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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 17, 1935

Page

2

Mrs. M R Warren Elected Head Of Cedar Rapids Camp Fire Council

Mrs M R Warren was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Council of Camp Fire Girls at the annual dinner at the First Congregational church. She succeeds Mrs John Stansbury who led the council for three years. George Chassen and Delbert Ashby were elected first and second vice presidents, with Penningroth and Woodside re-elected as secretary and treasurer. The meeting drew over 100 members, guardians, and husbands. Reports highlighted 1934 membership gains, camping at Hitaga, and plans for 1935 camping and expansion.

M R Warren Cedar Rapids Council of Camp Fire Girls First Congregational Church Warren John Stansbury George Chassen Delbert Ashby Charles Penningroth Joe Woodside Stansbury Jo Renewick McCullough Jovet Dinwiddie Jay Hesser Ralph W Bachman Russell Knapp Harold West C C Flodin Camp Huaga L D Dennis Penningroth Hitaga Claassen Ariana Burr Omaha Walf C. Peck J . Hauser National Institute Eldora DeMots J UU Yessler James Killian James Knox B . Wolverton Ara

Girls Present Program At Camp Huega Meeting

A Camp Fire girls group led by Mrs Warren presented a program before a meeting audience. Girls wore ceremonial robes, explained the organization, and performed Camp Fire songs. Mary Gent read, with many participants listed, under direction of Mrs Warren and Mrs Dennis. Mary Jo Johnson accompanied on piano. An exhibit showcased camp craft and photos of Camps Wohelo and Thiaga.

Fie Mrs Warren Mary Gent Nancy Houser Eleanor Rodgers Laura Ann Safely Ruth Jayne Merilyn Miller Nadine Morse Janis Owens Jane Alexander Glenns Powers Lucia Mae Smith Dorothy Milles Jean Walters Margaret Ann Twogood Diana Brokaw Betts Peck Jean Thomps Marie Jane Kubler Sybil

How I Keep My Figure Unlikely Musings on Weight and Fitness

An 18 year old narrator describes being naturally slim and anxious about weight. She details efforts to gain weight through meals and fattening foods while balancing activities like swimming, golf, and study time supervised by a mother and physicians. The text reflects personal worry and societal pressure about body image.

Iowa couples wed in Independence and West Liberty

A pair of Iowa marriages is reported. Independence’s Elizab eth Willenberg and Lawrence Lappe wed at St John’s church with Rev W T Donohue officiating. West Liberty’s Irene Hill and Carl Wiese married at the First Methodist parsonage with Rev W A Smith officiating.

West Liberty Irene Hill Otto Hill West Branch Carl Wiese W.T Wiese First Methodist Church W A Smith Marie Hill William Lawton West Branch High School

Engagement of Sheri Faltis to Jack Robiole Planned

Mr and Mrs Joseph Faltis announce the engagement of their daughter Sheri to Jack Robiole of New York, son of Mrs Pearl Robiole. The wedding is set for the last of this month in New York City. Miss Faltis has worked in Chicago the past four years and will depart Thursday after Christmas with a farewell party and shower held at her parents’ home. Relatives attended and sister Mrs R E Burgitt of Moline was an out of town guest. The couple will make their home in New York. Robiole is with a Brooklyn newspaper.

Independence Elizabeth Willenberg Lawrence Lappe Rowley St John’s Church W. T Donohue Arthur Lappe Marie Kelley Here Joseph Lappe Joseph Faltis Twentieth Street SE Sheri Jack Robiole New York Pearl Robiole New York City Falais Chicago R. E. Burgitt Moline Ill Faltis Robile Brooklyn

Grant Seniors Give Dinner And Dance

The Grant senior class dinner and dance was held in the Roosevelt room at the Hotel Roosevelt on Tuesday evening. A seasonal toast program was led by Class president Joe Dutrt with sections Our Girls by John Wykle and Our Boys by Mary Stevenson. Other toasts included The Last Lap by Vera Machovsky and Around the Corner by principal Fred J. Kluss. The organizing committee featured Olgar Mehchar Elsie Tefer Zanita Fay Vera Machovsky Harold Feuerhelm Edward Stepanek, with sponsors Miss Jessie Chambers Miss Berenice Moffit and Miss Roberta Sheets.

