Engagement of Margret Clarke to Dr Stansbury Announced
Mr and Miss C Clarke of Centerville announce the engagement of their daughter Margret Lucia Clarke of Cedar Rapids to Dr John Robert Stansbury of Santa Barbara California son of Dr and Mrs John E Stansbury The couple met through university circles with Miss Clarke a Coe College graduate and Ms Stansbury attending the University of Iowa and currently interning in Santa Barbara hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margret Clarke
Robert Stansbury
C. Clarke
Centerville
Margret Lucia Clarke
Cedar Rapids
John Robert Stansbury
Santa Barbara
Calif
John E. Stansbury
Country Club Parkway
Miss Clarke
Coe College
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Century Engineering Corporation
Dr. Stansbury
Washington High School
University of Iowa
Sigma Nu
Nu Sigma Nu
Santa Barbara Hospital
Cedar Rapids Weekend Guests Tour Holmes and Homes
Mrs H K Focht and her daughter hosted weekend guests including Mrs Clin ton Bundy of Pasadena California and Mrs Ruth Van Sickle of St Paul. Bundy planned to stay longer at the Barron home 313 Crescent street SE while Van Sickle returned home Monday after a week visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Focht
Eighteenth Street
Elizabeth Focht
Clinton Bundy
Pasadena
Calif
Ruth van Sickle
St. Paul
Cedar Rapids
Bundy
William J. Barron
Crescent Street
van Sickle
Visitors at Commonwealth apartments bid Cedar Rapids farewell
Last week guests at Mr and Mrs Lumir Severa of 2300 Blake Boulevard SE included Mrs James W Good and Mr and Mrs James W Good with their children James and Jane, and Mrs John Fletcher of Evanston. Mrs Good and Mrs Fletcher will stay this week in Cedar Rapids. the James W Good Jr family left Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth Apartments
Lumir Severa
Blake Boulevard
James W. Good
James Til
Jane
John Fletcher
Evanston
Good
Dorothy Ratner Celebrates 12th Birthday Theater Party
Dorothy Ratner daughter of Mr and Mrs A E Ratner 618 Eighteenth Street SE entertained thirteen friends at a theater party Saturday afternoon for her twelfth birthday They returned to the Ratner home for refreshments Nancy Soboda Sheryl Chehak Mary and Phyllis Sherick Marjorie Estes Lucille Balik Sandra Shenefelt Beverly Blencoe Doris Tappen Suzanne Salter Joan Brand Jean Todd and Joyce Libal shared the courtesy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Ratner
A E Ratner
Eighteenth Street
Ratner
Nancy Soboda
Sheryl Chehak
Mary
Phyllis Sherick
Marjorie Estes
Lucille Balik
Sandra Shenefelt
Beverly Blencoe
Doris Tappen
Suzanne Salter
Joan Brand
Jean Todd
Joyce Libal
Bundles for Britain Meeting Deferred to June 10
The June meeting of Bundles for Britain is moved to June 10, announced by president Mrs Sherman Yates. AJL volunteers are invited to attend at 10 am in the Me Too building recreation room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bundles For
Britain
Sherman Yates
AJL
Me Too
Board of Managers Meeting At Children's Home
The board of managers of the Children's Home will meet Tuesday at 10 am at the home to discuss pending affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board OF Managers
The
Childrens Home
Family returns from Indiana memorial weekend trip
Mrs. Everett L King of 1510 Hinkley Avenue NW and her children Everett Jr and Flo rella along with Miss Irene Sibert of 368 Nineteenth Street NE have returned home after visiting friends and relatives in Fort Wayne Hartford City and Muncie Indiana over Memorial Day weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett L King
Hinkley Avenue
Everett, Jr
Florella
Irene Sibert
Nineteenth Street
Fort Wayne
Hartford City
Muncie
Ind
Linn County ISU Alumni Plan Cedar Rapids Picnic
