Wilson High School Dinner Dance Honors 196? Graduates
The Wilson high school graduating class held a dinner dance Monday in the Roosevelt room of the Hotel Roosevelt with a movie theme in pink and blue. Charles Havlik served as toastmaster and introduced etty Subotnik whose toast was March of Time. Randall Hart spoke on Coming Attractions and Miss Jennie Post gave Feature Attractions. Russell Jonas led the evening and introduced Betty Darling who sang a solo while Enid McQuiston and Helen Melsa performed a duet with Marian Erger on piano.
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Wilson High School
Roosevelt
Hotel Roosevelt
Charles Havlik
Etty Subotnik
Randall Hart
Jennie Post
Russell Jonas
Betty Darling
Enid McQuiston
Helen Melsa
Marian Erger
Shirley Kreutner
Robert Wessale
Merlyn Kimball
Stephen Mills
Jeanne Hrbek
Alan Richardson
Dinner Honors Mrs Averill Before Camp Clai borne Departure
Mrs. Beryl Averill, bound for Camp Claiborne in Louisiana to join Capt Averill, was guest of honor at a dinner hosted by Penick and Ford company workers. Organizers included Miss Louise Gillis Miss Margaret Lesher and others. Seventeen guests sat to a pink and blue floral centerpiece.
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Beryl Averill
Camp Claiborne
Capt. Averill
Penick and Ford Company
Louise Gillis
Margaret Lesher
Tom Ross
Robert Kyle
Huron Adams
Miss Hibnes Returns From California Trip
Miss Vera Hibnes of Cedar Rapids returns from a California visit with her sisters in Glendale and Culver City. She traveled with Miss Marjorie Hoyland of Los Angeles and spent Decoration Day in San Francisco with Cedar Rapids friends.
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Vera Hibnes
Fourth Avenue SE
California
Marguerite Hibnes
Glendale
E. E. Clements
Mr. Clements
Culver City
Hibnes
Marjorie Hoyland
Los Angeles
Cedar Rapids
San Francisco
Oseetah Camp Fire Members Plan Friday Hayrack Ride
Members met Monday at Mrs. Harold Domeny’s home for a council fire. Beads and leather donors were distributed and plans were made for a hayrack party Friday.
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Oseetah
Harold Domeny
Make This Model At Home Pattern 4783 Fashion Pattern
Pattern 4783 is available in women's sizes 38 through 50. The street-length dress in size 36 requires 35 yards of 39 inch fabric. Send fifteen cents to Pattern Department The Cedar Rapids Gazette New York for pattern details and ten cents more to receive the Pattern Book with the season's fashion picture.
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The
Cedar Rapids Gazette
West 17Th Street
New York
N. Y
Merrimaids Honor Miss Forrest At Club Meeting
Merrimaids club members entertained Monday at Mrs. John Lechkey’s home honoring Miss Mary Brownlee Forrest who will wed William Diehl on June 10. Gift presented to the bride elect. sewing kept guests engaged. Attendees included Marianne Foushee Marjorie Greer and Mesdames Harold Weeks Lester Jones D W McKenzie. Next meeting planned with Mrs. Jones. Also the Bring Another class of Anamosa Congregational church was hosted Tuesday by Mr. and Mrs. Roy Carlson with Rev Homer E Dalrymple and many others in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Wilson
Twentyfirst Avenue
Bridge Club
Iola Mentzer
Henry Gundling
Mentzer
Margaret Watt
Frank Mary
Arthur Birney
Cecelia Johnson
Paul Novak
Warren McAllister
Merrimaid Club
John Lechkey
Mary Brownlee Forrest
William Diehl
Marianne Foushee
Marjorie Greer
Harold Weeks
Lester Jones
D. W. McKenzie
Jones
Anamosa Congregational Church
Roy Carlson
Madison Street
Homer E. Dalrymple
Clyde Wilson
Irvin Hover
J. W. Streeter
Marian Hale
Genevieve la Frentz
George Meachem
Harold Blair
Miss Heefner Hosts Friends At Home
Miss Donna Heefner entertained a group of her friends Monday evening at her home 2412 Fourth Avenue SE. Guests included June Dahlhorn Marilyn Schrimper Betty Rathbun Marjorie Ferguson Ellabeal Ferrie Mystle Blair Maxine Hepker Louise Higher Margaret Allen Billie Lou Merritt Mary Helen Mowbry Doris Doherty Dorris Jefferis Lenore Pesek.
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Donna Heefner
Fourth Avenue SE
June Dahlhorn
Marilyn Schrimper
Betty Rathbun
Marjorie Ferguson
Ellabeal Ferrie
Mystle Blair
Maxine Hepker
Louise Higher
Margaret Allen
Billie Lou ‘Merritt
Mary Helen Mowbry
Doris Doherty
Dorris Jefferis
Lenore Pesek
Presbyterian Group Hosts W C T U Meeting at Daniels Park
Daniels Park Presbyterian Missionary society welcomed the East Side W C T U to the church with devotions led by Mrs. T E Pirtle. The group signed a petition to Congress urging passage of H R 2475 to end liquor sales near army camps.
