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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1941
Page
3
Mayor John C. Mullin requests Marion residents support for the national defense aluminum collection this week. Linn county supervisors will provide a bill to receive old aluminum at the northeast corner of the city park. Rural districts will gather donations via rural mail carriers.
Marion post No. 298 American Legion and affiliated families meet Monday at 6 30 p m in the Legion hall for a picnic supper An executive committee meeting at 7 30 p m and separate meetings of the post auxiliary follow at 8 p m Mrs Herbert Price and Mrs Hugh Hutton chair the supper committee Others on the committee include Mesdames R J Williams Arthur Newman John A Clay Herbert Wesling Violet Hansstrom Grace Behrens Esther Barber Sophia Johnson and Frances Wahl Auxiliary committee chairmen will give annual reports at their meeting Officers of the auxiliary will be installed at a special meeting July 28
Farewell picnic for Donald Bragg will be at Bever park Cedar Rapids at noon today with Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Bragg in attendance. Cub Scout pack No. 58 holds its Dad and Son picnic at Grangers pasture Tuesday at 5:30 with a model airplane contest and campfire awards. The city council meets at 7:30 p.m. and Encampment No. 91 I OCF meets Monday at 8 p.m. Martin's Creek Community club garden tour postponed. Reginald Adams hosts dinner today in Muscatine. Life-saving classes begin July 28 at the American Legion pool. register beforehand.
Miss Wyona Carey and Miss Anna Mullaley went to Lake Okoboji Saturday evening for a week's outing. Advertisement notes a two-room apartment and provides the phone number 382-1 for inquiries.
Mary Alice Kemble Bonnie Carey and Geraldine Smith leave Saturday afternoon to attend the Clear Lake Methodist Institute. They are joined by Mr and Mrs K V Cornell and their daughter Sydney for a weekend stay.
Clifford O. Johnson and his mother Mrs Hulda Munson of Fort Dodge arrived Saturday evening to join Mrs Johnson in a weekend visit at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs E V Carey.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Fisher and their sons Tommie and Billie left Saturday for a brief visit with in Chicago and Milwaukee.
Miss Mabel Johnstone of Davenport visits Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Hardin for the weekend. Treats include Cherry Rocky Road Hutchinson's Ice Cream Gingham Package priced 13c to 25c per quart at Owen's Cut to Drug.
Young Meg visits the home of Mr and Mrs Howard Clark in Manchester where Mr and Mrs Ray C McCalley and their children Donna and David, join Mrs McCalley s parents Mr and Mrs A G Vaughn of Tucson Arizona for a family gathering.
Handicraft Club No 2 will meet Friday at 1 30 PM at the home of Mrs Ralph Parks 762 Ninth Ave Mrs Roy King will be pro.
Mrs Frances Pringle and her daughter Barbara of Chicago have been staying at Storm Lake for several days and will arrive this afternoon to visit Mrs James A Pringle.
Mrs Ina Dye Minor spent several days in Cedar Rapids visiting her cousin Bel Walsh and returned home.
The Cornerstone Kensington of the Presbyterian church will be held Thursday at 2 30 p m at the home of fs L A Klump 937 Eighth street. Assisting hostesses will be Mrs Klumphs daughters Mrs Merle Robson and Mrs George Bristol.
The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Car E. Krog accompany Mrs. Pauline Krog and Mrs. Louis Bretthauer to Bretthauer's home in Ute on Monday. Pauline Krog, who suffered a stroke two weeks ago, will stay there, while the Krogs plan to return to Marion.
Mark Woodward and his nephew Jack Beeson Jr built a cement faced outdoor fireplace in the Woodwards’ garden at 1585 Seventh Age Carrying. The 12 foot high structure rests on a four foot base and features a Scotch man head with pipe and tam o shanter. Stone from Wapsi Pinicon river banks supplied much of the material. Woodward plans a Mount Rushmore style memorial on the east side and is currently crafting a cement tree from an old culvert to be barked and inscribed with hearts arrows and initials.
Leaving today for Clear Lake for a week at the Methodist Institute are the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Clyde and their children Helen and Robert. Mrs. Myrtle Wagner. the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Scott and Betty Lou Jean and Bob Scott. Dorothy Hutton.
