Nominations for Cedar Rapids 1944 Civic Service Awards
In Cedar Rapids memorial notes and community anecdotes spotlight Betty Soboda of the USO and Ruth Moon for global outreach to service members. The column recalls local figures Cap Hain the mayor, Don Hines, Bob Bickel, and humorous vignettes about life in town. It notes the loss of a landmark bear statue at a Third Avenue store and references various city stories and radio features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Betty Soboda
USO
Ruth
Moon
Coe
Cap” Hain
Cap
Don Hines
Don
Bob Bickel
Jane Maroney
Thirteenth Avenue SW
Third Avenue
N. Schoen
Bruno
Schoen
Ellis Park
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Smith
R. Smith
Hawkeye
Woman's Club Birthday Luncheon features Miss Seabury talk
Cedar Rapids Woman's Club hosts a Monday luncheon at Montrose hotel with Miss Betty Jane Seabury speaker on The Philippines Storm Door of the United States. She will share her Philippines years through pictures costumes and native crafts and discuss U S wartime ties to the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Jane Seabury
Philippines
Storm Door
United States
Cedar Rapids
Seabury
China
Japan
League Groups and Club Meetings Schedule
Local notices list upcoming meetings and gatherings across civic groups. Include the League of Women Voters study on Iowa legislative procedure led by Mrs Lightner. Other items note Ann Wadsworth returning to Emma Willard, DAR chapter meet, Army Officers wives dinner, White Cross luncheon, Home for Aged Women board, and Sheperdess Guard drill with potluck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Women Voters
F. J. Lightner
First Avenue
Iowa
H. E. Henderson
Ann Wadsworth
Emma Willard School
Edwin H. Wadsworth
Garden Drive
Troy
N. Y
Ashley Junior
D.A.R
Earl F. Heinz
Eugene Challed
B. P. Mavis
Army Officers’ Wives Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Douglas Rundquist
Kenneth Ottsen
White Cross Society
Montegse Hotel
Board OF Managers OF Home For Aged Women
the Home For Aged Women
Shepherdess Guard
Miss Hallman and Sgt Gehman Wed in Oak Ridge
Rebecca Sommers Hallman and Sgt Richard Boyd Gehman wed December 6 at the Chapel on the Hill Oak Ridge Tennessee The Rev Bertram M Larson officiated A reception followed at the home of Frances Smith Gates The couple reside in Oak Ridge where Gehman serves in the public relations branch and manages the Oak Ridge Journal Gehman an ex newspaper man and short story writer is a Grinnell College alumnus
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Ridge
Sgt. Gehman
Oak Ridge Journal
Wilma Lnenicka Weds Jerry Kulhavy in Cedar Rapids
Wilma Lnenicka daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Lnenicka Route 8 wed Jerry Kulhavy 2702 Mt Vernon Rd SE Dec 28 at St Pauls Methodist Church The double ring ceremony was performed by Dr Charles J Bready music by Mrs Hickman The couple will reside in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma Lnenicka
Edward Lnenicka
Jerry Kulhavy
Mt. Vernon Road
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Charles J. Bready
Marshall ,Hickman
Angeline Snenicka
Adolph Procek
C.S.P.S. Hall
Kulhavy
Collins Radio Company
Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids
Jayne Feddern Weds Sgt Zitek In New Year's Ceremony
A candlelight wedding at First Baptist church united Miss Jayne Feddern and Sgt Lamir Zitek after 21 months in the Aleutians. The service featured Rev Grant F Anderson, organist Bernice Baldwin, and soloist Jean Fahrney Butler. Details include bridal attire, attendants, reception, and future plans to join Zitek at Fort Riley, Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jayne Feddern
E. H. Feddern
E Avenue NE
Lamir Zitek
Aleutians
Joseph Zitek
Second Street
Grant F. Anderson
First Baptist
Irene Zitek
Elwood Mann
Judy Ann Nemec
David Lee Nemec
Joey Zilek
Edward Feddern
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van Shaffer
Ralph Yuill
Luxembourg
Mary Lackersteen
Yuill
George Yuill
James E. Ralston
Ninth Air Corps
France
WMT
Capt. Ralston
Weston Ralston
Chet Myers
Light Company
Col. Dows
California
Myers
Chuck
Tater
Chety
Midwest
The
Gazette
Third Avenue Bridge
First Street
Cedar River
Charles R. Hamm
Hamm
Topeka
Kan
Jan I
Winter General Hospital
W. T. Abernathy
Ninth Street
Stella Hamm
Fourth Street
Woman’s Club
Montrose
W. R. Armstrong
Charles Festal
Alleta ‘Shadle
E. R. Newcomer
L. A. Talbott
A. R. Locke
Barbara Nassif
Red Cross Sewing
Red Cross
Tthe Nature
Garden Department
Nature and Garden
Nature and Garden Department
JW. R. Armstrong
Robert Lawson
Marshall Clark
H. C. DeWitt
Health Education
Health Education Department
Karl Blaise
R. M. Ziegler
F. B. Benesh
H. V. Little
Taylor
Modern Reading Club
H. R. Taylor
Bie Boulevard
Robert Bickel
Grande Avenue SE
Helene Curtis
Lovely Lady Beauty Shop
DIAL
Sheperdess Guard
Nell Kunz
Miss Hallman
South
Shakespeare Club
BE. R. Moore
Knollwood Drive
Joyce Stebbing
Basley
St. Paul, Minn
William P. Basley
Charles
Grovecourt
J. Kulhavy
Mother
Dad
Dempsey's
Oscar Workman
Dempsey
Second Avenue
Sgt
Zitek Wed
Zitek
McKinley High School
Sgt. Zitek
Wilson High School
Fort Riley
Wilson Avenue
Merimyx Dancing Club
George Swartzendruber
Soboda
ITO Kappa Delta Mothers
Kappa Delta Mothers Club
E. M. Soboda
Third Avenue SE
H. E. Doty
Second Avenue SE
Jay Hesser
Roy Chapman Andrews
John H. Rieniets
William
James
Catherine
Charleston
S. C
Comdr. Rieniets
Naval Hospital
Lumir Ziter
Master Photographers
Paramount
Lasswell
Lasswell Studio
Petticoat
Higbee
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