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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1947
Page
3
A happy eyed girl explains she and her partner shared interests and planned marriage. The piece notes an old Voorhees hall practice of singing at dinner after a fraternity pin and questions whether such signals now denote engagement. The setting is casual, with some couples dating over hamburgers at the Girl. moments.
Coed respondents say marriage budgets start at about $200 a month and 300 may be needed for comfort. Several would work if necessary, some oppose homemaking, and engagement timing varies from one month to two years. Formal proposals from fathers are increasingly deemphasized.
Letters outlining amendments to the national service life insurance act of 1940 are sent to about 8,000 beneficiaries in this district. The Red Cross will help interpret the changes and route requests to the Veterans Administration Fort Snelling office. Beneficiaries may stay with current payments or switch to the new refund life income plan, with a 60 day deadline to apply.
A full Roosevelt hotel, with overflow mezzanine seating, hosts the All Chamber dinner honoring past presidents of the Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Kenneth McFarland of Topeka, Kansas, is principal speaker. Stenner chairs the Civic bureau sponsoring the event resuming after wartime lapse. Bronze plaques will be given to five past presidents Pinney Barlow Quarton Hines Keehn.
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