Linn county Iowa State College alumni plan a family picnic for June 22 in Cedar Rapids. The event is organized by president J Keith Noll of 3038 E Avenue NE with invitations to alumni and families living near Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Iowa State College
Cedar Rapids
Ton J Keith Noll
E Avenue
Linn Group
Mrs Barry visits city before returning to Canton
Mrs George Barry arrives in the city Sunday evening to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Hardiman at 414 Nineteenth street NE for a few days before departing to Canton Missouri for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Barry
City
Thomas Hardiman
Nineteenth Street
Canton
Ruth Louise Tschirgi Weds James M. Berry in Fairfax
Miss Ruth Louise Tschirgi and James M. Berry of Fairfax married on Saturday in a ceremony at 11 a.m. held at the bride’s mother Mrs. R. A Fisk’s home 801 Oakland road NE. Rev. Morton Hickman officiated and the couple were later honored at a Roosevelt hotel breakfast. They will reside on Mr. Berry’s farm near Fairfax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Louise Tschirgi
James M. Berry
Fairfax
R. A Fisk
Oakland Road
Morton Hickman
Daniels Park Presbyterian Church
Roosevelt Hotel
Mr. Berry
Alice Jean Longs Second Birthday Lawn Party
Mr and Mrs Frank Long hosted a Saturday lawn party at 1145 Thirty fourth Street NE honoring their daughter Alice Jean on her second birthday. Out of town guests included Mr and Mrs Merton Rowan Wayne and Helen Ray of Chicago Mr and Mrs Ray Fuhrman of Manchester and Mr and Mrs Ned Yeoman of Marion. Alice Jean and Helen Ray danced and sang while Mrs Fuhrman told stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Long
Thirty-fourth Street
Alice Jean
Merton Rowan
Wayne
Helen Ray
Rowan
Chicago
Ray Fuhrman
Manchester
Ned Yeoman
Marion
Fuhrman
Pupils Of Mabel Kearns In Recital
The first in a series of three piano recitals by Miss Mabel Kearns features pupils performing at Mrs. A R Menary home 1721 Blake boulevard SE. Performances include The Shepherd’s Tale Op 12 The Popcorn Man The Pixies Goodnight Song Rustic Dance and more with listed students Delores Scoiaro Delores Gibson Mildred Hradecky Walter Weldon Josephine Scolaro and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Kearns
A R Menary
Blake Boulevard
Shephart
Robert and
Walter Weldog
Birds
Spaulding
Marlene Ostert
Mildred Hradecks
Thompson Rosemary Baum
Marrlowe
Valse Petite
Benson Delores Scoiaro
Scotland
Hudson Thomas Menary
Miss Kearns
Vienna Wright
Thomas Menary
Burgmuller
Kenneth Kennedy
the Pixies
Brown Walter Weldon
Sweet Peas
Ellis Marlene Dytert
Walte Anthony
Mildred Hradecky
Howell Robert Weldon
Brahms Josephine Scolaro
Consolation Mendelssohn
Delors
Gibron
Cavalleria Rusticant
Maseasnl
Deloris Gibson
Cee College Announces President’s Reception and Class Breakfast
Trustees alumni and friends receive invitations to the annual President s reception honoring the seniors Friday 8 to 10 p m at Voorhees quadrangle. President and Mrs Harry M Gage invite senior students to the Class Breakfast Saturday at 8 30 a m at Cedar Rapids Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cee College
Voorhees Quadrangle
Harry M Gage
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Miss Zieke Honored At Farewell Party
Betty Jo Zieke of 1215 Second Avenue SE will leave Thursday to join her parents in Stockton California after a Saturday afternoon farewell at Rosalee Bunce’s home at 1214 Sixth Avenue SE. Prizes in the scavenger hunt went to Betty Kessler, Betty Jo Zieke, Ellen Johnson and Lucile Dvora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Jo Zieke
Second Avenue SE
Stockton
Calif
Rosalee Bunce
Sixth Avenue SE
Betty Kessler
Betty Jo Zicke
Ellen Johnson
Lucile Dvora
Sarah Johnson
Jean Morris
Jean Paulson
Burl White