Grant Roosevelt Hotel Roosevelt Joe Dutrt John Wykle Our Boys Mary Stevenson Vera Machovsky Fred J. Kluss

Dinner Honoring Mrs Secrist and Daughters at Smith Home

Mrs and Mrs George Smith entertained at their home on Tuesday evening honoring Mrs Lee Secrist of Lethbridge Alberta, Dan and her daughters Betty and Marion, and Miss Lulu Secrist of Marion. Mrs Secrist formerly Minnie Walsh of Cedar Rapids is a St Luke's nursing graduate, and Miss Marion Secrist is a current St Luke's student.

George Smith Seventh Avenue SW Lee Secrist Lethbridge Alberta Dan Betty Marion Lulu Secrist Secrist Minnie Walsh Cedar Rapids St. Luke’s School of Nursing Maron Secrist St. Luke's School

Betty Kitterman Elected Chi Omega Head at Coe College

Miss Betty Kitterman was elected president of the Coe College chapter of Chi Omega Tuesday. She fills the vacancy left by Pauline Ogden's graduation. Miss Willma Jackson was elected vice president to succeed Kitterman.

Betty Kuitterman Coe College Chi Omega Kitterman Pauline Ogden Willma Jackson Miss Kitterman

Business and Professional Women's club hosts Movie Ball at Montrose

Familiar film figures filled the Hotel Montrose in a Movie Ball themed event. Prizes went to Margaret McKnight as Harpo Marx and Marie Peterson as Greta Garbo. Other costumes included Edna May Oliver and Mickey and Minnie Mouse. An interval featured burlesque scenes from Uncle Tom's Cabin and an orchestra provided dancing music.

Montrose Margaret McKnight Harpo Marx Marie Peterson Greta Garbo Ella Horn Edna May Oliver Mae Aukerman Gayle Zedick Mickey Minnie Mouse Tarzan Mac Little Eva Heaven Helen Randa Lillian Kacer Sadie Kacer Frances Bartlett Marthella Schmidt Claudine Thomas Mildred Ekstrand Kathryn Pogge Lucille Pogge Leta Nazerka Josephine Hexdall Virginia Kincaid Marjorie Meeker

Fairax Families Plan California Visit

Mrs William Behle of Fairfax and Mr and Mrs William Tehel and Mr and Mrs John Louvar of Cedar Rapids travel to California for six weeks Mrs Behle will visit her sisters in Sacramento.

William Behle Fairfax William Tehel Ang John Louvar Cedar Rapids California Behle Sacramento

What's In Fashion Smooth Leather Shoes For Spring

The piece surveys menswear footwear trends with smooth leather shoes suited to wet conditions, highlighting oxfords with two to seven eyelets, side-buckle monk models, opera pumps, and strap sandals in rubbers. It notes lighter underlays, spring pairing with suits, and peasant style influences including sabot-like straps and Breton ensembles. Tomorrow hints at new hat trends.

Farm Bureau Awards Highlight Iowa Convention Proceedings

The Iowa Farm Bureau named township and county award recipients at its Des Moines convention. Standard township and county ratings recognized Dallas county Walnut township Pocahontas county Garfield township and West Waterloo township among others. Four-H and individual membership honors followed with winners from Linn Wright Calhoun Franklin and other counties.

Des Moines Iowa Township Iowa Farm Bureau Convention Shrine Auditorium Dallas County Walnut Township Pocahontas County Garfield Black Hawk County Waterloo Adams County Prescott Township Boone County Douglas Township Adel Boone, Colfax Sugar Grove Hamilton County Freedom Township Cedar Fayette Hancock County Madison, E Liberty Hardin County Providence Township Pottawattamie County Macedonia Township Keg Creek Webster County Dayton Township Woodbury County Floyd Sloan Woodbury Townships Winnebago County Buffalo Township Fayette County Harlan Township Franklin County Ingham Reeve Township Buena Vista County Lee Township Grundy Harrison Marion Muscatine Poweshiek Farm Bureau Standard Township Carroll County Maple River Glidden Grant and Kneist Township Clay County Mitchell County Burr Oak Scott County Harrison County Greene County Davis County Clinton County Chickasaw County Cedar County Linn Wright Calhoun Franklin Clay Black Hawk Scott Boone Cerro Gordo Polk Dallas Story Page East Pottawattamie Jones Counties S. M. White L. G. Scalion Butler County Arnold Anderson Monroe County Floyd Bell M. J. Gavin Horace Clark Allamanee County Glen Jones Jones County E. P. Hayes Washington County Joe Raim Johnson County

