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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1941
Page
2
A total of $696.05 has been reached in the Marion United Service Organizations drive. Marion’s quota is $800, and volunteers continue collecting to reach the goal.
Alburnett and Coast-to-Coast teams meet as Milwaukee Service Club faces Springville in the second set of Tuesday makeups at 7 45 pm. The season’s first half wraps up Wednesday with standings informal amid city league play and local advertiser notices.
Observe Golden Anniversary Mr and Mrs John L Peters 2293 Fifth avenue celebrate fifty years of marriage with friends this afternoon from 2 to 4 at Cedar Lane. They wed June 28 1891 at Oxford Junction later moving to Marion. After thirty seven years with the Milwaukee railroad Mr Peters retired four years ago. They have three daughters Mrs Alfred Johnson Mrs Louis Olney and Mrs Milo Davin all of Marion and a son August Peters in Milwaukee. Ten grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Funeral services for Mrs John Cone, 53, who died Friday evening in a Cedar Rapids hospital, will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Yo cum chapel. Burial will be in the family lot at Oak Shade cemetery. Her death followed severe burns from a gasoline explosion in the basement of her home on Wednesday.
Advertisement notes a warm weather dessert featuring ripe black raspberry or strawberry in Hutchinsons Gingham Package ice cream sold at Owen's Cut Rate Drug, priced 13c for a pint and 25c for a quart.
The fragment notes Mrs. Ira L. John of Fulton accompanied them home after an event.
Kyle Gott of Malden Missouri arrives Monday to visit his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs W J Atz over the Fourth of July. Grove City Rebekah lodge No 35 meets Monday at 8 pm in the I O O F hall to take in new members. Mrs Richard Straley and Mrs D D Cory of Marion host tea at the home of Mrs Straley as Mr and Mrs W E Van Fossen entertain tonight at a family dinner at their home 1141 Twelfth street observance of their twenty fifth wedding anniversary.
Keystone division of the Methodist W S C S will meet at noon at Mrs. Badham s home Alburnett road with a free picnic dinner. Joint hostesses are Mrs. R O Pinch Mrs Neela Buckner and Mrs Martha Gillespie. The Loyal division meets with Mrs B I Wooldridge at 252 Eighth avenue at 2 30 p m. Mrs Charles Granger hosts Tuesday at the home of Mrs Harry Hammond northwest of Marion. Mrs Jack Oxley and Mrs Mae Gano will be joint hostesses.
For your party see our private dining room. Casa Blanca.
The Marion Merchants will play Walker at 2 p.m. at the local ballpark. Walker brings a rival squad and the game is billed as a key league match with early-season stakes.
All Rebekahs invited as degree staff are asked to wear white attire for the upcoming lodge gathering.
A small ad offers a liberal reward for the return of a boy's stolen bicycle. The note provides little detail beyond the incentive and the location Marion.
The fourth division of the Pres Ladies Aid society will meet Wednesday at 1 pm for a picnic lunch at Thames Park. Mrs. E C Fox will supervise the program.
The second and third divisions of the Presbyterian Ladies Aid society will gather Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs. John Grote. Mrs. W. G. Neill and Mrs. Mary Gleason will be joint hostesses.
The Emma Kendall and Adeliza Daniels circles of the Congregational church plan a picnic luncheon Tuesday at 10 p.m. at Mrs. Jesse B. Howell's home. Attendees are asked to bring items for a food sale.
Mr and Mrs Walter E Van Fossen were celebrated Friday in the glow room of the Cedar Rapids Gas Company by the sales department employer in observance of their twenty fifth wedding anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. Wil Valentine of Cedar Rapids will leave Monday for a vacation in the Black Hills. The Rural Garden Club is set to meet Tuesday at the home of Mrs. D. B. Storck.
Dickey of 988 Eighth street is credited with introducing a mass of Regal lilies that bloom in his yard and the surrounding neighborhood. A grocer by day, he cultivates about 300 lilies, including sixteen other varieties, with stalks reaching five and a half feet and bearing around ten blooms each.
Mrs. Howard Chalmers of Cedar Rapids attends a compliment to a recent bride south of Marion. Mrs. A. M. Chalmers hosts a tea for 16 guests with 21 places set. Lloyd Klopp and Mrs Arthur Klopp host a simultaneous shower at Blair's Ferry for Mrs Orlan. Neighbors and relatives attend as classes for business and professional people begin at 6 30 p.m. The text notes family visits and a Marcus Reinsch led newspaper campaign.
Duane Ozburn and Henry Grady are expected home soon from Camp Claiborne to spend a ten day furlough.
Leaving Saturday for Den No 2 of Cub Scout Pack No 58 will meet Monday at 1 30 p m at the home of the den mother Mrs Louis C Ross.
Beginning July 1 the Marion public library will close at 8 p.m. through July and August.
The Athenian club held its closing meeting of the season Friday noon at Thomas Park. A picnic luncheon was served after the gathering.
One hundred twenty children have enrolled in swimming instruction at the American Legion pool. Plans are being formed to hold evening sessions and extend programs for youth.
Washington AP report says CCC officials advised it would be impossible to reconsider the order to close three Iowa CCC camps at Eldora Red Oak and Lake View despite protests from the communities. Senator Guy M Gillette and aides had urged retention of the camps.
The note states the action was necessary due to reduced appropriations and that no discrimination was being made as to locations.
Funeral services for Dr. G. H. Humphrey 49 longtime Lake Macbride park custodian and former Ames dentist will be held at Adams Funeral Home Ames. He died of a heart ailment in an Iowa City hospital Friday and will be buried in Ames Cemetery. He is survived by four children William 19 Margaret 17 Robert 16 and Donald 13.
Grant Wood has two new paintings and a self designed gym as part of his year away from teaching at the University of Iowa. He spends time between a secret studio and sale on Eli Knight while enjoying meals with English author and educator This Above All and other writers at the university. Wood cites a desire to express a personal flame and describes a daily program of dumbbells pulleys and a rowing machine shaping a new physique.
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