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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 16, 1944

Page

20

Time to Select A New Spring Hat

Frances Eby Jakoubek reviews 1944 spring bonnet styles with wartime restraint and playful color combos. Straw sailors to black panamas, feather trims and ostrich accents headline fresh looks for women, paired with tailored suits and bold jewelry for stylish on and off duty wear. Local society notes report Ella Hungerford circle dessert luncheon and church society officers installations.

Frances Eby Jakoubek Woman New York Panama

Church Circle Meetings And Guild Events Schedule

Local church groups from Immaculate Conception to First Baptist plan midweek gatherings. St Mary Agnes circle meets Wednesday at 2 in the school parlor. Mrs Elizabeth Collins hosts. Tabitha Ladies meet Thursday at 2:30. St Johns Episcopal guild Thursday at 1:30 for dessert with Mrs Royal Holbrook.

St. Mary Agnes Elizabeth Collins Tabitha Ladies Society St. John’s Episcopal St. John’s Guild Royal Holbrook Second Avenue SE Chester Johnson Twenty-seventh Street Ay Berger Ralph Moeler I. D. Yanaway Thirty-third Street Charles Wright Johnson Avenue NW Woman's Society of Christian Services W.S.C.S Wesleyan Service Guild C. J. Bready A. F. Harrington Country Club Parkway Circle 10 W. L. Capron Circle 11 F. J. Lightner First Avenue SE Circle 12 W. Kintzinger Linden Tera St. Jan Dorcas Charles Nelson M Avenue NW Immaculate Conception St. Elizabeth’s Circle C. E. Byrnes Third Avenue SE Grande Avenue Presbyterian Ways and Means Society Max Poten Twenty-first Street

Neighborhood circles plan Friday luncheons and meetings

Circles 3 through 12 schedule Friday gatherings at various homes with luncheons and reminders to bring sandwiches. The Friendly Couples, Girls Work, and W.S.C.S. hold additional events including picnics and dessert luncheons, with officers to be elected and a Red Cross sewing session noted.

Marriage of Miss Downer and Marine Pvt Murray

Announcement from Mr. and Mrs. Roy R. Downer of 211 Fifteenth Street SE details the marriage of their daughter Kathrine Jane Downer to Marine Private George William Murray of Chicago. The wedding occurred November 27 in Philadelphia, where the couple reside. Murray serves at the naval aviation supply depot. Murray, a Campion College graduate, earned two presidential citations and wore the first marine corps insignia patch from Guadalcanal. Murray and Kathrine met at Great Lakes naval hospital where she served as an ensign in the navy nurse corps.

Roy_R. Downer Fifteenth Street Katherine Jane Marine George William Murray William Murray Chicago Philadelphia Murray Naval Aviation Supply Depot Navy Nurse Corps Great Lakes Naval Hospital Pvt. Murray South Pacific Franklin High Coe College Alpha Gamma Delta Jane Lamb Hospital Clinton Pvt Campion College Prairie du Chien Wis Marine Corps Pearl Harbor Marine Oe Guadalcar

Vesper Services At Coe College This Afternoon

Vesper services will be held at Sinclair Memorial chapel Coe college at 4 p m today. President Virgil M Hancher of the State University of Iowa will speak on The Price of Achievement. Dr David I Berger dean of the chapel will be present. President Charles A Anderson of Coe will introduce Hancher. The combined a cappella and vesper choirs directed by Prof Paul S Ray will sing two anthems Father Eternal and All Glory Laud and Honor. The Rev James A Hodgson will offer the prayer and President Anderson will give the benediction.

Sinclair Memorial Coe College Virgil M. Hancher State University of Iowa David I. Berger Side Charles A. Anderson Coe Hancher Paul S. Ray Brahms Bach James A. Hodgson Anderson

Aviation Student Dedek Marries Mary Jane Breslin

Miss Mary Jane Breslin daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis G Breslin and Aviation Student J S Dedek son of Mr and Mrs Charles Dedek united in marriage January 8 at Corpus Christi Church St Paul Minnesota. The double ring ceremony at 645 pm officials included William Jerz erski and Thomas Harding. The couple were feted at a reception in Pendergast hall and a dinner at Hotel Lowering. The bride a aqua crepe two piece dress wore gardenia and sweetheart rose corsage. The groom is a Washington high school graduate and lately transferred from the University of Minnesota to Texas for army air training. 000 BUY WAR BONDS

Mary Jane Breslin Louis G. Breslin Fourth Avenue SW J S. Dedek Charles Dedek Mt. Vernon Road St Paul, Minn Corpus Christi Church J. L. Guinney William Jerzerski Chicago Thomas Harding Tennessee William Gombach George Shimek Cedar Rapids Lloyd V. Conart Kansas City Shimek Pendergast Hall University of Minnesota St. Paul Uate St. Patrick’s High School Fanny Farmer

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