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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1932
Page
12
Marion residents report a birthday party for DeWayne Dickey with color coordinated green and white decor and a guest list including Lucile Barber Elizabeth Sloss Betty Monthie and others. Also notes births, meetings, and church events with area families and local clubs.
The Marion survey of unemployed residents starts Tuesday with inspections of every home. Canvassers ask for family size ages of children employment status last job occupation aid sources and if the head is a former service member. Assistance to needy families is the aim.
The bi monthly Marion Country club dinner dance served about 125 people a two course meal on Tuesday. Dancing followed in a festive atmosphere with the clubhouse decorated by summer garden flowers. Hostesses were Mrs A P Munson and Mrs James Frear joint chairmen, assisted by several local ladies.
The Marion band directed by Paul E. Popejoy performs the third summer concert in the city park at 8 p.m. The program includes Fair Chicago Morning Noon and Night, Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Farm Bureau quartet music, Hungarian Dance No. 6, and Festival King Overture.
The Diamond club of Mid-Continent Petroleum held a dinner party at the New Hallwood on Tuesday. Fourteen people attended including members wives and friends. Five hundred was played with Miss Emerson and Mrs James Greenway winning first prizes while Mrs Don Winger and Mrs D P Vore also participated. Dancing followed the games.
The office reports stock of clothing and shoes exhausted as calls for aid rise. Donors with suitable articles are asked to send items to Miss Mildred Titus for redistribution.
Cedar Rapids and nearby communities saw a busy week with visits from Rev. G W Emerson of Cedar Rapids and sister in law Mrs Ralph I Hanson D B Christie celebrated a birthday with dinner at 960 Fourteenth street Miss Ione and Eleanor Hanson and Mearl Nebergall visited grandparents at Swisher Virgina Crew of Perry and Louis Durland visiting relatives in Chicago Delhi outing for Mr and Mrs A P Munson Amos Stewart travels to Dunlap for uncle FP Norris death Marion Merchants schedule a game with Quaker Oats Cedar Rapids Baptist church picnic planned at Bever Park attendees to meet at 3 pm or 4 pm. catering details noted Various Marion visitors including G Garden and family from Memphis Tenn and Mr Gar den previously with Marion Indians baseball team
Mr and Mrs George Ooheny Serger of New York spent Sunday in Chicago before departing by train. They were guests of F E Williams in Chicago and plan further travel.
Mrs Jennie Patee of Storm Lake is a guest in the home of Mr and Mrs W B Carpenter near Marion for an unspecified stay.
Mrs T J Davis Louise and Mildred Carpenter left Tuesday morning for Templar Park Spirit Lake where they will spend the summer. Mrs L H Benitema with her children of Davenport has been visiting here since Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs W S Starbuck and other relatives.
The Marion Merchants will play a benefit baseball game with an M and J league team from Cedar Rapids for Cedar Rapids unemployed. The game is set for Saturday at 8 15 p m at Bunny park, drawing local supporters and families. The Cornerstones society picnic is scheduled for Thursday at 6 30 p m at the home of Mr and Mrs W B Sebern near Marion. Dr and Mrs Wild and their daughters from Tracy were guests of Mrs Wilds aunt Mrs Horace E Reiter on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Comstock of Chicago and Miss Bess Boyles of Milwaukee arrived in Marion Monday to visit Dr. and Mrs. F. S. Skinner.
Members of the Cheerful Companions class and their families held a Tuesday picnic at Thomas Park with supper for about thirty people. A brief business meeting followed in the evening. Miss Mildred Titus at the Community club office is coordinating land plots for unemployed labor to cultivate this summer.
J. E. Ives spoke before the Kiwanis club at the Montrose hotel comparing Japan’s aims in its war with China with Germany’s hopes at World War I’s outbreak. He cited Oriental trade as a global driver, noting bitter rivalry as nations seek to corner it, and urged U.S. protection in that region. Ives, a seed company representative, has traveled widely.
Forty hungry physically handicapped children attend Camp Good Health this summer awaiting meals and care. A dietitian explains need for fuel to operate fireless cookers as donations fund meals and nutrition for the two week outing and ongoing health improvements at Cedar Rapids based camp.
Hugh N. Stevenson of Sioux City was named department commander of the United Spanish American War Veterans at the convention's close. Charlies H. Brown of Waterloo was elected senior vice-commander and J. H. Hampshire of Dubuque became chaplain.
Arthur Huntington of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, speaking at Ohio State University, argues engineers must reshape farm distribution to relieve surpluses and raise living standards. He says mass production benefits should reach workers, not just capital, and urges less political meddling and more engineering planning.
Police Lieutenant Weideling bans hamburgers on his shift citing officer sluggishness. Protests from the command accompany the move as readied patrols adapt to the policy in Evanston Illinois.
In Cleveland Ohio Police Judge Alfred L Steuer sentenced Louis Gehringer 42 to 30 days in jail or a half pint of castor oil for drunkenness. Gehringer chose the castor oil.
Cedar Rapids police urged business owners to wary of a check passer believed to have operated in St. Paul Minnesota and traced to Iowa. The suspect is about six feet tall 185 pounds with a medium complexion and smooth face, wearing a dark suit and oxfords. He used counterfeit checks drawn on Girard Trust Philadelphia and signed as Robert E. n with names Sartin Cheese Drexel and Andrews appearing on the lower right corner.
Adolph E. Novotny of Cedar Rapids and Mabel M. Swerka of Oxnard Rapids applied. R Bonn of Detroit Michigan and Nelle M. Powers of Cedar Rapids filed. Archie G. Post of Springville and Wanita McCarty of Colfax noted. Weldon Toeller of Cedar Rapids and Phyllis Boyd of Clinton listed. Charles L. Fi
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