Charlotte Penningroth
Gladys Barnes
Jean Scott
Shirley Thompson
Violet Hanshaw
Rockford Guests Conclude Weekend Visit
Mr and Mrs Herman Enderle of Rockford and their hosts, Mr and Mrs C S Perrill, 1068 G avenue NW, ended a weekend visit and left for home Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford
Herman Enderle
Rockford, Ill
Enderle
C. S. Perrill
G Avenue
Roosevelt P T A installs officers and committees
Roosevelt P T A held its final meeting of the year last week installing officers led by Mrs. William D. Counterman as president and naming committee chairs including Mrs. E O Ballou membership and Mrs. J A Dostal publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt P. T. A
William D. Counterman
Arthur Norman
George Pfeffer
E. C. Whitehair
E. O. Ballou
J. A. Dostal
JJ. Ww. Taylor
Roy Stevens
Hungerford-Cook Wed at Westminster Presbyterian Church
Marjorie Jocelyn Hungerford daughter of Mr and Mrs Chester B Hungerford wed Don Carlos Cook of Cedar Rapids at Westminster Presbyterian Church with Rev James H Blackstone Jr officiating. Bridesmaids wore powder blue. reception for 32 followed in Roosevelt Hotel rooms. couple to reside at 1852 Ellis Blvd NW after a Canada trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Marjorie Jocelyn Hungerford
Chester B. Hungerford
Fifteenth Street
Don Carlos Cook
Cedar Rapids
James H. Blackstone, Jr
Eleanor Taylor
Cne College
Boellmann
Priere
Notre Dame
Widor
Miriam Hungerford
Perry J. Keck
Fairbury, NL
Hungerford
Lincoln
Jefferson
Roosevelt Hotel
Canada
Nippigon
Superior National Park
Ellis Boulevard
Coe College
Davenport
Walter Wolgemuth
Oxford Junction
George Morelf
Mason City
Motor trip to Chicago ends with weekend visit
Mr and Mrs Howard Hines and Mr and Mrs Delbert Thom of two southwest addresses returned Sunday after a motor trip to Chicago where they spent the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Hines
Twenty-second Avenue
Delbert Thom
Twelfth Street
Chicago
Travelers And College Students Return To Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids residents and students travel back to the city for summer. Mrs J Max Widmer returns from Palm Springs and Los Angeles. Max Widmer of Harvard comes home Thursday with Haven a St Johns College freshman. The Simmons family arrives after a Chicago weekend. Bob Taylor will return Wednesday for summer with Harm on R Taylor. Emma Death returns from the Women’s International Bowling tournament in Los Angeles. The Pughs finish a two week southern trip visiting St Louis Memphis Vicksburg Natchez New Orleans and Stuttgart Ark. They attended the Supreme White Shrine banquet in St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
J. Max Widmer
Blake Boulevard
Palm Springs
Los Angeles
Calif
Glendale
E. E Clements
Stella Hibnes
Marguerite Hibnes
David R. Pugh
Sixteenth Street
Pugh
G. L. Clem
Marshalltown
South
St. Louis
Memphis
Vicksburg
Natchez
New Orleans
The
Ozarks
Stuttgart
Ark
Clems
St Louis
Mrs Pugh
Supreme White Shrine
Vaughns Host Out of Town Guests for Weekend
Mr and Mrs C E Vaughn of 1528 Fifth Avenue SE hosted weekend guests including Mrs John Vaughn and niece Doris Crow of Des Moines Mrs E Koser of Mason City Mr and Mrs T B Armstrong and sons Jerry and Billy Mrs Rollo Sleade and son Dick of Rock Island Tit Mr and Mrs M D Caviness of Marshalltown and children Judy and Donald Mr and Mrs John Vaughn Jr and son Billy Mr and Mrs William Bilsland and sons Clarence and Terry of Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Vaughn
Fifth Avenue SE
John Vaughn
Doris Crow
Des Moines
E . Koser
Mason City
T. B. Armstrong
Jerry
Billy
Rollo Sleade
Rock Island
Tit
M D. Caviness
Marshalltown
Judy
Donald
Peter Topics Move to Oakdale La
