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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1954
Page
4
A reader mails Molly Mayfield seeking guidance on whether a romance should continue amid youth unemployment and draft fears. The column weighs the 18 to 21 ordeal, responsibility, and hopes for fair opportunity, urging adult awareness.
JOanne Foss daughter of Mr and Mrs August Foss of St Petersburg Florida formerly of Columbus City was married Saturday to Richard Hendrickson son of Mr and Mrs William Hendrickson of Columbus Junction. The ceremony occurred at the Seminole Methodist church with Rev W L Joyner officiating. The couple will reside in St Petersburg after a wedding trip through the southeast.
A light society page offers stylish Eugene Barrett wearing timepiece cuff links with the motto its later than you think plus practical how to hints. Topics include painting and door fixes, kitchen tips, travel garment bags and summer wear, care for stains, dieting cautions, and notes on amusement park classics.
Belle Plaine residents host relatives and visitors from Minnesota California Illinois Wisconsin and Illinois during weekends and extended trips. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Auguston from Minneapolis and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dvorak of Racine while Dr. and Mrs. Donald Tippett and family return from a ten day Minnesota fishing trip.
The report lists many families traveling and visiting across Minnesota Montana Missouri and Illinois. Notable stops include Gull Lake Moorland and Bovey while family reunions and silver anniversary events mark summer social activity across communities. Some names appear with origins in Chicago St Louis and Portland highlighting regional ties and holiday gatherings.
Local families report summer travels and visits. The Roberts family returns from Minnesota while Gottschalks and Lillies finish visits in Wisconsin and Illinois. A Kiddies Parade is set for July 16 at Memorial Park with a committee led by Marvin Deke and others organizing pony and float divisions.
Mr and Mrs Fred Skinner longtime Manchester residents celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house July Sunday 2 to 5 pm at Glen-Charles hotel A family dinner precedes the event They married July 13 1904 in Manchester The couple has three children Delbert Don Skinner and Edith Ballant The Skinners plan a Chicago trip July 12 to appear on the Breakfast Club broadcast the next morning
Announcements list two upcoming marriages and one engagement. Sandra Lea Isbon will wed Thomas Wickham on July 24 at St. Pauls Lutheran Stanwood. Jeanette Ann Greif will marry Duane Freese at St. Patricks Ryan. Barbara Myers will wed Herbert Hahn on October 27 at First Baptist Lamont.
Solon notes multiple visitors and guests from Milwaukee Fort Atkinson Denver Lancaster Pa Chicago Goodland Minnesota California Loveland and Wheatland. The items list Ruth Heinsius Ruth Ann Dorothy Bramwell C C Jenkins Don Worrells Arnold Randall Freda Peters Libbie Ocheltree Anna Pauba and DeWayne Lamansky among others. The message reads like a social notice of travels and guest stays.
Miss Mary Elwell left Tuesday for Minneapolis. Mrs. Petra Sparks of Ada Minnesota visits in her son Lyle Moe’s home. Mr. and Mrs. Sears Hoseley spend a week in Chicago. Mrs. K D Bickel of Fort Worth Texas stays a month with sister Dr. Alice M Clark Brooks. Mr. and Mrs. Don Strutt and family travel to Woodville Ohio to visit sister in law. Mrs. Frank Williams and her sons from St Charles Missouri visit William Weir home. Mr. and Mrs. Max Sauerbry and children vacation in Oregon.
Mrs Mary Hanus marked her seventy second birthday Sunday at her daughter Mrs Carl Luze home northeast of Dysart. Mr and Mrs L V Kuchynka celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last Sunday in a family gathering.
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