Music Of Catholic Church Discussed At Beethoven Club
Mrs. Leo Peiffer led a Beethoven Club discussion on Catholic church music at the YWCA. She traced plain chant history and liturgy, with Mount Mercy choristers singing Gregorian chant under Sister Mary De Lourdes. The program included Lenore Topinka Zora Adams and the Beethoven chorus. a luncheon followed.
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Leo Peiffer
Beethoven Lab
Christ
Sister Mary de Lourdes
Lenore Topinka
Zora Adams
Beethoven
Gas Company
Fae Huttenlocher
Better Homes and Gardens
Home Garden Club Meets at Killian's Tea Room
Members of the Home Garden club were entertained at a dessert luncheon Wednesday at Killian's tea room by Mrs. A. L. Killian and Mrs. T. Frank Hersch. Dean Mary Bell of Coe college showed colored pictures from a Coe geological field trip and local scenes. Mrs. Fred Currell led a garden quiz on house plants.
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Home Garden Club
Killian
A. L. Killian
T. Frank Hersch
Mary Bell
Coe College
Coe
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Fred Currell
Miss Dorothy Canfield speaks at Mount Mercy college event
Miss Dorothy Canfield Camp Firefield secretary spoke to McAuley chapter Mount Mercy Junior College teacher training students Friday afternoon. A reception followed in the college lounge hosted by Jean Tallman Elizabeth Murray Martia Dona hue Anita Marie Sullivan and Ida Mae Becker.
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Dorothy Canfield
Camp Firefield
McAuley
Mount Mercy Junior College
Jean Tallman
Elizabeth Murray Martia Donahue
Anita Marie Sullivan
Ida Mae Becker
Tuesday Ettes Elect Officers At Rosemary Shea Home
The Tuesday Ettes met at 416 Eighth avenue SW to elect officers led by President Miss Shea. Marie Frederick was chosen vice president Nadine Wilson secretary Marilyn Edgar treasurer and Kathleen Chase scribe. Other members include Lois Little Theresa Spaight Janet Joyce Derlene Convey Phyllis Byrd and Ruth Ann Lastuvkva.
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Rosemary Shea
Eighth Avenue
Miss Shea
Marie Frederick
Nadine Wilson
Marilyn Edgar
Kathleen Chase
Ther
Lois Little
Theresa Spaight
Janet Joyce
Derlene Convey
Phyllis Byrd
Ruth Ann Lastuvkva
Mrs Clyde Kent Hosts Wednesday Social Club
Mrs Clyde Kent entertained the Wednesday Social club at 1511 D avenue NE with 18 members present. Mrs F Hartman read a paper on Wild Life and Mrs Hugh Harrington spoke on Wild Flowers. Mrs C E Nelson and Mrs J C Mahannah assisted.
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Clyde Kent
D Avenue NE
Iowa
F. Hartman
Hugh Harrington
C. E. Nelson
J. C. Mahannah
Surprise Birthday Party for Nancy Hale at Geraldine Berg’s
A surprise party honoring Nancy Hale was held Thursday evening at Geraldine Berg’s home. Attendees included Lois Edwards Harriet Bernstein Velma Drake and Patricia Benesh. A skating party was postponed due to snow.
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Geraldine Berg
Nancy Hale
Lois Edwards
Harriet Bernstein
Velma Drake
Patricia Benesh
Valley Camp circle elects officers in Glow room meeting
Valley Camp circle of the RNA met in the Glow room of the Gas company Wednesday night and elected Iva Geist as president Minnie Nurss as vice president Mrs John McGowan as secretary Ellen Stevens as treasurer Refreshments were served.
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Valley Camp Circle
R.N.A
Gas Company
Iva Geist
Minnie Nurss
John McGowan
Ellen Stevens
Immaculate Conception group skates at Arthur rink
A Camp Fire group from Immaculate Conception school held a skating party on January 13 at the Arthur school rink and then went to JoAnn McGuire’s home for refreshments.
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Immaculate Conception
Arthur School
JoAnn McGuire
Jolly Neighbors Meeting Postponed to Jan 25
The meeting scheduled for Thursday at Mrs. Ralph Hopker’s home at 1601 C Avenue NE has been postponed until January 25.
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Ralph Hopker
C Avenue NE
Appointment of Administratrix in Iowa Estate Case
Notice declares Lettie R. I. Talbott estate in Linn County Iowa appoints administratrix on January 19 1940. Creditors urged to pay debts and file claims with the Clerk of Linn County District Court as required by law.