Lieut. and Mrs. Peter L Topic and daughters Linda and Virginia relocate from Cedar Rapids to Oakdale Louisiana after transfer from Fort Sill to Camp Claiborne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Oakdale, LA
Peter L. Topic
Linda
Virginia
Cedar Rapids
Oakdale
Fort Sill
Topic
Camp Clairborne
Praha Rebekah staff to dine with Be Friendly club
Members of Praha Rebekah staff will be dinner guests of the Be Friendly club Thursday evening at the Simanek cottage on the Cedar river. Attendees are to bring their dishes and meet at Mrs. Bess Dytert's home by 5 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Praha Rebekah
Be Friendly Club
Simanek
Cedar River
Bess Dytert
Kettering family ends visit with Shunks after week
Mr and Mrs Clifford T Kettering of Burbank California and their son Tommy left Saturday for home after visiting for a week with their uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Raymond H Shunk at 2046 First Avenue East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford T. Kettering
Burbank
Calif
Tommy
Raymond H. Shunk
First Avenue E
Milwaukee Guests Visit Hintz Family
Mr. and Mrs. George Dauer and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Irace and their son Peter Jr of Milwaukee spent the weekend with the Albert Hintz family at 500 Fifth Avenue SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dauer
Peter Irace
Peter, Jr
Milwaukee
Albert Hintz
Fifth Avenue SE
Frames Visit Ends After Four Day Family Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Frame of Hannibal Missouri along with their children Rose Betty and John returned home after spending four days visiting Mr Frame's brother John Frame and Mrs Frame at 812 Second Street NW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Frame
Hannibal, Mo
Rose
Betty
John
Rent Hikes Hit Washington Baseball Club
Washington baseball club members faced rent increases due to government worker influx. One National member saw rent jump from 85 to 135 dollars, reflecting rising living costs for players amid government activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NEA
Washington Baseball Club
Wed Saturday wedding photographed at Forrest W Stewart home
Mr and Mrs Robert E Yaw tied their vows Saturday afternoon in the garden at the Forrest W Stewart residence 142 Thirty fourth Street Drive SE The former Peggy Stewart is the bride Mrs Archibald Campbell Stewart of 352 Park Terrace SE is the bride’s parent The Yaws received a rose from adviser Clementine Otto and other advisers and readers participated in the ceremony and skit activities with listed participants and performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Yaw
Forrest W. Stewart
Thirty-fourth Street Drive
Yaw
Peggy Stewart
Archibald Campbell Stewart
Park Terrace
Mr. Yaw
Harry E. Yaw
Carlton Apartments
Clementine Otto
W. A. Wick
Cecelia Leven
Vera Chamberlin
Frank X Guyott
Darlene Vaughn
Florence Matteson
Joanne Crawford
Jane Ann Coler
Nen Davis
John Callender
Alice Michael
Ken Knaus
Mary Jane Linderman
Blair Lines
Eddie Sanders
Lila Mae Corbett
Bill Caskey
John Foster
Willis
Frock or Robe Simple Summer Sewing Pattern
Advertisement for Pattern No. 8965 for girls sizes 6 to 14 with dress and robe options in light cotton. Details yardage for size 8, mailing cost 15c, address in New York for Cedar Rapids Gazette service. Also promotes The Summer Fashion Book for sizes 1 to 52 and combined pattern and book offer for 25c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Cedar Rapids Gazette
7Th Avenue
New York
N. Y
We, The Women
Rut embrace by Ruth Millett notes women are drawn into army camps with men gone yet argue they lack true companionship. She claims women entertain to impress, overextend themselves, and miss outdoor simple joys, turning gatherings into social duties rather than pleasure.
