Verne and Blahnik Wed in Moorhead Minn
Jeanne Patricia Verne and Robert L. Blahnik wed at First Congregational Church Moorhead Minnesota. The couple plans a two week honeymoon to the Black Hills and Estes Park Colorado before making Cedar Rapids home as Blahnik will enter active Army service. Verne is a North Dakota State College graduate and Iowa State alumna with Gamma Phi Beta ties and prior therapy work. Blahnik is an Iowa State graduate and former Cedar Rapids building inspector.
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First Congregational Church
Moorhead
Minn
Jeanne Patricia Verne
Paul C. Verne
Robert L. Blahnik
L. L. Blahnik
Knollwood Drive
Black Hills
Estes Park
Colo
Cedar Rapids
Blahnik
North Dakota State College
Iowa State College
Ames
Gamma Phi Beta Sorority
Iowa
Keokuk
North Dakota State
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
Advice From Miss Manners on Home Life and Partners
A reader asks about Mary Manners advice on popularity and sincerity with boys. A second letter urges women to value homemaking and devout motherhood, while Miss Manners affirms the message and invites further reader responses. A third writer seeks guidance on dating a friend-approved partner, with Miss Manners suggesting balance and keeping friendships intact.
Hope Chest Sales Boom Amid War Boom
Cedar chest makers report record sales of hope chests in Chicago as a likely effect of wartime conscription. The trend appears across manufacturers with demand rising sharply and sentiment upbeat.
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Chicago
Cedar Chest
Hope Chest
City Briefs Highlight Local Events and Incidents
St Matthew ice cream festival set for Monday evening June 30 from 7 to 11 with ad notice. Ambar Grotto to hold a special meeting at 7 p m Monday at Rollin Frink residence 2552 Country Club Parkway SE. A short circuit triggered a small fire at Carl T Johnson home 833 Center Point Road NE at 3 03 p m Saturday. Mr and Mrs Behrens traveled to Pomeroy Friday due to the death of his father H B Behrens. Jan Huslodge I O O F to meet Wednesday at Sokol Hall with annual picnic planned today at old Legion Park on Highway 30 East. Cub Pack No 13 Fillmore school held a picnic supper Tuesday at Bever Park with 61 cubs and parents. followed by a ball game between cubs and their fathers. Private Garlan L Wetzel returned home Saturday night from Camp Claiborne for a ten day furlough to visit parents Mr and Mrs George Wetzel 1429 Seventh Avenue SE. he serves in Company 1 136th Medical Regiment. The Cedar Rapids Sokols junior girls list for All Sokol tournament in Chicago this weekend should include Doris Ann Feiereisen instead of Dorothy Feiereisen. Mrs Nellie Oslund 1332 B Avenue NE hosted Mr and Mrs Wheeler Shawl and daughter Esther of San Francisco. they left Saturday after a motor trip from Michigan. Mrs Shawl is a niece of Mrs Oslund.
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Fillmore School
Bever Park
Garlan L. Wetzel
Camp Claiborne
George Wetzel
Seventh Avenue
136Th Medical Regiment
Nellie Oslund
B Avenue NE
Wheeler Shawl
Esther
San Francisco
Michigan
Shawl
Oslund
Maine Lodge Meeting Friday Changes Schedule
Maine lodge No. 643 LOC.C.F. will meet at 8 p.m. Friday in Maine hall at 838 First avenue East. Members are notified of a permanent change in the meeting date to Friday night.
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Maine Lodge
Loc.c.f
Maine Hall
First Avenue E
Lost helmet sought by firefighter near B Avenue NE
Earl E. Mueller of Fire Department Company No 3 asked for help locating a leather helmet lost between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets on B Avenue NE about 8 06 p m Friday. He could not search when driving the rig to a fire.
