Albea Frasinger and Robert Paul Wed at Frasinger Home
Miss Albia Frasinger daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Frasinger 125 Twelfth street NW and Robert Paul son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Paul of Marion were married Tuesday evening at the Frasinger home. Rev J B Clyde of Marion performed the ceremony attended by immediate families. The couple will reside on route 2 Marion after August 1. Mrs J L OBrien Jr hosted a luncheon for house guest Miss Marianne Springer of Mansfield Ohio with Chi Omega ties at Wideneere college in Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albia Frasinger
Joseph Frasinger
Twelfth Street NW
Robert Paul
Ernest Paul
Marion
Frasinger
J. B. Clyde
Bruce Merrifield
Gerald Paul
W. H. Arnold
Los Angeles
J. L. O'Brien, Jr
Fourteenth Street
Marianne Springer
Mansfield
Ohio
Peter Nagle
Rex Wise
Springer
Jean Frame
Miss Springer
O'Brien
Chi Omega
Widemere College
Springfield
Forty Alpha Gamma Delta alumnae luncheon in Lafayette club
Forty Alpha Gamma Delta alumnae met for a luncheon in the Lafayette club room. Officers presiding at the business meeting were Mrs. S. T. Hootman president Mrs. Irvin L. Huffman vice president Miss Josephine Thill secretary and Miss Eleanor Sweitzer treasurer. Out of town members included Mrs Adris Willson Maxwell of Muncie Ind and Mrs Vera epee Campbell of San Antonio ex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority
Lafayette Club
S. T. Hootman
Irvin L. Huffman
Josephine Thill
Eleanor Sweitzer
Adris Willson Maxwell
Muncie
Ind
Veraepee Campbell
San Antonio
Miss Mae Fern Uhlenhopp Honored With Pre-Nuptial Shower
Miss Mae Fern Uhlenhopp, bride elect of Rev Keith Canning, was honored at a Tuesday afternoon tea and pre nuptial shower hosted by Mrs Dudley Moore. Attendees included Mesdames H B Green Paul Gard Ed Kruger and J F Uhlenhopp. Guests hemmed tea towels for the bride elect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Fern Uhlenhopp
Keith Canning
Dudley Moore
Fourth Avenue SE
H. B. Green
Paul Gard
Ed Kruger
J. F. Uhlenhopp
Stitch and Chatter Club Set Friday Work Session
Members of the Stitch and Chatter club will meet Friday at 1 30 p m at the Community House for a work session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stitch and Chatter Club
World War I Poet and Common Word Puzzle Review
A crossword style grid lists clues across and down including World War I poet In Flanders Fields and many everyday words such as bitter herb desert win and breakfast food. The puzzle features numbered entries like 1 Bart 2 Scented and 3 Man with various lengths and themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flanders Fields
Young People Steak Fry Party Attends Palisades Lodge
A Sunday evening gathering started at Miss Glennys Jackson's home 1525 Fourth Avenue SE and proceeded to the Palisades lodge for a steak fry. Attendees included Birdie Fiala Bob Miller Marguerite Scanlon Bob Engle Nadine Fiala Merrill Phillips Merri Frances Bucknell Sammie Jones Miriam Bird Don Maloney Glennys Jackson and George Fox.
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Glennys Jackson
Fourth Avenue SE
Palisades Lodge
Cedar Rapids
Birdie Fiala
Bob Miller
Marguerite Scanlon
Bob Engle
Nadine Fiala
Merrill Phillips
Merri Frances Bucknell
Sammie Jones
Miriam Bird
Don Maloney
George Fox
Home Rebekah lodge party hosted by Miss Lillian Neff
The program committee of Home Rebekah lodge will meet Thursday evening at a party hosted by Miss Lillian Neff at 1310 B Avenue NE. Cards will be played and plans for the lodge year’s next six months discussed. attendees include Margaret Mersh Bertha DeMers Rose Stoddard Ladema Siebert Viola Kucera Lida Yuz a Lucille Holmes and Pearl Wertz. Also listed are tax details for Linn County and Marion area totaling $51.09 dated 6 17 40.
