Cedar Rapids Ministers to Picnic at Ellis Park Monday
The Cedar Rapids Ministerial Association holds its annual picnic at Ellis Park Monday at 4 PM closing the year. Dinner by the Ministers Wives executive committee led by Mrs. Greer McCrory. East and west side preachers lead teams for baseball and a post game horseshoes match. Rain plan cancels to Y M C A gym. General arrangements by Rev. John J. Gent, W Greer McCrory and S R Hawkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Albert McCrory
Mary Elizabeth Gent
E. E. Russell
J. F. Uhlenhopp
Association
I. E. Linkletter
A. A. Brooks
C. J. Biddle
C. F. Edwards
Everett Chandler
Cedar River
John J. Gent
W. Greer McCrory
S. R. Hawkins
Davenport Man To Talk To Life Underwriters
Hal Boles of Davenport investment counselor will address the June meeting of the Cedar Rapids Association of Life Underwriters at the Roosevelt hotel Monday noon. Lunch is served at 12 10. He will speak on Who Is That Girl I Saw You With. All life underwriters are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boles
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Shrine convention to have post office in Washington
Delegates to the Shrine national convention in Washington D C June 9 through 14 may send mail to the Shrine post office being established there with general delivery facilities in the new post office building at Twelfth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Delegates should address mail to a specific location and include the temple name so correspondents can route it to the recorder if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Shrine
Cedar Rapids
Shrine Post Office
Twelfth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Third family member to become pastor at local church
Rev. George A. Stauffacher becomes third family pastor of the Zion Evangelical church later First Evangelical church in Cedar Falls. His father Rev. J. E. Stauffacher organized the church in 1880, with brothers and relatives holding church positions, while George previously led Second Evangelical and later served in Waverly and Eldora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jed
George A. Stauffacher
Cedar Rapids
Waverly
First Evangelical Church
First Avenue
Third Street
Stauffacher
Second Evangelical Church
I. L. Baumgartner
Cedar Falls
J. E. Staufacher
Zion Evangelical Church
Harrison
J. E. Stauffacher
Levi Stauffacher
George Stauffacher
C. H. Stauffacher
Kansas City
Board of Missions of the Evangelical Church
Cleveland
Southwest
City Briefs and Personals Highlights
Bungalow canning school Wednesday afternoon. Townsend clubs Nos three and five meet Monday night at 7 30 in the IOOF hall 838 First avenue. Dr George J Rowan Optometrist new location 415 Migley Building. Cedar Rapids lodge No 141 TOOF will meet Tuesday at 8 pm officers elected and initiatory degree conferred on a class. Townsend group No 5 meet Tuesday at 7 pm at club house 2257 Mount Vernon avenue SE potluck supper. Ardekan Temple No 234 Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan meet Tuesday at 8 pm Pythian hall important matters and full attendance. Denis A Wood local merchant to speak Monday noon at Rotary Club luncheon Hotel Roosevelt on The Antipodes. Star of the West lodge No 2 Knights of Pythias social and business meeting Monday 7 45 pm Pythian hall. Brooklyn lodge will visit Cedar Rapids Pythians to deliver a prize shield. refreshments served.
