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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1958
Page
9
Frances Horowicz from Iowa City outlines how preschool children form selective play groups and form best or good friends. The column emphasizes nurturing early social ties and potential benefits of encouraging chosen friendships in early childhood development.
The Hawkeye Twin Club of Town will hold its second annual state convention in Cedar Rapids in June 1959. First convention last Saturday in Des Moines drew 63 twin sets and one triplet. Co-presidents La Vena and LaVelda Rowe of Iowa City. The convention to be headquartered at the Sheraton Montrose hotel.
A short note warns home shoppers to inspect basements for water damage in long listed rentals or sales. Look for wall water marks to avoid hidden costs from sump pumps and ongoing moisture issues. Written as a house shopping tip from 1959.
The text explains how nonfamily child relationships help social growth. It suggests parents foster friendships by inviting peers into the home, enrolling in preschool, or using neighborhood facilities. Parents guide children in evaluating negative experiences and sharing in friendships, offering opportunities for peers of the same age.
New York AP report notes Marjorie Merriweather Post, heiress to the Post cereal fortune, wed Herbert A. May of Woodbine Maryland, a Westinghouse Air Brake executive, in a quiet ceremony attended by their children and relatives. The couple planned receptions in Pittsburgh and Washington and a subsequent cruise after a brief honeymoon.
Miss Mary A. E. Morris, 71, retires after 14 years running the ferries lost and found. She recalls odd items from autos to pets and bombs from World War II, and notes about 2091 items a month collected while 28 million riders pass yearly.
Mechanicsville and Cedar Rapids announce engagements and planned weddings. Verlynne Edman Brown will wed Richard J. Brown June 29 at a Methodist church. Sandra Shafer and Wayne Fish plan a July 20 Presbyterian ceremony. Marlene Sim and Lewis Wasendorf wed June 13 in a Marion ceremony. Dover No 4 rural school to close. students will transfer to Eldorado or Dover No 2 in September.
New teen reading selections circulate in the public library youth room. Titles include Week-end Pilot by Smith about a Philadelphia lawyer learning to fly a light plane, Gods and Herons by Schwab with mythic fragments woven into a narrative, Joyce Fackson's Guide to Winning Friends and Popularity by Crounse, and Strangers in Skye by Alan, an exciting youth novel.
Reco from a damaged OCR listing security items and services. Mentions social security cards birth certificates and documents, with Jordan Plastics Company at 120 2nd Street SW EM 4.5840 offering mail orders and taratabls in aticne.
A reflective piece set on the Isle of Skye contrasts a sensible Mars image with its significance and a moving story titled They lana: posse. It follows an idealistic girl and an older woman in a library, exploring memory and aspiration through two works by Branksy and Garthwaite.
Fragmentary OCR shows engagements and wedding plans including Donald Main son of Mr and Mrs and La Verne Luck son of Mrs Clara Luck with possible venues in Manchester and Smith Delaware. Date and full names are unclear due to damaged text.
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