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Home Rebekah Lodge
Lillian Neff
Avenue NE
Margaret Mersh
Bertha DeMers
Rose Stoddard
Ladema Siebert
Viola Kucera
Lida Yuza
Lucille Holmes
Pearl Wertz
Haegg Wins County Home Roof and Attic Insulation Contract
Linn county supervisors awarded the roof and attic insulation project for the county home to Haegg Roofing and Insulation of Cedar Rapids for 1998 dollars. The bid was the lowest on specifications with six firms submitting offers and several alternates or substitutions considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
Haegg Roofing
Cedar Rapids
Arthur Lyons
Marion
Biddick Lumber Company
H. B. Buckham and Company
Des Moines
Home Insulation Company of
Nagle-Eaton Lumber Company
Spahn and Rose Lumber Company
Union Insulation Company of
Mount Vernon man Albert Gaines dies after illness
Albert Ross Gaines, 60, of Mount Vernon died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a lingering illness. A producer of agricultural lime stone, he had lived in Mount Vernon 40 years. Born February 25, 1880 in Lafayette Indiana, he married Margaret Wagner in 1902. Surviving are his wife, a sister Mrs Margaret Wagner of Tipton, a son Albert of Lisbon, and two grandchildren. The body will be moved from Beatty chapel to Neff funeral home for Sunday services at 2 30 p.m. Burial will be in Mount Vernon cemetery.
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Mount Vernon
Albert Ross Gaines
Cedar Rapids
Lafayette
Ind
Margaret Wagner
Anamosa
Tipton
Albert
Lisbon
Beatty Chapel
Neff Funeral Home
Mount Vernon Cemetery
Sandstorm Division To Hold Sioux Falls Reunion
World War II veterans of the 34th Division known as the Sandstorm division will meet in Sioux Falls South Dakota August 10 and 11 for the annual reunion. Cedar Rapids units included Companies C and D of the 133rd Infantry the 67th Brigade Headquarters Company and Battery E of the 126th Field Artillery. Frank J. Lund of Webster City is the national president. A highlight is Col S B Philpot of Jefferson Barracks Missouri and the reunion will feature the Sisters of Cheer reunion item for veterans. Veterans are asked to send current addresses to Paul K Myers Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce.
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Cedar Rapids
Outfit
Sioux Falls
S. D
34Th
133Rd Infantry
67Th
126Th Field Artillery
Frank J. Lund
Webster City
Col. S. B. Philpot
Jefferson Barracks
Camp Cody
Deming
N. M
Sisters of Cheer
Sandstorm Division
Paul K. Myers
S. C
Chamber of Commerce
Bridge contract awarded for 191-foot Buffalo creek span SW of Prairieburg
Linn county supervisors awarded the last major road project of the three year program for a 191 by 20 foot continuous I beam bridge across Buffalo creek southwest of Prairieburg in Boulder township. Perry Jayne of Cedar Rapids won the bridge bid and McGuire Brothers of Tipton the grading contract. Bids ranged from about 15 000 to 35 000 with W A Burton and Son and several others submitting offers.
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Linn County
Buffalo Creek
Prairieburg
Boulder Township
Perry Jayne
Cedar Rapids
McGuire Brothers of
Tipton
Law
W. A. Burton
Ben C Johnson
McGuire Brothers
Farley declines to forecast 1940 election prospects
Chicago AP James A. Farley Democratic national chairman refused to predict results of the Roosevelt Willkie race. He previously forecast Roosevelt wins in 1932 and 1936 and asked reporters to defer questions until Friday or Saturday when he plans to discuss his future and the 1940 campaign.
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Chicago
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Wendel L. Willkie
Farley
Schmeling Recruited by Nazi Air Force
Former world heavyweight champion Max Schmeling was drafted into the German air force last Monday. Military duties remain undisclosed and sources deny he will join the parachute corps.
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Berlin
Max Schmeling
Air Force
Parachute Corps
Beehive Attack Forces Oshkosh Firefighters
In Oshkosh Wisconsin thousands of bees attacked the fire department as a barn blaze raged. Firemen withdrew unable to cope and the barn burned despite a promise of help.