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Cedar Rapids Lodge
Toof
Ardekan Temple
Dramatic Order
Knights of
Denis A Wood
Rotary Club
Hotel Roosevelt
Australia
Mr Wood
Star of the West Lodge
Na 2
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Hall
Brooklyn Lodge
Cedar Rapids
Mount Mercy Commencement Week Opens With Baccalaureate
Commencement activities at Mount Mercy academy begin this evening at 8 with the annual baccalaureate exercises and conclude Wednesday at 6 45 with the campus commencement program. Rev E A Fitz gerald of Columbia college will deliver the principal address and Rev Dorrance Noonan will confer the graduating honors. The baccalaureate service occurs in the Mount Mercy chapel with Rev Fidelis Kaufman of Columbia college giving the sermon. Special music will be provided by the choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Mercy Academy
E. A. Fitzgerald
Columbia College
Dorrance Noonan
Mount Mercy
Fidelis Kaufman
Mary Nadine Barron
Mary Jeanne Berry
Marguerite M. Broghammer
Kathryn V. Burke
Agnes Catherine Cota
Delores Jean Fagan
Mary C. Feeney
Evalyn G. Freeman
Mary Patricia Gavin
Irene Harrington
Virginia E. Herrick
Eleanor Ann Koutnik
Viola M. Ludwig
Lucille A. McDonnell
Florence M. Meloy
Adelyn Agnes O'Connell
Vita Rauch
Marie A. Shellenberger
Eileen M. Stibal
Eileen Wagner
Florence R. Willis
Martha Womachil
Lucile Barber
June Mack
Catherine Louise Welch
Academy
Mary Eleanor Barrett
Bernita Cooper
Anne Crawford
Leona Fitzsimmons
Catherine Flynn
Billie Frazer
Helen Hayek
Mary Irene MacLaughlin
Genevieve Mitchell
Elizabeth Murray
Carita Saunders
Kathryn Stark
Mary Wootten
Camp Good Health Fund Benefit Promises Health Camp Support
The Gazette announces a benefit by Cedar Rapids performers and local groups that raises funds for Camp Good Health, a summer health camp for needy physically handicapped children. Net proceeds go to maintenance, with donations welcome from readers, clubs, firms, and individuals in Cedar Rapids Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred C. Henson
Dorothy Beals
John Sallach
Fred J. Witousek
Guay Wilson
Howard Rowley
Robert Abodeely
Clifford DeFore
Paul Hruska
Ralph Cutler
Bernard Kehoe
George Smith
Leo Matthews
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Cedar Rapids Boys’ Drum and Bugle Corps
Smulekoff
Camp Good Health Fund
Camp Good Health
Public Health Nursing Association
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Birds Unite To Save Robin From Owl Attack
In West Newbury Massachusetts townspeople heard screeching birds from a tree. A hoot owl attacked a robin and grabbed its throat. Blue birds sparrows robins and others drove the owl away and freed the robin.
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Robin
Owl
West Newbury
Mass
Rachel Poore
Mock Trial to Be Staged Tuesday by Maine Lodge
High powered legal talent will prosecute and defend in a mock trial at Maine lodge No. 643 Odd Fellows hall in Iowa. The case, born from a hunting trip near Ellis Park, accuses Dempsy Jones of maltreating a jackass, with Bob Smythe as complainant. Judge H. C. Ring presides. Linville and Hendrickson lead the prosecution. six barristers defend Jones. James E. Patterson arranges the event open to Odd Fellows members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circus Court
Iowa
Maine Lodge
The
Odd Fellows
Bob Smythe
Dempsy Jones
Maine Lodge Hall
First Avenue NE
H. C. Ring
Guy P. Linville
Carl Hendrickson
Smythe
Jones
Frank C. Byers
G. King Thompson
Harry Johnson
W. J. Barngrover
H. R. Churchill
John D. Randall
W. C. Boland
E. A. Tuck
Ellis Park
James E. Patterson
Odd Fellow Order
Dubuque Man Recovers Lost Currency After Memorial Day
James F. Cowden of 544 Forest Drive SE Dubuque lost a $26 currency roll on a Memorial day trip. Leonard Meyer found and returned it, with Bart Meyer assisting in the search. Cowden sent $23 via mail the finder’s faith in neighbors remains strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Cowden
Forest Drive
Dubuque
Cowden
Leonard Meyer
Bart Meyer
Northwestern senior Miss Konecny wins Zeta Phi Eta scholarship
Miss Marguerite Konecny, a Northwestern University senior in Evanston Illinois, received the Zeta Phi Eta graduate scholarship of 400 dollars for dramatic ability. She is a Washington High School graduate, former Grinnell College attendee, and the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J L Konecny of 315 Crescent Drive SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Konecny
Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill
Zeta Phi Eta
Miss Konecny
Washington High School
Grinnell College
Northwestern
J. L. Konecny
Crescent Drive
James Mylon Funeral Arrangements Set
Funeral services for James Mylon will be held in the Turner chapel at 3 p.m. today led by Rev. I. E. Linkletter and Rev. Blaine Hyten. Burial in Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the family home 1246 Fourth Avenue SE until 11 a.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Mylon
Turner Chapel
I. E. Linkletter
Blaine Hyten
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Fourth Avenue SE
Glacier Priest Disputes Byrd's Icecap Report
Salt Lake City article reports Father Bernard Hubbard known as the Blatter priest disputing Commander Richard Byrd on Antarctic icecap thickness. He argues ice melts at the bottom when depth reaches about 2400 feet due to immense pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
Richard Byrd
Bernard Hubbard
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E. P. Meeting
Gazette
MT. Mercy
J. F. Cowden
ABC
Ickinson Secretarial School
Cedar Rapids Savings Bank
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