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Earl E. Mueller
Company No. 3
Mueller
Twelfth
Thirteenth
B Avenue
Cedar Rapids Sends Seven to Townsend Convention in Buffalo
Cedar Rapids will be represented by seven members at the national Townsend clubs convention opening Monday in Buffalo New York and running through July 4. Convention headquarters are in the Statler hotel with sessions in the coliseum. Delegates include Louis Wokoun and Mrs Louise Van Pelt of club No 1 Mrs A B Steyne of No 2 Mrs Annabelle Coover and Banner Howard of No 3 and Mrs Eva [reads incomplete].
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Cedar Rapids
Buffalo
N. Y
Statler
Coliseum
Louis Wokoun
Louise van Pelt
A. B. Steyne
Annabelle Coover
Banner Howard
Eva
Women prepare early departure with Mount Vernon visitor
Miller and William Gladwin of No. 4 report the women will board an early morning train today. They will be joined by Mrs. Belle Thompson of Mount Vernon.
Criterion club denies solicitation in city by outsiders
Mrs. Hazel Gibson president of the Criterion club of the National Association of Colored Women said the group did not authorize the reported solicitation. She said funds come from club members and outsiders contacted Mrs. George Crank for more information before notifying the club.
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Hazel Gibson
Criterion Club
National Association of Colored Women
George Crank
Gibson
Navy Ensign Fails to Meet Iowa Marriage Wait Rule
Ensign Jack Hough, a recent naval academy graduate, faced Iowa and navy rules delaying marriage. With only a brief leave, he could not obtain a required laboratory report in time. The couple instead married Friday night at a hotel in Omaha with immediate family present.
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Council Bluffs
Navy
Iowa
Jack Hough
Naval Academy
Margaret Williams
Hough
Missouri River
Omaha
Rooster Matures Chick Family In Odd Nest Scene
In Roseburg Oregon Joe Neaults bantam rooster chased a hen from her eggs and finished the hatching himself He now gathers worms and issues clucking commands in a baritone while Mama lays another clutch and watches the odd family grow
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Roseburg
Ore
Joe Neault
Mama
Wedding Bells Ring for Three Couples This July
Engagements announced for Helen Carney to Paul Werner and Eileen Glaza to Oscar Bensch with weddings set in late July at St. Patrick's and St. Teresa's churches. Glenda Hodge to Lieut. William Greve to wed July 10 in Washington with plans to reside in Port Townsend.
Kinler Joins Floyd Siver In July Wedding
Jacqueline Ida Kinler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J W Kinler, and Floyd O Siver of Mechanicsville announce their engagement and upcoming marriage in the United Brethren church at Olin on July 8. Miss Kinler teaches in Jones county schools and Mr. Siver farms with his father. After a two week wedding trip they will live at the Perry Russell residence north of Mechanicsville.
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Olin
J. W. Oscar Kinler
Jacqueline Ida
Floyd O. Siver
Otis Siver
Mechanicsville
United Brethren Church
Perry Russel
93 Year Old Man Has Never Seen a Movie
Samuel Williams, 93, visiting his daughter in Waterloo Iowa, has never seen a moving picture show and has no desire to. He recalls coming to Iowa in 1862 by covered wagon with his parents and says life was better in the old days, adding that the world is more wicked now.
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Waterloo
Samuel Williams
Williams
Iowa
Columbine charm in gardens from May to mid summer
Mrs J L Rhea extols Anquilegia or Columbine as a versatile perennial with long bloom, varied colors, and handsome foliage. It thrives in sun or semi shade with good drainage and easy culture, though seedlings often hybridize. Seed germination is quick. transplanting is risky for established plants.
Mason City Man To Head Control Board
P F Hopkins of Mason City will become Iowa board of control chairman Tuesday as the chairmanship rotates among members with the term expiring first holding it.
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Mason City
DES Moines
P. F. Hopkins
Iowa Board of Control
Recker Named Defendant in Divorce Action
Mrs. Recker files for divorce from John V. Recker alleging cruel and inhuman treatment. She claims the couple owns property valued at 10 000 dollars and seeks temporary alimony of 20 dollars weekly and permanent alimony of 5 000 dollars.
