epler
Addison . Ramsey
Frances
Dine Wolfe
George S. Josselyn
Howard R. Green
C. Ray Chandler
A. E. Durin
Bever
Geo E. Beattie
John B. Terry
Balcom Luberger
J. Harold Horan
Ralph Ellis
John M. Drabelle
Fairview Drive
John Montague Ely
Frederick
Esther Olmsted
Haven Y. Simmons
Haven, Jr
Bill
John
Ernest B. Cameron
Charles Moyer
Tama
James H. Clark
Corn Club
New Ear’s Day
E. P. Boynton
Blake Boulevard
John H. Heiney
Washington, D. C
Douglas F. Boynton
Judith
Ann
Max Daehler
Rockwell
Max
Mark
Daehler
E. H. Bingham
Rockwell Bingham
Wurster
A. B. van Dyke
Wellington Street
Jack van Dyke
Arthur A. Collins
Susan Mary
M. H. Collins
Mary R. Andrews
Topeka
Kan
Carl K. Linge
Twenty-third Street
Carl C. Kesler
Mary Alice
Carl
Leland Mehaffy
Clay E. Phillips
Twenty-second Street
Wayne Stookey
A. E. Einen
Hal S. Ferguson
Ray L. Seipel
Gene Baxter
Clyde B. Meffert
Belle Fast
St. Croix Falls
Tucie Innes
Forest Drive
Carol Jean Curran
Nadine
Arline Sinaiko
Shirl Nichols
Marilyn Milner
Kathleen Hanson
Flo
Betty Markey
Janice Boies
Diane Waples
Jeanne Ferguson
Joe Crowley
Sterling Delzeli
John Kelso
John McKay
Bob Chadima
Bob Fontana
Otto Wiedersberg
Bill Baruhizer
Bill Olson
Jim Walter
Don Schwinn
John Liddle
Mrs. S. T. Hootman
R. C. Mullen
Cynthia
David Daly
M. E. Hogan
James E. Patterson
Priscilla
Rebecca Patterson
Aliah Pfeiffer
Max McKinney
Jessie Deming
Richard
Margaret
Warren
Mary Ann Hootman
John K. Pavis
Sinclair Avenue
Cedar View Country Club
Edward Daniel
Petersons
Carl Millers
Illinois
Moniiteur Photo
Vivienne MA
Phyllis Taylor
PSI Upsilon
Second Street
Bailey Boot Shop
Miss Kopecky
John Stark
Frank Kopecky
L. J. Stark
Arcadia
Calif
George Nissen
Margaret Beals
George Beals
T. Cyril Noon
Iowa City
Mr. Stark
Leo Baughman
W. E. Thiessens
Mrs. Ring Guest
Barrs IN
Patten
Hegewald
Red
Anne Adams
Winston Churchill
White House
Ferry Command
Saxe
Coats
WOLF
Brecond Street
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