The Marion Choral Club will meet Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the public library for a regular session and group singing.
Members of Handicraft club No. 1 and their children will meet for a Wednesday noon picnic at Thomas park. The event invites families to enjoy a midday outing with refreshments and activities.
The Y M C A drum and corps from Cedar Rapids meet at 2 30 today at the Legion hall. They will depart later for the Lions Club national convention in New Orleans.
Frank B. Travis will return this evening from Clear Lake where he has been since Wednesday.
Today in the Stitzel residence Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Whipperman and their children Frank and Dorothy visit along with Robert and Lloyd Richardson and Mrs. Lloyd Richardson of Davenport to meet the hosts Dr. and Mrs. H. G. Stitzel.
The Marion chapter will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the home of Robert P. Burns to discuss club affairs and upcoming fishing and hunting events.
Ten members of the Tuckallache club met Friday for a picnic lunch at the home of Mrs. W. S. Hewitt. They planned a further picnic in August at Thomas Park.
Mr and Mrs Glenn E Kinser entertained at dinner Saturday at their home honoring Donald Bragg visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Albert E Bragg Mr Bragg will leave later this month for Corpus Christi Texas to serve three years with the navy band at the naval air station there
The Walther league of St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church will hold a meeting tonight at 7 30 at the church.
Miss Lucille Cone leaves today for a two week stay in Beach, Florida. The trip follows a family connection involving Miss Granger’s aunt, Mrs. oo Mc.
Mrs Ashley Williams has been ill for a month and remains bedridden at her home 1705 Seventh Avenue.
Jack Higgins son of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Higgins of 890 Thirteenth Street who suffered severe burns in a February 13 home explosion is now able to be out of bed part of the time in a wheelchair. Beverly and Maxine Craig of Chicago, former Marion residents, were guests of the Higgins.
A family picnic at Thomas marks the birthday of William Domer age 1174 Fourteenth Street. Attending are the Day family from Rock Island Ill and Rapids Iowa, the Stevenson and Summy families, and nearby relatives including Ronnie Tommy and Virginia Stevenson.
Vida Casper, once a Washington high school glee club member in Iowa, becomes a United Air Lines stewardess. She joins over 200 flight attendants on coast to coast routes after completing training and hospital duties. Casper enjoys dancing horseback riding and playing violin and piano in spare time.
Mrs. D. A. King hosted a five hundred club evening at 1100 English boulevard. Five hundred was played at three tables with Roy Houser winning high and Leonard Burrows second high. Mrs. Harold Miller and Roy Houser shared traveling prizes.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Pearson and Mrs Mary Hanna prepare to depart this morning for a weeklong vacation They will stop at Fort Colline and Miss Eleanor Hanna who has been attending summer school there will accompany them to the destination.
McGREGOR The Mississippi River village of Harper's Ferry in Allamakee county is now receiving electric light and power from the REA, the first incorporated town in Iowa to be serviced. About 300 residents join with several hundred farms in Allamakee and Clayton counties on the high line. Temporary shortages from Galena Illinois will end after August 15 when lines energize from the Tri State REA plant in Genoa Wisconsin. Twenty four street lights of 200 watt bulbs have been installed along with fixtures and first bulbs furnished. Street lighting will be paid for at a flat rate, replacing the former community gas and electric plant run by local citizens for 25 years.
The department of commerce notes most tricks and buses operating in Jo use or fuel.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Thurn celebrate 50 years of marriage at their Manchester home. He turns 76 on Monday, she 77. An open house for about 80 relatives and friends is held today at the Thurn home with a noon dinner at the Glen Charles hotel and a 3 to 5 30 pm reception. A mass follows Monday at St Marys Catholic church. The couple wed July 21 1891 in Strawberry Point. The Thurns have three daughters and three grandchildren.
A Buchanan county district court partition filing covers 160 acres in Hazleton township that have stayed with the Sufficool heirs since 1848 when the federal government sold them to Orlando B. Sufficool. The land was conveyed in four parcels to plaintiffs Charlotte M. King and Sarah F. Heskett, with defendants Orlando and Glenn A. Sufficool, as heirs of Emma G. Sufficool, widow of Orlando B. Sufficool.
