Cornell Dormitory Addition Opens at Pfeiffer Hall
Official opening of a $50 000 addition to Pfeiffer hall at Cornell Vernon was marked by an informal open house hosted by trustees and faculty. The renovation adds housing for 50 women, living rooms, dining space, recreation area, and redecorated interiors guided by W. J. Brown and Max Mildenstein of Cedar Rapids.
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Nount Vernon
Pfeiffer
Cornell
Henry Pfeiffer
Garfield Merner
Merner
King Memorial Chapel
Mount Vernon
W. J. Brown
Max Mildenstein
Cedar Rapids
Marion and Cedar Rapids pair wed at Presbyterian church
Mary Elkin daughter of Mr and Mrs R J Elkin and Milan Freese son of Mr and Mrs Louis Freese of Cedar Rapids were married Saturday night at 8 30 in the Presbyterian church. The Rev C V R De Jong officiated with pink and white peonies ferns and palms decorating the altar. The bride wore white embroidered organdy and a crown of pearls plus orange blossoms. Attendants included bridesmaid Madylene Elkin and ring bearers Barbara Ann and Beverly Jean Petrak. The couple plans a home near Cedar Rapids after June 10 and Freese works as a welder for La Plant Choate.
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Mary Elkin
R. J. Elkin
Marion
Milan Freese
Louis Freese
Cedar Rapids
Presbyterian Church
C. V. R. de Jong
Miles Sutera
Robins
Raymond Bebee
Madylene Elkin
Barbara Ann
Beverly Jean Petrak
Willis Bachman
Mount Vernon
Milo Petrak
Harold Free
Methodist W S C 8 divisions plan meetings and socials
Divisions including Com forter Gleaners Keystone Rainbow Sunshine and Loyal hold Wednesday gatherings a dessert luncheon picnic and officer elections with rain contingency at specified homes and times Lorraine circle meets Monday at 5 in the Masonic temple followed by a 6 o clock picnic supper Cary club hosts annual picnic Monday at 1 at Mrs. Harry Snell home.
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Methodist
Comforter
Edward Manson
Blair's Ferry Road
Gleaners
Clifford Beall
Keystone
Elmer Fisher
Eleventh Street
Rainbow
Louis C. Ross
Eighteenth Street
Sunshine
Will Sherman
Marion
Oscar Martin
Loyal
D. Earl Miller
Cary Club
Harry Snell
Engagement announced for Saunders Caldwell couple
Mrs. Martha Gillespie of 985 Thirteenth Street announces the engagement of her granddaughter Miss Roberta Saunders to Harold E. Caldwell son of Mr and Mrs Howard Caldwell of 954 Sixth Street The wedding is set for June 7 Saunders a Coe College student plans to live in Los Angeles The notices also list club meetings travels visitors and local events across Marion Cedar Rapids and nearby towns with various picnics luncheons and church group activities noted throughout the day
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Martha Gillespie
Thirteenth Street
Roberta Saunders
Harold E. Caldwell
Howard Caldwell
Sixth Street
Miss Saunders
Coe College
Los Angeles
Summer county social notes and small town ads
Noon visits to Morley and Anamosa cemeteries by the elder Mr Ladd his son and Mrs Edith Miller. An advertisement promotes fresh crushed strawberry ice cream in Hutchinson with Gingham packaging at 13c pint 25c quart from Owens Cut Rate Drug. Mr and Mrs Leonard Taylor and daughters Corrine and Jane of Mason City visited over the weekend with Mr and Mrs Leonard Taylor and Mr and Mrs George Durland. Dr and Mrs Phil S Drew hosted a picnic dinner for compliments to Mr and Mrs Marvin A Edison of Normandy Missouri with out of town guests Mr and Mrs Ray Newman of Dearborn Michigan.
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Hutchinson
Owen
Leonard Taylor
Corrine
Jane
Mason City
George Durland
Marvin A. Edison
Normandy
Phil S. Drew
Ray Newman
Dearborn
Mich
Harry Freeman Dies After Brief Illness
Harry A Freeman 72 retired farmer and for ten years resident of Springville died Saturday in an Anamosa hospital after a brief illness. He previously lived in Cedar and Jones counties. Surviving are his wife Springville correspondent for The Cedar Rapids Gazette two sons Lee and Verne Freeman of Clarence and a daughter Mrs Gifford Millard of Central City. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Gazette
Springville
Harry A. Freeman
Anamosa
Cedar
Jones Counties
Cedar Rapids
Legion and Auxiliary move into basement of new hall
LA PORTE CITY The Legion and Auxiliary moved into the basement of the newly finished Legion hall. It will be several weeks before the post office moves to the first story as needed fixtures are not yet installed.