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Lettier I. Talbott
Linn County, Iowa
Estate of Agnes Kriz hearing on private sale of property
In Linn County Iowa District Court an administrator with will annexed Emma Kovar seeks authority to privately sell an undivided one half interest in the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter in section 18 township 82 north range 7 west. The hearing is set for January 29 1940 at Cedar Rapids Court House unless objections are filed.
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District Court of
Iowa
Linn County
Agnes Kriz
Antoinette Kriz
Mars Kriz
Rose Doupnik
Tillie Dobry
Georgia Buresh
Wilma Moorman
Ludomir Kriz
Emma V. Kriz
Agnes Dvorak
William Dvorak
Sadie Spinka
Viasta Fratto
Edna Goodrow
Evelyn Maxine Kriz
Viola Mae Kriz
Lorraine
Campli
Cedar Rapids
Lowe
M. Anc
G. F. Buresh
Betsy Ross Theta Rho Girls Install Members in Formal Rite
Betsy Ross Theta Rho girls held a formal installation Tuesday night at the Sokol hall. Richard Hach assisted by Lumir Zitek and club members installed officers led by Evelyn Hillmer as president and Marjorie Christie as vice president. A dance followed and a regular meeting is set for Tuesday.
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Betsy Ross Theta Rho
Sokol Hall
Thomas Wildey
Junior Odd Fellows Club
Richard Hach
Lumir Zitek
Evelyn Hillmer
Marjorie Christie
Ruth Klepach
Emma Jensen
Eleanor Klouda
Miss Hillmer
Miriam
June Starman
McKinley Hi-V Club Hosts Senior Swirl Dance
The McKinley Hi-V club entertained at the Senior Swirl dance Friday night in the recreation room of the Coe College men’s gymnasium. Chaperons included Miss Sally Wykle Richard Hart Mr and Mrs Frank X Guyott Miss Jean Burroughs and Bud Hall. Committee members were Bob Gourley Don Kriz Earl Whitehead and Charles Fisher.
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McKinley
Dramatic Art Dept Luncheon At Cedar Rapids Woman's Club
The Cedar Rapids Woman's club dramatic art department met for luncheon at the club house. Mrs. Robert E. Campbell gave a study on Homo nyms and Synonyms and Mrs. John T. Hecker reviewed Family Portrait by Lenore Coffey and William Joyce Cowen. Hostesses were Mesdames Edwin Broms L. C. Schuknecht Robert Campbell and W. R. Armstrong.
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Dramatic Art
Cedar Rapids Woman's Club
Robert E. Campbell
John T. Hecker
Lenore Coffey
William Joyce Cowen
Edwin Broms
L. C. Schuknecht
Robert Campbell
W. R. Armstrong
Miss Bettie Smith Hosts Graduation Eve Dance
Miss Bettie Smith entertained friends Thursday after graduation exercises at 153412 Ellis Boulevard NW. Guests included Dolores Anderson Robert Dennis Mickey Phelan Ethel Kirkpatrick Jim Reed Ruth Ann Wilson and Joe Fiala. Dancing was the diversion.
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Bettie Smith
Ellis Boulevard
Dolores Anderson
Robert Dennis
Mickey Phelan
Ethel Kirkpatrick
Jim Reed
Ruth Ann Wilson
Joe Fiala
Newly Elected Officers of Local Ladies Auxiliary
Newly elected officers of the ladies auxiliary to the United Packing House Workers are Ciara Briles president Ruth Reid vice president Maggie Klepach secretary Georgina Womacka treasurer Mil licent Hadlund reporter. Miss a Snell is the retiring president.
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United Packing House Workers
Ciara Briles
Ruth Reid
Maggie Klepach
Georgina Womacka
Millicent Hadlund
A. Snell
Gamma Jammas Gather for Card Evening at Norma Ferguson Home
The Gamma Jammas met at Norma Ferguson's home for a contact game on Wednesday. Attendees included Norma Vinton Betty Shaw Maxine Surry Martha Suchy Arlene England and Betty Lou Rogers. The next meeting is scheduled for February 14 at Betty Rogers' home.
