Y W C A Marks 50th Anniversary Dinner in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Y W C A observed its golden anniversary with a Thursday dinner at the Y W C A. Miss Katherine Franken presided over a business meeting, with 125 guests attending. Mrs May Pardee Youtz of the University of Iowa spoke on rising to life’s challenges. The program featured Inter Ocean chorus performances and a review of fifty years by Miss Ida McQuin. Board members were elected for three-year terms and several officers named to fill unexpired terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Katherine Franken
Margaret McKnight
S. E. Cogquillette
T. B. Yuill
Ida McQuin
Olivet
Franken
LaVerna Stastny
Marjorie Lowry
Marilyn Condon
Joan Hinerwadel
Business Industrial
Martha Becker
Zula Cacek
Helen Crane
Bertha Davies
Lillian Dusek
Marcella Gibbons
Dorothy Kepler
Lydia Kriz
Frances McFall
Marjorie Meeker
Myrtle Tillapaugh
May Pardee Youtz
Child Welfare Extension Service
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids Association
Youtz
Inter-Ocean Chorus
Maurine Hamblin
McKinley High School
Fred G. Kellogg
David I. Stofler
Helen Chada
C. Harve Geiger
Frank Guyott
J. R. Treichler
L. W. Dunlan
J. E. Norrgard
Mies
Robert Mathes
Dwight Krumholtz
Wayne J. Foster
I. E.E. ‘Linkletter
C. B. Meffert
Harley ‘Bowser
James Yuill
Russell ‘Knapp
Paul Maney
Betty Burianek
Everett Fisher
Earl ‘Nichols
Pearl Everett
Miss Stein
Ida May Hoffman
Mildred Feres
Iowa Marriages Reported Across Cities and States
Iowa couples wed in Chicago Kirksville and Long Beach Calif. Colum bus Junction connections include Nellie De Witt and Harold Dunham marrying in Chicago on January 15, Ruth Evelyn Carpenter and Harold Hall wed in Kirksville on December 31. Decorah and Independence notices list Ethel Matter and Galen Sensor, Nina Plank and Leo Markulis marrying in January across California and New York harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Nellie de Witt
William R. de Witt
Harold C. Dunham
Navy
Norfolk, Va
Chicago
Kirksville
Ruth Evelyn Carpenter
Floyd Carpenter
Conesville
Harold T. Hall
L. B. Hall
Decorah
Ethel
Notable staff figures in local youth organization
Miss Lucile Harris serves as Girl Reserve secretary, Miss Marian Pospishil is office secretary, and Miss Ida McQuin works as night clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucile Harris
Marian Pospishil
Ida McQuin
Cedar Rapids Privates Graduate From WAC Training
Private Della E. Foster and Private Vernalda G. Rogers, Cedar Rapids natives, completed WAC training at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia. Foster works in a mess hall while awaiting her husband's basic training after a civilian post with Wilson and company. Rogers, previously employed by Cedar Rapids Transportation, joins the WAC detachment at Camp Crowder Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAC
Fort Oglethorpe
Della E. Foster
Third Street
Vernalda G. Rogers
D Street
W. E. Foster
Army
Wilson and Company
Pvt
Foster
Newman’s
Cedar Rapids
Rogers
W. A. Rogers
American Legion Auxiliary
Cedar Rapids Transportation Company
Camp Crowder
Severson and Smith Wed in Los Angeles Candlelight Ceremony
Miss Helen Jeane Severson and William Mathew Smith were married December 28 at the Collicott home in Los Angeles. Rev. Dr. Willsie Martin officiated with family members Omafaye Waggoner Huffman and Capt. E. H. Smith present. Mrs. Smith, formerly of Douglas Aircraft, and Mr. Smith of Lockheed training, were honored at a reception afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Severson
C Avenue NE
Helen Jeane Severson
William Mathew Smith
Delbert Collicott
Los Angeles
Willsie Martin
Wilshire First
Mount Vernon Couple Entertained Before Norfolk Trip
Mount Vernon Ensign and Mrs. Fred L. Travis Jr. are being hosted by friends in California and Iowa before their departure to Norfolk Virginia. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lacock, Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Travis Sr., Mrs. Hester Travis, and several others at dinners and showers. A Mexican themed U.S.O. dance for N.F.P.S. cadets was held in the high school gym, with more gatherings at the Baker house and Ingleside dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ensign
Fred L. Travis, Jr
California
Norfolk
C. S. Miller
Robert Lacock
Tipton
Fred L. Travis
Hester Travis
R. P. Ink
Charles Zoda
Travis
Baker House
Lester Caraway
U.S.O
N.F.P.S
Hutchinson
Damon Gunn
A. J. Rogers
Lee Paul
Opal
J. E. Beach
Clarence Bohlander
Cedar Rapids
Mmes. Payson Peterson
Charles Keyes
Samuel McLaughlin
Frank Cole
E. R. Ristine
William Dunn
Forecast For 1944 Cosmetics Brighten Wartime Woman
Frances Eby Jakoubek reports a hopeful outlook for American cosmetics in 1944 as easing restrictions and available ingredients support continued use. Consumers urged to buy necessities, avoid panic, and use items sensibly with wartime care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. L. Mayham