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Daniels Park Presbyterian Missionary Society
East Side
Ruth Otto
East Side Union
Merle P. White
Lynotts Entertain Chicago Guests at Fourth Avenue Home
Mr and Mrs John H Lynott of 1535 Fourth Avenue SE hosted Mr and Mrs David Wallace and Miss Mary Louise Lynott of Chicago as house guests Mrs Wallace will stay longer with the Ly notts Miss Lynott and Mr Wallace have returned to Chicago
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John H. Lynott
Fourth Avenue SE
David Wallace
Mary Louise Lynott
Chicago
Wallace
Lynotts
Miss Lynott
Mr. Wallace
Friedels Visit Mrs York Then Denver Trip
After a three days visit at the home of Mrs Mabel York on Third street SW and her family Mr and Mrs George F Friedel of Oklahoma City left Tuesday. They will visit in Denver before returning to their home.
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Mabel York
Third Street
George F. Friedel
Oklahoma City
Denver
Charlotte Visitor Arrives for Weekend at Brems Home
Miss Teresa McDermitt of Charlotte arrived Wednesday to visit until Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Brems, 220 First Street SE.
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Teresa McDermitt
Charlotte
George Brems
First Street
Stitch and Chatter Meeting Set for Friday
The Stitch and Chatter club will hold a work meeting Friday at 1 p.m. at the Community House.
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Stitch and Chatter
Stitch and Chatter Club
Two Auto Crashes Leave Two Hurt In Cedar Rapids
Two people received minor injuries in separate Cedar Rapids crashes on Wednesday. Lester Clouhy, 21, was cut on the head after his car collided with a vehicle driven by Mrs. Harry Meredith at Mount Vernon avenue and Twenty seventh street SE around 5 10 p m. He was treated and released from Mercy hospital and later fined ten dollars for driving without a license. Bill Miller, 18, suffered lacerations to his left arm ankle and right hand when his bicycle hit a car driven by Dominic Stastny at Eleventh avenue and Third street SE. Stastny took Miller to St Luke s hospital where he was treated and dismissed.
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Cedar Rapids
Lester Cloudy
Fifth Street
Harry Meredith
Mount Vernon Avenue
Twenty-seventh Street
Clouhy
Mercy Hospital
Twentyseventh Street
H. R. Churchill
Bill Miller
Eleventh Avenue SE
Dominic Stastny
Second Street SE
Eleventh Avenue
Third Street
Stastny
Miller
St. Luke's Hospital
Marmola Tablets Offer Safe Slimming for Thinning Faces
A publisher promotes Marmola as a humane way to slim faces and figures without starvation or heavy exercise. The ad claims Marmola has sold for over thirty years, with more than twenty million boxes distributed, and states it is not a cure all or diagnosis and should be used by adults with hypothyroidism under a physician’s guidance.
Ickes Sees Oil Use Cut In East Within Month
Petroleum Administrator Ickes said a curtailment of oil use in the East was likely within a month and may be voluntary if needed. He warned of a possible fuel shortage, urged nationwide daylight saving time, and discussed an option between driving and home heating.
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Ickes
Washington
East
Census agency counts 1.8 million accidental deaths 1919 1939
The census bureau reports 1,800,226 accidental deaths in the 21 year span 1919 to 1939. The year 1936 logged 110,052 deaths while 1939 had 92,623 in total.
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Census Bureau
Hearings Set June 16 On Property Draft
Washington The senate military affairs committee voted to begin hearings June 16 on the draft property bill. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson said the powers are needed to relieve machine tool bottlenecks aluminum shortages and German patent controls on vital defense processes and should not be delayed by frivolous objections. He indicated a 2 or 4 year time limit might be acceptable to reassure those worried about concentration of power.
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Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
Congress
War Department
Curtailment of Steel Sheet and Strip Production
The Office of Production Management announced it will curtail sheet and strip steel output for automobile and civilian needs to free rolling mill capacity for shipbuilding railway cars and other urgent defense manufacturing. The move aims to boost defense production efficiency.
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Washington
Office of Production Management
OPM
Government urges auto cut and steel expansion for war needs
The White House orders civilian car output cut by 20 percent and steel facilities expanded by 10 million tons annually to support defense. OPM Director Knudsen seeks voluntary industry cooperation while steel consultant Hauck visits mills to determine appropriate measures. Some mills can start plate production soon.
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OPM
William S. Knudsen
W. A. Hauck
Bomb explodes at Chicago union office
A bomb exploded in the doorway of Local 762, United Automobile Workers CIO headquarters in Chicago, causing about 1500 dollars in damage. No injuries were reported, says union secretary Steve Hordorowich who knew of no motive.
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Chicago
United Automobile Workers
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Mrs. Averill
Miss Hibnes
Mrs. Wright
Harry Wright
Hawthorne
Calif
Lester Wright
Wright
J Avenue
King's Daughters Union
King's Daughters
Linn County
Roosevelt Hotel
Henry E. Haegg
A. C. Burnell
Coe College
Myron Mason
Lee Beardsley
Mrs, Hood
Emily McGinn Hood
Clarion
Oseetah Camp Fire
Anne Adams
Merrimaids
Miss Forrest
Miss Heefner
G. F. Friedels
Miss McDermitt
Cory
Shulton
Fathee
U. S
Shulton, Inc
Fifth Avenue
Hoboken, N. J
C. W. Kellogg
Edison Electric Institute
Office
Buitton
SEARS
Chatfield
Axminster
Geld K. D
Fenwick
Brandon
Wilton Broadloom
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Third Avenue
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