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LA Porte City
Legion and Auxiliary Friday
Legion Hall
Oteel Shortage May Halt Building Plan
Government officials weigh steel supply as the OPM tightens limits. Secretary Miller warns against harming national defense while seeking facts on steel availability. Thornburg notes reinforced concrete uses less steel but recent reports could raise difficulty. Governor Wilson reports OPM assurances of possible steel for projects, signaling shifting views.
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Earl G. Miller
OPM
Mark G. Thornburg
Washington
Wilson
Soldier decapitated at Fort Ord in front of garrison
Private William M. McLaughlin Jr aged 29 from Fort Dodge Iowa was decapitated when struck by a freight train in front of the Fort Ord main garrison on Friday night.
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Salinas
Calif
William M. McLaughlin, Jr
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Fort Ord
118 To Receive Degrees At Cornell Graduation June 9
Mount Vernon news notes 118 candidates to be awarded degrees at Cornell College eighty eighth commencement on June 9 with Ivan Lee Holt Methodist bishop speaking on Questions of Tomorrow and John B Magee delivering the baccalaureate on Supermen. Honorary degrees to be conferred include Malcolm Price and two reverends. ceremony follows alumni events and a June 7 commencement play.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Ivan Lee Holt
Texas
John B Magee
Malcolm Price
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Williard G. Eckler
Cedar Rapids
C. M. McConnell
Boston University School of Theology
Over 1100 Degrees Will Confer at U. 1 Ceremony
The University of Iowa will confer more than 1100 degrees at a forthcoming commencement. Notable names listed include Margaret Curry Lillian Eakes Sister Mary Fanning Richard Fedderson Don Graham Charles Gray John Gray Dolores Hess Jay Higbee Marcellina Hummer Wendell Johnson Robert Kadgihn William LeRoy Meardon Daniel Miller John Mueller E Fern Newcomer Gunnar Norgaard Carl Obermann Mary Perkins Jan Propst Gleanna Roberts Mary Roberts Florence Schein Margaret Schrader Elva Seavey Ben Summerill Waldo Thomas Dorothy Ward John Webster Lyle Wilson Edwin Ellis Toward Wilton Emerson Julia McElhinney Arnett Line Lewis Smith Robert Stickler Robert Fousek Dale Hatch Gad James William Mann John Synhorst Robert Alberhasky Milford Barnes Chester Goddard Emanuel Goldstein James McGreevey Owen Line James Smith Lewis Smith Vincent Thompson Ray Trussell West Archipelago names and many others all listed as from Iowa City and surrounding areas with other cities. Foreign countries represented include China South America Hawaii Canada and Uruguay.
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Margaret Curry
Lillian Ethel Eakes
Mary C. Fanning
Richard T. Fedderson
Don A. Graham
Charles E. Gray
John Edward Gray
Dolores Rita Hess
Jay Anders Higbee
Marcellina Hummer
Wendell Allen Johnson
Robert C. Kadgihn
William Leader
Ruth M. Lillick
Cathryn
McCleery
Jayne Alice McGovern
Josephine E. Mann
Charles Edward Mannion
William LeRoy Meardon
Daniel S. W. Miller
John Justin Mueller
E. Fern Newcomer
Gunnar A. Norgaard
Carl Leslie Obermann
Mary Katherine Perkins
Janithe E. Propst
Gleanna Roberts
Mary Catherine Roberts
Florence Tepfer Schein
Margaret Ann Schrader
Elva Jane Seavey
Ben Edward Summerwill
Waldo Emerson Thomas
Dorothy Rose Ward
John Cross Webster
Max Lyle Wilson
Edwin Charles Ellis
Toward Wilton Emerson
Julia Ann McElhinney
William Marion West
Laurence R. McCormick
Samuel Osdoba
Donald M Swann
James Bernal Hayslett
Richard Keith Smith
Fred Earl Blessin
Merlin Dale Armbruster
Horace S. Knight
Wayne Robert Cox
John Howard Dawson
Louis Paul Grimm
William Bellamy Hills
Roy S. Mushrush, Jr
David Kennedy Hart
Jens Andersen Norgaard
Robert John Strabley
Walter Lee Wheaton
Esmond N. Crown
William Alfred Frad
Frank A. Haight
Richard W. Leutwiler, Jr
Iona Anna Scharf
Edgar G. Summerford
Larry M. Wheeler
Herman Zaiman
Mary Bachman Mann
Mildred I. Morgan
Grover Cleveland Platt
Kenneth W. Vaughn
George H. Wagner
Iowa City
Lavon Ashton
Lone Tyree
C. Gordon Colony
North Liberty
John Richard Peck
Oakdale
Kathleen M. Norris
Oxford
Dorothy Lucille Miller
Anamosa
Frederick Wyland Bone
Monticello
Helen Gayle Reichart
Gwen Elizabeth Tudor
Olin
Eloise Agnes Zeller
Oxford Junction
Dorothy Mae Rohwedder
Wyoming
William H. Kettlitz to be ordained at Monticello church
The ordination of William H. Kettlitz will take place at 3 30 p m today at the Monticello Presbyterian church. He is the son of Mr and Mrs H F Kettlitz and will receive a Bachelor of Theology next week after seminary work at the University of Dubuque.