Granted Continuance In Slander Suit Involving Horton

The district court under Judge F O Ellison granted a continuance in a $9,000 slander suit filed by Mrs Nora Horton against Newman Mercantile Co and Gladstone T Everett. Illness of a key witness prompted the pause after jury impanelment. Horton, a former Newman employee, had testified before the motion, alleging Everett labelled her a thief in February.

Nora Horton Newman Mercantile Company Gladstone T. Everett District F. O. Ellison Horton Everett Newman

Coe Girl Injured Spinning Top for Child

Marian Hepner, a Coe College student of 12 Fifteenth Street SE, suffered a gash on the top of her left foot when a top she was spinning for her 20 month old nephew James Hepner broke. She was attended at Mercy hospital.

James Hepner Marian Hepner Fifteenth Street SE Coe College Hepner Mercy Hospital

Girl Scalded In Coffee Pot Explosion At Home

Audrey Inman, 14, daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Inman of 1121 Twentieth Avenue SW, was severely burned when a coffee container exploded on a stove. Taken to Mercy hospital at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, she remains confined. The lid apparently blew off from pressure, throwing boiling coffee onto her face as she stood nearby.

Audrey Inman Thomas Inman Twentieth Avenue Mercy Hospital

Three New Directors Elected By Cedar Rapids Country Club

Cedar Rapids Country Club members elected L. J. Prior from Marion Howard Cherry and Clare Marshall to the board of directors succeeding retiring F. C. Chambers J. H. Horan and Robert Safely. Officers will be chosen by the board within a week to ten days. A grill room remodel estimated at 3500 was discussed but no action taken and referred to committees for report. Watering fairways was also discussed and referred to a committee for later report.

Cedar Rapids Country Club L. J. Prior Marion Howard Cherry Nassau Street Clare Marshall Pleasant Drive F. C. Chambers J. H. Horan Robert Safely Ben Witwer Witwer

Harwood Former Cedar Rapids Resident Dies in Tampa

Frank W. Harwood, longtime advertising executive with General Cigar and American Tobacco, died in Tampa after an operation. A Milwaukee native, he moved to Cedar Rapids in 1884, later lived in New York, and is survived by his widow, a Washington sister, Cedar Rapids sisters, Tipton sister, and Chicago brother. He previously resided in Bronxville, New York.

Tampa Fla Frank W. Harwood Bronxville N. Y Harwood Mr. Harwood Milwaukee Cedar Rapids F. W. Harwood General Cigar Company American Tobacco Company Lennon and Mitchell New York City John G., Crighton Washington, D. C T. R. Warriner R. E. McCandless Sherman Yates Tipton F. H. Harwood Chicago

Father of Mrs. Frank Welch Dies

Frank C. Welch president of Peoples Savings bank travels with Mrs Welch and their two children to Richmond Ill where T C Schroeder age 77 dies after lingering illness He fractured a hip last spring and had run a general store in Richmond for over fifty years He was a large landowner with several dairy farms nearby Surviving are his widow three daughters and four grandchildren Funeral arrangements not announced.

Frank C. Welch The Peoples Savings Bank Welch Richmond Ill T. C. Schroeder Schroeder Wendella Gordon J. C. Brown Milwaukee Wis John Gordon John Brown Ted Welch Margaret Ann Welch

Airspeed indicators measure plane speed relative to air

Airplanes use airspeed indicators to record speed relative to surrounding air rather than ground speed. These instruments guide ascent, descent, and efficiency by reflecting true air motion affecting lift and drag.

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