Toilet Goods Association
Bonnilee Freeman Weds Lt Arthur L Brown in Indianapolis Service
Mrs Lee Freeman of Clarence announces Bonnilee Freeman marrying Lt Arthur L Brown formerly of Clarence and now at Pyote Texas. The candlelight double ring ceremony was Jan 17 at 7 30 p.m. at the Methodist church in Indianapolis with Dr Loran Hail officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Freeman
Clarence
Bonnilee
Arthur L. Brown
Pyote
Texas
Army Air Corps
Methodist Church
Indianapolis
Ind
Loran
Alta Beatty
Cedar Rapids
Patrick G. Brown
Brown
St. Vincent Hospital
Lt. Brown
Church Groups Schedule Meetings Across City
A long list of church groups meets midweek in various churches and parishes. The Women's Missionary Society at Kenwood Park Presbyterian holds an all day gathering with lunch at noon, while the Van Vechten guild and multiple circles meet on different days with hostesses named. Other groups include the Married Peoples class, St Margaret's circle, St Rose circle, and several Lutheran and United Brethren societies with times, hosts, and venues listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Women’s Missionary Society
Howard Manville
First Avenue SE
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
John F. Gaston
Wayne Montgomery
Clayton Mossman
Esses
A. T. Nelson
H. C. Kullander
United Women’s Missionary Group
First Congregational Church
Club and lodge notices parade in local society scroll
Local notices list meetings for O R C Auxiliary Columbia Division No 7 and many fraternal groups at Sokol hall Maine lodge hall and First Avenue locations. Events include card parties installations picnics and bake sales with names of officers hosts and meeting times throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Division
Kensington
J. A. Phillips
First Avenue NE
Sokol Hall
Sunshine Auxiliary
Maine Lodge Hall
Star of Maine
Rebekah Lodge No. 221
Linn
Ioway Hive
Linden
Modern Woodmen of America
Foresters Hall
First Avenue SE
Companions of the Forest No. 1367
Degree day outlook and rationing notices state wide
State rationing guidance lists meat sugar processed foods and fuel coupons with valid dates and transfer rules. Degree days show this season 5 percent warmer than last and 1 percent colder than normal with 53.7 percent of a full heating season deficit. The Linn county war ap and rationing Pleune chief clerk in the American building outlines office hours and inspection deadlines for six month vehicle checks tires and agee dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County War Ap
American
First Avenue
Second Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Y.W.C.A
Marguerite Stein
Board of
W.C.A
Iowa
Tike Popler Java Room
Kot Montrose
Signal Corps Photos
Helen Severson
W. M. Smith
Mount Vernon
Frances Eby Jakoubek
Woman's
Milady
New York
Stork Club
Alyn Wayne
Florists Telegraph
Wayne
U. S
Ameri
Mars
Miss Freeman
Kenwood Park Presbyterian
Peoples Church
van Vechten Guild
St. Paul’s
Immaculate Conception
St. Margaret’s Circle
Wilson Carpenter
M. D. Marr
Lloyd Miller
St. Rose Circle
M. B. Dillion
St. James
Saran Lutheran
Fourteenth Avenue
Tenth Street SE
Second Christian
Walter Clauson
A. van Horn
Second Avenue
W. M. Washburn
Thirteenth Street NW
Trinity Methodist
H. P. Usher
First Avenue NW
C. H. Newman
F Avenue NW
S. D. Keyes
Eleventh Street
W. A. Kibbie
Ninth Street NW
Division 5
John Miller
Eighth Avenue SW
Kenwood Park
Spiritual Life Group
Calvary Baptist
Central Park Presbyterian
Martha
H. H. Doolittle
B Avenue NE
Grace Episcopal
Women’s Auxiliary Guild
John M. Drabelle
Fairview Drive
St. Martha’s Circle
F. L. Campion
Eugenia Frambach
United Brethren
Bethel Methodist
the Missionary Society
Otha Davis
First Street NW
St. Matthew’s
St. Gertrude’s Circle
George R. Moloney
Bever Avenue SE
Edward Penrod
Shaver Road
O. R. C. Auxiliary
Social
Social Fifty Club
L. E. Blessing
Fifteenth Street
Valley Camp
R.N.A
Maccabees
Fu Jen Club
China Relief
Bungalow of the Light Company
Star of the West
Star of the West Lodge
Pythians
Pythian Hall
Iowa Volunteers Auxiliary
Iowa Volunteers
Order of Railway Conductors of America
Roosevelt Hotel
Linden Camp
General Dodge
Memorial Building
Post Office Auxiliary
Post Office Clerks Local 166
Theodore Neilsen
Tenth Street
First Presbyterian
Chapel Society
Guild No
Carrie Morcombe
Fidelity Life
Lillian Schwarz
Fourth Street NW
Fidelity Life Booster Club
John A Yuza
Thirty-second Street
T. Z. Cook
T. Z. Cook Woman's Relief Corps No. 11
Betty Sherman
Belle Plaine Club
Minnie Seely
Commonwealth Apartments
Companions of the Forest
Praha Rebekah
Praha Rebekah Lodge No. 5
Soko Hall
Thomas Wildey
Minerva Delphian
Cup
South America
Pho
Lasswell Studio
Fuel Oil
Agee
Ration Board
OPA
Women's
Tad
Ion
Lexington Ave
Dewan
Tebe
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