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Oshkosh, Wis
Oshkosh
Henry Berholtz
City Briefs from Cedar Rapids Area News
Residents report death in Clear Lake, Lions club shows Mexico films at Montrose hotel, Harrison playground kids tour Gazette plant, Cedar Rapids recruit office expands with Marine enlistment, stamp and coin clubs plan joint gathering, finger amputation at Iowa Machine Co, John Barry speaks at camera clubs meeting, Penick and Ford union to form auxiliary to Federal Labor Union 18619.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barry
Cedar Rapids
Tri-City
Federation of Camera Clubs
Davenport
Barry
Labor Temple
Federal Labor Union 18619
Penick and Ford Union
Debut Accordion Act to Head Kenwood Play Night
Bill Mallon will debut as an accordionist on Friday at Kenwood playground. The Van Marionette players return for a new engagement. The program features a playlet Ras putin and two reels of movies. Kenwood directors are Jack M. Thompson and Ardith Dahms.
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Kenwood Playground
Bill Mallon
Rasputin
Kenwood
Jack M. Thompson
Ardith Dahms
Two men flee after Johnson surprises prowlers by garages
Julian Johnson reported two suspicious men peering into garages with flashlights near his home between Sixth and Seventh avenues and Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets SE at about 10 p.m. Tuesday. He could not describe them and notified Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon.
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Sixth
Seventh Avenues
Eighteenth
Nineteenth Streets
Julian Johnson
Seventh Avenue SE
Johnson
Larry Condon
Marmola Offers Slendering Promise for Fat Persons
Marmola promotes a weight loss method for adults with hypothyroidism and urges sensible eating plus directions on the package. It notes the product has been sold for over thirty years with more than twenty million boxes distributed and cautions it is not a cureall and a physician should diagnose thyroid issues.
Canoe recovered after theft report near Central City
A 16 foot canoe owned by E J Petranek of Cedar Rapids reported stolen from a summer cabin two miles west of Central City was recovered three miles southeast of Central City. Deputy Sheriff Pp J Whittemore found it Wednesday afternoon after fishermen spotted the canoe hidden in weeds along the Wapsie river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E .J. Petranek
Cedar Rapids
Petranek
Central City
Pp. J. Whittemore
Wapsie River
Youth described after bicycle theft sale to George Chambers
Police describe a 17 year old who sold a bicycle stolen Wednesday to George Chambers of 212 Fourth street SE for 5 dollars. Fred Bamment of 1119 Thirteenth avenue SE said he spotted the bike in the alley between Fourth and Fifth streets and Second and Third avenues. Chambers told Patrolmen Stusak and Parrish he paid five dollars for the bicycle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Chambers
Fourth Street
Fred Bamment
Thirteenth Avenue SE
Melvin Bamment
Fourth
Fifth Streets
Second
Third Avenues
Chambers
Leonard Stusak
Fred Parrish
Treveys Purchase Home in Independence Missouri
Mr and Mrs James Edward Trevey have bought a home at 320 North River Boulevard Independence Missouri from Cedar Rapids residents. Trevey retired in August 1937 after 37 years as a Rock Island Railroad telegraph lineman. They plan to move in around August 1 and have traveled the United States and Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North River Boulevard
Independence
James Edward Trevey
Cedar Rapids
Trevey
Rock Island Railroad
United States
Mexico
Car crash photo gambit leads to real wreck delivery
A Seattle Times reader phoned in offering a news picture. The city editor asked for a photo, then was astonished when the caller delivered the actual crashed car on a wrecker instead of a photograph.
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Seattle
Seattle Times
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Lydia KK
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Long Inlet
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Lew Price
Leon
Neme Migher
Dinas
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Paramount Theater
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City Briefs
J. R. Watson
Washington Avenue SE
Clear Lake
Watson
B. A. Davis
Lions Club
Montrose Hotel
Tom Owen
Harrison
Gazette
T P Bornhoeft
Carl Evert Courts
Ida B. Courts
Oakland Road
Marine Corps
Courts
Cedar Rapids Stamp Club
The
Cedar Rapids Coin Club
Harry Winn
Thirty-fifth Street Drive
Milroy Horsky
Hamilton Street
Mercy Hospital
Iowa Machine Company
W. J. Flemings
South
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W. J. Fleming
Flora
Highland Drive
Pauline Gillin
A Avenue NW
Etrie Mita
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
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Fla
Montgomery
Ala
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Louisville
Fleming
Rainbow Division of
Treveys
Independence, Mo
First Avenue
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Killian Company
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