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Manchester
John V. Recker
Soviet Union Says Nazi Violated Border 324 Times in 1941
Moscow charged that the German air force violated the Soviet border 324 times in 1941 before Hitler’s invasion. The statement said Russia protested to Germany on April 18 but kept to the German-Russian friendship pact. Soviet planes crossed the German border 11 times.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Germany
Broadway Comedy Hit George Washington Slept Here at Cornell
To celebrate the Fourth of July the Cornell summer theater presents the Broadway comedy hit George Washington Slept Here on July 3 4 and 5 at 815 p m Ruth Miller Handel of Mason City a Cornell graduate returns to star in the leading female role in the play.
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the Gazette
Mount Vernon
Cornell Summer Theater
George Washington
Ruth Miller Handel
Mason City
Cornell
Broadway Play Leads Mason City Summer Theater Remount
The Mason City community players present George Washington Slept Here with Don Johannsen of Bryant in the lead role and a large guest cast from Chicago Mount Vernon Simpson Cedar Falls and Oskaloosa. Bob Hartung of Simpson directs guests set design by Howard Emerson of Iowa City.
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Community Players
Mason City
Don Johannsen
Bryant
Cornell
George Washington
Hart
Ben Hoover
Chicago
Mary Hartung
Mount Vernon
Dale Jeffryes
Simpson College
Betty Chiquet
Iowa Falls
Russell Bidlack
Simpson
Bernice Gough
Martha Childress
Oskaloosa
Marjorie Baker
Cedar Falls
Gwen Newquist
Newton
Laura Archera
Turin
Italy
Carlton Groszkruger
Belle Plaine
Len Pollack
Chicago Heights
Bill Dodds
Danville
Doug Hudderson
Bob Hartung
Howard Emerson
Towa City
SEC Chairman To Speak At Columbus Junction Dedication
SEC Chairman E. C. Eicher will address the dedication of Columbus Junction’s new $70,000 post office as part of the July 4 celebration. The Columbus Community club and American Legion sponsor the event with talks by Frank Miles and Rep. Thomas Mertin, plus a derby, concerts, racing and a carnival. The post office has been in use six months with Mrs. Nettie Lewis as postmaster.
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Columbus Junction
E. C. Eicher
Federal Securities Exchange Commission
Iowa First District
Columbus Community Club
American Legion
Frank Miles
Iowa Legionnaire
Thomas Mertin
Iowa City
National Defense
Nettie Lewis
Chocolate dominates American candy demand
According to the department of commerce, chocolate is used in more than half of American candy products, reflecting its central role in the U S confectionery industry.
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Department of Comes Merce
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Mary Manners
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City Briefs
St. Matthew's
Ambar Grotto
Rollin Frink
Country Club Parkway SE
Carl T. Johnson
Center Point Road
William H. Behrens
Pomeroy
Mr. Behrens
H. B. Behrens
Jan Huslodge
Sokol Hall
Old Legion Park
Highway 30
Sokols
Doris Ann Feiereisen
Dorothy Feiereisen
He Townsend
Great Lakes
Mackinac Island
Niagara Pallel
Lakes Michigan
the Killian Company
Rooster Mothers
W. J. Carney
First Street
Helen
Paul J. Werner
Chris Werner
C Avenue
St. Patrick's Church
Kresge’s Dollar Store
Werner
Heat and Frost Insulator Company
St. Patrick’s High School
H. J. Glaza
E Avenue NE
Eileen
Oscar W. Bensch
Marion
Bensch
United States Navy
Washington, D. C
St. Teresa's Parish
O. C. Hodge
Glenda
William L. Greve
Fort Worden
Wash
John B. Greve
Robbinsdale
Miss Hodge
Washington
Port Townsend
Cornell College
Mr. Greve
University of Minnesota
Alpha Kappa Psi Fraternity
Helen Carney
Eileen Glaza
Glenda Hodge
Monsieur Poote
Jacqueline I. Kinler
J. L. Rhea
Lasswell
Lasswell Studio Master Photographers
3Rd Ave
Dial
Paramount Building
Killian
Soviet
Berlin
Wondersteen
Tellatrice—Street
Mead
Killian Company
Tolisteise
Ficor
SEC
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