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Gamma Jammas
Norma Ferguson
Norma Vinton
Betty Shaw
Maxine Surry
Martha Suchy
Arlene England
Betty Lou Rogers
Betty Rogers
Arthur PTA Meeting Reviews Membership and Plans
The Arthur school P. T. A. met Wednesday afternoon at the school with piano selections by Mrs. O Stucker. President Mrs. J. C. Milner led the business session and read a message from the state president. 65 members were present and 87 paid. A card party was announced for February 13 at 2 p.m. in the K. P. hall. Ruth Horner Franklin dean of girls spoke while Sammy Leacox and Betty Jane Stephenson played cornet numbers. Tea was served by committee members.
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Arthur School
O. Stucker
J. C. Milner
Walter Musker
Hillbruner
W. L. Sophn
Raymond Pollack
C. R. Omundson
K. P. Hall
Clyde Meffert
Ruth Horner
Franklin
Sammy Leacox
Betty Jane Stephenson
Reuben Smith
A. Rudin
J. Dvorak
W. Smith
Kenwood PTA Meeting Postponed to January 26
With grade schools closed Friday the Kenwood P T A postponed its meeting to January 26.
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Kenwood P. T. A
Mrs Danner Honors Daughter On Birthay
Mrs A J Danner hosted a dinner Friday night at 319 Twenty fourth street NE for her daughter Zara Ann celebrating her fourteenth birthday. Pink and blue decor featured combination place cards and Colonial doll favors. An oblong cake with candles served as centerpiece. Guests included Helen Sliss Helen Miller Mary Holmes Rosemary Power Mildred Davis Patricia Wilson Flo Markey Betty Markey Mary Ann Nolan Mary Jean Engler Marilyn Flow Doris Bruce Phyllis Schnoebelen Margaret Allen Jane Voss Gladys Doran Ruth Ann Hollander.
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A. J. Danner
Twentyfourth Street
Zara Ann
Helen Sliss
Helen Miller
Mary Holmes
Rosemary Power
Mildred Davis
Patricia Wilson
Flo Markey
Betty Markey
Mary Ann Nolan
Mary Jean Engler
Marilyn Flow
Doris Bruce
Phyllis Schnoebelen
Margaret Allen
Jane Voss
Gladys Doran
Ruth Ann Hollander
Chicago Girl Visits Miss Eulalia Hauser
Miss Eulalia Hauser of 1537 Fifth Avenue SE hosts weekend guest Miss Marilyn Hendershott from Chicago during a city society visit.
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Chicago
Eulalia Hauser
Fifth Avenue SE
Marilyn Hendershott
Camp Fire group meets at Reeder home
The Cheskchamay Camp Fire group gathered Wednesday at Mrs. Stanley Reeder's home to discuss emergency procedures and later enjoy games. Miss Dorothy Canfield served as Camp Fire field secretary and guest.
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Cheskchamay
Stanley Reeder
Dorothy Canfield
Taft Warns No Soft Pedaling In 1940 Campaign
Senator Robert A Taft of Ohio warned at a Milwaukee rally that there would be no soft pedaling in criticizing administration policies in the 1940 presidential race He challenged President Roosevelt to keep nonpartisan aims and said foreign policy would become an issue if Roosevelt moves into European quarrels Taft urged Republicans to stand on neutrality limited government and private enterprise to restore employment and prosperity.
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Milwaukee
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Roosevelt
Europe
Taft
Wisconsin
Urges Protection For Farmers Against Allied Buying Policy
Louis J. Taber, master of the National Grange, told reporters after a White House visit that he urged President Roosevelt to take the most vigorous attitude consistent with neutral diplomacy to protect agriculture against combined purchasing by France and Great Britain. He said farmers will have a billion dollars more income this year unless war dislocations occur.
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Washington
Louis J. Taber
National Grange
White House
Roosevelt
France
Great Britain
Taber
Russia
Amtorg Trading Corporation
New York
Sweden
Norway
Rumania
The
North Carolina
Lindsay C. Warren
Harold D. Cooley
Henry A. Wallace
Britain
Rosenbloom Weds Muriel Faeder In Jewish Rites
Los Angeles reports Maxie Rosenbloom, boxer and Hollywood club owner, remarried Frid ay in a Jewish religious ceremony to Muriel Faeder a schoolteacher. The couple had wed in an air plane elopement to Las Vegas last October 9.