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Monticello
William H. Kettlitz
Monticello Presbyterian Church
H. F. Kettlitz
Kettlitz
Coe College
University of
Daniel’s Park Presbyterian Church
Cedar Rapids
Presbyterian Church
Elizabeth
University of Dubuque
L. Orbiorne
Freeport
Ill
Solo
Gerald Smith
Manchester
Constitution of Presbytery
Charles Bridges
Cedar Rapids Presbytery
William J. Grossheim
James B. Hodgson
C. Vin White
Th. M
Europe
Dr. Martin
Tipton Aeronuts Club Two Alumni In Air Service
Tipton Aeronuts Club, founded in 1936, counts Vernon Long and Kenneth Kinyon as active officers. Members range 10 to 19, with four older boys attending the national model airplane contest in Chicago last year.
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Tipton Aeronuts Club
Air Service
Ipton
Tipton Aeronuts
Vernon Long
Kenneth Kinyon
Ralph Lemly
Bill Kehne
Army Air Corps
Aeronuts
Long
Kinyon
Eicher to Dedicate New Columbus Junction Postoffice July 4
Columbus Junction prepares for a July 4 dedication of a $70,000 postoffice. speakers include Frank Miles Eicher and Rep. Thomas E. Martin. Independence Day events feature a soap box derby, music, flag raising, a dedication address, a noon dinner, and a fireworks display.
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Columbus Junction
America
S. J. Lewis
William Dunn
Frank Miles
The
Iowa Legionaire
Reading
Barbara Lynn
E. C. Eicher
Nettie Lewis
H. Lee Huston
Fair Grounds
Thomas E. Martin
F. J. Pine
F. J. Pine, State Representative, Withe Clairs of Ueany 7 6Ington, Henry Litt
Art Sanders
Arthur Barnard
Don Colton
Glen Woodruff
R. O. Lynn
Gasoline tax payments rise with population figures
Since 1930 gasoline tax payments by the American public have shown an increase 18 times, tracking with the nation's growing population and economic activity. The trend reflects how road funding relies on consumer fuel use and inflation-adjusted costs over decades.
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Moline
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New Hampton
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J. W. Bowdish, Jr
G. P. Bowdish
Waubeek
Noble Grands Association
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Book Club
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A. A. Hardin
Midwest
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Chicago
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Ottumwa
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H. M. Titus
John
Zwingle
King’s Daughters
Munson
Juniper Lodge
Delhi
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J. J. Keith
Marion Merchants
Walker
American Legion Field
A. B. Black
Harley Erwin
Irvin Scott
Masonic Temple
Carmen Bintz
Joyce
Arthur E. Fairhurst
Melvyn Arp
St. Luke’s Hospital
Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society
R. D. Conley
Fred Nelson
Lee Voorhies
P. H. Jackson
South Bend, Ind
Mr. Jackson
William T. Jackson
Child Study Club
Grace H. Starr
Alta Emerson
Fred C. Newlin
Mrs. Newlin
Roy Larson
Larson
Roy, Jr
Moline, IL
Shakespeare Club
G. L. Erwin
Burdette F. Snyder
St. Louis
Emery J. Miller
Mount Pleasant
Mr. Miller
Iowa Wesleyan College
Newton Owen
Nineteenth Street
Carbondale
Annie Laura Davidson
Eldora High School
H. A. Davidson
Harley W. Erwin
O. W. Ladd
Toledo
Mr. Ladd
Mrs
W. A. Ladd
Harry Freeman
B. A
Francis Allen
Aurora
Frederick Ambrose
Springfield
Russell Anderson
West Branch
John Armentrout
Julie Bailey
Trevor Baskerville
Martello
Jean Beauchamp
Howard Bennett
Clifford Benton
Glen Ellyn
Leslee Bishop
Marengo
Margaret Janette Bleeker
Iowa Falls
Carol Boehmer
Eloise Brown
State Center
Robert Bryant
Laura Campbell
Maywood
Richard Carbee
Lisbon
Forrest Clark
Maquoketa
Robert Clemens
