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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 16, 1944

Page

18

Roundup of wartime notes from Cedar Rapids area

Local items recount a Navy LT from Chicago area and his roots in Cedar Rapids. wartime letters to a dog recount a Christmas far from home. an out of town speaker mocks gear and a German fly quip. office records recycled for waste drive. various brief notes on Red Cross Danish translation, reunions of soldiers and spouses, hunting gear disposal, and PFC humor in Washington.

Robert Vane Navy South Pacific Elys England Lamb Lions Club Bruce West Cedar Rapids M.P Washington, D. C West Army

Dr Eric Clitheroe to Address Cedar Rapids Woman's Club

Dr Eric L Clitheroe associate professor of religion at Coe College will speak at the Cedar Rapids Woman's Club general meeting Monday at 2 30 p m on Psychology of Leadership The current events department with Mrs J C Ramsey and Mrs A H Mott in charge Also notes on other club activities and upcoming programs including art music and health education events and Founders Day candle service.

Eric L. Clitheroe Coe College Cedar Rapids Woman’s Club J. C. Ramsey A. H. Mott Norfolk England Dr. Clitheroe United States Wasatch Academy Utah Mt. Pleasant Westminster College Salt Lake City College of Wooster Ohio McCormick Theological Seminary Icago Europe University of Scotland Parsons College New York Avenue Presbyterian Church Washington, D. C Clitheroe James H. Blackstone, Jr Westminster Presbyterian Church C. C. Moffitt Eleanor Houts Coe A. R. Swein Judson J. Calkins Clayton Smith Health Education Department Cne Panama Henri Bollen F. B. Benesh R. M Ziegler W. P. Rohrbach O. W

Miss Wandel Weds Ensign LaFontaine

Miss Kathryn Wandel daughter of Mrs. Josephine Wandel of Twenty sixth Street SE and Ensign Robert Frederick LaFontaine son of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. LaFontaine of Spirit Lake wed January 7 in Norfolk Virginia. Chaplain Kelly officiated before a chrysanthemum altar. The couple plans to live in San Francisco after a reception at the Navy Officers Club in Norfolk.

Gazette-Lux Cedar Rapids Norfolk Ensign Robert Frederick LaFontaine Kathryn Wandel Josephine Wandel Street Robert Fredrick LaFontaine L. P. LaFontaine Spirit Lake Kelly Delta Delta Delta Sorority Ensign LaFontaine Coe Chi Beta Phi Pi Kappa Delta National Forensic Fraternity Pi Gamma Mu Midshipmen’s School Columbia University Norfolk Force

College Club Schedule and Meetings This Saturday

College club members will meet Saturday at 2 15 p m in the W C A auditorium. A two piano program will be performed by Mrs Marshall J Hickman and Mrs A Otto Ambroz. Judge Guy P Linville will discuss Recent Legislation Passed Which Is of Interest to Women. Hostesses include Mrs B G Broghammer and a committee. Belle Giberson to discuss Effects of War on Romanticists and Classicists at a Beethoven club meeting Wednesday at 10 a m. Several ladies named as participants and group leaders listed.

College Club W.C.A Marshall J. Hickman A. Otto Ambroz Guy P. Linville Mines B. G. Broghammer H. S. Nicol G. W. Day R. D. Taylor Belle Giberson Iowa Note Kelle Ellett Charles Cuyler Paul Miner Louis Sita E. M. Adams C. R. Sanborn Opal Beatty W. G. Basler

Larson Buckner engagement noted in local notices

Miss Jeanette Larson and Pfc Melvin A Buckner are engaged, with Jeanette a Franklin high school graduate employed by Iowa Engineering and Melvin a Roosevelt high school graduate on furlough from Army service. Also listed are club notices and social events at Mrs Richardson and Miss Cullman’s homes with Rainbow for Girls officers attending.

W. A. Larson D Avenue Jeanette Pfc Melvin A. Buckner A. 8. Buckner A Avenue Miss Larson Franklin High School Iowa Engineering Company Pfc. Buckner Roosevelt High School Aleu

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