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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1942
Page
3
The notice states Helen, daughter of Mr and Mrs Neal Blok of Marion, is engaged to Bernard Daubenmier of Kahoka Missouri and Cedar Rapids. The couple will reside in Marion after the wedding.
The civilian defense first aid class under Capt E A Milliken of Cedar Rapids will meet Friday at 7 30 pm in the auditorium of the public library. Mr and Mrs Lonard Storm of 1265 Eleventh street hosted a watch party New Year’s Eve with eight guests. Miss Mary Ellen Granger will host a picnic supper Friday evening for a group of girls with guests Lucile Cone Mary Ellen Ford of Marthe Jane Snell Jean idigh Audrey Randall all of Marion Lillian Ann Harding and Jean Boyson of Cedar Rapids and Pauline Olinger.
Dr and Mrs Anthony B Lake and guests spent New Year’s day in Guttenberg. Various families hosted watch parties and gatherings including Mr and Mrs C R Riddick Cedar Rapids guests Isabel Schluter and W Carmody. Several hosts welcomed friends in Cedar Rapids Monticello and Marion with best wishes for a prosperous year.
Barbara Ann Neff daughter of Elmer and Mrs Neff of Marion celebrated her seventh birthday on Thursday. She hosted seven guest girls at her party at the Van Note home on Blairs Ferry road with games and refreshments. Barbara has a growing miniature pitcher collection, five scrapbooks with yearly clippings, and a new hobby saving defense stamps. She attends Presbyterian Sunday school and Lincoln School first grade. Barbara has four grandparents and one great grandmother.
Mr and Mrs Guy Miller of 998 Seventeenth Street entertained at a New Year’s supper on Thursday. Covers were sold for 16.
Mr and Mrs Gilbert Voorhies visited friends at Hedrick during a casual social stop as listed in local society notes.
Patricia Brewer, daughter of A. C. and Mrs. Brewer of Little Rock Arkansas, staying with Mrs. Reginald Adams, was admitted to St Luke’s hospital Cedar Rapids with pneumonia. Her condition has improved.
Mrs. Melvin Gallitan and her son Jimmy of Milwaukee visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. Guy Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Gordon and daughter Janet spend New Year’s at Lennox with Mr. and Mrs. E D Gordon.
Mr and Mrs Byron Ambden entertained at a watch party Wednesday evening. Several families attend New Year’s Eve at the Embassy club in Cedar Rapids. The Knight family visited Monticello for a luncheon, and Paul Rose and son David joined S O Stamy at Robins for dinner. Ethel Hart plans business travel to Marshalltown and Creston. Linn's Best 4 H club meets Friday at Carol Jean Buckner's home.
Mr and Mrs Ed Sigfred hosted a dinner Thursday with guests including Karl Kendall and family Elinor, R as Mrs F S Skinner, A Keyes, Se Senses St Geteran, Miss Bess Boyles of Milwaukee, G O Pyle of Hollywood Fla, Helen and Virginia Pyle, Bernard Schenken family Loyce Rudolph, and Mrs Robert Oxley of Marion. Betty Vawter Jenks and Keith Van, visiting from Des Moines, depart Friday. Sid Cary hosted a watch party at 1080 Seventeenth Street with friends. Lester Runkle of Minneapolis was a guest.
Mr and Mrs J G Hess hosted a New Year family dinner in Marion with relatives including Robert Hess and family Diane Rosalie Nancy Miles and Miles Marjorie Joan and C H Comport and A J Beast and George Fowser. Eliott Hutton plans departure to Baton Rouge Louisiana to teach at the state university.
The Woman's Progressive club of Dry Creek will host an all day meeting Saturday at Mrs. George Gillmore's home 1040 Sixth Street. A picnic luncheon is planned and members should bring their own table service sandwiches and a dish to pass. Miss Barbara Booth of Cedar Rapids visited her grandparents Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Booth for New Year.
Miss Bertha Harlan left for Chicago on Wednesday to spend New Year's Day and the weekend in the home of her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs L L Goldstien with relatives.
The Reading Circle will convene Friday at 2 p.m. in the home of Mrs. Arthur Newman at 1033 Seventh Street with Mrs. Robert Cessford in charge.
