12 Jul 1953
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1953
Page
1
Gelatin salads are praised for saving time and inspiring culinary imagination. Mrs Roland E Prusek of 283 Highland Dr NW shares two favorites Green and White and a lemon pineapple cream dessert plus a marshmallow pineapple mayo blend, all set with chilling steps.
The notice lists forthcoming marriages and engagements including Belly Paul to Kenneth W. Sloan in Washington, and Geraldine LaVonne Sprague to Edwin Eckhart in Arlington. Other engagements include Norma Jean Johnson to Pvt Keith Koch in Onslow and Virginia Mae Vacek to Pvt Robert Wenndt with July and August wedding plans. Several families host reunions and visits in Iowa, Illinois, and Nebraska, with professionals and servicemen noted in medical and military roles.
Miss Maxine Phillips daughter of the Frantelin family departs Aug 1 to serve as a civilian instructor with the overseas affairs division of the defense department. She is one of 450 selected under the government program guided by Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls and may teach children of occupied forces in Germany or France. She plans to return next June after earlier teaching stints in Ida Grove and Fort Dodge.
Local residents and relatives extend travels and visits across the Midwest and beyond. Names include Lowden Deichmann family in Glendale, Norman Meijer to Pueblo, Frances Bush family, H L Hoftimeimer in Davenport, Ross Scherer in Valparaiso, and A L Mensing sailing from New York for a year long Europe tour.
North English residents report visits and vacations with relatives and friends. Dr and Mrs Schoenthal return from Milwaukee. Albert Davenport family leaves for Greenwood South Carolina after ten days with the Holdens. Dirk Minn spends summer with Smiths in New Mexico. Wilkersons tour Mountain Home Idaho. Thurman family guests in Pueblo Colorado. Mrs Hall visits Fort Scott Kansas family. many relate trips to Colorado and Coeur d Alene Idaho.
The London Daily Mirror notes that Princess Margaret and RAF captain Peter Townsend, a divorced commoner, reignite debate over the Church of England’s stance on remarriage after divorce. A Farnborough air display photo from 1950 shows them together.
New York fashion editors, over 150, descend for Press Week to preview fall couture from top New York designers like Hattie Carnegie, Nettie Rosenstein, Trigere, Adele Simpson and Paris houses Dior and Schiaparelli. Up to 70 shows in five days, with schedules packed from morning to midnight, shaping next season’s chic.
New officers were elected at the ACOW meeting in Decorah with Mrs. Clifford Wallmark of Ossian as president and Mrs. Victor Doubek of Fort Atkinson as vice president. Tudelle Dessel of Ossian was chosen secretary and Mrs. George Beovar became treasurer, with Mrs. Parnell Shes serving on the board.
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