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Los Angeles
Maxie Rosenbloom
Hollywood
Muriel Faeder
Las Vegas
Nev
Sunrise and sunset feelings in Panama city life
The piece highlights the unique experience of watching the sun rise over the Atlantic and set over the Pacific from Panama, celebrating the country's coastal diversity and daily rhythms.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Panama
Goebbels Forecasts East Watch by German Peasants
Propaganda Minister Goebbels told a mass meeting in Posen that a German peasantry would arise in Polish lands to keep watch to the east toward Soviet Russia. He declared the Polish state destroyed and warned the war would be unleashed, denying a war of nerves aimed at the Netherlands, Belgium, the Balkans or Scandinavia. He vowed Britain’s Neville Chamberlain would be eliminated, as with Schuschnigg and Benes.
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Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Posen
Holland
Belgium
Balkans
Scandinavia
Neville Chamberlain
Great Britain
Kurt Schuschnigg
Austria
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Vote Modernization of State Hospital Electrical System
Des Moines AP reports the legislative interim committee approved a 22 649 dollar appropriation to Independence State Hospital to upgrade from direct current to alternating current. The grant supplements 1939 10 000 and 1937 9 200 remaining funds. An official said wiring is a serious fire hazard. The panel will tour all state hospitals in April. A separate 27 000 request for the Okoboji lakes sewer project was deferred awaiting further appearances.
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Des Moines
Legislative Interim Committee
State
Independence
H. J. Liebbe
State Board of Control
Okoboji Lakes
M. X. Geske
McGregor
M. L. Hutton
Legless Beauty Weds As Hundreds Look On
Jessie Simpson, a prize-winning legless beauty, wed James Steward in Hackensack at the First Presbyterian church. Hundreds packed the area as she arrived on artificial legs, and spectators swarmed after the couple as four officers struggled to keep order outside the church.
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Hackensack
Allied Actions Stir Americans 10 Resentment
Washington reports show European war moves threatening U S defense plans and farm economy. Bermuda Clipper mail inspection may end Clipper stops. Rubber tin exports urged to stay home. Russia demand via Amtorg noted. Tobacco embargo draws congressional criticism and calls to use economic weapons. Davila plan seeks Western Hemisphere industrial independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Bermuda
Cordell Hull
Joint Army Navy Munitions Control Board
Approve Farm Parity Shift to Fund Parity Payments
Senator Russell said a senate appropriations subcommittee approved a 10 million transfer to complete this year’s parity payments to farmers. Checks were halted after a 212 million fund for the 1939 program ran dry, mainly affecting cotton and corn farmers.
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Washington
Russell
Senate Appropriations
Senate
Congress
Illinois
Iowa
North Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa Farm Bureau Elects Delegates to AFBF Convention
Des Moines AP Iowa Farm Bureau federation closed session selected delegates to the American Farm Bureau federation convention next fall. Men delegates are John Hines Peosta Ed Oppedahl Humboldt and Harold Teachout Farragut with alternates Lee Stevenson Eldon Russell Hays and Gus Swenson. Women delegates are Mrs A J Hansen Cedar Falls Mrs R E Newcomer Moulton and Mrs J F Kohrt Rock Rapids with alternates Mrs J R Wallace Williamsburg Mrs O L Minor Churdan and Mrs Adolph Schultz Silver City. Mrs Raymond Sayre of Ackworth will head Farm Bureau women's work with Francis Johnson president attending as ex officio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
American Farm Bureau Federation
John Hines
Peosta
Ed Oppedahl
Humboldt
Harold Teachout
Farragut
Lee Stevenson
Eldon
Russell Hays
Newton
Gus A. Swenson
Albert City
A. J. Hansen
Cedar Falls
R. E. Newcomer
Moulton
J. F. Kohr
Grinnell Man Dies After Car Accident
Grinnell salesman Cassius A. Parmley, 32, died in a local hospital at 5 p.m. Friday after his pickup ran off U.S. Highway 6, struck a snowbank, and rolled over him at the west edge of Grinnell. No one else was in the vehicle. Parmley is survived by his wife and two children.
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Grinnell
Cassius A. Parmley
U. S. Highway No. 6
Parmley
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Mount Mercy
ETTES
Honor Nancy Hale
I. C. Camp Fire Group
Jolly Neighbors
Muriel English
Crissman and Bleakley, Attorneys
Ben
Dramatic Art Group
P.T.A. Meetings
Arthur
Kenwood
Mrs. Danner
Cheskchamay Camp
Rosenbloom
Willie Willis
Goebbels
East
Clyde Lewis
Shultz's Bakery
WEA Service Inc
Mr. Schultz
Inter-American Committee of Economic Experts
Western Hemisphere
Farm Bureaus
Sae
Fait
Chicago Sunday Tribune
Dan
America
Mosmous
Abe Lyman
Jane
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