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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1945
Page
12
East Iowa brides and others announce marriages across cities including Columbia South Carolina Oakland California and Camp Hood Texas. The column notes engagements births farewells and social events with named families and military connections.
Mia Slavenska former Monte Carlo Ballet Russe prima ballerina will headline the Cedar Rapids Community Concert Association series at the Paramount next Wednesday. The 8:15 show requires membership tickets only, with doors opening at 7. A four-dancer and two-pianist supporting cast accompanies Slavenska who has starred with Greer Garson and Jeannette MacDonald in major productions.
Miss Lucile Hamrin will wed Elmer L. Beedy. Bridal showers and social gatherings honor the bride designate with twenty, twelve, and various hostesses hosting events at homes and clubs. The sequence includes kitchen and miscellaneous showers plus a waffle supper by Inter-Ocean girls chorus.
Miss Maude K. Mock and Cpl. Charles E. Hess wed in a Monday ceremony at St. John's Catholic Church Independence. Hess, returning from 36 months overseas, received multiple ribbons. The couple had a reception at the Hotel Gedney with family and friends. Mrs. Hess is a Collins Radio employee.
Miss Alice Papes advisory secretary of the American board to the YWCA of Brazil will speak at the local YWCA annual meeting Monday evening. Her topic is Our Big Neighbor Brazil. Papes has been in South America eight years and will discuss youth roles and WCA development.
Miss Mary M. Trainor and Merritt L. Miller wed Monday at 8 pm in the Immaculate Conception rectory with Msgr. John M. Malloy officiating. Miller returns from 22 months in the South Pacific. future duty in California. The bride is employed by J C Penny. groom previously with Paulson Construction. They will visit relatives in Chicago before new assignments.
Cedar Rapids appeal asks local groups to furnish sunrooms at Schick hospital as 16 more are needed for convalescing soldiers returning from battlefronts. Red Cross leaders in Clinton and Linn County urge Eastern Iowa chapters to donate equipment and rooms. Call Mrs. Yates at Hed Cross rooms for details.
Dramatist Eleanor Sykes Peters of Peoria Ill gave a Cedar Rapids Woman's club program titled Contrasting Portraits. She presented four scenes from great plays and discussed evolving mother daughter dynamics while preserving lasting relationships. Belle Campbell chaired hostesses and a new member, Mrs Keith Tow, joined Coe College circle. Mr and Mrs Earl Churchill celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with a surprise party hosted by daughter Marjorie. guests Kathleen Rowe and Louis George Bishop assisted.
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