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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1943
Page
13
Fringed fashion features bright cotton dresses and beach ready outfits for men and women with printed piques ginghams and rayons. Irene Manning and Betty Rhodes model modern vintage looks while jewelry from Coro adds color. Marjorie McKenna and Kenneth Woodruff wed in St Louis and private Smylie ties the knot in Alameda California as air travel links two families.
Mrs. Anna C. Petersen of Ons low announces the marriage of her daughter Norma Ann to Aviation Student Clifford A. Balster son of Mr and Mrs D C Balster Monmouth Ind The ceremony was conducted by Rev N A McCune on June 19 at 5 30 p m at Peoples Church East Lansing Michigan
Walker and Mrs. F J Wachal entertained about 40 guests at a dinner party for Corp Edward Lingo and his wife in Hondo Texas. Lingo serves in the army air force and Mrs Lingo works with civilian personnel at Hondo field. Hostesses also organized a miscellaneous shower for Mrs Carl Patterson formerly Bernice Reece in Methodist church parlors.
Buckingham Christensen, retired Buckingham mail carrier, was honored last Sunday at a dinner hosted by his daughter Mrs. Roy Draper. Guests included two other daughters Mrs. Hunter Dietz of Columbus and Mrs. Allard Carolus, plus two sons Carl and Fred Christensen of Blairstown and their families. Irene McKenna received a pre nuptial shower Thursday at the home of Mrs. Oscar Herman with assist hosts Mrs. Gus Jensen and Mrs. L A Bredefeldt. A second shower followed Saturday at the George Beenken home with Kathryn Beenken as seater.
Weekly schedule notes a mixed two ball one club event at Oneota golf and country club. June 29 marks the second luncheon for ladies run under Miss Mayme Wise with assisting hostesses. July 1 a monthly dinner committee chaired by Mrs Ray Algyer will hold the event with a long list of assistants. A picnic for the Past Noble Grands club is planned at the summer home of Mr and Mrs Renne Rosenthal on Tuesday.
The notice explains coupon usage through June and July for meat sugar shoes and fuel oil with specific expiry dates. It lists wage age details and adds inspection deadlines for six month and four month checks. It also gives contact details for the Linn county war price and rationing board and office hours.
Ruth Millet notes Uncle Sam now allows V mail photographs of babies under one year old or born since a father went overseas. The policy comforts war parents and boosts morale, showing the nation values children conceived during wartime. The piece argues these children, though across hardship, may become a fine generation despite draft distinctions.
The Dysart page notes Lena Selk's eighty third birthday celebrated with relatives and friends at her home Tuesday. The piece lists several social gatherings including Lynn Kaeberle and Mrs Kaeberle visiting Brooklyn naval yards, a dinner at the Lassen home, and a post nuptial shower for Ruth Hass Ensminger hosted by local residents. Also mentions Corp Earl Raub’s furlough from March Field and Serg Norman Lewis visiting from San Antonio.
Mr and Mrs Henry Peterson were surprised with a housewarming and a shower at their home northeast of town. Mrs Harvey Winoski served as guest of honor with 23 attendees. Winoski will leave next Wednesday for Ft Knox to join her husband, Lieutenant Winoski.
Lois Junge daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis Junge Keystone became the bride of Delmar Schlotterbeck son of Mr and Mrs George Schlotterbeck Atkins in a Lutheran church parish ceremony. Attending were Juanita Schlotterbeck and Curtis Junge. The couple will live on a Keystone area farm.
Red Cross will give Linn county landlubber soldiers a pocket edition of Science from Shipboard as part of its tree recreation services to the expeditionary forces. The book covers cloud formations wind currents and tidal movements in layman's terms to aid porthole navigation, noted Dawson E Grim, Linn county chapter chairman.
The article notes a shift from scarlet salvias to blues in garden plantings. It highlights blue varieties across hyacinths iris aquilegia columbine veronica salvias and related species with notes on color quality bloom times and care for summer to autumn color. It recommends planting blues such as Alba grape hyacinths Mertensia Virginica and Veronica varieties while offering cultivation tips and companion plant ideas.
A Cedar Rapids Gazette Needlecraft Department feature invites crafters to acquire Pattern 369 with 30 motifs of carnations pansies roses and more. Variations range from 5x8 to 1x14 inches. lists required materials and stitches. Send 11 cents and include name and address to The Cedar Rapids Gazette New York office.
South Side News reports Sdruzeni Ceskych Spolka of 32 Czech lodges organizing an annual outdoor festival at Z.C.B.J park in August with a committee led by Jerry Mahring and others. The event will honor the Oct 28 Czechoslovak Independence Day and include a Reading Society Picnic on Aug 1 with music by the Czech Melody Hour.
Alburnett Methodist W S C S celebrated guest day at the church on Wednesday. Participants included Mrs Lucille Christianson Mrs Carl McCalley Audrey Tritle Marilyn Rech Shirley Johnson Mrs Adams Esther Estil Mrs Frank Schantz Janet Kahler and Frieda Schmickle.
Miss Elsa Tinderholt daughter of Mr and Mrs F C Tinderholt of Ossian will wed Donald Taylor son of Mr and Mrs Robert Taylor of Ogden Utah today in Ogden. She is Ossian high school graduate who studied at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls and has taught in Dunbar Iowa. Mr Taylor works for the government at Tillamook Oregon where the couple will reside.
County agents and families enjoyed a Friday afternoon and evening in McGregor with a fish dinner at the Mallard a Mississippi boat ride and a Villa Louis visit in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin A farewell for Rev Dwight E Webster and Mrs Webster followed by a reunion at the Heights hotel for Pfc Warren Washburn and his wife prior to his Fort Bliss Texas assignment Mrs Anna Hornung returns from Baltimore after visiting son Ralph
A family urges individuals to purchase war bonds through a payroll savings plan. The call to action frames this as a family coordinated effort, encouraging members to secure bonds by contributing via their pay, with a focus on self-reliance and collective support.
Williamsburg notes Talent Month at St Pauls Lutheran Church. Mrs Doris Von Ahsen accepted as member. Guests included Mrs R Uhlmann Mrs Harold Mings and Mrs Lloyd Hamer. Hostesses were Mrs George Petershagen Mrs C F Howe and Mrs Car Kuch. Private Robert Walters on a 10 day furlough was honored guest at a picnic supper at the Rollo Pierce home Wednesday.
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