DES MOINES AP state welfare board figures show 14,859 Iowans on June relief rolls classified as unemployable, down from 19,732 in June last year a 25 percent drop. Officials offered no explanation for the decline while noting job growth may influence family relief status.
Dr Warren N Keck an ornithologist from Coe College will join the Nature Study School at Coe. He will present lectures lead bird hikes and conduct special work on Iowa trees for the Iowa Ornithological Union.
In Hamilton Bermuda the assembly rejected daylight saving time as cruel to animals amid farmer testimony that an extra hour would disturb livestock. The proposal failed 25 to 6.
Mesdames Brown Zajicek Markitan Miltner Anash and Misses Brown Howard Howard Pavelka completed home hygiene and sick care courses by Red Cross instructor Lois Lang of Iowa City. Anamosa reports two new homes started Dolan and Lover while Van Kirk and Owen homes near completion. Earlville hosts Big Gala Days with baseball games county events and a pie contest with a state fair trip prize plus a lion tiger elephant carnival. Independence notes a divorce petition for Virginia Frost against Paul Rost with alimony and custody requests. Waukon honors retiring library board members Ellison Orr and Mrs. J E O Brien. Crela auburg Rebekah lodge installs officers. Delhi marks Clara Jackson 90th birthday. details on her family. Thornburg man injured by a broken bell crane. North Liberty elects Standard Bearers officers for the Methodist church.
Pierre Plechot, a 35 year old French cook who spent 17 years in the United States, leaves Hormel’s Austin Minnesota to serve in the Fort Des Moines kitchen. He aims to prepare canapes terrapin Maryland lobster Bellevue and supreme Jeanette for soldiers while proudly serving the American army. He plans to teach soldiers how to clean a chicken efficiently and has earned praise for his whipped cream topping on strawberry shortcake. His mother lives in Philadelphia.
Mrs. David Lennox Jr of Marshalltown announced the appointment of Mrs. Robert Pike of Sioux City as chairman of national defense work for the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs. Sub-committees include Agriculture, Americanization, Aviation, Conservation, Consumer Problems, Housing, Recreation and Red Cross, Nursing, Nutrition, and Stamps and Bonds with several Des Moines Tama Carroll Ida Grove Fort Dodge Iowa City names. A letter to Iowa women from Mrs. John L. Whitehurst of Baltimore was noted.
A penitentiary guard involved in the Faulkner case was arrested July 11. He had served as a trusted officer in charge of setting up targets at the prison rifle range, according to investigators.
Iowa board of control records identify the inmate as Jack OBrien also known as Stanley Faulkner and Fiarold Seen. He escaped Fort Madison on Jan 24 1937 after a 10 year sentence for automobile theft in Grinnell in 1933. Records show no manslaughter conviction as claimed to New London police.
Burlington AP Glenn Cray announces Vice President Henry Wallace will speak July 31 at 9:30 p.m. nationwide broadcast correcting earlier 7 p.m. time.
Funeral services are held at 2 30 p m in the Methodist church for Mrs. Sarah Doe 93 long time Tama resident who died at Deaconess hospital February 27 after a fall. Rev Frank V Getty presides Pallbearers include R B Lichty Fred Evans C M King Ben Horner Earl Soth Cor Burial is in Woodlawn cemetery Toledo She was born January 18 1848 near Mount Vernon daughter of Joseph and Margaret Robinson and married Franklin D Doe in 1867 in Linn county. She lived in Tama since 1875 and with her son in law since 1928. She was a charter member of the Toledo Woman's club survived by a grandson three great grandchildren and a sister Mrs J B Irons of Toledo.
Winneshiek county board of supervisors rescinded last week actions that closed the county relief office after learning the closure would affect NYA WPA and CCC activities and the distribution of commodities.
Des Moines AP reports a state wide flower show offering 1700 in cash prizes along with special contests displays and features during the Iowa state fair. The event runs August 22 to 29.
The government aims to produce 40,000 pilots annually by the end of 1941. The army is allocated 30,000 pilots and the navy 10,000, totaling the planned output.
The McCleary Clinic at 2705 Elms Blvd Excelsior Springs Missouri releases a 122 page up to date guide on colon disorders piles and constipation with charts diagrams and X ray pictures. Send a postcard to request the book.
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