Donors Aid Health Camp's Lifesaving Infirmary
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports a health camp caring for about 75 children at once. An infirmary, funded by Golden Gloves, provides nurse quarters and a doctor on weekly calls to isolate and treat illnesses, scratches, headaches, and sunburns, safeguarding campers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Golden Gloves
Prom Night at Roosevelt High Highlights Pan American Theme
Roosevelt High hosted a Junior-Senior Prom with Pan American imagery and a split floral gym. The program featured Dick Nelson on trumpet in Boy Meets Horn, Readings by Winifred Heald, Enid Miner vocal and Martin Thorson whistling, with sponsors Miss Terrill, Miss Zieke, Daryl Pendergraft, and Lloyd George. Supt. and Mrs. Arthur Deamer attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt High School
United States
Dick Nelson
Winifred Heald
Enid Miner
Martin Thorson
Elizabeth Terrill
Ruth Zieke
Daryl Pendergraft
Lloyd George
Supt
Arthur Deamer
McKinley High Holds 87th Class Day Ceremony
McKinley Senior High held its 87 graduates' class day in the auditorium. The program featured a skit The Graduate Grove Club, a forecast, a class song with Eleanor Mitter as composer and Helen Raftis as pianist. Principal W. L. Paxson presided as ribbon ceremony signified official graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley Senior High School
Graduate Grove Club
W. L. Paxson
Cedar Rapids hosts fourteenth Iowa Bandmasters meeting
Nearly 150 delegates attend the Iowa Bandmasters association convention in Cedar Rapids with concerts by the Cedar Rapids Concert Band and Masonic Chorus on Monday and the Bandmasters Band on Tuesday. Other program highlights include a banquet at the Montrose hotel, a business session, a talk on Municipal Bands, officer elections, and concerts by visiting bands and the Coe College band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Bandmasters Association
Island Plaza
William Vesely
Montrose
Association
Karl L. King
Fort Dodge
East High Band of
Waterloo
Herbert Goodwin
Goodwin
Junior Biggle
Coe College Band
Stanley Vesely
Mr. Vesely
Stanley Vesely, Jr
Richard Keen
George Shultz
Charles A. Hayden
American Legation In Bagdad Haven During Iraq War
American and British residents of Bagdad emerged from a 33 day siege by Rashid Ali Al Gauilani regime. An emergency semi military group guarded the American legation and British embassy during mob danger. About 160 Britons and Americans endured the siege. Women and children were evacuated toward the end of April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PD. W. Cameron
Bagdad
Rashid Ali al Gauilani
Legation
Knabenshue
Cornwallis
Iraqi forces tighten grip near airport amid siege
Iraqi troops took positions commanding the airport with Howitzers and guns to bar British aircraft. The foreign office kept a hostile stance, accusing American minister Paul Knabenshue of fortifying the legation grounds, closing the legation, and cutting off contact. It rejected his request for a legation courier to Aleppo to receive diplomatic mail from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreign Office
Paul Knabenshue
Legation
Knabenshue
Aleppo
Syria
Washington
Crissman and Condon Seek Linn Brooks in Extradition
County Attorney William Crissman and Detective Tom Condon traveled to St. Paul to secure Linn Brooks, 27, wanted for a June 1935 Cedar Rapids robbery. Brooks has refused extradition. an extradition hearing is set for Tuesday in St. Paul. Lieut Gov Hickenlooper issued a governor's warrant in Gov Wilson's absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Crissman
Tom Condon
Cedar Rapids
St. Paul
Linn Brooks
Brooks
Minnesota
B. B. Hickenlooper
George A. Wilson
Kansas City man nabbed after alleged wire theft
Everett Adams, 42, of Kansas City was arrested twenty five minutes after allegedly stealing a coil of wire and gunny sacks from Cedar Rapids and Towa City railroad shops. He was arrested at Fifteenth avenue and Sixth street SW after a citizen and railroad shop employee gave chase. Adams faces breaking and entering charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Adams
Kansas City
Cedar Rapids
Towa City
Adams
Fourth Street
Willian Mehaffey
Fifteenth Avenue
Sixth Street
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Miss Margret Clarke
H. K. Focht Howe
Lumir
Indiana
Iowa State
Mrs. Barry
Witie
Miss Tschirgi
James Berry
Alice Jean Long
Cee
Miss Zieke
P.T.A. Meetings
Roosevelt
Marjorie Hungerford
Mr. Cook
John W Barry
Don C. Cook
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Henl
Rutm Millett
Roosevelt High
McKinley High
Memorial Coliseum
Municipal Band
Iowa
Jay
Jane Steele
Merle Booth
John Yousling
Coe
Bagdad Haven
Iraq
EELS
Armstrong
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