Mr and Mrs G O Pyle wrap up winter visit in Marion and head Friday to Hollywood Florida with Mrs Pyle's mother Mrs Robert Oxley accompanying. Helen and Virginia Pyle, University of Iowa students, also spent holidays with grandmother Mrs Oxley. Runkles to Minneapolis after Christmas with Black family. Arlene Tow returns to Cedar Falls after holidays. Annie Laura Davidson returns to Eldora January 3.
London Lord Mayor Sir John Laurie broadcast to Manila saying London salutes the city for bravery and fortitude amid brutal Japanese bombings of an undefended area.
Carlsbad New Mexico nine year old Keith McFin learned his Christmas toy soldiers were made in Japan and sold them to a scrap dealer who planned to melt them into bullets and ship them back to Japan.
The official journal for the new year reports higher taxes on tobacco and amusements, increased poster and telegraph rates, higher taxes on sports events, and a 50 percent postage hike in Vichy.
A tornado struck Theodore Alabama early Thursday killing one man and injuring another as it caused heavy damage to the small town.
Oregon, holding the nation’s largest standing timber acreage, enacted a sweeping conservation program aimed at preserving Douglas fir forests. The plan includes sustained yield laws, seed-tree requirements, fire tracing, early logging closures, and state acquisition of forest lands with bonds and county revenue sharing to fund development.
Nicholas H Melchior died at his Cedar Rapids home after a Tuesday heart attack. Born May 11 1874 in Belle Plaine Minnesota he lived in Cedar Rapids since 1916 and worked as a millwright at the Quaker Oats plant retiring three years ago. Surviving are two sons a daughter three grandchildren five brothers and three sisters. Friends may call at Brady mortuary after 1 pm Friday funeral to be announced later.
Mrs Amanda E Greenlee aged 79 died at her daughter’s home 1515 Washington Ave SE at 3 50 pm Wednesday after a short illness. Born in Henry county Illinois October 16 1862 she lived in Cedar Rapids 21 years. Survived by two daughters Mrs Thompson Cedar Rapids and Mrs Jack Starman Glendale California a granddaughter Jeanne Angson two sisters Mrs Mahia Parrish Guthrie Center and Mrs Matilda Fisher Ottumwa two brothers William Du Puy Menlo Iowa and Jacob Du Puy Milan Illinois Funeral services in Beatty chapel at 2 pm Saturday with burial in Cedar Memorial Park Friends may call at chapel.
A funeral notice states five brothers and a brother in law will serve as pallbearers for the deceased C.
The Sumatran Butaks gauge time using spans between smallpox outbreaks, a practice shaping their calendar sense and communal rhythms.
In San Francisco AP reports the United States can now produce 1,000,000,000 pounds of TNT annually thanks to a six year secret process revealed by Dr. Gustav Egloff. The method increases toluene supply from coal gasoline and petroleum, enabling major expansion in explosive production and potential impact on Europe.
The special house committee on defense migration announced a broad probe of civilian morale in wartime United States with public hearings set for January 13 to 15. Eleanor Roosevelt F H LaGuardia and Paul V McNutt will testify as the panel examines housing utilities blackout effects rumor control and health workforce shortages.
Fort Lewis Washington reports the 15th Infantry forming a ski patrol this winter. Readily qualified ex officers may recruit top skiers from ranks. Notable volunteers include Private Walter a 28 year old Swiss ex Dartmouth coach, Pringsheim a 28 year old Bavarian and others with elite skiing backgrounds.
Mississippi faces a 56 million dollar a year lumber boom as defense orders drive portable sawmills across 15 million acres of timber. The shift supports thousands of jobs, higher wages, and new mills, while leaving questions about long term conservation and stability as the boom could fade within a year.
A rugged past description recalls the era when loggers felled virgin timber with axes and saws. Mills moved on, leaving no acres of rotted sawdust or blackberry bushes where homes and stores once stood.
Dor mit dormitory girls at Newcomb College New Orleans create a form of sweetheart insurance. The date book records all dorm dates with departure times escorts names. Some students exploit the system by unofficial strolling dates on campus. The campus honor system enforces penalties for signing errors or failures.
A partial OCR fragment presents a string of numbers symbols and currency values including 81.00 1.96 1.00 1.90 1.40-2.70 3.15 with a note about word counts and days referenced in unclear context. No clear event person or organization is identifiable.
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