Virginia Cory
Des Moines
John Cotham
Oelwein
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Marcus Daley
Cut Bank
Mont
James Daly
Ed Daniels
Tracy Minn
Bill Dean
Carroll
Margaret Dilley
Armond Downey
Rockford
Antonette
Philip Fay
Tinley Park
Eugene Ferris
Marian Fower
Sigourney
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June Ganson
River Forest
Everette Garrett
John Geshner
Robert Glee
Clinton
James Gow
Park Ridge
John Granger
Helen Haines
Sterling
Eleanor Hall
Joliet
Jean Harris
Sheldon Harris
Emily Heston
Mechanicsville
David Hoare
Glenda Hodge
Robert Hoopes
Donald Johannsen
Bryant
Irving Johnson
Mary Kahler
Sidney King
Fairbank
Mary Frances Kipp
Winfield
Esther Kluss
Marcella Kouba
Luzerne
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Blue Island
III
Betty Laughlin
Marjorie Littell
Doris Lum
Camanche
William Lyman
Decorah
John MacGregor
William Marten
Jeanne Martin
Grace McCallister
Seattle
Wash
Helen McKendry
Oak Park II
Jessie McKerrow
James McQuigg
Schaller
Audrey-Joy Michelson
Geneva
Lois Miller
Vinton
Jean Minish
Doris Neff
Calamus
Frank Nelick
Walnut
Robert Nelson
Mediapolis
Suzanne Oates
Ruth Ohlson
Muscatine
Howard Ortmeyer
Armstrong
Robert Osburn
Max Palmer
John Paulger
Washington, D. C
Richard Pettit
Jane-Marie Pitkanen
Chisholm
Wis
Robert Purkey
Elizabeth Pye
Monroe
George Rayhill
Robert Reideler
Downers Grove
Madelyn Rydeen
Minneapolis
Jack Sainsbury
Oak Park
Richard Sampson
Marian Schroether
Davenport
Harriett Scott
Lloyd Simester
Prophetstown
Betty Smith
Edna Mary Smith
Charles
Leonard Wilson
Cabot Wohlrabe
Robert Jamieson
Mobridge
S. D
Mary McCollister
Mary Crossley
Elizabeth Elmquist
Cresco
Robert Gruenewald
West Chicago
Marjorie Humby
Waterloo
Eleanor Krasnicka
Gordon Myers
Janesville
Elaine Thornell
Clatinda
Betty Wales
Polo
Herbert Martin
University of Iowa
U. 1
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Jeanne Virginia Hatch
Phyllis Lorraine Rehn
Carolyn Betty Allender
Lee David Dvorak
Jo Ann Hanzlik
Ruth C. Henningsen
Ira James Holton
Edgar Lloyd King
Ted Lincoln Kubicek
Bruce A. McGregor
Robert W. McGregor
Lucy Elizabeth Siver
Ann Winslow
Donald F. Galloway
Darold J. Jack
George Jerry Novak
Walter L. Reitz, Jr
George Edward Harms
Charles R. Little
William Curtis Noble
Robert Dale Borschel
Alexander Weremy
John Joseph Russell
August Campagna
William A. Chapman
Robert H. O’meara
Robert Emmett Ward
Ray H. Abel
George Ambuhl Bridges
Irvin Lee Huffman
William F. Kretzschmar
Xavier Eugene Leonard
Paul Vance Maney
George Oscar Sharp
Herbert Clair Ritze
Central City
Lyle Marvin Ford
Anna Louise Kruse
J. Kirk Snell
Mary Margaret Condon
Raymond Lee Smith
Sarah Margaret Tubbs
Robert F. Reaney
Gaylord Hollis Gilmore
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Agnes Elizabeth Agnew
West Liberty
Michael H. Fitzpatrick
Frances Evelyn Jack
Ker
Mit Rappenkamp
Garwin
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Deming Smith
Robert Louis Livesay
Charles Rolland Benson
June E. Hyland
Traer
Howard E Irvine
William Russell Kern
Alford Gailey Farnham
Jean F. Messer
Brighton
Paul Thomas Guengerich
Kalona
Lydia WN. Hershberger
Gerald Elliot
Riverside
Leon Charles Karel
Wilma _ Belle Palmer
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Ruth Lucille Dupuis
Clyde Latta Boice
Wilma Lucille Kerr
Donald Charles Davis
Rose Marie Neuzil
Calmar
Lucille Gladys Seland
Barbara Bishop
Dorothy L. Holmberg
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Paul Gerhard Preus
George Joseph Moser
Fort Atkinson
China
South America
Hawaii
Canada
Uruguay
Mac
JoRe City
Martin
Prince Edward Island
University of Kentucky
Drake University
S.A.1
W. H. Kettlitz
Jim Shonts
Elwood Steffen
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