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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1942

Page

2

Around the Town’s Wartime Anecdotes and Local Notes

A column of light human interest items from Cedar Rapids and surrounding Iowa towns. Vignettes include a mother halting a bedtime debate, navy enlistment quirks, Fort Leonard Wood reports, a child’s tire ration joke, a spankings joke, a cyclist’s cross-state ride, a public warning for a theater sign, and campus crowding at Iowa State with 4-H girls.

Johns Hopkins appoints Miss Alice M. as assistant nurse supervisor

Miss Alice M daughter of Mrs A E and niece of Miss Maude Krebs of 408 Fourth street SW has been named assistant supervisor of nurses in the Eastern Health district connected with the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Baltimore Md. Sundberg a Coe college graduate trained at Peter Bent Brigham and Simmons colleges, was active in public health work in Boston. She belonged to Delta Delta Delta at Coe. The note also mentions visits and social events in Cedar Rapids and nearby areas with various hosts and guests across multiple addresses.

Alice M A. E Maude Krebs Fourth Street Hy End Johnskins University Baltimore Sundberg Coe College Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Boston Simmons College Coe Delta Delta Delta Sorority

Cotton Ball Highlights Cedar Rapids Junior League Event

The Cedar Rapids Junior League hosted its annual Cotton Ball at the Cedar Rapids Country Club with formal gowns and garden flower bouquets for a summer mood. Proceeds fund the League's Community Nutrition Service. the event featured a grand march and the Cotton Queen announcement, followed by numerous Dutch treat dinners and social gatherings among guests and hosts across several households.

Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids Country Club Cotton Queen

Renean Bride Of Elbert Beaver in Tipton ceremony

Velma Lucille Spidle to Elbert E. Beaver of Rapids will wed Tuesday at 4 p.m. in the home of George Kopf in Tipton with Rev. C. F. Littell officiating. Spidle, a Tipton junior college graduate and Downey teacher, and Beaver, Cornell college graduate and Cedar Rapids YMCA official, plan to live at 1434 First Avenue SE.

Velma Lucille Elbert E. Beaver Rapids Charles Beaver Lisbon George Kopf Tipton C. F. Littell Cornell College Miss Spidle Tipton Junior College Downey Beaver Cedar Rapids Y. M. ,c. A First Avenue Chadima

Engagement and upcoming wedding plans outlined

Mary Louise Marsh Sheets of Iowa City will wed Robert R. Kennedy of Cedar Rapids on June 21 at Trinity Episcopal Church. The couple’s families, including Mrs. Ethel Kennedy of Chicago, announce the engagement with details of the groom and venue. Mary Irene MacLaughlin and Sgt. John E. Christensen also receive a bridal luncheon hosted by Mrs. Martin J. Cole of Los Angeles.

George Marsh Sheets Iowa City Mary Louise Robert R. Kennedy Cedar Rapids Ethel Kennedy Chicago Trinity Epischurch Iss Sheets Iowa City High School University of Iowa Alpha Xi Delta Sorority Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance Martin J. Cole Los Angeles John L. Millers Mary Irene MacLaughlin Sergt John E. Christensen First Christian Church Cole Cedar Rapids Country Club

Miss Killen to Wed Oak Park Pastor in Evanston Ceremony

Miss A Jean Eleanor Killen daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred H Killen of 1950 Grande avenue SE will wed Rev L Churchill Austin of Oak Park Illinois this afternoon at five o'clock in the SHE HOWES MEMORIAL chapel Evanston Illinois The couple will exchange rings in a ceremony read by Dr Lynn Radcliffe pastor of the First Methodist Church of Oak Park Ontario ornamentation will be white gladioli and larkspur and the bride will wear a powder blue crepe two piece dress. Nearby Mayflower chapter D A R held a Bever park picnic with officers and guests named.

She Howes Evanston Ill Jean Eleanor Killen Fred H. Killen Grande Avenue SE L. Churchill Austin Oak Park Lynn Radcliffe First Methodist Church Francis Moore Will of Love Killen Northwestern University Margaret Wieder Houghton Mich Lorenz Dayton Ohio James Ferris Richard Ricker Orrington Hotel Mr. Austin Michigan City Ind Oak Park Avenue

Mrs Kitchin Presents Pupils in Piano Recital

Mrs Flora MacKay Kitchin will showcase her pupils in a piano recital this afternoon at 4 in her home studio 1723 Third Avenue SE. Parents and friends of the pupils are invited, including Markey and Janice Bailey.

Flora MacKay Kitchin Third Avenue SE Markey Janice Bailey

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